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      GOD HELP THE POOR . GODlielp the poor , who on this wintry morn Come forth of alleys dim , and courts obscure z . God help yon poor , pale girl , -who droops forlorn , . ind meekly hfi ? . affliction doth endtaei God help the onleast lamb ! she trembling stands * All wan ber lips , and frozsn red her hands ; Her sunken eyes are modestly downcast ; Her ; oight-Hack hair streams on the fitful blast ; Her bosoin , passing fair , is btlf reveal "d ; And , O ! » o cold , the snow lies there oonge&Td [ Her feet betmmb'd , her shoes all rent and worn : Qoi . help tiiee , outcast lamb , -who ctand ' st f erlora i God help the poor 1

      God help the poor . ' An infant ' s feeble Trail Cemeslrwn yea aaaoir gate-nj ; and , beljold , A female crouching there , so deatkly pile , Huddling her child , to screen it from the cold ! Her vesture scant , her bonnet crush'd and torn ; A thin shawl doth her baby dear enfold : Ani there she bides ; he rnthless gale of morn , Which almost to her heart hath Bent its cold ! And now she sadden darts a raTening look , As one with new hot bread comes past the nook 2 And , as the tempting load is onward borne , She -weeps . God help thee , hapless one forlorn ! < 3 od help tile poor J

      God help the poori Behold yon famislra lad ; Ko shoes , nor hose his woanded feet protect ; With limping fait , aad looks so dreamy sad , - He -wanders en-ward , stopping to inspect Each window storM with articles * t food-He yearns but to enjoy one cheering meal ; G ! to his hnngry palate , viands inde Wonld yield a » est the famu _ h"d only feelI He now aeTours a crust of mouldy bread j TVith teeth aaa tonOs the precious boon is torn , Unmindful of the storm which round his head Impetuous jnreeps . God help thee , child forlorn j God help the poor 2

      God help ike poor ! Another hare I found , A boWd aed venerable mas is he ; His sloocfeed hat wish faded crape is bound ; His coat is grey , and threadbare , too , I see ; " The rede winds" seem to " mock his hoary hair ~ pi « shiftless bosom to the blast is bare . Anon lee turns , and casts a wistful eye , And with scant napkin wipes the blinding spray ; And toeks again , as if he fain wonld spy Frieads he hath feasted in his better day : Ah ! some axe dead , and some have long forborne To know the poor ; and he is left forlorn I God heij > the poor J

      Sod help ike poor , -wto in lone -rslleys dwell , ftr by lax hi ! l » , where whin and heather , grow ! Theirs is a story Bad , indeed , to tell ; Yet little cares the -world , and less 'twould know , " About the toil and want ifeey undergo . The wearyiBg loom must have them up at morn j They work till worn-out nature will have sleep ; They taste , "but are not fed- The snow drifts deep Around the fireless cot , and blocks the door ; The night-storm howls a dirge across the moor . And shall they perish thus , oppress ed and lorn ? Shall toil and famine hopeless still be borne ? B&i God will 5 et arise , and set ? ihe poor . ' Samukx Bakford

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      WHAT ARE REPEAXER 3 ? " Papa I * what are Repealers ?"—M 7 Sos AiK—" Tipperary , OP ' Mj ixioks who've given their gage , my boy , Pierce war with oppression to -wage , my boy , Till Erin once more Shall shine as of yore , The land of thb hero and sage , my tsy ! . ITfee bad was all Europe ' s pride , sy boy , Its glory and feme were wide , my boy ; And . Roman and Dane , Who offer'd the chain , By the sword of its heroes died , my boy I

      Hec-chiefs wax'd faithless and proud , my toy , ASd discord ' s hoatee voice grew load , mf 4 > ay ; And , record of shame , The stranger then came , Aad liberty laid in her shroud , my koy ! That land red rapino leog swept , my boy , And aercy and truth long-slept , my hoy ' - ; D i coold you bat know Such tyrants—soch " » oe , Teal yonng E 5 ea with mine had -wept , ray ^ oy Bat in the despots' despite , my hoj , The raiTltoBB arise in ibeir might , my boy ; And swear by the tears , Aod felot-d of past years , IT © wrest from that despot their right , sny boy ' .

      Tfcey aie banded , nni firm , aad tree , ray boy , ¦ SeaUved to die or to do , my Iwy ; The young and the old In the cause are enroll'd . And I ' ve sworn yon one of them , too , « y boy l Sre thU tow be unsafe in thy feeepizrg , boy , May yooi father bemoan jcur sleeping , tKJj , Where green willows wave Above your jonng grave , A _ nd nose to console his weeping , my-feoy . ' Notion

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      A ^ OBUL AR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT , . abridged from ~ Wh zum Hovjtt ' b woik . London ^ Geave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . 3-his is a new ediioaof & work -which has been some years before the . public , acd which to our eertainiLowledge has been productive of no Email ^ twrmnt of good in laying bare the enormities of priestly domination and corrnption ; and awakening the too long blinded masses io the Teal nature of a B craft " -which for ages upon ages has been employed and j > erpera » ted u > ktep mankind in . ignorance and ilATerF .

      As is expressed in the 'title page , this -work IB an airidgeaent of ihe famed "Misiory-ofPnescraft " written by William Kowjsi , a name which , when -the lisJory of the present times shall come to be written , » ost shine conspicuous o * the historic page , as that of-one of ihe enlighteners and -benefactors of the human race . But though an abridgement , ihe pub-Jication-before us contains the pith and spirit of the largerTfork of "Wiilam Bowitt , which from -the « eoiparatjvely high price at which it was necessarily published was placed beyond tbe reach of the working -classes . AH who can aSbrd to plrrcbase tbe larger and complete work will of -coarse do bo ; but ihofie who esnnot , will find la this abridgement an -excellent -substitute . Tee following extracts will tell a tbcusand-fold more jq fevour of the work than anything we cculd pen .

      PASXS PBIESTCBAFI . " When -ipe recollect over what an immense extent of -country , « nd throngn -wliat a number Of ages , idnlah ? exiaa&sA liseif , wbat a terrible sum of miseries must we see toiaTe been iii&cted on our > ace , by the diabolical JEal and cupidity of priestcraft ! From the temple of Buddh and Jaggernath in India , to the stony eirelesof Diuidinn in Enroj-e ; from tbe snowy wastes of Siberia and Scandinavia in the north , to the most Bonthem lands in Africa and America , the fixes of bloody deities have rejoiced the demoniac priests , and coneoised the -people . '

      "Tbe enferldJed sensuality of the pagao -worship added greatly to its attractions and power of mlscbieL The Assyrian Baal was made the scape-goat of the sensuality of the ^ nests , who , under the pretext of providing a gacrrficeaf beauty to the deity , fleeted the most lovely women of the cation for themselves ; a species of detestable 4 ectption v » bich » eem » to have been carried on to aneaormouB extent in ancient times , as the Grecian atories testify . When the Assyrian was merged in the BabyloDisn empire , the ergiea of fee temple of Hylitta , the Babylonian Teens , "we » e infcmous above all others . iTery woman -was bound to present herself fcefore the iemple once in her life , and there submit to proEUtnSon with -whoever first chose hex . The price of her £ b £ me -was paid into the treasury , to swell the revenues of the priests . "

