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BIKDS . Ansuxr 1 o Eliza Cook' s poem on Birds , published in the Northern Star of 2 tov . lift , 1843 . - Birds I birds I ye are troublesome tilings , With yonr keen prying eyes sad yom adrift flying -wings Wbere ibsll we - wander or where shall we dwell , Troublesome things ! that ye come not &s -well ? Te build in oar chimnie *—the ftmnelB ye choice , Till all In onr chambers are cover'd with , smoke j Te zjfla the farden—ye ravage ihe field—Te peck half thefruit that snr deny trees yield ; Te pilfer the seeds that we sow with inch pain , Te lurk in the com fields and plunder ths gnin i ! tronblesonie thioes ! bow my heart sadly grieves " When ye . soaps off the thatch from the cottagera eav&s < Prom yonr conning and craft there is nothing secure ; Ye plunder lie rich and ye pilfer the poor .
Prom yon ivied ruin a boding owl cried Pull seven nights long ere my old granny died 1 And an eagle , whose eyrie was built In a rock , 23 £ 'd the finest young lamb that I had in my Sock , A long necked heron the other day took A score of my very best trout from the brook ; And the greedy grey « rows have left only o pair Of a brood of fine chicks my wife tended with care In yonr praises , the poets fine ditties may sing , But laith 2 I ' ve no reason to do any such thing . Hew oft I have seen in the April mom
The greedy grey laik peeking up tae . yoiing corn ? When , awed by my _ presence , he'dsoar op the wing And hi £ Jb overhead in-defianee would sing . And well I remember , that I , like a fool , If eglected my lesson and " miched" from my schsol , And roVJ in the meadowB the tammei day long , To seek for your nests -and to listen your song ; Xike a caitiff , next morning in school I sat down . And bore fromsy teacher the blow and the frown ; My back , even yet , bears the mark of the " taws , " And , mischievous pests » ye were solely the cause .
Mischievous > esta I your presence I scorn , From the bird of thB ran to the -wren in tbe thorn—The impudent magpie , with parson-like look ; The hoarse screaming ray en and jabbering rook ; The lssy cuckoo , with monotonous tone j The pilfering blackbird , that whistling drone j The martin that nests in a hole like a rat ; And that link in creation , thejesiher-wiiig'd bat " 1 "will tell them to Snfl nie a grave when I die , " Where no chattering sparrow snail ever ComB nigh ; Bat O , fet it be by yon clear mountain stream , Where tbe flowers of toe summer xeSected shall gleam , As it leaps to the vale , the blue ocean to meet—Jte silvery voice will be cheering and sweet In the darkness and gloom of the long dreary night , " When the thrush and the woofilark have taken their flight . Iambeg . J . M-Kqwes .
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OLD SONGS . f Abridged from zhs . ' ¦ ¦ Torpei-me-XoF for 2 £ i 4 . J BY XL 12 a coos . Old songs 2 old sougs . '—what heaps I know , From " Chevy Chase" to " Black-eyed Suej" . From " F : ow , thou reral purple stream , " To Boussesu ' 8 melancboly " Dream !" I loved the pensive " Cabin Boy " With earnest truth and real joy ; 3 Jy irarmest feelings wander "back To greet " Tom Bowling" - and " Foot Jack ; And 0 . " Will Watch , " tbe snraeeler bold , 2 > ly plighted troa tfcou'Jt ever hold .
1 doted on the " auld Scot's sennet , " As though I'd worn the pMJ and bonnet 2 went abroad with " Sands ' s Ghost , " 1 stood "with *• BsamocYbnriTs brave host , ' And Tjrondly tossed n > y cuily bead TTitiT" Ssots vis hse wi' Wallace bled 3 shouted *• Connain through the rye , " With restless step and -sparkling eye , And chased away the passing frown With *• Bonnie ran the burnie down . *
The tiny " WarbJsr ** from the stall , The flattering ballad on the wall , The gipsy ' s glee , the beggar ' s catch , The cia -wife's lay , the idiot ' s snatch , TJbs schoolboy's ctiorus , rode and winy , The harvest strain , the carol ditty—1 taxed ye aB , 1 stole from each , 3 spnrn'd do teacher that could-teach : Though long my list , though great my store , I'd ever seek to add one more .
Old songs' old songs !—my brain has lost Much that it gained with pain and cost : I have forgotten all the Jules Of " 3 IurrayV books and " Trimmer ' s" schools 3 > cte £ ltti figures—how I bate The mere remembrance of a slate ] How have 1 cast from "woman ' s thought JIuci ) goodiy lore the girl was taught ! But not a werd has passed away Of "Best thee , Babe , " or " Bobin Gray »" Tie baHad still Is Lreaibin ? roacd , Bat other voices yield the zonnfl ; Strargers possess tte housshold rooa y The mother lieth in the tomb ; And the blithe boy that praised her song Heepeth xs soundly and as long .
Oi € sengs 1 old songs!—I sbonid not sigh-Joys of tbe earth on earth must dis ; But specVral forms will sometimes start Within the caverns of the heart , Hauating the lore and darken'd cell Where , warm in life , they nsed to dwelL Hope , youth , lore , home—each humairtie That binds we know not how or why—All , all lhat fcorhejonl be 3 oi ? ga , Ib closely mingled with " Old songs . "
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AN ESSAY ON THE TRAGEDY OP HAMLET . Bt P . Macdosell , Author of ** An JBssay on the Tempest /* &c & . C London ; Cnnningham and Mortimer , Adeiaide-streetj Trafalgarsqusxe . To all lovers of Shakspcre , —and they are numerous " as the sands on the sea sbore , "—this E 3 say " will be a treat of no ordinary kind . Were the snbject tbe most nninTiii 3 g that imagination can conceire , the amnor has the happy faculty of clothing his seatiaeais in drapery go chaste , aBd enforcing iiis views wiih 2 . fffam ^ iiia so conviii-iTig , that niving read a pate , ii would be Impossible for tb ? reader to refkse tie perusal of the entire work . But , Tf hen the subject j ? o far from being a repulsive one , is the
Tery rcTerse ; a drama perhaps tne most sublime ever penned , even by thatsublimesv of ail dramatic bards , * the Swai of Avon , "—do one with any pretenaons to , or desire to sirive at , a correct taste , bus will hail with delishi ibis beautifnl -prtxJucrioa of « je -who has eTidenily drnak &t the Tery fount of Shak ^ pere ' s inspir * tion . Tee " E ^ ay * ' embraces B A vitw of Hsal ^ i's chsracier % id 3 feigEed or real madness ; coudaei to Ophelia ; the soliloquy on suicide , " &c ; and Tdll be found , we think , to clear up mo ? t Faiisfaciorl-j the doubt and obscurity in which the intentions " and views of the Great Dra-Eatist have been up to lb . e present time involved , with respect to this , the most extraordinary production oi his pen .
