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WHAT IS A PEER ! WhattoaPeer ! An taeless thing—A cosily toy to aleass a King—Apavpfl-neartha throne ; A lamp of animated clay—A 5 * nSS pageant of the day—Anlati & iis— ^ drone . What 1 * a Peer ! A nation ' s curse—A . PacfJA on the public purse—Corruption ' s own Jackal;— . A haughty domineering blade—A Cat * old at a rnasqaewde—ApsndyatabaU . Te Butteiflies whom Kings create—Xs Caterpillars of tbe
State-Enow that jonr lima is near : Enllghtensd Franca will lead tho van , To overthrow your worthless elan ; This moral learn—that Gen made Man Bat never made a P « r ! Midland" Prtgressionisl
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TRTTRBIITE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF IfHECHE LATE MR COUNCILLOR BRIGGS OF SHEF-: ? r £ ? n ; LD AS UNCOMPROHISING ADYQCATE OF irsecsE people's Rieaxs . An An honest man ' s the noblest work of God . '—Pom . Y * s 3 honest Briggi hath breathed his last , His earthly son hath set ; The tells and caret of life are past , And paid is natare ' f debt . The poor have kit a generous friend-In whom thiy could confide ; Thtir canse he atadicd to defend , And oft their wants supplied . L * . t not the tongue of dander dare , E ' er trifie with his name ; Or malice spread har envious snare , His honour to defame .
He courted not the world s applause , Hi * actions were sincere ; His soul was wrap : in freedom's cam , Which cosihizn many a tsar . Scr was H slmjla taste he sought . His thoBghts were fare and free ! "With heart and voice be nobly foaght— . For Right and Liberty . Though humble , yet 'tis well to haow—Since busy Ufa began—To rich and poor , to friend and foe , He was at heart—a man !
Such honest worth demands a sign From every throbbing breast ; A pitying tear from every eye ^ A hope that he is blest . < SitSJd . J . W . Kiho
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Ptf epular Theology tested by ilbdern Science . By a rVeli-Wisher to Society . London : J . Chapman 142 Stratd . This work cornea before tbe public in the shape of 1 f A Series of Lstters to a Friend /—letters which are lilikelj to procure the author many friends and many foross . The interested rapper Jen of the reigning ' spinrisual'delusion—all who , like Demetrius , the silver-8 SEUth , might say . * by this crait we have our wealth / all such will , of course , raise an outcry against a Btrrftpr who has the boldness to brine their fictions to
fjfhe test of facts . On the other hand , tha leeiera aafter truth—especially those who may ha yet Bbmjggling in a sea ot doubt—will be grateful to the * Wellwisher to Society'for supplying them with this asggistant to guide them out of their difficulties . The Bsathor is evidently a mas of first-rate scientific atttainmenis . He folly understands Ms subject , and Hikes care that his readers shall be equally well-inifbnned . At the same time he is so pedant ; Ibis arguments are expressed in the language of the IFeoplel We take from Letter YI . the following ex-I tract from the works of Baron Von Reichenbaoh , i explaining the' airy nothinge * of
AFTABmOSS . A singular oaenrrene ? , which took place at Colmar , In the garden of the post Pftffd , has been made generally fciowh fey various writings . The following are the essential facts . The poet being blind , had employed a young clergyman of the evangelical church ai amanuensis . Ffeffrl when he walked out , was supported and fed by ' this yousg man , whose name was Billing . As they walked in tha garden , at tome distance from tha tows , P / tffell observed th » t , as often at they passed over a particular spat , ths ana of Billing trembled , and be betrayed naeasintss . On'being ashed , the yenng man reluctantly confessed that , as often as he passed over that spot , certain feelings attacked him , which he could tot control , and which be anew wall , as he always
experienced the same in passtai over any place where tannin corpses lay buried . He added that , at night , when he came near inch places , he saw supernatural ap . peiraixes . Pfefiell with the view of curing the youth ef what be looked on aa a fancy , went that night with him to the garden . As they apFoacfced the spot in the flarfc , Baling perceived a feeble light , and when still nearer , he saw a luminous ghost-like form floating over tts spot . This he described as a female form , with one arm laid across tha body , the other hanging down fitting in the upright posture , hot tracqul , the feet oaly ahasdhreath or two above the soil . PfsSell went alone , as the young man declined to follow him up to the place where the figara was said to be , and struck about in all directions with his stick , besides running through the place of the figure ' ; tat the ghost was mot awe ' effected than a flame would have been ; the luminous form , according to Billing , always retnrtsd to its
eigin & l position after these experiments ; msny things were tried during several months , and numerous companies of people were brought to the spot , but the matter remained the tame , and ths ghost seer adhered to'his salons assertion , and to the cpinien founded on it , that SKasiaiirldnal lay bnrad there . At last , P / effell had & s place dng up . At a considerable depth was found a firmhytr of white lime , of the length and breadth of a pare , of cossiderahla tftfcVnwn , and when this had been hrc ' sta into , there were found tha honas ef a human king . It was evident that some oae had bsen bnried in tie place and covered with a thick layer of lime , ( quick Iim = ) , u is generally done in time of pestilence , of esrtsqsskes , and other similar events . The bones were removed , the pit filled op , ths lime mixed and scattered stand , and the snrfaca again made smooth . When Baling was now brought back to tha place the phenomstun did not return , and the nocturnal spirit had for aver disappeared .
It it hardly necessary to point out to the reader what tisw the author fates of this story , which excited mnch attention in Germany , beciuse it came from the most truthful man alive , and Thsologians and Fsyeholagiits gsre to it soma terrific meaninJ . It obviously falls iato tie provisos of chemical action , and this meats with a staple and d .-ar explanation from natural and physical tones . A corpse is a field for abundant chemical tiunjes , dewmpoiiHoa , fa » entaHon , putrefaction , gasifoati- > n , and general play of affinities . A stratum o ! qack lime in a narrow pit , unites ia powerful affinities to tcese cf the organic matters , and girts rise to a continued avrkugoftbewholj . Sain water filters through and ttttrfbnUs to the action : the lima on tha outside of the E 9 s % first fans to a fine powder , and afterwards , with
ftore . water , forms lamps which are T « ry slowly ptnefcsted br thea ' x . Slaked lime , prepared for building , hat sot ns : d 03 nccsuat of some cause connected with a * atUie state of society , some centuries tines , has been fruai in subterranean pits , in the ruins of old castles , tad the mass , except on the outside , was so analtersd fcstithasbeen used for modern buildings . It is evident bsrefore that in such circumstances there must ba a vsj slow and long-continues' chemical action , partly Wag to the slow ptnsiration of the mass of lime by the tttirasl carbonic acid , partly to tbe change going on in fte remains of animal matter , at all erents as long as taJ is left . In the above case this mast have gone on fcUEfenal's garden ; and as we know that chemical t & onis invariably associated with light , visible to the
Bi 2 ! idvf j this most hare been the origin of the luminous appBiraccs , which again must have continued until the eitnii aSa ' . ties of tite organic remains , the lime , the a ! r , sad water , bad finally come to a stats of chemical i ^ tor eqsilirriam . As soon , therefore , as a sensitive Krijn , although otherwise quite healthy , came that i J- J . and eniered within the sphere of ths force in action , ! *» » uu feel , by day , like Mr Billing , ( and like Hde . Si ^» the sensations so ofcea described ; and see , by * Wj like H 4 * . Bdchel ) , tbe luminous appearance . % isrsjiC 8 , fcar , and ^ supers ' -Won , would now diets np Ue feebl y shining vsporons light into a human form , ^ d / ciaUh it with human limbs and members ; Just as ** e *" , at pleasure , £ mcy erexy clond In tho skj to re-^ Diamworademon .
