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_August 30, 1845. Tre Northern Star. 3
_ August 30 , 1845 . TRE NORTHERN star . 3
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BEAUTIES OF BIRON . so . yiu . Id Byron ' s works there will be found , immediately following lis "English Bards and Scotch . Reviewera" ( see thc one volume edition ) , a poem entitled "Bintsfrom Horace / ' intended as a sequel to his English Bards , & e . The Hints were composed at Athens , in ISll _. and ikeauthorbroug lit tliem home in the same desk with the two first cantos of " _Cnilde Harold / ' He Intended to have published the Hints first ; bnfc by accident , or nearly so the Harold first appeared . The reception this wonderful poem met with was so flattering to the poet tbat his bitterness towards Jeffrey and others , whom he had so vigorously assailed in his "Satire , " and who were the subjects of Ids wrath in the Hints also , evaporated ; and the Hints for the time being was withheld . This was most fortunate for the noet ; for this production
was one of his very worst—far below his previous work , "English Wards and Scotch Reviewers . " Bmo 5 , however , held a very different opinion of its merits , and _before the appearance of Childe Harold , looked to the _H-mU , rather than to the Harold , as the work that was to make him famous . _Sine years after the time the poem was intended to have been published , its author again expressed his wish for its jrahlic appearance . The advice of Lis friends , however , prevented its appearance at that time ; and it was not until the year 1 S 31 , seven years after the poet ' s death , that it was Hist published . "Wehavelookedthrough the " Hints from Horace , " and though there are some vigorous lines where the ioet praises or vindicates Miltos orPorE , cr where e lashes high-life vagabonds , on the whole the piece is unworthy ofhis pen . Perhaps the best lines aro the . _tMrty-iiglit ,
_begiimmgllehold hiin Freshman ! forced no more to groan O ' er Virgil ' s devilish verses and—his own ; bat we see not anything in thc entire poem we can extractas "Beauties . " _lloivBrfioxconldliaveregardeii this poem with the partiality he did is astonishing . Peeks , however , are rarely the best judges of their own compositions , as , for instance , Miltos preferred "ParadiseRegained" over "Paradise I / _ist . " It is well known that in that opinion Miltos stands alone ; it is the latter and not tho former of these poems that has made his name universally , as it will do eternally , famous . We conclude these few remarks by quoting _JIoohe ' s opinion of the " Hints from Horace " : — In tracing the fortunes of men , it is not a little curious to observe how often the course of a whole life has depended on one single step . Had Lord Byron persisted in Ids original purpose of giving this poem to the press , instead of Childe Harold , it is more than probable that he
would have been lost , as a great post , to the world . Inferior as this paraphrase is , in erery respect , to his formir satire , aud , in some places , even descending below ihe level of nnder-graduate versifiers , its failure , there can b » little doubt , would have been certain and signal ; •—hi * former assailants would hare resumed their advantage over him , and either , in the bitterness of his mortification , hewouldhaveflung Childe Harold into the fire , or , bad he summoned up sufficient confidence _topublish that poem , its reception , even if sufficient to retrieve him in the eyes ofthe public end his own , could never hare at all _refembled that explosion of success , —that instanta neous and universal acclaim of admiration , into -which , coming , as it were , fresh from the land of song , he surprised the world , and in the midst of which lie was borne , inoyant and self-assured , along , through a succession of new _trinmpht , each more splendid than the last ! Happily , the better judgment of his , friends _avertsd such a
It is now onr happy task to forthwith proceed to onr great poet ' s beautiful and immortal production , ** Childe Harold . " The extracts from which we purpose to give , will really be " Beauties of Byron . " We pass by the Dedication to " Iaxthe , " _ihongli its beauty strongly tempts us to copy it : we pass by theopeningstanzas , almost every line of which teems with beauties ; and Iiere commence our extracts : — Childe Harold had a mother—not forgot _. Though parting from that mother he did shun ; A sister whom he loved , but saw her not Before his weary pilgrimage begun If fiiends he had , he bade adieu to none .
Yet deem not thence his breast a breast of steel : Ye , who have Jaiown what't is to dote upon A few dear objects , will in sadness feel _Soflh partings break tha heart they fondly hope to heal . His house , his home , his heritage , his lands , The laughing dames in whom he did delight , "Whose large blue eyes , fair lochs , and snowy hands , Might shake the _saintslup of an anchorite , And long had fed his youthful appetite ; His goblets brinun'd with every costly wine , And all that mote to luxury invite , _Tfithont a sigh he left to cross the brine , And traverse Payniai shores , and pass earth ' s central line .
The sails were £ lYd , and fair ths light winds blew , Asglsd to _n-afthiin from his native home ; And fast the white rocks faded from his view , And soon wcrelostin circumambient foam : And then , it may Iw , of his wish to roam _JRepented he , but in his bosom slept The silent thought , nor irom his lips did come One word of wail , whilst others sate and wept And to fhe reckless gales unmanly moaning kept . But when the sun was sinking in the sea De seized his harp , which he at times could string , And strike , albeit with untaught melody 5 _irhen deemed he no strange ear was listening : And now his fingers o ' er it he did fling , And toned his farewell in the dim twilight . "While flew the vessel on her snowy wing , And fleeting shores receded from his sight , Thus to tho dements he jwur'd his last " Good Eight . ' " Adieu , adieuJ my native shore Fades o ' er the waters blue :
The Night winds sigh , the breakers roar , And shrieks tlie wild sea-mew . Ton sun that sets upon tbe sea "We follow in his flight ; Parewell awhile to him and thee , 3 Iy native land—Good Night ! "A few short hours and He wiil rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail thc main and skies , Bat not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; "Wild weeds arc gathering on the wall ; 3 fy _do-j howls at the gate .
" Come hither , hither , my little page I * "Why dost thon weep and wail ! Or dost thou dread the billow's rage , Or tremble at the gale ? Bnt dash the tcar-ilrcp from thine eye ; Our ship is s wift and strong : Our fleetest falcon scarce cau fly More merrily along _, let winds be shrill , let waves roll high , I fear not wave nor wind : Yet marvel not , Sir Childe , that I Am sorrowful in mind ; For I have from my father gone , A mother whom 1 love , And have no friend , save these alone , llut thee—aud One above .
* 3 Iy father bless'd me fervently , Yet did not much complain ; But sorely will my mother sigh Till _T come back again * — " Enough , enough , my little lad ! Such tears become thine eye ; If I lliy guileless bosom ha d , Mine own would not be dry . "Come hither , " hither , my staunch yeoman , _f "Why dost thou look so pale ? Or dost thou dread a Trench foenaw ! Or shiver at the gale f _'Deeni ' st thou I tremble for my life ? Sir Childe , I ' m not so weak : But thinking on an absent wife "Will blanch a faithful cheek .
