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O'CONNORVILLE. The Band formed from amon...
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1 Sfigresmer Ie, 1848. Thij Northern I*J...
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THF SPIRIT OF WAT TYLER . BT CHABLES COLS . Taxation burthens ev ' ry thing By art or nature givea ; The sick mau _' s rushlight , twinkling , Tne glorious beam af Heaven—Oar all of wear an 1 all we est , To glut the scheming speller ; There wants te make onr list completa Ba : a poll-tax , and a _Txux . * A Tyler , ' murmured from the grave A voice the sound repelling'Peace ! would-be Briton ! Dastard ! Slave *' And from bit earthly dwelling Ths snide of Tyler stood _oonfess'd : His boek was gored and riven ; But no ; -. mark was on bis breast By _WabtortVs dagger given .
The same they hall'd immortal steel ! Renowned in civic story ! Satanic badge of servile seal , Converting shame to glory ! 'Dost mark the wound , ' the spirit laid , 'Neath which slates saw sue stagger From horseto earth ? ' tis well repaid , For London wears the dagger ! How to the purpose—I so He , Whonotfor fame competed , Bat would have seen my country free , And bave herfo ; _s _defeated : Mine waa a deed the gooc desired _. The shackled chain was round as ; Wt rose at ones , Ukt tarn _fniptred , And _burtt tke Unit that bound ut !
Bat what avail'd it ? Soon tbe youth Whose kingly craft entrapp'd them , To trust au _uoaour and its truth , Again bis chains enwrapp'd them . And USX yt eowirdt ye are bound , As ' twere a serpent coiling Its dreadful weary length around Yonr limbs , all faint with toiling ! Long , long ye proudly bare the load , Lit up yoarlanrell'd casement , Bnt no ** tha burthen brings the goad , Reward of self abasement ! Hark ! Man that woald be—Phibioo , Wexfoed ia slaughter sharing—ICkbtbxb , and _Kxwrowsaasai too , Ann think of CojX and _iJariiw J
Whilst _locomotives move by steam , ( Earth _shndders at tbe sf * ry ) Ton _wsitgoa boasts a _ianan team , And _tiisit England ' s glory ! And this is Britain I Worms lika these Upon iu surface creeping—The tyrant of the _Portuguese Had none ia viltr k-tping . flod save the _Qaeea ; * Yoor dogs I see Have _supersaded donkeys ; Age of _p-ogretsvx industry / Of course you wori your _ttot & eys . _Qrt save the Qieen ! Still Britons slaves , In this the land of bravery ; Y « sing , 'Britannia rules the waves , ' Yet bow te basest elavery .
A shadow call'd _Esfosk , I see Exalting o'er sjie nation ; Though Case was slain _ingloriously , For s « klng reformation ! Una and bis fellow martyr * brave , Their mea'riea _onrrspocted ; Yen scarce can trace FnzGKMUrt grave , And Ernes ? lies neglected ; The world contains the graves of men , All trait of whom hatu vanished ; Tbeir spirit must revive again , Or freedom ' s ev * x bsnished . And tbou , who _said' st , to be complete , Yoor list require * a poll-tax ; Dog ! that can ' st lick a _tjrsm _' s feet , Ont , thou would ' ttpay _ateuUtax .
The spirit passed in bitter wrath , With eye indignant _blaz ' ng ; And wailing Waluorth _traek'd bis path , _Sttil en his death-wound _gazing _. Hay kindred spirits still survive , To ronse for coming g ' cry ; Till not a Briten bat will strive To profit by His stery
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The Ethnological Journal. September. Lon...
The Ethnological Journal . September . London : 12 , Red Lion-court , Fleet-street . "We are rather disappointed in not finding a continuation of Mr Burke's revelations of tbe Atlantean mystery in the present number of the Ethnological Journal We must warn Mr Burke against the danger of hating too many irons in the fire . ' The Critical Analysis of the Hebrew Chronology , ' commenced in the first , and continued in the second , Dumber , was not resumed in the third , and is again
wanting in the fourth number . Again , the * Inquiry into tbe Nature and Causes of tbe Physical Differeeces of Mankind , ' commenced in No . 1 , and continued in No . 2 , was not resumed in No . 3 , and is again omitted in tbe present somber . Entirely new questions are started in the number before us- Tbis sor t of editorship may serve to show Mr Burke ' s ability to grapple with and illustrate a variety of subjects , but , we fear , is also too likely to confuse and discourage his readers—not , we submit , the best method of ensuring the success of the Ethnological
Journal . In offering these remarks , it most not be inferred tbat we undervalue the contents of the present month ' s number . The article on the' Nature and Origin of My thology '—the first of a promised series Of Mythological sketches—volunteers explanations Of the principles and origin of Mythology _atonce novel and convincing ; and contains abundance of curious information of great interest to the student Of history . From this article we give the following extract : — THB _ASCIENTS SOT * ID 0 UTE 18 '
All inquiry leeds te the _concloaion tbat the religion of primeval _cMHsation was simple and sublime- —the worship ef a great ruling _inteilij-nee , infinitely exalted in nature , infinitely beyond _kmaan conception , in wis . dom , and goodcess , and power . ' It is natural for lofty minds to borrow the language of poetry , when dealing with vast 1 Seas , and of coarse the _attribetss of the Deity were often illustrated by images derived from physical phenomena , la a variety af way * , the son became a beautiful type of bis providence , and the elherial fire of bis nature . In tbe process of _tims _, these typ ? s became so heMtaillj associated with tbe idea af the Deity , tbat admiration b _« _anieriverence , » . nd reverence superstition . Thus arose what is termed tbe fire worship , and the
worship ef the son , tbe followers of which , however , neither in antnent or _modern tunes , did or do warship these bodies , ia the sense _supposed by the advocates of other creeds . It is a _mist absurd prejudice te suppose that the Persians , for _instance , worshipped the San , or Fire , as ii these were living , intelligent beings _cspable of hearing and seeing them . Their writings and _practlc a _jWtaJj snow that thty _mErslytegarsed these bodies with high and superstition * respect , as the most appropriate symbols of tbe great ruling light and intelligence of tbe waiverse , Ormaxd . Tbe time remarks are applicable to the _saperstieions of andtn * _Orseee , Italy , and B-ypt , and to those of the modern _Hndu , and other races . It is ona of the most extraordinary evidences of _thechlldfih
credulity which religions antagonism it capable of pr > - _dacing , that the _Christian world k « almost universally Believed that Pagan nations worshiped aninuls and statues , in the seuse of actus ! gods . Tbe ancient Greek ? and Romans were not idiots , wbo believed themselves capable of creating 6 ; ds ; nor were their Besses so ob . cure as to lead them to suppose that a block ot wood er marble was a living , _spiritasl being , cspable of hearing _totir supplications . Hid they believed their consecrated statues to be gods , tiiey would hart teld us tbit there were theosasds ef Apollos and _Jnplttrs _, whereas thty believed that there wsa bat one Apollo la the universe , and one Jupiter . People have _lifttd np
their eyes in astonishment at the folly of the Egyptians , who _regarded oxen , and crocodiles , and even leeks aad onion * , as gods . The _folly lies in their own _cr-duUty . The Egyptians believed nothing cf the kind . These am mats and _vegetables were indeed viewed wiih a superstitions respfct _, and in tbe minds of some , ideas of my < tic power were connect ,-d with tbem , bnt no one ever forgot their real _character notwithstanding . Tbe American Indian _regirdi with superstitious respect , or tven _aw-, the contents of bis _medicine bag . bnt yet he is a pare theis _^ who _worships the one Great Spirit of the universe . In a word , po ' yiheism bss _existed , end dees exist ; but _icWatry , in tbe vulgar acceptation of tha term , is impossible , evm to the lowest savages .