We futgain tae following extracts as specimens of tbe E-iajist ' s btylc . " Ths origiral story on "which the tragedy of HanJet is founded , is to "be met with in tbe writings" of Saxo Grammatlcus , the Daniih historian , who flourished towards t ' r e end of the twtifth century ; but about 236 i , BeliEforest adojited it 5 n bis eollfiction ofuOTda , from TTbich , it ie supposed the old blsci Mtei prose » Btstoxzb of HiMBLET" was translated . With the aid of this translation , Shakeptre was enabled to give to the world a production , which for splendour and
magnificence is uutqaalied in the annnl » of dramatic poetry . The basis of the piece rests upon the murder of Hamlet's father by bis nac'fi Claudius , Bung of Denmark : tbe murder is revealed to Hamlet by the supernatural sppsaraace of his fitfaer ' a ghost , which inspiring tte young Prince with revefige , the bent of the play tzs ^ s -upon tbe accofBpiisujBtnt of this purpoae- Ham-Ist ' j indication at the incestuous- marriage of his mother with his uncle , bis grief for his father ' s death , "with the ncble and g-ajerons qualities which distinguish his character , all prepare us to sympathise with his wrongs and sufferings .
"ShskEpere , as a tragic writer , possessed in an tminent degree an advantage orer tite poets of ancient Greece , by availing Mnifcclf of ths gloomy sopersfcifcions o ! bis country ; and as it was his task , to abide by the narration of those events : related by the historian , with the tame faithful accuracy that guided him when depicting with so much power the witches in Macbeth ; K > in the Tragedy of Hamlet be bas produced a phantom in the ghost of the Danish King , with such admirable fckill as to -make ns for lhe moment forget the wisdem of philosophy , and leave our minds harrowed with fear and wonder , a prey to all the delusions of
* ' Gas fireaded sight ** With Eeme authors the ghost in Hamlet has formed a souree of severe tut unjust criticism , by it being brought in comparison with tbe l > b £ ntoms of iEscbylus ; but thiBcensuTe is now regarded as the offspring of very circumscribed views , ShakBi pere wrote and adapted his scenes to the taste and prejudices « f hifl time ; and whilst tie powers of his imagination were congenial to tbe established superstitions wfcicb then prevaHedj he bas lenfiesfeil ttn » e objects ot terror subservient "to the designs of the drama , amidst a boldness of poetic fiction , that has embellished the traditions of the vnlgar , with the elegance and splen-QDurof classic erudition .
* O £ all the characters drawn by Shakspere , Hamlet CDdonbttdly tea excited the greatest interest . Amid the Taried scenes of life , tbe -pea . of ilse Immortal poet fcaa depictea tee passion * of tflB hflTn' * '" breast with a pover and ez ^ erfy tsceeding the efforts of all other den ; but , in the beautiful drama that delineates tbe tareer of the Danish Prince , a ' philosophy ol thought '
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prevails , with which ate imbued all the finer sensibilities of tbe soul In pourtraying the disposition of Hamlet , Shakspere has presented to us a correct outline of tbe moral character of those whose feelings and actions have been influenced by that temperament denominated the mdarichdic , bnt which is often found assuming under different phases many of those variations that belong to the sanguine . Susceptible of impressions which with them create deep and profound medltatien , men of this class possess a reserve in their demeanour bordering on distrust , and viewing with suspicion the actions of their fellow creatures ; yet , gentle , generous , and affectionate , they are chagrined by a sense of their condition , and are rendered unhappy by the contemplation of those wrongs which the vices
and lollies of tbe world have inflicted upon them . I / ke Hamlet , the nses Of life &re to them , ¦ *• stale , flat , and unprofitable ; - and from out by the bitterness of rt flection , their energies become annihilated in that tempest of moral feeling , which not unfrequently brings them to a premature rest , in the silent recesses of the grave . Mournful as this pictnre ia , it presents to us however , the history of some of the moat illustrious of men ; for ¦ who can dwell upon its outline without recalling to to remembranoe the unhappy and proscribed Tasso , — the elegant bat unfortunate Rousseau , witfa the highminded and self-exiled Byron ? Infinite in his knowledge of the human heart , Shakspere has drawn Hamlet faithful to nature ; and though bis sentiments are tinged with an aspect of deep melancholy , his rtflections ,
pregnant with studied observation upon life and all its concerns , will ever awaken in the breasts ol the generous aad thoughtful , the same train of ideas which has always pervaded ths pages of those distinguished poets and philosophers , who , as advocates and promoters of human improvement , have encountered fearlessly the prejudices and vice » of society . Incapable of appreciating the character of such men , cold and nnthinkicg critics have not been scrupnlous in extending their censure upon those reflections of human life which . are so prevalent in the works of our immortal poet ; but possessing that temperament congenial to men of high genius , Shakspere , kind and gentle in his nature , had felt ' the oppressor ' s wrongs '— the proud man ' s c-jntumuly , * and gave way to that COntfensplative Badness -which with aim reigns predominant , whil * t viewing tbe evils
generated by 'the vain pomp and false glory of the world . ' The happiness of the human race , impeded by ignorance and retarded by tyrant custom , bas excited in all ages the sympathies of the good and virtuous . Their philanthropy , mingled with an ardent enthusiasm , have unceasingly led them to prognosticate that another and a better era will yet arrive , in spite of those smiles of derision which even in the present day follow such anticipations . Happily , the destiny of man is now progressive . The chains which have hitherto kept his intellectual faculties in bondage are rent asunder ; and knowledge , with all its advantages , shall at some future day bring to him the enjoyment of a more improved state of things , free frem those scenes of turmoil , care , and anxiety that have too long Larrassed his existence . Truly has onr illustrious bard , in his Second Park of Henry VL ,
proclaimed—* Ignorance ib the curse of God : Knowledge the wing wherewith- we &y to bea-ren . ' " Oopions original notes are given , eshibnw ^ deep research , profound reflection , and enlightened philosophy ; tbey will be read with much interest . A word a 3 to the an ; hor . Mr . ilacdoneil is a man who has spent years of toil in a profession which should have been to him s source of honourable emolument ; and his talents and practical knowledge as a surgeon well entitle him to these re-wards . But , alas ! for the honest roan who its doomed to lire in this Age of Bronze . " Mr . hi would ihiiikfor himself : would refuse to worship at
the altar of ** tyrant custom ? ' and of course he has coffered for his independence of spirit and manliness of heart . Some years have now elapsed sinee the writer had the pleasure of listening to ihe words of truth and philosophy from the Iip 3 of this warmhearted believer in ** another and a better era" the Iranian race ; and despite " the oppressors wrongs , " the proud man ' s contumely , " we are glad to find that our instructor has never faltered in ihe ennobling belief that " Come it will lor a' that , When man to man the warld o ' er Shsll brithers be and a * that "
To the admirers of Shakspere , and all the lovers oi elegant litera-rare , we in 031 heartily commend this * Essaj "
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* In a private letter addressed to . m , Vs . OasUei says— " 1 have it from the Chartists in load- on that l sm right Tbey Eay no Chartist called on A" . Vv * - combe , bnt some Sturgates did . They ftTsr that tte Chartists did ml interffcre , "
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not been for Mr . Dau&omba , I have no hesitation In saying that Baring would have beaten him by a large majority . Pattison ' s majority was 1 <« ' 5 ; consequently , if 83 out of the whole number that polled for him bad voted foirBaring , Baring would have been returned ; and I believe neither Whig or Tory will dispute the fact , that tbe Cbartists could have ensured a show ol hands and have polled between three and four bundrei votes for their man ; therefore , Mr . Pattison maj consider himself in a much more honourable position than that of ' creature to the League '; be is tbe People ' s Member . I was in the House with Mr . Pattison ; and there was not half a doz ^ n Members so thoroughly domocratic ; and I pledge myself , as Mr . Duncomba pledged himself , that he will vote for every point of the People ' 8 Chattel ; fe * separation of Cbnrcb and State ; and for all other moral and Teligious measures . *
"If so , Mr . Pattison was indeed ungrateful . At the Three Tnns , on the 7 th inst ., he thanked tbe JtJwa and the leaguers for his triumph , not tbe Chartists . " Mr . O'Connor was , I believe , in Scotland at the time . He muat have been misinformed . It is surely impossible that tbe London Chartists canvassed and voted for Mr . Pattison 1 The friends of the working classes could not , I shonld hope , vote for tbe great bead of the monied interest '—1 & « very Goliah of the Mammonites—the * creatcre' of tbe great Moloch of the mills , the League—tbe man who denies the righi of the poor to support '—who believes , that « to give
capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour must be kept down '—and whose pasBion for accumulation , whose inextinguishable passion for gain , has no limit I * —Ne , no , I will hope that Mr . O'Connor is incorrect , and that the information given to me was true ; else I must believe tbat tbe Chartists are not only tbe enemies of the working classes , but tbat they are the most inconsistent men on earth—contending everywhere , in the provinces , with their tyrants and oppressors , the Leaguers , and afterwards canvassing and voting for the ' creature of the League" in London ! It cannot be .
