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PART HI . _^ _ J reth _K P _*» e * _- _ _pofthepoeticaIpiece »& om atfes _tlssiuttiiy _inoor _possesion , _"muitratine the determuss aunation of the Aaerjean Agrarian ** io pat an . end Mo L to _LaVidlordisia . * * APPEAL FOE JUSTICE . _"Ed-j _* Md _ianajiorris , hear the thunder _. As it _ecboec round the world , Hear the -rouse of _milUons gathering , Bound the flag of troth nnfnri'd . The day of reckoning approaches , "When thepeople shall _deroana A reason for the degradation They have suffered at yonr hand . "f ? e » aial _tiUats _« oon must -vanish , Earth be rescued from their thrall , The awn - avill _ehine and trees will fiouriso , "Earth will yield her fruit for all . Truth will prove a mighty engine , Stronger for than cannon ball , It will * tona the strongest tower , It will _scala the highest wall . " trotb ma J « _S <* e prompt your hearts _. To action for the honest end , And tben the lightning * * vivid darts "Will harmless to the earth descend . _"""* A _Mxcaiinc .
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_OPEKINC _1 ODB . Bise , sons of "Young America , *" Join hands each _freUhtottother , Combined for ever and for aye Supporting one another ; We pledge oar honour atil . to toil , Aod use onr beat endeavour _. The chains npon God ' bounteous soil In fragment * to dissever . _ThecUims of parry , class , orsect ,
Let those receive who heed them , "We seek to place the human race In universal freedom . That none shall take a ' oireling fee , Kor wear a chain or band , air _. We claim for all the liberty To cultivate the land , air . With a free soil beneath , our fee _^ A smiling heaven above ns , In every man * friend , well meet , Whose interest 'tis to love tu ; With noble toil well till the _coO , Enjoying its fruition , And give to Sod our grateful thanks , "For such a ttlest _ce-adjtion . The two following pieces fim appeared in { he jour SUs of the Anti-Renters . By _"Patawoiuy _, ** our read m Will understand " Landlorakia . ' »
Awake . ' ye tons of freemen rise , And dash this blindness from your eyes ; Why will yoa _slamber sow ! Toar dearest rights ve torn sway _. In Freedom ' s dear meridian day ; Will yoa not strike one blow * Shall yon , tbe offspring of tbe free , _Whoacom'dto bend the crouched knee To proad da-apotic _« way , Snbmit to tee yonr bloo < J-bought rights . By proud , rapacious , ravening kites And _valtnres torn away t Hay , freemen ! you'll be freemen still—Ton have the power—then bave the will ;
Yonr wrong * shall be _rearesi'd . In vain they strive to quench the _firts Which fill'd the bosoms of yonr tires _. And warms their o & prii _* ag * « breast . Tbea ri _? i _* . «* once roar fathers TOSC _, la the _vietoriou * contest close ; There ' s freedom ia each blow . I ask not for the strife of steel , Bor brazen thunders murderous peal ; That it is not needful now . I ask the votes of freedom ' * huh , Which speak with loader voice than guns , And keener eut than swords _. At this , oppression ' s cheeks grow file , Aristocratic tyrant * quail ; The freeman owns no lords , Save He , who rear * d yon arch on high , Aod form 'd those orbs that stud , t & efky t
Who rules io Heaven _above—Whoecfsal formed man , and free ; To bis tbe freeman bends the knee— . Bim , he wiU serve , and love . To Him alone , he'll sue for grace , And look for favour from bis face : Prom whom ail mercies Sow . Bat unto roan , wbo perish must , And mingle with bis kindred dost , Shall yoa avahmit to bow , And beg for what is yours by right ! Bid not your fathers nebly fight , Yonr freedom to maintain ? Did they for nothing shed that blood , With which these western waters flowed 1 Was all their toils in vain !
Kay ; they prostrated tyrants low , And let the tide of freedom flow O ' er fair Columbia ' s shore , To fertilize ber bills and dales , And fill with joy those wood-clad vales , Where despots ruled before . In vain Patroonry strives to stay The tide of freedom on its way _. And bid its waves be stayed ; It _driva _» hint to onr monntulm high , He trembles , whither shall hftflj 1 Well may be be dismayed . Its waters onwards—onwards flow , 0 * ermonntains , at in days of Noah . Where shall herefoge god t To Pisgah ' e * lofty top be flies , The waters _npwards , upwards rise ; A sound conies os the wind-It springs from Pisgah'e lofty crest , And itart the deBpots of the east . The sound s child might tell—It is a warning t « nt by Sod , _JaTot to resist the approaching flood ; Patroonry ' s dying yell . ]
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TO FEUDAL LORDS . lake the lion , when he rises Prom Ms slumber , and his roar Echoes through the mighty forest . From the mountain to the shore-So the peoplebave arisen , From their necks the yoke have trailed , Shouted forth thrt they are freemen , Have proclaimed it to the -world _, like the roar of distant thunder , When the coming storm it near , When above tbe bright horizon
Bark and boding deads appear-So the _foesofftadel tyrants Have assumed a _threat _' ning form , And their passions fast are changing To the whirlwind and the storm . Oh , ye lords , will ye withstand i *» Think yon yon can ever j ** " * , "With snch mighty fo _* -f * triumph—WiU ye cling *» Hope * so vain I "WiU ye hue * * tne million voices , data _submUrion to your will ?—t jmu ye tothe storm to cease , Say unto the wave * _"BeefiUl ** Can ye hind a freeman ' * spirit t Con ye chaua the immortal mind f j __ nOW 56 _DBtyoUr fates axe writtent— - Se * _-Jt * n _ go search , and ye snail find , "Will yeread the stars to find it ,
Will ye search in mystic lore ; Will ye Hst to yonr advisers , Who deceived yoa oft before S 60 abroad among the people , For a lesson there is taught * . See what wonders persecution And yonr tjransy have wrought : — Bead yonr fate , for there ' tis written—Written by yonr bloody hand ; _ _Sva _* n he who " runs may read"it , And the fool may understand . Snow that yon , lords , 'petty tyrant *—Te who wonld tbe land enslave"Know that yon , hy yonr oppressions , Have dug Feudalism ' s grave . — Snow that ye have ronsid that spirit Which in slumber long has lain _ Which now like a flame is raging , _Jftctsr to be Qvenclcd again J
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THS WOBKING UAS'S DREAM . When another day ' s journey old _Solhadperform'd , And returned to his bed in the westv Aad a working man , weary and worn witb hard toil , Had lain himself down for a rest , Washington camefrom the shades of the dead To hold court ' mong the eons ofthe brave , _Jotoquire why the Liberty Tree did not thrive _InthesDahe had struggled to save , Por he'd heardfrom on high , bis aerial abode , Th . neart-rendiJig cries of the poor , And Ub soul to o _' _erwlieW with g _™ t at tf » _•*« Oftbe many oppressions _tbsy hore . Be had witness'd the luxury , splendour , and sloth latbehomcBoftbewesltby andgreat , And he'd sten the base frauds , that were practised _ny those
"Who controtfd the affairs of the State . So he called aloud on the _statasunan and sa _* _J <* > Ou the soldier , the clergy and lay , _Anaheask'dwhy the blossoms on labertya tree Were all fadrd and withering away !
