On this page
- Departments (5)
-
Text (21)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
ttcbitios
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
%xUvatVLte*
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
^sttr^.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
1... ¦ - —mi - ai-s -.,. --TTVi'^irrri jwih ¦ Jgan&ntptjS, Vc.
-
- ¦ ---..'- . . L =3 MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
THE CAPELOCSA . CY . ( TB . OJS KEATS' " UABEL 1 A' * . ) With her two brothers this / sir lady dwelt , Enriched from ancestral merchandise ; And for them maBy a weary hand did Birelt , In torched mines and noisy factories ; And many once proad-quiver'd loins did melt , In blood from Btinging ^ wbip ; with hollow eyes , Many all day in d * zzling river stood , To take the rich-ored drifting * of the flood . For them the Ceylon diver held his breath , And vent all naked to the hungry shark ; Tot them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice iriih piteons bark Lay foil of d ^ r ts ; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in tronbles wide and dark ; Saif ignorant , Iheyi&rxed ax easy irhed ,
Thai set sharp racks at tcork , toj ) ixch and pea . Why vae they jprond ? Bsesnse their maiBle founts Gushed * itb more pride than de a ¦ srKstcli ' B tears J Why » ere they proud 1 Because fair orange mounts , "Were of more soft aseent than LiZiar stairs ? Wly » ere they proud ? Because red-lined accounts "Were richer than the songs of Grecian years ; Why "were they prond ; again ire ask aloud ? Wby in ihe name of glory -were they proud ?
Untitled Article
THE HAWTHORN TREE . Of "the brave old oak" the poet may Bing , And Etjle it of forests and groves the king ; ' * Of the beech with Us branches spreading -wide , Or the lofty p-ne on the mountain side ; And the reTeller too , may toast the ? ine ; But 0 J the -one ever honoured by me Is my oto , my faTonrite , hawthorn tree . The hawthorn tree near my father ' s door Stood by a stream and shaded it o ' er ; From its bending boughs when an innocent child 1 hare gather ed its crimson berries wild ; And oft by its sturdy stem I have stood And carred my name ia characters rude ; laOYed scenes of my youth , so happy and free , Are entwined with my favourite hawthorn tree .
Beneath it * shade the crocus would peep "RThen first it woie fxom its winter " * sleep ; And the snowdrop fair and slender in form , Tound ihelter there from the scowling storm ; And the daisy lutk'd in the grass so green , All pearly and pure in ihe morniDg sheen ; And the coming of spring wa » first told to me By the bursting buds of my hawthorn tree . . My hawthorn tree . ' my hawthorn tree . ' In memory still thou art dear to me , Wiii thy glossy leaf , and fragrant fljwer Scenting the brtizs at the evening hour ; On thy tranches the linnet lov'd to sing , And the wild bird folded its wearied wing ; How cold and how careless my heart must be Ere I cease to remember the hawthorn tree .
Twaa a favourite place for friends to meet , In the summer's eve-so calm and sweet ; The old man there would relate his tale , Of deeds lie had done when bealrhy and hale ; Or the artiess maiden would channt a lay , While light-wing'd Time flew swif tiy away . Till the moon wonld peep through the leaves to see The friends who had metTound the hawthorn tree . The friends who met there are scatter'd and dead , And ths hand of Care is upon my hea 3 ; -The stream , is yet , acd sftll floweth on , But the tree I lov'd is wither ed and gone ; And »" voic 8 seems whispering in mine ear This truth that I am unwilling to hear : " Tis a type hew all earth-born joys will be—* ' Thy own , thy favourite hawthorn tree . " James M'Kouxn
Untitled Article
10 TIKG AKI > FORGiTING O , leving and forgiving—Te a ^ gel-words of earth , Years were not worth the living If ye too h * 4 not birth ! O , loving and forbearing—How ireet your mission here ; The grief that je are sbartog Hath blessings In its tear . O , stem and unforgiving—Ye evil words of life , That mock the means of living With never ending strife . O , harsh and unrepenting—How would ye meet the grave , If Heaven , as unrelenting , Forbore not nor forgave i O , loving and forzivini ;—
Sweet sisters of the soul , In whose celestial living The passions find control ! Still breathe your itflaence o ' er us Whene ' er by passion crost , And , AjJgfcl-like , restore us The psadise we lost . Charla SvxrbL
Ttcbitios
ttcbitios
Untitled Article
PKACTICAL OBSERVATIONS OK THE PKETBNTION , CAUSES , A > D TREATMENT OF CTJETATURES OF THE SPINE . Bj Samuel Basle , Esq ., Surgeon . LondoD : Churchhillj Prinee ' s-street , Soho . The first edition of this useful and interesting vrork appeared in 1838 , since whJco time the author has had very extensive opportunities of observing and investigating the subject 01 spinal disease in all itB varieoB forms , and in the present edition has embodied the results of the additional experience he has rained .
