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      S 0 SO TO FEARGUS O'COSNOR , WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST 09 AS IRISH FEMALE . O'Connor , oix champion ! fte pride of the nstion ! I'd fain tane my lyre , to sonad thy due praise : Thou'rt the boldest , tbe bravest-the best of creation The great living wonder of modern day * . Thousands of freemen wbom thou bast created , And dwellings of splendour ! as monuments stand In proof of thy greatness ! where often repeated Thy praises snail be , —thou pride of tbe land I The slaves thotfst exalted from deep degradation ,

      To freedom and comfort ! wfU hononrthy name ! Contemplate tby actions with true veneration 1 And sing of thy goodness , thy glory , and fame . Tby wondrous achievements all yet will admire ; E ' en kings , dnkes , and lords , wffl yet envy thy fame : . . . . TO Win SUCH crigbt laurels J these vainly aspire } But no titled new c * n boast such a name . Thy deeds are unequalled : In history's pages , We read of no conquests so valiantly won ! Tby fame is immortal ! and forthcoming ages Will sing of the -wondtss O'Connor has done . Thon earnest here a stranger [ by traitor * rejected !] Determined , tbe million's lost rights to restore : But now , —thon art highly esteem'dand respected , Tbs people they Jove thee ! tby same they adore I The land of tby fathers ! enslaved and degraded ?

      By tby daring efforts ! shall yet be made free ! Proud Erin ! ba truly wbat nature has made it ; * " First flower , of the earth ! and first gem of the sea !" Thy own native country in splendour shall flourish J Tby bald , daring spirit ! her rights will restore : Her brave sons and daughters , thy mem'ry wiU cherish , When traitors and tyrants are thought of bo more . Thomas Aucom > . Horesley Fields , Wolverhampton , 3 rd September , 1847 .

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      Hevelations Politiques. Les Trois Yictim...

      HEVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LES TROIS YICTIMES . Pjfi » COMIB DE WltLBHO » . U ' oUticalBaiaaUont . The Three Tictiaa . By the Count deWiUbrod . ] London : Arraand , Rathoone-place . { Contumedfrtm OeSlarofSeptes ^ er iih . } At the era of which we speak , M . Decazes was the * WI of the government . This man , who with an intellect scarcely beyond mediocrity , hasplayed so conspicuous a part in the affairs of France since the Restoration , had not then , it is trne , arrived at supreme power , bnt he already understood sufficient of intrigue to manage to obtain the confidence of the ting , and be in a position to crush any man who might be imprudent enongh to thwart his interests

      or his caprices . Of all those who surrounded the Jang , none knew better than did M . Decazes how to exhibit profound devotion to his sovereign , and that wise and constitutional royaltsm which the promulgator of the Charter especially liked . Skilful in piquing the indolent causticity of Louis XVIII ., in lettering the literary tastes , the favourite poems and authors of the monarch , in relating the gossip of the Court nnd the City , in tolling piquant anecdotes of the private habits of the deputies and other politicians : using , in fact , for this harvest of scandal , all the impure sources of his administration , Decazes possessed a marvellous facility in guessing and anticipating the king ' s wishes , whilst turning his own to good account . In all the thousand mean concessions , in all the servile humility of body , and prostration of mind , that make the fortune of courtiers and valets ,

      Decazes had no equal . Was the king a sceptic , his sinister adopted the principles of Voltaire ; if he Inclined towards liberal opinions , Becszsawasaroelationist ; not that he was really of that opinion , but amply to have the appearance of being convinced by royal reasoning and ceding to royal eloquence . To deceive Louis , and lead his judgment astray , to provoke dangerous measures and ordinances by false repor ts , to render the Comte d'Artois odious to and suspected by his sovereign ; to represent the Royal isfc on the one hand as conspirators who sought to provoke the abdication of Lsuis that his brother Slight profit by his fall—and on the other to induce him to believe the Republicans and Orleanists ( dis guised under the name of Constitutionals ) , the only true friends of Louis XVIII . and the Charter ; to arrange the course of eventgby a « rafty policy—these were the secret causes of the favour of M . Decazes .

      And this devoted minister , this bosom friend , this toofidqnt of even the secret thoughts of his royal master , betrayed his king and his country , not by dflrinu , active , open , treachery , but by certain dark transactions—certain mysterious derelictions of duty —it was not the quickly-killing poison cup of a Borsia that this youthful minister presented to the lipsof LoaisXYIIL , it-wna a slow poison , which spreiuiatr through the veins ef the monarch destroyed him silently and gradually . To betray openly the sovereign to whom he had sworn fidelity was reiiher possible nor . advantageous : but to give pledges to the enemies of fcat sovereign , that in case cf need they might rely on his neutrality at least , it cot onhis co-operation .--to make all questions depend

      on the existence of the ministry of which he formed a part , and to make that ministry subservient to his caprices , intrigues and ambition , was the conduct ef 3 f . Decazes ; the honourable double game of the favourite of Louis XVIII . Young , handsome , and engaging , he was said to have earned by his unscrupulous complaisance towards the empress-mother , the favour shown to him at the imperial court . Having acquired pawer , he trafficked not only in hip own services but in the nominations which fell under his control : dissipated and extravagant , he paid his debts either from the resources of the state , or the private funds of the king . In private life he has never yet had the imputation of one generous instinct or one honourable

      action . On the contrary , he has been public ' y accused of every meanness . Always mixed up with some intrigue , * he saved himself from its consequences by every means that fraud or ingenuity could suggest . The pupil o f Fouch 6 he had all the craft and vice of his master . The world has done this man the honour of giving { him a political system—although but a sea-saw one—to make him a Janus , with one face smiling on the Royalists and the other on the Republicans . He is unworthy even such honour . The only principle Dscazes ever possessed was that of sacrificing conscience , honour , king and country , to the necessities of the moment . During bis administration , acts of inconceivable contradiction and shufflm ? have occurred , which could belong to no

      Bjstem but that of cowardice and treason ; this royaitj , to which he owed everything , and which he mined gradually , he was capable of throwing off in a moment bad such a step been necessary , net to his triumph—he had no fancy for power merely as an instrument of honour and glory—but to his personal safety and the preservation of » is office . Such was the policy of M . Decazes . Now mark the sequel ! Of all the Ministers of tbe Restoration , M . Hemes was unquestionably , to aU appearance , the most deeply compromised , being the one who had been mostuupitying in ths many re-actions of the first rearsof LouisXVltl , yet was he received with marked preferenceby the king in 1830 , and whilstfthe other ministers were destitute , persecuted , and abandoned ,

      he received the favour of the new sovereign . These two facts beingftnown and certain , we may from them guess at that which would otherwise be unknown , and learn by what secret means Decazes became one of the pensioned favourites of the Palais Royal after he had been , in appearance , so deeply hostile to the party . It was by means of M . Decazes thatthe conspiracy for national independence came to have partizans even in the royal councils . Not that the minister could hope for a more brilliant destiny than now offered itself , under any possible political change ; but be felt that the present state of things was unlikely to last ; moreover , as the pupU ef FouchS , that living incarnation of treachery and success , he had a natural abhorrence of a straight path , of which indeed

      « e asd no experience . He then was acquainted with this conspiracy—he k & ettth e resources , the aims , the whole projects of « 8 wnspiratois , who , certain of success , asked of "hnoaly to be conveniently blind , to tee aud hear hitting until the last moment , and then , confident it would be his interest to join them if they were for" ¦^ ate , they never dreaded the chance of defeat and Consequent punishment . DH M . Decazes take a mere active part in the 3 U ! 3 } iracy of 18161 It has been asserted , and bebere<—{ not perhaps without good grounds . for the ktiei . ) that such was the case : but of those who cooldhave affirmed it as a fact , some have already carrltd their secret to the grave , and others have Sood -easoa for never divulging it . . The cabinet of which M . Decazes and M .

