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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . K 0 . XXXIV . THE MAKCH OF LIBERTY ; Air—Jesse of Dumblain . Hwk ! a strain from the South , over staU and dominion It embalms the fresh breeze , and it soft-. ns the gale , -lis thesong of young Liberty pruning h ^ p . mon ,. Eachbload sp rinkled despot buthearslaud turns pale ; Tha sound , softandswect as the harp of Apollo , Is h eard with delight by the miliums who toil . And their day-dreams are fill'd with the hope what wiU follow , . And brighter each cheek with a joy-begot snide . Over Germany ' s plains , by Itatia ' s clar fountains , The stiul-stirring music was heard a * it fell , And Switzerland ' s sons round their sky-becapp \ l
mountains TJoj- 'd that freedomrestor'd which they gain'd b y their Tell ; Gay France caug ht the air in " her vine-begirt pasture , And smil'd as she thought what Frenchmen had done , With the Bourbons the elder , and thought posted faster To muse what the present might gain with his son . 0 Britain , my fatherland ! dear appellation . How bright is the race of thy glory began ! Thy master-mind patriots hare rous'd up a nation , The slave to unfetter and rouse him tip man ; Sally round them ye serfs—rally brave and true-hearted , Resistless in energy , matchless in might . The knell shall be rung of foul "lavery departed . The destruction ot wrong and the triump h of right . Remember your partners , your sons and your daughters , Remember their sufferings , privation and woes ; K . member jour duty , rush on like tbe waters .
A flood which increases in strength as it goes ; By your wrongs ofthe present , by hope so well grouadsd Remit not , relax not , or dormant lie down . March forward—your cowardly focmen confounded Shall yield , and your struggle with victory crown . L ? icester . T . R . Shabt .
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THE WESTMINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY . REVIEW . London : G . Luxford , Whitefriars-street . As a general rule we are apt to regard literary amalgamations with no very sanguine expectations ; experience having convinced us that such unions are generally precursory to the death of the works amalgamated ; nevertheless we shall venturo to predict a different and happier issue ofthe " marriage" ofthe " Westminster" to the " Foreign Quarterly . " These two " Reviews" are new united in one . and a glance satisfies us of the renewed vigour of both . A handsome volume of three hundred and thirtr . foar page' constitutes the quarterly number for October , the contents of which fully realise the anticipations naturally excited by its outside appearance . .
Under any circumstances to " review the re-Tiewers'Ms an unsatisfactory task , but in the limits within which we must necessarily confine our remark ? , to pretend to " review" such a volume as this , would be preposterous . "We shall , therefore , confine ourselves to indicating the contents of this number , expressing our acquiescence where we can agree with the writers , and onr dissent where we disagree with them , referring our readers to the publication itself for the enjoymentof its full beauties , and fir the examination of ; what we may conceive to be its < rrors .
The opening- article is on the " Principles of Taxation , " the work under review beine "ilcCnlloch ' s treafre on the principles and practical influence of Taxation and the Funding system . " It appears that Mr . McCulloeh thinks that " carried to a certain point , taxation tends to stimulate industry and economy , and that it thus compensates , and more than compensates for the injury it causes . That without the American War , and the late French War , there would have been less indu-try and less frugality , because there would have been less occasion for them . " This somewhat original idea the writer in the "Westminster Review" cannot swallcw : —" We hold taxation under all circumtfcmccs to be an evil , and one which it is highly de-Eireable , consistently with the atta nment of good
government , to reduce to the smallest posssible amount . " The reviewer well adds , " We believe that the progress which the country made at that time ( during the American and French wars ) was made not in consequence , but in spite of the heavy taxation caused by the war " '" Few peop ' e are more industrious than the Swiss and the inhabitants of the Free-States in America , and yet in ^ both countries taxation is very light . " In advocating an entire revision of our system of taxation , the reviewer bases his system on the ground that government should he paid for in proportion to each person ' s share ofthe benefit . He thereupon argues that taxation should be equitably apportioned , collected at the smallest cost , and transmitted with as little vaste as possible from the pockets ofthe people into
tbe public treasury . The "Westminster" reviewer repudiates all indirect taxation , and instead thereof , devises a scheme of direct taxation , in connection with tbe elective franchise . "It might be expedient , " says the reviewer , "for a time at least , to make the payment of the personal tax optional , trusting to the strong and general desire to possess the elective franchise for its general payment . In making the payment not compulsory , there would be the incidental but important advantage of restricting , to a considerable extent , tbe noble privilege of election to those who appreciate its-value , and who , by thei » "power to pay even the small sum required , give earnest of possessing those moral qualities of
industry and self-denial which are among the surest guarantees for its safe exercise- " To guard against abuse , the reviewer would make the elective franchise contingent on the payment ofthe personal tax for a given number of years ; and he has great faith in the working of his system , and in its leading to a higher spirit of dependence ; a disdain of having " the benefits of government without pay i ng a share ofthe expenses , " and a general conviction that * ' the title of an independent labourer can only be fully claimad by him who manfully supports himself , and who at the close of his life leaves Ms country at least as rich as it would have been had he not been horn . "
One part of the reviewer ' s scheme we decidedly protest against , namely , the giving to holders of property votes in proportion to the property taxes paid by them , in addition to tbe vote each would possess on account of his personal tax : But , indeed , the whole scheme , at least as it regards the franchise , is unsound , because based upon fiscal regulations insfr ad of human rights . As regards the p lurality of votes , it would be easy to prove that the individuals holding large masses of accumulated property could never have acquired such property without having unjustly appropriated the fruits of other men ' s industry . To confer upon such men a monopoly of votes ' wonld be to invest them with the power of triumphantly resisting any attempt to establish a more equitable slate of things . We must further object that , at this time of day , it is useless to throw such a tub to the whale as this new-fancied scheme
of representation- On the one hand , the aristocracy of land and money have a mortal horror of extending the franchise in any manner ; and , on the other hand , the enlightened and self-educating portion of the people are wedded to the more simpler form of representation , which would confer the riehts of cife-ns upon them in virtue of their manhood . The '' Charter" is the great scheme of political regeneration t « i which the millions have sworn allegiance . Pity it is that those fnenda of tbe people who earnestly desire ' - their elevation should hinder rather than help them by putting forth schemes which the mas- ^ s will never give their support to . Wit" the reviewer's views as recards indirect taxation , and with much of his suggested scheme of fiscal re orm we concur . We will here introduce a summary of his views and recommendations , wh ich will be found to po-sess som # value as texts for reflection : —
1 . That our present system of taxation is , to a grea * extent , the offspring of unconnected and ill-digested legislation , proceeding on no sound or general principle ; and that it is unequal in its pressure , and replete with inconsistences and anomalies . 2 . That , under these circumstances , thetaxes are liable to frequent changes , entailing shocks to trade , and involving many persons in difficuty and ruin . 3 . That it is expensive in collectiop , and debars large classes of people from many comforts and enjoyments without any benefit to the Exchequer . 4 . That some ofthe taxes check the spread of know le ^ e and education , and tend to prevent the formation of habits of cleanliness and prndecne . a . That many of ( hem impose vexatious and harassing trammels on industry , commerce , and personal freedom , almost amounting , in some branches of the excise , to a galling tyranny , unworthy the endurance of a free "people .