Spinal diseases , tbe consequence of the healthdestroying toil imposed on some , and of the absurdities of *** fashion ' which are voluntarily embraced bj others , are HnhappUy now so prevalent as to render a work of this description , —a work unalloyed by qaa-ckery , —a < Jesideratzan of no small importance- Tie extreme eases of apparent hopeless deformity and sofferiDg which hare succumbed under Mr . Hare ' s treatment , prove him to be well qualified to advise as to . he preventicD , or prescribe lor the cure of this disease . The cases narrated are truly wondeifnl / or ifae cures which have been performed . We regret we cannot afford room for the nirraiion of them . The following extractB stow the evils of stays and tight lacing , a prime cause of spinal complaint ? : —
There are , at the present time , thousands , who , ignorant of tbe misery thty are inconsiderately pro-Tiding for theBselves , are daily sacrificing health , and sot unfrequenUy life , to the mere vanity of desiring to possess what a vitiated taste calls a " fine figure . " Our promenades , public streets , and p ' aces of fashionable xesert , tfiord abnndant evidence of the sad effects resoltiDp Irojn tbe universal prevalence of this bsneinl practice . The absurd notion that a woman is score beautiful with a remarkably small waist , ought long ago to have Txtn exploded . As well might we admire as beauties the flattened heads of some tribes of Indians , er the extremely contracted feet of the Chinese .
Modern srsys are constructed witii so little attention to the form of the body , that the pressure is the greatest open tbe lower part of the chest , cwhich is naturally the widest , whilst there is the mo » t reom at the upper part , where its diameter is tbe smallestthus , in tSfcct , inverting the order of nature , and Causing a ecjrplete transformation of this important portion cf tbe body , by making its base uppermost , and its apes downwards 1 ¦ • • The author has made repeated measurements with a view to compare the circumference of the waist and
the width cf tbe stays of a great number of females , and has uniformly found so great a difference between the former and the latter , as to be convinced of the serkms irjnry which must result from tho use of stays of the ordinary description : this is an experiment "Which all parents have in their power to try , and the coriecEMs of which they can ascertain . * Keed we , then , be surprised that tbe female figure is so frequently and * o lanitntshly deformed 2 B » Tber ought it to fcsdie tnr i ^ tonistinenx , tfcat any of tfc . ose Eutgect to the causes , itould escape the consequences .
This work is neatly got up : it coEtains an etching of an apparatus used bj Mr . Hare for the correction of the deformity , atd several elegant engravings illustrative cf ihe esses . Considering this work as A useful assistant to medical men , and a valBable akdnser 10 parents and j . uardian 3 of children" generaijy , to all such we cordially recommend it .