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_^ _h _??* _**^ » _» dust _. tUi feet Andwith « igt __ ahofsoulhedid cry _^ « Since ttere _' . _nme on the earth to-do justice and 0 take me again up on high 1 " " n ! £ i J noblepatrlot ! O g ° » otaway _ » . Cried a harsb-soundiBg voice from afar , _Hetook d and , behold , came * hara , b _ ,, __ aea throng will _monntedon Liberty ' s car . They alight'd hard b y , and with eagerness sought , To press the old warrior ' _t hand
. On tte banner they bore was _this ' motto inscribe *! . r / e nmt for Use Freedom of Land . " Fight on , my brave sons , and the day is at band When tyrants to earth shall behurl'd ; And the Liberty Tree with fresh vigour shall grow . Till its branches o ' _ershadow the world . Fight on , my brave sons , for the _priteis ahead , Bnt never look back or repine j And _whea the green sward o ' er your bodies has doted Your names shall be honoured as mine . B . W . B .
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BISK I XT JOHN ST _JOHIT . Who are ye , who sit and murmur O ' er yonr grievance hard and long ! Who are ye , whose necks ate troddtm By the iron foot of ff rang ! Wear ye not God '* mighty image ! Bise ! assert it , and be strong ! Can ye see your wives and children Under old oppressions cower , And not feel your right arms aching With the fulness of their power f Bise ! a life of idle groaning Is sot worth one well-wrought hour J _Able-bodied—iulNminded-* So ye weep beneath your pain t Or , with empty cant of Freedom , Bo you stagger with yonr chain t Hear ye not yonr weaker brother t
Bise ! or wear the cars * of Cain ! Will ye sit in dust sad ashes , Gating on the proud and great t Snow ye not that soul and sinew Host achieve their own estate ! Bise ! to actionl or in garret Dream , and to deserve yonr fata t Are ye freemen , freemen truly ! Bo ye act a * freemen do ! Are yonr rulers sot your leaden ! Are tbey many , or yon few ! Bise ! with purpose firm , and tenth them They mast first be ruled by you ! Unto you _bt-loaj- * the vessel And tl _; e freedom ef the sea ; Will you iocr yonr servant * dasratas Vf sat her _frrfght ei _lavrs shall bt 1 _Kii-v' } _fMiih'iyiihtirc ) ra ) r » e . _*» a . 'r like th .- * Kor _^' _uicct'tii of ta » j
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THE _AfittAUUIf GAf _I-SUIKS . Tu ? . *~ '• L ' ii _.-iu-r » of Kentucky . " _f : ir > , 1 ithi _, j ; Sro and manly tread The Agrif tsns ure cOiAing ! Ko csp and _btlte upon the hcci , . Vo fiddling tilt ! no druinaiinj _. ; Ho _clownitili _anticn to ( trite Tbe jest uf csca _deridur , At if they'd sunk their _miHtmoai < jn U Inpuneheonsofhard cidi . ' . No banners deck'd with thievish co _; _. _* : _** _, Nor mottoes foirt and scurvy , With decency and common sense And truth turned _topty-torvy ; Bat marching with nnbroken front , AU resolute and ateas > , Tbey come , at they are ever wont , Por Truth ' s stern battle ready . A bit of tinsel on a rag ,
With fringe around the border , Bound wbich to gather , shout and brag , Is not the kind of order For Agrarians to take when they Like reasoning men assemble-But at their calm , resolved array , Their direst foe * must tremble ! They come ! they come ! in phalanx _dtep , Oppression ' s < _-ohorts _brarioij—TJnhougbt , unterrified . they keep Their free bold banner waving—Tbey —( at on Bunker * * height * were stirred The stern tires that begat them)—Impatient wait the onset word" Agrarians I up , and at them 1 "
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DOWNFALL OP _FEUDALISM . A beacon baa been lighted , Bright as the noonday inn , On worlds of mind benighted Its _rayt are pouring down Fnll many a shrine of error , And many a deed of shame , Dismayed bas shrunk in terror Before tiie lighted flame . -Victorious , on ! victorious ! Proud beacon , onward haste _. Till floods of light all glorious HInme the social waste . Base Feudalism has foundered , The demon gasps for breath , Hit rapid march it downward , To everlasting death . Old age and youth united ,
Hi * works bave prostrate burled ; And soon himself , affrighted , Shall hurry from this world . Yictoriou * on , & C , Democracy , untiring , _Striket at the monster * * heart , Beneath bit blow * expiring , He dreads ihe welLaimed dart _. His Uow * , well pray " Sod speed tbem , The darkness to dispel , And bow we fonght for freedom , Let future ages tell . Victorious on , be "We conclude witb two pieces illustrative oficenei in" the Mexican War . Tne following line * are "founded en fact . " Tbe story of tha -daughter of the heroine martyr appeared seme time ago in our columns : — THB HBB 0 _INB _MARTYB OF H 09 _TJ _3 BEY ,
Bt TBC SEV . 3 . Q . IT 0 _**» . The strife was item at Monterey , Wben those high tower * were lost and won ; And pealing through that mortal iray Flatb'd the strong battery * * vengeful gun . Yet _heeallaus of Its deadly rain , She stood in toil and danger first , To bind tbe bleeding Midler ' s vein , And slake the dying soldier ' s thirst . She fonnd a pale and stricken foe , Sinking ia Nature ' s last eclipse _. And "a _^ e red earth kneeling low , dhe wet bis _paveb'd and f everM lips ; When , thick as winter ' s driving sleet , The booming shot and flaming shell , Swept with wild rags tbat gory street , And she—the good and gentle—fell . Tbey laid her in her narrow
bed—The _foemen of ber land and race ; And sighs were breath'd , and tears were ( bed Above her lowly resting-place . Ay ! glory ' s crimson worshippers Wept over her untimely fall , Por deeds of mercy such aa her * , _Snbdne the bean * and eye * of ail . To Eonnd ber wortn were _gnUt and _abame In nt , who lore bat gold snd ease * Tbey h _» ed alike oar praise or blame , Who live and die in works like these . Par greater than tbe wise or brave , Par happier than the fair er gay , Was tbe , wbo fonnd a martyr ' s grave On tbat red field of Monterey . A similar subject inspired the following magnificent lines , which first appeared in the ( American Notional Era , and which we copy from the New Fork Tribvne ' . —
THB _ANGELS OF _BUEJTA 7 ISTA . _«»• - * , _WHITTIT ** . IA letter writer from Mexiw , state * that at _theterrf . ble fight of Buena Vista , He _j ___ women were seen hovering near the field of death , for _<<> e purpose of giving aid and succour to the wounded . One p _^ woman wat fonnd snrroended by the maimed and suffer * , _^ f fat ] , armies , minitteriog to the vtants of Americans "well __ . Hexicans with impartial tendem « . s- ] Speak and tell us , onr Ximena , looking Northward far away _. O ' er the camp of the _urnier _* , o ' er the Mexican array ,