6 . That many of tbe taxes present temptations to deception and fraud , highly dangerous to pnblicmorals , and productive of much of the crime which it is the main duty of the government , and which it ought to be the chief purpose of taxation , to prevent . 7 . That many of the taxes serve to prevent those nuaurous and friendly ties between country and country wbiihara tbe best securities against war ; the danger of which has been and continues to be the cause ofthe chief T » rt < if the very taxation itself . 3 That it is expedient to reconstruct the present system Of taxation . 9- That the principle on which taxes ought to be paid is that every person shall contribute , asfar as practicable , in proportion to the amoeut of protection which he receives for his person and property . M . That protection for tbe person being general , even one oujht to pay for it ; althoug h it would not be expedient , for a time at least , to make the payment ¦ com pulsory .
U . —That protection for property ougbt to be paid Only by tlie holders of property ; and that it is expejtient , and would not be productive ef permanent injustice , that the tax should fall exclusively on fixed pro
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12 . That to prevent , thednjustice which wonld other , wise arise at the time of the change of system , a single but heavy tax should be laid on moveable property ineluding money , manufactured articles , and every species of possession , except that which i s fived to the land ; the proceeds to be applied to the reduction of the national debt . , 13 . Thst representation should be co-existent and coextensive with taxation ; everyone contributing to the taxes having at least one vote in the choice of a representative , and those who contribute largel y have more than one vote .
The article entitled ' Prospective Results of the lvepeal of the Corn Laws , " is written in a very grandiloquent" strain , setting forth the wonderful results which are to flow from this "great commercial victory . " The author claims for the middlh-class all the " glory" of this victory , and say ' s truly that "it has been won against the united hostility of the working classes , the clergy , and both sections of the aristocracy . " With this " vaunt , how agrees the repeated declarations ofjthc I eaguers ' . tbat the working clawes—" all but a knot of Tory Chartists "—were with them in their agitation ? The last numbers of the League newspaper , were occupied with articles professing to show that the agitation had had the support ofthe working classes , in spite ofthe Chartists ; and our readers will remember the abuse
showered by Quaker Bright upon Mr . Buncombe , when the latter asserted that the working classes were hostile or indifferent to the object of the Leaguers . Now the oldest and ablest of the literary champions of Free-trade , _ acknowledges ^ that the working classes were hostile to the agitation . The Free-trade victory we are told has been won by the " weapons of reason , " and the " force of argument " alone . This is a bit of sublime fudge ; every one knows that although there was plenty of talk , the " reasoning" and " argufying" had very little to do with winning the victory , which was really gained by the arguments much more potent in the estimation of our houses of legislature , —the power of money and the force of middle-class influence as created by the Reform Bill . This article overflows with the usual fallacies ofthe Free-traders , which have been
dissected times without number in this journal . According to the reviewer , blessings innumerable are to flow from Corn-law Repeal . " Full employment , ample wages , good clothing , and sufficient food , " may be counted upon as the certain results ofthe recent change . Of this millenial order of things , the working classes of Keigkly , and the manufacturing districts generally , have already a fortast ; I Seven years hence ( indeed in less than half that time ) , it will be seen how fallacious were the hopes held out by the speakers and writers of the commercial dynasty . The dupes will then have their eyes opened , and will then confess the farseeing wisdom of the Chartists and working men , who opposed this " commercial victory" as a fraud , only calculated to benefit the millocracy at the expense of everv other class of the community .
"The Microscope and its Revelations ' is a most interesting article , unfolding the astounding wonders of the infinite world of ai iin oales . We give a short extract .
BETEIiAIIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE . Wherever we turn , within the precincts of our own homes , in meadow or moorland , hill or forest , by the lone sea-shore or amidst crumbling ruins—fresh objects ot interest are constantly to be found ; plants and animals uakniwn to our unaided vision , with minute organs perfectly adapted to their necessities ; with appetites as keen , enjoyments as perfect , as our own . In the purest waters , as well as in thick , acid , and saline fluids , of the most indifferent climates , —in springs , rivers , lakes and seas , —often in the internal humidity of living plants and animals , even in great numbers in the living human body—nay , probably , carried about in the aqunous vapours and dust of the whole atmosphere . —there ia a world of minute , living , organize ! ban-rs . imperceptible to the ordinary seases of man . In the daily course of life , this immense mysterious kingdom of diminutive
living beings is unnoticed and disregarded ; but it appears great and astonishing , beyond all expectation , to the retired observer who views it by the aid ofthe microscope . In every drop of standing water , he very frequently , tboush not always , sees by its aid rapidly-moving bodiex , from 1-96 to less than 1 2000 of a line in diameter , which are often so crowded together , that tbe intervals between them are less than their diameter . If we assume the size ofthe drop of water to be one cubic line , and the intervals , though they are often smaller , to be equal to the diameter of the bodies , we may easily calculate , without exaggeration , that such a drop is inhabited by from one hundred thousand to one thousand millions of such animacules ; in fact we must come to the conclusion , that a single drop cf water , under such circumstances , contains more inhabitants than there are individuals of tbe human race upon our planet ,
This article traces the history of the origin of the microscope , and its several improvements to the present time . We have then a " complete history in brief of every variety ofthe animalcule . We repeat , a more instructive and interesting revealment of the wonders of nature we never read . " Architectural Study and Records " is a pleasant readable article , the interest , of which is heightened by a number of wood-cuts , illustrating a variety of new public buildings in the Metropolis , Liverpool , Manchester . Bristol , Oxford , Cambridge , < fcc . Not the least interesting to us has been the review of Burton ' s " Life and Correspondence of David Hume ; " our only fault to find with the article is its brevity .