Untitled Article
A DISSERTATION ON THE BEING Al ^ D ATTRIBUTES OF GOD . By Thos . Simmons Mackintosh . Leeds : Hobson ,- 5 , Market-sireet ; London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . Mr . Mackintosh has earned for himself a pretty wide-spread reputation &s a speculative thinker , by his singular and startling work the " Electrical Theory of the TJciverso " : it will not , therefore , be thonght surprising that his bold and original mind should have aimed at the demonstration and illustration of a question which has furnished a theme for the inquiries and reflections of the greatest minds in all ages . The author ' s motives for writing this work are set forth in the following paragraph : —
The motives which have urged me to write and publish this Dissertation are these : —I am a believer in tba being of one God , powerful , wise , sad gec-a ,- I am convinced that a belief in God , a coufiding belief in his power , wisdom , and goodness is feentficial , to wan as an individual ; that it is a comfort , stay , and support sgaicst despair in adversity , and a corrective and reproof against pride and inselence in prosperity . The lost wanderer in the wilderness , like Mungo Park ; or tbe shipwrecked mariner wbo is cast away upon the ocean , whilst he straggles with adverse circumstances , struggles with a firmer and better heart , because
through this belief he feds that there is a stronger , wiser , and better being than himself controlling his destiny . Take this faith , this confidence away , and in sine cases out of ten , the individual wiil faint and sink under the weight of the circumstances which surround him . So also on the other band , the conscious belief in tbe existence of a being of greater power , wisdom , and goodness tfean himself , underrates his pride or confidence in b : a own power , wisdom , and goodness . So far , and perhaps farther , I am of opinion that tfee belief in a God , powerful , wise , and good , is beneficial to man as an individual .
Mr . Mackintosh goes on to give his reasons why he thinks this belief beneficial to man as asocial being ; bat the passage is too lengthy for extract . The question on behalf of Ti eism is well , and in some portions , powerfully argued ; with what result we mnst leave te the judgement of the reader to dstermiQe .
THE DAILY LESSON BOOK . No . IV . London ; Hamilton , Adums , and Co ., Paternosterrow . That the " child is the parent of the man , " and " as the twig is brn ? so will tte tree incline , " are apothegm ? , which we Buppose none will care to qnestion . Yet notwithstanding their trn ; h , how Httle attention until recently has been paid 10 that trath , ths very contemptible books intended for children heretofore produced abundantly testify . The namby pamby trash which formerly filled nearly all the common spelling and other book *? , first put into the hands of children , sufficiently account for the comparatively small &m » unt of intellectual knowledge really possessed by the mass of those who = e education has been confined to the muchvauntpd Lancastrian , and National Schools . The
work brfore us is stated to be adopted in the schools of the British and Foreign Society ; and a better book , we think , the society could not have selected . Taught the first rudiments of education from books such as the one before us , it is hardly possible for the infant generation to stop short of acquiring an amount of knowledge which will enable mem to play buch a part on the stage of human afiairs , as no nation has ever yet witnessed its working class perform . Very possibly the getters up of this publication have bui little sympathy with that great party of the movement with whom we are connected ; but be that as it may , we tell them , that they are serving us in the most tffeetual way they conld do , bj proparing the mind of ' * Young England" for the full accomplishment of those changes , which a portion of their fathers are at present setkiiig .
" Jrnerance is tke curse of God : Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to hearen ;" and it is not possible , that a people bo industrious , so skilful , as the people of England are ; whose toil and genius have bails up an empire really the most magnificent the world ha 3 ever yet witnessed ; it is not possible that that people , when once eaucated , should remain political serfs and bondi-men , in the proud land of their birth . Knowledge is power ; and ihe result of its present wide-spread diffm-ion must be the political , and ultimately the social , emancipation of the masses . This lolume offers in the space of two pages , an adf quate and varied portion for each day's instruction ; every lesson being complete in itself , the notes furniihng a clue to all needful explanations .
The Lessons are all connected and systematic , forming a course of instruction in English and General Hisiory , the elements of Phjsics , and Natural History . The Geographical Questions and Chronological Notes , together With the definitions , and roots , the explanations of scientific terms , and the various statistical and other tables , embodied in the appendix , form a mass ot information we do not remember to have = ten in any other work of one volume , intended for the purposes of school instruction . The lersons on Chemistry , Abim ^ l Physiol-gy , and Natural History , are really excellent ; while the Appendix contains an amount of scientific research , labour , and minute detail , which exhibits most forcibly the care and accuracy with which the book has been prepared .