Who is losing ! who is winning ! are they far , or com * they near ! Look abroad , and tell as , sister , whither rolls tbe storm we bear . "Down the Mils of Angostura still the storm of battle rolls ; Blood Is flowing , men are dying , —God have mercy on their souls _l " WhoislosiB _* - ! who is winning!— "Orer hill and over plain , I see bntsmoke of _a-annon clouding through the mountain rain . "
Holy "Mother ! keep onr brobers ! Look , Ximena , look once more : _"Stid I see the fearful whirln _" nd rolling darkly as before , Bearing on , in strange confusion , friend and foeman , foot and horse , Like some wild and troubled torrent _sleeping down its mountain coarse . " Look forth once more , llmena i "Ah : tla smoke hat rolled away . And I see the Northern rifles _gli-amlng down ths ranis ot
gray . Harkl that sudden blast of bugles J there the _treop oi Minon wheels ;
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There the Northern hones thunder , with the cannon , at _thelrhatfls . " " Jesa , pity 2 faosr it thicken * t now retreat and new advance ! Right against the blazing cannon shivers _PueblaVcharg ing lance ! Sown they go , tbe brave young riders ; horse and foot together fall-Like the ploughshare in lit fallow , through them plows the Northern ball . " Nearer came the storm , and nearer rolling fast and frightful on : "Speak , Simena , speak and tell us , who has lost and who has won . ' * "Alas ! alas I I know not ! friend and foe together fall _. O ' er the dying rash the living ; pray , my litters , fox them all !''
Lo ! the wind the smoke is lifting : Bletied Mother , save my brain ! I can see the wounded crawling slowly out from heaps of slain . Now they stagger , blind and b ' eeding ; now they fall , and strive to rise ; Hasten , sisters , haste and save tbem , lest they die before _oar ey ** !* "Oh , my heart ' s love ! oh , my dear one ! lay thy poor head on my knee ; Best thou know the lips that kiss thee * Canst thou hear me , canst thou see ? Oh , my husband , brave and gentle ! oh , my Banal , look once more On the blessed Cross before thee ! Mercy ! mercy ! all is o ' er !"
Dry thy tears , my poor Ximena ; lay thy dear one dawn to rest ; let his hands be meekly folded ; lay tbe Cross upon his breast ; Let his dirge be sung hereafter , and his funeral masses said ; To-day , thou poor bereaved one , tbe _living _' ask tby aid . Close beside her , faintly moaning , fair and young , a soldier lay , Torn with shot and pierced with lances , bleeding slow his life away ; But , as tenderly before him the lorn Xlmena knelt , She saw the Northern "Eagle shining oa his pistol . belt .
With a stifled cry of horror straight she turned away her head ; With a sad and bitter feeling looked she hack npon her dead ; Bat she heard the youth ' s low moaning and his Strug . glicg breath of pain , And she raised the cooling wafer to his parching lips again . whispered low the dying soldier , pressed her hand . « HU « al » ay » n , aed ; _WutlMtpH ; _rfnefwe his mother * *! did she watch beside her child ! All hi * _strsnjw words _wltu meaning a woman ' s heart _nputied ! With bar fcia upon his _fon-hetri , •• _liither ! _* ' murmured he . and di <«' " A bitter _e « - - _, c upon them , _p-jor b _» y , who XtlA thee fortb .
_Froaasciiiegeatle , c « _d-ej ; d _lather , _weepiaj \ 0 nel 7 Vt _ _"lee _^ . jr _^ 'l _^ Spaha the _mouffrfl' _^ W'io _womaa , ss 4 * 50 . aid _ . . _«_ * _-rit » her _dt-ad , . . . And _tuvnad to soothe tfca Uring } s **** :. d Mod the ¦ foaiids whicb oled . Look forth once _aore , _Ximena i « ' Like 3 cloud _before the wind Rolls the battle down the mountains , leaving Wood sad death behind ; Ah ! they plead in vain for mercy ; ir . t _' ae oust the wounded strive ; Hide your faces , holy angels ! oh , thou Christ of Ood forgive !"
Sink , oh Night , among thy mountains 1 let the cool , grey shadows fall ; Dying brothers , fighting demons—drop tby curtain over all ! Through the thickening winter twilight , wide apart the battle Tolled , In its sheath the sabre rested , aad the cannon ' s lips grew cold . But the noble Mexic-women itiU their holy task pursued , Through that long , dark night of sorrow , worn and faint , and lacking food ; Over weak and suffering brothers with a tender care they hung , And tbe dying foeman blessed tbem in a strange and Northern tongue .
Not wholly lost , oh Father ! is this evil world of ours ; Upward , through it * Wood aad atb . es , spring afresh the Eden flowers ; Prom its smoking hell of battle , love and Pity send their prayer , And still Tby white-winged angels hover dimly in our atr '
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THE LABOURER , A Monthl y Magazine of Poll tits . Literature , Pottry , etc . Edited by Feargus O'Connor , and Ernest Jone * . Ks < i _* . July , London : Northern Star Offlce , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . We have already quoted the length y , well-timed , and excellent article on " the League" which appears in this number of the Labourer . There ate -several other articles of considerable merit and importance , foremost amongst whieh is one on " Education and tbe Russell Cabinet . " This interesting contribution which we understand is from tbe pen of Mr S . Kydd . is the more important , because published on the * ere
uf thegreatelectoral contest , in whioh this " vexed question" of "Education" promises to be one ofthe leading points ofthe struggle . An abstract of '' Tha Game Laws" is another well-timed contribution and will be of service to both electors and nonelectors . A "Visit to O'Connorville , " by the author of the artiele on "Education , " is pleasingly told . " Insurrections of the Working : _CIubcb , " and " Confesliens of a "King , " are continued with spirit . From the continuation of the" Romance of a People , " we have extracted largely in another column of this page . We conclude this notice by _borrowing the following lines from tbe number before na ;—
ONWARD . BT EBVBIT 20 _VZS . Who bids us backward—laggards , staj ! As soon wave back the light of day { We hare net marched so long a way To yield at hut , like ( -raven things , To _wom . oat nobles , priests , and kings . 0 o bid the eagle clip its wing ! Go bid the tempest cease to sing , _AndBtreams to hurst , and tides to spring And , should tbey listen to your call , We'll onward still , and face you all ! < IKt we have battled long and true ; While yon were many , we were few , And stronger chains we've broken through Think not your paltry silken hands Can bind Progression ' s giant heads .