DAVID ITCME . Feeble , grudging , and tardy has been the world ' s acknowledgment of the high moral integtity which Hume brought to the pursuit of metaphysical inquiry . He has been too commonly ranked and confounded with the light-minded sneerers of the Toltarian school of scepticism . But no spice of their quality did his nature know . His researches were all truthful . He was an earnest man . seaking , with what amount of force and virtue was in him . a proximate solution of the grand problem of life and being , " Where am I , or what !' we find him exclaiming ! "from what causes do I derive my existence , and to what condition shall I return ? "Whose favour shall I court , and whose anger must I dread ? What beings surround me f And on whom have I any influence , or who have any influence on me ? I am confounded
with all these questions , and begin fo fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable , environed with the deepest darkness , and utterly deprived of the use of every number aad faculty . " Such is the spirit in which Hume approaches these high questions . And the sacrifices he made at the shrine of truth—we speak not ofthe objective truth of his opinions , but of the subjective truthfulness of his convictions , which , to Mm , were truth —ought not to be lightly esteemed . He was as true to his scepticism as others are to their faith ; and , in his case as in theirs , unswerving allegiance to intellectual and moral conviction merits approval and regard . How touching is his description of the internal struggle by
which his nrnd was agitated in what we should otherwise deem the cold and unimpassioned pursuit of abstract speculation ! The passage lias often been quoted by the theologian with strong expressions of pity for a mind tempest-tost on the sea of error , drifting , without rudder or compass , at the mercy of winds and waves . For ourselves , looking to Hume ' s firm adherence to what he judged the right , admiration of the steadfast will that could weather such a storm is the feeling that predominates with us , rather than the guast-pleasurable pity which loves to " stand upon the vantage-ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and where the air is always clear and serene ) , ' and to see the errors and wandering ; , and mists and tempests , in the vale below . "
# * # * It is only when we Jtring home to our own bosoms the painful intensity of emotions like these , that we can form a worthy estimate of the moral strength and magnanimity of the man who , thus feeling , can yet summon up the spirit resolutely to conclude— "In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism . " Here is a good anecdote of
OOETIIE . There is a class of believers , with whom other people ' s conversion is necessary to help their own conviction . The weakness of their own spiritual persuasions is always seeking support from the faith of others , the absence of which sup , ort they resent with an emotion of anger that wonld stem to imply the apprehehension that the objective existence of things unseen was somehow contingent on human assent . The realities of the future world they appear to treat as a question to be decided by the majority ; and murmur at the dissent of every heretic as
a vote 1 ost . It was the impertinent catechizmgs of some petulant persons of this class that Goethe'is reported to have cut short with the observation , that "he had no objection whatever to enter into another state of existence , but prayed only that he might be spared the honour ot meeting any of those there , who had believed it here ; for , if he did , the saints would flock around him on all sides , exclaiming , Were we not in the right . Did we not tell you so ? Has it not turned out just as we said ? And with such conceited clatter in his ears , he thought that , before tbe end of six months , he might die of ennui in heaven itself . "
We beg onr readers to remember the following observation ofthe Westminster reviewer : — " The doubts of a wise man are a more precious legacy than the convictions of a fool ; and that philosophy will not end in truth which does not begin in scepticism . " A short article on "The Water Cure , " explains the water cure processes . The writer of the article thinks the time has not yet come for a correct appreciation of hydropathy , and , therefore , refuses to range himself as a partizan on either side of the ( question . Twoverv lengthy articles on the " Education of the People ' , " and the "Patronage of Commissions , " would furnish us subject-matter for comment to the extent of some columnscould we afford the necessary
, room ; that , however , is impossible wc . therefore , must confine ourselves to this mere notice . Much valuable matter will be found in these articles , and many things we should be compelled to express our dissent from , could we devote space to the discussion . The ' « Foreign Literature and Correspondence" is , to our thinking , somewhat scanty . Yfe would suggest the setting apart of a larger portion of succeeding numbers , to the review of foreign works and translations . Amongst the foreign writers whose works are reviewed are those distinguished authors , Tschudi , Quinet , and Victor Jacquemont . Peru , Spain , and India , arc the subjects of the works of those celebrated writers ,
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An immense variety of brief critical notices of new publications concludes this number . Of course , the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review , is not "by many chalks" what wc should like it to be ; of course , we speak of the views , not the talents of the writers therein , regarding whose first-rate abilities there can be no question : still , with all its faults , it is by far the be * t of the Quarterlies . It is of its class the representative of ' progress ; " and , therefore , to say the least . it is to be preferred before all its rivals . Totally dissenting from many of the views of this publication , we nevertheless regard it as in many respects a valuable and powerful advocate of " the good time coming ; " we , therefore , wish it success , and shall be glad to hear Of its continued and increasing prosperity .
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SIMMOND'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Octorer-London , Simmonds and Ward , Barge Yard , Bucklesbury . Valuable , instructive , and enterlaining articles on the " New Brunswick , " " Texas , " " Australia , " and "Cuba , " will be f » und in this number of this very useful publication . The first of a series of articles on " Colonial Postage Reform" by the editor , is well deserving the serious attention ofthe Colonial and Home authorities . From Mr . Ilooton ' s exceedingly interesting "Hides , Rambles , andSketches in Texas " we give tho following extract .