      Vau-JH ttc disputed the directions , followed in the footste ps f the fallen ministry of September the 25 th . V & ilsl secretly fomenting discord , and oven as-* sungthe seditions , they promulgated the severest wa agunstany open rebellion , and restrained the , team liberty of the citiaens in the most arbitrary Zttannei This ontinned beta September 181 o to May 1816 , owing » hich time the conspiracy vras formed and Juried mt—of this conspiracy wa are about to reat ttemysteries and the catastrophe . Added to the bad administration of the cabinet ™*» t heiadoJence of the king , who unfortunately J ^ e ai , better than security , and who governed oa uer hi governors in such a manner that , with "jW god intention , he had managed only to make ** Parue , however disunited in themselves , corum ! « geeia desnUdnghim .

      T ?. E *Juland Florist. September. Londo...

      T * JULAND FLORIST . September . London U » l * U Marshall and Co . ; Hottingham : R CT . & cieco Office . •* " * Btfol MormatWB , uit « estiDg to tbe pnwfi

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      cal gardener and . florist , ucontaued in tha number . We have given a * extract id another colamn , containing a calendar * " gardening operations for the present month . .... ;•

      Tee Labourer, A Ibnimy Magazine Of Pou-*...

      TEE LABOURER , A IbniMy Magazine of PoU-*< % Literature , Poetry , & e . Edited by Feargus O Connor , M . P ., aBd Ernest Jones , issq . London : Awhern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street ; Haymarket . Lord Lindsay , ' a poem , by Ernest Jones , opens taenamber for September of this Magazine ; Two aructes , we presume from the pen of Samuel Kydd , on Co-operation , ' and ' Tannahill , the Scottish weaver Foet , ' are instructive and interesting . Tbe ™ j . t , V P ai , tio wi " •» «» ted by the tale entitled The Price of Blood . ' But , to us the most interesting of this number ' s contents is the account of the wars of * The Jacquerie , ' in the continuation of the hi-toryof ' The Insurrections of thoTVorking Jjlasses . ' We shall try to find room forsome extracts in our next . Wo perceive that the number of Ibis Magazine for October willba devoted to the Banking Question ; for many . reasons a subject of primary importance to the working classes at the present moment .

      . Fst Several Monthly And Other Publicat...

      . fST Several monthly and other publications will be noticed in our next .

      Communistische Zeitschrift -A German New...

      COMMUNISTISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT -A German newspaper under the above tide has been started in London , and wo are bound to say great talent is exhibited ia its first number . It is also distinguished by a sober reflective spirit—dealing not in assertion but inquiry ^ and boldly refuting the various charges brought against tbe principles it advocates . Into the merits or demerits of those principles , it is not our province at present to enter ; suffice it to say , the editor commences by stating that communism , at present unattainable , most be the slow result of social and moral improvement , of self-developemcnt , and not the factitious growth of hot-bed philesophy . Thus , it will be seentbe writer

      , takes asounderand more rational position than many of his party—and eschews one great error attributed tothat party : that the « wiHenium' can be brought about by a legal enactment , instead of by a moral reform . Woe , ''indeed , to those reformers who think to make act-bf-parliament angels , statute-saints , or parchment morality . The good must grow out of the heart ? , of men , it cannot be implanted by the hand of force . The present number isjan initiatory attempt , to be amplified , if successful / by a weekly series , intended to contain , besides the nsual news , valuable information of various kinds . We recommend this periodical to the serious attention of our German friends .

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      Royal Marylebone Theatre. This Pretty Te...

      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . This pretty temple of the Muses opened for the season on Monday Ja * t . August the 30 » h , under the management of Mrs . Warner , who , it will beremembered , wan , with Mr . Phelps , one of the reformers of that now famous northern Shakespearean temple , Sadlers Wells . The play selected for the opening on Monday was the ' Winter ' s Tale' of Shakespeare . Ilermionc , a character that Mrs Warner made her own , and in which she gained universal fame , while at the 'Wells , ' was sustained by that lady on this occasion . Her fine figure and graceful form showed to great advantage in the statue scene . Her acting was sublime ; and boxes , pitand gallery vied with

      , each other in their expressions of admiration . The jealous , unjust , and repentant Leontes was very ably sustained by Mr Graham . Autolycus flfte rogue / was played by Mr H . Webb , who most certainly is one * of the very beat of low comedians . Antigones , Pro lixencs , Florizel , The Clown , Perdita ( Miss Angel !) , and Mopsa , were well sustained by performenTnew to the London stage , although of considerable repute in the provinces . The scenery , dresses , and appointments were correct and elegant , and gained the admiration of all . At the conclusion of the play , in obe-iience to tbe unanimous call of the house , Mrs .

      Warner was led forth by Mr Graham , to receive tho cordial and enthusiastic plaudits of a well-filled house . The evening ' s entertainment concluded with that very amusing farce' The Windmill . ' ' 1 he house ms been cleaned and re-decorated , which gives it a neat and very comfortable appearance . The best order is maintained , and every attention is paid to the comfort and convenience of the visitors . The Winter ' s Tale , ' and Sheridan Knowles ' s 'Hunchback , ' hare since been played on alternate nights , with equal success ; clearlv showing that the ill-used * Legitimate * has found a home in tho far West , ' as well as the far North .

      • Burford's Panorama. This Exhibition, S...

      • BURFORD'S PANORAMA . This exhibition , so long and deservedly a favourite with the public , cannot fail to afford much gratifioa tion to its present visitors . The panorama of Grand Cairo is well painted and has many beautiful effects . The city lies sleeping in the first hasw-i : « i . t of morning , aua toe oiancnra walls , the arid soil , thetotal absence of shade , all incline us to exclaim , 'How shall we bear it when the sun rises V Here are our conceptions of Cairo completely realised—its marble palaces , its fretted mosque * , its everlatisng pyramids , and , alas ! the miserable mud dwellings of its people ; we need no other narrative to tell us the history of oppression and slavery . The very tombs which tyrants raised to immortalise themselves , stand ever in

      judgment upon them , proclaiming to all time what oppression has wrung from labour . A preparation for a pilgrimage to Mecca forms part of the foreground of this interesting picture , and gives a very complete idea of the dress and appearance of the people . In the upper circle is another panorama , representing the Himalaya mountains and tbe plains ef Hindustan . This is a beautiful fairy-land scene , where the mountain-tops are clothed in snow , and their feet adorned by the most luxuriant vegetation . The light grey mist which hangs in the deep ravinss is bo exquisitely represented that we half expect a breeze to carry it away . In such a subject there must necessarily occur seme barrenness of object , but tbe artist has introduced some figures with very nanny effect . -

      Rotal Peittechsic Issmtjtio.V.—On Tuesda...

