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THE SOUND OF THE _"DltTJM . OT T . HEMPSTEAD . A stormy sound is thine , thou drum , thou loud , deep rolling drum , And t hy thrilling echoes o ' er the soul like a rushing tempest come ; And a din of swords is in thy roll , an d a r in g of clashing spears , iVom plains -where th' lance and helmet gleam , thc foaming steed careers .
And a clarion blast and a victor shout float with the e o ' er the hills , And by rattling peal the warrior ' s soul with the fire of battle thrills , Thou art come from ancient cities far across the ocean ' s wave , " Where tossing high their airy spray , Levantine - - billows rave . "Where by the Nile's dark rolling floods the g loomy - Arab roams , And the dreamless nigh t o f a thousan d years has broo d ed o ' er the tombs
Of the mighty dead , t h e p rince and king , the noble and the slave , And the Pharoahs sleep with their vassal hosts , in dark and nameless grave . From the sunny land of Palestine , the turret old and "Where in the cold embrace of death the knight and Moslem lay . Amidst the lond shrill clang of swords , o f helmet , l ance and shield , And gleamed war ' s dread and fiery hosts far o ' er the bloody field .
Thou ' st come from Judah ' s dewy vales , on sweeping winds along , _And the hearts that thrilled are cold and low , the hand that roused thee gone . From the blooming dale of Aragon , tho walls of old Castile , And through the dark Alhambra _' s thy sounding echoes peal . Up from the plains of Waterloo , the vales of _Btormy Bhine , Thy voice floats o ' er the t roubl e d s ky in a wild and hurried chime . Thou ' st come from thegloom of Amazon , the valleys of P e ru , And thy e ch o to the d a rk Caci q ue was a lo n g and last adieu .
To bower and grove that his soul had loved , to woodland , dale , and rill , And the temple where he worshipped long isdesolate and still . And the caverns of the Andes to th y s oun d their echoes throw , "That floats along the dizzy crag in a wild and airy flow . But thy roll shall cease its pealing , for it briogs a sound of woe , Of crashing swords and dashing hosts that hur r y to and fro ; And widow ' s wail and orphan ' s sigh in thy deep tones are come O ' er bloody fields ' a n d b u stling camps , thou wide and stormy drum .
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The _Reasoner . Part XLHL Edited by Gk J . Holyoake . London : J . "Watson , 3 , _Qaeen ' s-head Passage , Paternoster-row * . FllOM a number of excellent articles contained in this part of tlie Beasoner , we sele c t A VfORD TOR THE IMPBISOSED CHARTISTS . Sm _, —When I was informed that Mr . Feargus O'Connor had been left almost alone to save the Chartist prisoners the degrading punishment of oakum picking , I had reflections not by any means flattering to those who had co-operated with them , and _« ho have failed to aid in their amelioration . We are told that one Philip Sidney—after a battle , when severely wounded—was about to raise to his lips a glass of water . Atthe instant , a poor soldier ,
who was being carried past , looked to him with an inexpressible glance of hopeless anguish , not deeming it possible that he should obtain a drop of water to cool his parched tongue ; the glorious man —Sidney—took the glass from his lips , gave it U > the poor soldier , and said—" Take the water , your wants are yet greater than mine . " Now , sir , surely this divine sentiment is not extinct in onr race . That spirit of self-sacrifice that animated , and which was the real nobility of tbe ancient heroes of democracy , is not inherited hy Englishmen ? Surely itis . Here are men who have borne the brunt ofthe battle—without expectation or chance of reward , save in tbe approbation of their fellow-citizenswho conld have no views of self-interest—men who , i
however e r r on e o u s m a y bave been tbeir mode of action , still had a single eye to the improvement of the social and political position of the whole people . Are these men , now suffering for supporting our interest and demanding our rights , to be left to die ? Are those nearest and dearest to them to be left to starve ? If so , sir , as I cannot hold a middle path between right and wrong , I most unhesitatingly assert the masses do not deserve the sympathies of the brave , or tbat the intelligent should be sacrificed for them . But it is my fervent h ope , if a Roman could be found to leap into a gulf "because he thought by so doing he should serve hi s c o untr y , _thatEnglishinen will never allow those who have leapt into " tho gulf of misrule that now prevails to he legally murdered , and their relations starved . " It- _L- B .
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The Destroying Angel is the title of Xo . I . of "A Story of Life , " from the pen of an author familiar to the public , under the title of " Terrigenous ; " p u bli s h e d b y Mr . "Watson . " Shams " is the characteristic title of a new pamphlet hy _3 Ir . Hows . We g ive the following extracts from the . [ author ' s "Dedication ' '
TO TOE QUEEX . May it please yon , lady , I dedicate this tract to you . The tide of the little work suggested this dedication . I hold tbe person of every woman to be sacred , hence I reverence your person . However , to he candid , Madam , I must say that inasmuch as dairy maids , factory girls , domestic servants , labourers , farmers , tradesmen , clerks , & c , & c , wives , daughters , sisters , and sweethearts , are more useful than yourself , do I view them as more sacred .
It is much to say ia favour of your " royal race that you are passive—that you arc not active for evil —ifs _' aercatvirtue , Madam , in a " monarch" to remain neutral and quiescent , as yon generally do . ( Oh I that you would * o remain on quarter days . )
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Tracts on the Necessity of Legislative Interference for the Protection ofthe Coal Miners , & c . No . "L _^ ewcastle-npon-Tync : T . Dodds , 01 , Grey-street By the publication of the intended series of Tracts , of which _Xo . 1 is heforc us , the projectors aim at enlig htening the public mind on the iniurious results of the present imperfect and unhealthy system of ventilating mines ; and hope to enlist the co-operation of the philanthropic of all parties in obtaining legislative protection for the unfortunate miuers . One or two extracts will show the tenor of the tract under notice : —
TSSUS OP THE MIXERS . The dreadful and extensive explosions which so _freq-nentlv occur in coal mines , never fail to excite the deepest sympathy and regret ; ycr , and in a little time , and all is forgot : the thousands of orphan children , with multitudes of widows , alone feel the continuous effects of snch fearful sacrifice of life in being deprived of their chief support , and thus the matter rests . But there is another _Source of destruction of fife , equally _'TZTZ S _£ _Siick does not meet _thepubhc ear , and that s the _SSrtenifi" - of the miner ' s life , through inhaling £ Sous _-ases , which , although mesplosive , St _are _^ _S eflv destructive to injure , and , ulti-£ * £ . & abrief period hurry to . premature Save thousands of our fellow-workmen .
