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      THE LADY'S DREAM . % be lady lay in her bed , Her touch so warm and soft , Bat her sleep was restless and broken still ; For taming often and oft From sde to side , she mutter'd and moan'dj Ana tossM Tier arms alef t . At last she started up , And gsz'd on the vacant air , With a look of awe , asif she saw Some dreadful phantom there—And then in the pillow aha buried her face From visions ill to bear . Ifie very cnrtain shook ,

      Her terror -was so extreme ; A » d the light that fell on the hroider'd quilt Kept a tremnlou 3 gleam ; And her Tolce was hollow , and shook as she cried "One ! that awful Vheam ! "TbatTreary , weary trail :, In the churchyard ' s dismal ground ! And those horrible things , "with ahady wings That came and fitted round , — Itoth , death , and nothing bnt death , In every Bight and sound ! *' AndO ! those maidens young ,

      Who wrought in that dreary room , With figures drooping and sceptres thin , And cheeks without a bloom ;—And the "voice that cried , * For the pomp of pride , We haste to an early tomb »' « ' I"o ? ths pomp-&nd pleasure of pride , We toil like Afrlc slaves , And only to earn a home at hist , "Where yonder cypress wave 3 ;• And then they pointed—I never raw A ground so fall of graves ! "AndstBl the coffins came , With their Borrowful trains and slow ; Comn after coffin still , A sad and sickening shot * From grief exempt , 1 never had dreamt Of sueha world of woe !

      *» 0 / the hearts that daily break , Of the tears that hourly fall , Of the many , many troubles of life , That grieve & 12 earthly ball—Disease and hunger , and pain , and want , Bat now I dreamt of them all ! "• Tor the blind and the eripple were there , And the babe that pined for bread , And the houseless man , and the widow pool "Who begged—to bury the dead ; The naked , alas , that I might have dad , The famished I might have fed ! « The sorrow I might hive " soothed , And the unregarded tears ; Fox many a throag ! ng shape was there , From long forgotten years , Aye , even the poor rejected Moor , Who rais'd my childish fears !

      " Each pleading look , that long ago I acann'd with a heedless eye , Each face was gaalng as plainly there , As when I 7 > aaa * d it by : Woer woe for me If the j > ast should be Thus present when I die . ' ' Ko need of salphuerras lake , If o need of fiery coal , Bat only that crowd of human kind Who wanted pity and dole—In everlasting retrospect—WH 1 wring my sinful son !!

      "AIm ! I have . walked throngh life Tao heedless where I trod ; If » y , helping to trample my fellow worm , And fifl the burial sod—Forgetting that even the sparrow falls 2 < ot uunark'd of God . ' 11 drank the richest draurhts ; And ate whatever is good—Fish , and fleshy and foul , and fruit , Supplied my hungry mood ; Bat I neve ; remembered the wretched ones That starve for want of food J

      411 dren'd as the noble dress , In cloth of silver and gold , With sSk , and satin , and costly fan , la many an ample fold ; Bat I never remembered the naked limbs That frcsa with winter ' s cold . 11 The wounds I might Tiave heal'd ! The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was in my soul TopJayw ill a part : Bot evils -wrought by want of thought , As weQ as want of heart I "

      She dasp * d her fervent hands , And the tears began to stream ; large and bitter , and fast they fell , Bemorae was so extreme J And yet , O yet , that many a dame Weald dream the Lady ' s Dream I Hood ' s Magazine

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      THE OLD GREEN LANE . "With song the wood was -rtrigrng Whan firsi of love we t&lk'd ; One wild bird ' midst bis . singing Seem'd listening while we walked AH May-like was the weather , Though gold was on the grain , As our hearts first drew together In the Old Green Lane . That spring-light sQQ is round us , That bird attends our way ; The chain in which love beund us , It clankmot as we stray . In gay haxnts now abiding We falter not , nor feign , For still we seem but gliding

      Through the Old Green Lane . We dwell in places crowded , But yet we live alene ; The more our thoughts are shrouded , The more are they our ewn . The worldly path is steeper That tesipts the bold and vain ; But our hearts for pleasures deeper , Seek the Old Green Lane . From youth to age TrnfiMTKng Thus onward will we stroll , Oar earthly coarse fulfilling , As Beuls were linked to sooL AtkI stall at last , late sinking ,

      sT"in we , " midst wind and rain , Find shelter most when thinking Of the Old Green Lane .

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      LETTERS , ic ^ OF J . P . GREAVES . —Parts 1 and 2 . Concordium Press , Ham Common ; London : Watson , Paul's-alley , Paterhoster-row . This 33 a strange , yet withal interesting collection frcm the manuscripts of a man who tbongb not ex * tensively known to fame , was jet intimate -with not & few of the leading spirits of * ' the progress " , upon several of whom he effected no slight impression . If he founded so sect , save his name to no party , he appears at least to have given the tone to opinions , many of which are now entertained and advocated by parties better known to the public The sect of mystic Communists , ( if we may so describe them ) , or Concordats , located at Ham Common , Surrey , whose tenets havel > een laid before

      out readers in former numbers t > f this paper , appear to have largely adopted the views of the author of these letters . We must candidly confess that bo small quantum of the matter contained therein is not comprehended by us ; but when men the equots both in years and knowledge of the "writer of these remarks , do avowedlj regard these letters aB treasures of wisdem , we pause ere rejecting what , tbongh not nnderstood by us , maj nevertheless be ** pearlE ^> f great price . * James Fifcrrepont Greaves , the writer of the Letteis now published , was born on the 1 st of Febrnary , 3777 . In early life Mr . Greaves was engaged in mercantile pnreniis . The firm in which he was a partner , was , however , rendered bankrupt by the Berlin and

      y ^» Ti decrees of Napoleon ; and after obtaining his certificate , and while living npon the income allowed tj his creditors for winding np all the affiurs connected with the establishment , a small volume relative to the life and straggles of PestalGzzi fell in his way . It led to a correspondence between them ; and ultimately Mr . Greaves proceeded to Yverdun , Switzerland , in the year 1817 , for the purpose of coopezating with that celebrated Educationalist . In Ihe year 3825 , Mr . G . returned to England , and ihoDgh occasionally assisting in carrying forvrard outward ameliorative means , devoted , himself for &b remaining portion of his life mainly to the elaboration and exposition of the peculiar philosophy of whieh he may almost be termed the author . Be died at Aloott House , Ham Common , on the 11 th of Karen , 1 S 42 . _ - . : . _ ... „