      Rotal PeiTtECHsic IssmtJTio . v . —On Tuesday last Dr Bachoffner gave a most able and pleasing lecture on Electricity and Galvanism , at the abovenamed establishment . In the course of his lecture , the learned professor stated , that although electricity was constantly spoken cf as an elastic fluid , by which we would suppose it was a substance , like water , that may be contained in a vessel and visible to the eye , such was not the fact , and that we are at present totally ignorant of what electricity really is . But this is a matter of minor importance , as we are acquainted with the method of applying this powerful agent to useful purposes , the greatest of which was the Electric Telegraph , as by its means a message could be conveyed to any part of ths empire at the rate oi 283 , 000 miles in one second , thus bringing ,

      as it were , the whole kingdom , aud even the continent , into a small space , and by this means affording a most valuable aid to mercantile transaction ! . The professor also stated , he had . heard that a company was forming for the purpose of communicating with all the principal towns in the empire by the Electric Telegraphs . If this were carried out , it would consolidate , in a measure , the whole country with the metropolis . # Many persons were impressed . with the idea that this was a ' wonderful age for inventions ; in this Dr . B . would not coincide , as he considered it more an age for the adoption and application ef the principles of those inventions . well understood previous to the present time , and it is merely for the application of them to their present use that we can claim merit .

      Thb Horsb V. Stum.—A Few Days Ago, A Rat...

      Thb Horsb v . Stum . —A few days ago , a rather humorous incident occurred on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway , by which the comparative powers of the horse and the locomotive enjine were fairly tested . As the engine No . 137 , was coming to Newcastle , and when near Chat-hill ( a part of tbe line on which Messrs M'Kay , the contractors , are still employed , a spirited horse , belonging to Messrs M'Kay , whether from fright or frolic , suddenly set off at full speed in front of the engine , which was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour . The driver of the engint , fearful of the consequences , eased the engine , and endeavoured , by frequent shrill whistles , to drive the animal eff the line , but in vain ; for a full

      mile or more the horse held on his way with his unabating speed . At length the engine coming rather close upon him , the animal darted on to the parallel line , and , as if determined not to be beaten , still proceeded , and rushed once more in front of the engine . At this point the horse had run nearly three miles , and the driver , finding himself delayed , resolved to pass his opponent at all risks , and , increasing the speed of the engine , soon closed upon his quarters , when the animal bounded aside , and kicked up its heels as the train passed , to the great amusement of the driver , stoker , and several ef the passengers . The entire distance which the horse ran with the train was about four miles .

      : Pbisier 8 LffaovaiESt Sociktt—A prospectus ism circulation , of a $ ociety proposed to be founded under the title of TheCaxton Mutual Improvement Associatiop . ' Its objects are to cfier to the members employed in the printing profession in the metropolis , the means of literary instruction . It will include lectures on the sciences and arts , and the discussion of questions literary , historical , and political . Sigss of tbe Times —There were no less than twenty-four bankruptcies announced in Friday ' s Gazette , whilst the number of insolvent petitioners it contained was fifty-eight . Wasib . of Cobjt . — ' What is the chief production of your district of the country ? ' said an eastern traveller tbe other day , to a young farmer in the Miami Valley , as he was refreshing himself with a glass of 4 bald face * while the stage-coach stopped to water . ' Gem , sir , corn ; we raise on our land about seventy bushels to the acre , which we manufacture into whisky , sir ; t <» say nothing of the qnastity that ia wasted lor bread . ?—Bmitft Gftritim Gf & flt ,

      Thb Horsb V. Stum.—A Few Days Ago, A Rat...

      MTTSRS ON GRAMMAR . * ' ¦' . ^¦ ¦ ¦ Ho .-3 . - ' : TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mt beab Fribsds , . The course of our study now brings us to the second part of tpeech , called the Noun . Hon * means only name . That is , whenever you name any object—anything you can touch , see ; or think of , you use a Noun . In order to familiarise youiselves with this part of speech , take the objects in the succession which I have given you , and name them , remembering that every thing yon so name is a Nobs . Suppose that you are sitting in a room , reading this letter , you have the paftrio . your hand , your eyes see it , you sit on a chair , yorafeet are on the ^ bor , the table is before vou , the ceiling over

      head , the walls around you . I need not remind you that all these things which I have marked in italics are Nouns . You can see and touch them . You can also see the sky , and the clouds , " which you cannot touch ; yet these , are Nouns . But this is not all . There are many things we cannot see or touch , which , indeed , have no existence , except in our own hearts ; yet they are the most important of all Nouns ; they are our feelings—fore , ( which of you do not allow love to have an existenca , ay , aud a most important one , too !) love , hope , fear , jealousy , tcorn , joy—nil these , and similar things , are Nouns . Whenever , therefore , you name anything that you can see , touch , or think of , you use a Noun .

      But you will observe that in merely naming a thing you give those who hear you no idea of what the thing is like . If you say a girl , a man , we cannot in any way picture the persons to ourselves , further than we imagine human beings with the usual number of arms , legs , eyes , & c . To give any sort of character to the Noun we make use of the third part of speech , the Adjective , which shows the gualiiy of tbe Noun , and describes it in the fullest manner .

      Every word that describes any peculiarity of the Nounis an Adjective . Let us take again the Nouns , oM , man , and see what we can make of them with the help of the Adjective . We will say of the girl that she is slight , tall , thin , fair , pretty , young , good . Are not these Adjectives useful words , which bring before us so pleasant a picture ? Then I think we may find others equally agreeable for the man , We do not want him to be fair or pretty , but we will say he is dark , handsome , sen * sible , agreeable , thoughtful , and Until hehasjfoe children , two boys , and three girls ; he lives in a tehite cottage , with a oreen field by the side of it .

      Now you see that these Adjectives make you picture te yourself the appearance of the man , the number of his family , and the sort of abode he lives in . Having now learnt the definitions of Nouns and Adjectives , you will , if you mean to improve , as I wish you to do , take your slates , and after writing a row of nouns down the right hand side , put two or three adjectives ; if possible , before each noun ;

      there are so many adjectives in our language , you can be at no loss to put different adjectives before each noun . Aud , once for all , let me remind you that whatever you write may serve & double purpose , if yon really desire to improve ; - by care and attention , and referring to a dictionary if you can do so , you may improve in that art which I , in my first letter to you , so strongly advised you to acquire —the art of Spelling or Orthography .