_lEGlSUirVE _KIEBTEKESCE . "Why are the government so unwilling to step in between us and the ambition or avarice of our emp loyers ? or why are the miners to be an exception to the rule ? Is not protection afforded to the _factory people ? Are not inspectors appointed hy the go ve r n m e nt to w a tch the agencies of de at h or maiming , wbich _wcrej previous io such inspection , of an alarming frequency ? And is not the millowner subjected to a penalty , if unmin dful or inattentive to the safety of his workmen ? and is it not the fact that the number of accidents have decreased full ninety per cent ., since such inspection was decreed ? Again , have not parliament inter-• _fiv « _ui in _tririnsr inspectors to railways , to protect the
Land arc not tho _^ _nropne to _fa _^ _hj _PrTr _^ _£ _SeKns 1 . ected by the officers so the _railwav before hem _^ P . re _ _enaCfc . d appointed _iL _^ _Tpai-hament , to protect tho only the last session "J . t other and distant em iWs from th . _» country _^ . _^ _& _^^ f
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ship , and when such parties aro leaving Eng land , and are about to disclaim her for ever , may not t h e miner , on whom the greatness of the country depends , and who labours patiently to uphold that greatness , with justice expect that his case should he kindly taken uphy thc government , an d an equal protection given him in the pursuit of his dan . gcrous oc c upation , as is accor ded to t h e other classes of the community ? * * But parliament has interfered with colliery proprietory , and havo legislated upon the right ot those people to employ youngboys below ten years of ago , and of
females in the pits , and have also enacted , that no longer shall the above parties be so employed ; yes , and have also imposed penalties for non-compliance in this matter ; therefore , the fastidious cry now being raised , of non-interference with the private property ofthe coal-owner , by the appointment of inspectors , with compulsory . powers to enforce upon the obdurate the necessity of providing properly ventilated places or stalls for the miner to work in , is uncalled for ; inasmuch as the precedents are altogether in favour of such interference , and the necessity equally d emonstrates the ju s t i ce o f such protection .
We earnestly desire the success of these Tracts , in the hope that thereby public opinion may be aroused in support ofthe claims of the miners to protection from evils farexceeding the wrongs of the Russian serf , and the Negro slave .
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/ Dialogue on Politics—Municipal and National— -Sheffield : W . Frost , York-street G . _Carill , Democratic Reading Rooms . This tract has reference chiefly to the municipal elections of the town of Sheffield ; but it contains many sound thoughts and arguments applicable to the country at large .. The author is evidently ill-satisfied with the results of popular agitation in furtherance of mere municipal triump hs ; observing—in one character of one of the parties to the dialogue : — " I wish more to be made of the strength and enthusiasm ofthe people , tha * merely collecting a . small contribution -weekly , storing it up from one November to another , for the mere purpose of returning some gentleman , with honours to a seat in the common council
chamber of the corporation . " His opponent having suggested that a corporation of " Reformers" mi ght consider the question of buying the gas and water companies , the author replies : — "You talk of the Corporation taking the Gas and "Water Companies into their care and keeping , or rather buying them , which I approve of . Would it not he much better for the Government in London to buy aU the Companies in existence : _Railway Gas , Banking , Mining , and the hundred and
one other Companies that are now in existence ; and appropriate the proceeds to the purposes for which the taxes are now collected —for salaries of all men employed under the State ? I am quite sure it would he more likely to alleviate our distresses than that proposition of yours . " These sentences show the ideas concerning our system which are at present fermenting beneath the surface . This dialogue may be read with advantage by all classes of Reformers .
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ROYAL POUfTBCnmC 1 XSTITUTION . The entertainments provided by the directors of thi s m o st exc e ll e nt e s ta bli shment , for th e in s truction and amusement nf the holiday makers , are well calculated to enrich the minds and captivate the fancies of the young as well as those of a more mature age . A few ( elections from the programme for Christmas , the short interval preceding will show how interesting and diversified are the proceeding * . Amongst those worthy of remark , is Dr . Bachhoffnet ' s lectu r e on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation , illustrated by numerous tricks which have been exhibited by Houdan , the Wizard of the North , and other
professors ofthe Black Art . Of those which appeared to interest the audience most , we may mention the bottle of water trick , from which the learned professor decanted glasses of sherry , port , brandy , champagne , a nd co mmon milk ; the last glass in the bottle proved mere water , as the explanation does not take place till after the spectators have witnessed thU purely chemical delusion j the effect , of course , was complete , and exceedingly amusing . , Another feat of the Doctor ' s in the course of his l e cture deserv es notice , that of freezing a pewter pot to the table without the aid of ice ; to accomplish thisinteresting feat
this gentleman employed the salts lately invented by Mr . Masters , which produced the desired effect in a fewminutes , muchtothegratificationofhisauditence This admirable lectnre concluded by two most interesting experiments , one to produce the different effects of coloured light , the interesting well known scene of tbe witches around the Cauldron from Mack beth was chosen , which had a ghastly and horrific appearance . This was immediately followed by igniting at least fifty candles instantaneously , by a spark from the hydro-electric machine . The whole entertainment concluded by a series of dissolving views of ancient and modern London , which are well worth
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HAYMARKET THEATRE . Mr . and Mrs . Charles Kean appeared on Monday night at this theatre . The piece selected by them for their rentree was that old favourite , The _W fe ' s Secret , which , a lthough it has heen so often repe a ted , seemed to lose none of its interest and attraction with the audience . The reception given to Mr . and Mrs . Kean on their first appearance was enthusiastic in the extreme—one of those spontaneous and hearty welcomes which show that absence or intervening attractions have not lessened the fulness and fervour of favour . The leading characters in this piece are admirably suited to them , and it seemed as if longer practice and a habit of playing to new audiences had deepened the intensity of their powerfully dramatic delineation . The chief points and situations were at once seized on by the audience , and greeted with loud acclamations ; aud at the close , both Mr . and Mrs . Kean were called before the curtain to receive renewed marks of favour .
OLYMPIC THEATRE . Mr . Walts , of the Marylebone Theatre , and now tkelessecf the Olympic , " has issued his general list of the company engaged for the latter theatre . It is remarkab ' y strong , comprising , besides a host of able subordinates , Mr . G . V . Brooke , the tragedian , Mr . Compton , Mr . John Reeve , Mr . Frank Matthews , Mr . Scharf , Mr . Wigan , Mr . Meadows , Mr . Davenport , the Marshal ' s , Mrs . Mowatt , Miss F . Vining , Mrs . Seymour , Mrs . A . Wigan , & c . Thft theatre opens on the 26 th inst ., with " a Shakspearean play " and a new pantomime . We are glad to see , Irom the programme , that the arangements of the lesse are conducted in a liberal spirit , with a view to the public comfort and convenience—a consideration too much neglected even by the most successful managers of theatres .