AN 0 NENVIAEI . II POSITION . Contrary to almost invariable practice , I one morning sallied out totally unarmed , in Galwaston Island , except with a short " life preserver , " which was placed In the breast of my coat , upon a sketching ramble amongst the deserts and hillocks and the grassy swamps at the eastern end ofthe island . A handsome little whtlp , one " Tony " by name , travelled at my heels , and made his way through the tall and stiff grass much after tha same ^ baffled fashion , and not with much greater ease than his master has occasionally experienced when endeavauring to force his way into a canebreak . About noon , having half lost myself , I looked out for a land mark ; and having discovered one in an isolated mass of rude building which is used as a slaughter house for the city butchers , and which stands on tbe prairie about a mile
from theptincipal portion ofthe city itself , I directed my course thitherwards . After brushing through th path . less prairie awhile , I lighted upon a deep sandy road leading in that direction , and pursued it The slaughter house stands on rising ground , and has attached to it an enclosure surrounded by very high and strong ' wood fencing . in which the half wild cattle intended for the knife are first of all with difficulty driven , they ere afterwards picked out as occasion requires , but not unfrequently turn upon their slaughterers , and amidst great danger are either shot , pinned by powerful dogs kept there for the purpose , or dragged to the ground by the Mexican lasso . Approaching the "foot of the rising ground , I observed a large white dog , about the size of a mastiff , though not so long on the leg , come from round the corner ofthe building , look a moment in the
direction I was coming ) and then walk down to mtet me . Tony piped one little growl , and then begun to whine , creeping at the same time with his tail between his h'gsso close upon the heels of ray boots , that they chopped him under the chin at almost every step taken . As the beast approached sufficiently nsar to allow a distinct view of him . it must be confessed I felt at the moment that I would much rather have met face to face with any wild beast in Texas . Although so large , he was made in a similar mould to that in which our English bull-dog is cast , only that the former was distorted , more ugly by half , horrible to look at . His head seemed scarcely less than that of a man , while his forehead and brows beetled so much that they appeared almost to shut his eyes . Conscious that to exhibit fenr hy attempting to Ret nway would only be to endanger mysslf the more . I steadily
pursued the road , without even crossing to the opposite side , for the brute had taken the precaution to come down in a straight line on the same side as he first saw me . Cautiously , however , and without more apparent movement than was just needful . I placed my band upon the " supplejack , " or preserver , in my coat breast , and kept it then' ready for a blow wh' -n needful . As we approached each other still nearer , the dog gradually walked more snftly . and , at tho same time , as gradually bent himself towards the earth as though preparing to spring . The necessity gave me courage , and I still walked on directly in his face , knowing , at I did know , that if such show of confidence , would not save me , nothing would . Had I even attempted to get out of tbe way , little doubt can be entertained that he would have been upon me in a mo . ment . When within a yard or two , his belly nearly
swept tbe sand . Tony attempted to run yelping nway , but dared not face his fellow-creature , and , therefore , as I afterwards found ( since I dared not to take my eyes off my antagonist for a moment . ) retired about a hundred yard's behind , and leaving me to it , there took up bis Stand to await the result . Another yard or two , and the slaughter-dog put bis nose close to my knee , but did not attempt an attack . He then passed behind , and at almost the same instant I observed another formidable beast , tiller than tbe first , though not of the same kind , also coming from tho same place towards me : —another instant , and anofher dog equally as largo , also made his appearance . These latter two eventually took up their positions , one on each side of me , but rather in advance ; while , on turning my head vary slowly in order to avoid alarming these voluntary guardians for my safe custody ,
I found tbe first one with his nose within two feet of my legs , for the purpose of taking care of me behind , And in silent state , with this powerful body-guard—or rather under this dog arrest , I marched on towards the slaughterhouse . Of two things I took especial care , —neither to deviate from my pa * h , nor to Increase or slacken my speed . Neither did I speak : though ray thoudits were busy enough in wondering what they meant to do with me , —whether they would d « tain me at the slaughter houseuntil ' someTriendlybutcberwlio knewthem chanced to arrive for my deliverance , or whether when we arrived on the ground of blood , they would fall upon and devour me . I knew they were not particular—that their habitation was with death , their food raw flesh and entrails , their drink not unfrequcntly warm blood ; and as to attempting force against three such fellows it was out of
the question , unless in the case of a direct attack—though even then it must have proved ludicrously useless . Not a single human being was in sig ' -. t—not a house near enough for the inhabitants to hear hnd I imprudently shouted , My only present hope lay in the possible circumstance that , as the dogs were out , there might be some one on the premises ; but as we arrived almost cloa'e upon tliem , the first living object I beheld was a rat , about as large as a good sized kitten , sitting on his hind quarters outside one ofthe doors , and either waihing his nose or picking a bit of victuals by way of mid-day refreshment . This incident appeared conclusive— either that nobody was there , or that slaughter house rats are very bold and brass faced rats indeed . The latter proved to be tbe case ; for on reaching another corner of the building , T espied a-much-to-he-desired-looking butcher scraping the hide of a pig . He instantly raised his head , and perceiving how matters stood—foreven then I cautiously avoided shouting to him—called in a stormy voice to the do--s , name by name , to coane tip . Rather reluctantly
they obeyed bis command ; and then I stood still , first to thank him for having rescued me from very unpleasaat custody , and then to whistle up the affrighted Tony . With great difficulty , I achieved the latter object ; but he no sooner saw his canine masters again than he scoured away before me at least half a mile , where ho aw . « dted my coming . When I reached him and took him up in my arms , he trembled lilt- ' a jelly upoa a cripple table ; nor did he recover his spiri-s until the lapse of some hours . As for myself , on arriving at home I took a glass of grog , smoked my pipe , and related and laughed at my " : idventure . That these dogs were trained to guard in the same manner tbe cattle broujht forslauchter , no doubt can be entertained . That any effortmade by any dcsptraie bullock to travel out of bis path would draw upon him the teeth of his " policeman , " is no less to be doubted . I would therefore advise any man who may chance , if any ' ever should , find himself in a similar pickle , to "take warning by this example , " and not to run the risk of his life in an inconsiderate and timid attempt to save it . —Hides Rambles , and Sketches in Texas ,
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part IX . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet Street . We have not room to do more than merely notice the ninth part of this excellent publication . In connection with the nest part we will again notice in a week or two hence the one before us , and speak fully of the merits and beauties of both .
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . K 0 . XIII . Southey in Ids Vision of Judgment introduces ""Wilkes" and "Junius" as the two accusers of " King George ; the first of these hethusjdescribes : — Beholding the foremost , Him , by the cast of his eye oblique , I knew as tbe firebrand Whom the unthinking populace held for their idol and hero , Lord of Misrule in his day . But how was that countenance alter'd , Where emotion of fear or of shame had never been witness'd ; That invincible forhead abashed ; and those eyes , wherein mal ice Once had been wont to shine with wit and hilarity temptr'd , Into bow deep a gloom their mournful expression bad settled !
Junius is described in the following lines : — Nameless the libeller lived , and shot his arrows in dark . ness ; Undetected he passed to the grave , and leaving behind him Noxious works on earth , and the pest of an evil example , Went to the world beyond , where no offences are hidden . Mask'd ba 3 be been in his life , and now a visor of iron Ilivetted aiound his head had abolished his features for
ever . Speechless the slanderer stood , and turned his face from the Monarch , Iron-bound as it was—so insupportably dreadful , goon or late , to conscious guilt , is the eye of the injured .