* 3 Iy spouse and boys dwell near Ihyball Along the bordering lake . J And when they on tlieir father call , What answer shall she make f "Enough , enough , my yeoman good _. Thy grief let none gainsay ; But I who am of lighter mood , Will laugh to flee away . "Por who wonld trust the seeming sighs Of wife or paramour ? Tresis feres will dry the bright bine eyes "We late saw streaming o'er . Tor pleasures past I do not grieve ,
Nor perils gathering near ; My greatest grief is that I leave No thing that claims a tear . " And now I ' m in the world alone , Dpon the wide , wide sea : Bnt why should I for others groan , "When none will sigh for me ? Perchance my dog will whine in vain Till fea hy stranger hands ; Bnt long ere I comeback again He'd tear me where hestands _. _J " "With thee , my bark , I'll swiftly go Athwart tbe foaming brine ;
Nor care what land thou bear ' st me to , So not again to mine . "Welcome , welcome , ye dark blue waves And when you fail my sight , Welcome , ye deserts , and ye caves ! My native land—Good Sight "
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* This "little page" was Robert Enshton , the son of one of lord Byron ' s tenants . " Seeing that the boy was Sorrowful at the separation from his parents , lord Byron , on reaching Gibraltar , sent him back to England . 'Pray , * le says to his mother , ' show the lad eveiy kindness , as _Seisms-great favourite . * He also wrote a letter to the father ofthe hoy , in which he said— ' I have sent Bobert borne , because the country which I am about to travel through is in a state which renders it unsafe , particularly for one so young . I allow you to deduct from yonr rent fire and twenty pounds a-year for his education , for three years , provided I do _nonreturn before that time , and I
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desire ha may be considered as in my service . '" [ See the _Northern Star of May _lmJi , for someintcresting particular * concerning Mr . Rushton , _artG his praise * of his tfitly ' itoM * master , copicdfroin Wade ' s London Review , for May , _181 J . _J i \ William _Ilttchcr , thc faithful valet ; who , after a ser-I vice of twenty years ( during which . " he says , "his lordship was more to him' than a father" ; , received tha 111 . grim ' s last words at ilissolonglu , and did not quit his remains until he had seen them deposited in the family vault at Hucknall . In a letter to his mother , the poet says : — "Fletcher is not valiant ; he requires comforts that I can dispense with , and sighs for beer ; and beef , and tea , and his wife , and the devil knows what besides . We were one night lost in a thunder storm , and since nearly wrecked . In both cases he was sorely bewildered ; from apprehensions of famine and banditti in the first , and drowning in- tlte second instance . His eyes were a little hurt by tlie lightning , or crying , I don't know which . I did what I con . 'd to console him , but found him incorrigible . He sends six sighs to- Sally . I shall settle him in a { arm ; for he has served me faithfully , and Sally is a good woman . '"
J Aewstead Abbey . J Here follows in the original MS . * . — Methinks it irould my bosom glad , To change my proud estate , And be again a _laughing lad With one beloved playmate . Since youth I scarce have passed an hour Without disgust or pain , Except sometimes in lady ' s bower , Or when the bowl I drain .
Food For The Poor. Soso Op Tub .Axdotob ...
FOOD FOR THE POOR . _SOSO OP TUB . _AXDOTOB UN 10 S Grind ! Grind !—the air is musical With nature ' s voices now , The breeze amid the wavy wheat of The bird upon the bough J The rivers flow , the cattle low With music in their tones , Grind on ! grind on ! the pauper plays The music of tue _. bones ! Not as when gamblers stake their souls On hazard of the dice , Not like the midnight melody Of paction and of vice . Kot amid storm and strife—Not amid tears and groans , Not like tlie butcher when his knife Sings slaughter to the bones . ' Ko , but when butcher-work
Was dead and done and past , And men had feasted far and wide , Aud homes had ceased to fast ; And fat and torpid things Were sleeping like the drones , The meat was eaten all away ! The paupers crushed tlie bones !! Yes , in the soft sweet air , _Under the summer sun , Thc paupers group'd around _titetr feast—Every—everyone ! The shreds and patches of putrid flesh Clung to their whitening thrones , And the marrow oozed with a sickening breath Up from the tainted bones !
Tho paupers sat like a ghastly crew After a starving wreck , And they saw tlie black flesh quiver and reek And the bones wear a plague-like speck . But as famine shrilled forth its deadly shriek They leaped to its echoing tones ; And they _scratch'd for thc carrion brought for the flesh , And flowl'd for fhe marrowy bones . ' Then on—then on they crusVd , And on , and on tbey ground ; As the putrid bones were picked and « Ieaned , Oh 3 for the feast they found ! But tlte pauper-things were glad , And made no mawkish moans - For like Death ' s treat , was tlie rotting meat , And the marrow of thc bones 1
And the stench that rose from the pauper-feast Grew fearful in thc sun , You could'nt scent the air , the field , The crops , the flowers—wot one . Bat the paupers feasted on , On one of charity ' s loans ; Fruits and flowers were nothing to them , Only meat and bones ! The feast is orer and past , The _stirrer ' s battle is o ' er , The terrible bones are crush'd at last , But hunger haunts their door . Now with fainting of heart , Uow with breaking of stones ; Till the pauper cannot bear to part With the bad meat and the bones I—Joe Miller
Notice. The Next" Feast Of The Poets" Wi...
NOTICE . The next" feast of the poets" will he holden in the Northern Star of September 20 th next . Poetical contributions thereto must be at the oSice of this papsr by Saturday , September 13 th .
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WADE'S LONDON _REVIEW—Acgx-st . London . C . B . Christian , Wliitefriars-stroet , Fleet-street . We have in this number a continuation of the poetical Greek talc , " Ambition . " We say " poetical , " for , although the tale is in prose , tho luxuriance of the writer ' s imagination ami language leaves but little to be desired to make this story a truly poetical production of no mean order . " Leaves torn from a record of Life , " introduce us to * ' The Rival Lovers ; a tale of Hindostan ; " apparently the first of a series of similar contributions . This first illustrates thc old and universally acknowledged truth that " the course of true love never does run smooth . " This intimation wiil be quite sufficient to recommend the story at least to the yoymg . The reroaming contents arc mostly " reviews" of ' new
works , the most important of which is an . anafyzation and critique of Dr . _Piuichard ' s ' * Natural History of Man . " The article is written with great ability , and will he found very interesting . While , however , wc admit the ability of tlie writer , we cannot acknowledge ourselves a disciple of his views , as to the " Adam and Eve" origin of mankind . True , the reviewer docs not argue or insist upon this , but he admits it ; not so much , we fancy , in obedience to his own convictions , as because the admission is a sop to the tender stomach of alarmed orthodoxy . Really there is something exquisitely ridiculous—we had almost said disgusting—in these silly attempts of clever writers to make their researches and theories harmonise with exploded fables . When will the day come when men of mind will be " bold enough to be honest , and honest enough to be bold" ?