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The _Gpabds . —Is it , or is it not , the settled purpose of tlie _suthorities at the Horse Guards to dis gust the old officers of the line , and place every obstacle in the way of their preferment to vacant commands ? It wiil scarcely be _credited , by those who do not study the Gazettes , that Lieut .-Colonel Milman , ofthe Coldstream Guards—sn officer of no war or ibreigu service whatc _^ er , with the slight exception of the Canadian affair—has succeeded to the command of the 37 th Foot , a corps which has in it a second Lieut .-Colonel of twenty-four years" service , a Major of twenty-one years , and Captains of from fifteen to _eighteen years' service . If Lieut .-Colonel Spencer was anxious to quit the corps , could not his Grace the Commander-in-Chief have found upon his list a number of majors who have been thirty years
in the army , and who possess every qualification for command , without suflering the " exc h ange " arrangement which gives so decided an advantage to youth and inexperience ? The 37 th Regiment is now at Ceylon , and may he called upon for active duties either upon the island itself , or the nei g hbourin g continent of India , whjre the elements of disquietude are alwavs rife . Say that this happens soon after the arrival of _Litut-Colonel Milman—what possible guarantee has the country that some egregious blunder is not committed in the field through his want of practical knowledge , and thatthe error comprises the safety and honour of the regiment 1 True , the Lieut .-Colonel will have oUer and more experienced officers at his command—men who , perhaps , would volunteer to rescue their corps frdra the false position
into which incompetency may place it ; but they are Botbjundtouoso , and , perhap 3 , may he snubbed for their _ofiiciousness . We hope that the contingency may not arise , for we have too much concern for the honour and reputation of British reg iments , to see them perilled f « r the sake of convincing the country ofthe erroneousnessofthe existing system of purchase aud exchange . Yet the possibility of disaster exists , and it is the duty of the Commander-in-Chief to _guardasainstitby a prudent selection of commanding officers . It seems preposterous that so much pains should he taken to see that thc army is _supplied with well-instructed and prepared subalterns while a little marching and countermarching from Windsor to St . James' is the admitted qualification of the Lieutenant-Colonel placed in charge of acorps _.-Vnited Service _Gazct . c .
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SUNSHINE AXD SHADOW ; A TALE OF TBE _NISETEESTE CENTURY . BT THOMAS JUSTIN WHEBLER , Late Secretary to th « National Charter Association _mutational Land Company . _Chapier XXXIV . I l l f a re s the lan d t o hast ' ning ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes or lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath hath made ] But a bold peasantry , their country ' s pride , When once destroyed can never be supplied . A time thero was , ere En gland's griefs began , "When ev ' ry rood of ground maintain'd its man , For him light labour spread her wholesome store , Just gave what life re _jnir'd , but gave no more : His b eat companions , innocence and health ; And his best riches , ignorance of wealth . Goldsmith .
But He , wbo serves all earth—whose mind Stars thc dark , wanderings of mankind ; And from lone thought ' s empyrean heig ht , Exalts tbe soul , its glories li g ht , For him no grateful memory lives ; No justice weighs , no love forgives ; For him , the Univers a l Eye , Each heart he cheered has grown his spy . The very lustre of his fame , Betrays the specks upon his name ; T h e columns of hi s triumph st and As _Pasquins for each \ nkar hand .
For him the wonted shades which hide Hom e ' s reverent secrets , are denied , Exposed , dissected , canvassed o'er , Each house h ol d w or d a n d hidd e n sore ; His very heart hung fort h a prey To the sharp-tongued remorseless day ! The temple he hath built will yield , For him alone no shrine to Bhield : "Say , round the altar where he ilietli , T h e co i l ' d a n d ve nomed slan d er lictb , — C r ush ' d b y the s e rpents of h i s doom , Behold his temple walls his tomb . Lytton Bulwei
The waiter of 1847 saw Arthur Morton and his wife in comparatively flourishing circumstances , but the remembrance of his difficulties had left its traces on hi s o nce fa ir and open b row , and gave a tinge of s a dness to h i s conver sa t i on ; the l ove of home , which once characterised him , existed no longer , it remind ed him too b i tterly of the p a st , and he flew with avidity to the excitement of politics ; if he was a better citizen he was no longer so affectionate an husband ; his heart heat as warmly as ever for the welfare of his fellow-men , but he no longer viewed their destin i es t h rough hope ' s ench a nted glass , he felt that the evils which surrounded them were stern and stubborn facts , which would not yield to the fiery heat of enthusiasm , or melt beneath the
f lowing breath of eloquence ; to effect their removal e saw that it needed the iron weapons of reality , — the demonstrative power of practical experiment ; impressed with t h is belief he v ie w e d wit h pleasure the progress the Land Agitation was making throug hout the country ; holding firmly to the opinion that the land was national property , —that England's soil was the joint property of England ' s sons , —he nevertheless saw that to induce them to claim their rightful share in this common inheritance they must be taught its inestimable value , — they must be shown that it was the golden stamp which gave value to all other commodities , —that land w a s mad e for m a n and not man f o r the lan d , — that divorced from the soil man was an emasculated
helot , a victim to his own necessities , and » slave to minister to the wants of another , —that the laws were made for the protection ofthe land , surrounding acres with a tri p le shield , but leaving industry w ea k a nd unprot e cted ; t ha t f o r l a n d the Corn la ws f a mishe d their yearl y victim s , —the Game laws demoralised whole districts , —the Jaw of Primogeniture defeated the law of Nature , and the law of Entail set aside the claims of Justice ; that land h eld in the hands of the f ew , governed , taxe d , and Atlas-like , weighed down the many ; that the law of the land was the law for the land . He w ishe d them to be imbued with the love for the land so excellently described by that great French historian , Michelct , who s a y s : — That to get land in seven
years the Alsatian sells his life , a n d goes to meet death in Africa : to bave a few feet of vineyard the woman of Burgundy tear s her bre a st from the mouth of her own child , puts a stranger in its place , and weans her own ; ' too soon , my child , ' says the father , ' either you will live or you will die , but if you live you shall , have a bit of land . ' Is it not cruel , nay almost impious to speak thus ? Reflect well before you decide . You shall have a bit of land means , vgu shall iwt ha a . mercenary , to b e hired to-day and turned adrift to-morrow ; you shall not be a serf for your daily brea d , you shall be free . Free ! glorious word , comprising indeed all human dignity . There is no virtue without liberty . " Truly are the words of this glorious