      "If we tern to Europe , w « shall find that whatever was the name , the language ^ -o r the government of tbe -different countries , the religion was essentially tbe Jsame , There was , first , an otter of priests ; secondly , * n order of military nobles j thirdly , a subjugated ssultitade ; and institatiens , the spirit at which , is ttat of thruBting the lower orders irom all place and atxtbority , and systematically doosslsg them to an nnaltee&lgsi&te oCservile depression . " ** Tbe priests often united the Bacecdotal and sovereign powerin-thdr own persons ; and "where this wasnot the , eace , they exerdced a power superior to that of kioja . They inflicted pains and penalties , exacted the sost abject submission , and as the pretended interpatera rf ihe divine win , dared eves to dsmand , in Sa -asaest heaven , the blood of kings . This tbe ; obtkiBBd . *

      " XtMgtswt and lonf-lilddBD conHnent of America " a * , "when 4 is « Dvered , found to have bees subjected to ttje . wbd 9 xupecttiUonSj , Ihe same dominant spirit of priesthood , and < be same terrible systems of worship . " "Of their Uoody sacrifices the Spanish writer * are £ « 1 L Pear i » described to have been the son ! of tbe "HBri *** worship . Tfaey never approached their altars " wi&oni blood , drawn from their own bodies . Of all fceSr curings , and they -sera numerous , tiTrmBn sacrifices were deemed to be its most acceptable . Every eaptrvtf taken in war -sras . sacrificed , -with horrid entities , at the temple ; the heid and heart being devoted to the gods , and the body appropriated to the yanxx bj whm Kie captive bad fees taken , te&&

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      himself and his friends . Tbe prevalence of these horrid rites counteracted all tfee humanising and softening effects of all their social institutions , and their progress in the arts . Their manners became more ferocious as they advanced , until the barbarity of their actions greatly exceeded those of the savage state . " " The priest-ridden condition of Egypt is known to all readers of history . Lord Shafte&bnry calls lfc , ' tbe motherland of superstitious . ' So completely had the priesthood here contrived to fix themselves on tbe shoulders of the people , so completely to debase and stnpify them with an abundance of foolish veneration , that tke country swarmed with temples , gods , and creatures , which in themselves most noxious or loathsome , were objects of adoration . "

      "The popular theology of Greece , though it had the same origin aa other mythologies , assumed , by passing through the glorious minds of Heaiod and Homer , all th&BB ck&iacteis of grace and beauty which they conferred on their literature , their philosophy , and all the arts and embellishments of life . " But beautiful as the system -was made to appear by the embellishments of their immortal poets , the Grecians celebrated the same mysteries , offered the same human sacrifices , aad were contaminated by the same Pnallio abominations , &b all the other pagan nations . "

      " In India , priestcraft assumed its most determined and fearlrss air . Ia ^ ther lands , it placed itself hi the first rank of horror and power . In this it went a arfcep farther , its chains appear te be indissolnbly rivetted on the mind of this mighty empire . The perfection of its craft and the selfishness of Its spirit are exhibited in millions on millions bound in chains of tbe most slavish and soul-quelling castes , and tLe servility of a subtile religious creed . India has its triad of gods , its doctrine of metempsychosis , its practice of the Phallic lioentiousneas . its horrors of human sacrifice and

      selfimmolation . We need not specify the bloody rites of Jaggernatbi &e barbaronji burning of widow * , . or tb « nnnitural immolation of children . Throughout continental India , we have an example of prietscraf t in ita most decided , undisguised , subtle , and triumphant character , at once in full flower and full fruit ; in that state at which it has always and everywhere aimed , but never attained elsewhere . It has here stamped itself on the heart of a great nation , in its broadest and moit imperishable style ; in all its avowed despotism , its selfishness , imperturbable pride , and cool arrogance of fanatical power . "

      "The avarice of the sacerdotal tribe in India kept pace with tbe same passion in the priesthood of otker parts ef tbe world . Immense quantities of Wealth were made to flow into their coffers . Their . pagodas were adorned with Ihe richest metals ; tbe altars and sacred vessels of the temples were of massy gold ; and their statues , numerous and law , were made of the same material ; or that next to it In value , silver . " 11 MryOKne ( in Ma History « f Hindost&D ) tells U . B : — that theV Brahmins slumbered in the most luxurious repose In their splendid pagodas , where the numbers accommodated were astonishing ; that pilgrims came from all parts of the Peninsula to worship at that of Seringham , but none without an offering of money ; that a large p&rt of the revense of the island ia allotted for tbe maintenance ol the Brahmins who inhabit it ; and that these , with their families , formerly composed a multitude , not less in number than forty thousand souls , supported without labour , by the liberality of superstition .

      ' Having thus seifad the reins of unlimited power , tbe Priests had « nly to command aad make an empire ofslavta . And such was their course . The Brahmin -wielded both the empire and the monarch . He stood in tbe place of deity ; the will of heaven was thought to issue fiom his lips , aod his decision was reverenced as the fiat of destiny , la fact , the ladiin Government is justly considered as a theocracy—a theocracy the more terrible , because tbe name of God was perverted to sanction and support the mest dreadful species of despotism—a despotists -which , not content with surguf lfing the body , tyrannised over tbe prostrate facaiitbS of the enslaved mind . ** A short chapter on " The Jewish Priesthood " follows , and then , under tba head of ^* The Popish Priesthood , " is given a capual unmasking of

      CRXiSTiUl PRIK-TCRATT , from which we can only find room tor tte following extracts : — " Having thoa prostrated tbe bn » an mind , they lorded it over the people with insolent impanity . The Bann was adopted , and its terrors became felt throughout Christendom . Was a king refractory—did he refuse the ponirScial demand of nwroey—had he an opinion of his own—a repugnance to comply with papal influence in his iffiirs ? The thunders of the Vatican were launched against biim -bis kingdom was laid under the ¦ l » ann 4 all people were -forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with iussubjscU ; all churches were shut ; the nstien was on a sudden deprived of all-exterior exercises of ita-religion ; the altars w-ere despoiled of tbeir ornaments ; the txotKB , ihe

      relicraes , the images , ap . d tbe statues of tbe saints were laid on the ground ; and , cs if the air itself might pollute them by its-contact , the priests-carefully covered them np , even from their own approach and veneration . The use of bellB entirely ceased in the cb « rcbea ; the bells thetDFtlTes were removtd . from tbe steeple ? , and laid on the ground , with tbe ether sacred utensils . Mass waa celebrated with abut-door * , and none but tbe priests were admitted to the holy institution . The e ' ergy refused to marry , baptiza , or bury ; the dead were cast into ditches , or lay putrefying on the ground ; till tfce superstitions people , locking od their children who died without baptism , as gone to perdition , and those dead without Christian feu rial , as seised on by tbe deTi ] , rose ia rebellious fnry . and -obliged the prince to snbmit asd humble himself before the proad priest of Borne . "

