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      Tee Circassian War Song The Following "W...

      TEE CIRCASSIAN WAR SONG The _following "War Song , " which appeared in _jjIadhreotTs _Jfooorine some time since , relates _princ ipally , as will be seen , to the heroic storming of ths fortresses of Abonn , Ghelendik , and Thapsene , in the « _asr ISiO . The recent triumphs of the Circassians , _BBder the leadership of the chivalrous Schamil , have induced us to reprint It . The time will come when the deathless deeds of the Circassian Chief , and his brother hem , ¦ " the last of the Arabs , " _AbJ-el-Kader , will be gang in many a poetic lay , and told in many a romantic _siory . The papers state that the Russian miscreant ia gathering all his forces to make , this ensuing summer , one gigantic effort to crush the gallant mountaineers . In thia we trust that the northern Nero will signally faiL The extraordinary resistance of the Circassians to

      the Russian arms , has long attracted the eye of every jaan who wishes , well to the cause of national bravery _aghting for national independence , and demands for them the best wishes of every lover of liberty . For ourselves , we earnestly pray that the triumphs gained for humanity by a Xeonidas aad a Tell , a Bruce and a Washington , may be emulated by tbe achievements of the gallant warriors of the Black Sea , with the like results—the consolidation of their country ' s independence and freedom , aud the utter prostration of their barbarous and _sanguinary invaders . X shout from the mountains . ' Ths hunters are near . Bat their horn is not wound For the chase of the deer . Ths sons of _Circaasia

      Have _dasp'd on their _rr-ul ; They are bloodhounds that hang On the Muscovites * traiL Tbey have hunted the _rubber From forest to share j And ths sands of the Eaxine Are red with his gore . Woe , woe , te the _^ eilow-besrds , * Woe to their Csir , "When the flame on our hills Cilis our chieftains to war . His blood shall run cold , And his cheek shall be wan , _W'Uen he hears of the corpses That load ths Cnbsn ; And the howl of his host , As they sank hi its stream , Shall poison his banquet _. And madden his dream .

      We _tcarch d through thB midnight , We _march'd through the noon ; At evening we saw The grim walls of Aboun . Like a lion , it _bask'd On tbe brow of its bill : At midnight it roar'd , But at morning was stall . "We tam'a it with fire , Aad we _chok'd it with blood ; Ifow the gore-blaeken'd ground Alone shows where it stood . Hurrah ! for the morn When proud Ghelendik fell 1 What eared the Circassian Por shot or for shell ? Tho' her ramparts were blaring With rocket and gun , The hearts of the sons

      OT tbe mountains were one . What if Are came like thunder , And balls fell like hail ; Ten thousand white skeletons How tell her a tale . ' Hurrah I for the sunset That show'd us Thapsene j We roused up its wolves Prom their marble zavina , Twas lovely to see , In the twilight ' s rich fold , Its sun-coloured towers Of ruby and gold ; Bat 'twas lovelier to see , In the morning's pale _htzs , Tha smoke , Kke a shroud ,

      That o'erhung its last blaze . The wolves of that cavern No longer shall prowl ; Their hunter was Heath—We _baveheard their last howL Pale slaves of the Czar , What ye sow yeahallreap ; We care not for hunger , We care sot for sleep . We are falcons—we rush Up the _csnaorj-crown'd ridge ; Oar feet are our wings , And our bodies our bridge . We laugh at your cannon—We " sample yenr gold—We hsve _rifias and

      hearts—Soon your tale shall be told . We saw ths Black Eagle , We sse it no more ? We have _rtdden'd its plumage In Muscovite gore . We have cut off itatalons , AndV blunted its beak ; Let it frighten the Persian , Or feed on the Greek ; Let it pounce Dn thB Turk , Or tha Pole iu his fen ; Bar eo heart of Grcassia Shall gorge it again I

      1.0tb On: "Xovenot, Love Not, Ye Napless...

      1 . 0 TB _on : " Xovenot , love not , ye napless sons of earth . " Mrs . Norton _Lote on , love on , the soul must haTe a shrine , The rudest breast must find some hallo w * d spot i The God who form'd us left no spark divine , In him who dwells on earth , yet loveth not Devotion ' s links compose a sacred chain Of holy brightness and unmeasured length ; The world , with selfish rust and reckless stain , May mar ita beauty , but not touch its strength . _Icvs on , love on—aye , even though the heart We fondly build on preveth like the sand ; Though , one by one , Faith's corner-stones depart , And even Hope ' s last pillar fails to stand j Though we may dread the lips we ence believed , And know their falsehood shadows all our days , " _rTho wonld not rather trust and be deceived , Than own tbe mean , cold spirit that betrays ?

      Xcrre on , love on—though we may live to see The dear face whiter than its circling shroud ; Though dark and dense the glosm of death may be , Affection ' s glory yet shall pierce the cloudi Ths truest spell that Heaven can give to lure , Ihe sweetest prospect Mercy can bestow , l < tbe blest thought that bids the soul be sure _^ _Twill meet above the things it loved below . Love on , lova on—Creation breathes the words , Their mystic music ever dwells around ; The strain is echoed by unnumbered chords , And gentlest bosoms yield the fullest Bound . Ai flowers keep springing , though their _dszzUng bloom Is oft put forth for worms to feed upon ; So hearts , though _wxuiHf by traitors and the tomb , Shall still be precious , and shall still live on . Eliza Cook .

      The Shaking Of The Earth. {Fran « The Po...

      THE SHAKING OF THE EARTH . { Fran « The Poemsasd Ballads of Schiller , translated ly Sir Edward Buivrer Lytton , Bart" } " Tasx the world , " died the God from his heaven To men— " I proclaim you its heirs ; To divide it amongst yon tis given , Ton have only te settle the shares . " Bach takes to himself as he pleases , Old and young have alike _thtis desire :

      The Harvest the Husbandman _seSrss ; Through the wood and the chase sweep the Squire . The Merchant his warehouse is locking—The Abbot ia choosing his wine ; Odes the Monarch , the thoroughfares blocking , * ' Every toll for the passage is mine !" AH too late , when the sharing was over , Comes the Poet—he came from afar ; Nothing left can the laggard disco-rer , Not an inch but its owners _thtrt ase .

      "Woe is me , is there nothing remaining , For the son who best loves thee alone V Thus to Jove went his voice in complaining , Aa he fell at ths Thunderer ' s throne . * In theiand of the creams if abiding * Quoth the God— " Canst thou murmur at ME ? Where wert thou when the Earth "was dividing ?' " I was . " said the Poet , ' BY thee J _tooe eye by thy-glory was _captured—Mine ear by thy music of bliss ; Parson r » r _*) _waomiAp world so enraptur'd , As to lose him his portion in this !" "Alas . ' - said the God— "Earth ia given I B & ld , forest , and market , and all . ' _^ hai say you to quarters in lieaven ? We'll admit yon whenever yon call V

      * A Turkish Name Of Contempt For The Rus...