A review of a number of American publications , throws some light on the ' Progress of Ethnology in the United States . ' The article on the * Real Nature of Animal Mechanism' is logically and forcibly written ; but we warn the author that if—in the unanimous opinion of his readers—he succeeds in demonstrating what he calls ' the grandest and most important truth in the universe , ' he will then have settled nothing ; a child may at any moment , by ' jhs simplest of questions , render his theory of non-effect .
We are glad to observe tbat tbe Ethnological Journal has received a very flattering and encouraging welcome on the other side of the Atlantic ; aid that at borne its popularity is steadily adwant .
The Ethnological Journal. September. Lon...
Peerage Jobbery ; or , the Houses o f Corruption , and how to cleanse them . London : W . Strange , Paternoster-row . This is another of tbe valuable little publications issued by Mr Strange , and devoted to the showingup of our ' wisest ,: virtuousest , discreetest , best , ' who rule the besotted people of thia country through tbe medium of tbat blessed institution the Parlia ment of Lords and Commons . The opening chapter of this very excellent little book will best explain its character •—
THE HOUSE Or _HUEDITAIT _LEGISLATORS , The Home of Lords , or House of Peoud Flesh , is an embodiment of the mean and vulgar idea by which _Engl-nd is governed , and by which , we regret to say , the English people allow themselves to be governed . -We mean the valgsr idea of raoPEKTi ok wealth , allied to the mere accident of oirlA . Dies any one suppose thlt fitness forms any put of tbe _qualifications of the member of the House of Lords ! It really forms no part of his qualifications . For the only oas is thlt—that he bas been born a peer!—a hereditary owner of land , to which a title is attached 1 Born a peer , it at once follows , that he takes his seat in the Lira ' s at twenty-one years of age , as a hereditary legislator sf twenty-seven millions of peogle .
Think of hereditary painters , heredlciry poets laureate , hereditary philosophers , hereditary lawyers , hereditary doctors ! Who would dream of such absurdities ! Yet we have hereditary legislators 1 Will it be said , tbat the painter , the paet , the philosopher , tke lawyer , and the doctor require brains , ead tbat the _hereditary lexislater does not ! or tbat these require a speoial education , knowledge , and _experience , to fit them for the performance ef their functions , but that hereditary legitlators stand in need of no each qasllflcstioas f Is there any farmer wbo weuld trust bis sheep to a hereditary shepherd , er his swine to a hereditary _geldtr 1
Who is there tbat does not scout tbe idea as applied to tbe most ordinary business of life , requiring the most ordinary qualities ! Yet we quietly submit to tbe continued infliction of this remnant ot barbarism—this rag of the feudal system ; and consign ourselves , and ali our interests , t » the keeping of men whose sole . qualification to govern ns consists in the fact that that tbey are in the possession of certain heritable lands which their ancestors robbed frcm the _people and made _hereditary in their own _f-tmiliss many centuries ago , — -and who are designated by certain titles or nicknames , far too much honoured , fixed npon tbem hy the reigning _monarcks of the time . tH . iog .
The last hereditary occupation in Europe was that of hereditary _fianpaum , now long since abolished ; for it was found teat even hangmen required o-rtala' gifts ' and _practical qualities which did not descend by birth . The only hereditary occupation whioh is still tolerated is that of legislator ; and it were full time that the hereditary legislators like tbe hereditary hangmen , were , pat quietly npon the shelf . Inquire into the origin of oar oldest peerages , and what do we find it to be ! Successful thievery ! That Is the qualification , which the law has made eternal . Lords now . lord * ever—once a thief , always a thief . First , they stole our lands , —they were then chiefs of Norman . Free _, hooters . Bab Boys aad _Csteraus—Tuipins of the Ran Hard . Tbeir sole title , originally , was the sword . Tbe
matters of the oldest noble hemes nnblashlngly proclaim the vocation of tbe aristocracy . ' Hy crown by tbe spear , ' boasts the _Middleton family . * To my power , ' says the Stamford family , under six gaping boars'heads , with tusks exposed . * Forth fortune and fill the fetters , * says _Atholi , whose scions and _asssclatee have filled their fetters with a nation . * Tba profits of industry increase / says Heytesbury , whose Industry bas brought hlcn inapension of £ 1 . 760 a year , with fat places for bis relatives in the army and the church . Soni suit qui mat y pease , — ' accursed be be who thinks there ' s evil in it / say the Lords of the Garter , who fill their pockets ont of the _pub'le taxes ! ' Nothing that belongs to man but belongs tome , ' -ay tbe Talbotc—large owners of plundered - _)> sse _* sl « ns .. 'Prepared for every chance , ' says Eirl Comb : _rnure , who pockets an annual pension oi £ * , U 6 . Tbe red hand ot Ireland , ' is flourished by tbe O'Neills , t * e titled head ef the honse being , appropriately enough ,
a lieutenant-general * 'The dragon ' s crest is to be feared , ' say * th" Marquis of Londonderry—and fearful enough , it Is when he comes dowaupen us for onr money , whleh he and his family absorb largely . 'Over _. _fora ov . r , '—• quaintly hot emphatically say * Marquis _Conyognan * . ' Following the example of his Ancestors , ' says Baron Granville , whose son was ejected even from the corrupt House of Commons tbe other day , far practising bribery at Derby . ' Spare nought , ' says _Hsrquis _Tweedsle , who certainly spares not onr pockets . * Thoa Shalt want ere I want , ' says Baron C "ans town , —which last might indeed tn adapted as tke motto of the entire aristecrado class . It is thine o * n , ' lays Earl Cowper , a hereditary pen . _signer at the rate of £ 1 , 600 a year— bat it is ' his own ' —the public spoil—the taxes—they are his heritage and the heritage of his _olass . * Watch and pray , * says Tisconat Csstlemslne—watch and prey is the _trn * reading .