^ e hava ainoh pleasure in rccammending this S ? P-neat , well-written , and interesting work , as jjj ? . ra « Blated to aid the great work of popular en-H ?« mnent , a work which mast precede political trni t ^* emancipation . An ignorant people may tp . . 1 cannot retain liberty . Honoar then to u ^!! * " * ° . * age war against superstition—the oon-^« t ot of ignaranee , and perpetrator of proletarian
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^ p / kfe ? of Ireland . By Thomas Wright , Esq . S'i ! Londoa : J ' * TaUi 8 » » St John i ^« t » fHr Wright ' s work , devoted to the aa * i „ tt ! English adventurers who accompanied H * ' 5 ^ Slro nEbow , furnishes painful evidence nitr ^ ^ wuion , mnch more than external tie « S . ra tbe cause ef Ireland ' s subjection to P 2 el . " ^ nftt" Norman-English . Scarcely a tirrlf £ * over but reminds na of the stinging ^ addressed by Moore to his conntrymen—. " ?» asfste 1 , they * a say , ' a wayward fate . ' . ' » onr web of discord wove ; 1 » hUs yonr tyrants joln'd in hate , * ou never joln'd in love ! '
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In the year 1171 , Roderick O'Connor ,, kiag of a ]| Ireland , aided by a number of the Irish princes , laid siege to Dublin , then occupied by Strongbew . The besieged made a sodden and unexpected sally , and O'Connor ' s own forces , being unprepared for the attack , were rented with great slaughter . The other chiefs who commanded the mass of the besiegers , and whose troops had not been engaged with the enemy , instead of trying to reverse this defeat , at once broke ap thair camps and retired witheui sulking a blow ! Aorwas thia all , their personA fends which they had for a moment laid afide were forthwith resumed , and the king oi Muaiter and the king ef Ossory recommences" the old game of mutual throat-cutting—of coarse greatly to the advantage
of the English invaders . Three years subsequently King Roderick , after over-running Meath again , advanced near to the walla of Dublin . But . * says the historian * the Irish clans were as nsnal more intent npoa seeming their plunder , than of following np their successes ; and , before the English had arrived , O'Connor ' s army had broken np and separated , each chief returning to his own home . ' The war dwindled into a series of skirmfcbes and reprisals . Again , we read nnderthe dateof 1179 : — 'The pacific state of the English territory was the consequence in a great measure of the troubled condition of the test of Ireland . From the north and west of Ulster , throughout Connaoght , and into Mnnster , the whole land was torn with civil contention , and in the fierco
struggle between chief and chief , Hughde Lacy appeart to have acted onihe prudent policy of kiting the natives fight their own battles without interfering . ' In the very next page is the following : — 'In this year and the following ( 1181 . 82 ) , the demestio feuda among the clans of Uhter appear to have broken out with increased violence , and De Couny , and his English , no doubt took advantage of them to strengthen themselves and extend their conquests' Threei years subsequently , many of the Irish princes took- np arms to punish the insolenca of Prince ( afterwards Sing ) John , but * The interests of ike English , U / ert again served b y those domettK fewHs wnieft had so constantly hindered the Irish from ' uniting , with any stability , in the common cause . ' In 1183 John de
Conrcy ' s encroachmen ts in Ulster were ' ¦'¦' encouraged by the reneival of the domestic feuds of the Irish , who hadnot long held together in their league againttihe English . ' It is sickening to read page after page of the bloody and senseleaa contests of the Irish chiefs with each other . S-metimea they even hired the Services of the English adventurers , for the purpose of more effectually crushing their own countrymen . This part records tbe deaths of several of the Norman chiefs , ( inolndisg the most celebrated of all—Stwngbow ); Ds Courej ' s invasion ot -Ulster , the invasion of the island by Henry the Second ,. and . that King ' s treaty with the native chiefs ; the violent death of O'Ruart , the celebrated Prince of Breffoy—one of the bravest and most uncompromising of the defenders of Irish liberty : and the
ruinous administration of that ream of prince * -Jehn A Chapter—the most interesting of the part—is deveted to an account , or abstract of' Giraldus Cambrensis ' a Topography oi Ireland . ' Giraldua ' a account of the Irish and their country is' the description of a despised and persecuted people , drawn by asealous partisan of those who persecuted and scorned tbera ; ' Mr Wright , therefore , well says that the old Norman chronicler ' s praise and dispraise must be received with great caution . Siiil hu narrative j § exceedingly interesting . This part brings the history to the commencement of the wars between the English arid Irish in the reign of King Jjhn —( A . D ., 1210 . ) The illustration is a beautiful ensraving on steel of 'The landing of the French in Baatry Bay . '
The Politician: A Journal Of History, Po...
The Politician : a Journal of History , Politics , Statis . tics . & o . Edited by R . Isham . London : S . Y . Collins , Hol ) wall Street , StraBd . From an announcement on the coyer of this periodical , of which Nos . 1 to 5 inclusive are before bb , we are led to believe that the publication thereof has ceased . If so , the lets is the people ' s—for we have never seen a publication more worthy of popular patronage . The articles on the Suffrage ,, Taxation , and other subjects of vital importance to the working classes , are written with great ability , and in a spirit of uncompromising honesty . No- 5 contains an admirable defence of Chartism , in reply to the reckless and blood-thirsty denunciations fulminated by the truculent Tiuss . We cordially recommend this work to our readers .
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GLORY !' BUTCHERING BARBARITIES OF THE BRIGAND BUGEA . UD . There has been lately published a book entitled ' A Campaign in the KabyJia of Algeria . ' By Dawson Borrer , F . R . G . S ., & 3 . This gentleman being in Algeria in the year ISiJ , volunteered his person to accompany an expedition , planned and lea by Marshal Bugeaud , against the inhabitants of the Kabyle country , or Highlands of Algeria . That unhappy people hsd given no canse of offence to the French , but Marshal Bugeaud desired to ' strike terror , ' and reap * la gloire '— sufficient reasons to justify tbe atrocities we are about to unfold , in the eyes of the miscreants and slaves who believe that—* Oae murder makes the villain- * ¦ Millions the hero !' Mr Bflxar says : —
The route of the expedition Isy generally through a tract ef great fertility , smiling with corn fields and oliva plantations , wall watered , abounding with gams , and rejoicing in all thots bounties which Nature has poured upon the choicest regions of the earth , —with beautiful flower * , trees , and plants , the woods resounding day and night with the song of the nightingale . Ob the 13 th of Hay the troops entered the territory of the Beni-Yalas , a numerous and warlike mountain tribe-The country throogh which tha expedition advanced was almost uniformly fruitful . The column fonod its paradise , and left it a desert . In a single paragraph we have pictured
THE SISOUTIHO EFFECT OF TBE fBSKCH 1 DVABCS . Oace mere tha trumpets struck ap their lively and exciting airs , and the traopers bust forth in one wild chorus as the ringln ? notes died off ia soft repeated echoes smidit the na ' ghbonring heights . Onward we marched , tramp'ing bsaeath our feet vast extents of com almost ready fjr the sickle , smiling fertility before \ at detostation in onr nor . EttrslMt and »«? \ tai of corn uos crushed to the earth . The march of eight thousand mea , accompanied by hundreds of wild Arab cavaliers dashing here and there , some playing the fantasia , others cutting at full speed the s ^ rtled hare , or riding down red-legged partrtfgu , leaves ugly tracks in a narrow cultivated valley .