Frenchman , " Liberty without land is a soul separated from the body , —a vain chimera , which if it exi s ts a t a ll c a n p ro d u c e no f ruition , b ut i s barren and unprofitable ; it was , therefore , with no common satisfaction that he watched the gradual developement of the " _National Land Company . Faint and feeble in its infancy , it needed all the cares of its f ounders to prevent its being str a ngl ed by the ha n d s of an ignorant and hostile press ; but once emerged from Us swaddling clothes , ~ once fairly placed before the British people , —its success was unprecedented , demonstrating tbat the Company , aided by Mr . O'Connor ' s pen and influence , had distributed correct notions ofthe value of land , a nd its primordial influence upon the welfare of the
community far and wide , and that which m England had hitherto been a question presumed to effect only farmers and landed propr i etors su dd en ly became the question of the day , —the grand palladium which was to insure the continued prosperity of these isl a n d s , and which ultimately will eftect that grand desider a tum , a national demand for its speedily becoming the property of its ri ghtfu l owners . Never did a Company , established for any sectional or comm e rcial purpose , ever affect such a revolution in public opinion as that effected by the National Land Company ; and though the political furor caused by the events of February , 1848 , in France , and April in Englan d , threw into comparative obscurity the minor interest of the Company ;
though the tide of popular support has long ebbed and left the giant fabric almost a deserted hulk on the bleak shore ; though its nationality has become a thing of naught , yet hath it performed its work in the channel of Progress , and out of its timbers may yet bo hewn the vessel wliich shall ride triumphant into the harbour of Success . The principles on wliich the Land Plan was founded have stood the te s t o f the t i me ; eac h succee d ing fact , —every fresh incident , —has but shown more strongly their solidity ; that the details ofthe scheme may have been faulty , —that the experimentalists may ha ve been unfitted by their prior pursuits in life for its beneficial working , —that the seasons have been unpropitious , and " that the members have failed in
performing their stipulations , are facts that will scarcely admit of d oubt , and on these circumstances , and not on its principles , or the motives of its founders , ought the blame of any apparent failure to be laid ; but such is the inconsistency of men , that instead o tak i ng sh a me to them se lv es for th e failure of any cherished project , th o y denounce and abuse the very persons whom hy their criminal neglect they have incapacitated from the power of serving them ; no falsehood is too base , no personal attack too vilo _, to administer gratification to their wounded hopes and self disappointments , —from such men good Lord deliver us ; but tho prayer is vain , it is a penalty public men must arm themselves to submit to , and clothed in integrity , and
fortified by the co-operation of the just minded , they need not shrink from the contest , painful and mortifying though it be . At the period of our tale all was enthusiasm and prosperity , —no idea of failure bad entered into the minds of its members , —even the Press had ceased its vain opposition , nnd the Plan was fast attaining universal celebrity . In tho political world all was calm and quiescent , but it was the calm of thought , —the calm ot reflecticn , and not the calm of despair , —like the dull heavy clouds tliat presage the coining storm , i t presage d theapproachingpolitical commotion wliich threw all minor projects into the shade . As the year closed strange and unusual hearings took place in the sister isle ; the war notes of resistance seemed to ring in every gale ; the spirit of freedom began again to
breathe in Gaul , and its potency to disturb even the calm visage of the Citizen King ; still England slumbered on , but tlie distant murmnrings of revolution began to rise louder and higher upon our ears , —ardent hearts again began to speak in hopeful language , —the spirit tongue of liberty swelled the accents of Ledru Rollin , of M i t c hcl , Meagher , Blum , Kossuth , and Mazzini , until at length its glorious tones were heard above the din of war and strife , louder and more thrilling than the clash of swords and the cannon ' s roar , proclaiming in triumphant notes that the tyrant o f Franc e h a d fallen , and tbat thc reign of " Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity" was at hand . Tyrants in every laud trembled and fled aghast at the sound ; the vile traffickers in human misery shrunk terrified into
their obscene dens , and prostrated humanity revived f r om h e r l ong trance , shock her limbs like a _mig bty wr e stler , and stood prepared for the combat ; the electric shock thrilled through every vein ofthe British Empire , and startled the sons of Erin into convulsions of insanity . Alas ! that they were not earli e r p rep a re d f or th e r e nding of t he o l d regime ; had they thrown off their apathy but a month , a short month earlier , the Ides of March might , as in Rome of old , hav o ch a nge d the whole destiny of the empire , but tlieir slumber was prolonged until the electric influence of tho glorious days of February was frittered away , and so reduced in potency by . April , when the National Convention met , that its small voice , ne i ther bass nor treble , had neither the war tones of Revolution , nor yet thc gentle accents of Peace , Law , and O rder ; com p osed of two distinct elements , those of war and peaoe ,
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which it vainly endeavoured to amalgamate , it was powerless for either , and thus served only to irritate the public mind ; the . parent of a mixed progeny , its named as its successor and executor the National Assembl y , and closed its career in obscurity , nevertheless let us do justice to its memory , —its members had an arduous part to play , and discharged their duty with firmness and courage . The 1 Oth of April , 1848 , that day made so memorable by the preparations of the government , as ridiculous as they were pompous , —that day when the middleclass of London , and the empire generally , showed their love for Democracy by arming themselves for its slaughter , —that day when the President of Republican France became a gallant special to support Whig misrule , is a day to which the Democrats
ot tne M etropolis , and of the Empire , through its representatives , can point to as a brig ht one in their » nn a ls ,--a day which was neither disfigured by cowardice nor disgraced by turbulence . Many have wished that the triumph had been greater ; that hennington Common should have seen the Sons of _freedom marshalled ,. and marching back to the City S heart in the same order as they came ; but the peculiar position of Feargus O'Connor , their great Parliamentary champion , and the awful responsibility it would have entailed upon thc Convention in perchance leading an unarmed people into oollision with an armed force , furnished with every requis i t e for sl a ug hter , made them decide otherwise ; and the good organisation and discipline of the peoplo was more _strontrlv evinced in acting
according to the instructions ofthe Convention , and was productive of more lasting terror to the government , than any mevc temporary success which tho people might have achieved in a street conflict . It is order , discipline , and a yielding of their own impulses to the commands of their leaders which shows a determined organisation among a people , and when tho oppressor sees this he feels that the hour of retribution is arrived ; that the handwriting of his destiny is written on the wall of millions of hum a n he a rt s , and that they only need a fair opportunity to achieve their freedom . Under circumstances of tho most unfavourable character did the National Assembly meet ; dissension had arisen in the Chartist camp , and was spreading its baneful influence in the ranks ; the People ' s petition