While the fortunes of many of the peers have been founded in the dark ages of physical force end despotic crime , others have obtained their titles and estates by servile _aosdying of kings ; some by treason to their _'legitimate * princes ; others by success la modern warfare , aad others _throsgh the slimy avenues oi tbe law courts . Allowing that a successful general , or a _saceessful la *" yer who he * made fortune , should be elevated to the _pstnge , is this any reason way Ut descendant * for ever should sit as peers too t How many eldest sons have Inherited the ability and fame of their fathers ! . Look at the representatives of onr great military lords now ! What are they ? Mostly dolts , as unfitted to be legislators
as a brewer s horse . Take for instance the present Duke of _Marlborough with his annual pension of 4 * 5 . 090 ; or the thick headed sons of the Dake of Wellington ! The only quality for which the Dake of Marlborough ia dit _> _tiogntsbed , in his extreme meanness . Then what great lawyer peer has been sucoeeded by sa heir of any note whatever ? Wnat philosopher has tbe Houso of Lords produced ? Is there a single one ? Bat how msay boobies could we enumerate , who haw sprang from it ! We weald respect an aristocracy of virtue and of goodness , and even reverence it . Bat where the aristocracy is oae only of brass—of brass in tbe poeket _, brass en the heels , and brass in the face , —we can feel for it only indignation and contempt .
Itis tight tbat the best and ablest men should govern . Bat mak'ng legislators hereditary gives nosecarity whatever that the legislate ™ shall be either good or able men _. On tbe other hand , It makes them exclusive , proud , hostile to popular tight * and liberties , place-hunters , pension-seekers , _abass-presetTers , _tsx-consamers , eourthanters—givlag more regard to a bltof Blbbon or a Garter conferred by the Monarch , tban to the peace , the lives , the _pieptrties and the liberties of their fellow
men . The _majority of oar House ef Peers de netpessess the qualities of legislators . They are good hunters , hone jockies , _couriers , some of tbem great warriors and la » yer _« , great lovers ef display , good living , and large estates ; bnt in sympathy for the mass of their fellow men , knowledge of their condition , lofty guiding principle , and "high mgral character , they are woefully destitute . Ia fact , goodness and virtne have had nothing whatever to do with the creation of tbe House of Lords , or of any single individual peerage . The Peerage has been a great job from the first to the last . Was a great _owner of load ambitious of title—he wat made a hereditary legislator ! Wss he a great owner af rotten boroughs—he was made a peer ! Was he alarge pro * lie tor of church livings—he was forked into the lords ! Was he a slavish
lawyer—he was added to the peerage 1 Was a large landowner troublesome as a ' pstria/—he was bought off by a title ! Tuns the Peerage is , and has ever been , the Treasury of Corruption . Hence a large portion of the Peerage now cons ' sts of upstart men—bat of men wbo were rich . To be rich and powerful owoers of boroughs aad consequently of voter—aire , ia recent times , been he main qualifications tf » be a peer . 1 Tbns , it happens , that tke Home of Lords is a honse full of pensioners , placemen , ani _s'necuriats , who employ tbeir position and power , mainly for the purpose of providing for themselves and their families at the ceitof ths industry , property , labour , and well-being : of the _indu r - _trioos milliocs . 'Filthy laore ' is tbeir object . Scarcely oae of them bat eagerly aspires after tbe unclean thingcot e v . n excepting those pillars ot Christian self-denialthe well-paid Bishops . Tbe _peerage is , _lodged , tbe rankest of all seat in this job-ridden country .
Some twenty pages of closely printed matter tells how tbe Peers fill their own pockets ; how tbey quarter thtir relatives on the public by giving them snug births in the army , navy , church , & c . ; how the House of Commons (?) is rendered an under House of Peers , & c ., & c Another twenty pages is devoted to a consideration of the remedy for tbis monstrously wicked state of things ; and the author demonstrates that Charter-Suffrage is tbe only remeay . The arguments in support of the principles of the Charter are urged with great force and eloquence . This little book ( obtainable for the price of a pint of ale ) should be in the possession of every working man .
' Let will ng slaves in galling fetters lie , For none can save tbe men who wiebto die—Bnt some there are to tyrants tamely bow , Wbe fain would break their chains if they knew how ; And thry from these truth , telling leaves may see _Hjw they wear bondage when they might be free , '
Emigrant's Guide To The Cape Of Good Hop...
Emigrant ' s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope . By J . C . Byrne , Esq . London : B . Wilson , 11 , Royal Exchange . Emigration by enterprising individuals—singly or associated—we hate no objection to . Our hostility to emigration , as a ' national remedy' for the distress and increasing pauperism of the masses of this country , is too well known to render a repetition of our reasons for that hostility necessary on tbe present occasion . Of course , we differ from Mr Byrne in tbe view he takes of emigration , which we by no means regard as the destined means of salvation for this country . Woe to England if no otber course is open to ber miserable masses . But . not . witiutud _iDK that we seriously dissent irom Hr
Emigrant's Guide To The Cape Of Good Hop...
Byrne s views , of the supreme importance of the emigration question , we must do justice to his evident candour atid sincerity in publishing these Emigration Guides i' * which really carry with them tbe impress of truth and good faith oh the part of their author . Tbis little book contains a sketch of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese ; its settlement by the Dutch _occupation by the English ; clinlate , seasons , and character of the country ; divisions of the colony ; government ; description of tbe eastern and western divisions ; produce of the colony , & c , & c . An interesting account of the settlement ot tbe hte Caffre War , hy Sir Harry Smith , is added to the above contents . A map of the colony faces the title-page .
This work lacks the instructions to emigran ts which constituted a valuable feature of the ' Guide to New South Wales . ' We observe that Mr Byrne admits that the colony cannot healthily absorb a greater numbe' than 4 , 000 emigrants annually ; and be is of opinion that the Cape can never become a great country , owing to the small extent of arable land in comparison to the whole , and the general scarcity of surface water . 'Yet , unquestionably , ' says Mr Byrne , ' there is arable land to support a population twenty times as great as that at present scattered over it The return for capital invested is good , and tbe remuneration for labour far superior to what it is in great Britain . ' For further information respecting the advantages and disadvantages ( and the latter are neither few nor inconsiderable ) of emigration to the Cape of Good Hope , we must refer all interested ( o this ' Guide . '
The Third Woe, 4*C. London; W. Strange, ...
The Third Woe , 4 _* c . London ; W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . Tbe full title of this black-bordered , ominous * looking pamphlet , is as follows : — 'The third Woe just began , and universally felt ; or dashing the Nations to shivers as a potter ' s vessel ; with reflection ! on the first and second Woes ; the end of the civil power of the papacy ; audthetecond coming ofthe Lord Jesus Christ ' This religious rhapsody is an attempt to show the fulfilment of Old Testament * prophecies' by the revolutionary events of the present year . Turning prophet himself , the author predicts all sorts of horrors in the queer time coming .
• Hr Byrne ' * ' Emigrant ' s Gable to H w South Wale * , ' wis noticed In a lata number of the Nosthbbh Stab .
O'Connorville. The Band Formed From Amon...