" 1 thought I knew the Chartists as the friends British industry . I fancied that they were the enemies of the New Poor law j that they recognized in the LeagnetB their remorseless oppressors , tbe tyrants of the mills ; and were resolved never to add to their grinding power 1 I have been nearly three years iD prison—am I now to understand tbat the object of * the Chartist movement , ' as it is called , is to find us a Government and Legislature composed of such men 83 Pattison and Gisborae—• the creatures of toe League' ? If bo , then , without hesitation , I -would prefer despotism in its most unmitigated form . Yes , it were better for the working classes of England th . it the autocrat of Russia ruled their destinies , than tbat the Molochs of tbe mills , the Qoliaha of Mamir on , Bhould be elevated to the mastery . " 1 still cling to the hope that Mr . O'Connor ' s information is incorrect—that I was not deceived when I was told that the London Chartists did not interfere in
support of either candidate at the late election for London . We conclude whh the following « xtra < 5 ts , regreting tbat we have not room for the entire number . The tfoodOid iing" is advancing . Let the Profitmongers look to it . If we are not to have Protection " , we must have " Co-operation" ! If the labourer is to be ground to the earth , we will see if the Uieless shopkeeper cannot bo destroyed ! Again we say , let the Vampires look to it . They may have things more free yet than they wish for !
"If ' cheap labour' be good for the shopkeepers , ' small profits' must be desirable to tbe labourers . The ' monopoly' of skopkeepera must , then , be destroyed . ' What is sauce for the goose is sauce for tbe gander . * We must have no more profits behind the counter , of 200 and 2000 pet cent ., to enable shopkeepers to keep up gay and costly establishments—to have their splendid carriages , country houses and parks . They must no longer be allowed to live like princes , ¦ while thts poor ha * ker is forced to buy a Ucantb for hi 3 ' prelection . ' We must have no more buying cotton neckcloths at 7 d . a piece , and celling them for 2 s . each ;
stockings at 7 d . a pair , and vending them at Is . lid . ; kettiea at 43 . each , and dispensing them behind the counter for 9 s . ; German silver pencil-cases at 9 d . a piece , and ticketing them at tbe low price of 2 s . tid . each ; steel pens at 6 d a gross , and Belling them at Id . a piece ! These are only a fdW samples of the benefit demed by the monopoly of shopkeeping . But if we are to haye * cheap labour , ' we will have smal ) profits . ' Why , I ask , should these brawling Free Trade shopkeepers be protected from the competition of poor , honest hawkers , who would Fsrve us at a much cheaper rate ? Pjwh , then , with licences ; and let every man hawk what , when , where , and how ho can .
" Nay , better still , we must have tbe producer and the consumer brought in claser contact , and thus entirely sapersede tbe expensive ' monopoly of the shops , ' by the universal establishment of Bazaars , where a commission of l or 1 J per cent , will be all that shall be demanded for- distributing tbe products of industry . We shall thus receive a much greater reduction from tbe cost , than many times the amount of the ' protection' demanded for our poor labourers and artisans . The poor semstresses will then be able to protect themselves against the extortion of the Free Trade shop keepers . . . _ _ . . .
•¦ Tea , yes , Messrs . of the Free Trade » hftpK 6 eplng school ; if we are to have ' cheap labour' and cheap corn , ' we will also contrive to have ' cheap bread "—aye , even if we send to France for bakers It is a fact , that ' in France they manage the ? e things better than we do . ' \ Vo will now take a cheap leaf oui of their book , and try if we cannot thereby obtain a cheap loaf . " Let the consumers of English bread note the following fact . Comparing the price of wheat and of bread in France and in England , we pay annually te out miilfcrs and bakers a profit of upwards of £ 11 , 008 , 000 sterling more than the French pay to their bakers fc the same quantity of bread ! I Let the cry , then , run through England , millers and bakers , we will have cheap bread . ' " Oh , yes , if our artisans ,, onr labourers , our sailors and soldiers , are to sell their labour cheaply , so must our bafeers come dowa to the French leveL "
How queer the FreebootiDg gentry will look then THE HEALTHIAN ; a Journal of Human Phtsiologt , Diet , and Regimen . London Strange , Paternoster-row . This ia a collection ef papers originally published monthly , Btitched together in a wrapper , fourteen in number for one shilling . The views advocated are those of total abstinence from all drinks save and except water ; from tobacco , snuff , opium , &c ; from ftesh diet , and all food prepared by fire or other chemical agencies . So that W 0 havu here tchole-fwff :-ec-tota ) i £ m and no mistake ! Nor is this all : we ha 7 e but the theory in the book , but this theory is reduced to practice not only by a large number of isolated individuals , but also by an
associated body of experimental TC-formers—the Concordists of Ham Common , Surrey . Without expressing agreement with the writers in this work , we mast admit that they write like men in earnest , and advance many arguments not easy to overthrow . The Pythagorean system of total abstinence from flash food has bcun advocated by some of the greatest men who have lived , including the immortal Shelley ; and when we consider that health is the grand desideratum of existence , we should pause ere we sacrifice that most incomparable of blessings to the gratification of what may be a " vitiated" palate . A question arises , which the advocates of a purely vegetable diet will b «* expected to answer .