As each lesson is complete in two pages , and as the volume contains 342 pages , our readers will form some idea of the mass of information therein contained . After the above commendation , our readers must not be saprised , if we express our dissent from one particular feature of tbe Daily Lesson Book . In common with a useful work noticed in our last , its ' * besetticg sin" is the attempt , visible throughout , to make pure knowledge square with religious frauds and fables . Worse , too ; the seeds of intolerance are bul too likely to be implanted in ihe in ' ant mind , by the continued repetition of the ab-Furdiiy th&t particular nations have fallen , and particular nations have flourished , just as they happened to
believe , or disbelieve , or know notbiBg of , a particular religion . Thus , in one of tbe chapters comprising the Ancient Roman History , we are told that the Romans , "like ail heathen nations were destitute of true morality , —that morality which Christ has taught in a single sentence : —Do to another , as you wonld hsve another do to you . " We may here remark , that this morality was taught by Confucius , and other "heathen" philosphers , word for word , hundreds of years before the time of Christ . The writer adds : " Like mo 3 t other nations , Rome was deetitnte of that true religion which teaches mankind that all power founded ininjustice must perish . " We are not about to discuss which is the " true
reiigion f but we may just remind the Editors of this work of that , of which they mnst be aware , but which they eeem to have forgotten ; that it was when Christimtj became the established religion of Rome , that the emp ' re went to pieces with Railroad yelochj . Its l&sl gleams of glors—glory fonnded upon virtue and puhlio spirit—shone forth under the sway of that Julian , who , in this work is dnbbed , in accordance with the pitiful tricks ef a vnlgar and bmtal superstition , — " the Apostate . " The reign of Julias , who was certainly no Christian , was the last glorious period of ancient Rome ' s existence . The Priests eunuchs and harlots , who subsequently rukd ibe empire , speedily nndid the work of the world ' s conquerors .
If ancient Rome fell through want of the " true religion "' ( which is that !) bow is it that modern Italy , Spain and other countries , blessed with a religion which the derotees thereof no doubt believe to be the " true" — how is it that they are Einking into those depths of crime and batbarism , in which we now see thtm ! Again , tbe wars massacres and cruelties of the Remans , Persians , Tartars , and others are spoken of in terms of just horrorj bat theBe barbarities are ascribed to their Telieious belief , or the want of the
" trae religion . " Yet we find the Editors comptlled to speak in terms equally gefere against ihe cruelties of Christians , such as the atrocities of the Spaniards in South America , the St . Bartholemew massacre , &c ; with this difference , however , —that these horrors are not ascribed to the perpetrators of them warning the " true religion . " Indeed , it could not be ; for the " true religion" has been , as is notoriouf , the £ oie cause of religious wars , massacres , and persecutions , which hare cursed Europe for nearly the last two thousand years .
We have thought it right to offer these observations , because we deplore the fol ^ y ef mixiDg np frauds with factB , and creeds wi ' . h common Bense . Store the infant mind with true knowledge ; and when manhood is attained , let ihe thinking being , guided by the light of his own reason , decide for himself as to creedt ; and pick and choose for himself , if he must be a day-dreamer . Notwithstanding these objections , we consider this work ob the whole so excellent , that we cannot hesitate to recommend it to all engaged or interested in the education of youth . It is our persuasion that with this book any father whose child knows the alphabet , may teach that child infinitely more than he would learn at one-half tbe cheap" and charitable" schools as at present conducted . Who then for the ontlay of half-a-crown wonld hesitate to Fecure so valuable an assistant 1 To heads of families , schoolmasters , and teachers , we heartily recommend the " Daily Lesson Book . "
%Xuvatvlte*
% xUvatVLte *
Untitled Article
BURNS , THE POOR MANS POET . "O Pope , had I thy satire ' s darts To gi ' e the rascals their deserts , I'd rip their rotten , hollow-hearts . An' tell aloud Their juggling hocus-pocna arts , To cheat the crowd . " Burns . The strictures which have appeared in that preciouB specimen of Puritanism , the Edinburgh Witness , on the recent Burns' Festival , invite a few comments on our part in vindication both of the poet and the poet ' s countrymen , whom the scribbler of the Witness has so foully calumniated .