_O'CONNORVILLE . The Band formed from amongst tho allottees , _having resolved to hold a ' Harvest-home'festival on Monday , September llth , accordingly sent invitations to their friends , anil tbe event ' came off * io tbe _Sohool-housa , which was tastefully decorated with evergreens , someof the _choioost dahlias of the season , and banners bearing appropriate mottoes , under the auspices of Mr Graves , the master of the school , who , _with his pupils , delighted the audience by exhibiting daring the evening beautiful pen-and-ink sketches , aeme of whioh gained him a money prize from Queen Adelaide , and s letter written by command of her Majesty Qaeen Yiotoris . The Chartist band filled the orchestra , and played an
appropriate selection of musio on the oooasion . The allottees wera _' met by a few friends from a distance , who were _desirous to' take a cup for auld lane syne . ' Mr John Hornby , of Somers Town and O'ConnorvUle , was unanimously called to the chair . After a few remarks , he gave the first sentiment as follows : — ' The Sovereign People , and may tbey soon obtain their rights , as defined in the People ' s Charter . ' Mr 6 . J . Harney , amidst loud cheers was called on to respond . He clearly demonstrated that all moral , social , and political pewer sf rang irom the people , and that _csnseqnently the sentiment justly denominated tbem'sovereign ** bnt tbat from the want of tha Charter , they nevertheless did not exercise the power of wbich thay were the fountain . Mr Harney _conoluded a most brilliant address by showing how easily the people could obtain the Charter , and become the controllers of all power whenever they
willed it , and resumed his seat amidst rapturous applause . Song by the Baud— 'Base _Oppressors !' Thenext sentiment was— ' Feargus O'Connor , Esq _, MP ., and may the _Pesplebe speedily located on tne Land , ' which was responded to by an old Veteran from the Midland ? . The Chairman then introduoed thelollowinu sentiment : — ' _Cbarterville , _Lowbacds , and Snig ' s End , and may the efforts of their _allotteee bs crowned with success . ' The Chairman . then oalled upon Mr Edmund Stallwood , who bid long worked in the cause , to _respond . Mr Stallwood rose and gave a ' brief sketch of the allottees of Charter ville , and concluded by assuring the meeting that , ' although located , they bad not forgotten their democratic rights or daties . ( Great Applause . ) The Chairman next called on Mr G . Wheeler to deliver a cbarao . teriatic recitation , written by himself for the oocssion , which he did in excellent style . It is as follows : —
THE O'CONNORVILLE HARVEST HOME So , friends and neighbours , yon are came , To Celebrate onr harvest horns—And have a little feast to day , ( Butataprioe which scarce will pay)—And spend an honr in harmless glee , _Withmasic , dance , and harmony ; And , tbat we may not quite forget The _etnse for which we oft have met , Wittiest the Charter and the Land , O'Connor and the noble band , Who long have _straggled in our cause , Ths Victim * how of unjust laws—Laws that disgrace ont Statute _Beok , Laws that we should not longer brook ,
laws that'll make eaoh _honett maa a martyr , Until we get , as law , the People ' s _Charter . Then _Labour ' s rights will be respeeted , And working men no more neglected . Bat I must cease this sort of strain , Aad come to matter mere germaia Unto the bntlnest now in hand—Tbe harvest supper of the band , Who , having harvested together , And made the bast of this had weather _. And carried out co-operation—A plan tbat yet will save tbe nation . This _bsiog their first farming season , They thought they should but act with reason Te spend a night with friends and neighbours , At this , the close of harvest labours . And , though onr friends who come from town , Hsy scarcely get their supper dewn , And think one course is hardly right
Of simple food on such anight , Tet beef , carrots , parsnip * , and potatoes too , Wiih 'hunger sauce ' may surely do . For though quite simple is our meat , Our _trimmlBgs , they are fit ti > eat . ' Jast gathered fresh from off tbe _qbouh ' , ' Not pulled about by half the town , Or piled together ' gainst a wall , And messed abont npon the stall . I wish that each man in the Und , Could sap to night as sup the band _. Bat I mast naw leavs off this talk , Or else you'll all begin to walk _. At this 1 see tbe ladies _stuite , They ' ve thought of dancing all this while , Aod , unless I'd better said or sung , They ' d rather far I held my tongue , So as I dread a lady ' s frown , _l'U make my bow and th me down .
'The Ladies' was the next toast , whioh was ably responded to by Mr Christopher Williams . 'The Chairman' was given with acclamation , and the remainder of the evening wag spent right joyously and merrily , between the merry dance , the melodious song , and the _choicest recitations , mack to tbe delight of all present .
Tin Poimcal Victims.—A Public Meeting Wa...
Tin PoimCAL Victims . —A public meeting was held at the Scientific and Literary Institution , Jwhnstreet , Tottenham Court-road , on Tuesday _evening , September 12 . The meeting waa hat thinly attended . Mr Brand was oalled to the chair , and introduced Mr Merriman , whe in a _Icng and eloquent addres * moved the following resolution : — ' _Thattuismeeting is of opinion that the prosecutions recently instituted for sedition , are contrary to the spirit of English _Institutions . ' Mr Brown seconded tba motion , which was unanimously adopted . ' A vote of thanks waB then given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . Royal Polttxchhic _iNsiiruiios . —We recently visited thia highly popnlar institution , and are happy to find that its attractions , both of an instructive and amusing kind , are _increased . It is one of those
peculiar institutions to which we can with perfect _ooafideece call the attention of our readers : it is , indeed , a temple dedicated to tbe' Arts and Sciences ; ' and here art and science ia imparted with a grace and baaring that wins the approval of all . Since we last visited this establishment a magnificent theatre has been added , in whioh the Dissolving Views are exbi * bited , those views at the present time being faithful representations of the Holy City , of Balbcc with its ruined temple ; also winter and summer , night and morning , which is most truthfully depicted . Amongst other _things worthy of notice are lace making by steam , Dr BachoftWa lectures on 'Gutta Percha _, ' which is wel worth the honr spent in listening thereto , the _Ccsmorama , and the innumerable things to be found in tbis gigantic temple , so nobly devoted to the improvement of the masses .
National _Co-opaBATivis Benefit Sccibtt . — -All agents are requested to fill up and return to Mr Stall * wojd , 2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , the pr inted sheets immediately . Dcatb o _? A Pbophet . —The far-famed Couobman , ' the Phckley Prophet / 'the seventh son of a seventh son / died a few days ago at Slaugham _, in Sussex . So reverenced was the old _impostor , tbat his folloirers aotnally beliere that be will shortly rise Wi * .
L0uis Blanc, To The Bdlroe Or Thb Tikis....
L 0 UIS BLANC , TO THE _BDlroE or THB TIKIS . Sis , —Three months are passed < _Jnoe , In tbe Nations ] _Assembly , I accused the party ef motion In Franee ot a studied determination to mislead publio opinion , of _milosnstrnlng and twisting the sense of my ideas in a meat odious manner , and of having warped against me the _oiMtdanieroug of conspiracies—that of falsehood . Here , In this country , I find tbe deplorable effeotsof this consplraoy in tbe deoelt practised npon your good faith . When , sir , yoa shall ba better acq nalnted with the facts , you will have oooasion to _rejret . on your own account , the violence of your own attacks ; fer it cannot be doubted tbat every one must feel unhappy ia having _commltti d an ac ) ef Injustice .