As the troops came within view of the mighty range of theDjnrjura , the Arabs assembled in great numbers , aad seemed * disposed to resist the advance of tha invaders . Beautifully situated in the recesses ot the mighty mountains were the villages of the Benl-Asbe * , appearing in tbe distance like nests of peace and happiness , but doomed to immediately become theabedes of dispair , death , and desolation .
OTaCK OH THE ItBrLE VILUOKS . Our column continued to advance at a rapid pact , tbe Kah . Ti . rs filing from height to height , pouring ia at times heavy votfeys , but at last falling back upon their v ll « g < = * , which now feurstupon cur sight . These villsg ; t were numerous , and generally situate npon commaadipg summits ; ths * 1 pes were possibly being cnl ' . ivsttd with corn and olives . Lofty isolated towers , squared at the base , thin carried up in an octsgenal form , overlooked these Tillages from tbe hills around . T & eie peculiar etroctnres were probaWy holy places of resort during paace , and during war served for watoh towers and def « nc \ From the loophchs in them incessant shots were fired , but tbe garrisons soon were driven oat by a fair discharges from the ' ohnsiers . ' Thus the first three or four villages were s peedily deserted by those of ths inhabitants who could fly , ar . i those wfw could not were slaughtered .
Tnoagh tho villages held out bat a short time , yet the fugitives , had not lost all hope . Sheltered amongst rocks , brushwood , and groves of olive-trees , they stUI annoyed mnch the advancing forces . . One mount in particular near the second village , they clung to very tenaciously , in oomnuwaingjthe passage to other littlemeats further on . The ascent of this mount was difficult , and the summit , crowned with masses of rough rock , intermingled with trnshwood , sheltered the de . fendtra from tha repeated volleys directed against them . In a brief space of time the Araba were scattered , and then ensued
TBS S 4 CK CF VH . UQSS ATSS HllliCM OF JSHSEITASTS . Still advancing by extremely ragged trssfcf , thi rocks to soma places forming perfect mountain stairs , with d ^ ep ravines en one hand or the other , we came wWiln sight of three villages lying clow together , overlooks * by a fourth in the background crowning tha very sum . mlt of an extremely lofty monnt—a spur , in fact , of a range * f hefg tau betlad it , hot presenting on one side a onical face , of most difficult access , np which an Arab track , winding like a corkscrew , might be discerned livs with numerous fugitives toil ng towards tbe summit with slow and difficult stsps . S . vetal towers In the aeighbourhood of these villages were garrisoned with enraged mountaineers , thirsting for vengeance , but aware that their only hops lay in the commandiai stronghold above mentioned . Continual puffs of smoka issued from the towers , and toilets rattled about
as . It was hut a djlng struggle ! The villages in the j forejrronndwereeooa gained , tne troops advancing a * pas de course as well ai tbe nature of tbe country woali permit , tfer the cavalry it was dlmsult enough , the slopes about these mountain homts being divided into plots by low walls of loose rocks thrown together . J pasUng the spurs into out horses' flasks , upwards we ' drove , howevar , at a heavy galltp , everyman following according to the ability of his steed . Some cleared the rocky divis i ons ; some flsundered over them ; others bit the dust , horse and rider , but always on the right side . More than one thick-pated trooper will long remember tow he tried the metal of the rock with his skull that day It was a hard ride , but an exciting one . The villages were ' all surrounded with walls of about twelve feet in height and composed of stones cemented together with mud mingled with chopped straw , a strong enoe of thorny tushes crowning them , and impenetrable
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hedges of ths prickly ptar growing along their bssi . The inhabitants fired ebltflj from the loopholss pierced ta ttsse walls and in the walls of the boasts .. Upon the terraces of the latter also might be seen plctutesoua groups of gaunt warriors , their flowing hnrnosss thrown back as they handled with activity their long guns . ;•> .. . ; : . In One of these last villages some half dozen of them toldl y renamed after the gnat body ofthel * eomt & des haa flea . jsn Jsrge iqaars building commanding tbe entrance of ths village on the side we approached , and kept np a determined fire at 6 oti ( porlant . It was oil to no avail , however , tbe narrow streets were soon crowded with French troops , aivisaisa , kssssceihs , i »& > Win > saiao ii msinas . Keithm six nos aok was
axassBiD , tub swobs fsm . upon ill iliei . From os » horns Wood-stsined soldiers , laden with spoil , passed form as I entered I » . Upon the floor of one oi the chumbsrs lay a Uttte girl of twelve or fourteen years of age . There she fay w * ltericg ia gore , and in the agonies of death , and an atcursed ruffian thmt hltoayonel into her . Cod will requite him J in another house a wrinkled old woman sat crouched upon the matting , rapidly mnttsring , in tha agony of fear , prayers to Allah with a trembling tongue . A prttty child of six or seven years tia , laden with silver and coral ornaments , cluog to her side
, her eyes streaming with tears as she clasped her aged mother ' s arms . The soldiery , mad with blood and rage , were nigh at hand , I seiz . id ths fair oMM . A mount was itft to force her into a dark recess at the far end of the building—some ragged matting thrown btfort it served to conceal her , and , whilst I was making signs to her mother to hold silence , soldiers rushed in . Some ransacked the htbltstien , others pricked the old female with their bayonets . « Soldiers , Will you slty an aged woman !* 'So , monslsar , ' said ona fellow , we will not kill her , but hsr valuables are conceded , and we must have them . '
Bat the poor child was saved from one horrible end only to meet with a frightful death of another kind . The author says : — in nearly every homo were vast jsvs of oil , ( for the Ksbtttes make , consume , and sell vast qasntitles , ) often six or seven fMt in height , and ranged in rows around the chambsrs . Holes bring rapped In ail these j « s , the bouses were sson flooded with oil , and streams of it were pouring down tha very streets . When the soldiers had ransacked tbe dwelling * , andamsshed to atoms all that they could not cany off or did not think worth ¦ elz ' ng at spoil , they heaped the remnants ana the mat . tings together , and fired them . As I was hastily traversing the nsrrow streets tarfgaln the outside of the
vUlags , disgusted wl » h the horrors I witnessed , fl ; mei burst forth on all sidrs and torrents of fire came swiftly gliding down the thoroughfares ; for the flimea had gainsd the oil . An instant I turned , the fearful doom of tbe poor concealed child arid ths dtcrtpld mother fiubingon ay mind . It was too late : who ooald distinguish the house amongst hundreds exactly similar t The firs was crackling , bltxtng , with incrsased fury , and there was no time to lose . The way of tho gateway was barred with roaring fiimes . Scrambling to ths terrace of a low building , I threw myself ovar . the wall . The unfortunate Ktbjleoaild was doubtless consumed with her aged parent . How many others may hare shared her fate !