      * A Turkish name of contempt for the Russians

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      TAITS MAGAZINE—Apbij .. Blanks and Prizes" Is continued . ** A Summer _* £ m-Phili p / ' gives an interesting andseemmglj _^ r _™ " account of the state and prospects of ¦ •* this _fiT _*^ and at present most popular of the _Anstra-T _^^ ades . " * _'Stetchof tbe Irish Great Debate ' _S _^ _r'fhotTead a line of i we had more than enough _ •* _Rebate itself . The » Reviews" of " Memoirs W _£ *? bMn Raiinbaeh /' ' " Harris ' s Highlands of _%£ _V _* , ° andHorne _' B "New Spirit of the Age , " ' _^ J * _P * } ie 8 i _s _^ k * From a very pleasing easay S _*^«__ A Gossip on 5 _cnsnc = 5 _iLfiacrccs * we give _"" •* wiat extract-. —

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      Every child is familiar with the tale of Newton , and the fall of an apple ; while ths story of Archimedes discovering the method of detecting the imposition in his Sovereign's crown by the sudden _overflowing of the bath , will occur to the memory of ever ; classic reader . Galileo famishes us with an interesting example of how slight an incident may be turned to account by the observant mind of genius . He was walking along the aisles ol the Cathedral Church at Pisa , when a lamp suspended by a chain from tbe roof hod been accidentally struck and thrown into motion . Its oscillations arrested the philosopher ' s attention , and he fancied that each beat occupied equal time , that the velocity diminished with the distance of its movement , and tbat thus an equilibrium was kept up , as regarded the

      interval occupied by its movements . Galileo seized upon the fact , put it to the test of experiment , and invented the pendulum . Tbe genius of West was brought into play by the beautiful smile of a child . He had been placed by his mother to guard her sister ' s babe , while tbe mothers strolled to a distance ; the beauty and expression that played upon its tiny features attracted the notice of the embryo artist , and , with a piece ot charcoal , he endeavoured to convey it in lasting characters on a board ; and the portrait was so far good as to induce his aunt to exclaim— " Pear me , it Ben has not made a likeness of little Sally . " Prom that moment , West was smitten with a love of art , aud his father's doors and " shutters'' bore evidence of his _zsal and assiduity in the practice of it The beautiful painting

      of the *• Canterbury Pilgrims" might haveneverexisted had not some " fine prints in an obscure village in Yorkshire" fallen under ths notice , won the love ,, and excited the emulation of Stothard ; and the lamented Chantrey and Wilkie were induced to follow their respective professions , the one from viewing some rude carving in an old picture-frame , and tbe other from being amused with the serio-comic face of a schoolboy " on that bad _eminence , the stool of sbama" Can ova , we learn , felt his genius flag when removed from the warm skies and loved scenes of his fatherland ; and if the climate of other lands did not paralyse his arm , or benumb bis flngera , it rendered hiB cbiBel inert , for it spread a gloom across his mind ; and no visions of beauty , no ideal forms of _loveliness rose before him to

      which he could give a tangibility and a form . It was the stupendous ruins of Borne that first inspired Gibbon with the wish to write her history . Around _r"rp were scattered the trophies of great men ; asd the genius of architecture seemed to plead for a perpetuation of their memory . Many a massive column and time-worn _jaillar were jutting out in the moonlight , and chequering with light and shade the revered spots where " Bomulns stood , Tally spoke , or _Cassarfeir _*; but it was s diffca-eat locality that awoke the slumbering energies of a Tacitus in the mind of Gibbon , and induced him to write " The Decline and Fall of Borne" : for he writes— " It was at Rome on the 15 th of October , 1764 . as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol , while the barefooted friars were singing vespers iu tbe Temple

      of Jupiter , now the Church of the _Franoiscans , thit the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the City first started in my mind . But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than the empire , which my further reading induced me to prosecute . " What scene roused the soul of Burns , and mane him pour forth that song which thrills the heart like a trumpet ? What filled the Ayrshire ploughman with a _xaaL . an energy , and a battle-song worthy of _Tyrlaus before the embattled walls of I thorn * ? It was in going from _Kenmure to Gatehouse that the scene occurred in which tbe spirit of the Bruce took possession of the bard— "The lightnings gleamed ; the thunders rolled ; the poet er joyed the awful scene : he spoke not a word ; but next day he produced me tbe

      address—Scots , wha hae wi' Wallace bled ! Scots , wham Bruce has aften led . ' Welcome to yonr gory bed , Or to victory . *" Dante gathered inspiration from the form and beauty of his Beatrice ; while Petrarch , from a jf » _' "" g glimpse of Laura on her way to the Church of St . Claire in Avignon , was so smitten with love and song , that his country , forgetting the sorrows of the man In the triumph of the poet , called him from comparative obscurity , and proudly placed him among the worthiest of her _sona His name became an household word ; and "There in a tomb in _Arqua , reared in air , PiUar _* d in their sarcophagus , repose Tha bones of Laura ' s lover : here repair Many , familiar with his well-sung woes _. The pilgrims of his genius . "

      Beethoven loved to wander forth by himself . The hollow meanings of the coming storm , the whistlings of the agitated trees , tbe flowing stream , the gushing waterfall , tbe song of birds , the hum of voices , and the thousand things which fall npon tbe ear , filled him with delight , and imbued him with those wild and wondrous combinations which astonish and please every lover of music The grand compositions of Handel were suggested by the hum and noise of Louden , as he himself states in a letter to Lady _Lnxborough ; while

      Gluck , -the composer of the opens , ' Artaxerxes / Demetrius in Yenice . " and * The Pall of the Giants / was accustomed to have hia pianoforte carried , on a floe day , into some beautiful meadow , fancying himself more capable of composing when nnder the influence of flowers and sunshine . Sarti _, the Imperial Chapel Master at St- Petersburg , loved the mysterious gloom of a badly lighted room ; and the eloquent Bossuet _, and the no lets brilliant _Curran _, prepared for tbeir oratorical display by wild and extemporaneous airs on the violincello . Music is a sensuous influence which

      powerfully excites the mind ; even the philosophic Bacon found his ideas more rife , and his capacity for writing increased , by having an organ played in the adjacent room ; and , happily , music is nut limited to the pealing tones of the organ , the soft breathings of the lute , the stirring appeals of the trumpet , or ths lively strings of the violin—there is music in the passing breeze and gushing rill , in the song of birds and hum of bees , and in the village bells , as tbey echo along tbe plain ; and even on the battlefield baa their influence been felt ; for who forgets the anecdote of Napoleon and the village bells of Brientz ? He was riding late one day over a battle-field , gazing , stern and unmoved , over tbe dying and the dead that strewed tbe ground by thousands round abeut him . when ,