You attribute to my system and to tho National Ateliers—which you call my A ' _eHsr *—the miseries of tho present situation of my country . Allow me to repel , with all tbe Indignation of an honest man , wounded Is the moat sensitive pari of his heart , such a horrible re . _sponsibllHy . What ! sir , my publio _asseveratloas , twenty times repeated , never coatradiotad ; the _offlolol _declareilon * et M . Baiilo Thomas , t director of . the National Atehers ; the recent debates of tbe French Assembly the , documents published in the _seoend volume of the _Btigttelej—all these have notoonvinoed jou that 1 was not tbs person who organised the National _Attliers . ' — that they were brought Into _eslstence against my wishes against my will , In opposition to all my _prinolples , aud even with tha avowed objeot of counterbalancing the
Influence over the peoplo tbat was attributed te me _» N . > , sir , n »! _Abso _' _a'ely I was nothing in tho _oreatlon of the _Nitional-dfeHd--. It was II . Marie , then Minister ol Pablio Works , who established them ; it was M . Ecnlle Thomas who was by M . _Mwle appointed to the direction of _thrm . As for myself—I affirm it , aud I def y contradiction—1 took no part in the formation of the National Ateliers , neither In their organisation , nor in their dlreo . i in , nor in their superintendence . If , then , there has been imp udence— and I believe there has—in assembling pell-mell , in tho National Ateliers , workmen taken oy chance from all professions ; if there has been folly tu giving them an _unlfowa unproductive task , aud in paying tbem for this unproductive labour wages which _aese but alms in disguise ; if this deplorable" Institution
has become for t >> e state so flagrant a cause ef ruin tbat it bas been necessary te crush it ; if the workmen ol the N itlonal Aleliert _, when _th-yoeased to receive thoir _haoitual wages , Ml Into despair ; It , In short , a party among _thsm havo produced the _insurreotlon of June , under the _infiiienoe of the most terrible misery—by what suauge tevcrsal of all the laws of justice can be imputed tome such results ?—to me , who—I repeat It—was a complete stranger to the National Atelkrt , whe disapproved of tbeir being oalled into existence , who never put my foot lato them , and who never Interfered in 'Wbat c meerned them , neither ia their establishment nor in their organisation , in their direction , nor when ths question arose of their _dissolnlloa ? To eaoh , then , belengs the _responsibility of his own works ,
Ton Impute to my system , sir , the blood y disorders of _Fsrls _, I nuy remark that my cyttem has , up to this time , received only two applications , altogether partial and confined in a very narrow olrcle . But , far from condemning my doctrines , these two partial applications form tbe most striking justification of them ; for , the association of _journeymen tailors , add that of journeymen saddlert , which I / banded , still exist ; tbey prosper , notwithstanding all that has-been done to deory them , to destroy them ; and it is to be _remarkod , that they did not join in the insurrection of June—a decisive fact which I recommend to the attention of all men of good faith !
Is It meant that the popular agitation emanated from the vary nature of my _princlplet—from their moral in . fluenoe ! It is this thn yon assert , sir ; and yen reproaob me with an imputation of having sought the happiness of one class at the wretchedness only and tbe misery of another . As I do not , sir , doubt your houour or ; ear gentle loyalty , I _ouirht to believe that you are unaoqualnted with my writings , and that you judge me only by tbe calumnies of my Interested detractors . Itis , tben , by quotations that I shall request permission of you to _reply—s kind of answer evidently the most pereraptor ) _. It it thus tbat in _L'OaaAHtaATioN no _TbAyaiI I express myself upon thenatnraland necessary bonds wbich exist between all laterests : — ' I ask , who Is really Interested tn the maintenance of social order snoh ai it exists at present ! No one . No , Nobody . — " For myself , I willingly persuade myself / thai the evils created by an imperfect civilisation spread themselves , In _different forms , over the whole of _soeisty /
' Ah ! Thanks be to Gad I there is not for Ieolety a par . tial progress or a partial retrogression . Tbe whole of society is elevated , or the whole of society falls . . When tho laws of justice are best understood , all conditions profit by them , Wnen tbe notions of jastloe are _obscur d , all conditions In society suffer . A' nation , in « bich one class is oppressed , resembles a man who has a weund in bis leg ; fie lame leg . prevents tbe free exerolse of the healthy limb . Tbus , however paradoxical such a proposition may appear , oppressors and oppressed gain equally by the destruction of the oppression . They lose fqu * lly . by its continuance . '—( Oa _«* . misation so _rnavsii ,, 5 th edition , page 26 . )
Tou perceive , sir , the principle that governs my idea-It is that of human _soHdarlte , ' It is not only in the interest of the pesple that I have criticised tbe _economloal system followed in France ; it is also in the interest of the middle classes , as jou may easily conceive yourself , by _throwing your eyes over my little book on the _OaoAkibatioh en Tba vail ; and If I have required that to the principle of Individualism was substituted progress ' IveJy that of association , based ' upon the _stnttnuht of fraternity , it is precisely because the principle of Individualism has appeared to me an endless source of hatred , of _jealousy , of divisions , of tyrannies emanating from above , of revolts proceeding from beneath , Now , Sir , when yoa say tbat my ideas hare a _tendene * to legitimate insurrection under all circumstances , you hurl against ma an accusation which is _contradlo'ed , most undoubtedly , by every page of my books , by each 1 ne nf any speeches . Here , again , it Is by quotations that X most answer yon .
Open L'HisToiat des Dix _Ans—yau will toad a passage relating to a celebrated Insurrection ' : — It wonld be to hold in too slight estimation reason and equity , to make their triumph dependent on tbe cbanoet of a coup de main . Wisdom and time are necessary , aBd patience is also a republican virtue . Assuredly it is the property and tbe glory of choice spirits to be in _aivance of their epoch , bat te do violence to society is permitted to no one '— ( _Ii'HisTOiei nss Dix Ass , tome 5 . ptie 428 . ) I _havs written likewise in the OBQA « IsATIo ** *» 0
_Tatvsit . '— 'Violence is to feared enly _whon discussion is forbidden . Order has not better shields than study . If anger sometimes chastises evil , it is tmpoteat for the production of good . A blind and lavage impatience oan only heap np ruins under which the seed of justice and leve would ba smothered . It is not the question as to the displacing of wealth , bnt as to its universal expansion and _multiplication . For the happiness of all—61 all without exception — it behoves as to elevate the level ef humanity . ' — ( _OiosMsatioh su _Tbataii ,, page 21 )
I could , Sir , if I did not fear to make this letter too long , multiply my quotations .- I could produce here numerous passages extracted from my speeehesattbe Iiuxemooarg , and yoa would perceive that I bare everywhere condemned , as equally puerile and fearful , the extravagances of foroe , and that I have ' always placed the victory of justice in the calm and regular develop _, meat of public reason by the liberty of the tribuRe , by the liberty of tbe press , by tbe right of dlBbnislon , Io twelve years I have written muoh . Well , if there exists in my books , in my speeches , one- word , ene single word , whioh is an appeal to violence , to brute foroe , — let it be shown to ma I I affirm that it is Impossible to _prodnoosucha word .
For the res' , sir , there is a fact which _oannotbs contested , which now belongs to history , and whtoh speak * more loudly in my favour than all reasonings . Whilst I remained at the Luxembourg , and when I had it in my power to act npon tbe people , did the slightest disorder take place ! Wss there in Faris the least agitation ? Did not the people—wbo , it has sinoe been pretended , were excited by my speeches — did they not exhibit an admirable example of moderation , ef ret ' gnatlon t Was it not tben that they prenonsced tbis sublime sentence' We bava tbree months of misery to offer to the .