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Was ever fouler " blasphemy" penned than the following lines put into tho mouth of Washington by that ' rancorousrenegade" Southey ? And here , this witness I willingly bear thee—Here , before Angels and Men , in the awful hour of judgment—Thou too didst act with upright heart , as befitted a Soverei gn , True to his sacred trust , to his crown , bis kingdom , and people . Heaven in these things fulfill'd its wise , though inscrutable purposes , Whilo we worked its will , doing each in bis place as became him . Wo cannot afford room to give the entire of Byron ' s poem , wo must content ourselves with giving ( in continuation from our last number ) the following extracts ;—
George the Third having arrived before the " Gate " ( see our last number ) is followed by his accuser , the Spirit whoso
" Brow was like the deep when tempest tost . " The archangel Michael next appears , and demands to know wherefore the accusing spirit claims the spirit of " George Rex ? " The accuser answers : — Look to our earth , or rather mine ; it was Once , m . jeb thy master ' s ; but I triumph not In this poor planet ' s conquest , nor alas 1 Ne « d he thou scrvest envy me my lot : With all the myriads of bright worlds which pass Iii worship round him , he may have forgot Yon weak creation of such paltry things ;
I think few worth damnation save their kings . And these but as a kind of quit-rent , to Assert my right as lord ; and even had I sucli an inclination , ' twere ( as you Well know ) superfluous ; they are grown so bad That hell has nothing better left to do Then leave them to themsulves ; so much mors mad And evil by their own internal curse , Heaven cannot make them better nor I worse . Look to the earth , I said , and say again : When this old , bli » d , mad , helpless , weak , poor worm Began in youth ' s first bloom and flush to reign , The world and he both wore a different form , And much of earth and all the watery plain Of ocean called him king : through many a storm His isles had floated on the abyss of Time ; for the rough virtues chose them for their clime .
He came to the sceptre , young : he leaves it , old : Look to the state in which he found his realm , And left it ; and his annnls too behold , How to a minion first he gave the helm : How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold , The beggar ' s vice , which enn but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for tho rest , but glance Thine eye along America and Franco I 'Tis true he was a tool from first to last ; ( I have the workmen safe ); but as a tool So let him be consumed ! From out the past Of ages , since mankind have known the rule Of monarehs—from the bloody rolls amass'd Of sin and slaughter—from the Caesars' school , Take the worst pupil ; and produce a reign More dreneh'd with gore , more cumber'd with the stain . He i-ver warrV . with freedom and the free ;
Nations ns men , home subjects , foreign foes , So that they utter'd the word ' Liberty !' Tound George tho Third their first opponent Whose History was ever stain'd as his will be With ndtiunut and individual noes % I grant his household abstinence ; I grant His neutral virtues , which most monarehs want : ' 1 know he was a constant consort ; own He was a decent sire , and middling lord , All this is much , and most upon a throne ; As temperance , if at Apictus' board , Is more than at an anchorite ' s supper shown . I grant him all the kindest can accord ; And this was well for him , but not for those Millions who found htai what oppression chose .
The new world shook him off ; the old yet groans Beneath what he and his prepared , if not Completed ; he leaves heirs on many thrones To all his vices , without what be ^ ot Con-passion for him—his tame virtues ; drones Who sleep , or despots who have now forgot A lesson which shall be retaught them , wake Upon the thrones of Earth ; butlet them quake ! Passing over a rich " explosion" in which Sfc . Peter prominently figures , we como to the " cloud of witnesses . " > Prom Oiaheite ' s Isle to Salisbury Plain . Of all climes and professions , years and trades , Ready to swear against the good king ' s reign , Bitter as clubs in cards are against spades : All summon'd by this grand ' subpoena , " to Try if king may n't be damn'd , like me or you . Jtick Wilkes— . A merry , cock-eyed , curiom looking sprite
is first called , but this worthy who had " turned ha'f courtier ere he died , " and is represented as now inclined " to grow a whole one , " does not seem inclined to give evidence against his old opponent . Junius is next called - — The shadow came ! a tall , thin , gray-haived figure , Thntlookcd as it bad been a shade on earth ; Quick in its motions , with an air of vigour , But nought to mark its breeding or its birth ; Now it wax'd little , they again grew bigger , With now an air of gloom or savage mirth ; But as you gazed upon its features , they Changed every instant—to what , none could say , The more intently tbe ghost gazed , the less Could they distinguish whose the features were ; The Devil himself seemed puzzled even to guess ; They varied like a dream—now here , now there ; And several people swore from out tlie press
They knew him perfectly ; and one could swear He was his father ; upon which another Was sure he was his mother ' s cousin ' s brother ; Another , that he was a duke , or knight , An orator , a lawyer , or a priest , A nabob , a man-midwife ; but the wight Mysterious changed his countenance at least , As oft as they their minds , though in full sight He stood , the puzzle only was increased ; The man was phantasmagoria in Himself—he was so volatile and thin ! The moment that you had pronounced him one , Presto ! his face changed , and he was another ; And when that change was hardly well put on , It varied , till I don ' t think his own mother ( If that he had a mother ) would her son Have known , he shifted so from one to t ' other , Till guessing from a pleasure grew a . task , At this epistolary " iron mask . "
For sometimes he like Cerberus would seem" Three gentlemen at once , " ( as sagely says Good Mrs . Malaprop ;) then you might deem That he was not even one ; now many rays Were flashing round him ; and now a thick steam Hid him from sight—like fogs on London days : Now Burke , now Tooke , he grew to people ' s fancies , And certos often liks Sir Phillip Francis . I've an hypothesis— 'iis quite my own ; I never let it out till now , for fear Of doing people harm about the throne , And injuring some minister or peer Ou whom the stigma might perhaps be blown ; It is—my gentle public lend thine ear ! 'Tis that what Junius we are wont to call , Was beaixt , lactv , nobody at all . I don't see wherefore letters should not be
¦ Written without bunds :, since we daily view Them written without heads ; and boohs we see Are filled as well without the latter too ; Androally , till we fa on somebody For certain suro to claim them as his due , ! Their author , like the Niger ' s mouth , will bother Tbe world to say if there be meuth or author . " And who and what art thou ? " the Archangel said " For that you may consult my title-p ^ ge , " Replied this mighty shadow of a shade . " If I have kept my secret half an age , I scarce shall tell it now . " " Canst thou upbraid , "
Continued Michael , "George Rex , or allege Aught further V Junius answered , " You had better First ask him for his answer to my letter ; My charges upon record will outlast The brass of both his epitaph and tomb . " "Repent'st thou not , " said Michnel , " of some past Exaggeration ? something which may doom Thyself , if false , as him if true « Thou wast Too bitter—is it not so ? in thy gloom Of passion 9 " " Passion ! " cried the Phantom dim , " I lo- A my country , and I hated him . What I have written , I have written ; let The rest be on his head or mine 1 " So spoke Old " Nominus Umbra ; " ami while speaking yet Away he melted in celestial smoke . Then Satan said to Michael , " Don ' t forget To call Georgo Washington and John Horn Tooko , And Fraultlin ; " but « t this ' time there was heard A cry for room , thuugh nut a phantom stivr'd , ( To be concluded in our neat number . )
The Late Escape Of Three Swell Mob Men.