      suddenly , " those Evening Bells" struck up a merry peal Tbe Emperor paused to listen : bis heart was softened —memory waa busy with the past : be was no longer the conqueror of Au 3 terlitz , but tbe innocent , happy school-boy at Brientz ; and , dismounting from his horse , he seated himself en the stump of an old tree , and , to the astonishment of Rapp , who relates the circumstance , burst into tears . Our gossip , a thing of shreds and patches , is t _« o long to tell of young Pergusson ' _s early wonder at the power of the lever , and his thus acquired fondness for Natural Philosophy , and of other like sensuous influences which nave lit up a love-for specific pursuits ; but we cannot forego to speak of the _influence of scenery on the mind , by _pointing to the death of the restless Rousseau , who , a

      few minutes before he breathed his last , spoke thus to his wife ; W » Be so good as to open the window , that I may have tbe pleasure of seeing once more the verdure of that field . How beautiful it is I How pure the air ! How serene the sky . ' What magnificence in the aspect of nature ! Look at ths son , whose smiling aspect seems to call me hence . ' God himself opens to me the bosom of his paternal goodness , and invites me to taste and _erjoy , at last , that eternal tranquillity which 1 have so long snd so ardently panted for . * ' It was on the Lake of Geneva that Byroa composed the most beautiful portions of Cbilde Harold : the soft beauties of the place B * emed , for a time , to woo Mm from the reckless career he too much loved ; for , in the 85 th verse of the third Canto , he

      writes" Clear , placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wide world I dwelt in , is a thing Which warns me with its stillness to forsake Earth ' s troubled waters f oi a purer spring . This quiet sail iB as a noiseless wing To waft roe from distraction . Once I loved Torn ocean ' s roar ; but thy soft mnrmuring Sounds sweet , as if a sister's voice reproved , That 1 , with stern delights , should e ' er have been se moved . " And speaking of the exquisite _lovelines . of _Clarens , be sings" He who hath loved not , here would learn tbat love , And make his heart a spirit : he who knowB That tender mystery , -would love the more ;" for " Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought '

      Enough I We sum up this wearisome gossip by an eloquent peroration from William Howitt , on tbs influence of mountains : — " We involuntarily give to the mountaineer heroic and elevated qualities . He lives amongst noble objects , and must imbibe some of their nobility ; he lives amongst the elements of poetry , and must be poetical ; he lives where tis fellow-beings are far , far separated from their kind , and surrounded by the sternness asd the _perua of savage nature ; his social affections must , therefore , be proportionally concentrated—his home ties lively and strong ; but , more than all , he lives -within the barriers , the strongholds , the very last refuge which Nature herself has reared to preserve alive Liberty in the earth—to preserve to man bis highest hopes , his noblest emotions , his dearest treasures , his faith , his freedom , his hearth , and his honfe . Thanks be to God for mountains , snd for the _Leonidases , the Tells , and the _Hofera , that have lived and died among them . "

      The above lengthy extract prevents ns saying much of the poetical contents of the present No ., which are indeed rather below than above the usual average ; the best pieces are " Schiller ' s Ode to Joy "; and " Music a Rhapsody . " The worst of the whole is a piece by Ehenezsr Elliott ; the following verse -is a fair sample cf the crazy _Cotu-Iaw Shymer _' s muse : — God return ye food for evil , Deathless fame , for whining scoff : Gibbeted , to shame tbe devil , Till his tail drop off . ' * Forty-parson powers' were needed Once , yonr blushing brass to sing ; Now , from viler weeds you ' re weeded—Now , yonTe _useful—Swingl This -old Sheffield grinder , with his music-kist _, will be the death of ns J grinding away at this rats—- " Tin bis tail drop off r

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      Splendid imagery ! Very I That Elliott was once a poet , nobody disputes , but that was " long , long ago . " The advent of the Charter agitation was Elliott ' s extinguishment . He was always eccentric ; hut then he became * ' clean daft . " First ho went up to London as a Chartist delegate to the . Palace Yard meeting , and there he spouted the wildest non-Bense about the French revolution , the Jacobin Club , Dan ion , & c , which any schoolboy might have been ashamed of , not so much fox the violence , as for the imbecility of the exhibition . Returning to Sheffield he almost immediately kicked up his heels , with *

      drew from the Working jMan's Association , and denounced the Charter ., This was the finish of the poor old man , and since then the poet has been always spoken of as the late Ebenezer Elliott . Occasionally the present pretender , Elliott , has appeared before the public , a pitiable caricature of his former self j his last display was at a League meeting in Paradise Square , where he gave utterance to language so obscene and disgusting , as to prove beyond doubt tbat the interior of a lnnatio asylum was his only fitting abode . How Tait can so crueliy mangle the repntation of the onco famed Rhymer by printing the wretched ravings contained in the present No . we are at a loss to conceive .

      Before concluding it affords us much pleasure to speak in wholly opposite terms of the piece entitled " Music , a Rhapsody , " which is one of the best effusions of the poetic pen we have seen in Tait for some time past . The entire piece is too long {' or extract , but we give the concluding lines with which we must close this notice : — Hast thou marked tbe eye as it rested on The wretch all pale and woe-begone ; And tbe pitying glance , so bl : mdly keen , Bu sting from its watery sheen ; And , pregnant wit-h responsive wee , The bosom ' s billowy ebb and flaw 7 There ' s music in tbat humid eye , That look of loveliest sympathy : There's music in that bosom ' s swell :

      The heart enwrithed with agony , Tbat h ' ath felt their solace alone may tell . Or , hath _tlsere been a heavenlier ho _^ r When , thrall of love ' s all conquering power , 'Twas thine , apart from ken or gaZ 9 , To bask in beauty ' s _sun-aright blazs ; Drink , from voluptuous lip or eye , The deep , deep draught of ecstasy ; And , on a bosom fond as fair To pillow thine head , and for all thy care Find a bleas'd nepenthe there :

      Then , midst that still oblivious trance , _Dsath-like—how lovely thus to have died ! Hast thou not bent one burning glance On her , thy spirit ' s promised dove , And sighed to speak , and only sighed Thoughts , which sighs alone replied ; Like gleams , and mutual pulses , all The heart ' s deep echoes magical , The _worldlesseloquence of love : O , if thou hast a soul for bliss , There are music , and rapture , and heaven in this !

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      A Night's Adventure In Mexico. It Was So...

      A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE IN MEXICO . It was somewhere about midnight when I waB awakened by an indescribable sensation of oppression from tbe surrounding atmosphere . The air seemed to be no longer air , but some poisonous exhalation that bad suddenly arisen and enveloped us . From the rear of the ravine in which we lay , billows of dark mephitic mist were rolling forward , surrounding us with their baleful influence . It was the vomito prielo , the fever itself , embodied in the shape of a fog . At the same moment , and while I waa gasping for breath ,

      a sort of cloud seemed to settle upon me , and a thousand stings , lice redhot needles , were run into my hands , face , neck—into every part ot my limbs and body that was not triply guarded by clothing . I instinctively stretched forth my hands and dosed them , clutching by tbe action hundreds of enormous _rousquittees , whose droning , singing noise now almost deafened me . Tbe air was literally filled by a dense swarm of these insects ; and the agony caused by their repeated and venomous strings was indescribable . It was a perfect plague of Egypt .