      The next part of speech is the Pronoun , or Substitute for the Noun—a very important thing , as substitutes frequently are , although those whom they represent think little about tbe matter . But I dare say those among you , my friends , who have wives , and have had , or made occasion , to find fault with them , have heard them sometimes sav ^ Well , what wouuryuu uu mvnuur me - " and I am sure , Under such circumstances , your own hearts have told you vou would do ill indeed without those faithful

      partners and substitutes . Is it not so ? Well 1 the Pronoun is the substitute for tho noun , and a very efficient one it is too . If you doubt it , just try , as your wives advise you , How you could do without it ? ' I will give you an example of the use of the pronoun , and then write the same sentence without it . You will then see how inconvenient it would be to write or speak without using the Pronou . v . The master , in alarm , turned hastily round , Ths kettls slipped in hit bund , burnt Itis fingers , and hi let it fall with a cry of pain , upon the unfortunate boys . Axel and Claes made no noise , and their motber began to fear it was all over with them . We will now look at the sentence , substituting the original noun for each pronoun . You will then see the utility of the latter .

      The master , in alarm , turned hastily round . The kettle slipped in the master ' s band , burned the masters fingers , and tbe master let tbe kettle fall with a cry of pain , upon the unfortunate bojs . Axel and Claes made no nsise , and Axel and Claes' mother began to fear it was all over with Axel and Claes , You now see how the pronouns his , he , it , their , and them , prevented the unpleasant repetition of the nouns Master , kettle , Axel , mi Claes , and I think you will agree with me , that the Pronoun , which is a part of speech used to prevent the too frequent repetition of the Noun , is very useful and convenient . The next part of speech claims your particular attention . It is the Verb—A verb is a word that

      describes an action , or a stale of being . We require it perpetually to give life to the noun . ' A sweet girl ' is a pleasant thing to think of , but how much more so when you can say ' A jsweet girl , and she loves me / To think and to say such things are also pleasant verbs—and to say She will be my wife' is pleasanter still . I can assura you also that it is a great gratification to me to write these letters to you , since I hope I am improving you , employing myself , and doing some little good in the world . Besides , I hate idleness and accustom myself to industry .

      When I speak of a Verb being an action , you must remember that there is activity of mind as well as of body , and therefore that I hope is as much a verb , ar I write , the only difference being that the one is an action of the fingers , whilst the other is an action of the mind . But a verb is not only an action , it is also a state of being . Animated nature can act , but inanimate nature , trees , mills , fields , cannot act , they only oris * in different states of being . A house may stand pleasantly , the ^ trees may be beautiful , they may otouj large , and spread their branches far . And these are all verbs , though not actions .

      The sixth part of speech is the Adverb—It is a word joined to a Verb , to describe the action or the state of existence more fully . The Adverb , in fact , performs the same office for the Verb that the Adjective does for the Noun ; for as the adjective shows the quality of the Noun , the Adverb shows the manner of the Verb—observe well the difference between the two , and apply it in speaking and wiling , and then you will write and speak , in that respect at least , more correctly than most people do , for very few people do habitually use the adjective and the adverb correctly .

      The adjective can be used only with a noun or its substitute , a pronoun either expressed or understood—as , 'I know him to be honourable , that is an honourable man , ' « she is pretty , ' or ' apretty woman , ' man , * in the first sentence , and « woman ' in the second being understood . But we cannot say be acts honourable , she speaks pretty because to act , and to speak being Verbs , require Adverbs to show their manner and caunol make sense with adjectives . * It sounds pretty , ' ' It smells unpleasant , 1 1 walk easy' and many other phrases , in every-day use , are therefore incorrect and ungrammatical : very common indeed , It is true , but not therefore the less

      to be avoided . If we arenot to 'follow the multitude to do evil' in great matters , ! do not see why we should do so in trifling ones . When we have a good reason for doing right , it is very contemptible not to do it , merely because other people do nOt ; they may not have thought on the subject . Now , remember , I wish you to think over these letters carefully , and become familiar with their contents not to read them , and throw them aside as of no practical valus . There is an old maxim , Tell the truth , and shame the devil , 'but he who would speak truth , must first know what truth is . I ant , your very sincere friend , 1 W . M . P .

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      , , «« OJ THB DUCHESS » H PIIASLI 1 . V : \ -. ' ¦¦ .: ¦¦^¦ > . C ° ^ mfrmttoKotad : page . ) ; ¦ •' ¦ % * "l i ! m U ? , " ° ' the P" ? ence near young peopfc * f tf woman , who ba , proclaim ^ , herself ss she has done . S 11 ' " * ber that J " « { 8 copied , Imt iS , ^ m * - T ? 0 , Je - h ll thi » * <* I Save ths J S «« . ^ W ' / 9 Mi P » teB < l " to busy myself with jyour - phvato cwk 1 uet ; asd . ttetldni . but nsiihcr menaces SfhSi !?^!!"'^ I " ent mjr * W * tog , as I have a ' iftiJi f ' * y 0 U dete [ : " y ° urse " ^ Jetting your chiMrett-tttto the bMi . ds ofB W 6 to 8 n nhoha 9 no ^ ^ aerreputation , and & as ceased to respect herself The

      system of governesses lias always-been unsuccessful with 2 nul S ' '* t \ Sntet ' - of our c , indre ' ' " «> the dignity of our nmfc to ct , ange ft . As long as my dauuh tors . W £ ot m « ried I will reside- constantly Jmhm I will apdin their oceupv ' . ions , and ! will accomnanv them evevvwhtre . All my plans are laid down-and whenyou reflect on the matter , ye * will ¦ certaiB [ , ' find as many reasons for cMifidetrea In leaving the education ' of-our girls under the earo of . a moths ? as under that of ' a governess . My father , I k » V « , has made an offer to [ Mademoiselle- D' of an honorary eanuity Oa her ! going to England ,, with this assVNtanc-, hsr talents and > patronsge will secure her a suitaUe portfcni more easily ! than in Paris , '' - ' * { ' , 1

      IMPBBSSIONS . ,.-. ! F ^ i ' u - "» m 7 , ~ I «« " *» P « t fairly to my . self that 1 have accomplished a sacred duty towards mv daughters in consenting to join my eflorts to those oi my father to send away this woman . . It caused me a great deal of pain . I hateeclot , but every one told r « ,. as well as my own conscience , that it was my duty ! My God t what will be the future t How be is Incensed . One would think he was not tbe guilty one . Ho says ; ho loves bis children ; and he distrusts their mother , and makes bis mistresses their governesses I What a lire ho is leading ! He is losing all his energy . May God guide my children , ' Document found at Paris , in the Duchess ' s secretaire , in a sealed envelops , also entitled' Impressions . ' July 18 , 1847 ;