They argue that the bravest and moat powerfully physical of the human race , have been those nations who have been the most absumious ; and they point to the Komans in the eany part of their career , to the Scotch in their early struggles with the English , and to the modern Irish . Bnt we have been told that the reason why the English soldier has so repeatedly dome down hl 8 GilUiO 0 PP 0 HCut 0 Q the field of battle , ie , because the British aro belter fed than the French ; and hence are larger men ; possessing greater strength of muscle and power of endurance . So that it has been superior animal strength , not superior bravery or military skill , that baB &o often given tbe " victory" to the British . As to the modern Irish , it is not fair to compare our murdered factory population with the Irish
peasantry ; but compare peasant with peasant if the truth i 3 xo be arrived at . And here let TIB ask , if the Irish peasantry are the strongest in the world , —fed as they are mainiy upon potatoes , and some two millions of them subsisting upon casual charity or poor law relief ; and if their strength be the resu't of their mode of living , what is ihe meaning of the outcry . we . have had about the " seaweed" and tbe " lumpers" ? For if their food was to be "bettered ; ' if tney could keep and consume , amongst themselves , ttie cattle , pigs , butter , and cheese , which tbey now send lo this country , then , according to our friends the " Concordists " , they ( tbe Irish ) would forthwith deteriorate , and become feeble and emaciated as their diet became moie luxurions 1
Again : when the " Healthiana" point to the abstemious coherts of " all-conquering Rome , " we are forced to ask another question . Heaven knows we feel no admiration for the " triumphs" and " conquests" of England : still " what is written is written . " India , China , America , Africa : many an ocean-fight and ensanguined plain attest what has been done in the ' glory" and " slaughter" way by the " coboriB" of thia country , naval and military . How is this ; How is it that the flesh-eating , beer and ram-drinking Briton , has out-rivalled by far all the boasted conquests of the CtSSUS and their legions
Perhaps we shall be told that there are moral causes for this superiority : that the English have been the first to acquire and mature a knowledge of mechanical and chemical discoveries and " improvements" in the art of vnen-killing . But this doeB not settle the question . We are told by our modern Pythagoreans that flesh-eating not only destroys the body , but aleo clouds tbe intellect , impairs the mental powers , and lays pro . strate the mind ! If so , how is it that the flesh-eating English have been the mosJ successful explorere of the useful sciences , which has , no doubt , had much to do with giving to them their superiority as a na-tioa ! These are
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questions that , supposing the Pythagorean ' system of diet tobe true , would certainly puzz ' . e us to answer . We might | have enlarged upon these objections , bnt space will not permit . Notwithstiauding what wo have above said , we cordially reoommead this publication . We can aay truly that we baye learned many facls from its pages ol no small utility ; and we can promise oar readers that they will find in the pages of this work , independent of its grand theory , muoh really useful fenowledge , rendering cheap indeed the price at which they will purchase it . Prove all things , " say we ; and therefore read "the Healthian . "
A- LECTURE ^ TO YOUNG MEN ON CHAS-, Y ^ - By Sylvester Graham , of Boston , U-o . Price 2 s . London : Strange , Paternoster Row . We confess that we took up this work with no relish tor its perusal , expecting to find it either a pillmongers puff , or a parson's homily ; and having no-taste for quackery , either medical or spiritual , we looted wnh considerable distaste v . % the very title of the yolurne . Not that the title is not in itself good ; but because such titles in the present day are too often used to palm on the public most rascally and health-destroying frauds . But , having read the J * tro . duotory Essay , " "Preface , " &c , we were induced to read on ; and having gone through its hundred and fifty pages , we fetil competent to speak honcBtly as to its merits .
In reviewing works relating to the health and existence of mankind , it behoves non-medical writers to be extremely cautious how they venture to recommend such works ; and acting upon this principle , we should have refused to have said one word in favonr of this Lecture , " had we thought we discerned the least trace of quackery therein . Nay , if for the lamentable diseases commented on in this work , we had found other than the most simple remedies recommended—had medicinal agencies , of the , nature of which we were ignorant , been proposed to the reader who might be suffering ftom the curses which a false civilization baa engendered , we should have paused ere we had spoken favourably of what wo might be unfitted to . "peak correctly .
We believe from revelatiimd that of late years have been nv > ro or leas made public , that tho dreadiul evils detailed in this lecture are indeed but too prevalent ; and that this picture of the horrors at the foundation of social society in America , is but too faithful a portraiture of like Horrors in this country . Aware of the existence of these miseries , a host of brazen imposters , numerous ai Egyptian vermin , have arisen m the land , who , pretending to sj'mpai - kititt with distressed humanity , have ad dad to its tortures ; and while each has asserted that he was the only Esculapius , all have added immensely to the original evil . Year by year , too , has that immorality which owes its very existence to the
wxetched . situation of womankind under our present anti-social arrangements ^ gone on advancing with giant strides . Corruption is festering round the very heart ' s core of society ; and yes , urn-il very lately no one has attempted to stem the fljod of impurity , or direct erring man into the right path of virtue and happiness . The rulers of the people have been too intent on preserving their own power and perpetuating the slavery of tho masse ? , to find time to look after tho conservauou oi the health or purity of society . Priests aro now , & 3 they ever have been , beat Only oil maiutaiaiu # their unholy powi > r over tho minds oi men , and propping up their degrading superstitions , curing Dothiug for the
physical health and social morality of their followers : while the great body of the people , the unrespitod victims to the tyranny and fraud of their temporal and spiritual masters , tho eternal slaves of " custom , " have been tunk iu poverty auri ignorance , the unfailing progenitors of vice . In this sta . e of things men who have seen the deplorable eriJd arid their osiasea described iu this work , have heaitated to make known their information , either from a feeliug of false delicacy , or a dread of tbe censure of an ignorant and vicious public opinion . The author of thiti "Lecture " was one of the first who dared to tell the truth and
burst tbe shackles of custom ; " and good service to tbe human race has be performed in so doiug . We want a Graham in this England to go through the land , like another Father Mathew , cleansing with the besom of Self-Refoi m our vast Augean stable of its moral and physical impurities . Wanting such a man , this book m& . y be productive of great good . To the paront , the gttardiau , the youth earnestly desirous of steering clear of the contaminations of society ; in short , all who are iomresicd in tneir own health , or that of those near and dear to them , we can honestly recommend Dr . Graham ' s lecture .
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LEEDS . — Picking Pockets . —On Tuesday last , two prostitutes , named Eliza , Harrison and Rebecca Hartley , were committed by tho magistrates at the Leeds Court House for trial , on a charge of having picked the pocket of a youug man namod Benjamin Gothard , of a purse , coutaiuiug a £ 5 note and three sovereigns . Leeds Woollen Markets . —The demand for manufactured goods contmue =, and those moat culled for are now principally made to order , there being no stocks , left on hand . These oon&ist of Pciershams , Tweeds , &o . For fine goods the enquiry is -mil small , though au expectation exists that it will be better for the spring trade .
Assaults on the Police . —On Tuesday , a man named Thos . Jones , said to be a " travelling conveyancer ,- ' was sent to Wakefiold for two months , for an assault 0 ) 1 ono Of the night police ; aud on the same day , Win . Birds&U , of H » lbeck , was charged with a similar offence towards another member of "the fbrce , " oti Sunday night . The off nee in this case , was comoiitted in the Sheaf Bridge beer-house , and the parties having been quarrelling , the case was dimissed on the defendant paying the costs . STEALiivb Lead . —On Monday last , a young lad named Wm . Benson , was committed for trial by tbe Borough Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having , on Saturday evening , stolen a quantity of load , from the roof of the dye-house of Mr . Chadwick , in Bowman-lane .