The other " reviews" are much shorter , but all impartially and ably written . The concluding artiele has "tlic Drama" for its subject : thc praise therein bestowed on the management of the Haymarket and Sadler ' s Wells Theatres is well deserved , and is as worthily given . As a cleverly-conducted periodical , in whicli able criticism is judiciously combined with a due admixture of light and entertaining reading , we cordially recommend Wade ' s London Heview to our readers .
The Orphan ; Or, Memoirs Of Matilda —By ...
THE ORPHAN ; or , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA —By Ecgexe Sue . Part X . London : T . C . 2 fcwby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . The part for August ofthis _singularand wonderful work contains two terrifically interesting chapters , beautifully illustrated by Robert Cruiksiiaxk . We would gladly have given an extract , hut that to do justice to the author we must have taken at least one of his " scenes" entire , and that would occupy more space than wc can spare . Besides , the work must be read from the hegiuning to be properly appreciated .
Cases And Observations On Spinal Deformi...
CASES AND _OBSERVATIONS ON SPINAL DEFORMITY—By _Samcei . Hare , Surgeon . London : John Churchill , Princes-street , Soho . This is a cheap and abridged edition of Mr . Hare ' s valuable work on spinal diseases , which wc have twice before noticed in this paper . This cheaper edition contains , too , some more recent cases which have been entrusted to the author ' s hands with signal success . The various disorders of the spine , whether "lateral curvature , " " excurvation , " " . '« - curmtion , " or anqidar 2 > rCiketion , " are each explained , and cases illustrative of each are described , and
tlieir progress to complete and happy cures narrated . _Eighteen engravings on wood illustrate the work , and add to its value . We believe Mr . Hare has been highly successful in his efforts to relieve the afflicted from the distressing diseases and malformations , to the causes and cure of which he has mainly directed his attention , and we shall be glad to know that the wide sale of this work has helped to make him still better known to the public at large , that therebv the afflicted may come to learn that their sufferings are ( in all probability ) not without a reniedv .
The Life, Writings, And Principles Of Th...
THE LIFE , WRITINGS , AND PRINCIPLES OF THOMAS SPENCE , Author of the Spcncam Svsteni , or , Agrarian Equality . By Allen Dave > torx . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , _tleetstreet . At the present time , when the subject of the Land is occup ying so much the attention of the workin" classes both in Europe and America , it must belmteresting to learn something of the man , who , in England , was thc first to proclaim , the revolutionary doctrine that "the _LamTis the People ' s Farm . " Thomas SrEXCE was a native of Newcastle - a town which has produced many
-uponTyne , eminent-men : and whose inhabitants general _^ have ever been famous for their patriotism _»«« . _lofe , ot libertv . _Smsce was born a short time before the American revolutionary war ; his father was a shoemaker , who , though poor , gave his son a fair education . In the earty part of his life , and < _-umig his stay at Newcastle , lie kept a school , and it was while thus occupied a remarkable circumstance oecuwea , described in Mr . Davenport ' s pamphlet , which brat drew his ( _Si-esce ' s ) attention to the question of property in land . A short time after , as a member of the Newcastle Philosophical Society , he delivered a lecture to that body " On the Mode of _Atouusteruig
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the Landed Estate of the ; Natioh /» a Joint-Stock Properfcy _. in Parochial _Partnerslnps , ~ _bv dividing the Bant . " This lecture was af fifst _^ varm ly _applaiided ; but its publication was speedily followed by the persecution of the author . First his enemies procured his expulsion from the Philosophical Society ; then means were employed to breakup liis school , hy representing him as " a teacher of strange doctrines . . " The plottings of his enemies wero but too successful , and he was compelled to retire from Newcastle . Thomas _SPESCB-next repaired to London , where he commenced employing himself as a bookseller . He was too poor to rent a shop , and began by keeping a book-stall at the corner of Chancery-lane , Holborn . He afterwards removed to a small shop in Little Turnstile , Holborn , where he published liis celebrated "Pigs' Meat , " wliich had a great sale . In 17 & 4 , during the suspension ofthe _HabeasCorpus Acthe was arrestedand was confined in Newgate
, , for some time . On his liberation hegot asmallshop _, No . 9 , Oxford-street , where he continued publishing hia plan in r . variety of ways , one being the striking of copper medals containing inscriptions embodying his principles . In lt 9 S he was again arrested , under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and confined in the Houseof Correction , Coklbath-n ' elds . In 1801 he was prosecuted for a political libel by the Attorney-General . He defended liimself ,. but was found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months in Shrewsbury gaol , to pay a fiue of £ 20 to the King , and to be further imprisoned in default thereof , lie was released from the operation of the fine by a subscription amongst his friends . He died suddenly in September , IS 14 , at hi 3 lodgings in Castle-street , Oxford-street , somewhat more than sixty years of age . Ho was faithful to the end . His disciples buried his remains in tho burial _ground , Tottenham-court-road .
These leading facts of Thomas _SrE-scE ' _s career will be found moro fully detailed in the pamphlet before us . At the top of Grey-street , Newcastle upon-Tyne , there stands a monument , erected while yet the Reform Rill fever was nob altogether extinct ; on the top of that monument is perched a figure . of the recently deceased aristocrat Earl Gret . His haughty lordship declared upon a memorable occasion that he would . " stand by his order . " Now , as that " order " is desti nod to fall—as its destruction is as sure as
time an d as certain as death , wo may reasonably expect that Lord Gret will fall with his " order , " and the democratic earthquake topple his lordship ' s Statue over . Of course the column may stand . ] _: or that a use can be found . It will form a capital support for the statue of the mas who stood by his " order "Thomas _Spesce . The Grey monument is at present an eye-sore to every true patriot ; but let our Newcastle friends not despair : a us # will yet be found for it , when the man * shall take the place of the " Lord , " and Spexce be honoured inthe place of Gret .
We shall say nothing here of Spence ' s land system . We hope to have an opportunity of calling attention to his plan shortly ; in the meantime wc hope our readers will purchase what few copies ofthis pamphlet are to be had , and learn therefrom the principles therein advocated . It is now some years since this little pamphlet ( which we believe may be had for sixpence ) was published ; but beiug informed that some few copies remain unsold , we have thought it right to give it this
notice . We should he glad to leant that the demand for this little work was such as to warrant Mr . Davenport publishing a revised and larger edition _, lt would be a concluding act every way worthy of his political life , and wo are sure would be undertaken by him as " a labour of love . " It appears to ns that the present time is most propitious for such an undertaking ; and we shall be glad to learn that our Chartist friends show that they are of tho same opinion by immediately buying up the copies remaining ol this " Life of Spence . "
Outlines Of Natural Theology; Or, Eviden...