The last village crownieg the mountain height , and apparently inaccessible to attack , yet remained . The troops , inflamed with blosd , scaled the eminence , and again , ensued a
scene—HVIllBU t HOST BOBBIBLZ ! 1 , Finding their enemies rapidly gaining the heights , and that one detachment was upon the point of taking them in the flank , the Ktbaies might now be seen retreating , in stern > despair frem the -village , turning sad firing at intervals' as thsy retired to the heights beyond . Tw » or three of the soldiers moBnting to this attack fell dead , struck by no ball . Desperate exertion and intense heat bad killed them . The summit OD 0 B attained , hOJT . ey « r , the hut of piandsr gave strength fo the troops , and , dashing over tha walls and through the gateways , the
scenes which had ttktn plus In the villages below were again acted over , but with increased attendant horrors , for was it not tbe refuge of the women and the aged ! Ba . viiHsn , hobdbbbd , bu » i » t , hardly a child eseaptd to tell tne ( alt . A few of the women fisd to tbe ravines round tbe Tillage , but troops swept the brushwood , and stripped and msngled bodies of females might there bs seen . I heard tin ruffiant , ulien the sacking was oter , relating with great gusto how many young girls had been 6 « m « in out houtt after being « 5 « s « t 6 y tSsir Srafat COfflrfldej OBd tiimttlte * .
Fire completed the work of tbe sword , and the country soon presented a memorable example of
tub sntcii ot a ibmioh visit , Ons vast sheet of flame crowned the height whloh an hour or two b-fere was ornamented with an extensive and opulmt village crowded with inhabitants . It seemed to hsre b * an the very emporium of commerce of the Benl-Abbes ; gunpowder , arms , bricks , bornooses , and » Vnff * of uttfortnt faorlcs were there , The streets boasted of nnmeron * shops of workers in sliver , workers ia cord , waders of silk and ether stuffs , and articles of French or Tunisian manufacture , brought by their traders from Algiers or Tanis . All that was not borne away by the spoilers was devoured by fire , or buried amid the crashing ruins , and then the hungry flames vomitad forth from the burning habitations gained the tall corn growing around theta villages , and , running swiMy oh , wound about and consumed ths scattered olive-trees overshadowing it . Fire covered the face of the country , and the heavens were obscured with smoke .
Some of the KabaTles hiving fired a parting volley at the French ruffians , the latter took a bloody re * venge by perpetrating an
ATB 0010 D 3 MiSUCBE . No other fo » pressnHng thsmselves , they fell upon nnmsrous KsbaVies peaceably reaping am ngst the osrnlinos at hand . These unarmed victims , some mere boys , were massacred without mercy . Oae trooper alone , I was by several mouths assured , sabred seven , —as glorious an action as sabring so many sheep . A fewlndlvldoals who had been following the column merely from curiosity , and had held friendly converse with several of the soldiers , wen also fallen npen and slain . One of these victims endeavouring to escape fisd into the river with the inttntion of crossing it , but a ball from a carbine shot him down in the middle of the water . Ruing again , he staggered , mortally wounded , to the oppesite shore , and sat himself down on the stones . A trooper galloping farleutly in chase rolled horse and all headlong Into the river , but , recovering bis footing , gainsd the side of tbe dying Ktbjle and dashed his brains oat .
Notwithstanding an occasional condemnation ef some particular set of bloody cruelty , Mr Borrer appears to be , on the whole , a warm admirer of the butcher Bugeaud and his army of execrable mm job . Such being the case , the reader will of coarse understand F . B . GS . to miUDr-Fraterniser with Royal Gory Scoundrels ! We blush te add tnat Mr Dawson Borrer is an Knglishman . The beast Bugeaud was a special favourite of that smooth-faced hypocrite Louis PHmpre . To do the work of the' ioura-eoisie , or restore the mogareby , Bugeaud would be only too happy to devote the inhabitants ef the faabourg St Antoineto the doom of the unfortunate Kaba'iles ; yet soma of the bourgeoisie have desired to elect him President ' of the Republic ! It is a disgrace to Frenchman that such a miscreant is allowed to breathe on { heir native toil . May he yet reap his well-deserved reward !
The Jescellaneous Mathematical Papers Of...
The JEscellaneous Mathematical Papers of Oliver Bjrne . Collected and edited by John Byrne , C . E . Lsndon : Maynard ... Oliver Byrne ia a name long and favonrabh known to the Mathematical world . Mr John Byrne proposes the puUisbin ? of his numerous papers , and though they will make ten half-crown parts , he is able to announce their appearance' independently of immediate pecuniary returns . ' This is a gleam from the age of enthusiasm in learning which we thought had passed away . Oliver Byrne has written both upon the philosophy , as well as the science of
mathematics , and his ingenious applications of the profound principles of magnitude and measure , evidence both the power and fecundity of original genius . We are promised , in the second part , Mr Byrne ' s famous demonstration of' St Athanasius ' siCreed , by mathematical parallel . ' It shall receive our patient attention . An anal ) sis of the merits of Mr Byrne ' s mathematical writisgs will not be expected in our paper ; bnt we have great pleasure in testifying to onr scientific friends , that this projected publication is , jndgingfrom the number before us , worthy their attention . The diagrams are well conceived , and executed with the average clearness to which these illustrations have attained .
Livbrpooix—Mstnsa Of Tut Tsadbs.—On Mou*...
Livbrpooix—Mstnsa of Tut TsaDBS . —On Mou * day night , a numerous meeting of the trades was held at the Consort Hall , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe best means of securing a fair trial to the twenty-five unionists now in custody in London , some nnder sentence of transportation , but in behalf of whom writs of error have been entered , and the ethers yet awaiting their trials . The chair was occupied by Mr Barnott , the secretary , of the Trades'Union , who introduced to the meeting Mr Hawkswoith , who entered into details of the treat * ment of working men in Sheffield , - London , & c . It appealed that out of twenty convictions in Sheffield , for conspiracy , & o ., seventeen were quashed upon appeal , and that in one instance several men sentenced to be transported for a long term of years , had
bad their punishment commuted by her Majesty to three years' imprisonment . The speaker , who was most energetic in bis address , moved a resolution te the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the four rasor-grindera , now nnder sentence of transportation , were illegally convicted ; that the twenty-one stonemasons , of London , who are indicted for conspiracy , and now waiting their trials at the 0 ; d Bailey Sessions , are unjustly accused ; and pledges itself to use all legal fGats to secure for them a fair trial . This was unanimously carried . The second resolution was to the effect that the prosecution of these patties was an attempt to crush the working man ' s best institution—the Trades' Unions—and pledges the meeting to keep up the agitation until the rights and privileges of the working classes were conceded . A third resolution sought ft subscription for this purpose .