      " But the -mert potent and frightful engine of the papacy , was < tbe Inquisition . Its history ia one of tbe most awful 'horror that can affright the human soul . lt « holy effiee—itsefficesof mercy , astbty were called in that spirit of deriiirti sbnse of Christianity in which they were conceived , were speedily to be found in various coudtries of JSnrope , Asia , sad America , bst distingui&bud most ¦ fearfully in Spain . Their horrors have been made familiar to the pablie mind by the writers of romance , especially by Mrs . Rstcliffi ; bu 8 all the powers of romance have not been able to overcosae the reality . Spain has always gloried in the supremacy of her iniquisition . She has strenuously contended with the Pope ft > r it ; and has deemed it so great an honour , as to parade fee -auto-da / e , as one of the most fasciaatiBE spectacle * . Her kings , her queens , her princes ,

      aBd her nobles , have assembled with enthusiasm to witness them . So great a treat did the Spaniards formerly consider them , that Uortnta states , that x > n February 25 ih , 1560 , one was celebrated by the inquisitors of Toledo . Jn "triieh several pexswos were |> ur » t with some tffigfes , a » d a great number-aubjected to penances ; and this was performed to entert in the new queeu El-eibetb , daughter of Henry H . -of France , a girl of thirteen years of age . accustomed in ht-r own country to brilliant festivak suited to her rank and age . So completely may priestcrsft brutalize a -nation , and ao completely bp « this devilish institution stamped the Spanish character , naturally ardent and cbivalric , with gloomy honor , ifcat both Llorente and Llmborch represent ladies witnessing the agonising toxtmeB ol men and women expiring in flamae , with transports of delight "

      " We have not space to detail tbe Btrocities committed by this odious institution . Itoborch has given tbe folio-win ? vivid snmmary of its operations : — ' In countries -where the irqaUition has existed , the bare idea of its progress damped the roost ardent mind . Formidable and ferocious as tbe rapadom tiger , who from the gloomy thicket surveys his unsuspecting prey , iuntil the fat our ed Bioment arrires in which he may . plunge forward and consummate its destruction , the in-^ uisitioD meditates in secret and in silence its horrific project * . In thedeepest seclusion the calumnia' orpropouncs bis charge ; with anxious vigilance tbe creatures of its power recarrl its unhappy victim . Nut a whisper is

      beard , « the least hint ol insecurity given , until at the dead of night a band of savage monsters surround the -dwelling . They demand an entrance . Upon the inquiry , by whom is that required ? the answer is tee * holy office . ' In an instant all the ties of nature appear as if dissolved ; and either through the complete dominion of superstition , or tbe conviction that reaiBtance -would be vain , the master , parent , husband , is resigned . From the bosom -of his family , and bereft of all doEfestic comforts , he enters the inquisition house ; its ponderous doors are closed , and hoped exclndedperhaps for ever . Immured in a noisome vault , surrounded by ixapeneirable walls , he is ltf t alone ; a proy to all the -sad r < fiiclions of a miserable outcast . If be

      venture to inquire the reason of bis fate , he is told , that silence and secresy are here inviolable . ' *' " Xet e ^ eyy man wt o hesitates to set bia hand to the destruction of state religions , look on this picture of all enormities titat can disgrace our nature , and ' rtflect that snch is the inevitable tendency of all prirftcraf L In it said -we see nothing so bad now J ABd - » bj ? Because Kan has got the upper Land of hiB tyrant , and keeps him in awe—not because tbe nature of priestcraft is altered ; and yet , 1 st us turn butoureyeB to Catholic countries , Spain , Portugal , Italy , aod the scene is lames table ; and * ren in our o . n country , where free institutions check presumption , and tbe press terrifies many a monster fcem the light of d * y—we ' behold things which make ©* sr hearta throb with indignation , "

      The * Second Part , * and by far the laager portion of the work is taken « J > wilb an exposure 0 / the * EDjeli 8 h Gharcb" aod the "Church of Ireland . " This most iaportant portion is far too kngtby for us to dip into : we must refer fee reader to ihe work itself , promiBiflg him thst he will find * peh rerealationRt&erein » wfll exhibit in its true light the real character of tbeself-stjled ¥ ** Mm '» Choreb" I )) wT » ay observe , Oat ft the commences ** the writer denounces all prtfiftk because they ore trusts .- whereas at the close be appears to denounce

      priests only when they are connect ed with the state . Tons this appears ineonBistent . Waving all questions as to the troths of particular ened ^ ve proclaim it as oar conviction that My ^ r / , " **?; apart for the offices of a priesthood , whether paid by the state or by the voluntary offerings of their u fiocks" { fit victims for shearers /) , * * ° e ™ . —a caree . If men convinced of . the truth of their respective creeds would pay their adoration » s each tbenght proper , each for himself , not interfering with his neighbour , it would be well : bai * u ° w stt the existence of a priesthood , no matter whether

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      voluntary or state paid , and you have the cockatrice ' s egg , -which , in Que season will produce its terrible brood of giant crimes against humanity . All priests must have been originally supported by the voluntary contributions of their dupes ; and man ' s history tells the hideous result . The aotfior appears too io be greatl y in love with "American Christianity" vrhere the " voluntary system" flourishes ; but , what ia the truth ! Why that there is more priestcraft in the United States ; that is , that the priests of the several sects have a greater influence over the minds of their followers ihan even ia this country . Even in that land of " civil and religious liberty , " there have been " prosecutions for

      blasphemy" ! And it is a well knowa fac t that no priests are more venal than those of the States , prostituting their powers of mind , and the mighty influence they wield through their " criffc" to the upholding of that accursed syBtem of slavery , by which the American atmosphere is poisoned , and her boasted liberty rendered a cruel and disgusting mockery in the eyes of all rational men and true democrats . That " American churches" are the bulwarks of American slavery" is " as notorious as the sun at noon-day . " What do we infer from this ! That priestcraft is now what it was in the days of Socrates : and that to destroy

      the power of the priest you must annihilate nis " craft . " Still , despite these objections we caa most cordially recommend this work as an excellent one for young beginners . " Having read it , the reader will be nearly sure to ask as we have done , when closing the volume : "how is it that the priests of all ages hare been enabled to acquire and maintain their terribly-used power ! " Such question can only be solved by inquiring into the systems of belief which under so many names they have expounded . If the reader gets so far , there is no fear but that he will" progress , " until be understands fully " the History of Priestcraft" with all its frauds and falsehoods , horrors and crimes .