The Late Escape of Three Swell Mob Men .
—The Secretary Of State Tor The Home Uep...
—The Secretary of state tor the Home uepanment has dismissed Thomas Price , the gaoler of llammersmith police court , in consequence of the circumstances connected with the escape ot * George Davis , William Barnett , and James M'Lean , three members ot tho swell mob , who effected their escape as he was removing them in the usual conveyance to Newgate . —Police-oonstable Spuring , T . 112 , one of the warrant officers of the court , is also suspended for two months from all duty , and is not to be reinstated at the court , for not having accompanied Price with the prisoners ,
—The Secretary Of State Tor The Home Uep...
MR . W . D . SAUL'S GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM 15 , ALDERSGATE STREET . NEAR THE ' GENERAL POST OFFICE . Open free to the public every Thursday , between the hours of eleven and two o ' clock . We recently visited this , the largest private Geolosical collection in the United Kingdom , and whicli the enterprising and trujy liberal proprietor has gratuitously thrown open to the public . 'The Museum comprises two large rooms or galleries , each well stored with the requisites for such an institution , mostly arranged in glass cases , or on shelves , and placed in order , commencing with fossil reniains of the most remote periods , and concluding with those of recent date . In the first room , or gallery , is to be seen a number of two and three pointed gpenrs , made from fish bones , as uied by the natives of the South Seas , New Zealand , « fcc , with a number of rude weapons , dresses , & c ., said to be used and worn by the natives of the said clime . Here also may be
seen the head of an Indian chief , tattoed , with the hair in its natural stite , in an excellent state of preservation ; ilso an Indian canoe and paddles , brought over by the late Captain Cook . Here are also a number of Roman Coins , Skulls , * c , found in the centre of this " Great Metropolis , also pieces of fine Roman pavement , found in London , under Allhal-4 owa Church during its repairs , as lately as 1843 . In one corner of this gallery , in a cupboard , is to be seen what we are sure will much interest many of our readers , namely , the complete skeleton of that " poet for all time , " the late much lamented George Petrie , whose noble poem , Equality , " passed through so many- editions , and is yet so much in request . Our conductor ( Mr . Godfrey ) appeared , like most of its readers , to be smitten with that charming work , and from its pages we have imbied the treat truth that
"'True Freedom only knows Equality . " Foy on the door of the closet he has inscribed in legible pencil marks , those lines , which the author adopted as a motto , and which ; he paraphrased from a celebrated French author . Mature stamps all men equal nt their birth , Virtue alone the difference makes on earth . We are sure when the numerous disciples of this truly great poet and veritable democrat , shall learn that the bones of their master are enshrined in this museum , they will at once commence a pilgrimage to the shrine , and while gazing at the dry bones , imagine they hear f Petrie's once eloquent lips speak those truthful words , that his pen so copiously indited , and which are sent forth to tho world in the poem of "Equality . " Where writing of the aristocracy of land and money , he says : —
Each rules his system with a monarch ' s sway . The king ' s the centre ofthe whole , Whose power through patronage knows no control-, Like nature ' s God , he self-existent reigns , And links those rolling suns in golden chains ; Those suns again their satellites entwine With places , pennons , sinecures , and wine ; The satellites extend the circle more , 'Till every idla scamp on Britain ' s shore Obtains a birth among the reckless brood Who drink our blood , and eat our flesh for food ; Who wear the people ' s stockings , hats , and shoes , And even selling the casting to the Jews ; Who never made a brick , nor hew'd a stone , Yet every house on Britain ' s land they own ;
Nothing they've made fit for show or use ; Yet do they claim what other man produce , And in exchange give the most useless ore That miners drag from the metallic pore ; A valueless account , a note of hand , Counting for labour fmish'd on demand ; Yet current only by the free consent Of all the parties to the covenant . Its brilliancy and scare ! ty combtn'd , Created it the God of all mankind ! But man adopted it in ignorance , And will regret it when experience Enables him to see with what controul , By gold alone , tbe few command the whole . The king is worshipp'd , not for love or worth , Not for his wisdom , not his noble birth ,
But tho monopoly he ' s called to hold Of patronage another name for gold . A rer ' rend bishop would not preach base lies , But that his god , great mammon is the prize : The lords would not monopolise the earth , But that by gold they draw its products worth . The monstrous debt tbe nations call'd to own , But for tbe use of go'd had neVr been known . The tide of taxes from Britania ' s core Would cease to flow but for this magic ore . Those scarlet butchers , arm'd with guns and knives , To sttal our substance , or attack our lives , But for vile gold from murder would refrain , And fellow useful labour in the train Of labour ' s sons , who now begin to see Tlie real destroyers of their liberty .
The upper room or enllery is chiefly confined to "fossil remains , " which theproprietor has collected together at great labeur and expense , and which he describes . " as facts much to hard for the parsons . " The worthy proprietor during the hours of exhibition illumines the minds of his visitors by a short Geological lecture , which adds much to the general interest of this truly intellectual repast . As the proprietor ' s end and aim is the instruction and enlightenment ofthe masses , would it not be well for him to throw his museum open one evening duriti" the week , '' when " the toiler ' s work is
done , but , perhaps , as Mr . Saull is advanced in years , he might think he should be spared this additional gratuitous labour . Th ' s is decidedly a consideration , —but we would sugaest that Mr . Godfrey , the author of the " World ' s Catalogue of Gcolosy , " and who row " superintends the museum , and conducts visitors with such thoroughly democatic urbanity , and explains the subject with such a graceful simplicity , would with much pleasure undertake the task , and thus the benevolent desire of its great and good proprietor would be more surely and effectually accomplished . In conclusion , we recommend this museum to the attention of all our readers .
The Claims Op Tiie Poor. To The Editor O...