      Rowley , whose hammock was slung some ten yards from mine , soon gave tongue : I heard bim kicking and plunging , spluttering and swearing , with a vigour and energy tbat would have been ludicrous under any other circumstances ; but matters were just then too serious for a laugh . With the torture , for such it was , of tbe musquittoe bites , and tbe effect of the insidious and poisonous vapours that were each moment thickening around me , I was already in a high state of fever , alternately glowing with heat and shiveriDg with cold , my tongue parched , my eyelids throbbing , my brain seemingly on fire . Tbere was a heavy thump npon the ground . It wss Rowley jumping out of his hammock . " Damnation . ' " roared he , " Where are we ? On the earth , or under the earth ? We must be— -we are—in their Mexican purgatory . We are , or there ' s no snakes in Virginny . Hallo , arrieroa ! Pablo ! Matteo 1 " At that moment a scream—but a scream of such

      terror and anguish as I never heard before or since—a scream as of women in tbeir hour of agony and extreme peril , sounded within a few paces of ua . I sprang out of my hammock ; and as I did , two white and graceful female figures darted or rather flew by me , shriekingand 01 in what heart-rendinjj tones—for "Socorro ! Socorro ! Por Dios I Help ! Help ! " Close upon the heels of the fugitives , bounding and leaping along with enormous strides and springs , came three or four dark objects which resembled nothing earthly . The human form they certainly possessed ; but so hideous and _horrible , so unnatural and spectre-like was their aspect , tbat their sudden encounter in tbat gleomy ravine , and in the almost darkness tbat surrounded us , might well have ' shaken the strongest serves . We stood for a

      second , Rowley and myself , paralysed with astonishment at these strange appearances ; but _another piercing scream restored to us our presence of mind . One of tbe women had either tripped or fallen from fatigue , and she lay a white heap upon the ground . The drapery of the other was in the clutch of one of the spectres , or devils , or whatever they wero , when Rowley , with a cry or horror , rushed forward and struck a furious blow at the monster with his machelh . At tbe Bame time , and almost withont knowing hew , I found myself engaged with another of the creatures . But tbe contest was an unequal one . In vain did we stab and strike with our

      machettos ; our antagonists were covered and defended with a hard bristly hide , which our knives , although keen and pointed , had gTeat difficulty in penetrating ; atd on the other hand we found _ourselves clutched in long sinewy arms , terminating in hands ard fingers , of which the nails were ss sharp and strong as an eagle's ta _' ons . I felt these horrible clawB strike into my _Bhoulders as the creature _seizad me , and drawing me towards him , pressed me _aB in the hug of a bear ; while his hideous half man half brute visage was grinning and snarling at me , and his long keen white teeth were snapping and gnashing within six inches of my face .

      " God of Heaven 1 Thia is horrible . ' Bowley ! Help me !" But Rowley , in spite of his ; gigantic strength , was powerless as an infant in the grasp of these terrible opponente . He was within a few paces of me , struggling with two of tbem , and making superhuman _efforts to regain possession of his knife , which had dropped or been wrenched from his hand . And all this time , where were onr arrieroa ? Were they attacked likewise ? Why did ' nt they come and help us ? All this time !—pshaw 1 it was no time : it all passed in tbe space of a few seconds , in the circumference of a ft > w yards , and in the feeble glimmering light of the stars , and of the smouldering embers of our fire , which was at some distance from us .

      " Ha I that has told I" A stab , dealt with all tbe energy of despair , had entered my antngonist ' s side . But I was like to pay dearly for it . Uttering a deafening yell of pain and fury , the monster clasped me closer to hiB foul and loathsome ' body ; his sharp claws , dug deeper into my back , seemed to tear up my flesh ; the agony waa insupportable _^—my eyes began to swim , and my senses to leave me . Just then— Crack ! crack ! Two—four—a _dtzan musket and pistol shots , followed by such a chorus of _yellingsand howlings and unearthly laughter ! The creature that held me seemed startled —relaxed his grasp slightly . At tbat moment a dark arm was passed before my face , there was a blinding flash , a yell , and I fell to the ground released from the clutch of my opponent I remember nothing more . Overcome by pain , fatigue , terror , and the noxious vapours of that vile ravine , my ' senses abandoned me , and I swoned away .

      When conscientiousness returned , I found myself lying upon some blankets , under a _aort of an arbour of foliage and flowers . It was broad day ; tbe sun shone brightly ; tbe blossoms smelled sweet , the _gay-plumagsd humming-birds were darting and shooting about in the sunbeams like so many fragments of a prism . A Mexican Indian , standing beside my eoucb , and whose face was unknown to me , held out a cocoa-nutshell containing some liquid , which I eagerly seized , and drank off the contents . The draught fit was a mixture of citron juice and water ) revived me greatly ; and , raising myself on my elbow , although with much pain and difficulty , I looked aronnd , and beheld a scene of bustle and life which tome was quite iinintolliglble . Upon the shelving hillside on which I was lying , a sort of encampment-was established . A number of mules fastened

      and horses were wandering about at liberty , or to trees and bushes , aud eating the forage that bad been © _sUected and laid before them . Some were provided with handsome and commodious saddles , while others had pack-saddles , intended , apparently , _fcnrtbe conveyance of numerous sacks , cases , and wallets , that were scattered about on the ground . Several muskets and rifles were leaning here and there against the trees ; and a _dcisn or fifteen men were occupied in various ways—some rilling np saddle-bags or fastening luggage on the mules , others lying on the ground smoking , one party surrounding a fire at which cooking was going on . At a short distance from my bed was another similarly composed couch , occupied by a man muffled np in blankets , and having hia back turned towards me , so tbat I was nn & ble to obtain a view of his features . «• What is all this ? Whero am I ? Whew is Rowley —our guide—where are tbey all r _^

      A Night's Adventure In Mexico. It Was So...