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , ah inquest was held at the Leeds Court House , before John Blackburn , E ^ q ., on the body of a man forty-four years of age , named Robert Stacey , whose residence was at Ferrybridge . The deceased was an engiheman , and was employed at the bone mill of Mr . Joseph Tooley , at Birken , near Ferrybridge ; on Wednesday , whikt cleansing some shafts connected with the machiuery . during its working , his shirt sleeve
was caught by a wheel , and bis arm was instantly dragged amongst the cogs . His cries alarmed his fallow-workmen , by whom the engine was stopped , and he was rescued from his psriloae situation , but not before his arm was nearly torn from its sooket , and he had sustained other injuries . He was at once sent off to tho Leeds Infirmary , wheie amputation of the arm was effected , and every attention was paid to him , but he died on Thursday evening . The Jury returned a verdiot of "Accidentally killed . "
Robbing the Dead . —On Saturday last , an Irish woman , named Mary Parkin , was charged at the Leeds Court House , with having stolen a variety of articles of wearing apparel , from the dwelling house of Mrs . Homer , in York-street , whilst Mrs . Homer was laid dead in the house . The prisoner had been left to take care of the bouse aud the corpse , during the absence of the friends of the deceased , who were making preparation for the funeral ; and whilst thus left to herself she packed up stich artic les as she thought might be useful ) and walked off with them . Thev were missed , and on enauiry it was found that
the prisoner had been Belling BOine things ; she waa therefore taken into custody , and in her possession the remainder of the clothes were found , together withal 153 in money , although she declared that she had not a farthing about her , " except the fever , which she had taken from the dead woman . ' Tne tbinga were identified by the detieased ' s friends , and the prison ^ who loudly protested , in a strong man accent , that she had , barring the fever , only one or two things , which had \ accidentally got packed up with her owp , waa eoflunitted to Wakefield House of Correction , first to get rid of the fever , and then to be tried for the fol < my .
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CARLISLE . —Fatal Accident at Port Carlislb . —Foub Lives lost . —On Wednesday , the 22 i instant , a raft ; of timber , part of ths cargo of the Trafalgar , which had been moored oS Bowness Marsh , was observed drifting past the Canal Company ' s jetties , and was going out to sea rapidly with the tide , which was unusually high . A boat w * a speedily launched from the shore , baviDg on board four persons , viz , William Carelton , of Port Carlisle , innkeeper ; his eldest son John Carletoa ; Robsrt . Nicholson , j-m ., of Port Carlisle ; and a lad named Matthew Scott , and proceeded to sesure the raft , but melancholy to relate , when , it had reached about half way between tho Jetties and Bowness ,
the boat swamped and all the orew were immediately drowned , j The catastrophe was seen from the shore , but no help could be afforded to the sufferers , who must have perished immediately under the turbulent waters of the Salway , unusually flooded by the late rains . The accident is supposed to have arisen from the ] parties using sails in a light boat , without even having had the precaution to put any ballast on board ; but we are informed that had the cargo of the Trafalgar been caual borne , the occurrence would not have taken place , as the timber would have been secured in the timber pond belonging tG the company , when , the risk , which has , in this instance , prbved fatal , as well as the expense of salvage , might have been spared .
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1 rsn HOW to commit Suicide . —The best mode of suicide for ladies is , to wear thin shoes , and lace with a bed wrench aud | rope : by this means they may kill themselves without being suspected . " Fresh HERkiNG !"—Five cwt . of herrings , in a state of decomposition , were exposed for sele in Worcester , one day last week , and were seized by tbe police . v Longevity . —There ia an old woman , named Margaret , at present living in tbe parish oi Annauieadie , near Nenagh over whoae head one hundred and sixteen fears hare rolled , j Rent . —W . Fetneraton H ., E- > q ., of Carrick , haa , in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture , and tbe difficulty of making up money amongst tho _ farming classes , given an abatement of tou per cent , in the rents of his Longford property .
Papiee MaCHIE —a . house in Berlin has just started vrhb making tnodafs of papier muchie , representing the different kinds of quadrupeds , tor the «« q of achools . The Director of the Berlin Museum has reconuaoaUfd thorn as faithful and useful specimens . Threatening Notice—A most ferocious threatening notice has been served on the agent of D-rysart property , threateolug death Bhould any distress be mude on tbe lands . A most wanton and disgraceful outrage has been perpetrated on an old womia in the cure of a house in the neighbourhood of Knocfedrin for Sir Richard L'jvjnga . Two fellows entered , and , without saying a word , ! commenced to beat her in a savage manner .
TITHES—Repeated applications having been made , in vain , by the appointed officer of the government , for the arrear of tithe , ] due out of the land of Netvgrove , parish of Dmmrany ; on the 16 th ultimo , two bailiffs , Magrath and Mathews , were sent to levy a distress , and having seized a large fljcfe of sheep , were driving tbeni to pound , when Doctor Dillon Kelly , the owner iti fee Of those lands , rescued them . A " Good" Beatingi?)—On Sunday evening , after dusk , as Ei ward Meaies , the roadmaker of Thonlegee , was returning from Ballytnahon , he was waylaid at Rathmore by four men who gave him a good beating , anti on Mr . J . Dawson coming up and endeavouring to save him he came in for a share of what was going forward . i
Wh / skev Drinkers . —The quantity of whiskey consumrrt t . y the people of Scotland has been tripled since the lowering of the duties . In Glasgow the consumption of spirits \ b enormous , and the snm spent in Whiskey annually jin that city is £ 1 200 , 000 , of which £ 1 , 000 , 000 isjexpended by the operative classes I Rent . —Th « Rev . Charles James Grogan , brother o ' one of the Members of Parliament for Dublin , made a bomjide reduction , and actually returned it , of thirteen per cent ., on the laafc- of March tent , to his numerous tenants at Bullyleigb , Ballywilliam , Ballyvailm , and Ballivega in his county , when receiving his rents about three weeks ago . j
Illicit Djstiling . —On Wednesday , a patty of Excise officers stationed at Ballygawley , County Tyrone , for tbe purpose of platting down illicit practices , accompanied by Mr . Oliver Landretb , supervisor of Dungannon district , proceeded to tbe townland of Baliynakelly , near Dungnnnon , where , on the land of a man named Robert M'iUan , tbey succeeded in seizing a large quantity of ground malt , and on the same townland in the garden of a person named Simon Wilson , tbey found a Btiil wnich they destroyed . RiBBOMSMv—A respectable man , named Beirn , living
in the i . eighbourhood « f Channonrock , was interred last Sunday ; he died from the effects of a beating be received from a party of ruffians on the 1 st , instant ; they attacked him in hia house , and one of them fractured his etuii with a blow of some blunt instrument , from the effects of which he lingered uotil last Saturday morning . We ate informed a person accused of taking a prominent part in the assault has been arrested and lodged in Dandalb gaol . Tbe deceased was a Repeal Warden ; and it is said the attack was made on him in consequence of hi * strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of Ribbonism in that district .