had been pronounced as a gross imposture , an d the Press teemed with calumny and misrepresentation ; destitute of sufficient funds , —at war with somo of its own mem b er s , —deserted by the bulk of those whoso co-operation it counted upon , —it lived in tumult , and died from exhaustion . Much undeserved calumny has been heaped upon it ; many who were once its _defenders are now suffering for their temerity in exile and persecution , —it would , then , ill become us to join in this denunciation : it contained noble-hearted men , though varying in opinion ; for weeks it proclaimed truths eternal as justice , —truths dangerous to society as at present constituted , yet truths that find an echo in every honest heart , and which will one day ring the knell of _expiring despotism ; for weeks it braved the
p ower o f tlie gov e rnment , a n d wrath o f i t s ever y opponent ; anil though Alien Bills and Gagging Bills were fulminated against it , its members stirred not from their course ; and weak and powerless as it seemed , not one of its members was arrested until after its dissolution , and even then tho _government would have paused ere it let loose its wrath , had not the ' Moderates , " that name which in politics will be eternally ide nt i fie d with treachery a n d d eceit , taken advantage of the weakmindedness of tho true Republicans in France , and gained the upper hand in the government , then did the cowardly Whi gs recover from their terror , and _drcadins no longer
Republican France , caused "England an 3 Ireland to wail in anguish the loss of many of their truest sons . In all these events Arthur Morton was not mer e ly a s p e ct a tor , thoug h b elo n g ing to the physical force school , he yet respected tho opinions of his opponents , and ofttimes admired the proofs of moral courage which they dis p l a yed in f earl es sl y propounding them when popular opinion ran so s trongl y against them ; for in those exciting days it requir ed more mor a l cour a ge , ay , and at times more physical courage , to brave tho opposition of a people excited to desperation than it did to dave tho wrath of an irresolute government . ( To be continued . )
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- _^ p———— - MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The court sat on Saturday at thc Guildhall , Westminster , by adjournment frora Clerkenweli , for the p ur p ose of holdin g , in compliance with an act of parliament , a _Westminster session . As is usual upon such occasions , there was no business to dispose of , but the court proceeded to take the bail cases standing over from Clerkenweli . Forcible Entry and Ejectment . — Thomas Buttery , sen , a cabinet maker , Thomas Buttery , jun ., and William M'Donell , surrendered to take tlieir trial upon an indictment charging them with a misd e mea no r in havin g unlawfu l l y taken possession of and p u l l e d down a c e rt a in cottage in East-lane , Stepney . Mr . Mellor appeared for the prosecution . It appeared that for eleven years past there had been
a dispute between Buttery , senior , and Charles Buttery , his youngest brother , as to who waa the rightful owner of the cottage in question , which was in possession of Charles Buttery , and which had for a great number of years been in the possession and was the property of their father , who died some twelve years ago . Immediately after that event Charles took possession of it , by consent ofa Mr . Burkett , to whom it was mortgaged for a small sum , but for eleven years he did not pay any intevest on the mortgage , and as the father hail died intestate , the elder brother claimed the cottage as heir at law . He repeatedly made overtures to his brother to sell the cottage , and ( as he said himself ) divide the spoil , hit the proposition was declined , not in a very respectful
manner , and , determined to " have his rights , " he applied to the mortgagee to allow him to have the cottage upon the immediate payment of the principal and arrears of the interest of the mortgage ; but although the money was tendered , tbe mortgagee declined the offer , and , in the month of August last , foreclosed , and let the cottage to Charles Buttery at a . weekly rent . Between six and seven o ' clock on the 1 5 th of O c t o b e r , the three defendants , accompanied by several labouring men provided with the n e ce s sar y imp lements , went to the cottage , and pro ceeded to demolish it . When the attack was commenced Charles Buttery and bis family were asleep , and so rapidly did the work of destruction progress that they had to escape half dressed , and it was with
some difficulty that they got away uninjured j and in less than half an hour thc cottage was levelled to the ground , what little furnitnre it contained being destroyed . This prosecution was instituted by the mortgagee , and all the persons engaged in the _transaction were included in the indictment : but the labourers were not proceeded against , as they were employed by the elder Buttery , and acted under the joint direction of the three defendants now in court . Buttery , sen ., in his defence , said his brother had cheat e d him of his co t t age eve r since his fath e r ' s death _; and knowing that it _hclonged to him as the eldest son , he went and took possession of it , and surely he could do as he liked with his own . All the
other parties acted under his instructions . The Jud ge s a id the defendant must b a v e kno w n t hat the cottage belonged to the mortgagee , and neither to hira nor his brother . The jury found the defendants " Guilty . '' Ills lordship said lie had seldom heard of a more outrageous proceeding than this . It was conduct more suited to savage than civilised life , and the sentence of the court upon Buttery , sen ., was , that he pay a fine of _£ 100 ; but the court would give him permission to come to some terms with the prosecutor . The other defendants would not be sentenced until he saw what those terms were , and the three defendants would , th erefore , bo brought up at the next sitting of the court .
Monday . —As no arrangements could be come to betsveen the mortgagee and Buttery , sen ., the court revoked the sentence passed on Saturday upon tho latter , and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment , with a fine of £ 10 : Buttery , jun ., to fourteen days' imprisonment ; and M'Donncll to two months ' imprisonment . KERnxG a Brothei ,. —James Chambers , convicted of being thc proprietor of a house carried on as a brothel for lucre and gain , in Windsor-place , St . Luke ' s , _n-as sentenced to pay a line of £ 50 , and to be kept to hard labour four calendar months . The court ordered thc prisoner to be brought up again to receive sen tence upon another conviction , at the next sitting of tbe court .
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OrEnAnoN or the Game Laws . —A voluminous return , published on Saturday last , ( obtained b y o rder of tho House of Commons , on the motion of Mr . Bright , M . P ., ) shows that the total number of persons convicted at assizes of offences against tho Game Law s , from the oth of May , 1846 , to the 1 st of August , 1819 , amounted t o 1 65 ; an d the num b er convicted at petty sessions during tho same period to 1 0 , 330—making a grand total of 10 _, _49-i in England . In Wales , the grand total of persons convicted at assizes and petty sessions amounted to 284 . The inquests hold on the bodies of gamekeepers and others employed to enforce the Gamo Laws amounted to fifty , in which thirty-seven verdicts of wilful murder wero returned , two of manslaughter , three of iustifiable homicide , and eight of accidental death . The punishment inflicted on the offenders against thc Game Laws were variousfrom sm a ll fi n e s to transportation , and imprisonment with hard labour .