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      PROGRESS OF SOCIAL REFORM ON THE CONTINENT . —No . 11 . eEB . KA . rnr and Switzerland . [ The following extracts are from a continuation of this interesting subject , in the New Moral World of Nov . 18 th , 1843 1

      LCTHEK . AND THE MPJfSTER ANABAPTISTS . Germany Jjad her Social Reformers as early as the Reformation . Soon after Luther bad begun to proclaim church reform and to agitate the people against spiritual authority , tbe peasantry of Southern and Middle Germany rose in a general insurrection against their temporal lords . Luther always stated his object to be to return to original Christianity in doctrine and practice ; tbe peasantry took exactly tbe same standing , and demanded , therefore , not only the ecclesiaatieal , but also tho social practice of primitive Christianity . They conceived a state of villainy and servitude , such as they lived under , to be inconsistent with the doctrineB of the Bible . Tftey were oppressed by a set of haughty barons and enrls ; robbed and treated like their cattle

      every day . They had no law to protect them , and if they had they found nobody to enforce it . Such a state contrasted very much with the communities of early Christians , and the doctrines of Christ as laid doffn in the Bible . Tb ^ refora they druse sad began a Wai againBt their lords , -which could only be a war of extermination . Thomas Muczsr , a preacher , whom they placed at tbeir head , ieaned a proclamation , full , of conrse , of tbe religious and superstitious nonsense of the age ; but containing also among others , principles like these ; That according to the Bible , no Christian iB entitled te hold any property whatever exclusively for himself ; that community of property is the only proper atate for , a society of christiau ; that it is not allowed to any good Christian , to have authority or

      command over other Christians , nor to hold any office of Government or hereditary power , bat on tbe contrary that , as all men are equal before God , 80 they ought to be on earth also . These doctrines were nothing but conclusions drawn from the Bible and from Luthor ' a own writings ; bat the Reformer was not prepared to go as far as the people did . Notwithstanding the courage be displayed against the Spiritual authorities , he had not freed himself from the political and social prtja-• dkses of Ait age . He believed as firmly h » the right divine of princes and landlords , to trample upon tbe people , as he did in the Bible . Besides this , be wanted the protection of the aristocracy and the

      protestant princes ; and thus he wrote a tract against the rioters , disclaiming not only every connection with them , but alco exhorting the aristocracy to pat them down with the utmost severity , as rebels agaJ » st the laws of trod . " Kill them like do ? s ! " he exclaimed . The -whole tract is written with such nn animosity , nay , fury and fanaticism against the people , that it will ever form & Met upon Lather ' s character ; it shews that , if be began his carttr as a man of the people , be was now entbely in the service of their oppressors . The insurrection , after a moat bloody civil war , was suppressed , and the peasants reduced to their former servitude .

      MoPERN COHMUKJSTS . —WEITLINOIt was among the working class of Germany that Social Reform has been of late made again a topic of -discussion . Germany having comparatively little manufacturing industry , the maus 0 / tbe working classes is made up by handicraftsmen , who previous to their establishing themselves as little masters , travel for « : me years over Germany , Switzerland , and very often over France also . A great number of German workmen is thus continually going to and from Paris , and must of course , there become acquainted with the political and social movements of the French working classes . One 0 / these men , William Weitling , a native of Madgeburg in Prussia , and a Biuipl'i journey-Hi en tailor , resolved to establish communities in his own country . :

      This man , who is to be considered as the founder of -German Communism , after a few years' bUj in Paris , went to Switzerland ; and , whilst he was working in some tailor * * shop in Geneva , preached his new gospel to his / allow- workmen . He formed Communitt Associations in all the towna and citiea oa tbe Swlw side of the laku of Geneva , most « f the Germane who worked there becoming favourable to his views . Having thus prepared a public mind , he issued a periodical , tbe Yovxg-GtaeralioK , for a more extensive agitation of the country . This paper , although written for working roeu only , and by a working man , has from ita beginning been superior to most of the Frpncb

      Communist publications , « ven to Father Cabet's Populuire It shows that its editor must have worked -vt-ry hard , to obtain mat knowledge of history &u < i politics , which a pablie writer cannot do without , and which a neglected education had left him deprived of . It shows , at the same time , that Wuitling was always struggling to unite his various ideas and thoughts on society into a complete system of "Communism . The Young Genera iion was firet published in 1841 ; in the following year Weltlinti published a work : Guarantees 0 / Harmony aad Liberty , in which he gave a review of the old social syctem and the outlines . of a new one . I shall , perhaps , Borne time give a fow extracts from this boot .

      Having thus ertablished the nucleus of a Communist party in Geneva and its neighbourhood , he went to Zuiich , where , &b in otb ^ r towns of Northern Switzerland , some of his friends bad already commenced to operate upon the minds of the working men . He now began to orgenizs his party in these towns . Under the name of Singing Clubs , associations were formed for the discussion of Social re-orghoizition . At the same lime Weitling adv . rttsed hie intention to publish a book , — The . Gospel of ihe Poor Sinners . But here tbe police interfered with the proceeding * .

      AEHEST OP W £ ITLING— PES . SECVT 10 K AJ > D PROGRESS . In Jane last , Weitling was taken into cnsfcdy , his paper * and his book were seized , before it left the press . The Executive of the Republic appointed a committee to investigate the matter , and to report to the Grand Council , the representatives of tbe people . This report has been printed a few months since . It appears from it , that a great many Communist associations existed in every part of SwiUxrland , consisting mostly of German working men ; that Weitling was considered as tbe leader of the party , and received from time to time reports of progress ; that be was in correspondence with similar associations of Germans in Paris and London ; and that all these societies , being composed of men who very often changed their residence , were 80 many seminaries of " dangerous and Utopian doctrines , "

      sending eut their elder members to Germany , Hungarla , and Italy , and imbuing with their spirit every workman who came within their reach . The report waa drawn up by Dr . Biuntscbli , a man of aristocratic and fanatically chrUtian opinions ; and the whole of it therefore ia written more lite a party denunciation , than like a calm , official report . Commnpismis denonnoed aa a doctrine dangerous in the extreme , subversive of all existing order , and destroying all the sacred bonds of society . The pious doctor besides , is at & los * ibrwerda anfficientlj strong to express his feelings as to the frivolous blasphemy with which tbeaeinifeaovand Itmorant people try to justify their wicked and revolutio ' nary doctrisea , by pii&agea from the Holy « erlptnres . Weitling and hia party are , in this respect , jut like the Icarlans in France , and contend that Christianity is Communism .

      The result of WmtHng'a trial did very little to satisfy the anticipations © f the Zarich Government Although Weitling and his -friends were sometimes very incautious in their expressions , yet the charge of high Wesson and censpiracy against him could , not be maintained ; tbe criminal court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment , and eternal banishment from Switzerland ; the members of the Zurich associations were expelled the Canton ; Ihe report was communicated to tbe Governments of the other Cantons and to tbe foreign MBpaerfP ; bat the Communists io otter puts of Swtt-

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      wrland were very Uttje Interfered with . The prosecutton enma too late , and waa too little assisted by the other Cantons ; it did nothing at all for the destruction ol ^ Joramunism , and was even favourable to it , ^ the great interest it produced in all countries of the German tongue . Commaniam was almoet unknown in tte t * ' b » Bailne by this aa object of general PHILOSOPHTCAl , C 0 MM * NI « M . Besides this party there exists another In Germany , which advoCateB Communism . The former , being thoroughly a popular j arty , will no doubt very soon unite all the working classes of Germany , The party which I now refer to , is a philosophical one , uncon . nected in ita origin with eithar French or English Communists , and arising from that philosophy which , for the last fifty years , Germany haa been so proud of .