OUTLINES OF NATURAL THEOLOGY ; or , Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity , Deduced from Nature . London * . B , D . Cousins , 18 , _Dukc-strcct , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields . "We can recommend this little work to our readers for the pleasing information it contains . In this pamphlet , divested of all scientific jargon , tho young and uninformed may learn much of the wonders of their own frames , and not a fexv of the mysterious and beautiful formation of the animal world at large . As regards tho theological argument and intent of tho work , the reader thereof must judge for himself . The author , or compiler—for the work is avowedly ' a compilation from other writers—uses the old argument of the " watch , " which most of our readers
must be conversant with . The admirable mechanism o the watch proves that it had an intelligent designer : therefore the still more admirable and wonderful mechanism of man , and the universe at large , proves thc same . It may be ; but the question will force itself : " If , granting that the watch must have had a maker , and by the same rule of reasoning that thc watch-maker had a maker ; who then made the maker ofthe watch-maker ; or how came that maker to exist ? " The argument employed naturally gives birth to this question , wliicb only the more involves us in inextricable confusion . The fact is , the subject is beyond man ' s comprehension , * and such inquiries and speculations are , and must be , fruitless and useless . As Bykos has it : —
SocrateB said , our only knowledge was " To know that nothing could be known ; " a pleasant Science enough , which levels to au ass Each man of wisdom , future , past , or present . Newton ( that proverb ofthe niinil ) , alas . ' Declared , with all his grand discoveries recent , That he liimself felt only " like a youth Picking up shells by the great ocean—Truth . " As we have before said , the anatomical and physiological information contained in this pamphlet constitutes its worth , and , we may add , entitles it to an extensive circulation .
Disturbances In Fifeshire. Klitkalbt, Au...
DISTURBANCES IN FIFESHIRE . KlItKAlBT , _AuGcsrSl . On the night between "Wednesday and Thursday last the toxvn of Dunfermline and neighbourhood > vere tbe scene of outrages indicating the most deliberate conspiracy and the most murderous purpose . Ever since the disgraceful riots of 1842 , a company of soldiers had been stationed in Dunfermline till about four weeks ago , when tbey were removed by orders from head-quarters , iu opposition , we believe , to tho earnest and reasonable remonstrances of the local _authorities . Those who were best acquainted with the reckless and desperate character of some of the inhabitants , looked on this removal as the signal for an outbreak of the most terrible kind in
Dunfermline , and people not destitute of sufficient courage became alarmed ; while the fear of being marked out as victims , perhaps , prevented them from communicating information on the subject to the public authorities . Towards nightfall on Wednesday the streets of Dunfermline presented the usual sight of a great number of working people walking and standing in groups , but there was nothing to put the police on the alert , and far Jess to suggest the calling in of any extra force to keep the peace . About nine o ' clock , however , a person in disguise began beating a drum at the west end of G _olfdrum-strsct , and soon collected a large crowd about him—the beating of the drum being evidently a signal that had been expected and _ngreed oii . _-
The drummer and the crowd , which increased prodigiously as . they went aloug , proceeded around by Balridgc _Kurr , back ' of the Dam , and through Foundry-street , Campbcll-strtet , - downllew-row , along Jether-row , and up tiie Xcw-voad , to the premises of Mr . Thomas Alexander , manufacturer , in Canmovc-strcet , where thcy stopped , and with slabs and stones knocked in or smashed to pieces all the windows in the house , the frames as well as the glass . The magistrates and town police were soon on flic spot , but there was no adequate force at hand capable of dispersing the mob . In tliese _alawninir circumstances ,
Provost Honaldson , with the most commendable courage , and perhaps , trusting to thc universal respect nnd esteem in which he and his friends had reason to believe that he was held by all classes , and by none more than the working and lower classes , went forward with Bailie _llirrell and Mr . ilacdonald , the fiscal , and attempted to seize the drummer , when a ruffiau , with a stick , came behind him and felled him to the ground . On Provost Honaldson being raised up his head was found to be severely cut , and he was otherwise so much injured that it was not till Pri day that his medical attendants could report that he was doing well .
As soon as the tumultuous assembly seemed satisfied with the work of demolition on Jfr . Alexander ' s property in Canmore-street , the crowd , which might now consist of 2 , 000 persons , proceeded about seven abreast to the _dwelling-house of Mr . James Alexander , on his estate at Balmule , about three and a half miles from Dunfermline . On passing _Wellwood Colliefy , we learn that a collier standing in a group that had turned out on the occasion , encouraged the hearts of thc rascals by calling out to them , " Ifoo , lads , see aud do your wark right at once , an ' no need to be gaunback again . " On leaving Dunfermline the drummer ceased his beating , and the mob moved on in great silence— -scarcely a word being spoken _. It was about eleven o ' clock when tlic crowd , in quietness and in order , reached _Balmule-housc , liavingcrosscd the fields to it , in order to come all atonce jn a body upon it , instead of walking up the avenue in a line . Ko voice or sound gave intimation to the inmates till a shower of stones demolished the window panes , fhe inmates , however , succeeded m closing tbe shutters within .
At this time Mr . aud Mrs . Alexander were asleep in bed , as well as their five children , the oldest only seven years of age . The other inmates were four women . The crowd , after literally demolishing every pane of glass in all the four sides of the house , andj above the front door , besides breaking the window-frames , and in some places the panneliugof the inner shutters , and three of the iron rails at the front of the door , now burst into the lobby by smashing the door with ' a large stone , and thus _breaking open the lock . The servants flew UP stairs to save themselves , and the rioters now set about their murderous work with all deliberation and quietness . There was a screen before the kitchen fire with clothes upon it , and to these clothes the ruffians set fire , and at tbe- same time brought in the hats , cloaks , and other articles in the lobby , and tore them to pieces , and added thein as fuel to the flames , One of the women . _boj & _iiS : to _& Tert
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the fury of the mob from their intended victim , said , that if" was Mr . Alexander .- . tliey wanted , tliey could not find him , as he had left that morning for Edinburgh- , on which ono of the ringleaders , with a horrid oath , called her a li » r , aud said that he had seen Mr . Alexander that day , and that he knew he was then in the house . They had two watchwords— "Fire , " which seemed to mean , " There is _danger-, " and " White , " which seemed to-mean , " Thereis no danger . " When a few servants appeared from a neighbouring farm , the word "Fire " was given b y tho scout about the lodge . When tliey were known to be o « l / servants , ¦ _' ¦ White" xvas vociferated . It is now believed that there were the strictest injunctions given to utter no names , under the penalty of d «& th .
ilr . Alexander escaped to tho roof of his house , where he hid himself , having wrapped himself in a blanket , and there he remained till after the crowd dispersed , in which state he was nearly suffocated hy the smoke . In the moan time _these-want-gSri , by direction of Mrs . Alexander , told thc mob they were at liberty to take what they pleased from the house , if they would grant her and her family their lives . Hut anything so innocent as housebreaking and robbery seemed far from their hearts . Mrs . Alexander , in her nightgown , and her children iu
the same condition , had now descended , and were making their escape . About thc door she lost thc slippers she had on her feet , aud some of the rioters dragged her across the _gravcl-walk , now thickly strewed with the window . glass of the house . _Ons or two of the crowd , it is said , used her roughly . Will it be believed that in the present day , in a highly civilised country , a mother and her live children had to cross thc fit-Ids at midnight ill a state of nakedness , to save themselves from being murdered by a bloodthirsty mob of ruilians ? Mrs . Alexander and her children took refuge at Ualntule-favm .