# To understand the character of this false Witness , it may be necessary to here state , that it is the chief organ of the Non-Intrusion , or Free Church party ; is the champion of pure unmitigated Calvanism ; the arch-opponent of Railway travelling on the Sunday ; and the prime hounder-on of the " authorities" of Edinburgh , to the persecution of the ta&n Faterson" and Co . These facts will probably weaken the surprise which our readers would otherwise feel in perusing the following extracts from an article which appeared in that paper of Wednesday , August 7 th : —
There have not been wanting many of the admirers of Barns wbo have been disposed to ask , for what end is all this uBele&s display ? But we feel disposed to qnestion tbe propriety of this meeting on higher grounds . If it were posssible to sever a homage to genius from the condemnation of genius misapplied , then every man might with perfect safety have joined iu tho fete in honour of the memory of Robert Burns , whatever might be bis estimate of the wisdom or good taste of those who . planned it But it is impossible to contemplate genius without considering the end to which it is demoted j and every man who took part in the transactions of yesterday in the neighbourhood of Ayr , if be engaged in them with spirit , must have been conscious of an effort , more or less great , to forget the way in which Barns too often prostituted bis talents to serve the cause of irreligion and immorality .
There is a spirit of incongruity in his poetical writings , indicating some malignant influence , which even the fitfalnesa of genius cannot account for . Who could have expected each a sequel to tbe " Cottar ' s Saturday Night" as the " Holy Fair ? " No man , we are sure , will , as a living poet , lament more deeply than th « learned Professor who held so very prominent a place in the transactions of yesterday , that Robert Burns should have expended his genius in a way so unworthy on a theme bo noble . But all men are Dot poets ; and we can have no doubt , tbat among the congiegats-d groups at the fef » , there were many to admire , many to justify , and maay to apologise in a case where every religious man ought to be ready to condemn .
Yes ; there were many each at the festival we doubt not . Indeed , we sJonld suppose all who were there were his admirers ; and would , if need be , have been his justifiera . The errors of the wm . be it borno in mind , are not now under discussion , but the alleged faults of his writings . For his writings ihen , we will not " apologise "; but wo will confess our admiration , and we dare to justify all that in his recognised works are penned . The first charge against Bubns is , that he " prostituted his talents to serve the cause of irreligion and immorahly . " Bub . vs prostitute his talents to serve any cause 1 When ? Where ? How ! thou scribbling " prostitutfc " :
" I thank thee Jew , for teaching me that word . " Dos ' t know the meaning of tho filthy word , man , thou hast applied to ; he immortal bard ! Do you know , scrawler , whac is the meaning of the word , when applied to your sex—that ib supposing you to be of the masculine g < nder ; a matter very doubtful . Not that we will do the fair sex tho injustice oi supposing you belong to them ; we feel inclined rather to suppose you to belong to that nameless gender , to whom ihe grand Turk consigns the safeguard of the morals of his seraglio . Do you not know , thing , that when a man ' prostitutes" his talents to Berye any cause , he does bo , when , a hypocrite in his professions , he serves a paity with whom hi has no communion of feeling , ai » d for FILTHY LVCRK SELLS HIS ABILITIES TO SUPPORT PBJN CIFLB 3 IN WHICH HE BEL 1 F . TES NOT . Such are too many of " the race that write "; unfortunate wretches , or dishonourable pandererB , who , like Esau , sell their soul ' s birthright fora mess of pottage . Such are the " prostitutes" of the pen .