      " Non enliendo , " _answered my _brown-visaged Ganymede , shaking his head , and with a good-hamoured _smilf . " Adonde estamosV * " In el voile de Chihmtan . in el gran voile deOaxaca y Gualimala ; 4 iez legmsde Tarifa . In the valley of Chihuatan ; ten _leagues from Tarifa . The figure lying ou the bed near me now made a movement , and turned round . What could it be ? Its face was like a lamp of raw flesh streaked and stained with blood . No features were distinguishable . « ' Who are you t What are you ? " cried I . f Rowley , " it answered ; « " Rowley I was at least , if those _devilshaven't changed me . " " Then changed you they have , " cried I , with a wild laugh . •* Good God ! have they scalped him alive , or what ? That is not Rowley . "

      The Mexican who had gone to give some drink to the creature claiming to be Bowley , now opened a valise that lay on the ground a abort _diatance off , and took out a small looking glass , which he _brought and held before my face . It was then only that I began to call to mind all tbat bad occurred _, and understood how it was that the mask of human flesh lying near me might indeed be Rowley . He was , if any thing , less altered than myself . My eyes were almost closed : my lips , nose , and whole face swollen to an immense size , and perfectly unrecognisable . I involuntarily recoiled in dismay and disgust at my own appeararce . The horrible night passed in the ravine , the foul and suffocating vapours , the furious attack of the _mnsqultoes—the bites of which , and the

      consequent fever and inflammation , had thus disfigured ua—all recurred to our memory . But the women , tbe fight with the monsters—beasts—Indians—whatever they were , that was still incomprehensible , it was no dream : my back and shoulders were still smarting from tbe woui ds that bfld bee- ? _inflicted on tbem by the claws of those creatures , and I now felt that various parts of my limbs and body were swathed in wet bandages . I was mustering my Spanish to ask the Mexican who still stood by me . for an explanation of all tbis , when l suddenly became aware of a great bustle in the encampment , and saw every body crowding to

      meet a number of persons just then emerged from the high fern , and amongst whom I recognised our arrieros and servants . The new-comers were grouped around something which they seemed to be dragging along the ground ; several women—for the most part young and graceful creatures , their _alonder supple forms muffled in the flowing picturesque rebotcos and frazados —preceded the party , looking back _eocaaionally with an expression of mingled horror and triumph ; alt with rosaries in their bands , the beads of which ran rapidly through their fingers , while they occasionally kissed the cross , or made the sign on their breasts or in the air .

      •¦ Un Zambo muerto ! Vn Zambo muerto ! " shouted they as tiny drew near . " H _* n matado Un Zambo ! Tbey have killed a _Zunbo ! " repeated my attendant in a tone of exultation . Tbe party came close up to where Rowley and I were lying ; the women stood aside , jumping and laughing , and crossing themselves , and crying out Un Zambo , Vn Zambo muerto ! The group opened , and we saw , lying dead upon tbe ground , one of our horrible ant & _genists of tbe preceding night . " Good God , what ia that ? " cried Rowley and I , with one breath . " Vn demonio ! a devil I " " Perdonen xos Senorcs— Un Zambo mono—may _terrihies Cos Zambos . Terrible monkeys these _Zimbos . " " . Monkeys | " cried I .

      •* Monkeys ! " repeated poor Rowley , raising himself up into a sitting posture by the help of bis hands . " Monkeys—apes—by Jove ! We ' ve been fighting with monkeys , and it ' s they who have mauled us in tbis way . Well , Jonathan Rowley , think of your coming from old Virginny to Mexico to be whipped by a monkey . It ' s gone goose with your character . Tou ean never show yonr face in the States again . Whipped by an ape!—an ape with a tail and a hairy . O L > _t <\ ! Whipped by a monkey ! _*¦ And the _ludicrouiness of the notion overcoming bis mortification , and tbe pain of his wounds aud bites , he sank back upon the bed of blankets and banana leaves , laughing as well as bis swollen face and sausage-looking lips would allow him .

      It was as much as I could do to persuade myself that tbe carcass lying _before me had never been inhabited by a human _ssul . It was humiliating to behold the close affinity between this _buue ape and our own species . Had it not been tor the tail , I could have fancied I saw the dead body of some prairie hunter dressed in skins . It was exactly like a powerful well-grown man ; and even the expression of the face had more of bad human passions thin of ' animal instinct . Tbe feet and thighs were those of a muscular man : the legs rather too curved and _oaifL-ss , though I have seen negroes who had scarcely better ones ; the tendons of the hands stood out like whipcords ; tben * _ails were as long as a tiger ' s claws . No wonder tbat we bad been overmatched in our struggles with the brutes . No man could have withstood tbem . The arms of this one wore like packets of cordage _, all muscle , nerve , and sinew ; and the bands were clasped together with such force , that tbe _efforts of eight or ten Mexicans and Indians were insufficient to disunite tbem .

      Whatever remained to be cleared up In our night ' s adventures was now soon explained . Our guide , through ignorance or thoughtlessness , had allowed us to take up our bivouac within a very unsafe distance of one of tbe most pestiferous swamps in tbe whole province . Shortly after ] we bad fallen asleep , a party of Mexican travellers had arrived , and established themselves within a few hundred _yarda of us , but on a rising ground , where they avoided the mepbiiio vapours and the musqulttoes which bad so tortured Rowley and myself , _jln tho night two of the women having ventnred a short distance from the encampment .

      were surprised by tbe z _imbos , or huge man-apes , common in some parts of Southern Mexico ; and finding themselves cut off from their friends , had fled tbey knew not whither , fortunately for tbem takiog the direction of our bivouac , i Their screams , our shouts , and tbe yellinga and diabolical laughter of the zimbes , had brought the Mexicans to our assistance . The monkeys showed no fight after the first volley ; several of them must have been wounded , but only the one now lying before us had remained upon the field . — Two Nights in Southern Mexico . Blackwood ' s Magazine .

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      FRANCE . The Repeal of the stamp duties on newspapers has been carried in the Chamber of Doputies by a majority of six , the numbers being , for the motion brought forward by M de Montlavillo , 146 ; against it , 140 . Tho proposal was strongly opposed by the Minister of Finance on behalf of the Cabinet , principally on the ground that tbe revenue could not spare so large a sum as that raised by the duty . The editors of the Gastette de France and of the Nation newspapers were on Saturday week condemned to one year ' s imprisonment and a fine of

      12 , 000 francs each , for a libel on the Government . The libel was contained in a violent letter written by M . de Roohefeucauld , Duo de Doudauville , which was published in the Gasette , and copied by the Nation . The offence of whioh they were found guilty was an attack upon the rights derived by the King from the will of the nation ; adhesion to another form of government , in alleging the existence of rights to the throne in a person who is banished from France for ever ; bringing the Government into hatred and contempt ; and an attack upon the sanctity of the oath , and on the respect due to the law . The Duke de Doudauville , though the writer of the letter , has not been _prosecuted .