      It is , long since I have written anything , and nevertheless ' nothing has changed in the interval . She will leave , they say , when we go to Praslia ; and in the meantime tho empire she holds is most absolute . Fa . ther aad children , she retains them all as in a special bond , , 1 understand her game well enough , if she have really swallowed all shame ; but for him , I cannot explain his condunt . He complains of calumny ; but he confesses that appearances are bad , and he makes these appearances e % fry day worse , and gives mom grounds for all thescandalous interpretations . II ¦ - pretends that their relations are misinterpreted , and yet he publicly proclaim ? the rupture with my father on her account . He breaks with us , and does not leave her . No character can be more enigmatical .- Is It excess of

      corruption ! or is it excess of weakness 1 Wore it excess of weakness , could that go to the length of making him so trample on tbe interests of his children 3 What ! could he have so rauoh fear of this woman as ' not to dare , while she is in the honse , to leave his children with their mother , or show regard to his wife ? ' What bus given her this empire over him !—it is hot natural ; She must have some means by which she makes h ' . tbrsats powerful ever bim . P « or man , I sincerely grieve for him . What a life he leads 1 What a future be is pre . paring for himself ! If he allows himself to bo thus domineered over and browbeaten by intriguantes at 42 , what will he be when hegrows old f And yet , how I love him ! He must have seen sadly changed by oil these bod habits ; for , on seeing what he is now , I

      cannot explain what inspired in me thislovc so impassioned . He is no longer the same man ; how dull Is his spirithow narrowed bis heart—how much has he grown suspicions ' , ennuied , and irritable . Nothing animates him , nothing interests bim , nothing exalts bim . No generous , impassiftned ; or enthusiastic sentiment seems to vibrate in his heart or mind . He has rank , fortuneall that could render his existence useful , brilliant , happy , and honourable . AU is galvanised ; he interests himself in nothing either for- his country or his children . He keeps company with governesses ; he is their cavalierservtntt till he becomes their slave . Truly I

      believe that he only wishes to keep Mdlle D . ( whom he has not loved for this eighteen months or two years , ) because ho fears that if once removed hence she would make life too hard for him . My God I what an existence ! What is curious is that I am sane , He firmly believes thatitis on account of jealousy that I wish the departure of Mdlle D . He will not comprehend that my moving principle is , and will hencefortU nver bo , my children . He believes that it is my joalous love for him , and this flatters him . It is singular ; but I do net doubt that if he had not believed my love inextinguishable he would bave treated me less unworthily . What an illusion , what excess of self-love' !

      LETTER PaOH THE DUCSESS TO UABESIOISELLE DE LCZZT WHEN AT TOE 1 N WITH HEB ELDEST DAUCUTEB . . . ' Praslin , August 23 , 1846 . I wish not to delay a moment , my dear Mademoiselle , in thanking you for your kind letter , which gave me a lively pleasure , and which , so far from thinking long , I could have wished to be double . I got it this evening , and I will not deny that It was time that letters ^ . ^^ JSh ^ -mM ^^ vi ^^^ wk guess , to hear all you tell me of Isabella ' s happiness , but I am much astonished that yeu find ko change in her manners . Thero is a very marked one in her letters . I thank you a thousand times for the details you have given me . * * You say that Louise and Berthe speak of me often with Isabella , t is perhaps to give me pleasure that you write this ; in any case you have completely succeeded , for I wept with joy . Once more , dear Mademoiselle , I thank ysu a thousand times from the bottom of my heart for your letter , which I truly hope will not be the last . ,

      'SEBiBTIANlPSASLIN . ' TO THE BAKE , WBITTEK APPABENTLI OS JASOiBT 1 ST VOCSD IS TBE RESIDENCE OE JIADBSI . OI 8 BI . I . EDE MZZX

      DESPOBTES . * It ii forbidden us to retire to rest without being reconciled with our neighbours ; much more , it appears to me , ought the new year to put au end to all dissensions and obliterate all disputes . It is then heartily that I offer you my hand , Mademoiselle , and ask you to forget , ia order that we may live well together henceforth , all the moments of pain that I have caused you , and I promise you , also , to pass the sponge over all ' the circumstances which , in mortifying me , have excited me to oc casion them . Every one has his faults ia this world , and I am induced to believe it is too happy . This ought to ] render us mutually more indulgent , and to facilitate reconciliation , I am truly convinced of your sincere and tender attachment to my children , nnd ,

      believe rae , that no one is m « re disposed than I am to show gratitude and affection to those who have been devoted to them , if I nm not wounded to the heart by the thought that they aro estranging them from me . Yoa know , as well as I do , that it is custom which causes attachment , especially with children . Not seeing their mother , she loses her place in their hearts , as in their life they end by doubting her love , happy if at a late period their esteem and their confidence pro not shaken . Certainly this was not your object ; fur you must have known that it would bo as pernicious to the children as sorrowful to tha mother to destroy bauds . so sacred . From one trifle to another one comes to do thiBgs whicli at firs * ono was far from conceiving . If , instead of irritating oneself about faults which are mutually confessed , we reciprocally overlook them , I believe that every one in this world would make a good bargain . It requires only to be a good driver nnd go

      round the stone heaps instead of over them ; for my part , I confess that I often come into collision . I had long intended to write to you to renew all pur acquaintonee wi'b the year ; it is , therefore , with double pleasure that I have received your charming work this evening , because it proves that you are also willing to . put an end to a state of things which I am convinced cannotfail to be hurtful to the childrea , to place yourself oftsn in a disagreeable and false position , and places me in one very eruel to me , who live isolated for so long a time from those dear affections in the midst of which , I * was so happy . I anticipate , with great ardour , the time when ray daughters will be grown , up , and I . confess I suffer much in seeing . them what they are towards me . But I am taking a long time to say that we ought to try to abandon a wrong course , to take another , and to beg you to receive and take up this gage of a new ' alliance , to which 1 hope you will consent . ¦

      EAST MOMENTS 09 THE . DUKB DE 9 . BASLIN . The Monileur publishes a rsporl of tbe discussion wblih took place in the secret sitting of the Court of Peers , oa tho report of the chancellor . The . discussion turned almost exclusively on tbe subject of the suicide oS tho Duke de Praslin . The Duke Decazes , grand referaadary gave in tbe following r « port : — On Tuesday morning' ( tbeidakeJHed on Tuesday evening ) , at tbe entreaty of tbe family , and to discbarge what was considered a duty , the Grand Referendary visited the prisoner . The DuXe do Praslin complained of his sufferings . The Grand Xeforendary observed that such sufferings must have been occasioned by the poison be had taken , whilo tho doctors had beta misled as to its nature and the proper mode of treatment , by twft

      empty bottles found in his . secretary , and which had contained laudanum . The . prisoner replied that he had not taken laudanum , and then , being pressed on tho subject , acknowledged tbaA he had takoji arsenic out of a phial found on Friday in his dressing-gown . The Grand Referendaty having asked bim how he obtained the poison , be declared that liobcdy had given it to him , and that he bad brought it wl & him from Praslin the evening preceding the crime * exclaiming as the same time with emotion against the supposition that any one could have believed that he provided bunself with it with the intention of poisoning Mme . do Praslin . He avowed that he bad taksu ths poison the moment be perceived , by the measures adopted with reipect to him . icide

      that tber « were grava suspicious against ; him . Su , ' in presence of such an accusation , became a confession . I Upon this remark being mads to the prisoner , be ob . served silence , but b » repelled with eagerness the idea that he should have confided to any one tho project of his crime , and , as he Interrupted these explanatlonsjby cries of pain , the Grand Referendary asked him If bis mental sufferings did not exceed those of his body , asd if they ought not to suggest to him the necessity of subduing such sufferings by tbe expression of that repent . anco that must be at tho bottom of his . heart , adding i that his family indulgsdthe belief that he could have I only committed such a barbarous srime in a moment of Unsensible rage whlchha 04 w bitterly d « nlar « d > falsing