On the alarm being heard in ' Dunfermline , Mr . Sheriff Shiref _!" , Mr . Macdomthl , procurator iiscal , and Mr . Bell , Inspector of County Police , drove off in a drosky for Balmu \ c-house , butth . mob liadJeft aud dispersed , and al * was quiet before they could reach the place . A despatch was immediately sent oii' to Edinburgh to Mr . Sheriff Monteivh , and to Piershall barracks for military , and fhe sheriff arrived on Thursday with a troop of the 4 th Dragoon fiuards ( Irish ) , commanded by Captain Arkivrighr , nlio were socn lauded at Queeusfcivy . and rode into Dunfermline at a sharp trot by ten or eleven o ' clock in thc forenoon _. The cause of this dreadful _riotappears to be an alleged breach of faith of the Messrs . Alexander witli the other manufacturers in not adhering to the table of prices agreed on by the manufacturers in 1813 or 1844 . It is reported , however , that the Messrs . Alexander never signed that agreement with the rest of the manufacturers .
Numerous parties have been ( Wednesday J apprehended , and are being examined by Sheriffs Montcith and Shireli ' _, and the other _authorises . The Dragoon Guards aro to leave Dunfermline tliis day ( Thursday , Aug . 21 ) , being , at tho samo time , replaced by a detachment of infantry . On Monday thc justices of the Dunfermline district met in the town-house , nnd resolved to memorialise Government on the necessity of making Dunfermlina a permanent military station , and having barracks built for tho accommodation of the men . —Times . Kirkcildt , August 23 .
During Thursday a proclamation was issued from thc rrorost and magistrates of Dunfermline and the _Siicrifls , intimating that if the evil-disposed inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood should again assemble after nightfall in a lawless and tumultuous manner , the civil authorities are prepared to suppress such au attempt , and , if need be , with the aid of thc military ; requesting aU tiie respectable inhabitants of Dunfermline to stop vitMu doors after nightfall , and not to assemble iu groups in the street ; aud intimating that if they fail to g : i . ehecd ! v > this irurmn ;; , they will have themselves to bJamefor ihe < ')!) . 5 « fitiN ) i .-ttf .
Since I'huisr _. a . _) ; r _;' . ) T . i _us l \*> . S ) _iv- ; _-iff Mi ' _-nte ;' .:,. M :. f-li _/ r ' ut SbirtlV , and _iii £ _> _oiliir . ' intii ' _.-iuJu _., it . ; ... ' _. ¦ .. _,-m _stnntly engaged in cxainiutilioin * ccnncctod with i ; in ; se outrages . Since Mr . Uonteitli left , Mr . Sheriff Shireir and Jfr . Macdonald , the fiscal , havo been indefatigably employed from morning to night in examining the parties brought in by the police , and at ths time we write these labours arc still continued . Wc are glad to beiicve that the result of these laborious investigations will bo tin conviction of some of the leaders , notwithstanding the secresy and mystery in wliicli tlieir crimes are involved , and the evident fear of being marked out for vengeance felt by those who may know the circumstances .
On Thursday evening great numbers of persons were seen iu the streets , but they were _soeu dispersed by the police . It was rumoured that au attack ivas meditated on tho property of some individuals in the employment of the Messrs . Alexander . However , ihe exertions of the police were sucli as to prevent any assembling , and Dunfermline since the riot has remained perfectly tranquil . On visiting _Balinule-house ou Saturday morning , we found that every particle of wood in ths kitchen had been deliberately aud separately set fire to , including the least bar or stick . A s : i _! t-liox placed in a niche in the wall is reduced to a box of charcoal . An old clock , of very hard wood , is charred from top to bottom , thc dial-plate and hours being blistered with the dailies . The kitchen , however , is a chamber of solid stone , though tUe painting hail
concealed this from thc incendiaries , and lo this circumstance it is owing that the house of Ualmulc is not now a heap of ashes , mingled , it might have been , with the remains ef the unfortunate inmates . To prevent even the possibility of deliverance , thc rioters tore down tho two water casks at the back of the house from the stones on which they were placed , and rolled them away in the shrubbery , breaking the hoops and the leaden pipes . The work that we have described was the work of half an hour , nnd about this time thc mob , as cowardly as thoy were cruel , were alarmed at the appearance of some servants coming from Craigduckic . The watch-words "Pire" and " Home , home , " were given , and the whole body took to _fliffht , one of them , it is said , being lieard to exclaim that it was beyond thc power of man to save the liouse from thc flame * .
On Thursday forenoon Mr . and Mrs . James Alexander , who were so barbarously maltreated ou the night in question , and their family , crossed to Edinburgh . Nor is it wondered at that a mother who had witnessed tho deeds of that night should resolve fov the vest of her life to keep tho xvaters of thu Frith of Forth between her cliildren and a district where sueh atrocities were committed . I ? rom the details wliich wc have given , it is impossible to como to any other conclusion than that there is in thc town of Dunfermline a regular band of conspirators , organised and disciplined with watchwords and signals , bound together under obligations of secrecy , and with hearts to conceive and heads to execute auy crimes , however atrocious . We need not say that such a fearful state of things must be met by' the authorities with the utmost vigilance , and that Dunfermline requires the constant protection of the military .
There are otlier circumstances which will in future make this protection still more indispensably necessary than ifc is at present . In addition to the unquiet population of Dunfermline , and of the disorderly inhabitants of Crossgatcs , Ilalbcath , and Hell ' s Kitchen , and the numerous collieries around Dunfermline , we have now before us the prospect of a new village of 2000 or 8000 inhabitants , arising at once at the great iron-works about to be opened at Oakley ; and bctwccii this new population and the strangers whom the demand for railway labourers will bring into Fife , it is to be feared that the prevalence of peaceful and moral habits , and of good order and security to person and property , will not be in proportion to the increase of the census . —Times .