      GREECE . The King has definitely accepted the Constitution ; a correspondent of the Chronicle thus describes the scene . On Saturday , the 16 th , the doors of the assembly were thrown open , the alteration , _rejection , or acceptance of each article of the King's amendment waB read in public ( it being the custom always to read the votes of the previous day ) . It fell to the lot of _Canaris ( as President of the Council ) , who had with his own hand _destroyed during the war more of the enemies of Greece than any other man , to be bearer of the King ' s last message , and thus to consummate the peaceful work of the constitution . It ran thus : —

      *• Having received from the Assembly the draft of a constitution , I directed my best attention to it . Having now learnt the last wishes of the Assembly , I do not hesitate to receive them , after having fulfilled my dnty in suggesting what f conscientiously thought for the good of Greece . In terminating the discussion . 1 beseech God to bless tbe political constitution of this realm . Oiho . » March 4 th ( 16 th ) , 1844 . " As these words were uttered , the Assembly rose spontaneously , and with loud utetos ( vivas J waving and throwing up of caps , and every demonstration of unanimity , joy , and enthusiasm , cheered for several minutes . It was a scene never to be forgotten . After eighteen years of peace , and ten of monarchy , the old names of the era of liberty appeared on the

      ninety-two escutcheons hung on the walls ofthe National Assembly , while the living men , the survivors of the bloody contest , here terminated their political labours for the good of their country . A deputation of sixty-three waited on the King in the evening , when hie Majesty received them with evident pleasure , and returned a suitable answer to their address . About two hundred , headed by thechiefsGrivaaand _Grigiotis , in their splendid palikir dresses , went directly to the palace , where the crowd soon swelled to a thousand or more . To tbeir loud and repeated zetos his Majesty graciously responded , by coming out oq tbe balcony and bowing , being dressed in the Greek costume . Several of the foreign ministers , as well as the British ministers and officers from the English men-of-war , were the spectators of this tranquil speotaole , on the spot which , just six months before , all threatened violence and bloodshed .

      UNITED STATES . The packet-ship Montezuma , Captain Lowber , whioh left New York on the 18 th ult ., arrived at Liverpool on Saturday . The intelligence is seven days later than that previously received . In the House of _Representatives , on the llta nit ., a bill to extend the jurisdiction of

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      the United States Courts in Iowa over the territory of the Oregon was brought in , aud on the _following day _. in tho Senate , Mr . Buchananresumed the debate upon thar , _q-ustiou . The norm ua'ion of John Y . Mason as Secretary of tho Navy had hen confirmed . \ Texas is again being discussed with much warmth , as regards its incorporation with ; the United States . Public feeling appears to be a good deal divided on the suejoot of tbe anuexation . j The President is eagerly in favour of it , and it is said tbat he has concluded a treaty for carrying the project into effect . This treaty will have to be submitted to the Senate for ratification , where , the accounts also say , it is sure of a favourable reception . ] The subject had been taken up in the House of Representatives ; but

      nothing was elicited respecting the movements of the Executive . Mr . Webster , who ia adverse to the project , had published a letter , ! making his views known ; he regards the union as already too unwieldy , and to extend it to Tvkas would , he conceives , seriously weaken its present stability . One of those distressing calamities which appear to prevail on the American waters to a greater extent than in any other part of the world—a steamboat collision—occurred at Old River , and is fuily detailed in the New Orleans papers . The loss of life is stated to be between sixty and eighty . Oae of the boats sunk almost instantiy , tthe others escaped without injury ; the accident happened at midnight , when the passengers were , for the most part , in bed and asleep . Amongst the sufferers were a considerable number of negroes .

      True bills were found on the 11 th ult . against Mr . Weller , of Ohio , a Member of the House of Representatives , for his assault on Mr . jShriver , tbe letter writer , aud against _Julien May , for tho murder of young Mr . Cochrane in the _recentiduel , the details of which we gave a few days ago . The seconds , Pooler and Ashe , wero also indioted . iThe Nsw Orleans Picayune , of the 3 rd ult ., reports another duel at Vicksbargh , Mississippi , between Mr . Hammet , editor of the _Vicknburgh Whig ( and brother of the member of Cou _^ _ss from Mississippi ) , and Mr . Ryan , editor cf the Sentinel . They fought with pistols , and at the usual _distance . At the fourth fire Mr . Ryan fell mortally _wounded , being shot

      directly through the lungs . He died within ten minutes . In two of the previous _ifires Hammet had been wounded ; but tho affair was allowed to proceed , probably in conformity with the original terms of the meeting . The same parties had before met and exchanged shots with rifles , but the difficulty was then _arranged upon the ground . Mr . Ryan was the successor in the editorial chair of Mr . Hagan , who was also killed during last yeiar . Another New Orleans paper , the Bee , states that a mortal combat took plaoe between Mr . S . Wimlash and John Baker , the latter son-in-law of ] the former . Mr . Wimlash wa 3 shot iu the head with a pistol ball , aud expired iu a few minutes .

      'Ihe Aurora says , " the young man sentenced to death for aiding in the escape of a quadroon _Blave has been pardoned by the Governor of South Carolina . He is , however , to be publicly whipped . " Later fbom the _Uniteo States . —Liverpool , Monday . —One of the most rapid passages ever made across the Atlantic has just been completed by Captain Bursley and his noble ship ; Hottinguer . The Hottinguer left Sandy Hook on the 23 rd , and made the land in thirteen days , when a calm came on and kept her some thirty-six hours in the Channel without making way . She brings 2 , 400 bags of cotton . This arrival furnishes news from New York five days later than received by the Montezuma ; the papers contain no news of any great importance . We subjoin a few extracts : —

      A Bill has been introduced into tho Legislature of Maryland , to abolish imprisonment for debt . There is to be a serious attempt to rally Tyler delegates to a Baltimore Convention , to nominate him for the Presidency ! A Bill to abolish publio exeoutions in Ohio was ordered to be engrossed , by a vote ! of 48 to 10 , in the Lower House , oa the 7 th . Danger Oveb . —Yesterday was the day appointed for Miller ' s conflagration of tho world to begin . The U . S . Steamship Princeton took her departure from the anchorage oh ? Alexandria on the 12 th ult . for Philadelphia . Captain Stockton , though yet much indisposed from the effects ot the recent accident , is on board the ship . The premier to the King of the Sandwich Islands is a female . It was to her that Mr . Brown , the U . S . Agent , presented his credentials . Another Stkam boat Disaster near New

      Orleans . —The tow boat Pilot , from the _Balize , burst her boiler near Gretna , killing and scalding several persons . The loss of life oh the Mississippi , from steam-boat navigation , is tremendous . Veteran Accoucheurs . —The j well-known Dr . D wight , of Portsmouth , N . H ., stated to one of his patients some time during the last summer , that he had attended the evening before , tlie birth of the jive thousandth child . Dr . Fred . _Dorsey , of Hagerstown , Md , hi about fifty years ' practice , has completely left Dr . Dtvight in the rear . He has presided as the accoucheur of more than eight thousand children , and in a number of instances has presided over three generations of _persons .