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      . JJJtofi »> d eyes « o > wvei » , tn « utftrtauU « m * crtad , Th ? a S ? P •'" Mi" * »•»«» Ob , si j » ft deptort ! " £ ? W ? B 9 fm » d « JHbeu mi tbe opportunity to say to him that « , sash a supreme m . m . nt , in order to mal ? fta ejB 8 liw of Sod Md ¦ " . '¦*• • " »" ' *• r ^ s hi . J XprM 8 i , ° - ' ¦ . " ' ¦ "Pwtenot as public « ' lea t £ ¦ S . * £ £ " " ' m * l «* ~»*«»» o » ' ™» U ZrMhZ ^ » . "i t leM P la , n *• . Miriam that had ? „ t i T ' . i 6 ran < 1 Brferendary offered to send at once for the ohannslim . t * - « , v , . ™ , . w « - \ < i ha . «„~ . : wuanoe « or » o rsocive his confession rrr . r £ t :- st ^ vs- *! s .-tei ^ SSS gleth « « after a little hMiutioa he nalUd

      ; , , \ 'lZZ fatipwd ^ and suffer too much at th ! , St - S he ichaneeHorthatlbegofbim notto come tlinoiow morniDfr His trouble of mind wa , too apparent and b * suftopgv too great to allow of this interview brin ^ pronged , . The physicians had JosValS thft warnrgeirt JV off * the succour Of religion to the prl-« one « -As »» clergyman had been named by the family andiatbe 8 b « . ni ; eofthecore ' of 8 tSulpice , thispiou 8 m : s ! f « on •»* eon « eA f the cur * de 9 t Jacques du Haut-bas . iThDCourikims bovmucbstrength and calmness the prisoner-received from this pious « erem « ny . Tbe chanceIlor again-offered , but in vain , so receive thedeslarajtion whicb'bj * hfcdsaJd ho was disposed to make . '

      A' numSer of letters addressed to the late Duke bv Mademoiselle-de lossy have been . discovered which , it is "aid'cIearlyprovetbatajfuiltyeonaeeUoB existed between them . It ipadded tbat these letters contain many digrespectful a ] ih » iooate > thsttnfortaastBDache , s millet d ^ J stm ; reta ™« » custody , and it is reported wiim ^ tried-ujom so ns * charge fouedsdnpon ber correspondence ; . Prt £ S ^ ^ - «««< t « , 6 Duotess of i , f „ ; edSarall Para ' ! Yal » » " > m sixty to sixty . flve yearsofage ,, esidinffin tfe passage de Ilvoli ; and Uving onan b . comeof ^ Of . grM ^ dher byhepformeftilnH Z * TZ * F ^»« dd . en , y tAJSSSSS :

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      ; _ rheSkipton extension of tho Leeds amfcBradford Railway was opened last weea ' . The lines- runsthrough a beautiful country , an d > esent $ a auccessinn of landscapes surpassed an few railways in England . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ' ^ 'foundation ^ tone 0 ? the nvw building for the ShelheJd 1 AtheiKoannand Mechanics' Institution waslaid on-Wednesday weefcby the ) Earl of Arundel ' and Surrey .. In . the evening tberowas awiV ^ at which Lord Morpeth spoke at great Jength on the objects and utility of such institutions . The estimated cost of the building is £ 3 , 000 . The Bishop of Oxford has refused his assent to certain alterations in tho parish church of -Hiiton

      cum wiaivey , by wbich the free seats Of tho poor would have been removed from the best to a worse situation . He threatens the churchwardens with theoosts of restoration and * imprisonment' if by tho day named the seats are not replaced and the money paid . The bishop says , 'It is my especial duty to defend the poor , and I must defend them . ' 'The Earl ofDundoaald , who was lately restoredto the , honours of the- Bath , has addressed a letter to the elective Peers of Scotland as a candidate for a seat as Representative Peer ia the Upper House , in which he claims their support on tho ground that vs > rious plans which he has long urged upon the government lor adoption , would effect an immense annual saying in the expenditure of the country .

      SirFitzroy Kelly has addressed a letter to the electors of Lyme Regis , from which it appcaes that ft scrutinv will be demanded with a view to unseat the sitting member . At the Stafford Ass ' ses , Mr Bedwell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in default of the costs of a two years ' prosecution , for refusal to pay church rates . % The Great Britain has been thoroughly inspected since she was placed on the gridiron of the Prince ' s Docks at Liverpoui , and it appears that she is quite safe and sound in her hull and frame , not being the least shaken , strained , nor indicating in theslightest degree any thing that would lead to the supposition that her back had been injured while imbedded in the sands of Dundrum Bay .

      According to the new edition of Dodd's Parliamentary Companion , 223 persons who had no seats in the lato House of Commons have been returned to the new Parliament . This shows agreater amount of change than has taken place since the election of tho Reformed Parliament in 1832 . On that occasion 280 new members were elected . At tho general election of 1834-5 , the number of new members was 184 j at that ot 1837 , it was 121 ; and at that of 1841 , it was 183 . In addition to this , a great change has taken place in the composition of tho new House

      ^ of Commons , for it contains a greater number of railway directors , engineers , and contractors ;; a greater number of barristers , of merchants , of retail tradesmeh . andof ^ if & iwPa ' cy , ancf country gentlemen , is much less than in many preceding Parliaments . The last of the elections , that of Orkney and Shcttand , has resulted in the ' return of the Liberal , Mr Anderson , and the breaking up of the family supremacy of theDuhdasas a member of wh ch family was his opponent .- Mr Anderson is a decided Liberal , a Free-trade , and a voluntary in religious matters .

      At the half-yearly meeting of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway last week , the ' Saints' endeavoured to prevent trains from running on a Sunday . On a division the recommendation of the directors to run a morning and evening passenger train each way was carried by a majority of 1162 . Tho American papers announce the death o f Mr Amos Phelps , the eminent anti-slavery advocate ., lie died at itoxbury , on the 20 th July , in the fortythird year « f his age . The VossGazette of the 23 rd ult . says : — 'Mr Cobden is now travelling in Russia . On the 13 th of August he alighted from his carriage at a distance from a Customs barrier . He was probably thinking of free trade whea he passed the barrier , and a sentinel cried out to him * Stop ' . ' levelling his musket at him . Much time was required for the explanation of tho affair , and in the meantime Mr Cobden ' s

      carnage came up . The . will of the late John Walter , Esq ., of Bearwood Hall , Berks , and Printing-house-square , London , was executed by him on tho 9 th of February , 1847 , and he died c-n the 28 th of July . Be has devised to his son , John Walter , Esq ., M . l \ , the entire freehold premises and warehouses belonging to the establishment of tho Times , in Printing-housesquaro , and leaves him all his interest ia the business . The freehold and cooyhold estates which he possessed in the counties of Berks and Wilts , together with the right of presentation to St Catherine ' s Church , Bearwood , he leaves to tho trustees under the terms of the settlement on the marriage of his said son . The residue of his real and personal estate to his wife , Mrs Mary Walter , for hen own absolute