      In the jear 18 S 8 , Mr . Alexander Campbell , well known to the public at that time as a Socialist leetorer , and now one » f the chiefs of the Coneordist « , ma introduced to Mr . Greaves . TheTesnlt of that mtrodnction was the letters from the latter to the former , which Mr . Campbell has now given to the tBprM . One great fault we hare to 2 nd with this wBrk iB , that -while the writer iterates and reiterates lus views , he appears to have had nfr idea of _ && tematiiirg his principles and opinions . Again we language employed is like the unknown tongues " to the milBoD , " and is certainly beyond onr comjrehenson . The main idea of the -writer appears to be the snbstitntion of a totally different eyetem of Carriage to any now in vogce , Uowi folk marry for love , money , convenience , &c ; Sec . all of Tfhich , ate and except Ihe first , we mth Mr . Greayes would

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      proolann -war againsi . The author's ideas on this snbject vrill be best explained by the following extracts : — ¦«» The man and the women ougbs to be betrothed , and live together until the prothetical union is consolidated , as well as the metaphysical ; and at a given state , when the woman demands it , not the man , the physical marriage should take place . The child ought to have three natures , and would so , if the parents stood in their proper order to the Spirit and to each other . In no case are the passions to be

      allowed to enter into the affair . The woman With the love in her feelings , must win the man's affections , and the man , with his wisdom , must exercise and direct the woman's understanding . When the two invisible nnions have taken place , the third then , under the Spirit law , may take place . What is to be suspended is the physical onion , until the higher elements are generated , and until the betrothed parties are one in two respects . Should the parties , during the period of betrothment , not find tbemselveB adapted for each other , the ultimate union must _ not , on any worldly ground whatever , take place . "

      "All will be wrong , if we do not b » gia at the source ^ and if marriage be not the all-intensive consideratioa Better conditions may be for ever spoken of , but better conditions do not make better things . " Mr . Greaves is not the only writer who of late years has employed his pen to urge the necessity of greater care in forming marriages , in order tbat the race may be thereby constitutionally improved . We can . imagine a stale of things in which , under wise , social arrangements , the human race might t be vastly improved from what it is , and ultimatel y hereditary disease be banished from the world . Much might be advanced in favour of the system of

      bfitrothment ; but as to Mr . Greaves's " prothetical" and " metaphjBical" union preceding the physical m arrisae ; and the child's ** three natures , ' we confess we cannot understand his meaning . Nor do we expect that mankind will ever Eee the time , when , " in no case me the passions to be allotted to enter into the affair . " We will add , though it may be thought very unphiloBophical , that tee have no wish to see ihe human race so automatonixed . Mt Greaves ' s ** prothetical" aid " metaphysical" love may be enchanting to those who can understand it , and divest themselves of human passions ; tmt we are not of that number : the Giaour ' s Iova is the love for U 3 .

      " The cold in clime are cold in blood , Their love can scarce deserve the name ; Bnt mine was like s lava-flood That boils in Etna ' s breast of name . I cannot prate in puling strain Of ladye-love , and beauty ' s chain : If changing cheek , and scorching vein , If bursting heart , and madd'ning brain , And daring deed , and vengeful Bteel , And all that I have felt and feel , Betoken love—that love was mine , And shown by many a bitter sign . 'Xis true I could not whine nor sigh , I knew bat to obtain or die . I die—but first I have ptssess'd : And come what may I hate been bleis'd . "

      That Mr . Greaves was a philanthropist these letters , written in the warmthof private friendship , amply testify . u Live as simply as possible—never spend on yourself more than is necessary . Do all yon possibly can for others , ' * is an exhortation oft repeated . Notwithstanding the objections we have candidly advanced , there is much contained in these letters that may be of use to all interested in the progression of hnmanity .

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      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . Nos . 14 and 15 . Yol . IL We are loth to find fault with this useful and wellconducted periodical ; but there is one matter in No . 15 which calls for a passing vrord of objection . A certain Temperance Society puts a question to the Editor— " Whether they are justffied in refnBing to allow professed infidels to advocate the cause ( of teetotalism ) at their pnblic meetings ?" The answer of the Editor is tod lengthy to give entire ; here 1 b the conclusion : — " We shonld just as soon be convinced by a good reason from the month of an infidel , as by one from a Christian ; and teetotal physical trvih has nothing to do with theological creeds . Our plan

      is—To st : ze the Trcth where ' er bs found , On Christian or on Heathen ground . Sot the fact if—and facts ought to guide ns herethat ihe public generally have a depraved disposition to amalgamate the ie&oialism of an infidel with Jtis infidelity , and thus to let their just hatred to error unjustly prejudice them against troth . However , we must deal with tbe public as they are , not as they ought to be ; and in tbeir present * tcte , it is dearly not expedient or fit that Societies' tbould appoint avowed infidels to be their representatives . By so acting , they will do more harm one way , than good another—in our opinion . "

      If " teetotal phvsical iruthh&B nothing to do with theological creeds " , then we want to know why the infidel is to be proscribed for his opinions ? We know that in innumerable cases " teetotal physical truth" has been u £ ed to promote " theological creeds" ; and surely the infidel v ? ho says nothing about his infidelity in his pnblio advocacy of temperance , has at least as much right to speak in pnblic , as the preachers and missionaries of " theological creeds" have , who are so often to be found on teetotal platforms , haranguing in favour of total abstinence avowedly , as they tell us , as a means of promoting " religion " , or the belief in " theological creeds . " We protest against the doctrine , that , " we must dea ] with the pnblio as they are , not as

      they ought to be . " No good waB ever yet accomplished , no evil overthrown , by the " let-well-alone " system . If the public are not what they onght to be , it is the duty of the editor of the Advocate not to eroneh to prejudice , bnt to labour to make his readers what they should be ; and thus relieve them from the " depraved die position" of making these odions distinctions , and ' practically proscribing their brethren , for opinion ' s sake . A ** total abstinence " frem superstitious bigotryt aB well as from the drunkard's cup , appears to us to be extremely desirable , The ahof e numbers contain some excellent articles and are superior in talent to the average of numbers preceding them . We need Bay no mere in recommendation of a publication so extensively known .