Some , like the " unfortunates" of the other sex , are to be pitied ; others worthy only of loathing ecorn . On the principle that disreputable characters are the first to throw dirt , we strongly suspect that this fellow of the Witness who bawls " prostitute , " is himself " no better than be ahould be . " Burns " prostitute his talents ! " The man who through life exhibited an utter contempt for the world ' s great good , —we may add , God , —money ? who indignantly refused even the slightest remuneration , or pecuniary acknowledgment for his deathless Bongs I If any duubt this , let them read the following , addressed to Thomson , the publisher , on the 16 th or September , 1792 , in reply to a request from the latter to aid him by his contributions in ti 8 intended collection of the Scottish melodies . Bor . ns writes , —after expressing his assent to the proposition : —
As to any remuneration , you may think my songs either above or below pricb ; for they shall absolutely be tbe one or the other . In the honest enthusiasm with which I embark in your undertaking , to talk of money , would be dotcnrighl prostitution of soul . A word about the *• irreligion , " and " immorality " presently . The Witness asks , Who could have expected inch a sequel to the " Cottar ' B Saturday Night" as the " Holy Fair" ? An tffaaum " so unworthy on & theme sa aoWe . Of the noble nature of Holy Fairs we will give our English readers an opportunity of forming an opinion from the foliewing remarks of Allah Cunningham , descriptive of these prirsily exhibitions , and laudatory of ihe poet for having waged war on bo prolific a source oi indecency and crime : —
In •• the Holy Fair , " the Poet rose out of the lower regions of personal iuTcctive into tbe purer air of true poetry , and gave ; us a picture of singular breadth and beauty . The aim of the poem is chit fly to reprehend by means of wit und humour , these almost indecent Jesticities which , in many western parishes , aecompany the administration of tbe sacrament . Instead ot preaching to the staid and the pious under tht > roof of tbe kirk , the scene is transferred to the open church-yard , where a tent or pulpit is erected for the preachers ; while all around , the people of the parish seal
themselves on graves or grave-stones to look ai ; d listen . With the pious and orderly come 8 warms of the idle and the profligate ; bevies of 1 &cb and lasses keep moving about in search of better seats or finer points of view , and tirng , or affecting to tite of tbe sermon , which is some times of the longest , retire to a neighbouring change-house , or to the open door of an alebootb , wherB , as they empty the Rlaas , they may hear tbe voice of the preacher . There is no doubt that these " Holy Fairs" afforded BcenkS more than justifying serious as well as sarcastic reproof .
Here Allan Cdnjji . ngham , whose manly morality and thorough Scotch feeling none will gaiusay , more than justifies the following lines : — Here some are tbinkin' on their sins , An' some upo' tbeir claes ; Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins , Anitber sings an' prays . On this band sits a chosen swatch , Wi * screw'd-up grace-proud faces ; On that a set o' chapa at watcb , Thrang winkin' on the lasses To chairs that day .
Now but on' ben tbe change-house fills Wi' yill-caup commentators ; Here ' s crying out for bakes and gil ' s , An' there tbe pint stoup clalU-rs : While thick an * thrang , bd' loud an' lang , Wi' logic a ; id wi' scripture , They raise a din , that in the end , Is like te breed a rupture O * wrath that day . When Burns lived and wrote the " Holy Fair , " these ieandalous exhibitions were the cause of more than one-half of the bastardy and drunkenness
which then existed in Ayrshire . The keen shafts of his wit struck to the heart of priestly cant and superstitious profligacy ; and from that time " Holy Fairs" began to diminish , until now scarcely one is continued to be held . Mauchliue , where Burns lived , and where the ^ cene of his poem is . ' aid , has not seen a " Holy Fair" for many years past ; and all who know that village , know the vast charge for the better which has taken place in the morals of its inhabitants since it became relieved of the periodical invasion of the " idle and the profligate" from the larger towns of Ayrshire , by the abolition of these senseless indecencies .