Go stay the earthquake In'the rock , € 0 quench the hot volcano ' s shock , And fast the foaming cataract lock : Ye cannot build the walls to hold A daring heart and spirit bold . Forbid the flower ) mould to bloom , Where years have scathed a tyrant ' s tomb , And tell ns slavery is onr doors : E ' en as the peaceful march of time _MouIderB the rampart ' s stony prime , 80 ealm Progression ' s steady sway Shall «& j and sweep yonr power away .
% * We have received the first volume of The _Latmirer complete , and neatly bound in cloth ; containing an elegant engraving of T . S . Duneombe , M . P . This volume is well worthy of a place oa the bookshelf of every working-man .
The Knitted Lace Collar Book. In Three P...
THE KNITTED LACE COLLAR BOOK . In Three Parti . THE ALBUM OF FANCY NEEDLEWORK . ~ PiB » I andII . By MrsG . J . _Baynes . London : Simpjkin and Marshall . _Gravesend ; G . J . _Baynes , These simple and unpretending little volumes deserve the patronage of all who are adepts in tht fashionable accomplishments of netting , knitting , and crochet ; and even those ladies whe are not as yet skilled in these arts will find the directions given to clear and intelligible , that the *? * "f _* 4 l have no difficulty in executing any article _containedin these manuals . Indeed , iu simplicity as well as _ilegance Ot _o «~ _<_ „_ Mra Bavnes excels all her coniemptraries ,
and , as _evei-j twtiM e is well engraved , an idev may be at once acquired oi it- * _npearanee of it _whencxecuted . It is a wonderful instance of the impnyements in connection with the press , when works bo tastefully got up can be sold for thesuta of aixpeuct . —but in this Mrs Baynes is no doubt aided by the extensive patronage she has received ; upwards of 100 , 000 copies of . her books having been sold is the past year . For the sake of the many to whom these arts form an amusing and a profitable occupation , we are glad to observe that the fair authoress contemplates continuing her series , as well as publishing a new one . to be entitled , " Z 7 ' « Y < Mig tatm i Scrap Book . " We wish , her all the success that her talent and ingenuity so well merit .
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_Pobhcaiioss _Rsokived . -- " The Westminster and Foreign Quarterl y Review , " July ; Simmoni ' s Colonial Magarine , " July ; " ffowitt ' _s Journal , " Part 0 ; " People ' s Journal , " Part 18 ; "Mm in tlie Moon " "Midland Florist ; " " Ireland , as viewed by his Grate the Archbishop cfDublin ; " " Bigg ' s Liciuw on the MoralPtevationof tlte People ; " EqnitoM Banks of Interchange , die . tic . "
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It is stated in _Burritt _' s Christian Citizen , ' that Father Mathew intends to visit America this summer .
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We take the following from " The Romanes of a People ; an HisUrical Tale of the Nineteenth Century , " by _ERSBsr Jo _/ _ws , in the course of publication in The Labourer . THB POLISH _INSURRECTION Or IDS 29 m _Novsmbjb , 1830 . The most daring promoters ofthe movement , the forlorn hope of the coming storm , had assembled at the bridge ofSobleski , between the palace of the Belvldere and the cavalry barracks . Impenetrable darkness shrouded every object , and the insurgents , headed by Louis Nablelak , still waited iu suspense for some further sound or signal . Presently a commotion was heard in the distance lights were seen advancing down the streets in all directions , it was evident the cavalry and police had taken the alarm ; the fire had warned the enemy without raising the insurgents . The little troop at the bridge stood motionless , hiding their weapons as best they might , lest they should catch the glare of the lanterns , and reveal their bearers to the Russians . The darkness saved Poland that night . Several of the patroles passed within a few yards of Nablelak and his hand , but they remained undiscovered .
Thus an hour elapsed , in anxious expectation . At length a step was beard approaching , and a well-known voice addressed the dispirited band . _It _** wasWysocki , the gallant saperintendnnt ofthe School of Ensigns , who dwelt in barracks not far from the Belvidere . His ab . senee had occasioned the delay , and he was hurrying on to place himself at the head of his young soldiers . _Lonls Nablelak now divided bis band into two equal parts , and , sure of suppert from the military school , led them instantly on to the attack of the palace . One detachment was destined to guard the rear , whilst he , at the head of the other , rushed into the court , shouting , 'Death to the tyrant !"
As tbey burst through the outer gate , the report of firing was heard , telling tbem that the ensigns were already engaged . Animated by the sound , aud by their own wild cries , the little band rushed up the steps . No one opposed them ; not a soul was there ; nothing was to be heard within , save the fall of flying footsteps along the distant galleries . Several passages diverged from the great landing : which was to be chosen 1 While hesitating , the shedow of a man was seen moving from behind a pillar—It was the President _Lubovidzki , crouching- for concealment . '
"Where is Constantino ! _'He answered not—but fled along the passage towards the chambers of the duke , and with a sudden bound , that proved the following shot told true , rolled beneath the feet of the advancing Poles . Door after door fell shattered beneath their blows , but Constantino was nowhere to be found ; he bad escaped to the pavilion of fhePrlncess Lowiecka , where , surrounded by women , that man was kneeling in prayer , who had himself rejected every supplication , The _paUce was gained without a blow in its defence , though thousands of devoted troops were within shot of its walls . The insurgents rushed like a storm through the deserted pile , and were proceeding down the stairs towards the pavilion of the princess , when the tidings came tbat Russian cavalry were hastening to the Belvi . dere ! Before their arrival , however , Nabielak made good his retreat to the bridge of Sobieski . Tbe ensigns were already there .