THE CLAIMS OP TIIE POOR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HORNING POST , Sir , —Argument was useless . The mention ot tho constitutione . l rights of the poor was sul'jrct for d .-rision . The people were too numerous—the " surpluspopulation " must bv driven away . There was no connexion between thepoorand the land . They must he removed or perish ! Such whs the award of our " enlightened awl liberal philosophers ! " Apretty mess they have made of it . ' People won ' t die of want quietly . They become troubUsometlanget'ouf , —They « ij < st be fed . We grumble that they remain impatient . Wo are now recei"ing the just reward of our cruelty . We listened to the philosophers—we deserve our punishment , because we have turned a deaf ear to our good aud wise ancestors . They assured us , that the poor have a right to live ; the philosoph rs exclaimed , " Nature has made no provision " for them—let them die ! " We have believed that lie , and our sin has found us out . This , Sir , is our case ,
We do right , now , to feed the poor . Let us , however , remember , that , in doing so , we are acting in direct contradiction to the whole school of our " enlightened and liberal philosophers . " No provision for the poor is still their creed ; although fear compels them to relent , they dare not enforce their exterminating principles ! How often have they been warned , that God was wiser and stronger than they ; and assured , that , if they would persist in altering our laws on tin ir diabolical principles . He would exert his power ! They answered in jeers and invectives , They removed the landmark ofthe poor , and are now at their wits ' end .
Why do I write thus ? It is once more to warn . It is not enough to feed the poor now . They must be provided for hereafter . Thtir right to maintenance must again be fully recognised by our laws . They require , and must Mvi , Protection ! Yes , Sir , that despised word will , after all , triumph over all its foes . Protection , from first to hist—from the monarch to the pauper—else England ' s sun will set in gore . I have wrned the landlords until I hare become hoarse . I told them their doom , should they rob tho poor by the new Poor Law . I appeal to the Duke of Wellington—have not my predictiotis been verified '
Let the landlords now resolve , that the first Aot of the next session of Parliament shall be one recognising the right of the poor to liberty and life in England , Scotlaud , and Ireland . Then the philosophers will be confounded , and , having thus set our faces constitutionward , we may expect prosperity and the blessing of our God . I remain , Sir , Your most obedient servant , Riciiabd Oasti . eb . London , Oct , 21 . P . S . —It is no use to mince matters . If we persist in refusing the constitutional right of the poor , they will hung , like an incubus , on the State , and we shall become the derision ofthe word . The philosophers may storm and rage , God will laugh at their fury . Truly , Sir , if we will not bend to receive lessons from our " greybearded ancestors , " starring millions will demand that the State shall resume its right to the land and the property . In the future distribution , their rights must be sanctioned . It were wiser to grant graciously , than to yield ignominio usly . It . 0 .
Wife And Husuand.—Jane Nicholls Was Admitted
Wife and Husuand . —Jane Nicholls was admitted
Into St. Thomas's Hospital, Having Her R...
into St . Thomas ' s Hospital , having her right hand so dreadfully lacerated that amputation was deemed necessary . The cause of it appears to be that she had some dispute with Iher husband , and , in a moment of passion , flew at the window , and smashed to pieces eight or ten squares of glass . The pain she must be sufferin >; will teaeh her for the future of some less dangerous mode of revenge . Escape of a Prisoner . —Last week , while a special coach was conveying tbe prisoners Worn Morpeth gaol to Alnwick ' for trial at the sessions , one ot them slipped the irons from his legs , and sprang from the top of the conchy making his way over the hedge into the Cauledge-paik woods , two miles sout h . of Aluwigfc , The . prisoner got clear off ,
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Savinos-Bank.—A Parliamentary Paper, Was...
Savinos-bank . —A parliamentary paper , was moved for by Mr . Hume at the close of the session , was printed last week , giving an account . " stating ia detail the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities and Exchequer-bills effected , by the National Debt tommisaionerson account of the Trustees of Savingsoanks showing the date , description , and extent of each of such purchases and sales , and the rate at which each oi such purchases and sales was effected from the 20 fchof Mav . 18-14 . tnthpAt . hnf . Tnlv 1 S 4 fi "
it appears that the gross amount of stock " and Exchcquer-bills bought « n account ofthe Savings-banks JoWmv i , , r od emb , « ccd in the return was „ , 40 , ° m the lh" 2 P ° r Gent . Consols , £ 45 . 000 ; ffloP Ji hree pe , ' n ? ^ £ 9 00 ° - Annuities , £ 1 , 720 . Three per Cent .. £ 2 , 08 . 5 . 000 . Thcee-andl a-Ilalf per Cent . Annuities , The sum paid for the several descriptions of stock mentioned in little mora than two years was £ 3 , 141 . 370 17 s . Cd . ; the stock sold in the time realized £ 118 , 917 10 s . The Exchequer-bills [' paid off in the period amounted to
£ 380 , 300 . The Poor Law Commission . —In 1844-5 , accord , ing to a Parliamentary paper , " the Poor Law Commission cost £ 53 , 000 , £ 52 , 770 , in 1845-6 , and £ 59 . 200 , in 1846-7 . U . Iuindise , Esq ., Special Pleader of the Inner Temple , renting a house at £ 300 a-year , applied on Monday , for the situation of " Enquiring Officer" to the St . Pancras Parish Directors . The salary is only £ 120 a-year . Hatdock Lodoe Asylum . —A Government commission of inquiry is now taking evidence on the above subject , at the Legh Arms Hotel , Newton . A Nfw Era is Metropolitan Locomotion . —A number of omnibuses have commenced running between the Bank and Paddington and internrdiate stations at the low rate of one penny per mile . Several also started from the Strand to Paddington , the charge being 2 d . the entire distance .
Short Timk at Macclesfield . —We are told that one of the large coiton factories in this borOUSll . liaS already commenced working short time , and the others are expected soon to adopt the same course . —• Macclesfield Courier , Thk Cobdbn Fukd now amounts to £ 75 , 525 8 s . " Tub Hell o' a' Diseasrs . —A Dutchman , in proceeding to the place from whence he heard the cries of distress , discovered eno of his neighbours lying under a stone wall , which fell upon him and fractured his legs . "Well den" said Flonse , " neighbour Venderkiken , vatish de matter vid you ? " " Vat . " says MaHey , " vyyou see mine conditions , vit all dish big stones upon me , and mine legs broke off < -losa to mine body . " " Mine Cot , " says House . " is dat
all ? you hollered so like de devil , I tought you vas got de dootb ache . " Breao Compant . —A company has been established to supply the community with pure wheaten bread at a profit of five per cent , on the actual cost ofthe material , expenses of making , & c . The company , it is said , will commence operations in the metropolis early in the ensuing month . They profess to be able to sell the 41 b . loaf at one third less price than that charged at present by the bakers . Post Opficb Patrosagb . —A pot postman named Tuthill , residing at Axbridge . in Somersetshire , in his daily perambulations as a letter-carrier , goes twenty-two miles on foot , winter and summer , and for which laborious service he ia paid 12 s a week .