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      advice . The question of character belongs rather to the closet than to the fcrnm : it is doubtless one of vatt importance , bnt it oftener divides than enlightens King Jdpb . " With Mr . O Connor I bave had little intercourse : but Jadging of him from these pamphlets * he does not appear to the great disadvantage tbat his enemies set forth . Of the " tools" of Mr . O'Connor , as they are contemptuously termed , I do know something : and whatit is I am proud to state , at this time , when storms of odious epithets are showering on thsm . Mr . George White iB a plain blunt man j but he is honest At the hands of the government he has suffered severely and borne it as bravely as any one . The way of a working man Is hard—if he siDkfl under bis fetters he is called slave and coward—if he breaks them off ,

      the law grasps at him with bloody fangs—if he eludes the clutch , his brethren stigmatiza him tool and spy . A poor man is struck down by his enemies , because he struggles for liberty , and is spnrned by his friends because he does it in some unconventional way—as though a man , maddened with oppression , could always DUt on holiday smiles , and exhibit the blandness he cannot' feeL Let us hope for humanity ' s sake , that this wrong is done unwillingly . Those who know the working classes best , and have mixed with them most , who have lived on their hearths , enjoyed their confidence , shared their sofferings and struggles , will believe them worthy of the noblest cau « e , and the leaders , rising from their ranks , incapable of becoming , knowingly , tbe tools of any man . —The Movement , Edited by G . J . Holyoake . * Pamphlets by Hill , Parry , Watkins , &c .

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      FRANCE . Ojjb of the most emnuntof the Polish emigrants resident in Paris , Francis Wolowsbi , formerly in his own country a Councillor of the Supreme Court , a Councillor of State , and Deputy of the Diet , died a few days ago , and was buried on Wednesday , His funeral was attended by nearly all the Poles in tha capital , including several of his former collfiagues in the Diet , by many members of the French Chamber of Deputies , of the magistracy , tho bar , the press , and the learned and scientific bodies . Marshall Soult presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday , a project of law requiring the grant of an extraordinary credit ot 7 , 673 . 859 f ., to be applied to the maintenance in Algeria ot 15 , 000 men , in addition to the effective force fixed by the law of the 24 th of July , 1843 .

      Thb Madrid mail of the 12 th bad not arrived at Paris on Sunday , when the mail for England left . The delay is attributed to tho vast quantity of snow which has fallen in the south oi France and the PyrenneeB . At Paris on Sunday morning the frost was very severe , the thermometer being twelve degrees below freezing . Tbe French Admiral , according to news brought to Havre , had dethroned Q , ueen Pomare . and taken possession of Tahiti in the name of Lous Phillippe . A Letter from Bordeaux Biases , that the Blanquefort Dyke had given way , and that all the surrounding country has been submerged . The loss is said to be very considerable .

      SPAIN . Queen Christina left Paris on Thursday afternoon on her way to Madrid . The Constilutionvel says , thai it was only on Monday that she finally made up her mind to start . Reign of Terrob . —The Madrid Gazette of the 8-h contains another bano , published by Narvaez alone , in hiB proper capacity of Captain-General of New Castile , founded upon that of yesterday issued by tho Minister of War , ordering the commanders of the various military districts to place every proviiice under martial law . "In virtue of the aforesaid decree , " rans the bando of Narvaez , " and this military district being declared in estado exceptional , I order and command : — " 1 . That all the authorities shall continue in tbe exercise of their functions , subject to the orders of tbe superior military officer of the district .

      " 21 A permanent council of war * ball be appointed to jndge , in accordance with the law , briefly and summarily all those who shall attempt anything ngBinst the public tranquillity in whatever manner . ( The law herein alluded to is that of the 17 th of April , 1821 , which dispentes with all tbe legal trammel ? , and in which the jnages at the dram-head have only three points of duty to attend to , viz ., accusation , identification , and execution . " S . No one chall publish journals , flying sheets , nor writings of any kind without permission of tho Gefes Politicos . " 4 . All who possess any sivob , lax the use of which they do sot posters tbe competent perm las ' od , shall present tttm to the civil authority within the term of twenty-four hours from the publication of this hsndo .

      " 5 . All those who shall be apprehended in riots and mutinies—those who promote tfctrn in any way—those who shall be found in the vostessiou of arms without tbe authority mentioned in tbe -previens article—those who utter seditious cries—those who print or distribute papers of tbe same class—and those who endeavour to seduce tfce publio force , sball be Judged by the permanent council of war . " 6 . Tbe guards , tbe pelice and military patrols , and tbe subordinates of justice , shall arrest snd place at the disposition of tbe aforesaid council whoever shall contravene these disposition *; and if they attempt to escape , the guards , 4 c , sball use tbfcir erms in whatever way ( se vsara de las armas en aial quiera forvia . j " Madrid , Feb . 7 . " Ramon Maria Narvaex .

      That is to fay , that thoFe who capture s-tppected persons , and whom they may fuspect of an intention of running away , may run them through with their bayonets , or cut them down with their swords , whichever they please , while they are still within reach , for after they bare escaped , it will be too late . Victort op the Ineurgents . —Letters from Madrid of the 9 ih , 10 ih , and 1 lth , show that the insurrection is progressing . We announced last week , on the authority of the Frerjch Telegraph , that the Alicante Insurgents had suffered a severe defeat with the loss of a great number killed , and taken prisoners . This turns out to be false another proof of what a notable manufacturer of lies the French Telesraphis . It is true that a party of the insurgents was defeated and some prisoners made : bnt

      iboEe insnrgents came from Murcia not from Alicante , and Bonet was not present at that affair . Another battle , however , took place afterwards between the Alicante Carabineers , under Bonet himself and General Pardo , in ' which General Pardo was defeated , and Bonet succeeded in taking 100 prisoners , and retaking the cannon—cannon which had ! previously been captured from the Murcia insurgents . Tbat is , Bonet captured besides tbe prisoners taken by Pardo , 160 of Pardo ' s own men ! Insurrection in Gallicia . —It is asserted that 3 , 000 insurgents have crossed the frontier into the province of Orenfe , to make war on the Camarilla in tbat quarter . We are assured on the best authority that the insurgent force in Alicante on the 4 th inst . was 500 Carabineros , 600 of the regiment of Valencia , 100 artillerymen , 50 cavalry , and 3 , 000 National Gnards .