      TIIE HECELIANS . The political revolution of France waa acoompanied by a philosophical revolution in Garmany . Kant began it by overthrowing the ey&teto of L&ibnittf . an metaphysics , which at the end of l& 3 t century was introduced in nil Universities of the Continent . Fichte and Schellbg commenced rebnildini ? , and Hegel completed the new system . * * The Young Hegelians of 1542 . were declared Atheists and Republicans ; the periodical of the party , the " German , Annals , " was more radical and open than before ; a political paper was established , and vety Boon the whole ot the German libaral press waa entirely in our hands . We had friends in almost every considerable town of Germany ; we provided all the liberal papers with the necessary matter , and by this means made them our organs ; we inundated the country with pamphlets , and spon governed public opinion upon every question . A temporary relaxation of the censorship of the press

      added a great deal to the « nergy or the movement , o , uit ( j novel to a considerable p » rfc of tbe German public . Papers , published under the authorfzition of a gevernmeat censor , contained things which , even in France , would have been punished as high treason ; aDd other thincs which could not have been pronounced iiv England , without a trial for blasphemy being the consequence of it . Tae movement was so sudden , so rapid , bo energetically pursued , that tbe govern aent us well as the public were dragged along with ; it for some time . Bub , this violent character of the agitation proved that it was not founded upon a strong party among the public , and that its pnwet was produced by the surprise und consternation only of its opponents . The governments , recovering their senses , put a stop to it by a moat despotic oppression of the liberty of speech . Pamphlets , netc . spnperd , periodicals , ! scientific works were suppressed by d < e ; us , and tbe agitated state of the country soon subsided .

      THE COMMUNlStS . The princes and ruUrs of Germany , at the very moment when they believed to have put down for ever , Republicanism , saw tbe rise of Communism from tbe ashes of political agitation ; and this nuvv doctiina appears to them even more dangerous and formidable than that in whose apparent destruction they rejoiced . As qarly aB autumn . 1842 , Bouie of the pirty contended for the insufficiency of political change , and declared their opinion robe , that a Social revolution based upon common property , was the oijly state of mankind agreeing with their abstract principles . But even the leaders of the party , such as Dr . Bruno Bauer , Dr . Feuerbach , nnd Dr . Huge , were not then prepared for this decided step . The political paper of the party , tbe Rhenish Gazette , published somu pitpirs

      advocating Communism , but without the wisbed-for tffect . Communism , however , was such a necessary consequence of New Hegelian philosophy , that no opposition could keep it down ; and , in the course of this present year , the originators of it had tho satisfaction of Beeing one republican after the other join their rands . Besides Dr . Hess , one of the editors of the now suppressed Rhenish Gazelle , and who was , in fact , tbe first Communist of the party , there are now a great many others ; aB Dr . Ruge , editor of German Annals , the scientific periodical of the Young Hegelians , which has been suppressed by resolution of the German Diet ; Dr . Marx , another of the editors of the Rhenish Gamlie ; George Herwegh , the poet , whose letter to the K > ng of P / uasia was translated , last winter , by most of the English papers , and others : anil we hope that the remainder of tbe R ^ pukllcun party will , by-aad-by , cume over too .

      CHARACTER OF IUE GEKMANS . The Gjrmana are a very disinterested nation . If ia Germany principle comes into collision with interest , principle will almost always silence the claims of interest . The same love of abstract principle , the same disregard of roality and self-interest , wh ' mk have bro » gbt the Germans to a state of political nonentity ; thww very same qualities guarantee the success of philosophical Coaiicnniaru in that country . It will appear very singular to Englishmen , that a party which aims at the destruction of private property , is chiefly mads up by those who have property ; aad yet this iB the casu in Germany .

      PROGRESS OF COMMUNISM . Thus , philosophical Communism may bu considered for ever established in Germany , notwithstanding the efforts of the governments to keep it down . They have annihilated the press in their dominions , but to no effect ; the progress party profit by the free pre ? B of Switzerland and France , and tbetr publications are as extensively circniated in Germany , as if they were printed in that country itself . All pureecutLros and prohibitions have proved ineffectual , ami will ever do so ; the Germans are a philosophical nation , and will not , cannot abandon Cimtnaafsm , us soon as it is founded upon sound philosophical principles ; chiefl y if it is deprived as an unavoidable conclusion from their" oiw > philosophy .

      Notwithstanding the persecutions of the German governments ( I understand that , in Berlin , Mr . Bigar Bauer . is proaecated for a Communist publ cation ; and in Suttgurt another gentleman hus been committed for the novel crime of •* Communist correspondence !") notwithstanding this , I say , every necessary step is taken to bring about a successful agitation for Social Reform ; to establish a new periodical ; and to secure the circulation of all publications advocating C « mmuDtem .

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      Murrain—In the northern circuits a virulent and fatil diseaao exists among the cattle . One farmer has lost nineteen milch cows and a fine bull . The disease is uifiiairaation ofjthe heart , of which tbe Cattle die within eight hours after they are attaoKed , The crimes ot hcree and efceep stealing bare been considerably on the increase lately in Sussex , and several farmers have been [ great sufferers . Chinese Language in France—With a prompt wisdom and ready foresight a royal ordonnance hasbaeu issued in Prance , ] establishing a professorship of tbe

      Chinese language in the school of the living oriental tongues , and appointing M . Bazin to the chair . Surely t&e study of tho Chinese ought to be sedulously pursued in England . JYonng men intended for mercantile pursuits would do ^ ell to think of it ..-. » ¦¦ KNITTING AND ! SHIRTING— It is in conte ^ fi&tion to establish societies for the distribution of prfsla to farmers' wives and daughters , for proficiency in shirt making and stocking knitting , and other accomplishments more useful thau pr ' zsd in those degenerate days . i

      Horse manure . —Mr . Wbitley , a writer on the application of geology to agriculture , states that a car * case of a horse is equal to at lfcaui ten times its weight of farm yard manure , and would prove much more valuable to the farmer , if converted into a compost , than it sold for the' kennel . Rat afia . —derived from res rota fiat : let the matter be ratified . When ths ancients concluded a bargain , they were in the habit of opening the best wine in the cellar , and as they ! quaffed the nectar , of pronouncing the words ; the last two of which , with a trfrng change , are now used to designate a liqueure composed of brandy , sugar , and fruits .

      LEAD MINE . —A valuable lead mine has lately been discovered on the estate of Mr . Cole H&niiliOQ , CGUIlrV Tyrone . We have ' seen a speoitnen of the ore , wUich is the sulphuretof lead , and may produce , perhaps , seventy per cent of the pure metal . This is much a ' aove the usual average , and we hope that It may provu a mine of wealth to the country as well as to the possessor . — Dublin Literary Journal . Mothers . —How tittle do we appreciate a motht r ' s tenderness while living t How heedless are we in childhood of all hex ; anxieties and kindness . But when she is dead and gone ; when the cares and coldness ol the world come withering on our hearts ; wheu we learn how hard it is to find true sympathy , ho w few love us for ourselves ; how few will bufr ^ end U 3 in our misfortune ; then it is we think of the mother we have lost .