Rjspbjbsextatios of _SnonEiiAM . —Mr . Shell y has retired from tho contest , and Lord Alexander Gordon LeDnox , third son of the Duke of Richmond , is , therefore , likely to walk over unopposed . Mr . Squire , United States charge d' affaires to central America , has discovered the ruins of another ancient city , burie d ,, or nearly so , beneath a fore s t , about 150 miles from Loon , He describes the ruins as far surpassing in architectural grandeur those of Palenque , discovered some years ago .
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¦ _MWWMJ — »» — _UliUHIII ——i _¦¦!»¦« Ml .. NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . At the ordinary Friday ovoning meeting on the 7 th inst ., in the large hall of the Literary Institution , John-street , th e President , Mr . O'Brien , commenced his lecture by calling the attention of his audience to tho wholesale defamation which tho Times , and others of the daily press , were constantly heaping upon tha characters of the thrco greatest men of the age , — Kossuth , Ledru Rollin , and Mazzini;—and lamented that the people of this country , —especially the unprivileged and unfranchised classes , for tho promotion of whose interests these men had done so much—had not uttered a loud and deep protest against the calumnies alluded to . The lecturer then detailed the conduct and acts of Mazzini while he governed Romeand showed
, the wisdom and justice which had actuated him . Mazzini had given every man a vote in the choice of representatives in the State , and also in local and commercial affairs , and , mor e over , he had given every man a musket to protect his vote , Mazzini knew that if a section only of thc community wero allowed thc exclusive possession of arms , that they would not hesitate to murder the unarmed parties whenever they considered it their interest to do so . Mazzini , too , wished to do full justice to the productive , classos and to carry into actual practice the sacved injunction of Scripture , wh i ch s a ys tho l a bour e r shou ld be thc first pa rt ake r of the fru its cf his labour . He asked , where could be found tho man in either of our Houses of Parliament who would advocate such a meed of justice for the
people ? And yet this man was described by the Times as the leader of a band of robbers , and as a poor "thing ! " During tho whole time Mazzini was in power he laboured night and day for the public good , and lived like the poorest of tho people . Had Mazzini been allowed to carrv out his desi gns , Rom e , a nd a ll tho Ital i an st a te s , would rapidly have progressed towards real prosperity ; but with such a government as Rome had now such hopes were futile . Rome had now a government of priests and cardinals , kept up by foreign bayonets-French , Austrian , Spanish , and Neapolitan . Tho Pope was at the head of this diabolical machination—that vicegerent of thc Deity—upon earth , whose province waa assumed to be the realisation o f the Scriptural a s p iration : — " Glory to God ,
peace on « arth , good will towards men ! " Tho lecturer then alluded to Ledru Rollin , who had been often described by our venal press as a cowardly run-away , and maintained that a multitude of proofs existed that a braver , or a more self-sacrificing man never lived . Ue had , formerly , known him personally , and h a d frequent ly heard him _gpokon ' . of in the ' lig htest terms , by parties fully competent to estimate his character . He did not origin a t e t he movement of the 13 t h o f Jun e , he endeavoured to conduct it legally and constitutionally . He maintained that the constitution had been violated by the Roman expedition , in direct controvention of art . 5 , which provided for the protection , and not the subversion of all nationalities . When it was found his Bpeechos in the Assembly had no
effect , his followers were driven to madness ; they had justly considered the Roman republic as the child of tho French Republic ; and when they found that the professed army of observation was turned into an army of invasion , they determined to make a public demonstration against such an abominable , child-murdering procedure . They called upon Ledru Rollin to put himself at their head on that day . He did so , taking all chances , and o n l y fled wh e n h e foun d th e peop le were not prepared to go further in defence of the Constitution . He ( the lecturer ) confessed that when he read the falso abuse of such a man in our papers—as ho had recently done—he felt himself disgraced to belong to ft people who had not cither sufficient power , or
sufficient energy , to make their voice heard in defence of their fame and character . As regardod that great genius—Kossuth—described by the Times as a common swindler—where was there a man tbat had done what he had done ? With consummate tact and energy , Ko s suth h ad cre a te d a vast army out of nothing as it were , and a commissariat to supply that army . With those impromptu forces he had beaten the Austrians , and destroyed half their army ; and would have finally ma d e not on ly Hungary f ree , but Poland also , had not Russia interfered with her enormous hordes , secretl y backed by other Europea n powers , who dreaded the spread of democracy , in which confederacy he believed our own government had abase share . Even all this would scarcely have subdued
him , had not the treachery of Georgey been superadded . The lecturer then read the defence of Kossuth contained in the letter _, _nist published of Colonel Asboth , Kossut h ' s adjutant-general ; which completely refuted the villifievs of the ex-governor of Hungary ; which letter also led to the opinion that Kossuth himself also intended to take steps when he arrived in England forthe furthervindicationof hischavactev from the calumnious aspersions of the Times , whose foreign correspondent had , among other charges , accused Kossuth of stealing the crown of Hungary , and robbing the treasury to enrich himself . In conclusion , Mr . O ' Brien adverted to home politics , and d e p lored the deference paid to the prejudices of the middle-classes by writers in the popular cause . It was of no use to rail at kinss .
governments and priests . Tho money-lord and the landlord were the real rulers of society ; nnd until the people thoroughly understood how theso two powers enslaved them , thoy would never choose the proper parties to represent them in the Stat e , and expect tnem to answer rightly . Ho regretted his want of power and means to get at thc people to teach them the kind of knowledge they required . He had implored many of the public men of the day—who had tho oar ofthe people—to help him , if it were only with tho sanction of their names , s o th a t th e people m ight have confidence in thc promoters of the _jfvational Reform League , but in vain . The lecturer afterwards alluded to tho panaceas put forth as remedies for the evils of society , and lamented that although there were
parties earnestly endeavouring to promote the adoption of portions of the principles of the League , no party had yet come forward to advocate tliem as a totality . One was for currency reform , another w a s for r efo r m in l a nde d tenures , but none advocated both reforms together ; yet , unless these , and a proper sjstem of credit and commercial exchange be instituted , no real good can be done ; but , with them , in twenty or thirty years , there would not be a despot in the world ! Another class were perpetually attacking the priests , as if thoy were the authors of all our miseries , whereas the priests arc but thc tools of the moneylord and landlord . Where was the priest that had half the power ofa city merchant ? What power had a poor curate ? ( many of them had but £ 15 a year !) And it' one
01 these poor fellows dared to address his congregation as to the real authors of evil in the world , their flock would rise in indignation and quit the church , and he himself would be dismissed the minjstry . Kor we re th e p olitical schem e s a float much sounder . As for Cohden ' s new Financi a l and Parliamentary Itoform movement , there never was a greater delusion , and yet it was trumpeted forth to the people as a sort of Godsend . Cobden assumed that the landed interest was the only tyrant ; whereas the town and commercial interest was infinitely more powerful . He ( Mv . O'Brien ) considered the Cobden party , with their Free Trade nostrums , greater enemies of the working-classes than even thc protectionist party , but both tevi _-, \ desperate horror of giving any real powers to the masses . Yet the Deonle had nn _dosim in lm hum .