      Resistance at Seville , —Despatches had reached the capital from Seville , stating that two battalions of the National Guard of that city bad resisted the order for their disarmament , and that great excitement and disorder prevailed there . . Resistance at Malaga . —There have been 6 erious disturbances at Malaga . The post which arrived from Madrid on tbe 4 lb , brought tbe account of the movement in Alicante , and Brigadier Catminero , the Governor , in compliance with the orders dispatched from hence to all parts , made immediate arrangements for disarming the National Guard , proclaiming partial law , and sending a strong detatebment of infantry to occupy the Placa de la Constituoion ; a proclamation was published at the same time , stating

      that the National Militia was ordered by the * Government to be disarmed , and giving three hours for tbedeliveryupof iheir arms , &c . This order was , however , disregarded by the Nationals , and up to a late hour at night scarcely any arms had been given in . A second proclamation was then published , prolonging the time to eight the next morning , and declaring that whoever was found to have arms after tbat time , should be tried b y a council of war , and shot . A skirmish took place in the morning between some Nationals who had united outside the town , and a body of troops sent to disperse them . The Nationals wounded a cavalry soldier and killed hiB horse ; but they were dispersed by the troops , and ten of them made prisoners . They were immediately judged by

      the council of war , and five of them condemned to death , and placed en capUla , to undergo their sentence the next day . Another skirmish took place between some Nationals and a detachment of cavalry , in which two of the Nationals were killed , and three wounded . In consequence of the terror inspired by these proceedings , a good many muskets had been given np , but a great many were Btili wanting . The town and neighbourhood were in a great state of excitement on the * th ., AH the shops at Malaga were closed , and reports prevailed of the gathering of the Nationals in the small towns in the vicinity in opposition - to the government . General Pavia , the governor , had made numerous arrests in consequence , but both the troops and the people were greatly discoTitented . Baron de Meer has shot several

      sergeantB , and nany officers are in pnwn . JHubcia . —The Political Chief of Muroia had written to the Minister of the Interior , that the in-Burgents of Carthagena had retired from Murcia , carrying off all the publio monies , together with laxge Bums exacted from the wealthy inhabitants of tbe place . The Queen ' s troops reoccupied it on the 8 ih ; General Jose do la Concha arrived there on the same day . Carthagena . —The insurgents at Carthagena have seized a Spanish brig of war , which entered the harbour in ignorance of the revolt .

      Additional ancsts kave taken plsce at Madrid , bnt the Coujst tio las Nevas and feveral officers of tbe NatioE&l Guard ? , sgtvinst wh < m warrants had been issued , had escaped the search of the police .

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      HAYTI . The arrival of the mail steamer Avon has brought tho official Intelligence of the election of General Herard ( ainej to the office of President of the Republic of Hayti by the airuosit unanimous vote of the National Assombly , eighty-six voices out ef ninetyyx having declared in his favour . He has selected M . Gelin a ( black , and who , ' as a candidate for the office of President , had six votes recorded for him ) as one of his Secretaries of State , and the other three whom he has appointed are most influential men , and possess the confidence of the country in the higheBt degree . The constitution has been definitively arranged and confirmed ! and if in ita essence it is too democratical and exclusive , yet it is drawn up with caro and with duo regard to the condition and disposition of the people , correcting many of the e ^ ils which are prominent in the American constition . The country throughout is tranquil , and looks well . —Times . !

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . We regret to have to state , that accounts were yesterday received at the Foreign Office from St . Potersbur /; h , Etating that the Russ i an Envoy at Teheran , in a dispatch dated tbe 15 th ( 27 th ) of December , had reported to tho Government that tho information which he had indirectly obtained front the Envoy ef tho Ameer of Bokhara , who bad arrived in Teheran , had only too surely removeJ all uncertainty as to the tragical end of Capt . Conolly and Lieutenant-Colonel Stoddart , for he positively asserted that the first had been executed for having shown , on many occasions , Igreat partiality for the Khan of Kohan , at that time at war with Bokhara ; and the second in consequence of tho discovery of a secret correspondence which he kept up with his countrymen at Caubul , through the channel of Indian merchants established at Bokhara .

      The Russian Envoy adds , that although the truth of these details can hardly be questioned , an Envoy from the Shah of Persia , who is about to proceed to Bokhara on a special mission , will be expressly instructed to collect on the spot the most precise information as to the details which accompanied the death of the two English officers . The Russian Envoy further says , that the agent from Bokhara , whether from fear or from delicacy , had evaded Lieut . Colonel jSheil ' s attempt to obtain information from him as ! to a catastrophe which must painfully shock the British representative . — Times .

      Persecution of the Poles . —Grand Duchv of Posen , Feb . 4 . —Orders have been received here for all Polish emigrants who took part in the revolution , and most of whom have come to us from Frasce , to quit Prussia within a fortnight . In this order it is positively declared that no petitions for a mitigation of the measure will be attended to . Only those who find it absolutely impossible to settle their affairs here will be allowed to remain a fortnight longer . This measure will jvery severely affect many emigrants , who have resided for years among us .

      Many have been received into the families of Prussian subjects , others have acquired landed property , which they will now be obliged to sell at any price , though notice was given to all of them , both on their arrival in Prussia and when they made purchases of landed property , that they could not by that moans acquire any right of settlement in Prussia , yet an order to quit so suddenly seems very hard . This makes it seem the more certain that our Government must have some weighty reason for this step . —Hamburgh Papers , Feb . 13 . !

      Horriblb Recontbe . —A slip from the Harrisburgh Chronicle , dated Friday , announces a fatal recontre that day between Mr . J . R . Prince , of that plaoe , and Mr . T . R . H . Loud , attorney-at-law . There had been some difficulty between them arising out of some legal business transacted by the latter for the former . On Friday morning , at about eleven o'clock , the parties met near the corner of Third and Walnut-streets , and Mr . Prince inquired of Mr . Loud as to the truth of certain derogatory languaage which he ( Mr . Prince ) had understood Mr . Loud had made respecting him . The latter denied his right to question him , and was about to move on , when

      Mr . Prince , who was armed with a heavy walkingstick , caught him by tho collar , and applied his cano to tho shoulders of Mr . Loud . Before ho had struck the third blow Mr , Loud drew a double-barrelled pistol , took deliberate aim , and fired . Both balls entered the body of his antagonist just below the left breast , causing instant death . Mr . Prince was ' a highly respectable citizen , has left a wife and four ohildrc i , and the scone , when his lifeless corpse was conveyed to his family , is described as most heart-rending . Mr . Loud immediately gave himself up , and was undergoing examination . —New York Paper . ' j

      Suicide of a Celebrated Swiss . —Tbe Helvetic , a Swiss paper , announces ; the death , by suicide , ef Dr . Sohnell , one of the most eminent publio writers of Switzerland . He had long been the distinguished leader of the aristocratic party in the canton of Bern , and latterly had suffered much from an internal complaint . He drowned himself in the Aar on the 8 th , and his body was after eome search found near Brugg . }

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      I had an opportunity of ssnding you something as a token of my friendahip towards you , I conclude ot present , wishing you health and prosperity in all your undertakings ; and remain , yours affectionately . —Cambrian . " John Eees . "

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . 18 . — Fresh up this morning the arrivals of English Wceat coastwise from Kent were rather extensive . For the very finest qualities of both red and white home ' grown Wheat , the demand must be considered on the whole firm , at prices about equal to those realised on this day Be ' snight ; but the middling and inferior kinds—which formed at least three fourths of the quantity on offer—were a very dull sale , and in some instances the turn cheaper . The market closed heavily . Of Foreign Wheat the imports have amounted to nearly 7 , 000 quarters . To-day the show of samples was moderately good , but by no means extensive . We can notice no alteration in

      the quotations . Bonded Grain was heavy , yet the holders of Wheat under lock were firm . Malting Barley at fully last week's figures ; malting and distilling sorts at barely late rates . In Malt we can notice no alteration in prices . The best parcels of Oats moved off freely ; other kinds were dull . Beans and Peas commanded very little attention .

      . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Feb . 19 . — Notwithstanding our market was , on the whole , very moderately supplied with Beasts , both ad regards number and quality , a great disinclination was exhibited on the part of the butchers and others to purchase , arising from the large arrivals of countrykilled meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall , and tho unfavourable state < jf the weather for slaughtering : hence we have again to report an inactive Beef trade , at a decline on last Monday ' s quotations of quite 2 d . per 81 bs . The scarcity of really prime Scots must account for the faot that a few of that breed

      found buyers at from 33 . lOd . to 4 s . per 81 bs . ; but , as those figures were only realised in particular instances , the highest general figure for Beef must be considered as not exceeding 3 s . lOd . per 8 ibs . Although great difficulty was experienced in effecting clearances , but few had left the market unsold . The trade in Sheep was extremely dull , at a depression in value of from 2 d . to 4 d . per olbs ; the best old Downs at from 4 s . 2 d . to 4 s . 4 d . per 8 Ibs . Calves at an abatement of 2 d . per 81 ba . Prime small Porkers sold readily ; other kindB of Pi ^ i slowly at late rates .

      Borough and Spitalfields . —The arrivals of Potatoes in the Pool since our last report have amounted to nearly 2 ^ 00 tons—700 being from Scotland , 400 from the Channel Islands—the remainder from the different parts of England . Selected qualities are in demand , at full prices ; bat the trade with other descriptions is rather heavy . Borough Hop Market . —la mo&t kinds of new Hops a full average amount ef business has been transacted since this day se'nnight at very full rates . Old Hops , the supply of which is moderate , moved off . steadily at late currencies . Wool Market . — The importBOf Wool into the port of London , during the week , have been confined to about 950 bales . Notwithstanding , the stocks are seasonably extensive , the demand for all descriptions is active , aud the advance noticed in our last report is firmly supported .

      Tallow . —This market is fiat , and the demand limited . Fine Y . C . is worth 41 , and we believe ( although there are many quotations ) that first sort of kood quality cannot be bad under 41 s ; good second sort Y . C . is 403 to 40 s 3 d . There is but little disposition to do business in new tallow ; the price for the last three mouths is 41 s 3 d to 41 s 6 d Fellers , and a few buyers at 41 s . Town tallow is 42 s nett cash . " Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Feb . 17 . —The trade , duriDg the week , has been characterised by much firmness , and , after the receipt of the report of Monday ' s market at Mark-lane , a further advance of fully Is . per sack was demanded and

      obtained on' all descriptions of Flour , but the business has not continued so animated aa previously reported . For Oats and Oatmeal a fair consumptive demand has been experienced , and for'the latter article higher prices were generally required , but not complied ! with to any extent . At our market this morning few buyers of Wheat appeared , and no improvement on the currency of this day se ' nnight could be established . Flour sold less freely than of late , at an increase in price . For Oats there was only a moderate inquiry , and no alteration in prices can be reported . Oatmeal was generally held for an advance of 6 d per 240 lbs , which checked sales , and the transactions were only limited .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Feb 19 . — Numerous vessels have arrived at this port during ; the last two or three days , and our receipts of Grain &c , include 4219 quarters of Wheat coastwise ( nearly all free foreign from Loadon and Newcastleon-Tyne ) . 7 . 809 quarters from Ireland , with 11 , 659 quarters of Oats , 9 , 388 sacks of Floor , and 11 , 907 loads of Oatmeal , from the latter country . " There are also reported 3 , 58 $ quarters of Barley and 5 ^ 38 quarters of Malt from the English coast . We have again to note advanced prices for most articles of the trade ; free foreign Wheat is about 2 d ., Irish fully 3 d . per bushel dearer than on this day ee'nnight ; these rates , however , have latterly checked the demand . Barley and Malt have inet a moderate Bale at previous rates ; Beamr may be quoted ^ Is . per

      quarter dearer . No change as regars Peaa . Since this day Be ' nnJght about 6 , 000 ¦¦ barrels of United States Flour bare been told in bond at 23 a . 3 d . to 24 s . 3 d . per barrel ; and some cargoes of foreign Wheat for spring shipment at previous rates . Liverpool CattlbMabkbt , Mondat , Feb . it . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day tea'been rather smaller than last week ; prices a shade-higher . Beef fid . to 6 d . ; Mutton . 5 jd » to « Jd . per lb . —Cattl * imported into Liverpool from the 12 th \ to- ; 19 th of February : Cows 1556 ; Calve >* te «| ii ^ 3 , 681 ; Lambs 43 ; Pigs 6 , 375 5 Hgfij ^^^ S ^ _ I '^ K ^ i ^ p

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      THE SEQUENTIAL SYSTEM OF MUSICAL - NOTATION , a New Method of Writing Music , $ c . By Arxhttr Wallbridge . London : btrange . Paternoster Row . Though our snuff-box is mnsTcal , tmforiunately we are not . Unable therefore , to do jnstice to tbe merits of this publication , we give the following extract from , the author ' s preface explanatory of the plan and object of the work : — " This system is proposed to tie pu ¥ Iic a « a method of vrriting mnsic in perfect accordance vritb natnre , and combining simplicity of conitructien lrith capability of expressing any degree of complexity . It baa been attempted to obviate all tbe objection * urged against former systems of improved notations , and to render this

      sot only rational in theory , but eaiy and satisfactory is practice . An arbitrary arrangement of sounds has hitherto prevailed , Tfhich renders change of key clumsy and difficult Even tbe human voice , the most flexible and perfect of all instruments , to which each one of the twenty * four keys , major and minor , is equally natural , has been subjected to this bondage . In the sequential system , so such arbitrary arrangement is recognized , bnt music i * written independently of all artificial considerations , and the performer is left to execute it according to tbe ^ ec&liarities of tbe inEtiument for -which it is intended . The general introduction of the sew system , to-wever , "would recessitste a sew description of key-board , constructed in no particular key , but , like tbe human voice , irltb capacity for adaption to toy key , vith tie fame ease and propriety . "

      Mr . WaHbridge is deservedly known to the publio as the author of "Jest and Earnest , " and eome other productions of a highly useful character . We see that his present publication is warml y recommended by several eoternporaries ; and as its price is exceedingly low , it will be within the reach of all onr nrasieal readers to procure the work , and judge for themselves .