To The; People ©F England. Lktran V", Fs...
TO THE ; PEOPLE © F ENGLAND . LKTran V " , Fsnow CoraiBYMBH , —Every ona ia aware that the West Riding of . Yorkshire exercises for good , or for evil , very considerable inflaenoe ; m OUT national affairs . Every Yorkshireman know * that . Mr Wm , Rand has deservedly , obtained a large , share of influence over the minds of his . brother electors . Hence , at the last Weat Riding electics he was selected to second the nomination of Mr Cobden . The opinions of such a person will always have weight ; at this epoch they are unusually important . That is why I again solicit your undivided attention to the letter of Mr William Randi
He repeatedly alludes to ' the exoessive birden of the poor rates . 'The middle classes , the . shop . keepers , and other tradesmen . ' ho says ,, ' are abso . lutel ^ eaten up with poor rates and other local burdens . An amount of poor rate absolutely ruinous . ' i £ . 3-W ° . P «» M *« i''ftayonrf ¦ emfuranes in these districts . ' ' Poor rates- ( in addition to large and continually repeated BWhilOtiptiOliB ) are . in many instanesBtBntnnes mcre . in the pound ¦ - , than the avaraes rates In the agricultural parts of ' the kingdom , cio . This description , of the poverty of onr 'richest ' distnots is very appalling , though by no means surprisin g to those who understand the true pr ' mciples of social economy . . The self-styled * philosophers' are now . taught that their notians are erroneous . They imagined that the twin measures of freedom of action—the new Poor Law and Free Trade-would vary materially reduce the stmount of poor rates .- >
Lord Brougham , while . ' shuddering to describe the naked deformity of th © old Poor Law . ' addressing their lordships , said , ' The same baud which lays it bare , to your eyes , and makes its naked deformity horrible to your swht , will bs enabled , by your assistance , fo apply to the foul disease a safe , an effectual ' remedy —that di *« a « e being no other than very heavy peor rates ; with their natural atten * danta ! The Free Traders , too—the Lomuom , when they were'lecturing' the people out of their , sensessaid ' £ 4 , 500 000 would be saved annually out nf the ooor rates bv the repeal ef the Corn Laws . ' ' If the landlords will repeal the Corn Laws , the merchants and manufacturers will agree to pay ail the poor rates . '
I do not remind you of these delusive promises in the spirit of triumph ; I am toohappy that Mr Wm . Rand ( and I hope many hundreds of thousands of honest men as well' as he ) , having discovered the frauds by which he was led astray , now confesses that the promised' boons' have not been realised ; Again ; want of employment in the manufacturing districts is matter of complaint . Mr W . Rand says' Thousands are out of work '¦— Our workhouses are filled with the destitute '— 'The destitution and mieery arising from tbe necessity of limiting production have been such that it is a matter of astonishment how the public peace has been preserved stall . Hundreds upon hundreds , in this legality alone , and in
man ; other localities also , have sold br pledged their little furniture , arid their dwellings are a spectacle of misery not to be described . ' Remember always that the new Poor Law " was passed for the purpose of « restoring to industry its due reward ! ' and that we were assured , by the lecturers of the . Anti-Corn Lw League , that 'If the Corn Laws were repealed , there would be no need for tbe women and children to go into the factories . Husbands , ' we were told , could then earn as much as would Keep all . ' ¦ Children wonld po to school , and the wife would be ; where every Esglishman ' s wife ought to be—nursing her darling infant at home , and making all clean and comfortable for her husband and family . '
Fellow-countrymen , ' ! remind yon of these thinis , that you may never again allow yourselves to be thus beguiled . ¦ '•* Ihe new Poor Law , it was said , would improve the moral condition , and add to the peace and comfort of tbe people— ' Lifting up once mora—God be praised !—the character of ' that noble English pea * sstttry !'—( Lord Brougham . ) This was also engaged on behalf of the promoters of the repeal of the Corn Laws . Bnt what says Mr W . Rand ? Hear him : ' Our gaols are filled with the disaffected , ' 'The state of the population in the manufacturing districts , has , for some time past , been a source of the greatest anxiety , not only to the resident inhabitant * , but to the government itself , which has found it necessary to locate large bodies of troops in those districts . ' ' Their non-employment begets disaffection /
We must never forget that one great object of the New Poor Law was to 'reinstate property in security . ' This disaffection and consequent insecurity of property is attributed by Mr W . Band to the very measures that were expected to produce contrary results—the Free-trade labour and . Free-trade produce measures!—to Acta of Parliament causing ' cheapness' and ' immigration ! ' Every wise man expected soch fruits fremsnch trees . Then , those men were laughed at by the ' philosophers . ' In this Very valuable letter Mr W « Rand proposes certain remedies for the social evils he dessribes aad laments . It will hereafter be my duty to examine the justness and applicability of such remedies . Before entering on that , branch of the subject , I will cull a few bunches of grimes in the shape of truisms , from that tree of Mr W . Rand ' s planting . They may serve for reference in the examination of the proposed remedies . 1 . Cheapness' is a iery dear god . '
2 . The immigration of labour fron the agricultural districts was a great mistake , ¦ fraught with terrific consequences to those who proposed and prompted it —the manufacturers and ' shopkeepers . 3 . Our agriculturar ' productionB are not equal to the demand . Oar manufactures have , for years , exceeded the demand . 4 . Real prosperity consists in all being profitably employed , and in selling tbe products of industry for more than they cost . ' ,. 5 . It is injurious to advance the interests of mere wealth at the expense ofinduttry , 8 . Oar agricultural produce might bi doubled With advantage , and full profitable employment might be found for every idle labourer in the country . 7 . Our present social system is one of extermination—offering a bounty to a man who drives his fellow being from his home and his hearth , and imposing a burden on the place that shelters him .
8 . Non- ' emplojmcnt begets disaffection to thelaws and the government .- , ; 9 . The removal of the wretchedness anddestitu-Hon of the people ought not merely to occupy , but to engross tbe attention of every thinking man . 10 . Causes which put society in peril abb within the reach of legislation . 11 . TV poverty , destitution and crime complained of are produced by the operation of bad Acts of Parliament . It is well to register such admissions from , an authority of so much weight . They will serve very materially , to mabe way for a trotbfnl settlement of the most important question now before the world —THB PBOPIWBLK XMPLOIHBNI 0 * ALL THB PJOPLB , The consideration of Mr W . Rand ' s proposed remedies will necessarily , force that subject into discussion ,
My late most kind and valued friend , Mr Walter in conversation with me on that great question—a question that occupied bo much of his thoughtsbeing referred to the following extract , after attentively perusing it , said to rue , 'No man should enter upon the study of this subject without having his mind impressed with this passage . ' As that all-important subject will occupy my next letter . I make no apology for requesting your most attentive perusal thereof . Here it is : I have said that husbandmen particularly , and those who took care of flocks , ware In great esteem in Ejypt , some parts of it excepted , where , the , latter were not soffcred . It was Indeed to these two professions that Egypt owed its riches end plenty , It is astonishing to reflect what advanisges the Egyptians , by their art aad lahonr , drsw from a country of no great extent , bat whose soil was mads wonderfully fruitful by ths Inundations of the Kile and the laborious industry of tho inhabitants . .. . . ¦ . '
It will bo always so with every kingdom whose governors directf . il their actions to the public welfare . Ihe culture of lands and the breeding of cattle , will ba an ioeibaustiWe fund of wealth in all cduntries , where , as in Egypt , those profitable callings are supported and encouraged by maxims of state and policy ; and we may consider it as a misfortune that they . are falling at present into so general a disssteem ' : though It is ftom thero that the most elevated ranks ( as we esteem them J are furnished , not only with the necessaries , bnt even the luxuries , of life , For , ' says Abbe Pleury , In his adml . rabla work of the manners of the Israelites , where the
subject I am upon Is thoroughly examined , It is the peasant who feeds tbe oltlssn , the magistrate , the gentle man , the eooleslasUo ; ' and whatever artifice and craft may ba used to convert money Into commodities , and these back again into money , yet all must ultimately be owned to be received from the products of the earth , and the animals which it sustains and nourishss , Nevertheless , whan we compare men ' s different stations of life togsthw , we give ihe lowest place te ths husbandman ; and with many people a wealthy oMsen , enervated wltti sloth , naaUssto the public , and void of all msrtt , haa the preference merely because he has more meney , and Hvsa a more easy and delightful life .