      Glasgow Uni vjersitt . —The election of Lord Roctoi for the Glasgow University took place on Wednesday . Lord Eglinlou and Mr . Pox Maule were the candidates . Tile latter won elected by a large majority . THE AMERICAN ] Naty onsista of ten ships of ihe line , : ill built and nearly finished , fourteen frigates of the first-class , two of the second , seventeen sloops , eight brigs , niuo schooners , and six steamers of war carrying immensely longgti'is . "Jacks the Lad !"—I left my old friend twisting his hemp ( who made me a bow at parting that would have done no discredit to the Court of L iu ; s le Grand . )

      and strolled agaiu : to the harbour , where I saw Li Feine Amelia—tbe ; pleasure yacht of the < J u-eu of France—a beautiful little schooner of most elegaut shape , all satiuwood and gilding , manned by some of the finest and most sailor iiko looking fellows I ever saw . One of her crew called out to an English sailor , on the quay , who was eyeing the craft with a critical and somewhat contemptuous air . ** I say , meestaire , you Quln , baa she a ship's likesees ? " " My Qicon ?' said Jack , «• Ty , I sold be ashamed of her M . jjsty if shed spit In such ' a thing . "—A Trip ( 0 Havre de Grace— Illuminated Maaausine ,

      To Prevent Beer from being Turned « r THUNDER . —Having ascertained that it ia perfectly good , draw off entirely in pint pots . Then having collected an equal number of railway navigators , distribute accordingly . ! This will answer in the hottest summer . —Punch , j War . —In a speech of a Becbuano chief , he says—What is war ? Warj builds no towns—plants no gardens—raises no children—has no joys . What is war ? It iB tbe world ' s destruction—it breaks in pieces the hearts of mothers , and causea tho orphan to mourn .

      Prejudice' —I remember a man coming to me with a doleful countenance , putting himself into mauy lamentable postures , ^ gaping as wide as he could , and pointing to bis mouth , ai though he would say he could not speak . I enquired of hia companion what waa the matter ? And was informed , " he had fallen into the bands of the Turks , jwtio had used him in a barbarous manner , and out out his tongue by tbe roots . * ' I believed him . But when the man had had a cheerful cup , he could find ' his tongue as well as another . 1 rtfldCted , bow la it I jeould so readily believe tbort tale ? The answer waa easy—<• because it was told of a Turk . '' — John Wesley . j

      Two Children Burnt TO Death . —Mr . Payne , City Coroner , held two inquests on Saturday , in the beard-room of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the bodies of two children , of the respective ages of three and four years , who ; met their deaths by accidental burning , during the temporary absence of their parents from home . Verdict ; " Accidental de-ifcti . " Nunnery . —The Catholics are about to establish a nunnery in Nottingham , and have taken 1 pacious premises in Parliament-street for tbe purpose The nuns are to bj of the order of the " Sisters of Charity , " anal several ot them are shortly expected from ths neighbourhood of B . rmiugliani . -Mil . BOROUGH TRflLOE , THE MtfBDERESS , —This unhappy woman , on whom sentence of death was passed by Mr . Justice ] E skine , at the Hereford Summer Assizes , 1842 for the ; murder of her infant has had her sentence commuted to transportation for 1 fe .

      Dreadful Accident .- On Saturday evening an inquest was hold at the sign of the Green Gate , ia the City-road , before Mr . jBirfter aud a jury from the neighbourhood , on the body vf James Hurren , aged 67 . carried on business oa a wholesale clothier in Wormwood-street , Bisbopsgate , As James Harrod , porter to Meters . Citor and Woods , llnendrapers on Finsbury pavement , was standing at hia employers' door , at half-past eight o ' clock oa Friday evening , he saw a cart laden with two tons of brewer ' s grains , and drawn by two horses , who wjere in n gallop , coining at a rapid pace from tbe City-road tiwards Chiswell-street , fallowed iu the rear , at the distance of eight or ten yards , by the driver , who was endeavouring to overtake it . A t this moment the deceased was crossing the end of

      Clnswell-atreet for Finsbury-squnre , wheu the horaes turned sharply into the street ; tbe deceased , seeing ' them coming against him , hesitated , as if about to turn back , and held up bis bands to stop the horses ; but he w ^ s insvantly knocked ; down , and tbe near wheel went over the middle of his body , crushing in & 18 riba . He was raised from the jground by the witness and other persona and carried into the shop of Mr . Alfred Midtileton , a surgeon in FinsburV-pluce , on his passage to which he moved slightly , but txpirad the moment be got there . Biebard Gobby , the driver , in the service of Mr . Divis , a cowkecper in Hoaier-laofl , Smilhfiald , unw

      came up , and was taken into custody , by policeman Haines , 155 G , the horses aruJ cart being atoppod and taken to the greenyard . G > bb / substquentiy underwent an examination at Worship-atreet Police-court , on the charge of manslaughter , but an inquest aot having been held on the body ; aud the evidence not being complete against him , he w . ts remanded for further examination . After several othev witnesaen had been examined , the Coroner charged the jury , and after half an hour ' s deliberation they returned & vevdic . of " Accidental death , caused by the cart going over the deceased ; but that there was no evidence to enow how that cart wbs put ia motion . " ¦

      Civilisation of the Greeks . —The Times having asserleii that " the Greeka had made m ^ re rapid progress in education ^ civilisation , and wealth , t : ; an could have beeu reasonably expected , " a correspondent , who spent ' tho moat . ha of February and March last in that country , confirms the assertion : — " I can especially b 4 ar witness to their progress in education , and their extraordinary lova of learning . I shall never forget hearing Professor Osopiua ' s lecture on Grecian antiquities , in Greek , and to Greeks , in the university of Athens . ] Not that I understood much of what he said ; but it was the deep and eager attention of the immense audience of all ages a& £ classes ; old and young , from the veteran warrior with his whits moustache , dawn to mete boys—rich and poor ; from

      gentlemen of the modern school , and chieftains is their picturesque dresses , down to the bare-footed peasantmany takiag notes , and all intelligently listening—it was that which surprised and doiighted me . And I waa told that this was the case with all the public lectures , whioh are open to every body gratuitously . If it be a German professor lecturing , of course in Qve 6 lt , on G < srrnai » meljayhysics , it i » jaafc tbe samethere they all are taking note ? j and doing their utmost to get something from it . I venture to say , that they will soon be oho of the best educated people in Earop 6 , taking them as a body . ] There are several booksellers * shops in Athens , full of jthe claries and a rising modern literature . They have magpz ' nes and Bevaral newspapers admirably conducted . "

      The Dog . —The dogs by the Nile drink while running , to escape the orocodiles . When thoSo of New Orleans wish to cross the Mississippi , they bark at the river ' s edge to ] attract the alligators , who are no sooner drawn front their scattered bAuuts and concentrated on the sDOt , than tho dogs set off at lull 8 peed , aHd plunge in the water higher up the stream . An Esquimaux dog , that waa brought to this country , was given to artificc-s which , are tardy seen in tho native Europeans , whose subsistence does cot depend on their own resources--strewing bia food round him , and feigning sleep , in order to allure fowls and rats , which he never failed to add to hiB Btoie .- ^ Blair ' sHistoryofjhe Dog .