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      THE CHARTISTS AND THEIR CENSOP . S . It lrorld seem tfcat Chartists had turned for-a time from lie examination of principles to the criticism of tbemselvef—scd the Complete Suffragists from the extension of their views to tbe destruction of O'Connor . It really appears of lesa importance to buiid up republicanism , than to pull down the proprietor of the Northern Star . Bow far persons ongbt to be considered as effecting principles , is a question in policy . and morals , little understood , and far from being settled . He would do no mean service to Refoimera who should pnt this point in a clear ard conclusive light . "When the great National Petition was presented to tfee Commons , MrRoefcnck paved tbe way to its rejection , by informing ibe Louse tfc&tft wes drawn cp by disreputable parties . If this was the cate ^—though I do not believe a -word of it—out of the three-and-a-half million said . to have signed it , certainly three minions did sot know ,

      xua did they care who drew it up- They signed it Treatise they approved of Us contents , and those only were the legitimate grounds of discussion , and not Mr . Roebuck ' s estimation of Mr . Feargtu O'Conaor . The Jmericm Beacon , quoted frcm in a recent number , cay * that Mr . Robert Owen is considered to be the " tool of the aristocracy . " SutnoscBsd Socialist cares one jot whether this is * o or not . What Mr . Owen U , does not affect tbe truth of what Mr . Owes cog / a , Socialism is excellent in itself ; and if it is not , Mr . Owen being an archangel , won't make it scy better . If Sodalinn comes from the aristocracy , it is certainly one of the bestthiBgs they ever helped the natien to , either by accident or design . So of Chartism ; its merits and demerits are quite independent of Mr , Lovett , or Fearg « B O'Connor , cf the Sor-conformist or the Northern Star . It is the prime misrtke of parties to divide about men rather than meaEures . Bad ratn sometimes Eay the best of thirss , and good men often give pernicious

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      PORTUGAL . The INSUBRECTION .-Bomfin , the Ex Minister of war , one of the party proscribed v by the present Ministry , has issued a lengthy manifesto to the Portuguese , from which we give thb following extracts : — ; : Portuguese Citizens and SoldlerB , —The Hberty which we purchased -at , the cost of our blood and innumerable sacrifices is near being destroyed . Such guarantees aa we yet enjoy win soon cease if we do not unite oitr effort ? to vanquish the faction which would usurp the power of the state by atrocious means ; that treasonable faction which has ou * august Queen under the mo 8 t ignominieuB coercion , and whose sole desire is to destroy all our rjghta and privileges that it may sustain itself by oppression , by the lavish expenditure of tbe national treasure , and by the complete ruin of the industry , tte commerce , » nd the agriculture of the country

      This factions Ministry , under cover of the nameof the Constitutional Charter , has cancelled , destroyed , and sophisticated , page by page , and article by article , this Bame law which they pretend to support . Fellovf-citizens and soldiers , —You are not ignorant of tho ilia that we suffer ; experience has made you feel them . AH the sources of publicricheB are exhausted ! Rights and Individual security have disappeared I The people , overburdened w | th taxes , Buffer every species of vexation without any cessation . The army sees its tlghtB and guarantees destroyed ; all military laws ore trampled under foot by that arbitrary and Insolent Ministry . The recital of tho arbitrary acts of the present Ministry against the interest of the people and the army would be long and nlmoBt interminable .

      The laws , customs , and most sacred acts of civil and military life , are ma < le null by unjustified mandatea and disgraceful resolves of mere caprice , the results of mysterious and nocturnal meetings . let OHr cry of victory be , " Live the Constitutional Charter ! Live the Queen i " Let the decree of the lOfcb February , 1842 , be fulfilled . : Tho following extracts from the supplement of the Rtvohicao forcibly picture the tremendous crisis in which the country is placed , and the bloody measures adopted : by the reigning faction to crush resistance : — Lisbon , Feb . 6 th .

      It is eleven o clock at night : we have yet one remaining to write , but not freely , since our office and the honse of oar editor have been assaulted . While , however , we can yet print a few lines , we will utter a few words from the concealment in which We hid purselves from the vengeance of the government . They will be few , feat severe and solemn , as if the last . In a shirt time , communication of thought will be stopped ; soon tbe manifestation of opinion will be a crime ; soon the government will be able to revenge itself , by means of persecution , without the victims being able to utter & single sigh ; lor in BBborttime henco all publicity—an indispensable condition in a constitutional system—will cease ; soon the press will be condemned as the great engine of anarchy ; soon the types will be destroyed aa the promulgatora of revolution .

      Journalism will have to be silent . The stillness of a state of slavery will lie upon this country like a black marble coveting a grave . But the liberty of thought ia too small a spoil to be attached to the triumphal car of the men in power ; it is necessary that the citizens * purse shall supply the coffers of bis executioners ; it Is necessary that the captive deposit his property on the abounding tables of bis vanquishers—2 . 000 contos for the government on account of the revolution . Purest thoughts are but little ; let us have the life also . The government can arrest without accusation ; and if at present anything remains to the oppressed , let him not call it his , be will not keep it long . To the government are given extraordinary and discretionary powers . What now remains to us , fellow citizens ? Nothing , except our courage , if we bave any , and there is a Providence over all .

      Tbe deputies' mouths were sealed , and they were told to get away and compire—to go to the devil—and groan . The peers were insolently treated and overawed by the minister of the kingdom . Tbe Queen Is accustomed to be coerced . Of what use , then , was a discussion , an approbation and sanction of such violations 1 A greater violation , the greatest of all tyrannies—a despotism with the form of liberty . And to-morrow there will not even be these formalities—neither the Tribunal nor Parliament ; tor , in tbe words of tbe minister of the kingdom , there is resolution even in the seat of justice , and it also appeals to the people .