Arrival of East indiamen—On Saturday afternoon two first class Indiamen came up the river , and were hauled into the East India Djck at flood tide . The first Was the London , Captain Attwood , from Madras , which place she left on the 21 st of July , and touched at the Mauritius on her voyage . The second was the Dartmouth , Captain Jacob , from Bombay . The Dartmouth left Bombay on tbe 17 th of April , and after a rough passage round the Cape , was compelled to put into the Isle of France leaky , ¦ where she remained nearly two months under repair . Both ships ace laden deep with rich cargoes . !
A Land Slip . —A large mass of earth and chalk felt into tho « ea at Kemp jTown , Brighton , on Wednesday morning . Two men and a boy had just come to the edge of the cliff , to look at tbe sea , and they were carried down with the falling mass . One man was buried in it , and was dead befpre he could be extricated . The other two were only slightly hurt ; but they were in danger from a high tide , which isolated the part of the beach . One of the Coast Guard fortunately saw them , and thay were drawu up by means of a cliff-craue . At an inquest held on thej body of the dtceased . Henry Holden , in the employ of Mr . Saxby , of B ittingdean .
a verdict of " Accidental death" w&e returned . The iaro&ris of the sea on the eastern side ot Brighton have undermined many portions of the cliff , the top of which is in consequence very ' dangerous . The road to Hottingdean has been removed aa many as four times further inland in the memory of the residents , and portions of the old road are still visible acroas the tuif . Unless some means are ( speedily adopted for the protection of the ciiff , the present road must also be shortly abandoned for another further removed from the sea . Opposite the Blackrock gas works the sea has encroached to within a yard or twu of the road .
Frightful Snake Story—Tbe following incident was related to us the other day , by ene whose veracity is unquestioned , and who ! was almost an eye witness to the fact . It is more appalling than any we recollect to havo ever read in the nistory of those reptiles : —Some time last summer the Inhabitants of Manchester , Mississippi ( United Slates ) | gave a barbecue , which WflS attended by the beauty and fashion of the town and surrounding country . It happened that among the gueata tter j was a yonnji lady , Miss M ., recently from one of the eastern cities , ] who ms on a visit to her relations in the neighbenirhood of the town . Miss M , waa a gay and exceedingly fashionable young lady , and withal possessed of an uncommon share of spirit and courage , except in the matter of snakes—and of these
she had so great a < iread , that she Bcari ely dared to walk anywhere except in j the most frequented place for fear of encountering thenj . Towards the close of the day , while scores of fairy ; feet were keeping time in the dance to the merry music , and the whole company were in the full tide of enjoyment , a scream was heard from Miss M ., followed by the boat agouizing ctiea fot help . The crowd gathered round her instantly , tbe perfect image of despair , with her hands grasping a portion of her dress with the tenacity of a vice . It was some time before she coold be ] rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause of her alarm ; and then they gathered from her broken explanations , that she was holding the head of a snuhe ia the folds of her dress ! and dreadsd to let go her bold
for fear of receiving the fctal blow . This intelligence Caused many to Bhiiufc from he * ; bat most of the ladies , to theft honour be it epoken , remained with he * , determined not to leave her in her drea * iful extremity They besought her not to [ relax her hold , as her safety depended on it , until some one could be found who had the courage to seize and remove the animal . There were none of the ladies , however , who had the courage to perform the act ; and tbe condition of Mias M . jwas becoming more and more critical every moment . It waa evident that her strength was falling very fast , and that she could not maintain her i hold much longer . A hasty consultation amangst tbe calmest of the ladies was held , when it was determined that Dr . Ti « an , who was present , should be called to their assistance . Be was quickly on the spot , and j being a man of uncommon courage , he was not many minutes with the weeping and half-fainting females , until he caught the tall of the
snake , and wound it firmly round hia hand to make sure of his hold . He then ! told Misa M . tbat she must let go the moment be jerked it away , and to make the act as instantaneous as possible , ho told bet he would pronounce the words one , tvro , three ; and that , at the moment he pronounced tbe last word , she must let go bet bold , and be doubted not be could withdraw the snake before it could make th « stroke . All stood in breathless honor , awaiting the act of life and death ; and at the moment the word three waa pronounced , the Doctor palled out the most | diabolical-looking '¦ " bustle " that ever waa aeen in Mississippi I the whole affair was at once explained . The fastenings of the machine had become loose during the dancing , and it had shifted its position in such a wayj that it dangled about the lady ' s legs , and induced the belief tbat it was a snake with an enormous headji The Doctor fell right dowa and fainted . —Barbmoes Hercurp .
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The Malt Tax . —The Farmers' Journal states itnas geodreason to believe tbat , in consequence of the larga returns of tho Income Tax , her Majesty ' s Government contemplate ft reduction of the malt duties in the ea » auiag session . Extensive Fire at Dockhead . —On Sonday night , between seven and eight o'clock , a lire broke oat in tbe workshops of Mes = re . Bentley and Co .. mast and Mock ruakerd . Thsmas-street , Dockhead . It was 9 rsfc discovered by one of the family , who heard an unusual noi . ^ e in the shop . An alarm being spread , several of the London Establishment and Weak of Eagland engines arrived . The firemen very soon got their engines into operation , and the fire was extinguished , bat not before a great portion of the stock was destroyed . The Iosb will fall on the Sun Fire-office . No account could be obtained as to how the fire originated .
Death of Mr . Wrench , the Comedian . —On Friday night this veteran comedian expired at his residence . Picket-place , after a short but very oppressive astmatic complaint Daring tbe few days he was confined to his bed ( says a correspondent /» large Newfoundland dog , tbat bad been his constant companion for the last ten years , never quitted his room , bat watched every movement of bis master with the utmost anxiety . When Mr . Wrench expired , the faithful animal was fatly aware of his loss , the consciousness of which he evinced by the most pitiable cries , and ifcff Crief was at length BO B 6 V 6 T 6 tbat it Was seiZid with convulsions , which coatinued npwarrts of two hours . Tne poor brute is still inconsolable , and will , it is suj > posed , fall a victim to its attachment .
Destructive Fire in thb City . —Oa Friday night , bttwtea the hoars of eleven and twelve o ' clock , a destructive fire was ( iiscovered raging on the premises belonging to Widow Wilson , carrying on an extensive business as s cotton and worsted-mincer , at 6 and 7 , Priest-cour * , near the Post-office . St . Marfcin ' sle-Grand . Police-jGQstable P 28 saw flames issuing out of tbe first floor , and without loss of time raised an alarm fur the safety of the inmates of the adjacent prenv ' ses . As soon as hv . bud accomplished that , he despatched messengers co the engine-stations with intelligence of ihe outbreak . O > i tbe arrival of the engines
a plentiful supply of water was flawing from the firemains in tho neighborhood , frem which the different engines belonging to the London Fire Establishment were set to woik . By the time however they were got into active operation , the flimohad reached toe second and third floors of the builuing , and were breakin * " out of the various windows . After an hours hard working en tho part of the flremeB they were enabled to stop the farther progress of the oonfligration , and by one o ' clock the fire was entirely extinguished , bat not before damage to a v « . ry serious amount was done , the greater part ot the building ana contents being destroyed .