Republic ! ' But to maintain order in Paris during tbe two months of passage to power , what force had I at my dls . posal ! 8 peeoh—nothing but speeoh . For you aro _no-Ignorant , sir , that there was not at that period a single soldier In the capital . Wbat oan possibly be opposed _tti so demonstrative a fact t What I the popnlar agitation * only commenced to date item the day when I . cesser to have the power of efficient action npon the people and it is I whom they would hold responsible for those agitations , la truth , tbis would be more than Injustice —it would ba folly .
I do not stop at tbe word ' pillage , ' which has found Itself , I kao * not how , under yonr pen , in an article » e latingtome . I _oaenot believe that yon bave wished to carry calumnies against both my heart and my _Intellectto such a point . For he who would perceive in _p'llage a means of destroying misery , or even of avenging it , wonld be the worst of madmen as well as the moat depraved of wretohes . Ton reoall , In relation to me , tbe affairs of Miy ant ) of June . As to the inaurrict _' _os of Juno , It was so manifest that , far from having taken part Iu it In any manner whatever , I wee _strook with consternation at It , that tbe hatred of even my mott cruel enemies has not been able to find here any subject of accusation against me In what relates to the manifestation of the 15 th of May , I reckon npon proving , by undeniable faets _, that they have sought in It only a pretext to plaoe me at a distance from the National _Asstmbl _; at tbe moment wben the constitution was about to be discussed .
In a recital upon whtoh I am at present engaged , and which I shell hare the _honiiur of _addrestisg to you , I shall speak of the true causes of the troubles of May , ol tbe civil war of June , of the state of siege , and of the evils which overwhelm my beloved country . In the meantime I limit myself to the declaration , with the authority of a _coasolence without reproach , that I have never had a hand in any plot , In an ; attempt at vlo lence , in any disorder—and that to spare the pain of snoh to my oountry , I would with joy bare given all the bloed in my veins . I am , sir , lour very humble and very _dsvoted servant , _BepMlb , Levis BtAMO ,
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THB _NATIONAL LAND COMPANY " . TO THE ES ' lToa Of THS KOMHlinN STAB . Sia , _—Yarlous are the suggestions now thrown out by some apparent well wishers of the _Compaay for the mod . fioation of the propositions submitted tothe members by the _Bosrd of Directors , and setting forth as a plea fer these modifications , that the propositions are not likely to meet with general approval ; and alleging that they » re not adapted to tbe _wnate and poverty of a large number of shareholders . Now I do think my friend at
Brechin is outtlng rather before the point , inasmuch as he it passing judgment upon these propositions before _» _hey are properly understand by him , _wolle it is a faot tbat In every brnnch that tbe Directors bave visited—and ours waa tho 17 th—all the _proponl ' _lons were carried with great unanimity , and In our branch unanimously ; and I have no doubt tbat when these propositions are explained to tbe numbers by the Directors , they alii be looked upon In a very different _Ifyht , The first _sugges . tion ray friend at Brechin muk ? _s is , the paying of ii , additional tc each share , while it mtm be distinctly understood by the fow remarks made iu the Stae of the
l » th ult , , that that proposition * bb overruled end thrown om altogether . Now , as tothe Aid Fund , we in Blackburn , _wure ef the same opinion , that It was far too muoh ; but so soon as the Directors gave us a proper explanation upon tbe matter , tbe poorest member present at the meeting gave bis voice In favour ef it with the greatest _pleasuro _. and I havo no doubt other branches will do the same , because this weekly Bum will be pnt to Interest , and be tbe eame as depositing money _] ln the Bank ; and no _uaptid up member Is asked to pty any moro tban these weekly small sums until he has his eharo paid up . Whete there it a will there is generally a way , and I havo no doubt that If every member was only to give up part of his _dlssipa ion , they would be _perfeolly » ble to pay these smell sums weekly . If working men would but consider
their own value , they might redeem themselves In one year '' rem every existing burd « n with which they are _twed , and obtain their every political right . Bow true are the words of Mr O'Connor in last Saturday's Stab , and every working man should read these letters , ' Tbat there Is neither combination , confederation , nor co-opera .-tion amongst uf—¦ hence the continuation of our slavery . ' Next comes _the'Bonns Fund , Now I must say I am much surprised to see that members have been so long blind to their own interest . Is not the Land and _Labour _Bsnk established for the members and tbe working man , that be might deposit _Uls small savings with safety 1 Why is there not an auxiliary to tho Bank established in every town , or where there it a branoh of the Land Company t Had the members Invested oae penny each
per week sinoe the opportunity was held out to them , there would have been now belonging to tho "members upwards of £ 80 , 000 . And If working men had looked to their own interest , instead of being led away by the trumped up columns of staff in a _prorogate aad corrupt press ( _solnd you , these base tools are just now laughing at your easy gullibility)—I sBy _, if members , Instead of paying attention to ' these' things , bad but continued paying up their shares , hundreds—even thousands—might hive been at this moment happy on the land that are not , and _instead of a onplial between Bank and L & nd Fund of £ 100 . 060 , might have bad between the two nearly half a million of capital , - Working men should consider these things seriously .- Now the next _sagges . tion Is in regard to the land , or the inserting of a olsnse to give the occupant an opportunity , after a given num .
fer of years , to purchase his allotment . Now all must bear In mind , that the main objeo * is the locating the members , and If we get such clause Inserted as tbe above-named , It will _certataly deteriorate the valae of tbe estate ; hence the trustees will not realise the full amount of capital wanted , whereas without any Incumbrance the result desired will bearriv d at , being the reproducing of tho capltsl of tbe Company , aad the speedier loovlon of the members , Members will have every chance given them to purchase an estate , if a tnfflolent number come forward—and I am sure the Directors will be happy to sell it tbem ); as when parties find out tbat so mnob bas been saved la a few years , tbey will be wll Ing to give a large bonus to the occupant selling ont to go to an estate of his own , wbioh will make up , and more , for the trouble of removing from one plaoe to another .
I would now say to those that have passed their resolutions so far , show good earnest in carrying them out . Oar members in Blackburn ( paid up one . ) have commenoed paying in their Aid Money , and a number are now stimulated and beginning to pay up their sharestbe Auxiliary Bank is again beginning to revive , and -verything seems stirring again , I would suggest that other branohes should _fcest'r themselves lo contributions and tbe Bank , Letns go on in tbe glorioas work , and strengthen the band 8 of our Indefatigable leader , and no doubt ere long onr dearest hopes will be realised . _Esta . olish an Auxiliary Bank ia every locality . Let the members be true to themselves by paying up tbeir shares , _Ga on , and we prosper—backward , and wo fall . I am , yours < to ., Blaokburn , Sept , 11 . A _SuABiHotDts .