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THE BU 1 U MANSLAUGHTER , Liverpool , Thursday , Aug . 21 . ( Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) Frederick Harris was indicted for having at Bury , on the 20 th of May last , killed and slain one John Sugden . Mr . _Grm-sgsh and Mr . Fry conducted thc prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . IVilkixs . Mr . _Roderts , known as "the Miners' Attorney-General , " was attorney forthe prosecution . A great number of witnesses were called to establish thc case against the prisoner . Tlieir statements -varied in some minute respects , though detailing generally pretty much thc sa ' _tuo facts . In substance the account which thev gave of tlic matter
was as follows * . —In thc month of May the town of Bury was in a state of excitement , and some alarm was felt in consequence of a very extensive turn-out among the sawyers , spinners , and those of other occupations . In some o f those trades a number of persons not connected with tlie unieii , had taken the places of those who had abandoned their work , and were inconsequence the object of great dislike among the turn-outs , beine ; followed in thc streets when going to and from their work , called "black sheep " and "knobsticks , " and threatened with violence ; so much so that it became necessary to have thc police to escort them to and from their work . The town of Bury was "picketed , " that is , posts of the turn-outs were established in the outskirts , whose
object was to prevent any persons coming into the town to take work at the various factories where the turn-outs had been employed . Several of the witnesses called for the prosecution had been cmployed on this service ; an . d they alleged that tho sole object of these " pickets" was to took out fov " tramps , " who were taken to the " club-houses " of the union , received some food and money , and were sent on their way ; and they denied that violence was used io any who might refuse to accede to this arrangement . Among the works at which "knobsticks had been employed was the foundry of the Messrs . Walker , and the prisoner was in their employ . _OntheevcHingof the 28 th of Mav he . with
several _otherssimilarly circumstanced , was at a bcerhonsa kept by a person of the name of Charleston , in Rochdale New-road , nearly opposite the Messrs , n alkers' works . A Crowd was assembled before tho door , consisting in a considerable proportion of women and children , but including a great number of y . oung men . They were hooting at the "knobstie . es . " A person of the name of Richard Ashworth Radcliffe _, who was called as a witness , stated , while this was going on he saw the prisoner in the yard of the pubiic-Iiou . se m company with the others , and that at that time he had in his hand a tbiek yellow swordstick . He partly drew thc sword from thc stick , and said lie would take some one ' s life before he slept . No other person , however , though many were said
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to have been present on the occasion , was called io corroborate this fact , or the expression said to have accompanied it . Shortly after , according to RadciilTo ' s statement ; the prisoner arid his companions came out of ( ho front door , and proceeded ont of Rochdale New-road into Cliapel-strect , where tliey lodged at tlie house of a person ofthe name of Turton . They were received with liootings , and the crowd followed and pressed upon them as they went down the street . Hadcliffc followed , and on coming near to Turton _' s door , where tlic prisoner and his companions hail arrived immediately before , he saw the prisoner beating some boys with the same yellow stick which he had had in liis hand in tlie yard of the beer-house .
Another witness , Rothwell , stated that he went up and took thc prisoner by the collar , desiring him to givo over , and go into the house . The prisoner struck over the witness ' s shoulder twice or thrice , and some one cried out that tiie prisoner had stabbed two men . He afterwards went up the steps in Turton ' s house . From the testimony of other witnesses , ' it would appear that . 'the deceased liad received tlie injury which resulted in his death before Rothwell cnine up . It was said that iu coming down thc street the prisoner was waving to the crowd which followed , as it calling them to come on . lie was at that time apparently in good humour . The crowd was pushing thc little boys against him . On reaching Turton ' s door he went up two of the stens . and tlicn either
came down again or was pulled down , and a cry was raised tliat there was a dagger in the stick , and that it should be taken from him . He then struck about him several times with thc _stiel ; , ami in a lew seconds the sword it contained was seen to be out of thc scabbard ); bub as to _whether tho prisoner drew ifc , or whether it flew off while striking , or was pulled off by the crowd in the struggle , did not exactly appear . The deceased was in the crowd at some little distance from the prisoner when lie first came up to Tnrton ' sdoor , and was leaping up to look over the heads of those in front , and see what was-going on . While tlie struggle for the stick was proceeding the prisoner was forced some yards from the dcov towards the corner of Chapel-street aud Butcherstreet , and in the change which took place in the position ofthe crowd the deceased came opp 6 site to him and received a thrust from the sword in the pit of the stomach . There was , as was to be anticipated ,
some little confusion as to what took place at the time the wound was inflicted . Somo said the deceased was close to him , and that he merely thrust out his arm atthe moment ; others , that he rushed some steps towards tho deceased and stabbed him . Ho then struck at another , who allcgcdtliat his waistcoat was cut by the stroke , and in making a further thrust the sword camp in contact with thc wall ami was broken . The prisoner then retreated into the liouse , taking with him thc remains ot * the swordcane , the scabbard portion being left in thc street . Tlic deceased was taken to seek medical aid , and ( lie prisoner was shortly after apprehended by the police . On being pointed out to the ofiicer , who asked him if he was the person , he said , " I am the man they say has stabbed hhn . " The remains of the sword-cane which the prisoner took with him into the liouse have not been found . Thc prisoner : said he had left it in the street .