<* The hour of vengeance and of victory 1 " exclaimed WjsocM . _"Totheiity _Uothsottjl" was ihe answer _, lug-cry ; onward they proceeded . They had not _progrfitu'ed fir before they heard tbe cavalry closing on their rear . The troops had mounted in baste , some in their sbirt sleeves , soma with bare feet in their stirrups , but fill with the _scs ' _-irance of crushing the "littles band of tbe insurgents . The latter ranged themselves in single Die , , _ _! . _«« bucks against a garden wall , and a _hoio uont _tuva " *! _- * to the _caeray . Ev ?** j & h _'*<; _. _'taW wi * . Wm > _ivcV-nws ' _ii- * _. )' _Russissf * _ t _ J _*^* tli ** i > Ihe _bcyonet charged their _disordei'ed bodj _. ' _und drove theiC * ? : -fe ' uP '> n tne _»••»»««•« . A _breethios _; time was _% _*&& _*»* _anxiously _Sboyoving wM _- _Aoi-s looked round .-. a ? th _? -. _* :: ' _- " - * _' M « our . T > _1 _\ that succour never appeared- th * ' > i ? i _^ .. _^ . _* _" _* * ft _* _- ' lime to rally , and , indignant , ftt being bcnte ' S -I"' _ _*• _J _" _' _- _* fol of youths , their retuynir , _ f march was soon _heitti _' _- _^ S the tight , InttrospUng the _ttxpeateai retreat oi the _ivisurgents to the city .
This time Wysocki did hot await their attack , bnt . again charging with the bayonet , drove them hack in confusion . Scarcely was tbis danger over , when two Hussiun regiments advanced to tha aid of tbeir discomfited coldrades . A powerful and _weU-aUxectea * _. fire , sustained by rapid and repeated charges , sufficed to hold tbem in check , and again a lull sunk over this desperate and unequal contest . The Poles now pushed forward until they reached the Radziwill barracks , where tbey expected to be joined by six companies of grenadiers , but they were again disappointed , and * Wysecki directed all his efforts towards keeping the three cavalry regiments engaged , to prevent their crushing the rising in the eity . " Holdout , breve comrades I" cried Wysocki ) "they must hear the firing , it they saw not the signal ; and tbey will be stirring soon . Every man who dies here is raising a thousand men In the city . *'
At that moment a fearful cry of help arose from part of his troop that had been separated from tbe rest by a sudden movement ofthe enemy , and , as a _lattalternative , he advanced irom the Radziwill barracks , and once more beaded a desperate charge . Again each of the Russian regiments was attacked in turn , again repulsed—pursued —dispersed . Wonderful as it may seem , the veterans ef the Caucasus were scattered in a prolonged struggle hy the charges of these daring and untried young soldiers , who were outnumbered mere than tenfold by the Russian troops . The road to tbe cits now lay open . The enemy did not pursue , believing the force by whioh tbey had been vanquished far moro numerous than it really was , and largo bodies of Russians , that might have crushed the rising at a blow , stood massed about , inactive and irresolute , for want of order and decision .
Tfyaocki and Nabielak now determined on leading their band iato tbe town , and marched unimpeded down the New World Street , towards the heart of the capital . Darkness hung like a curtain before them , concealing their onward path , —not a footfall on tbe pavement save their own , not a light in the bouses , for , at the first sound of the distant commotion , every door and window had been closed . With anxious hearts they pressed forward ; no one met them in the streets—it was impossible to deny the fact—they were alone in arms against the man who reigns from _Kamtschatka to tha Vistula ,
To the westward the assembling of troops conld distinctly be heard , but their silence denoted that tbey were Russian detachments . Despair now began to weigh down the hearts ofthe insurgents , who escaped by but the length of a street meeting six companies of Russian infantry , sent to the assistance of the duke . Had they met it is more than probable tbe gallant little corps of ensigns , thinned , dispirited , and exhausted as they were , would have been overpowered , and the rising In the city prevented , * # * * The people bad not moved ; the Russians were under aimB before the Polish troops ; they were informed of the rising , yet Warsaw remained silent , and that little band of patriots had been able , after a desperate and successful encounter , to march unmolested through the deserted streets . Thus wavering and slow are the measures of
cowardice and tyranny . But , when they were about to act decisively , when the Muscovite was recovering from his paaic , theu , at the last hour , a deep sound was heard in tbe heart ef the city , aad by the faint gleam of the flashing lamps detachments of Polish troops were seen marching from their barracks—tbe Polish army was _pronouncing for the Insurrection , They took possession of Prague , the two bridges over the Vistula , and the _arstnol , while the silent and steady crowds were gathering in tbe old town , thehotbed of lormer insurrections . The hostile forces were concentrated on thoir respective sides , and at length tbebloody issue was at hand . Suddenlya deep , doll roar broke upon the heavy hush , red flashes mounted against the duo clouds , that hung _volnmed in the air , and a distant clash beneath the walls of the arsenal told that the battle of Liberty had
commenced . Steadily tbe Russian column advaaced—a line of fire blazed forth an instant before it , a volley of musketry rolled down either front , and through tbe clouds was heard the simultaneous tread of either hosts , like tbe footfalls of two giants , as the opposing forces closed upon each other . For a moment all was veiled , and then tha sharp gleam o ( the Polish bayonets pierced the volumed smoke , and the Russian battalions were seen sweeping back into the long lines of black streets behind tbem , like torrents vanishing in subterranean channels .
A sparkling shower of shells and rockets was thrown from the artillery in their rear to cover their retreat , aad as those bright and beautiful engines of destruction came arching over the house-tops , and dropping among the dense multitudes with fatal effects , like fiery garlands , cast from heaven to crown the victory , a wild cheer burst from the inspirited populace , drowning the groans of the dying , and the explosions of the deadly missives , with a sound of triumpb , for the brave people wero beginning to fed their strength , conspiracy had turned to war , and action was fast solving doubt , fear , and irresolution . The people , however , were still unarmed ; they clamoured for arms , they were fiery and hard to restrain , while greyhaired generals shook their heads and said , "The
undisciplined crowd will throw us in confusion ; the mob ¦ nows how to fight ! " But the Russians were again _ui 'ktng head ; they outnumbered the Polish troops , the _^* ttu were wary , the people eager and excited . '' Arm thepo _ _a __ ace i" cried some of the mere ardent , and thirty _thousant . muskets taken from the arsenal were distributed _amoLg them . Tke effect was electrical . Ere an hour had _elapseai the city was in tbeir power ( the Russians were beai . __ back on the square of Saxony and avenue of Cracow , < _- _*_ e prisons were broken open , and the long-suffering capi _* , a _. eg stood once more free among their countrymen . Many « edon being brought to light ; some placed themselves at tbe " _a _^ ad of their friends , and led them on like spectres from the _vtave _.