bugged , and only swallowed it under the disguise of truth . But ho trusted they would soon rind out the delusions practised upon them by demagogues and sophists ; and that all the honest public men of the people would agree upon some means of union among themselves , without which there could bo no union among their followers . Mr . O'Brien concluded , by acquainting his audi e nc e that his Sun da y evening l ec ture s a t th o Eclecti c Institut e , 72 , Newman-street , would , for some time , b e occup ied upon t h e contents of the , recent letters published by tho Morning Chronicle , on the condition of thc working c la sses ; and in the endeavour to shew that no permanent remedies existed for thc enormous evils disclosed in those letters , but those propounded by the National Reform League , modified , if you wi ll , but essentially the same , in principle .
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Ax _EccEsiaic Cjubacteb . —An old lady , sixty years of age , of weak intellect , and who gave way to all sorts of extravagances , had long had a very strong feeling of attachment for dogs and cats , of whieh sho kept a large number ; and when any of them died she had them stuffed , so that her apartment resembled the cabinet of a naturalist . In the midst of her collection she had had a handsome mausoleum erected to thc memory of one of her greatest favourites , and on the front of which wore written the words , " tt git Pompie . " She had an old servant who resided with her , and who had imbibed most of the eccentricities of her mistress , Tho son of the lady , who occupied a high positio in society , allowed his mother a suitable maintenance , but , finding that she denied herself the necessaries of lifo in order to indulge hcrwhims , he solicited the authorisation to place her in a maison de sante , where sho would be taken care of . When the _Commissiave of Police of the Palais _National in
consequence of tho application , went two days ago to the residence of the lady , he found her in the most wretched condition with scarcel y any clothing on her , and i n hor attire r e sem b l i ng c l os e l y th e appearance-of one ofthe gipsies depicted by Ualot , and it was not without considerable difficulty that he persuaded her to quit her menagerie , and remove to the asylum provided for her . A Book Collector ' s House . —M . Verbeyst , the most celebrated book collector in Europe , or perhaps in the world , h a s j u st d ie d at Brus s els , at an advanced age . He founded a very curious establishment , consisting of a house of several stories , and as high as a church , and disposed so as to contain about 300 , 000 volumes , arranged according to their subjects ,
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' Tire _FurunE . — " Middle class governments , king s , emperors , despots , under cither a pretended liberal or despotic regime , are now teaching the people a lesson , which when once again thoy rise in their might and seize power they must not forget—if they do forget it — ihey will deservedly merit to sink into tlieir graves — detested slaves . Confiscation , impri s onm e nt , exile , tho galleys , slavery , and death are tho merciful and royal modes of exercising and preserving power . Were onco humanity purified , b y e xtinction , o f the tyr a nts o f b o dy and mind , then , and not until then , will peace , goodwill , and brotherhood _bcnipnly reign over all nations . "
The _Geumaxs . —Tknow the Germans ; liko metap hysicians , th e y wi s h to know ev e rything from the b ottom , very accurately , in large octavo , with no excess of conscisoness , and with a few citations . They rig out an epigram with a preface , and a lovcm _. ifJrigal with a table of contents . They determine the course of the zephyr by a sea compass , and the heart ofthe girl by conic sections . Liko merchants , they mark everything with capitals , and prove everyt hi ng like jurists . Tho membranes of their brains are living memorandum-books ; their legsaro secret metewands and pedometers . They cut asun de r t h c veil ofthe n i n e muse s , and measure the hearts of these g irls with compasses , and their heads with a gauge . —J . P . Kichter .
Political Knowledge . — Sound political knowledge exercises and enlarges the reasoning faculties , produces independence of spirit and equality of mind , and increases humanity of feeling tu all manki n d ; w i thout it the machin e r y of t h ou ght becomes clogged and rusty , and man the slave of prejudice and superstition , " the tool of tyranny , tho dupo of cunning and hypocrisy , a pitiable object , possessing the human shape" but wanting the greatest divino gift—an independent mind . —Democratic Review . John 0 'Coxnei . i ,. —The Coifc Reporter has not the most favourable opinion of John O'Conneil , observing : " Some men in Ireland affect to follow him , as did the nobles of England when thoy put forward Lambert Sininel or Peter Warbeck as the ' true prince '; and there aro some genuine ' John O'Connellites , ' as thero havo been ' Southcoteitos , ' and ' Irvingites , ' and ' Mormonites '; but tho honest intelligence of the country ' ignores' the gentleman . '
_TELEGJur-nic Music . — The American correspondent of the Daily A _' ews says , thc other day some of thoir telegraphic operators beat thc time of various tunes at the di s t a nc e a p art of several h u n dr ed miles , and they did it with such accuracy that they w e ro perf ec tl y intelligible even to the bystanders . It is said that a new daily paper , un de r tho influence of M . Guizot , is about to appear in Paris . A Perso . v _Hiviso tho misfortune to admit as a lodger into his house , an individual of verv impropoi ' character , named Bell , turned him out thc other day , with thc remark , that" Lie would never keep a bell in his house that wanted hanging . "
Town _ano Country Mortality . — T h e diff e rence between the sanitary condition under which the rich and poor Englishman lives , is as great as that which subsists between tho Englishman and the Hindoo ; or botweonthe Englishman who dwells in the cities of the nineteenth century , and thc Englishman who dwelt in tho cities of the fifteenth century . The unhealthiest parts of England are more than twice as fatal to life as the healthiest parts . As a general rule , and speaking in rough numbers , the country is about ten per cent , healthier than the town . But it may be asserted with fearlessness , that the unhealthiest parts of towns are more than ten per cent , more fatal than the healthiest parts . The chances of life , therefore are greater in tho op e n s q u a re contrasted with the typhoid alley ,
than in the breezy country as contrasted with tho smoky town . " The difference in salubrity , " says Mr . _MacauJay , " between the London of the nineteenth century and the . Lon d on of th e seventeeth century , is far greater than the difference between Lon do n i n an or d inary sea son an d London in the cholera . ' Measuring health by spaeo , instead of time it may be truly said that tho difference in salubrity between a district where tho rich live exclusively and a district where the poor livo exclusively , is as great as between the former district in an ordinary __ season and the same district in the cholera . It is a tendency of manufactures to accumulate masses ofthe poor , as it is of our system to accumulate masses of the rich and poor . — Mornin g Chronicle .