TO TBI ID 1 _TOB OT TBE KOBTEBBn STAB , Sib , —We bave , in our cburobrlddtB parish , a very amiable reotor , who Is in receipt ef upwards of a thou _, sand a-year—cuts about with horse and gig—professes great love for the poor , and takes a great interest in the education of the children of the _plsce ; and , altogether , passes for a good Christian . I bave accidentally obtained a small tract _^ recommended by him , from wfclo \ under the head of cheap and nourishing dishos , I extract the following : — 'Gton— Put . oae pint of groats to six quarts of water , let it boll gently , till it comes to linle moro than balf ; stir it often all tbe time ; and wben done , put in a quarter of a pound of sugar . This will be about seven pints of the best graol for sixpence . It Is rather cheaper made tban oatmeal ; a basin of _ticb grael , warmed up , with a little beer and spies , is a good _oreokfast or supper for a hard working man , and by itself , is excellent food for obiidren /
Sir , comment on the above Is unnecessary . Ho * would tbis reverend gentleman like anon fare ? or , I would a _* k , is it carrying out the precept , 'Dounto others as ye would they should do unto yoa V lam , yours , in the cause of just ' ee Rotherhltbe , John _Psabcsi _, jun . Sept . 12 ih , 1818 .
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Starvation and Extraobdinabt Death er a VlisBB—On Friday week last an _iaquest wan taken by Mr r 7 . Carter , the coroner , at tho Fountain Tavern , _Walworth-road , touching the death oi Robert Pitt , aged 15 years , a miser , who was fount ) dead under very extraordinary circumstances , at his _reaidenoe , No . 8 , Manor-place , Walworth-road . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a superannuated officer of the East India Compiny , and tor many years he bas been leading a life ef great parsimony . His apartments were always kept in a most filthy condition , the corners being filled with bones and rags . On Tuesday week last the deceased left hiB sitting roam , and shortly afterwards one of the lodgers was alarmed by a heavy , fall . ] She ran
out , and then discovered tbe deceased , lying on his back , in the yard . He was raised up and carried into the house , where ho was seen by Mr Kingston ' s assistant , who pronounced him to be quite dead , Mr _Vickerman , who _lodged in the deceased ' s honse , etated that the deceased subsisted on ' soup , wbich he made from stale bones that he _purohased from the small butchers . He had a salary or income of £ 2 _weekly , and ' also other means of living in great affluence . The room he slept in was very dirty , and swarmed with vermin . —Mr Thomas Cook , the oon _< stable , said he was oalled to taHe oharge of the body and his room s , which were loaded with considerable valuable property , chiefly , consisting of silver plate ' ; books , and other things , to the value of £ 200 . - Upon
making further search he found four £ 120 shares' in a building _society , and deeds referring to a quantity of houses at Kenniogton and Ciapham-road . The body of the deceased had been discovered in suoh a dreadful state tbat the parochial authorities had the same' removed to the workhouse . The officer added ; that he had no doubt when theroom was more minutely searched a quantity of other valuables would be found . The'whole of the witnesses , who had known tha deceased for many years , epnourred in the opinion that deceased had died from the want of proper nourishment , which he denied himself owing to his parsimonious babita . —The coroner having remarked on the extraordinary nature of tbe _oaxe _, the jury unanimously _agreed to a verdiot of
' Natural death , accelerated by tbe wast of proper -food . ' —The churchwarden gave orders that Mr T . Coeke , the officer , should take oharge of the property until further inquiry had been made . _Akotbmi Fatai Railway . Accidbnt—A poor woman , named Anderton , met with her death on Monday , at Stitchford , a few miles south of Birmingham . It appears that she and her eon were about to proceed by the ap train to Leaden , and for that _ourpote she took her place at the station in question . The noise of a train approaching caused her to run out of the _statien room and cross the line , ¦( apposing it to be the train by whioh she was about to proceed to town . Unhappily , it proved to ba Iho express down train , by whioh , en attempting t » cross tne line , she was instantly knocked down and killed on the spot . The train was immediately stopped , * nd the body of the deceased carried by the engine
rlriTer and Chapman , the guard , into the house . _Tnesoalp of her head was o ' _unpjetely out off , and dhe was in other _respeots greatly injured . Her eon , as may be oonoeived , was gTeatly distressed . It doeB _nstappea ? _thatiany blame is attributed ; to the con * duct of the engine driver , or any other parties . connected with the railway botnp ' any . Tbe unfortunate woman was informed that a down train wat due , but , notwithstanding , she incautiously , crossed the'line at tlie m oment of its arrival , . and . thus met with unexpected death . Mr Robinson , the station master at Birmingham , accompanied by Mr Simons , surgeon , immediately started for _Stitehfovd , and the former took oharge of the boy . Tns Raixwats . —It seems that there are upwards of 60 , 000 men now employed in working therailwaja ef the United Kingdom ; and the average daily num * ber of _paseengers is about liifiOO ;
Rent Is an unearned revenue , * b » h common caution should teaoh its possessors to ehjdy without endeavouring to enhance ) it by artificial restrictions , ioittritoi 10 tue trade and labour of the osuntry .
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• Wt cull the choicest . ' _BiJiZST AHP TAMEBLANE , _Bajazst , after bis capture , _obaarring _hiscsnqueror to laugh at him , said , ' Do not laugb , Tamerlane , at my misfortune ; it is Gbi _has-subdued hie , not you . he is ab' . e to reverse , our situation * , and . undo to-morrow , what be has decreed to-day . ' Tamerlane , _aBBuming a , more serious countenance , replied , ' 1 laughed not with a design to exult over you , but from a sudden impression of the low estimation at which thrones and kingdoms are held in Heaven , since royalty has been bestowed on such a blinkeyed man as you are , and such a limping one as myself , '
A Wise and Generous Physician .-It is related of Goldsmith , whose charity of : en exceeded hia means , tbat once having visited a poor woman , her _sicknesB ho plainly perceived was caused by an empty cupboard ; he sent her a pill-box , containing tea guineas , bearing the inscription , 'To be taken as occasion may require . ' MARAT 8 _DEBOR 1 PTI 0 S f F A 8 _COEMEH , Tou know Cerutti , that accomplished disoiple of Loyola , that subtle chameleon , to whom Heaven , stingy , of its gifts , gave a florid style , a shallow mind , but wholly unaocompanicd with elevation of soul and an honest heart . A low- born valet of tte great ; a vileBlave of court favourites : whatever astuteness he ib capable , of has been devoted to please them . You have seen bim a rampant parasite at the table of Noaillee , and tbe outrageous toady of Necker , the
adored monopolist . Trembling lest his country should triumph , we have Been him for a moment play the patrist ; charm * d at finding despotism regain the upper hand , we bave seen him shortly after re-caress the court . In his Village Homilies , yoa always see him handle his subject in such measured terms , that , no matter who may be the next crowned favourite of blind Fortune , there is still a door left open for himself . Never , has feeling or conviotion inspired his language ; and if sometimes he preaches the love of liberty to his lovers , it is always in suoh a way as to conserve to the _despot tho love of his subjects . However charaoterless bis character , however devoid of tone and decision it may be , he is not the leas dangerous . —Marat ' t Friend of ihe People , llth September , 1791 .