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Nov . 27 . — In consequence of the boisterous weather scarcely any vessels laden with English Wheat have been received during the past week ; but of Irish Oats a foil average supply has been received . Tba receipts of Wheat by lani carriage from the neighbouring counties wet * tolerably good ; but nothing came to hand by watei from the before-mentioned cause . On Whole , the Standt were fairly supplied with samples of home-grown Wheat , while tbe demand for all descriptions waa steady , bat not to say brisk , at prices about equal to those obtained t , n Monday last , and at which a good
clearance was effected . Fine white Foreign Wheat moved off freely at fully last week ' s currencies ; but In other descriptions very little was doing . Snperfine Barley was scarce , and much wanted , ; benee the sala fur it was active , Bud tbe prices ruled a shade higher In other kinds Of Barley very little was doing . Tbe Malt trade wa 8 ~ again dull , bat we can notice no alteration in figures . The show of Oat s&nipUs was tolerably good . Fine qualities were in demand , yet tbe trade was far from animated . Bath Beans and Peaa vere quite as dear . The bakers purchased both town and country-made Flour with extreme caution at about stationary prices .
London Smithfield CATTLE MaRKET , Mohdav , Nov . 27 th . —As is almost invariably the case on the approach of the great Christmas market , the arrivals of Beasts were on tbe increase , but , comparatively tpeakiug , of middling and Inferior quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recollect to have seen so few really prime Beasts at this time of the year as were exhibited thia morning . Such descriptions were , in consequence , though the attendance of butchers , both London and country , was small , in steady demand , and in some instances they commanded 2 d per gibs , more money the top figure for such being 4 s . per 8 lbg . ; bat wit& all other kinds of Beef the tirade was in a very depressed state , and last week ' s quotations were barely supported . It must be understood , that in offering the
above remarks as to the value of tbe primest Scots , they tefet solely to those weighing frem eighty to one hundred stone , and that la pet 8 lbs was obtained in so few cases , as to induce us to qaote no higher general Bgme for Beef man 3 s io = i per 81 b 8 . The northern droves of Booata consisted of x , 600 short horns ; those from tbe western and midland districts being composed ef 800 runts , Devons , Herefords , Durhams , short horns , Irish beasts , &o . From other parts of England we received about 300 of various breeds ; from Ireland thirty beasts ; and from Scotland , by steamera , forty fat , and eighty store Scots . We perceiva the importations of fosfcign s ' . \> ck , uudet the new tariff , are beginning to attract more attention . Those daring the past week have consisted of forty-four oxen from Vig « , twenty ditto from France , and twenty ditto from , Germany . To-day we had a few of them on sale . In
their quality , especially as relates to thoB&ttom Spain , very litt ' e improvement was noticed ; yet they come to hand , considering the distance conveyed , in fair condition . The few disposed of fetched from £ 16 to £ 17 10 s each . There was a fall average number of Sheep on sbow , bat their quality , like that of tflO beasts , waa inferior . For prune ola Dawns , arising chitflyfrom their scarcity , the demand was active at very fall prices ; but the balf-breds and long wooU hung heavily on hand , at previous rates . Calves were again plentiful ; on account of which , and the abundant supplies of Veal in tbe dead markets , the eale for them was very heavy , and tbe highest quotation did not exceed 3 s 10 d per 8 lbs . Even at that miserably low figure great difficulty was experienced in tffdeting a clearance . In Pigs a fair amount of business was transacted , yet we can notice no improvement in the currencies .
- Borough and Spitalfields .- —In consequence of the prevailing gales the arrivals of Potatoes at tbO waterside daring the last week have been but moderate , tbey having consisted of about 290 tons from Scotland , 700 tons from Yorkshire , 350 tana from Devonshire , and 600 from Wisbeach , Essex , and Kent . Prime samples command a brisk sale , at fuily previous rates i but in all other kinds very little is doing . Borough Hop Market . —Considerable animation still prevails in the demand for new Hops , and the late advance ia well supported . In yearlings and old Hops a ood bnainea is doing . —Weald of Ktnt Pockets , £ 5 15 s to £ 6 15 s ; Mid Kent , £ 6 lOs to £ 9 8 *; East Kant , £ 6 4 s to £ 7 ; choice , do ., £ 8 to £ 10 16 b ; Sass-ex , do * , £ 5 5 s to £ 5 16 s ; Yearling Keute , £ *? to £ 5 S 3 ; Do , Sussex , £ -4 53 to £ 4 15 s ; Famhanis , 1843 , £ 9 to £ 11 .
Tallow . —The market ib very qmet j fine pale Y . C on the spot , is sought after in parcelB , at 42 a ; while ordinary parcels are to ba bad easily at 41 a 9 d . For ail tbe year the price is 41 s 6 J ; and tor February and March , 42 s 6 d . The season is nearly closed at St . Peterburgb . Town Tallow ia plentiful , at 43 s per cwt . Wool Markets . —In the past week the imports of wool have been about 2 , 000 bales , 962 being from New South Wales . Tbe improved state of trade In oar manufacturing districts still influences that in this market , as a large business has been done , at fall prices n » public sales have been as yet declared .
Richmond , Nov . 25 . —We have had a good supply of Grain is our market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 " s 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; Oats 2 s 4 d to 3 s 4 d j Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d ; Baana 53 to 5 s 3 d per bushel . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Not . 25 . —At our market this morning the business transacted in Wheat was only to a limited amount ; bnt factors were firm in requiring the quotations of this da ; se ' nnight . In Floor so alteration , either in price OX demand , was observable . Par the general zoos of Oatmeal last week's currency could not be realized , soi to effect sales a redaction in price was submitted to ; 22 a . per 240 lbs . waa an extreme rate , and only obtainable for extra superior qualities . A moderate sale was experienced for Oats , and in their value no change can , be noted .
Liverpool Cattle Market , MONDAY : , NOV . 20 . The supply of Cattle at market to . day has been much the same as last week . Beef 4 £ . 1 . to 5 | . i , . Mutton f 4 . to 5 Jd . per Ib . Cattle imported in Liverpool , from the 20 th to the 27 th November : —Cows , 1568 ; Calves , 33 ; Sheep , 3271 ; Pigs , 5720 ; Horses , 25 . LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET , MONDAY , NOV . 27 . — . During the last seven days we have continued to receive liberal supplies of Iriib . Oatmeal , amounting in all to 11 , 000 loads , and have also to report fair quantities of Wheat , O * ts , and Fl » nr , from Ireland ; There have arrived from the United States 3 , 500 barrels of Floar , and from Canada 614 quarters of Wheat and 900 barrels of Floor . At our market on Tuesday , which was well attended by town and country millers , a fait quantity of Wheat waa aold , principally Irish new , at fully the advance queted at the close of last weefc
No change occurred in tbe value ot foreign . Oats continning to meet B pretty good demand , milnlabjed previous tatoB , at which also some quantity of Oatmeal was sold . Both these articles have « inee improved in value by Jd to Id per bushel , and 3 d per load respectively ; 2 s 5 id te 2 s 6 i'l per 45 lbs . have been paid for choice mealiDg Oats , 28 s 6 i to 21 s per 2401 bs . for new Oatmeal . Wheat has not met so active on inquiry as in tbe early part ° f tixe «* eek , bit prices Toave been fuUy maintained . Canadian Flour hashad a pretty fi ^ ee sale at 3 ls per barrel for beat brands , and homejnanafacture has been rather more saleable at our last quotations . Two or three cargoes of English malting Barley have arrived , and have sold at 34 s to 86 s per imperial quarter . Beans bave brought rather higher rates . No change in the value of Peas . Abonfc 1 , 100 barrels of United States Flour have changed bands in bond at 22 j 9 d par barrel .