A _Cjmxdleh , in a neighbouring town , having had somo and le s sto le n , a waggish neighbour bid him be of good cheer , " for in a short time ( said he ) they Will come to light . " A Silver cor , decorated with twenty-two figures , relating apparently to one of thc campaigns of the Emperor Alexander Severus , was recently found at Aeuberg , on thc Danube . According to tho Commissioner of the Mor n ing Chronicle , t he r e a r in London 23 , 5 77 nee d lewomen un d er tw e nty ye a rs o f age , whose earnings _average * 1 « . per day . * * * " Why seek wo truth from priests ? Thc smiles of courtiers and tho harlot ' s tears
, The tradesman ' s oath , and mourning of an heir Are truth to what priests tell ; Oh ' . why has priesthood privilege to lie , And yet to be believed ?" Lord Chief Justice Wilmot gave to a party of us one evening a curious account of an innkeeper at Warwick , whom ho had tried for having poisoned some of his customers with his port wine , and that tho indictment was quashed h y the i mpu d e n c e of the fellow , who absolutely proved that there had never been a drop of wine in the hogshsead . —Cradotk ' _s Memoirs .
The Dublin Commercial Journal has thc following : — " Ono of thc / mo ' _tneis of the theatre the other evening , talking of female authors , said , that though they had tact , grace , and finesse , they have no creative genius , and seldom produce any pe rf ect work . "Itis easy to seo , " said Mrs . ' L ., the actress , " that it was a woman who gave you birth . ' " An American Printer's Hist . —An American paper , the Gloucester Telegraph , presents the foll owing for its readers as a puzzle : — " Ifanyofour fricndsftYetroubleuiriconscicneeonaccountofindebtcdnesstothisolficew _oshallbcmosthappy tosi gnpapersfor thcirrelief . "
General Guton . —Some twenty years ago a young English gentleman named Guyon , entered the Austrian military service , in w h ich he in time attained tho rank of Captain . In the meanwhile he had hecomo attached to the daughter of Field-Marshal Baron Spleny , tho commander of the Hungarian life-guards . Upon his marriage with this amiable lady he left the army , and took some land , upon which _' ho resided , happy in tho circle of his family , and in the general esteem of his neighbours . When , in September , 1818 , tho hordes of Jellachich were poured into Hungary , and Kossuth ' s fiery words called the whole nation to arms , Guyon , long conne c ted an d th or ou g hl y sympathising with the liberal party , offered hia services as a volunteer .
He was " immediately invested with the comand of an ill-armed battalion of land-strums ( general levy , ) _> and at the head of this he contributed to the defeat _. of Jellachich , at Sukuro . In the month of October ¦ ho a ccom pa nie d th o Hung a r ia n army to thc L ei thn _, and was engaged in the battle ot" Schwachat , fought I on the 30 th . This rccontro took place under the _s walls of Yicnna , but as the Viennese did _nofc-sup- port thc Hungarian attack upon the imperialists by j a sally , the Hungarian General , Moga , was com- - polled to beat a retreat . Guyon was the hero of f that day . At the head of his battalion ho three J times repulsed thc Scrazens of Jellachich ; his s horso was shot under him , but he seized his pistols s and lod his men to the charge on foot ; arming thorn n as fast as ho co u ld , with the muskets of thc slain u Austrians , iu _phce of the scythes which many of > f them carried . He was promoted to thc rank of _jf
colonel on the field itself , and in this capacity he ic s ha red in the s u c c e e d ing c ampa ign . On the " _lSthbh of December , tlie imperial General Simonich _, at theiie head of 15 , 000 men , attacked thc town of Tyrnau . u . This is an open place , and incapab l e ofa regular av resistance ; but Guyon determined upon saving thoho honour of the Uuiij . 'ariari arms , defended it witluth . unabated vigour till night put a stop to thc com-m- bat ; and on this desperate service be had only at a i force of 1 , 800 men . At Dcbrezin , he was raised _tci _tci the rank of General , and throughout tho war wasvas celebrated for his lion-like courage . After thdhc treason of Georgey had ruined tho Hungarian causepse _,, Guyon took refuge in Turkey , but he was ono of thcthc : last to retire from the struggle . Itis stated thathatl his family havo fallen into thc hands of the _Ausvus--triansja calamity which must sorely afflict ouroutt gallant countryman .
The Viennajournals announce the death of Princcnccc Hohenlohe , who was rendered so famous some _yearsarss sinco by the miracles ho was alleged to have _peroer- _- _- formed . The deceased was Bishop of Sardacia _andandii grand provost of Groswarellen , and died in his fifty . fty .. nth year . The Court Circular announces that her _Majesty'sty'ss accouchement is " shortly expected . " There is as much childishness in thc _Unitec'itec ' ti States law courts as in ours . The Richmond _Repubpub-iliean supplies an instance . Ono Cogzell was tried _/ iedi and a witness stated that , on a certain occasion , In , In _t told his " help , " Mary , to go home . —Defondant ' _uitVi counsel ; *; What did Mary say' { " Thc _opposinpsinjij counsel objected to the question , and it w as dis diss cussed two hours . Three judges then gave long an ? _auui loariiod opinions , and thc question was asked ied " What did Mary say'" Witness : _""Sotaword . _'Vd . _' **
Oxe fine day last week , Mrs . P . was passing aig m \ " eating house . " While one of the numerous pei pen sons dining thero ordered " baked Indian pudding ; ng ;; tho waiter , as usual , passed the order to _the-coo-cooa for " Baked Indian ! " at the top of his voice , wh ' mvhiuu so terrified thc good old lady that she nearly _fainteantew A glass of icotl water soon restored her , liowcvcrcvcui when she left in haste . She says she ha ? , in lun _lm < younger days , hoard of the Indians eating their viir vi i tims , but novor supposed that the Anglo _Saxoiaxom would retaliate in tho same way , —Boston Post . I .
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