THE WORLD FOR SALE . The world for sale I hang out the sign , Oall every traveller here to me ; Who ' Jl buy this real estate of mine , And set me from earth ' s bondage free ! 'Tls going ! Yes , I mean to fling Tbe bauble frem my soni away ; I ' ll sell it , whatsoe ' er tt bring—The world at auct ' on here to-day ? It Is a glorious thiB *; to see—Abl it has cheated me so sore ; It is not what it seems to be—For sale ! It shall be mine no more _. Come turn It o ' er and view it well , I would not bave 70 a purchase dear'Tie going I going—I must sell ; Wbo b . ds Who'll buy tbis splendid tear I Here s Wealth ia glittering heaps of
gold—Woo bids ! Bnt let me tell jou fair , A baser lot was never svld * Who ' ll buy the heavy heaps of care ! And here _spreadt out In broad domain , A goodly landscape all may trace , Hall , cottage , tree , field bill , and plain , Woo ' ll bny himself a burial place ! Here's Live , the dreamy . potent spell , Toat beauty flings aroand tbe heart ; 1 know its power , alas ! too well—TiS going . ' L _ive and I must part . . Must pert ! What can I more with lore ? All over the enchanter ' s reign ; Who'll buy the _plumelsss dying dote—An hour of bliss—an age of pain 1 And friendship , rarest gem of
earth—( Who e ' er hath found tbe jewel his f ) Frail , fiokle , fahe and little worth— . Wbo bids for _Friendship—as It la 1 'Tie g oing I going—hear the call—Oufle , twice , and tbrice I ' tit very low ; 'Twas enco my hope , my _stsy , toy ail-But now tbe broken staff must go t Fame ! Hold the brilliant meteor high ; How dazzling every glided name ! Te millions , now ' s the time te buy—How mucu for fame ! How much for fame t Hear how it ihandtrs ! Wonld yon stand Oa high Olympus , tar renowned , Now purobase , aud a world command , And bs—with a world's corses crowned I Sweet star of Hops ! with ray to sblna la every sad _forubodtog breast Save this _despoadlog one of
rains—Woo bids for man ' s lest friend and best t Ah 1 were not mine a b inter apt life , This _treasure should my soul sustain ; But bope and I arc now at strife , Nor ever may unite again . And Song ' For sale a ; tuneless late ; Sweet solace , now no m » re to bold ; The chords that charmed my tout are mute , I cannot wake tbe notes of old J Or e en were mine a _wisird shell , Could chain a world in raptures high ; Tet now a sad farewell ! farewell ! Must on its last faint echoes die . Ambition , fashion , shew and pride—I part from all for ever now ; Grief , In _tm overwhelming tide ,
Has taogbt my haughty heart to bow Poor heart 1 distracted , ab 1 ao long—And still its aching throb ta bear : How broken tbat was once so stroBg—H « w heavy , once so free from care f
BICKBSS AND _MOBPSIH . Among the lions of Louisville is Mr James Porter , who stands seven feet eight inobes in his stockings , the only man of his height 1 ever saw with a good head en his shoulders and good legs beneath him . Ha is muoh respected , and has been one oi the councilmen of the oity . He told me that Lord Morpeth called upon him at his coffee house , and that he was much pleased with his plain , _unpretending manner . He did not like Dickens , who had sen for him . ' Ho had a double gold chain outside his waifitooat , ' said Porter , ' and such breast pins that I thought he looked like one of the river gamblers ; ' a class of persons who . it seems , particularly , ' affect a show of jewellery . —¦ Prentice ' s Letters .
IBB PBOPHET ASS HIS ASS . Atterbury , Bishop of Rochester , when a certain bill was brought into the Howe of Lords , said among other things , ' That he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session , and he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet . ' Lord Coningsby , who spoke after the Bishop , and always spoke in a passion , desired the house to remark , ' that one of the right reverends had set himself forth as a prophet ; , but for his part he did not know what prophet to liken him to unless to tbat furious prophet Balaam , who was reproved by his _owaAes . ' Ths Bisbop , in reply , with great wit and calmness exposed this rude _attack , conoluding thus : ' Since the noble lord has discovered in our manners such a _simu litude . I am well content to be compared to tho pro * phet Balaam : but , my Lords , I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel ; lam sure I have been _retroyed by nobody bnt bis lordship . *
ssitcd or _iiion * both chud . We yesterday dln ' edat Ham House , te meet the Roths * child-, end very _nmuiing it was . He ( Rothschild } told us his life _aodadventurei . He was the third son of the . banker at Frankfort , ' There was not , ' he said , ' room _enongb for us all In that city . I dealt In English goods . One great trader oame there , who had the market to himself ' , he was quite the great maa , and he did ui a favour If he sold us goods . Somsbow I offendtd bim , and he refused to show me his patterns . This was 01 Tuesday ; I said to my father , ' I will go to Eux . land . ' I could speak nothing bnt German . On the Thursday I started . The nearer I got to England , the obeaper goods were . As soon as I gotto Manchester , I hid ont all my money , things were so cheap ; and I made good
profit . I soen found that there were tbree _proflte—the raw material , the dyeing , and tha manufacturing . I said to the manufacturer , ' I will supply rou with the material and dye , and yen supply me with the maaufac . tured goods . ' So I got three profits Instead of ens , aad I could sell goods cheaper than anybody . In a short time I made my £ 20 , 000 into _£ 60 , 090 , My success all turned oa one maxim . I said , I oan do wbat another man oan ; sad so I am a match for the man with ( be patterns , and for all tho r . st of thcan , Another advantage I had , I was an off-hand man . I made a bargain at once . Wben I was settled in London , tho _Sast India Company had 800 , 600 pounds of gold to sell . I went to the sale , aud bought it all . _Ikuew tho Duke of Welling _, _ron mast have it . I had bougie a great many ot hia bills at a discount . The _jrovernment sent for me , aad said they must bavo It . Wben they had got it , they did not hnow how to get it to Portugal . I undertook all that , and I sen ' . It through France ; and that was the
best business I ever . did . ' Another maxim , oa whioh ha seemed to pUce great reliance , was , never to bave at ** thing to do with an unlucky place or an unlucky _msju ¦ I have seen , ' said he , 'many clever men , very clever men who had not shoes to ( kelr feet . I never aet with them , Tbeir advice sounds very well ; hut fate is agelait them : tbey cannot get on themselves ; and if they can * not do good to themselves , how can tbey do good tome !' By eld of these mailms he ~ has acquired three millions of _raoae / . 'I hope , ' said —— , * that yonr children are net too fonJ ' oi money and business , to the exclusion of more important things . lam euro you would not wish that ! ' Rothschild— / a » _lurs _ZsfttHtldtoisft _«* af . / wish thm to _gtofmkid , arid ml , md heart , and bodt _. ani everything tobusinitfj that Is the way to be happy . IJ requires a great deal of boldness , and a great deal el camion , to make a great fortune ; and when yon havs got It , it requires fen times as much wit to keep if , ** -. From _Jfttitcln of Sir T . P . Button ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16091848/page/3/
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