Mr . Tebnan , the Actob , well known in the thea . trical world , expired on the 17 th instaut , after an illness of many months , at tho early period of 43 years . The price of the 41 b . loaf , in Edinburgh and in Stirling , is nine-pence , an advance having taken place last week . Tlie potatoes in the township of Queenshead are not so much a failure as was anticipated by a great many of the inhabitants . —Leeds Mcromj , An Ancimjt and Prudent Bbideoroom , — Mr . Jay , the great Dissenting preacher of Bath , at * he aeeofseventy-seven . has just led to the hvmencal alter a lady with a fortune of £ 30 , 000 , — Bambwy Guaidian .
Extraordinary Lightning . — An Irish paper gravely f-tates . that whilo a man was taking a glass of whiskey in a dram shop in Dublin , "the electric fluid caught the whisky and conveyed the glass out of his hand some distance , and it was ultimately smashed asainst the bar ; " the man , it is said , " providentially escaped . " The phenomenon may probably be more correctly attributed to tho previous agency of other fluids than the electric . The Wellington Statue . — Lord Morpeth has made , perhaps , as good a move as possible to obtain the judgment ofthe " competont persons" on Mr . Wyatt ' s triumphal statue . His Lordship has , we are informed ^ addressed a circular to all the Ijtoyal Academicians , requesting that he may be favoured with their opinion as to the effect of tho statue on the a rch . —A thenceum .
A Strange Attempt at Matrimony . —Last week a couple , the man from Over Darwen and the female from L , ivescy , went to the parish church to commit matrimony who had enjoyed no less than twentyseven years of court-hip ! After such " a lengthened sweetness long drawn out , " it mi « ht naturallv be supposed that nothing would be allowed to interrupt the fitting consummation to this unlimited wooin" ; but when the lict-m-e was produced it was discovered that it had been obtained for use twelve months ago ; and as it was valueless after the third month the very disconsolate couple were sent back to make a better attempt next time—Blackburn Standard
The Electric Telegraph stopped a Marriage a few days ago , a young ladv and eentlcman decamped together by rail from Nottingham to have the indissoluble knot tied at Lincoln ; hut about an hour after the loving pair had set off , the ladv ' s mamma , finding her daughter absent , went to the railway station , and ascertained that she had left for Lincoln with her lover . The telegraph was instantlyset to work , and when the lady and gentleman arrived a policeman was in attendance to receive them , and the pair were forthwith taken out ofthe carriage , placed in a return train , and sent hack to the mamma . Several stormy petrels fell upon a barge in the locks upon the Severn at D ' mlis . on Frldav . driven thus far inland by the prevalence of tlie south , westerly winds . It is a very uncommon occurrence for them to be seen so far from the sea . —Zltrnu ' no / tain Gazette .
Russian Butter —A vessel , just arrveil in one of the dockestablishnients from Russia , has brought , in addition to a cargo of tar and wood goods , 3 D casks of butter , of Russian produce . The iroporta-• ion of thi-i article of general consumption from the northern country mentioned is not usual , if it hag ever taken pi » ce on any former occasion . The ironmongers of this town have resolved upon conceding to those in their employ alareer amount of leisure than they have hitherto enjoyed . This class of tradesmen have determined to close their places of business at seven o ' clock in the evening , except on Saturdays . —Newcastle Journal .
Mr . Martin , sen ., of lleiaate , has presented to Mr . Anderson , clerk at the Reigate station , a magnificent coffeepot , with a ne-i inscription , recording to the fact ofthe latter gentleman ha 7 * mg saved his life , on , the railway under the following circumstances : —Mr . Martin was crossing tbe line , when Mr . Anderson , seeing tlie express train coming , at the imminent risk of his own life , rushed forward and dragged that gentleman off the line , when the train swept by at full * pced , Mr . Martiu only escaping by a few inches from being smashed to pieces . The Great Britain Expected , —Tho New York
Tribuneoi theSthinst . says : — "The Great Britain is now in' her sixteenth day . Her non-arrival in season to send replies to the correspondence brought by her . in the Great Western , is provoking , and no doubt will be a serious annoyance to our merchants . " A Peer a Preacher . — The Right lion . Lord Teynham preached in the long room of the Angel Inn , Sherborne , on Monday evening . The morn was well filled , upwards of 100 being present , but there is no doubt that had a more efficient notice been given , an immense assemblage of persons , of all grades , would have been attracted by the novelty of hearing a nobleman prc . nh . —S / icrbornc Journal ,
The Chinese Collection . —This very curious collection will thovtly be removed from tlie metropolis , the proprietors beinir about to exhibit the contents in the various large towns and cities of the country . Meeting of Parliament . —The rumour of a meeting of Parliament next month is confidently revived " in the very ( teat informed circles . " Lord John RvisseM and the Chancellor are said to be bent upon this object , and determined to resign if the other members of the Cabinet will not conform to their opinion . The question will , however , be finally scti led on Wednesday , if not before . It is stiid , that nt the next Council it will bs proposed to open the ports , suspending the duty of 4 s . —Standard of Monilav .
Rkjkction of Baths in Shorkditcii . —At a full meeting ot the vestry and inhabitants of Shoreditch , held on Monday , a proposal for establishing baths and washhouses by means of a parish rate , was defeated by a majority of 28 to 20 , which was decisive , the act of Parliament requiring that the resolution for the establishment of baths and washhouses shall be supported by two-thirds id ' an open vestrv , before it is submitted to the Secretary of'Statc . Immediate 'Opening op the Ports—A public meeting of the parishioners of Marylebone was held on Monday evening , at the Princess ' s Assemblyroom , Castle-street , Oxford-street , at which Mr . T . Cochrane gave a lecture , ou the duty incumbent on government , of immediately removing all remaining restrictions on the importation of food , in consequence of the famine in Ireland , and its threatened extension to this country . The room was filled with an attentive auditory , who agreed to a rnjinqnahto the ftuecn , pray ing the immediate op ' ehi ^ offtha pcrts . is ¦ - '
The St . Pancras Poor . —At a rneeting ' of the vestry wWell took place on Monday ; a coruvnittea was formed , consisting of 23 vestrymen ' ,-tiol directors ofthe poor , to inquire into the . management of the workhouse . This resolution' was . carried , despite the strenuous opposition of Mr . Senior Churchwarden Howaith ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31101846/page/3/
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