      American Vengeance of Africa —By an arrival at Philadelphia , we have further { advices from the coast of Africa . Lieu . Ferris , an officer of the U . S . squadron upon tbe African coast , { arrived at Philadelphia , gives information that three of the vessels composing _it—theflig-ship Macedonian , Commodore Perry , tho sloop Saratoga , Commander Tatnall , and the sloop Decatur , Commander Abbott—have had some warm work upon the ooast in the way of punishing the natives concerned in the murder of the captain aBd crew of the schooner Mary Carver , about two years ago . On the 4 th of December last , the three vessels met at Monrovia , aud after taking the Governor of Monrovia on board , proceeded down the coast to about sixty or eighty miles below Cape Palmas , and on the 12 th landed a force of about 500 officers and men . A council-house was erected on tha beach , to which , on the 13 th , the African King and bis interpreter came attended by his people

      all fully armed , to hold a palavor . j The " talk" was very unsatisfactory , and finally the ; King , his interpreter , and people turned and ran , ; but had not proceeded far before a volley from the American force , killed the King , the interpreter , and others . The natives fled to a jungle , from whence the continued for above an hour to fire upon the ; Americans , who returned volley for volley , burned ] their towns , destroyed their canoes , and then returned to their ships . On tho following day the force again landed a few miles Further down , burned j five more towns , destroyed a considerable number of canoes , & c . In one of these towns the register of the Mary Carver was found , also a private letter belonging to the captain of that vessel , and other papers whioh had clearly belonged to it . The boats again returned to the ships , and a few miles further down a treaty of peace was concluded with auother tribe of Africans . —N . V . Express . March 14 .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Thorvaldsen . —We gave a biographical sketch of the deceased king of Sweden ;• no admirers of military adventures and kingly despots , it is with much greater pleasure we give the following brief particulars of tho career of the illustrious Danish sculptor Thorwaldsen , whose death we announced in our last week's paper . Albert Thorvaldsen ( it ia thus he wrote his own name ) was born in 1770 , during a journey made by his family from Iceland to Copenhagen . His father , Golskalk Thorwaldsen , was a carver of _figuro-heads for ships , his mother tho daughter of a _clergyman .

      The child showed an early disposition for drawing , and was plnced by his parents , whose circumstances were narrow , at the Arts Academy of Copenhagen , where he was received without charge . He began early to _cxercisa his skill , it is said , jupon the figureheads at which his father laboured , and at which the young Thorvaldsen would work when he carried his dinner to the carver at the wharf . [ At the academy he gained no _prizs , however , until 1787 , and the great silver medal two years later , when the historical painter Abilldgaard took a fancy to him , and gave him furiherinstruetioninthe general principles of art . In 1791 , _Thervaldsen gained the small gold medal for his composition of " Hiiiodorus chased from tbe Temple , " and at the same time the patronage of the

      Minister of State , Count Reventlow . In 1 / 93 , his mezzo-relievo of " Peter healing a ! Lame Man at the Gates of the Temple , " obtained for the young man the great gold medal and the three years ' travelling studentship . But before he took advantage ofthe means thus afforded to him for visiting tho wonders of art in the south , he devoted a couple of yeara to labour at home , and completed several pieces of sculpture . On the 20 th of May , 1796 , Thorvaldsen left Copenhagen in a Danish ship of war i but the voyage of the young sculptor was so tedious land dangerous , that he did not reach Rome till May , 1797 , having passed by Malta , Naples , and Palermo . The presence of the great works of art which here surrounded him , if they inspired bim with energy and

      emulation , filled him often at the { same time with despair ; and stories are told of works whioh were completed by the young man , and then broken to pieces and thrust aside in a corner of his studio . However others might praise him , he was the last to be contented with himseif . His three years ' salary was come to an end , and he had made preparations to return to Denmark , with the clay model of the Jason statue , which he had completed for the academy ( after having broken up the first figure of the natural size ) , when Mr . Hope , an English gen * _tleman , attracted by his genius , ordered the marble of him , and enabled him , by hia munificent

      remuneration , to remain in Rome . It is ] to thiB timely patronage that we probably owe much that has been left us by the greatest of modern masters . Wealth and honour now flowed ihjupon him . All the great patrons of art throughout Europe were anxious for works from his hands , and he remained in Rome until the year 1819 , occupied with prodigious activity . Having to msko a monument for the Swiss who fell at Paris in 1792 ( the wounded Lion ) , he determined to visit the place where the monumeufc was to be erected , and at the same time to take the o pportunity of revisiting his _native country . While in Copenhagen } the „ Government

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      ordered from him statues of the " Saviour , " the " Baptist , " and the " Twelve _Apo-rties _, " for the _Frauenkirche , then uewly built ; and it was with these works that he occupied himself , especially on bis return to Rome . Ha returned to Copenhagen finally in 1837 , having completed , in the forty-two years of his labour , about two hundred great works , and a great number of busts . To the last day of his life he preserved his activity

      and cheerfulness of spirits , and was engaged on some important works , among which may be mentioned the colossal statue of Hercules for the Palace of Christianburgh . On Saturday _* the 30 th of March , the mortal remains of the great master were interred in the Holm Church . All he died possessed of he has bequeathed to the _Thorwalsden Musenm ; but , with the exception of his works of art , his property is not so great as was imagined . He had been working on a bust of Luther on the day of his death .

      Ho had a natural daughter , a very beautiful woman , who has been married to a Baron , gentleman of the bed-chamber of the King of Denmark . Ho was about five feet nine inches in height and a portrait , lately published of him , snd which may be seen at _MoUeno's , is a perfect likeness . _Dbeaoful Fire in Persia .. —A Trebizond letter March 10 , says— "The town of Recht , in the province of Ghilan has been the theatre ofa terrible fire , which consumed the bazaars and several large khans filled with goods . Recht is one of the greatest manufacturing towns in Persia , and all the-silks of superior quality which are sent to Europe come from it . The whole loss is estimated at a million of toulmans ( 12 , 000 , 000 francs ) . Recht is situated in a forest , and contains 2 , 000 houses . It is two leagues from the Caspian Sea . "

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , April 6 . BANKRUPTS . PhiUp Phillips , formerly of the Date ' s Arms and Bower Saloon . _Standgate , but now of 25 , Southamptonstreet , Covent-Gard _« n , _priutseller . —Francis _Jahn Pegl « r , of Reading , Berkshire , weollen-draper . —James Kin _£ , jun ., of 22 , Budge-row , City , wholesale dealer . — William Gibson Clift , of Chapel-yard , Cross-lane , High Holborn , and of _lngatston 9 , Essex , coach-broker . — Neville Beard , of 6 , Beach-street , Barbican , and of 18 , _Cbarlton-street , Somerstown , leather-seller . —Alfred John Sage , 71 , High-street , Whitechapel , chemist—George Henry -Darby Lawrence , of Hornsey , Middlesex _, late of Zinte _, merchant . —Jefleries BriganBhaw , of Wandsworth , Surrey , publican . —Thomas Collins _Hod-Bon ,. of Leominster , Herefordshire , linen-draper-Michael Divine , of Liverpool , grocer—John Brown , of Weymouth , Dorsetshire .

      _DIVIUENDS DECLARED . William Mott , of Regent-street , laceman , first dividend of la Sdin the pound , payable at 31 , _Basinghalistreet , any Wednesday . Dsmaisso and Wooller , of _Bucklersbury , merchants , second dividend of lAd ia the pound , payable at 31 , _Baslnghall-street , any " Wednesday . George Weldon , of Dudley , Worcestershire , clothier , first dividend of Is 2 d iu tbe pound , payable at 27 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday . John Buxton , of Manchester , builder , second dividend of 4 _£ < i in the pound , payable at 35 , George-street , Mancheater , on April 9 , on any subsequent Tuesday . John Cowherd , of Huglll , Westmoreland , miller , second and final dividend of 8 _gd in the pound , payable at 57 , Grey-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on April 6 " , or any succeeding Saturday .