Strange as it may seem , during all this time the insurrection had no head . Every ono acted and kept together from impulse ; while , along the whole line taken up by the patriots , a sharp conflict was unremittingly continued , particularly in tbe square of Saxony , where a Polish regiment of horse-chasseurs still sided with tbe enemy . With but this exception the utmost unanimity prevailed in an array without a general , and a multitude without a leader . # * * *
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"With tbe dawn , however , a thousand students ofthe university appeared before them , and these gallan t youths , headed by Lach Scyrma , their professor of moral philosoph y , marching through the capital , destroyed the emblazonments of _Ruaa _. ia , end _gatheiinj , up the multitudes on their way , hurled them in one steady and un . ceasing tide upon the Russian line . The enemy were borne back before this irresistible wave , their laBt grasp was wrenched off the capital , and their _fl-iagtroops were diiven _tumnUnously through the barriers of Mockstow . Warsaw _wob free '
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"Theearth lathe habitation , the _naturafinheritanoe of all mankind , ef ages present and to eome : a habitation belonging to no man in particular bat to every man ; and one in which a / * have an eo _»« * right to dwell " —John Grey . " I d p not wish to sa _* f anything against the individual in question , " said a very polite and accomplished gentleman , upon a certain occasion , " but 1 would merely remark , in the language of the poet , tbat to him 'truth ia strange— stranger than fiction . '" At the ladies' celebration of Barre , Massachusetts , there were nine hundred of the fairest portion oT the creation present . Among the toasts were , " Old Bachelors ! may they lie alone in a bed of nettles , sit alone on a wooden stool , eat alone on a woodoa trencher , and be their own kitchen maidh !"
We learn by letters from Russia that the Trans-Caucasian provinces have been ravaged by locusts . The quantity was so immense that the people collected them in heaps , covered them with straw , and burned them . The Mexican war has cost the Americans a loss of , 3 , 010 in killed and wounded , aad 2 , 500 have died of the climate : making a total loss of 5 , 510 . A premium of one thousand pounds has been offered by the Royal College of Chemistry forthe discovery of a method of _rendering iron , when applied to ordinary purposes , as little liable to rust as copper . An electric clock has been put np at _Manchester Exohauge , which is Baid to present the nearest approach yet to perpetual motion , for , once properly adjusted , it will go until a / _oss of material arrests its
progress . Dr J . D . Lang has written a letter to the Glasgow Argus , on tlie practicability of growing cotton , of superior quality , and to any conceivable extent , by means of European free labour in North-Eastern Australia . The Isle of Man , unlike her larger _siBter of Ireland , is agitating , and apparently with good reason , for an anion with England . We learn from the _Tnih-Tetttr , that it is proposed to hold a meeting on the 8 th of July , of persons who on principle adopt a vegetable diet in order that they may commune together on the subject of physiology
generally . Sir R . I . Murchison , the distinguished geologist , will shortly extend his geological investigations to Bohemia and the Alps . Jenny Lind has been engaged by Mr Howard Glover for two coneerea to take place at Edinburgh _OaUdGlMgaw _, at tue enormous sum of £ 400 a ni ght , During a trial on Wednesday , before Mr Justice Erie , in Westminster , the defendant , who said to one ofthe witnesses , " You perjured villain , I will kill you , " was committed for contempt of court . A woman named Sophia Huffnangle was convicted recently in Philadelphia of being a common scold ,
We _fisa _-i in the last game list , "Marlborough , tho _"Onciiess of ; " we believe the only lady whose name has so _V'lp-a . _fM , Two _FreacU _' _sraysiMftn _** , MM . Ville and _Blandin , cuvo _oljs ' irvtJ _, iu _Diwi _ro-.,-r » fidf their experiments on etherised sub ; -sain , that _mora-Wwi ;* _zmAh then evolve '! from tho lungs that * iu the . _uatnral state . The increase of banks ia India , during tha hit iei ) years , baa been so rapid , that while in _ISflj the » z ~ _wgato paid-up capital of all the hanks was *« b _jgg _^' i _^ . - it now amounts U > upwards of , Sa _- ' . 000 , 000 . Two thousiiB _** * _* * on _- lft _mcdftla _v-ere Ic _. tV' « _itaaiovercd 8 _tSurice _;^ iliS ) , nf li , ) f ] f 6 nn _^ -a a c ! ft _"f vase . They are in % good _•&*•*¦ *? _' ?«« _" _»!*»• _™* \ belong ( 0 the reigns of Tetricua , V _* _- _^* ** _ , _- «»» ( _iuintiliua . The _iibov « - _ « _lace ia in the _pfoviiic ? ., _* Namur .
A large quantity of horseflesh , Halted and pickled so as to resemble beef , was lately seized at Birmingham , in a shop celebrated for cheap and savoury meat . A young gentleman lately bathing in the Mississippi river , on observing some ladies suddenly approaching , instantly drowned himself irom motives of extreme delicacy . iThe more fool he . _ The King of Prussia , arrired at Breslau , on the 26 th , to inaugurate an _equestrian statue of Frederick the Great . Lady Morgan is occupied in preparing the first volume of a series , with the title of " Memoirs of Myself , by Myself , " drawn from the diaries and correspondence of her social and literarj life . The Austrian government , in imitation of that of France , is about to send a Consul to Calcutta .
The number of emigrants who arrived in New York from 2 nd April to 31 st May was 30 , 243 . The house in which Mozart lived at Vienna is about to be pulled down , and a splendid hotel to be built on the site . A few days since , a skate , weighing 187 lbs ., _wsb caught off the Isle of Bute . It is said to be the intention of Her Majesty ' s government to give Lord _Dundonald _, on the first possible occasion , the command of a fleet . A handsome mural monument ; has been erected in Bath Cathedral , in honour of the late Dr . Law , Bishop of Bath and "Wells , and some time Bishop of Chester .