      Ne property—no liberty—no press—no Parliament ; and for having done all this , you will be judged by a tribunal which you will not be able to outrage , for it is numerous and strong . You will not corrupt it , for it Is upright ; neither will you elude : it ; it ia noble and active . You will be judged by the nation which provided for the offence in the decree of tbe 10 th of February , and which has heard the witnesses and collected the documents frem that time till now I The last hour sounds t We are obliged to dose . You preached tbe doctrine ofre-action . Behold a re-action raised against yourself . You established the right of the Praca Nova ; the insurgent journals appeal to your own laws . You decreed the Jaw of Talhao ; you shall be judged by It . You &r * a . son of revolution ; your mother cornea to reclaim all her right to your innexicaoce— t * your head . "

      The InsuBHEenoN . —Letters from Lisbon to the 13 th instant have been received by the Lady Mary Wood Bteamer . The sixty dragoons , who ^ had revolted at Torres Novas , had proceeded onward to Castello Branco , the ; chief town of the province of Lower Beira , about eighty miles from Lisbon , and had there gained advantage over another detachment of the Bame regiment of dragoons , forty in number , aud 400 men with all their officers , of the 12 th regiment of Infantry .

      Three officers of the 2 nd Cajadores were arrested while on duty in the Castle of St . George , on Monday nifiht ; three or four others of different regiments were arrested in Lisboa . Orders were given for the arrest of a considerable number of persons in this city on the 7 th and 8 th instant , but notice by some means or other had been given to them of the orders which the police had received , and they availed themselves of that information . These arrests , as well as those of Messrs , TavareB and Cunho , writers of the Pairiota and Ttibuno newspapers , and some others , were made on the night of the 5 th instant , previous to the suspension of the guarantees which passed both Chambers of the Cortes on the 6 th instant .

      ITALY . The Frankfort Journal publishes a letter from Rome , stating that tho director of the police of Ravenna was shot dead in the streets on his way to the theatre . ~ At Cercna , the play-house was blown up . At the . moment it was fortunately empty . At Castel Bolognese several of the gendarmes have been murdered . GREECE . Our accounts from Athens are of the 31 st nit . The National Assembly was etill engaged in discussing the draught of the Constitution . By a recent decision of that assembly the emigrants from the Turkish provinces who took part in the struggle for independence , and settled in Greece , up to the year 1887 , ' are to be considered' citizens of that kingdom . The winter had been very severe , and much distress prevailed in the country .

      : RUSSIA . A letter from St . Petersburgh of the 30 th ult . states , that an ukase had just been issued by the Emperor , declaring that the Roman Catholic clergy of tbe western provinces of the empire should be paid by , tbe State after the 1 st of May next . The ukase divides the Catholic parishes into five classes . The pattors included in the first are to receive an annual salary of 600 silver rubles ( £ 100 ) , and those of the last class of 230 rosbles ( £ 37 ) .

      TURKEY . The Porte was about to adopt stringent measures in Albania , to quell the spirit of revolt in that province and in Bosnia . Blasphemy !—The Turkish employe , who waB thrown into prison some time ago at Sakmica for blaspheming , when in . a state of intoxication , is to be publicly executed . The unfortunate man has fully repented , aud implored the mercy of the Sultan ; but a monthly victim is necessary to tbe fanatics in power . Although the representatives of the Christian powers cannot interfere , they have openly expressed their disapprobation and disgust . Those who are interested in the welfare of this empire look upon such exhibitions with the deepest sorrow . EGYPT .

      Accounts from Alexandria , of the 28 th ult ., announce that Mehemet Ali , who was still at Cairo , had recovered from a severe attack of convulsions of the stomach , which at one period created serious alarm .

      UNITED STATES . American Journals , down to the 27 th alt ., have been received by the packet Sheridan . The Tariff question had lied to a furious and personal debate . The occupation of the Oregon was mooted , tooi in the Senate , which seemed determined to set . it aside , notwithstanding the declaration ef the men of tbe West to have the Oregon all to themselves , sharing it- not even with the Eastern Yankees . ; The Mail Steamer Britannia , reached Liverpool

      on Sunday evening . One of the most severe frosts ever kftoyro se > in at Boston , on the 27 th ultimo , which very scon entirely stopped the navigation of the harbour , as well as greatly impeded the arrival of the inland mails , eo much bo , that the mails south of New York were eight or nine days past due , and from that city to Boston , o » ly the expresses came through , and those occupied a considerably longer timeithan usual , a canal of six or seven miles in length had to be cut through the ice , to enable the steamer to get out .

      The Congress was discussing tho Oregon question , and some very warlike and ridiculous speeches had been delivered by some of the Western members . Our respect for Republican institutions induces us to withhold tfco infliction of the trash upon our readers .

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      JACK THE FiFKR . Sir . —Having by accident been favoured with tbe perusal of two letters from tbe notorious John Rees , alias Jack the Fifer , who made himself conspicuous during the Chartist riots at Newport , I send you the following extracts . Jack , it seems , tffected his escape , after some trouble , to America , and in the following letter to some of bis friends , he gives a brief sketch of his travels . If you consider the extracts will afford any gratification to year readers , you are welcome to them . I am , Sir , yours , &c , | A Constant Reader . " Virginia , March , 1 st , 1 * 41 .

      " I gladly embrace this favourable opportunity of addressing you , trusting it will' be gaided with safety to your dwelling , and will find you enjoying good health and happiness . For my own part , I am in tolerable pood health . When I parted with * * * at Hfrwenn . I travelled night land day , until I reached the city of Chester . I waa pursued there by two policemen , but I escaped them by speaking with tbe sergeant of the Artillery . They then left having no further suspicion . I proceeded immediately from there to Liverpool , by coach , and there I Baw a policeman from our country , ia pursuit of me . I then took the train from there to Manchester—from Manchester to York' —from there to Leeds . From there I proceeded to Snnderland . In travelling between the latter plaoe , I was arrested on

      suspicion at a place called jBoroughbridge , but through being steady and sober I made my escape , and shortly after reached tbe residence of — , where I got a very good situation , and met good reception et . I went , after staying a short time there , to Newcastle , to see some of my friends , j I was there recegniaed by one Vaughan , who tried his best to betray me , and to deliver me up ; but fortunately for me the roaster of . worked nt Newcastle . When the police eame after me , my friends , the Chartists , being aware of my danger , sent me into the ] country , and there I had to stay , until they procured a ship for me to emigrate t © this country . Having so far succeeded and escaped all the danger I was exposed I to , I now considered mjeelf a little more secure being on board , but not yet safe . Our vessel was the i commanded by ; he also ia a Chartist , where I met with all tbe oomforts and necessaries to make myBelf comfortable . He treated me extraordinary well—ifl had been his own brother he could not show more kindness to me . Tbe ship was bound for Quebec , but we had to put into St . John's , Newfoundland , on account of the severity of the weather , nnd our ship being dismasted . We had a very rough passage ) du 4 a great deal of head windB . We was ten weeks in making Newfoundland . I there commenced working on government works , and found twosoldiers which Ibad enlisted . I knew them bs soon as I saw them , bat they did not know me . I waB obliged te leave on that account , leaving all tbat I had behind . I then engaged another ship for Sydney , Nova Scotia , and from there to Halifax , in the above-mentioned place , but being exposed almost as much aa before , I left . My only and chief o $ ect was to get to the United States , which I nave at last accomplished . From Nova