      Jobn Healop _. of Morpeth , Northumberland , grocer , seoond aud final dividend of 4 | d in the pound , payable at 57 , Grey-street , _Newjastle-upon-Tyne , on April 6 , or any succeeding Saturday . John Graham , Jan ., ef Newcastle-upon-Tyne , spirit merchant , first and final dividend of 2 s 2 d , and _l-3 rd in tbe pound , payable at 57 , Grey-street , Newcastle upon-Tyne , on April 6 , or auy succeeding Saturday . Thomas Fierce , of Liverpool , oil manufacturer , first and final dividend of 3 b 5 _^< i in the pound , payable at Id , South Castle-street , Liverpool , on April 8 , or any subsequent Monday . R jbert Crosbie , of Sutton . Cheshire , tea-dealer , first aud final dividend of 2 s 2 d in the pound , payable at 19 , South Castle-street , Liverpool , on April 8 , ox any subsequent Monday .

      Charles Benn Buchanan and William Cunningham , of Liverpool , merchants , first dividend of Is in the pound , _payable at Id , South-street , Liverpool , on April 8 , or any subsequent Monday ; DIVIDENDS XO BE DECLARED IN THE CODNTET . Joseph Wilson , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , linen manufacturer , April 30 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne—John Leech , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , ironmonger , May 2 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Samuel Butler , William Butler , and James Butler , of _Birmingham , iron-founders , April 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham—John Harford and William Weaver Do , vies , of Bristol , and Ebbw Vale and Sirhow , Monmouthshire , iron masters , April 30 , at eleven , at at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol—William Fletcher , of Birmingham , oilman , May 1 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . certificates to be granted , unless cause be showa

      to the contrary on tbe day of meeting . Edward Minister , of 8 , Argyll-place , Regent-street , tailor , April 26—RicbaVd Lawrence Sturtevant , of _Church-straet , _Uethnal-Green , _soap-manafacturer , April 26—Joseph Forster , John Forster , end William Forster , of Carlisle , bankers , April 29—Joseph Wilson , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , linen manfacturer , April 29—Michael Murphy , of Liverpool , grocer , April 26—M _< tno ? . h Bower , of Birmingham , gilt toy manufacturer , May 3 . _ccbtificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before April 26 .

      Thomas Bentley , of Rawdon , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturer—Thomas Parr , ef Liverpool , plumber-William Dunnage and Isaac Dunnage , of Tooley-street , Surrey , _plumbers—Ihomas Alford , of 26 . Harrow-toad , Paddington , licensed victualler—Chartles Webb , of Oxford , apothecary—Joseph Henry Perryman , of Birmingham , bookseller—Thomas OldSeld Hazird aud Henry Bingham , of Sheffield , merchants—George Pile , of Biahopsgate-street , wine-merchant .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Richard Stuart , John Jobson Smith , and Samuel Ackroyd , of Sheffield , manufacturers of stove grates ( so far as regards Samuel Ackroyd)—Joshua Lord and John Whitworth , of Burnley , Lancashire , grocers—Samuel Ward , David _Gomersall , William Gomersall _. and John Rayner of Leeds , scribbling millers ( so far as regards Samuel Ward )—Michael Shackleton and William Shackleten , of Manchester , printers—Moritz Samson and Sam Isaac Samson , of Manchester , merchants—Kennet Macaulay and Frederick Horatio Halpen , of

      Liverpool , _shipbrokers—John Mush and Robert _Dennison Clarke , of Manchester , paper _stainers—John Fisher Moore , Thomas Fisher Moore , and James Moore , of _Manchester _. iron merchants—George _Wila « n and _Maing , Clegg , of Liverpool—George Proctor and William Henry Trow , of Leeds , manufacturers of lucifer matches-William Tarbuck and William Henderson , of Liverpool , starch manufacturers—Thomas _Aeastor , Edward Green , and Reuben Dales , of York , linen drapers—Joseph Kinnaird Murphy and William Henry Dutton , of Hull .

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      Frow the Gazette of Tuesday , April 9 , BANKROITS . John Powell , Jan ., scriveuer , Quadrant , Middlesex—Thomas Walker and John Waiker , upholsterers , Yorkroad , Lambeth—Nenian Proctor , tanner , Meanwood _, Yorkshire—Thomas Penrce , miller , Meaford , Staffordshire .

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      MARKET INTELLIGENCE

      London Corn Exchange.—Monday, April 8.—'...

      London Corn Exchange . —Monday , April 8 . _—' Fresh _uo , a very limited quantity of English Wheat came to hand . The finest qualities of > both red and white at prices quiet equal to those noted on Monday last . Middling and , inferior kinds at barely lata rates . For Foreign Wheats at barely stationary prices . Best malting qualities of Barley at full quotations ; grinding and distilling sorts unaltered in value . Malt at previous figures . Oats at full rates . Beans , Peas , and Flour without alteration .

      London _Smithfibld Cattle Market—The Beef trade was , on the whole , steady , at prices quite equal to those obtained last week , the primest lots producing , without difficulty , 3 s lOd per 8 ibs . The supply of Sheep was but moderate ; prime old Downs at Aa to 4 s 4 d per 8 lbs . ; the value of all other kinds was well supported . Although the Lamb trade was by no means brisk , prices were tolerably well supported . Calves at late prices . Pork remained unaltered . Borough and Spitalfields . —The supply of good and sound Potatoes being comparatively limited , the demand for such is active , at very full prices . Iu other kinds but little is doing .

      ... Borough Hop Market . —As ia almost mvariablj the case during the holidays , comparatively little business has been transacted sinoe our last report t in this-market , yet prices are generally supported . Wool Market . —Privately , a steady business has been doing in-Colonial Wools * at full prices ; but the demand for English has subsided , and , in some instances , the rates have given way Id . per lb . Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday April 8 . — During the last seven days we have had very light arrivals of Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal , from every quarter . The duty on Foreign Wheat and Flour ia

      reduced to 16 s per quarter and 9 a 7 _^ d per barrel respectively . The improvement noted in the trade at the close of last week has been quite sustained , a tolerably fair business having occurred in free Wheat at fully the rates then quoted ; in some instances Id per bushel advance has been obtained . Flour has also been rather better sold . Oats , upon a email supply , have brought _Jd per bushel advance ; 2 8 Jd per 451 bs . paid for fine mealing , of which two or three lots have been taken for the country . O _^ meal has met rather more inquiry , and must ' . be quotea _^ a load dearer ; _beat Irish , worth . 22 _srpcr Jpad _» m ohangeas respects Barley ; Beans or Peas .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_13041844/page/3/