But let us imagine to ourselves fl country where so great a difference is not made between the several condi . tions ; wherethe life ot a aobWman Is not made to eonelst in idleness and doing nothing , bu t In a careful preservatlonof his liberty—that ' is , } ! ih a doe subjection to the laws and ttia constitution j by a man subsisting on his estato without a dependence on any one , ' , and being contented io enjoy a little with liberty , rather than a great deal at the price of mean and bass compliances ; a country where sloth , effeminacy , and the Ignorance of things necessary for life , are held in just contempt , and where pleasure is less valued than health and bodily atr ength
To The; People ©F England. Lktran V", Fs...
In such a country It will be much mors for a man ' s reputationtoplough and heap . flocks than to waste all his hours in sauntering fron .- plaw to piace , in gaming and wp «! 'l dlvM ' ' - ' *^ ** wto ( Bislory . vol i . , pp . 181 , 185 , ' The peasant is no plaything , eMd-No , Gsd forbid he were" f 1 am , Fellow . Countrymen ry 0 ura faithfully ^ Fulhata , Middlesex , Nov . 4 . lSam . -
Miners'-Association . The County Meeting...
MINERS ' -ASSOCIATION . The county meeting of miners was held" ea the 18 th Hist ., at tho Bowling Green Inn , IIafehaw Moor . Mr Jamea Price in the chair . The printed statements to be sent to the masters , on > Monsay , December Mb , demanding an advance of wages , wm read to the delegates and deemed satisfactory . It was also recommended that , where practicable , the following resolution should be carried into operation : — ' That no young person commence getting coal , until he has attained eighteen years of age j and then for the next three years only to perform three , fourths of a regular day ' s work . ' Each district is particularly requested to instruct the delegates from
thou- respective districts tofche nextcounty meeting , what person they must vote in favour of , for filling the office of general treasurer , vacated by Mr Charles Meadoworoft , on account of being promoted to the office of general secretary . Each colliery must have a meeting amongst thimselves , for the purpose of filling up the blanks in the printed forms of statements , and return them to the next county meeting , to see they are properly filled up . Cuosiay , November 15 ; h . ~ A very enthusiastic meeting of miners was held at tha house of Mr W : Harrison , White'Buli ' a Head , when deputation were appointed to wait upon those of the sarrounding collieries who are not payinu to their trade .
A yubho meeting of the miners of Charnook , Richard , and the neighbourhood , was held on Friday November 17 th , ia Mr Rojbottom ' a Long Room . Mr John . Sharpies occupied the chair . Mr D . Swallow addressed the meeting at considerable length , and mach good resulted from the meeting . A district wag formed , and district secretary , treasurer , and president , elected ; IweidM two lodges being established , and proper officers chosen : and on Saturday last , above 100 new membeis were enrolled . All around those districts the society is spreading rapidly , and has every appearance of being better organised before the commencement of 1849 , than they ever were befon :
Noticb . —The next county meeting of the miners of Lancashire , will be held on Monday , , November 27 th , at the Ball ' s Head , Par Stacfcj , St Helen ' s , at ten o ' clock , instead of eleven o ' clock , as heretofore .
Shameful Tyranny. ¦ To The Miners Of Nor...
SHAMEFUL TYRANNY ¦ TO THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND ANDDURHAM . ¦ ' i Fellow Men , —The workmen of South Reorth or Ox . olose colliery are obliged to work the coalby weighs , as is the custom of the trade , bnt they hare the option to appoint a parson to stand by the weighing machine , and see that the individual appointed by the master , acts justly ; aad the masters have for many months allowed tbis mode ef proceeding , without' the slightest objection . About a fortnight ago , however , they took an objection to the man tbe workmen had appointed , and informed him that he had to take his departure from , the colliery . To ( hie the men demurred , and pleaded their right to appoint any man
they chose . The master was obstinate , and the then equally so , and the miners have been idle some time ; The few shillings earned , and which should have been paid on Friday last , the master withheld . and this day the work of ejection from their houses have begun , The workmen have applied t ;> the various collieries for assistance to engage the services of that eminent lawyer , W ; P . Roberts ; but from the shortness of the time they have not been able to collect sufficient to employ that gentleman . Miners of Northumberland aud Durham , behold your position—exposed to the tyrannical prooeedi'gsef your master * , who attempt to'deprive you of an abjsSraoti light , that they may defraud you with impunity . Shall such things take
place , and you look on with folded arms ? If you do , be assured your turn will come nex * , for all experience goes to show that oppressions of this kind are coctagious ; therefore , be on the alert , and respond to the call made by your fellow-workmen . Again let the hag of nnion float in the breeze ; and rest assured that unless you are again organised , aud take np the position of freemen , year few remaining privileges will vanish , and , 'like the baseless f & bricof a vision , leave not a wreck behind . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •'• Trusting that yon will rally once more , and take that position in the miners' movement , and unite with the brave men of Lancashire , who are again willing to join with you and the miners of England . 1 remain , junto , & G ., Newoastle-on-Tyne , Nov . 21 . M . Jdpb .
The Bradford Victims. To Ibe Men Of York...