      Scotia I took ehip for Bosten , in the State of Massachufiseta , where I arrived ] in a short time—where , in spite of all their tyrannical power , I considered myself safe . I proceeded from Boston to New York , by the .. ¦ - , and met but very few acquaintances , until I fouud some of the Chartists , out like myself ; and indeed I found in them friends while I continued there . My next object was to get employment , aa you may easily suppose my funds were nearly exhausted . I got work at Brooklyn , on a church , opposite the city of New York . My employer ; was very kind to me , and I might bave remained with him ; but feeling a great desire to come here to see ] and family ^ I exerted myBelf to the utmost to save money sufficient to bring me here , in which I succeeded in a short time . I took a schooner from New York to : , a distance of 4 to 500 miles ; arrived hero in a few days , where I met with and family , all in good health , and comfortable in circumstances , and now remain with

      them . ; " Dear ¦¦¦ ¦ , I havo given a short sketch of my travels since our last meeting , but feel inadequate to describe the troubles j and difficulties that I bave surmounted—having to leave my own native land at my advanced years . The feelingB which occupied my mind when on my passage often made me sad ; but when taken in consideration , I rejoiced that it was not for theft nor murder . * j * * I should like to know whether th » nucali , as I can term them no ether , has kept my chest or rather stole it . In my next letter I shall be better provided ! to give yoa * description of

      this cotmtry i b » t so fai I like it well—more so to think that I am in a country where no tyrannical power ia displayed . I have been offered a commission as a * officer in t&e army , to go to Texas ; whether I shall accept it or not I cannot at present describe . I hope alaehewill write mo a { few lines acquainting me the state of present affairs ofi the country , and how it fares with Frost , Williams , and Jones . I saw an account , gome weeks back , of a petition being cflared to liberate them—I trust it will be granted . I would also like to know whether he can give me any tidings of David Jones , the Tinker . I have no more to » ay , bat wishing

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      An Umlooked-for Visitant . —A whale of unusually large proportions was seen in Redwharf Bay , on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday week , sometimes appearing like the bull of a ship , and other times spouting water io an immense height . Several attempts to catch the leviathan proved unsuccessful . It is said that crewB and boats went over from Liverpool with the intentioa of securing this huge prize .

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      ANTI-LEAGUE MOVEMENT . Meetingg have been held in the county of Fife ; at Abingdon , at Blackish , Fortrose ; at Wolverhampton , where the Eirl of Dartmouth subscribed £ 50 ; at South Erpingham ; at Exeter , where £ 300 wa 3 subscribed ; at Thrapton , Northampton ; at Shrewsbury , where a county meeting was held oh Wednesday last , at which Earl Powis was present arid £ 700 subscribed ; and at Newport PagualJ , which have all been successful , and the resolution to oppose the League and maintain agricultural protection has been Unanimously agreed to .

      At a meeting held at Bridgewater on Friday last , the Leaguers mastered strongly ; two of the League lecturers , Acland and Falvey , having been engaged in mustering up an opposition . At this meeting Sir T . Lethbridge spokej and in tho course of his address said , that "two-thirds of all the poor-rates rested oa the land , two-tbirds of all the tithes rested on the land , the highway-rates rested on the land , and they had the land-tax exclusively ; who , then , was prepared to say that , under these circumstances , they ought not to be protected ? These thinirs called for protective duties , and if such were not afforded , then they must look to their national debt , and to every

      other interest in the country , tho whole of which would be jeopardized —( loud cheers ) . It was his opinion , that tbe Anti-Corn Law League had begun at the wrong end ; if the amelioration of the condition of the working classes and the welfare of the country were the real objects they had in view , the right end would have been to petition Parliament to re-adjust the taxes , and not to let the burden be all on one side . A resolution denunciatory of the League was carried , but subsequently a petition in favour of free-trade was adopted . The Times correspondent states that the petition wa 9 carried after alar ;*© number of farmers had left the meeting .

      A numerous meeting of the agriculturists of the county of Edinburgh , waa held in the county hall , Edinburgh , on Wednesday , the 14 th instant ; Sir John Hope was called to tho chair . Resolutions strongly denunciators of the League were unanimously adopted . At a meeting at the Duke of Richmond ' s , on Saturday last—present , the Duke of Richmond , the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos , the Duke of Leeds , Lord Beaumont , the Earl of Yarborough , Viscount ingeRtre , Lord Redlesham , the Earl of March , Lord Worsley , Viscount Campden , Lord NewpoTt , Lord Oesulton , Sir C . Bnrrell , Sir C . Kuightley , Sir John Trollopo , Sir J . Chetwode , Hon . F . Scott , Messrs . A . O'Brien , T . Duffield , E . S . Cayley , E . Wodehouse ,

      R . A . Christopher , E . W . Munday , C . Turner , A . LawBOn , R . Eatou , R . Gordon , C . N . Newdigate , W . Long , Colonel Sibthorp , Messrs . W . Beresford , C . Wyndham , Darby , P . Pusey , C . R . Colville , J . P . Plumptre , Q ,. Dick , H . S . Waddington * R . Palmer , J . W . Bramston , R . B . Hall , E . Yorko , H . Halford , C . Goring , W . B . Ferrand , A . E . Fuller , D . W . Russell , W . L . W . Chute , W . Miles , J . P . Allix , and o . ther members of Parliament , his Grace wag appointed president , and the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos vice-president , of a metropolitan society formed for the protection of British agriculture , and a deputation was appointed to confer with those gentlemen who have advertised a meeting for toe same purpose at tbe Freemasons * Tavern .

      Anti- League . —An Anti-League meeting was held at the Subscription Rooms , Exeter , on Friday . Anti-Leaguo resolutions were passed , and a subscription raised amounting to £ 300 . Lord Clinton , Mr- Buck , and Sir Thomas Acland gave £ 50 each . Similar meetings have been held at Bridport , Sturminster , and Rugby . ____ ^ _

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1253/page/3/