The railway calls for the month of July amount to £ 4 . 926 , 545 . which is the largest monthly payment of this year , except that of January , which was £ 5 , 5 ( 35 , 968 . A Kendal paper says that an angler , who was fishing in the river Eamont , lately hoeked a kingfisher , which pounced at a trout that had risen to his artificial fly . A bime _, said to have been the heel-bone of Edward IV ., and reported to have been pilfered from _Ub coffin by some irreverent antiquarian , was oxbibited at a meeting ofthe London Antiquarian Society . The emigrants who have proceeded to Nova Scotia , in spite ofthe warning published in the English papers , are in a most distressed condition , unable to find work , and suffering for want of food . Itis said that a young lady who greatly admires General Taylor ' s epistolary style lately received a letter from a sweetheart inauiring'if she would have Mm , and that she immediately replied in the
language of her hero ' s answer to Santa Anna , "Come and take nae . "—American Paper . The Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishop are making great efforts to keep the Repeal Association alive , and to make John O'Connell dictator in the room of his father , but he is not " strong enough for the place . " An electric telegraph has heen fixed in the House of Commons for the purpose of transmitting communications between the lobby and the committeerooms . Members attending oommittees are thus enabled to learn instantaneously who is speaking in the house , and the time at which a division may be 6 X The week before last the great pine woods of Mo . rayshire were covered with clouds , whieh _*«• _ _«™ mistaken fer smoke , and afterwards for a _water-Bpout , but which proved in the end to be nothing more serious tha n pollen or fine _seeddustxising from the trees , and carried along by the wind in vast
masses . ... ,. ., _., . Tiree of the parties injured in the accident occasioned by the falling of the Dee Bridge have so far recovered as to be able to leave the Chester Infirmary , and the three who still remain in the Infirmary are going oavery well . The New Enlistment Act is now in force . The term of service is twelve years for the cavalry , and ten years for the infantry . The two first years of the cavalry service are supposed to he spent in learning the equestrian exercise . On the night of Wednesday a man committed suicide on the Versailles Railway by lying down with hia head across the rail . He was completely decapitated by the first train that passed along the line . He was tbe son of a washerwoman at Viroflay ,. and is supposed to have destroyed himself from a
disappointment in a love affair . The Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle states that » Mr Pringle , of Haddington , hia son-in-law , and a third party , have absconded , having carried off property worth £ 20 , 000 . Their debts are said to amount to £ 100 , 000 . Mr Pringle is seventy-two years of age , and had previously maintained a most respectable character . . _ „ . . . _ . M Erdmann , an eminent Russian geologist , has found a large collection of fossil bonos embedded in a calcareous soil near Odessa . The skeletons are eighty-three in number , and contain the remains of six elephants , one rhinoceros , two bulls , four stags , one antelope , sixty-one bears , two _hyajsas , two dogs , three cats , and those of a nondescript ruminating animal .
As soon _sb the Newcastle and Berwick Railway is opened , the whole distance between Edinburgh , and London , once a fortnight ' s journey , will be traversed by express trains in thirteen _hOHFSa We miss In the reports of the Repeal Association ' s sayings , one character who used to figure there promincntly . What has become of " The Saxon ? " Is he extinct ? and is "Thefelon 'Times '" his acknowledged successor ? A Sharp _Rupiat . —Buonaparte said one day to the _puyBician , Dcsguinettes , " Medicine is an art of assassins . " * ' And what does your majesty think that of conquerors is ? " was the roply , which for a moment confused even the Corsican . The recruiting parties in this district of tho kingdom have received orders to commence the enlistment of infantry recruits for the term of ten years , at the same age and standard as before , under the new act upon the subject , which received the Royal assent last week . The term for the oavalry and artillery is twelve years . —Essex Ikrald ,
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_Numbbr of Unbmw , otj ! D m PiisL ** r .--Males , l , ie _^ _~ females , ' 1 , 119 ; _dependants , 2 . 195 ; total , 4 , 148 , The _distress among a number of thorn h truly great , particularly thoso who have large families to provide for . An _Irnsn Noiiob . —In a pool across a _rosd in tho county of Tipperary is stuck up a pole , bavins affixed to it a board , with this inscription . _*— " Ta"k « notice , that when tbe water is over this board , the road is impassable . " Shocking . — -Tho Faubourg of St Germain bar , been thrown into consternation hy the resohre . of the young and beautiful Princess La Tremouilleto appear ea _thestai-e ! Every effort has been used to dissuade her . but in vain—sho persists in her determination to
make a debut at the Theatre _Franjjais in one ol Rachel ' s parts on the day that she becomes of age ; and if , through the influence of her family , the doom of tho Trnngm should be closed against her , shehaj declared her intention of appearing at the Frenck Theatre in London or St Petersburg . _Lovs op the Beautiful !—An American countryman , freRh from magnificent woods and rough clearings ; was one day Visiting the owner of a beautiful seat in _Brookline , and walking with him _throustfe . a little prove , out of which all the _underbush had been cleared , paths had . been nicely cut and gravelled , and the rocks covered with woodbine , suddenly stopped , and admiring the beauty of the scene , lifted up hia hands , and exclaimed . " This I like : this i » Nature ' with her hair combed . " 0 . 1 * 10 * 1 R _« PiMER . _ ' » Why , Mr B , " said a tall youth to a little perion who was in company witb
half a dozen huge men , " I protest you are so very small I did not see you before . " ' Very likely , * replied the gentleman , "lam like a sixpence _among six copper pennies , not easily perceived , but worth the whole of them . ' * _ALuvKiaUsu _"DttiTS-s .. —A remarkably acute friend of mine , formerly at the bar—the judges having r *> tired for a few minutes , in the midst of his _argument , in which , from their interruptions and objections , he did not seem likely to be successful—went out ' of court ; too , and on his return , stated that he had been _, drinking a pot of porter . Being asked whether he was not afraid that tbis beverage might dull his intellect ? * ' That _isexactly my object , " said he , "to bring me down , if possible , to the level of their lota * ships . "— Camp bell ' s Chancellors . A Loiai , Matob—In the reign of Charles I ., » mayor of Norwioh actually sent a fellow to prison for saying that the Prince of Wales was born without » shirt _.
_Ssonixv Dsaconb . _-r-The deacons "down east " havo a bad practice of snoring aloud , while asleep ia church , which appears to disturb some folks there * The Boston Die 01 Saturday has the following polioe notice for one of them : — " Deaoon — ia requested not to commence snoring to-morrow until tho sermon is begun , as some persons in the neighbourhood of his pew would like to hear the t «* t . " As * America ** AcoouKr op ihe Weather . — " First , " said he , " it blew , then it snew , then it friz , then it thew , and after that it friz horrid . "
Miss _Bubditi Cows 4 _** P—Who 18 TH * Vj » * 8 ban ?—A rumour very currently prevails in fashionable oircles to the effeot that ere long something will probably be beard of a matrimonial allianoe between a venerable and distinguished military _commanner high in the favour of his sovereign and a rich heiress , whose munificence ia only equalled by the extent of her worldly possessions . — Morning Post . . Thb Best op au . Schooib . —There are no mean ; for the education oft our race which can , in any _fr gree _, be compared to a ** domegtie life in its pur !"' "Domestic life , in it * _easenee , is a bond of love , ' through this , a divine institution to beget lo Pestdlotni .