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TRACTS , &a . "The Position of Woman in Harmony "; and " The Third UispemaliQiu" London Favey , Holywell-street . The title of tbe first of these is a misnomer . It should be "The position of Woman ia Bondage" ; for eloquently but fearfully does it describe the slavery and degradation of woman , in the present state of society . Both tracts are " extracted by ipermission from ' The Phalanstery , '" a iccently issued publication devoted to an exposition of the principles of Fourierism . Both will repay perusal .
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THREE HUNDRED MAXIMS for the consider , ation of Parents ^ in relation to the Education of their Children . Londou : Darton aud Clark . A neatly got-up and useful little pocket volume , ( price 6 u . ) which we have much pleasure in recommending to heads of families .
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Publications Received—Parts 2 and 3 of Ci The People ' s History of Ireland , " ** The Rebel Provost , " " The Rev . T Wilson ' s series of Lesson ' s for the Young , Src , &c .
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THE FLEET P AP ER S , No . 47 , Vol . 3 . We make no apology for returning to these papers . Tbe interesting matter in the above number demands that we should lay it before onr readers . Our readers know Mr . O'Conaor ' s opinionB with respect to Mr . Pattison , the newly elected member fot the City of London . We differ in toto . with Mr . O'Connor as to the merits of Alderman Wood ' s successor ; and Mr . Oastler haTing disputed the statement that tbe London Chartists assisted in returning Pattison , { we m » y add that onr own coinmns bear evidence as to the correctness of Mr . Qasiier ' s position ) the interests of truth demand that Mr . O . Bhould be heard . Speaking of the trinrnph of the whole-hog Free traders , —for Mr . Baring vras 3 D " eipfidiei / Cj " Free Trader , —Mr . Oastler says : —
" The qnestioa thus decided , is , however , of very serious importance , and most eveninvle in y eiy serious results to England . The nifctr ^ polia haa now given its sanction to the horrible principle , that * tbe poor have no right to support' ( Malthus ) . They , tbe citizens of London , award that to Rive our capital a fair remuneration , tbe price of labour mast be kept down . ' ( Hnskisson ; . That ' the condition of the man who bas to compete with a cheaper , better , or more rapid mode ef protection , most be deteriorated . ' QBowring ) . That * the maxim of buying labour in the cheapest market is tbe best rule for the trade of the whole nation . * ( Petition of Merchants and Traders of the
City of London * . And they have resolved , that ' the employer of labour is to avail himself of all cirensnstances by ¦ which he can rednce the return of labour , ' ( The Morning ChronideJ- Thesa , from the lips of the highest Free Trade authorities , are vrhat you call ' the principles of common sense '—the principles of those men * whose passion for sccamslstion , whose indistinguishable passion for gaini has no limit * { M'Cuiloch ) . Ihese principles are tow engraven on the forthead of every citizai of London ! Mr . Biring declares that tbey are ' sound and incontrovertible . ' And bo , " Bay the cttazans of London , ' we adopt them , in the person of Mr . Patti » on , without hesitation , equivocation , or delay . *
" Well , if it mart be eo . it amst ! If we are to sarrerjder to tbeBe diabolical , to yield to these destructive principles , it is perhaps better that they were adopted at once . The infatuated dupes wltl then the sooner discover their error , and be disposed to return and ' wai ' s in the light of the Constitution . ' •» Hence , although I could never have voted for Jlr . Pattison , I think it was perhaps better that Mr . B-ring was defeated . We shall come to tb » worst bo mxtcb B ^ oner . " He then come 3 to the question of the Chartists supporting Pattison : —
There Is , however , one feature in the London election that has given me the most poignant gritf . I had thought thai tbe Chartists were a . body of men who were seeking to elevate the labouring classesto raise them to their proper place in society—to secure for them the Ml reward of their skill and industry . I vras told , upon authority -which I believed to be correct , tbat * the London Chartists resslved' that they had no confidence in either Pattiaun or Blring . * 1 thfcTefore snpposed tl * at on rucb , or similar gioundB , they had not interfered in the London electisD . " I knew that , aome time ago , tbe Chartiats of Notiincham had assisted to return s , member of the
anti-Corn Law Lfcagne to represent them in Parliament—tbe notorious Gkbome , of Dukinfleld !!! ( Tbe Chartists of Cheshire and Lancashire will find tjo difficulty in translating these three notes of admiration ; neither will the shade of AsUey . ) Yea , 1 'Was awme of the disgnst that ixad-rwoiieathe breasts of tbe working ei&saesot Cheshire , Lancashire , and Yorkshire , when they heard tbat Gisborne bad been returned fer Nottingham by the hflaence of the Nottk-gham Chartists . I therefore rejoiced the more when I was told that the London Chartists had reaoived to -withhold their influence from the ' creature of the Leaguers , ' and to leave the two Free Traders to fight their own battle . Judge , then , of my astonishment and grief , when I read , in tbe northern Star of tlie 11 th inst ., the folio - wing Statement , in a letter from Mr . O'Connor to the working classes •—« * Tfee whole of tke press-gang , both Whig and Tory , are making a dreadful Boise aboni Air . Dnncumbe ' B declaration o / Charter Hefurm . It is not wonderful that
the Tories should oo to ; but why tbe Free Trade por tion of tbe press should feel - Buy annoyance , astonishes me , and 111 tell yon -why . Because the Free Traders bave i * nxde a mighty boast of their triumph in the City of London , in the return of Mr . Pattison . But as I am sure that that gentleman would much rather owe bis seftt to th-e nn » ought interference of a friend than to the tricks c < the trade , it may not be amiss to tell him to -whom ie really does owe biB trinujpb . These , then , are the tots of the case . The Chartists had resolved upon m . ^ ki ng a powerful anti-Whig and anti . Tory demonstration sX the recent nomination , and bad determined upon-go tag to Tie poU witfe a candidate of the CharterWith
pledged to the whole prk * ipl « . tfiose intentions , a very influential Committee waited npon Mr . I > ancombe . for the pnrpose of cmatitiag him apon the matter . * . V * - Doncombe told them that they them * lve » could *<* select a candidate -who would go farther than Mr . " - »»*»«» *» 8 ° PP ° rt ° j everjfcliberal mearore , and that'he w sure he would vote to tbe Six vSZom of tbe . V ^ pte ' s Charter . The perfect reliance whleh lhe world * * » e ° *•*• » Mr > Dnncombe , made that explanation ^ ectly satisfactory ; and tbe Chatuto Bet to work in the * weial toahfaM to canvass for Mr . Pattison , The a * . *!* »«• «» t they did not propose a candidate ; that be got the show of hands , as well as a majority of votes ; » O " ' & * "
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THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE , No . 12 , Vol . 2 . THE STOKESLEY NEWS AND CLEVELAND , REPORTER , No . 13 , Nov . 1843 . Both these cheap and well-conducted periodicals continue their useful career . W ? cannot fa ' ud room for extracts .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1241/page/3/
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