      use , and has appointed her solo executrix . 1 ho personalty was valued for probate duty at £ 90 , 000 . The Factom Bim ,. —In some parts of the West-Riding ot Yorkshire where the woollen manufacture is tolerably brisk , it is the pnictico of the musters to work the mills twelve hours a day , as usual—not by . employing any of the women or children more than eleven hours , as the law at present prescribes , but by a relay of hands . This practice has , we hnd ,. been objected to by somo of the Factory Inspectors ,, and the Question is now at issue whether it may or may notoe pursued without an infringement of the law . The object of the Act . is , nodoubt , to prevent the persons meant to be protected , and not the machinery from boing overworked , and it that object can bo effected by giving employment toan increased number of workpeople without violating the spirit , of the law , tho decisiocof the legal authorities to , whon >

      the question is referred , will probably bo in , favour of this * , extension , of the yjlay system . — Jkad . % H & re-my . —[ In Lascashire , where trade is' tolerably ' slack , the masters are inducing the men . to . stop altogether . Any thing to turn the penny , whether it be lesal or equitable !] A Dukbis Distress . —< Sbe Morning tffopMistesays , ' We deeply regret to loam that the myrmidBas of the law forcibly took possession of the princely seat of a noble duke , in a county long noted- for the political Mvimoe he exeseised , on TucsdJiylasi and it is feared that the urgency of the desiand made on his grace will eventually lead to the dispersion of tbe finest collection of art and vertu , possessed by a private iadividual in this country . We should have rofrainsd from announcing this much to be ragretted fact , had we not felt convinced ; that it cannot fail to be made public tery shortly . ( 'So much for Buikiaffhara . '—Sks & eapeare .

      Sir R . PBKU—Complimimtary addresses to Sir R . Peel were presented by ths Mayoif and Corporation of Sunderland , and also oa behalf of Darlington and Stockton , duriag the recent visit of the ex-premier to the north . Sir Robert declined the Newcasile invitation to dinner , and those who expected to * draw ' him ; wore disappointed . His speeches were tho perfection of frank vagueness , and candid dwlarations , which told nothing . SjspbnsiosorLabobr is LiscAsniHS . —Tho resolutions of the delegates of the operative cotton spinners of Lancashire and the neighbouring counties , recommending their employers , in consequence of the depressed condition of the trade , ' to entirely suspend operations in cotton mills for a few weeks , ' has

      oxoiled mueh interest in tho manufacturing distriets ; and some of the provincial journals are advocating tho adoption ef the plan . The delegates seem fully to understand the pmationa to which the working classes would be subjected during the entire closing of the mills ; but thev allege that this course would diminish the probability of such a calamity occurring during the winter months , and that at present , 'in consequence of tho abundance of vegetable food and the warmth of the weather , and the possibility in many instances of finding out-door employment , the privatiqnsto which the operatives would ho exposed would not be so severe . ' The' resolutions are altogether of a remarkable character , suoh recommendaliens havwg probably never been entered bets *© bj 1 tto opeistlvw V ) tlielc employers .

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      , . FxtUhCOBHOfi . R , " !* " Ii « EiCH 7 KK . \ rH Ce » - Timv .--By thatcoa B , ' : !? e . people of Ireland ' wero again divided into ttru' c , as , l . » ' *"•* on ° consisting of those whose conscience , ? . ! ° . » n « m to , take tjnj Statebath . ohthesubjeev of religion ; tothera higft privileges were ae'cnVed . i ai penalties were enacted against those who could » v » , ° F woah ' " » t , sweat ? that oath . The great orerir }* ylmia 8 majority of tfuj Irish people refused the tc * i } ' and 'he penal lav came quickly to punish them , em 1 *& their familf relations and domestic circle . Jk infested any chiM , who mightconform to the test ptescKbed , with taV rights of property enjoyed by his i & vther , it invested the wife with rights of property &* er the husband , If any of those who had refused to s *« ar . parcliasetf an estate for any amount of money , an ? of the olhetSf ¦ who had taken the oath , eanld dispossess him wifchv out paying one shilling for such estate . If any of ineiorraer

      class owned a horse worth fifty or one hundred pounds , any of the latter class had ' a light byJawtotender fivo pounds and tell him fo disv mount . « any of the former elass , by his skin > and industry jn agriculture , raised the value of his land , so as to yield a profit equal to ens-third of the refti , any of the latter could enter on the profits of his la * hour and tske possession of his fend . These law * oontmued forbetween eighty and ninety years , dowa to the period ot American Independence . And ill on the agricultural mdustry of the Irish-what apremium was ttf & out to encourage - that indolence wmen lintisn statesmen now complain of . The same system haffbeen continued to the- ^ restnt day r n if some cruel Iwr of destiny had deta-mined that the Irish people should be kept at the ' sft » vii >*

      noinfc'¦ Kf ? i . K . "Bie 8 ' the land ! or < 5 : ' eTcn no ** claims the right , ar . d'often uses it , of punching the industry of his teaaut , by increasing the rent in ^ proportion to tho improvement the tenant ? makes on : his holding . Ifthenit > be true , that thrJriah are iinrfo . ent , - which TdeBft-the ' cause co ; dd Ss- suffici * ; enMy . explained by thepenalties which a badgoverny ment has inflicted upotftfeem , in their own countiT for the crime of being iftdustrious . Thon , if it be . saitf , as a reproach , that the Irish are ignorant , let it be remembered that thivsame code < . f p- r ^ rl Jaw » Closed np the schools of popular education ; that toeschoolmaster was banished for the crime of teaching , and' if he returned he waa-lratle to be treated-as * felem Jf ignorance ef tha people , then , be the-caneeof the famine , enough has been said to point out tbe caoseof the ignorance itseIf .-5 isSo > Hughes ( tfflfav Yvrk / ontheFamine in Ireland ?