" Music job tub _Miluon . " — The _jtfancil , tradesmen are really producing this l _^ _g-promi _") . _plies' _.-eteuofi . Many of them are wrappiur up tj _^ tos . ( _inflee , _sri-ia " ]* . . tobacco , & _c-, in paper 0 ., _wjj _- _/ we printed , _tft & _ny of Uie popular Bongs of _olui _? . laud , furnishing their customers with _. _music at pv * t ' tvftly the cheapest _ratt- <; vcr yet & ttnine *} . Ajv Irish _Ajmihkjs to _<* , _Ouscmv Lv . tnv .. _--Th 9 following is a literal copy of the _a-Wreus on a ifi'tei which came througli _tlis _Glaagov * _J ' wit-o'So *; the " > _" - _-M ,. day : — _•' _Directsd to St r ' _j'iiailss tbfc t . mtd _wAiO-a / th « Via- ' bead _« _glA « _w iu the care- _*; f _h'mf . _¥ & _S _tt _M- * n _* iv cVlin-derfct your _lettw tyvoneIrela-id—}' ai _co-njrerini _"' _- *" _-. ....
, . . . _ . __ ,, „ _s . . , _„ To * raw * a ' iiu _*™ m . ~ << 'Vh _£ _-mf . _» ; i ? man _lihtwi ever was , " ita the _children a--. ? , w _' r " - .. our city , "strutting his little Uo ir upon Ih * ; stage , - and pocketing lota & f small coin , _\ o _Incru- _^ e the ' * snug fortune" which he began to _rsake in America , and which he so much extended in foreign _parls _. If report speaks true , General Tom Thumb has _meditated mucUuport tho common lot of humanity , ami , following other illustrious examples , has " wooed a little maid" who has agreed to " wed , wed , wed , " and in a short time they are to be married . She is in her sixteenth year , weighs 19 j _ _lbs , and is 30 inches high . The united weight of the couple ia 50 pounds . —Boston Transcript .
Fn * M * CH Egos and Fbenoii _"Wiubb . — -The value of French eggs exported to England has been almost equal to that of French wines—one of these trades being free , and the other fettered . In 1845 the offi . cial value of wines of France exported to England was 5 , 365 , 000 f ., that of eggs , 4 , 480 , 000 { .-Revue des Dew Mondes . Thb _Daobmhau Mukdbr . —On Friday information was received at the chief police-office , Great _Scotland-yard , from the constabulary at Derby , that they had succeeded in apprehending Isaac Hickton , Iato a policeman in the K division , who ( together with W . Parsons , Serjeant in the same corps , stands charged
with conspiracy and perjury at the inquest held upon the body of G . dark , murdered on the 28 th of June , 1846 . Trbasurb Trovb i » "Woolwich _Absusai . — -The workmen in the storekeeper ' s department of the Royal Arsenal , while engaged in removing some boxes which have remained in the stores ' since tuey wero sent home after the battle of Waterloo , found one of them weightier than they could account for in a box of its size ; on opening it , there appeared four small boxes , and on their lids being removed , these were found to contain a number of gold doubloons , equivalentin amount to £ 800 in each box , making in all £ 3 , 200 .
Gboboeihb First and his Oabp . —" This is a strange country , " said George the First on his coming to England . " The first morning after my arrival at St James ' s I looked out of my windo _* n * and saw a park with waits , a canal , & o _,, and which they told me were mine . The next day Lord Chetwynd . the ranger of tny park , sent me a brace of carp out of my canal ; and I was told tbat I must give five guineas to Lord Chetwynd ' a servant for bringing me my 01 m carp , out of mg own canal , in my own park , '' A Natubai . Qubbt . —A countryman called at the Observatory on the Calton Hill , Edinburgh , and desired to be shown the moon through a telescope . The waggish attendant directed the instrument towards Kirkaldy , and the man was delighted to see streets , houses , and signboards , just such as wo bave seen in this world ; but he was struck with , astonishment when he observed on one ofthe houses , "Alloa ale sold here . " " Alloa jlll , " cried he , " how in a' the world do they get it up V
Jbwnt _fjND .- ( Froma Correspondent . )—The appearance of this accomplished lady at Manchester , where _musio aud singing have ever beencultivatea by the higher classes , ia awaited with extraordinary anxiety a _TioketB for tbe theatre are already selling atthe following prices : —boxes , £ 1 lis . Oil . ; pit , £ 1 ; gallery , 53 . So much ( remarks a correspondent ) for the badness of trade , and famishing thousands . _PosT-OmcB . —On Saturday last Robert Grapes , the letter-carrier , whose evidence respecting Messrs Kelly and Bockenham was adduced by Mr " Duneombe in the House of Commons , was dismissed from his situation in the Post-office , The matter will uot , it is declared , be allowed to drop here , it being Mr Duncombe ' s intention immediately to oati the attention of Parliament and of the Government to the subject , on the ground that , having ordered the inquiry , they are bound to protect the witnesses examined _.
The Parcej. Post Compamt.—A Stormy Meeti...
The Parcej . Post _Compamt . —A stormy meeting of creditors aud others interested in the affairs of this " bubble , " was held on Tuesday at the Bridge-house Hotel . A creditor , named Penrose , presided . At a previous meeting a composition of 5 s . in tbe pound had been offerei on behalf of one director ; but it was declined , in the hope that a more liberal offer would be made . The company , however , had made no communication whatever ; - and tbis announcement was met with very strong expressions ef disapprobation . Several persons had sought to indemnify themselves by retaining possession of the horses , carts , harness , & c „ and it did not appear that tbe transaction was illegal . At any rate , the larger creditors ought to proceed in various ways ; but something ought to be done to reimburse the drivers aud guards , who were mere servants ana not speculators in the undertaking . The _habilites had at it from
first been _elated at 454 000 , but appears subsequent inquiry that they amount to £ 6 , 000 . Three or four creditors proposed to sue out a fiat of bankruptcy against the company , in order to get at the Sojerty , now in the hands of _wdrntoUredvtors Mr _to-vnshend , MrCarr , and another _sobcito _? _suggest _^ WOttW _^ f * BOt t 0 ta K _?« the fiat as against a joint-stock company , but as _aeainat a trading partnership , in which case all tue Store wouldto _' _m _^ _fTt _&^ _M _* of the directors were undoubtedly " men of straw , hut others were supposed to be men of _whr * _taw « . J was nrobable the compuny ' s property would barely _S ff working tho fiat , and if the personal pro-Krf the _divectorscould uot he got at the « . vvouW be nothing tor the creditors . . Tins suggestion , was adopted ; and a committee having been appointed to carry it into effect , the _ineetingseparated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10071847/page/3/
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