l'heso were the main facts of the occurrence , but the witnesses varied in many minute particulars , whieh it would be uninteresting to detail . They all , ov nearly all , were cither of tlie turn-out party , or connected with , it , aud their evidence generally seemed to be more or less coloured in consequence . On the deceased being taken to a doctor , it was found he had received a wound in front near the pit of the stomach , which was bleeding a little . There 'vji « a siv / d _liij'ffncar the part , fov wliich the medical i .. _m- . ' :. _' ¦ . ' ' . . i-. _»; . :. ¦ ¦ ¦ : . / .. ¦ .. ¦ " 7 ¦ ; 7- ¦ " . ' - ¦ " . I ' : ' ' ' _"i _? . \ . ; v ; i ¦ ; v :. i . _-- - ;* . - , \ _.-.. > _.-.. ¦;• _uv _.-t - _.- ¦ . ¦ :. _- . _'¦•
_«> ii _-j- t » .- ,-j * - .. . _' Ji . rtl . e _.-it _» _irii _/ . v ; _-. - _, _* . * . j . _* ' . - . - . 7 . ,. ' rapidly , ami died li ' om _i-..- , .. ; ;' -- r ¦¦• _•> . .. mortem examination , the surgeon foiinii in if ' iu boiiy alarge portion of the _swqrd-canc , wliich had broken off . It had transfixed the stomach , and penetrated nearly an inch into the cartilage between two of the bones of the spine . The other extremity produced the apparent swelling for which the medical man had been unable to account . This being the case for tlio prosecution , Mr . _Wimuss addressed the jury for the defence . He said it most clearly appeared that Bury was , for some time before this occurrence , in a state of great disturbance , calculated to produce the greatest alarm in the minds ofthe peaceably disposed , who , by
taking service at the works which tke turn-outs had left had rendered themselves obnoxious to that party _, lie , the learned counsel , trusted that the working classes , availing themselves of the increased means of knowledge within their reach , would ere long learn to have more regard for their own welfare , and a better appreciation oftheir real interests , than to be led into such courses by the advice and at the instigation of interested men , who made them the instrument of their own sordid ends , lie , the tamied counsel , had inquired into many particulars apparently not very closely connected with , the transaction , but which would be found notto be unimportant or irrelevant , lie had inquired _^ into thc wages which had been paid to the several witnesses who had
been called , and who belonged to thc party of tho turnouts , that tlic jury might sec the a » f » iu « with which these parties came into tlio box . They were getting good wages , they had no ground of _compla . int _against their masters , and yet they threw themselves but of employment , and exposed themselves to poverty and privation , to further thc great turn-out , from whieh they expected some extraordinary benefit . When they made such sacrifices for the cause , it was not to be expected they would bo unbiassed witnesses against ono who had committed the crime of ebiimin" in this free country the liberty of disposing of his labour as he pleased , and who , in consequence , had come within thc ban of those who attend public meetings for thc purpose of organising these unions , and throw
up their caps in honour of tliose who preach to tliem of liberty , while they themselves arc acting as tlie most reckless of tyrants . Thelcaraed counsel then went minutely through the details of thc evidence , contending tliat the whole of it , so far as they could see through thecontradictions by which it was surrounded , and the evident bias on thc part oftlie witnesses , was consistent with the case , that the prisoner was set upon by thc mob , and palled down the steps ofhis liouse ; that he struck with the stick to defend himself ; tliat the sheath was pulled from the sword in the scuffle ; and that while he was holding _il . e sword to keep off the crowd , from whose violence he might well suppose his life was in danger , the deceased
was pushed upon it by the crowd behind , aud thuseamc by his death , lie complained that a great number of the witnesses called before the coroner had not been examined on this trial ; and contended , that though then called hy thc prisoner , the prosecutor should havo them called on this occasion , thc object of the coroner ' s inquest being , for the sake of thc public , to ascertain the cause of the death of one of her Majesty ' s subjects . After somo further observations , the learned counsel concluded with a strong appeal on behalf of the prisoner , a poor man , and without the means of procuring the attendance of witnesses to meet the statements of those whom lie bad made liis enemies _mereir by seeking honestly to earn his daily bread .
Mr . Baron Rolfe summed lip , leaving it to the jury to say whether the prisoner took away ihe life ofthe deceased by his intentional act . If it was a mere accident , he would , of course , bo entitled to be acquitted , though for that hypothesis he ( the learned Judge ) did not sec any reasonable ground . If it was intentional , the act would be manslaughter , unless done in self-defence—in defence of life or limb . A party , there is no doubt , may , when assailed , repel force by force ; but there must be some proportion between theforce offered and the force used in misting it . A good deal of inquiry had been made into the state of the town of Bury at tliis period , with a view to
show that the party might reasonabl y apprehend such violence as to be justified in supposing that life or limb was in danger when so assailed ; but it would b . e a dangerous thing , without the strongest evidence , to come to tho conclusion that the state of soeiety at that time was such as to justify a man in using a sword-stick and running through the body any one who might attempt to take it from hint . His lordship then minutely recapitulated the evidence . The Jury , after a few minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty , but with a _l'lCoinmenila tion to mercy . Sentence deferred till the next mornincr .
On the following morning Frederick Harris was brought up to receive sentence , liis lordship remembered that he had delayed sentencing tho prisoner in order to consider whether the recommendation of the jury to mercy could be attended to ; but the circumstance of the prisoner being armed with a deadly weapon was wholly inconsistent with that recommendation . IJu _WUSI BJE _TlUXSVOItTEp FOB TWENTY YEiBS .
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The Rebeccaiti * Co . vvicts . —Active measures are now in progress in the town of Neath , for the pu ' r . pose of petitioning her Majesty , praying for a remission , or at least an amelioration , of the punishment now being undergone by the individuals who were engaged in thc Rebeccaitc disturbances . —Welshman A Pali-able Reaso . v . —Is the Bukc of Richmond president of the _Agriralttrra . Association anil a feeder of fat cattle ? Yes . —Then why does he allow his brother , Lord Arthur , to take office under a Free Trade Government ? Because Lord Arthur is a lean-ox , and place is very likel ) to fatten him . —Joe Miller .
A _l _^ i _ClC CuttE BY IIOLLOWAV S _PlttS AXn OVKT . - ment !—Jane Forsyth , residing in the Calton t Glasgow , had been a cripp le from hei * youtli with a contraction in the knee , occasioned by a fall , wliich produced fifteen abscesses in different parts of the leg and thigh ; it need scarcely be said that she had had the advice of medical men ofthe greatest eminence , but failed to afford the least relief , but she may now be seen walking about Glasgow , perfectly cured , the abscesses healed , and the limb quite souud , and this after every other means had failed , by only using these _woadeifuluedicines _,
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• " ~ _Z" PDSOayMEGBK ' OY . ' _iwriionvciwi _* . The only man of any mark In all tho town remaining , I sauntered in St . James ' s Park , Aud watched the daylight mining . "The Speakers lips , " 1 said , " are sealed , They ' ve shut w > both the Houses ; Sir lloberl ' sgone to Turnabout field , Sir . lames to shoot the grouses . The Queen and all thc Court are out Iu Germany and Flanders , And , happy midst his native kraut , ?« y princely Albert wander *; . Ko more the dumpy IVlaee arch The royal standard " -races ; Alone , upon ); is lonely march , The yawning sentry p ces . " Beneath an elm-tree , < n n ban ! .,
I mused , ( for tired my hunch was , ) And there in slumber soft I sank , Aud this tlie dream of Punch was . THE DlJEAJI . I dreamed it was a chair of gold , The grassy bank-1 sat on ; I dreamed Saint Kdward ' s sceptre old I wielded for a baton . "Men . crowded to my throne , the elm , In reverend allegiance ; Aud Punch ivas pitlilish'd through the realm , The jolliest of llegents . Back came thc ministerial rout l _* Tom _tourin-f and carousing ; Back came Sir Bob from Turnabout , And back Sir James from grousing . I _tnrn'd upon a scornful heel ,
when Graham nslid my favour ; I sternly banish'd Bobby _l'ec-1 To Turnabout for ever . To courtly Aberdeen , I sent A mission influential , To serve the Yankee President As Flunky Confidential _, lord Brougham and Vans iu banishment I nrdcr'd to Old Heckle , And Stanley to Ktew 'Zealand went Ambassador to Heki . And Kelly , whom the world assails , But whom the bar takes fame from , I made Lord Viscount New South Wales Where poor John Tawell _eiime from . And then I asked his Grace , thc Duke , What ministers to go to , On which lie _geacrously took The Cabinet hi lolo .