      Tire SieBooi , MAsiEa Abroad ^—A certain overseer of the poor not a hundred miles from Seubercb lately presented an account ofioor rates , ia rwpMfcof tithes ) as follows : — . Rextoria tithes ... £ 310 s . urwt . Vjcioria t'thes £ 0 153 . :. Which would seem to imply . ' that tho former were * Kings-and the- latter the Queen ' s tithes ; but thsfact is they are divided into Jle & drial and Vicariaii . which the worthy functionary of the township , with an ignorance and simplicity too frbquentlv character ristic oFtuoh personages , had cozened into Rextori » and Vidonai ¦ Startuko . CiBcmi 5 TANCB . -Sone . short time ago * , a man was cutting ling or heather on Papplewiofc forest , in . thjs neighbourhood , for-the purtosc of being manufactured into besots * : ; . when MnviW

      supped , between two pieces of ftiikn timber whichs ay concealadbeneath the heather , he broke his right leg ; Being-unable to extricate hirae-eN from his nosition ,. withade ? perate resolve ho seized the handbill which- he'had brought for the purpose of cutting the ling , and * chopped tbe leg clean -off . Though thus liberated from tho confinement under which he * hadjireviously suffered , he found himself , of coursey unable to make his way over the fose * t on one leg ,, when he deliberately sat himself down on a large * stone , and p ' adng the entire leg <> . va » adjoiiang block , without more ado , chopped iV- (; ff : level withv the other broken leg , and trudged his war home .

      more than two miles , on his stumps , with bis amputated legs under his arms ! It may be-just necess-uy ,, in order to mitigate the horror which the . reader may be apt , very naturally , to feel at the 'above extraordinary recital , to inform him ( hat botfcthe legs werer —wooden ones . —Xotlingham Mercuryv . EsiRAflBDiNARr Sdicidz . —An jiHjsesfc was held last week , at Bianchardstown , upon the . body of aman named Matthew Kugcnt , who committed suicido on tho previous day by cutting his-thtoat with s ~ razw . Verdict , ' Temporary Insanity . '' The following letter was written by the deceased on the day before he terminated his existence : —

      Dublin , & ugast . 2 G ^ . 181 T ; When true hearts lie witliered ,-. : Aud fond ones are flowuj . Oh , vlio could inhabit - This cold world jlntie ! After years ' spent ln ' a " alM & v TOu ^ Vr - ™™ - » -u ,, „„ , „ j . i- j -l-t- — ' - "' 3 ot mv kindred uithureil nnd aebayed , when I thought to meet with them as . fresh antife as green-as those within my own In-east .. I : iim ..-mnoy « d with the petty chicanery nnd tricki-ry-of-the world-Every man suspects the rest of the worM tobe-cndea «

      vouring to- deceive bim . There is no sincerity ia it . t have seen- too much--of mankind evtr to-expect to behitppy in this world . - I will therefore try ,,. wliat sort of place is-tho next . I know it wilib ^ said that I labourunder temporary . insanity ; on the contrary , I never wasso perfectly saue in my life . I know I have been a . sin * - ner , but I have every dependence in tho nierey of the ) great God . Some would-be philosophers have s : iid that suiuii . ' e is cowardly . Wiiat . eur would impeach Oatpwith cowardice ? Some creature that dare not prick hiss flissh with a pin to escape from the mast degrading sla-. very . I' wish I had an opportunity ef staking my . life in the service of my country , but as I have not , I hope Qod > s will pardon me for thus disfosia ? of it . To two dear friends , from whom I ooulil have expected but

      littlesympathy or affection , I am indebted fur . the most sincere anil genuine kindness ; I sincerely thank them f they will understand that I allude to them . Farewell ,, my . dear friends , farewell . If my opinions of mankindare anjust , I crave pardon ; I have . my . own share of faults , and should deal lightly with others . —IIatibswi Nuseh-t . To the public , if the public , like to read it . An Uswklcomk Gallast . —A young lady residing in the tipper part of Philadelphia , the daughter of a bank olh' ear , when going to bed , was . about closing ; her shut ' . er , when she was horrified by iajing hep hand on an immense snake , which , with expanded jaws , was peering into the apartment j-acred t * the maiden privacy and' meditation-iancy free' Dread .

      fully alarmed , she rushed down stairs , ularmed her parents , raised the hue aad cry , and a number of personsj . araed with all the implements known and described in an indictment for an : assault and battery , went to attack the monster . One of tiio first blows knocked him from the window sill , and he tumbled down through tho branches of a grape vine into the yard . His pursuers followed , and seon conapleted the work of death . It proved to be an anaconda , sis or seven feet long , and some six inches in circumference . Hardly had ho been killed before a neighbour oainenwhiug in breathless to reclaim liispct !; . But it was too late , and noting now remains , but hist skin to grace some private collection or pablie

      museum . . Seit-mads Mkn ix , Pakliament —The cnsuingr Parliament will contain-a very large number of men who . may boast that thsir ability and industry ha-ve raised them to fortunaand dignity from humble circumstances . Messrs-Stephenson and-Locke are two brilliant instances of railway results . Sir J . Wslmsley , M . F . fo ? , Iieicc 3 tor , begaa : iifo as an usher kta bays'school . Mv'W . Jacksen ^ M . P . fo rvKewaastlc-undor-Lyiie ,. for which tovwvho was . elected & ver the head of Lord Brackley , the son of ths Earl

      of Ellesmere , and nephew of tho Ilukc ofSuther » land , worked hia . way up from a bumble clerkship to a partnership , in an > African houss , and eventually by land specula 4 iou 8 . iu Birkenhead ^ of- the prosptrity of which he is one-. of the authors , acquired a princely fortune . Mr IIjjtn $ > hvey Urcvsi , after enduring the vicissitudss ef fortune as a merchant and canal carrier , and acting for some years a ? a railway manage ? , acquired a fortune in three years as a traffic feaker ,. and has been elected to r & j > resent his nativa town , Tewkesbury , in Parliament . Many more examples might be cited . —2 / oiftccu / Chronicle .

      CoMPfiTiHPN . —It was confidently staled on tho Manchester . Sschangc , on 1 'uosday , thatthcrc is nowlying in - Liverpool a quantity of Arasrican cotton twist and heavy dome & iic cloth , only awaiting the least advaaeo on present prices to bo brought . into competition with English productions . On thewriter ' s conversing with a spinner , on the probable * destination of these extraordinary imports , the cunelusion ; arrived at -was , that they might probably have l » en sent to this . country to be warehoused , thus to be r « tdy lor expectation to any part of the world , this beinc a more eligible place of sale than that of Lowell . Some rac-aths ago , a large guantiiy of goods ( say 100 bales ) , were imported into Liverpool from

      tho United States , and caused , at the time , a strung seasation , which only subsided when it was ascertained that thsy were only waiting orders lor reshipment ( if wa siistako not ) to China . The feet is , that there is . positively no room for any imports ot the description referred to ; the unprecedented low prices in Mauohesterpositivel y forbid »* . «»«?* ™* ruinously . It may not be amiss to observe , that some spinners , who were talking he »»» gj «« er among themselves , were 0 opinion that tbe im oris in question might bo aUyib ^ ted to tL « Short i irue Bill rassed last session , and contended that tne uii 22 ro ^ tt . toW ^ r «^^;» J thofifteen in AawriM . ^!^ ™* Wv n ranetit en of similar shipments , iirae , S £ . * « £ SKr tta truth of this opinion .- !^

      iTuub OwoMu-Mr John Shaw , of Radford , hu Jin this Jew , in wo of-tho 'York Gardens , 'in var iety superior in size to any other plot of this u ; p ftilveeetablo ia the whole vicinity , if not m . tne whole surrounding district . Tho largest one tfeigha 2 IJ onncee-another 18 i ounces , with several pora of s imilar proportions . ' . Fkaszkji , ono of the best poetacf § 9 « ler > . died . lome ^ fhat BOiWerdy on U » Wa

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091847/page/3/