      MARATHON . Great king remember Athens I" From this day Thy crouching slaves , each morn , shall need no more To bid the « think of tier . By the seashore Of Marathon the flashing suubeams play On golden arms , the pomp of tby array , The gorgeous ranks that Datia leads to war . Hark 1 drowning in their battle shout the roar Of the ^ sean , fiercely to the fray , With fiery speed , rush , t ' wards their glittering foe , The iron ranks of Athens : on they pour Like ocean ' s billows when the north winds blow . Thy Persians , like their foam , are swept before The charge . Rejoice , tfcou everlasting tei , Ye heavens lift op your voice , the earth is free .

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      A Whale in the Downs . —During the last * eek odb of the 3 e monsters of the deep haa been visiting our coast in search of herrings , its favourite food , and was distinctly seen on Sunday morning in the Dawns , eand ^ in « up its natural fuunUina . Yesterday it was stsa off Dover from the shore , and some mea who were ia a boat , just a » it was approaching , had a narrow escape ofanupaet ; but they luckily got on board a gilitot , which was passing at trw time , and saved thew * J ? es from a watery jrave . The an&y giant is suppowl to be upwards of sixty feet iu length , 'f h » herring fi * . « ry is progressing very slowly on this part of the coast . — Dover Telegraph .

      Instant Dbath from Swallowing a Pea . — On Tuesday last , the inhabitants of KirKalady ware thrown into s state of extreme excitement by a report that Anne Henderson , a flue girl of about six years of age , was suffocated by swallowing a pea . It appears that she waa playing with her class-mates , and whilst running somewhat smartly had thrown a pea into her mouth , which unfortunately entered the windpipe . Every assistance waa rendered , but it became too evident that the tide of life waa ebbing fast , and that the fns ' gniflcant pea was not too insignificant to prove th& instrument of death . Her distracted parents were scarcely on the spot ere she who was only five minutes before all life ami harmless glee waa numbered with the . lead . Drs . Smith and Young arrived on ths epot not long after the occurrence , but could do nothing . The ' . itter gentleman yesterday made an incision in the win i « . pe , and found the fatal pea hail lodged there ; it ha 2 uot descended very deep . It was a boiled oae , an . ' , of a very small s . z .. —Scotsman .

      Economy . —Economy should be practised V »; " things , but more particularly in matters of met ! -. < iue . The restoration to health has generally been p . irckased at a coetly price ; and certainly if b-wtli could not be procured at any other rate , ac . ^ . ly price should not be an object , of scruple . > >« where ia the wisdom , where is the economy in spwudhig vast sums on a physician ' s attendance , wiien sound health and long life may be ensured by tho oheap , safe , and simple remedy of Parr ' a Life Fills . Robbebt at Halstead Chuiujh . —On Thursday morning some persons broke info Halstead Church , and broke open Beveral boxes containing small su-ihb of money , which they took away . A panel at the back oi the altar was also forced down by th » ua , their search being evidently for ths communion plate .

      Keal Hmnsu . —An extraordinary instan- of presence of iniud , lately occurred at the quarri- - in tho Ross of Mull , Argylesnire , now wrought for the pier in connexion wnh the S&erryvore iigbtritviso by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses . On tho 17 th ult as Mr . Charles Barclay , the forerun , of the quarries , was engaged in removing a splinter of stone irom the face ofablook often tons w » ' £ nt t which Jay 0 / 1 an isclined Jedgo above h'in , the block slid forward and enclosed his loft hand , which * -as bruised iu eueh a manner that two of hia inKldle finders were destroyed , and the sharp points of rock came in contact at tha palm * of the hand , so Uia * it was Held completely fast , as iu a vice , hi this dreadful situationlAr . Barclay ' s great presence of

      , miad and strength of nerves proved the meauc of saving his life and those of the men thafc were along with him . The fir&t impulse of the men was tp fetijh a lever to raise the s one and liberate the prisoner ; aud had Mr . Barclay ' s presence of miad desc rted him , or had he fainted under the excruciating torture he endured , this rash purpose would have been executed , and the stone would have launched him forward and crushed him aod his com rados beneath its mass . He , however , was enabled to direct their proceedings with a Wonderful dejifae of composure , and , after fruitless attempts to raisO the block . Mr . Barclay resolved to but out the Stone

      round his hand ! as the oaly means of escape . 1 uia painful operation occupied abom twenty minutes , during which time the tortures he endated did uofc prevent his working with the remaining hand ia effecting his literatim from his exraortfinary captivity . Mr . Barclay afterward ^ w alked without assistance' to the neiahbouring village of Bunessaa ,. two miles off , where Dr . Diarinid , a gentleman w : io bad lately returned fro * the Arctic expedition under Ross , removed the shattered bones . N « xfc day Dr . Campbell , who acts as surgeon to the Serryvore works , arrived from Tytee , and convey-. d his patient to the barracks at Hynish Wofky&rd , where he is fast recovering .

      A Mirjuuirr . ~ As a proof of the alarming nature of the disease among cattle and of its extent in > . ur neighbourhood , we taay state—and we have the statement on Hnqueslionable anthor-ty—that , Jn a district of eight or ten miles round Derby , the Ips 3 of cattle from this cause has been something lifce £ 2 , 000 within the last year or fifteen months . Of course , the whole loss cannot be ascertained ; but we have seen a list of 227 bead of cattle lost by tiio disease during this , time , belonging to farmers ra-Biding near us , which , valued at £ 8 each , ia pretty na * Tt \ sJfoiaBam . —J } e # bif ^ ££ ercur ! fS- " Wonderful Deuvebt . —A man , named Mitchell , who resides at Ilminster , having been suspected of stealing some geese , at Chillington , tbe constables were despatched to search his house , having gained

      admittance , they found Mrts . Mitchell , according ' o her own account , in a very delicate condition , ia fact , on the eve of confinement . Medical assistance in this case , as ia all similar cases , wad required and , of course , soon obtained . On tba arrival of the doctor the good lady was assisted to turn oat and stand up , when , as if by ma # ic , and to the astonishment of all present , not excepting the doctor , f-ho was delivered of two very clean picked geese . Ths business was soon over , and the patient immediately became couvalescent ,: and waa enabled oa Monday , ( prepared , we presume , for another confinement though of a very different nature , in company with her husband ) , to pay a visit to the honourable bench or magiserates at Chard , to receive their congratulations oa this wonderful delivery . —Sherborne Journal ..