THE BRADFORD VICTIMS . To ibe Men of Yorkshire . — Shortly will be placed at the bar of their country , a number of men from the town of Bradford and its neighbourhood , to answer to the several charges of sedition , conspiracy , riot . drilling , & o .--men of irreproachable character ; and in making this appeal to yon for your sympathy and support , I hope I shall not make it in vain . When I reflect upon the spirit manifested by you on many , former occasions , it is not certainly too much to expect that the men of tbis county and country generally , will raise a sum sufficient to prosure them a good legal defence , and thus protect them as much as possible from Whig malignity and persecution . Fellow working men , your sympathy and support is the only reward and recompense , they will receive ( or all the exertitns they have made in
your behalf , and to that they look as an evidence that you appreciate their services . They ate twentyeight in number , and many of them are well known to the country generally . Mr John Smyth has honov » ablyandfaithfully discharged the trust reposed in him , as secretary to the National Land Company , from its formation in the town of Bradford , up to . the time of his arrest , and also to the Natiooal Charter Association . He was detained in the lock-up at Bradford for nineteen days without a hearing , until a charge conld be tramped np against him . No stone was left unturned by the newly-imperted police whereby they oould secure a committal . No stratagem but was resorted to by the said individuals . But I appeal more especially to the men and women of Bradford , ae yon are fully , acquainted with the vindictive spirit manifested on tbe part of the prosecutorr . and also the history and character of the
witnesses against your incarcerated townsmen . It is for your sakes your brother patriots have struggled , and are placed in their present position , with the prospect of long imprisonment , if not banishmeet from their native land , before them . Bear in mind , fellow townsmen , that Mr John Smyth applied to be liberated on bill until the assizes , and he was told by one of the magistrates who graces (?) tbe Bradford bench , that they should endeavour to prefer a charge of treason against him at the timo of trial . I therefore beg of you to be instant in your subscriptions , and come forward liberally in support of your incarcerated townsmen . Do not let them go into exile or long imprisonmen t , with th « reflection that those who cheered and encouraged them forward , left them unaided and unsupported , on tbe day of trial . What you do — do instantly . The Commission opens at York , on Saturday , the Oih of next month .
I am , Fellow Townsmen , Yours , in the cause of . Democracy , an Old Guard , Joseph Aldkrson . No , 1 , Butterworth Buildings , Bradford , Nov . 21 st . Subscriptions by Post Office Orders , & o ., made payable , to William Clark , shoemaker ; or Josepb Alderson ; tailor , Na . 1 , Butterwerth Buildings ; or to Edward Hinds , tailor , Market Street , Bradford , Yorkshire , will be thankfully received .
The Shipw&Icksd Emiqeihtb Of Ths Bcboohd...
The Shipw & icksd Emiqeihtb of ths Bcboohdy . — Upwards of £ 200 has been ColUcted at Hsrwlob , Jp »« wlch , Chichester , dfc , for the unfortunate emigrants on board the Burgundy , which was wrecked on tbe Long Sands , on her passage from Bremen to New Orleans . It maybe remembered that more than 100 of the poor creatures were brought te Harwich by her Majesty's corvette Desmond and other ve sets , the whole of them being in a most painful state of destitution . Tbo Mayor com . manioated with the authorities of Ipswich , and other neighbouring places , and the result was , that at the
several churches last Sunday collections were made in behalf of tn » destitute emigrants , more tban i > liO being subscribed In Ipswich . This snm will bs the means of considerably alleviating their sufferings . They were to leave Harwich on Tuesday for Losdon , the Eastern Union Railway Oumpany generously provHIag them with a free passage , whsn they will , with the remainder of the emigrants who were taken to Banugate by the sohooner Nafs , ba forwarded to their destination , A subscription haa also been opened for the relief of those landed at Bsmsgste .
ATT £ Mrwi > AssASBiHATioH . —At Sunderlanfl . on Tnesday , a sonoon tr , tbo Gironde , belonging to Bordeaux , was brought alongside the Railway Wharf , at the Lew Qiay , Several vessels had previously been moored by tlie wharf ; and tho master of tbe French craft ro ' n ? very anxious lobe soivtd first , tbe foreman of the whaif , Mr Greenwood , said he must wait for bis torn . This gave rise to ah ' angry altercaticn , Tbe mate of the Gironde came on deck with a gun , which the master seized , discharging the contents at Greenwood , who was wounded in . tha face and head , The captain and mats have been arrested , ani will . be examined before the magistrates .
- The Fobokbt on Sib B , Hetwood an ? Co . ' a Bank , — H ' Oormic ^ , tbe young man who presented the forgad cheque for £ 531 on the bank of Sir Betijwiin Haywood and Co ,, Manchester , has been discharged from custody , In consequence of the strong probability that he was in nocent of the knowledge that It was forged , and waa a tool ia the hands of Lea . his employer .
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Ibish Convicrs.—There Are 67« Convicts A...
Ibish Convicrs . —There are 67 « convicts atgpika / Island . . ' ., . '¦ . Thb Hop Durr .-The total hop duty thia year , ia JE 3 ST 88 T ISj . - ' •'"'" Ten sheep were killed by lightning a few day * back on the farm of GatehiH , in GiUway . , { . Mr Whiteside ' s retaining fee in the case of Mr" .. S . O'Brien was £ 500 . : The South Derbyshire revision for JStfJshowaa ^ clear gain to the Liberals of 275 . , The smallest hair casts a shadow ; the mDattrifling ~' act has its consequences—if not here , hertafter . — Jones . A CoJiOTDSMr . —Why was Grimaldi like a glass of brandy and water?—Bteauee he was a tumWer of first-rate spirit . How to Fiu . BoxES . ~ At Ballinasloe theatre the-.. « boxes , were filled in double quick time by tho ahil > \ . line gallery giving away . ' ' . i
Pbbsioks to Royal Lasqukti . —The domestics of ¦ ' - o the late King George 111 ., Queens ' Charlotte and < ' f Caroline , receive & 5 < , 215 > annually as pensions fron * '¦*¦ the country . ¦¦¦ % 'Ut The High Sheriff ef the $ aeen ' B County , who har j : V 5 a writ to execute for £ 83 , 0 u 0 , against tbe property ,,. ' ^ of the Duke of Buckingham in that county , has \ : ? made a return of £ & , the property having been p ) re » , ; 'X yiously conveyed away to trustees . .: ' £ Thb True Philosopher . — ' What do you mean ' . , to do with K V said a friend to Theodora Hook , alluding to a man { who had grossly vilified him . 'Do ¦ with him V replied Hook , ' why , I mean to let him y alone most severely . ' ¦ •'• A SiABtuKh Fact . —Many acres of land in tha r i neighbourhood of IPeirmarket-on-Fergne , have been ' ' ¦ ' . recently abandoned by the tenant farmers , who are : $ all hastening to America .
A Sinai . —Some men are like tea—the real- . :- - * strength and goodness is not properly drawn out of >{ them till they have been for a abort time in not' if water . . . . •; . \ " ; : :: Important to Saiiobs and ihbib Wives . —Thei . " ;? judge of the Plymontb County Court last week de « . ^ J cided that a sailor while at sea , who allowed his " ~ wife half-pay at home , waa sot rwpouoib ' e for het . T debts . Scotch Cdsk wb Choibba —Chiefly owing to tha
alarm of cholera , in one day last week £ 1 , 500 of duties was received at the Custom House ot Leith for brandy alone . —Glasgow Courier . The National Debt . —The receivers of dividends in tbe funds , i . e . the owners of the tfatioual Debt are 280 , 000 in number . Of these ninety thousand received five pounds each , and two-thirds of tha ' ; . '¦ whole £ 50 each . , r ' ^ Fbbkch DsrwraoN op a Lawyer . — 'Thefeourge . & of all deliberating assemblies . '—M . Poyer , National » % Assembly . -sS
Curb kb the Tooihachb— An individual aay f \ t that he filled a hollow tooth with gutta percha v * eighteen months ago , and that he has never had tho toothache since . ; Heiecommsnda it as an infallible remedy . It appears from the ' Post-Office Directory , ' that ,. the tables of . London are supplied with Wine by 1 . 000 merchants , and intoxicating beverages are sold ia ' 11 , 000 publifrhonseB . . A Good InrBSPHBTATioK . —A gentleman asked a wit the meaning of tbe . passage , ' He clothed himself \ with curses as with a garment' to which the wit" t
, replied , * He had a habit of swearing . ' 9 ' ; : 'j Amsbican Distillkbibs . —The present number of- j distilleries in the United states is said to bo 10 , 500 ; * and the numbsr of gallons of spirituous liquors dis- ' ¦ - > tilled annually is 41 , 502 , W . ' ¦ ' :- 4 Awful Stats of Soctair . '— In London thtra are . v 12 , 000 children reulariy under training to crime , '¦ 39 , 000 thieves , 0 , 000 recovers ef stelen goods 23 000 picked up in a state of drunkvnneis , 50 , 000 habitual ' gin drinkers , and 150 , 000 of bath sexes leading am abandoned life .