O then ! all other reigns much slime Upon onr page domestic , Were mean mid dim compared to mine , That llegcncy majestic And ages hence the Ki glish realm Shall tell tho wond i c « -legend Of Punch , when at the n . _uion's helm , Her Majesty ' s High Begint . Around my empire ' s wide frontier "So greedy bully swaggered , Kor swindling Yankee buccaneer , ' . ' or savage _Callic braggart . For threats and arms were flung aside , And _wardships turned to traders , And all our ports were opened wide To wclcomo the invaders . At home the cottier coursed his hare , _I _' _esidt : the Duke his neighbour ; The . weaver got his liviiig fair
iiis _; _.-: ••; ' . v . * - - - - ¦• .- _* . *<> - ' .. ; _tv--t . . ... And Irishmen learned common sense , And prudence _brqj'glit them riches ; Repeal ceased pilfering for pence In Paddys mended breeches . Old Dan war , grown too rich lo beg , And iu a Union jolly I linked Mac Hale with Trcsham Gregg . Aud Bcresfurd with Crolly . Then gentlemen might earn tlieir bread , And think there was no shame in' t -, And at my court might hold their head Like any Duke or Dame in't . A Duchess and a governess The same quadrille I claptin ; I asked old Wellington to mess , Ami meet n half-pay Captain . The Bar and Press I reconciled
( They thanked mo one and all for't ) , _Beiiignantly thc Thunderer smiled On Mr . Serjeant Talfourd *** I lmow not where my fancy strayed , My _dre-ii ' n grew wilder—bolder— . When suddenly a hand \ v » r laid _Fullvougbly on my & hou . ld « v . It was the Guardian of thc Park , — The sun was sunk in Heaven ; " Git up , " says he , ' ' it ' s after dark , Wo shuts at half-past seven . " And so I rose and shook myself , And , saliatus ludi , Resigned the crown to Koyal ( _ruc-lph , And went to tea to Judy . —Punch .
JifrtirARY JcsTicn . —ilicrc have been seTcr . il revolting cases of military flogging at Winchester . Wc propose that ihe classical figure of Justice be altered icr the especial use of the army . Tha sword should be taken from her , as an instrument not cutting deep enough , and the _cat-o' -ninc-tails put inio hei * hand iii _& tcad , Thc baiiilago over her eyes should remain thc same ; tor it would never do for Juitice to sec tlio cruelties that are practised in thc army under her sacred name . —Ibid . Progress or Sciexce . —Science is gcncra'ly represented with a lighted torch in her hand . This will account for some of the atrocities that have lately followed from the so-called scientitic expedition of the French into thc interior of Algiers . —Rid ,
Wf . u _, _Nvonin thk Mosey . —We learn Irom tho late debate on thc Estimates , that some of the doorkeepers of thc liouse of Commons receive as mnch as £ 500 a year . Far from thinking this salary too much , wc consider the functionaries arc underpaid , if they have to remove all the dirty things , both real and imaginary , that people lay at the door of the House of Ccmmoiis . —Ibid . "The _Tubasi-khs op xiik J ) kei \"—The following _intelligence—ouoted from the Hampshire Telegraphcomes from i ' vet-hcarted , _Ubevty-hmng America : — "By a private letter which has reached us from Gibraltar , wc arc informed , upon good authority , tliat 20 , 000 slave shackles , for men , women , and children , _« rin all fourteen cart-loads—have been fished up from
the wreck of the American war-steamer Jussoicn , lately burnt at that port . " Now , as the timbers and other relics of our Royal George havo been worked iuto hoses and nick-nacks , we ' pvopese to Americans —the traders of the human shambles , the moneyseeking breeders of " God ' s likeness in ebony "—that they should turn the penny with these 20 , 000 slave _, shackles . If wrought into utensils for domestic use , oi what would stilt be better , turned into ornaments fov thc women of America , they would endear to them that sweet principle which coins money from thc " marrow and the bones of man . " Some of these shackles might also bo manufactured into steel clasps for the bibles ofthe very religions breeders of tho black . — Ibid .
A Very Good Excuse . —We have been assured , on thc best authority , that the absence of thc Sun ia attributable solely to the fact , that since he has acquired so much fame by his photogenic pictures , ho lias been keeping out of thc way for four Ite tbotild be made President of the Royal Academy . —Ibid . Railway _Retuuss . —The profits annually returned on railways are something enormous ; but the _largest item in railway returns bids fair to bo ihe _Ijst if- tho killed and wounded . —Ibid . Tun Moons . —The members are on the Moor ? , and it may be said that thc _licuse has gone to the Grouse . The season began well , or , as the limes has it , was ushered in "by a line dry bracing morning . "—The fact of its being a bracing morning accounts perhaps for the _bairging of Fox Maulc of JOt ! brace ! That fox knowsliow to maul ' cm is the natural ejaculation of our sporting readers . —/* . . ' **' .
An'REnussiox op the Prime Aiixisteb . —reel , the other night in the house , said he was anxious tho country should appichend him . We hope tho country will take thc hint . —Ibid . Efficac ? op Ansoiamc-x . —When the infamous Teutzcl , a Dominican Monk-, and the Pope ' s agentwas retailing indulgences in Germany ( a . d . 1518 ) , and had collected a great sum of money by thc sale of them at Leipsic , a gentleman of that city applied to him for an indulgence to commit a certaia crime without ; specifying what it _tjiw . Tenfeclvconsented , received his fee , and granted thc indulgence in due form . Soon after , the gentleman waylaid Tcutzel on his departure from the city , cudgelled hiin soundly , and robbed him of all his money , telling him , at parting , that this was tho crime for which he had purchased absolution . George , Duke of Saxonv , a
zealous friend to thc see Of Home , when he heard of the robbery , was hi g hly indignant at f . r . _* d _, hut when _, he learned all the circumstances . , lie kiu ; :. * , _i : d _hcai' _-Jili ' _, and pardoned thc offender . _—Jwiih _'** _lij ' i 0 / lira : unit Biblical Comment . —At _theeomiuw . eetv . _ttit of ' vhe late war , an honest farmer , who read his bible iJ . xry Sunday , went to his rector * and asked him whether he did not think the contest -would go very hard with the French ? The rector replied that , if it pleased Frod _, he hoped it would . " Nay , " said the farmer , " I am sure it will then ; for lie says by the prophet Ezekiel _( xsxv . 1 , 2 , 3 ) , ' Son oi man , set thy face against . Mount Seir . ' Now my wife , who is » better scholar than I am , sajs this can be nothing but ifounscer , tlic _frenchman ; and in almost tho nexc verse it is still stronger , for there the prophet a _dg ' 0 , JUount Seir , I am against thee , and 1 will w » M
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_30081845/page/3/
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