      War Against Knowledge !—Serial publications of a literary and scientific nature cannot now be stut by post , without the full charge , evea if stamped . Au experiment was rcceutly made which sets tba question at rest . A new literary periodical , print ?< i on a stamped sheet , similar to the regular newspapers , passed through the post office for two ?•»»* - ceosive weeks , when its transmission was inu-- - dieted , tho Postmaster-General conceiving thai tbo privilege derivable from the stamp is to be considered as applicable only to newspapers . "— [ A . wise and jt ? 3 t Government would aid the circuit tion orhnawledge , and tbe consequent mental culture of the people by every meaae at Us command . Our Government ia neither ; hence it trammels by stamp ace ? , post-offioa regulations , &c , the circulation of mind ' s productions . But ) we " Will war With all who war with thought : "

      and to tho best of our power aid in tbe annihilating of a" system" which " loveth darkness rather than light , " and keeps in ignorance tho enslaved ' ¦ many , " as the only means of upholding the " privileges" of the tyrant" few . "—E . N . S . J The Queen ' s Visit to Sib R . Peel . —It is her Majesty ' s intention to honour Sir Robert Peel with a visit at his residence at Drayton Manor on Tuesdny , the 28 > h inst . Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor Castle to Watford , and thence by railwayto Drayton Manor , to remain fc-11 Friday , the 1 st of December , when her Majesty will go on a visit to hia Grace the Duke of Devonshire . Oa

      Monday , the 4 > . h oi' December , ihe Queen will honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at Belvoir Castle , and return to Windsor Castle on the 7 th . Her Majesty will be accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and we learn that her Majesty the Queen Dowager has signified to i > ir Robert Peel her intention to join tho Royal party at Drayton Manor on the 28 th inst . ; so that the Premier will have the distinguished honour of receiving in bis house at the same time hia Sovereign and her illustrious Consort , and her Majesty tho Queen Dowager , with tbeir respective suites and attendants .- * -Standard .

      A Brace of Fools—Duel . —A hostile meeting took place on the sand near Haverfordwest , oa Tuesday s& ' nnigbt between Captain > B— - — -y , an officer who very gallantly distinguished himself ia the wars iu Afghanistan and Scinde , and a Mr . T . 3—— -a , in consequence of eome language spoken by the latter highly derogatory to the most illustrioui porsouage iu the realm , ia the presence of the captain , who resented it by a personal attack upon the disloyal subject , and a meeting ensued , ia which Mr , J s was very severely injured , so much so , that his lite is dispaired of .

      Melancholy Affair . —On Taesday , a rumour obtained extensive circulation in Marylebode that Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., had on Monday made an auempt to commit suicide , by precipUatiflg Himself from one of the windows of bis residence , Btyanstoii * square . During the latter pwt of that day ami $ u eofy ? sterdsy 'he noose of the Hoturarable Member waa literally besieged bj the calls of his political as well as personal friends . Tbe ramour , as regards Mr . Hume himself , proved erroneous ; but an occurrence had i&kea place of an equally serious and afflioting obaraoter to the Honourable benUeman ' a eon-in-kw , Mr . Charles Gubbin ? ,. who « f , ? ^ of hw -Grace the present pnohess of at . Aibans . On Monday morning , shortly before bye ( toUch . the screams of Mrs . Gobfaina awoke

      Mr . Joseph Home and his family , and it waa men discovered that the unfortunate gentleman bad thrown himself from his bed-room window , on the third floor , on to the pavement . Haying been conveyed ihfcb the houBe in an insensible state , jhr . Arnott , of Bedford-square , Mr * Liston , and several other eminent members of the medical profession , were sent for , and promptly arrived , when it " was discovered that Mr . Gtibbina has sustained * ^ compound fracture of one of his thighs m two places , and that his other l < g was broken . Mr . Gubbms was visited two or three times throughout yesterday by his medical attendants , and but very faint . hope 3 are entertained of hia ultimate recovery . Ine ead event has thrown tho ianuly of Mr . Hume and ' his Grace the Duke of St . Albaa ' s into a state of great affliction . ^

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      fig ^ Owing to a press of engagements we have been unable even to look at tbe works noticed last week as received for Review . We will bring- op arrears next week . Publtcaticns Received— "An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet ; " Temperance Herald" &c , &c .

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      Pbggbess of- Liteeatube ifc Italt . —During the Sear 1842 there have been printed in haly 3 , 042 ooks ( the number printed iu 1841 was 2 , 099 ) : of these 3 , 042 1769 , or about threofli'ths , were published in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; of the remainder , 508 appeared in Piedmont ; 235 in the grand duchy of Tuscany ; 216 iu the papal states ; 174 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies ; 19 in the duchy of Mociena , and U in t \\ -i 86 ate of Lucca . Of thea& -works » coesideraWe portion were translations .

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      "A NIGHT WITH BURNS . " The following under the above head is from Ainsworth ' s ? Magazine . A certain Andrew Horner of Carlisle , took it into his head that he was a poet . We wrote , and he would print . To carry hit ) laudable design into execution , he took a j mrney to Glasgow , and agreed wiih a printer and publisher . In returning from Glasgow ho found himself upon au evening in vhe ancieul town oi Ayr , and in the common room of tho inn he forgathered with some halfdoz-m "ranting , roaring , dashing young fellows , foud of their glass and their joke . " "The night dravo on with song and clatter ; " and at last Andrew was induced to lay a wa ^ CT that he woald beat a "poet lad" who lived near by . The poet lad was introduced , and—but we will lot tho writer toll the rest : —

      " An epigram waa the subject chosen , because , as Andrew internally argued , ' it is the shortest of all poems , * In compliment to him , the company resolvfd that his own merits should supply the theme . " He commenced'In seventeen hunder thretty aine 'and ho paused . He then said , * Ye see , I was born in 1739 , [ ihe real date was some years earlier ] so 1 mak * that the commenccmcn ' . ' •* He then took pen in hand , folded his paper with a conscious air of authorship , squared himself to the table , like one who considered it no trifle even to write a letter , and slowly put down in good round hand , as if he had been making out a bill of parcels , the line' Ia seventeen hunder thretty-nine ;' but beyond this , after repeated attempts , he was unable to advance . The secoud lino was the Rubicon he could not pass .

      •* At last , When Andrew Hormx reluctantly admitted that he y / hb not quite in tho vein , the pen , ink , and paper , wero handed to his antagonist . By him they were rejected , for he instantly gave the foliowing , ' i > Jua voce . — ¦ ' In seventeen hunder thretty-nine , The Deil gat stuff to mafe' a swine , And pit it in a corner ; But , shortly after , changed his plan , Made ic to something like a man , And called it Andrew lloraer . '

      " The eubjeot of this stinging stanzt had the good !? ense not to be offended with ita B&iire , cheerfully paid the wager , set to for a night ' n revrlry with his new friends , and thrust hia poems between the bars of the grate , when the sma' houris' oame on to four in the morning . As his poetic rival then kindly rolled up the hearthrug , in a quiet , corner of the room , to serve as a pillow for tho vanquished rhymester—then literally a carpet knight—the old man , batter prophet than poet , exclaimed , * Hoot , mon , but ye'fl be a greater poet yet !' " Auawer , O nations , whether the prediction was

      fulfilled I In a few months after , a volume of poems waa published from the presa ot John Wilswn , of Kilmarnock—the author was a peasant by birth , a poet by inspiration . Coarse was the paper on whioh these poems were printed , stnd worn waa the typo . But tho poems themselves were of that rare class which the world does not willingly let die . The fame of . their author haa flown , far and wide , throughout the world . His geuius aud his fate , have become ' at Once the glory and iheTMprosch of Scotland . ' That author was tbe same who , in a Bportive mood , made an epigram upon posr Andrew Homer . His name was ROBERT BURNS . "

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      j * For " Pope ? read -Father . Srrrely-ae Editor of the 2 ia 3 t > z \ ras is a fit of the * ' lackadastaol" when be pot saeh & milksop -K-ord into tbe month of Ms poetic "Terms Hannibal" ij

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1240/page/3/