Jambs I . —Among the addresses presented upon tha accession of James I ., was one from the aceient towa of Shrewsbury , wishing hisMajesty may live as long as the sun , moon , and stars endured . ' Faith , man / said the King to the person who presented it , ' if I do , . my ion must reign by candle light . ' Abjbmcb op Dktjctivbs —In the county of Pern * ~\ broke ( says tho Principality ) there is not a single '"' policeman ; and notwithstanding their absence , the high sheriff was ennblad at tie last March assizes ' to present Justice Williams with a pair ot white kid gloves . Thb Smam , Debts Act . —In all , about 2000 poor debtors were libarated ia Ireland under the merciful not of emancipation passed in the late session of par- . : liament . This , however , has cost creditors a logs of more tban £ 2 , 000 ,
Ahham . —Separation of Church akd State . — Tbe D . ttt of the Duchy of Anhalt has unanimously decided that the Church shall be entirely independent of the S > ate , and that every citizen shall enjoy full libfirts nf faith-ind nnnaropmos . Ambbicas Newspaper . Pczbw . —An American paper , the Gloucetbb Tblmraph , preseEts the followiug for its readeia as a puzzls : — ' lianjofour friendsarotroubledinconseienceon accountofdebtg owin gtothis cffioowesbalibemcsthappjtoeigi ) paptrafortheir . relief , ' CoBiosiir . — Hew can you be sure that MrsH . will read this letter , ' said one friend to another , who wished to communicate intelligence te a married lady indirectly , ' saeing that you have directed it to her husband ? ' ''She'll open it to a certainty , ' waa the reply , 'dont you see I ' ve marked ' private' in thecomar ?'
CtoflMEr , Spbcial Cihjihsiow . —The special com * mision will again open in Clonmel on Vie C ' . h of December , to which it stands adjourned , for the trial of the remaining political prisoners ; and it is said that Charles Gavin Doff ; will be brought down to Clonmel , and there tried at the commission . Absbncb of Mind —A stranger , in taking his Beat lately in the pit of a theatre , accosted a gentleman who sat near him , with' Pray , sir , have you a bill f ' when to the stranger ' s aMoni » bment , tbe gentleman starting from a reverie in which he bad been plunged , exclaimed , ' No , eir , but 1 have two next wesk , and both unprovided for . ' A Hkdgb of Roses , —JN ' ear Angus ' , !) , Georgia , United States , there is a hedge ak » s 6 , 000 acres ; the hedge , which is formed of the Ch * rtkee rose , presents a most beautiful floral spectacle , and perfumes tho . surrounding atmosphere with tbe richest fragrance .
• Propbriv Crbbus , —The constabulary are daily employed taking a oenaua of the farm produced stock , &; , in thia district . We arc sorry to hear that the returns will bur evidence of the country being in a much worse state this jear than last . The stock particularly , haa been greatly diminished . —Armagh Guardian . I : has been decided in the London Qui oa ' s Bench that a man is liable to pay the debts of a woman passing as his wife . A Captain Smyth waa held on Wednesday to be responsible for a considerable sum for articles given to a female on the faith of her being his wife .
What is Law Likis ?—Law is like a country dance —people are led up and down till they are fairly tired out . Law is like a book of surgerv—tbere are a great many uncommon cases in i t . It is like physio too—they who tske the least of it are best off . Liff is like a new fashion—people are bewitched to get into it ; and , like bad weather , most people arc glad to get out of it . Woodbn GonpoWdbb —From sundry recent experiments the fact is established that tiae sawdust or rasped ivood , steeped in a mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids , and afterwards washed and dried , willcxplode similar to common gunpowder ,
and if rightly managed , with much greater force . The greatest wonder about it is that the fact had not been discovered earlier . —American Paper . It is said a handsome young Yankee pedlar made love to a buxom widow in Pennsylvania , lie accompanied bis declaration with an allusion to two impediments to their union . 'Name , them , ' said tha widow . 'The want of means to » t up a retail store . ' They parted , and the widow sent the pedlar a cheque for ample means . When they met again the pedlar bad . hired and stocked hU store , and tha smiling fair obo begged to know the other impediment . ' I have another wife , ' cried the notion , dealer .
. Nothing Ijipj ssiblb . —Mirabeau ' a haste of temper was known , and be must bo obeyed . ' Monsieur le Comte , ' said his secretary to him ono day , ' the thing you require is impossible . ' ' Impossible 1 ' exclaimed Mirabesn , starting from his chair , ' never again use that foelish word in my presence . ' This brief anecdote is more characteristic than hundreds of pa ^ es ; it is to all men a lesson almost in a line . Thb Mni-PMn DaoM . —While a regwaent of volunteers were rsarching through Camargo , a captain , a strict disciplinarian , observing that one of the drums did not beat , ordered the lieutenant . to inquire ths reason . The fellow , on being interrogated , whispered to the lieutenant , ' I have two ducks and a turkey in my drum , and tho turkey is for the capi tain . ' This being whispered to the captain , he exclaimed , ' Why didn ' t tho drummer say he was HI ? I don't want men to do duty when the ; are not abie '
Destitution is Cobk —Cork was never so crowded at any period with country begg & rs as at present . It is pitiable to see the groups in families that throng the streets , some selling matches , others singing Irish songs , and a third class cjacouring for money . They are all wretchedly clad , very filthy , and apparently in great destitution , Rotai , Boi Mot . —Lord Casilereagb ' s successor ^ hiving been admitted to tho royal presence to receive the seals of office , was obseived on his retirement to rub his chin in a very contemplative mood . ' I hope , * . said a friend , 'thatyOu met wish a gracious" reeep- " lion . ' * I know not wbalj to think ol : it ; ' icpliedtne newly-appoiated ( fficial ; . 'his Majesty , with ' apparently perfect sincerity , expressed a w . ; sh . ' , tbai I ; ' shouW follow the example of my late predecessor ^ which I am afraid means that nothing would gives nisi ho much pleaitttn-as that I tbovild cufcray threat / ' •" ¦ ''
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25111848/page/3/
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