" 'TiB a dirty bird that fouls his own nest" says the proverb ; but unmindful of this , the Witness libels his own countrymen and countrywomen , by denouncing their morals , and charging their immorality to the aoccount of Burns ' s writings : — The writings of Barns have undeniably done much mischief to the morals of Ayrshire , as well as throughout Scotland : and if their evil influence Is to be extended , instead of being arretted , by what took place yesterday , then every man who countenanced these proceedings by bis presence , ought to look back with shame and sorrow on what be has done . We hav « no tie of birth to induoe us to take up the gauntlet in defence of the character of the people of Scotland against the attacks of this abject calumniator . Still we know something of that noble land and its true-hearted people ; and in justice to them we cannot be silent . For
14 ' Auld Lang Syne'brbga Scotland , one and all , Scotch plaids , Scotch snoods , the blue hills and clear streams , " ¦ back to our recollection : and as we " Love tbe land of xnoutain and of flood , "
Untitled Article
we ehall not hesitate to denounce , from pur own knowledge , the falsehood of the charge brought against Ayrshire ' s poet , and indirectly against Ayrshire s people . The people of that county , like the rest of humanity , are not perfect : but the quotation Ir 6 m Allan Cunningham , given above , shows that so far from 13 urns having caused , by his wiitinRs , laxity of morals , the aim of bin "Holy Fair " was to reprehend the "indecent festivities' ' P » troniz .--d by the Presbyterian priesthood , and which at that time was one or the prime causes of existmg immorality . That cause , thanks to the salutary icftuence of Burns ' s writings , has now all but ceased
to exist . Now , where the poet wus best known , and where the influence of his writings is still the strongest , do we challenge for the people of his native county , on the aoore of public and private morality , comparison with any other section of people in the island . We have seen the honpst working class of Ayrshire at their toil on the field and in the mine ; in the crawded workshop , and at the solitary cotta « e loom . We hare partaken of their generous hospitality , and shared their social pleasures ; and we speak of what we know fram . personal experience , when wo assart , that a nobler people breathes not , and that the character of
" Honest men and bonnie lasses " , applies not only to those of Ayr , but Ayrshire throughout . We , therefore , fling hack into the teeth of } his false Witness the slander , which , to aid in injuring the poot ' s fame , he has attempted to fasten on ; tne poet ' s people . In the Witness of August 10 th , appeared a second article on the festival . It adds but little that ia new to tho above extracts ; only it is , if possible , still more spiteful and malignant . The writer says : —
We have no heart for any minute discussion of the moral merits of many of the writings of Burns . We know that ia thfioe he hw Binned grievously , and caused many , very many , to sin . They nave stifled relisious impressions in the minds of the young , and have thrown a seductive halo over the paths ot inqulty , by which multitudes are still beguiled . To which we think , the most fitting answer we can give , is to recommend him , for his edification and charitable improvement of heart , to read tho poet ' s " Address to the Unco Guid : " -
O ye , wha are sae guid yoorsel ' , Sae pious and sae holy—Ye ' ve nought to do but mark and tell Your neebour ' s fauta and folly ! Ye Fee your state wi' theirs compared , And shudder at the n ffer ; ; But cast a moment ' s fair regard , What make the mighty differ 1 Discount what scant occasion ga 7 e i That purity ye pride in ; And ( what ' s aft mair than a' tbe lave ) Your better art o' hiding .
But there must be some cause for these canting columns of vituperation beyond what is professed . There is that , —never doubt it reader . We will venture a guess . All who knew Scotland some years ago , or who have heard or read of the character ef itB people formerly , and who may now have the opportunity of contrasting the present with the past , cannot fail to be Btruck with tho great revolu * tion which has of late years taken place in the minds of its people . The overthrow of the Romish Church gave to John Knox and his co operators and descendants , the power to build up a system of priestly rule a thousand-fold more despotic and inexorable than that which the dissenting Calvanists had vanquished . True to their craft , they flittered the
people that they were free , and vaunted much of the " right of private judgment" guaranteed to all men ; at the same time erecting a tyranny more grinditg and gloomy than any , which , to say the least , has been established in any country where Protestantism has existed . The " right of private judgment" was a right to bo vaunted of , but not to bo exercised : and any attempt to exercise it , met with immediate persecution . As an instance of one of the many powers exercised by the Presbyterian Church , we may name one which , like the " Holy Fair , " dates its decline and downfall from the ridicule heaped upon it by the pen of Burns—that of Kirk Penance , or standing On the "; cutty stool" for the offence of bastardy . What could be more disgusting ? Yet this was part and parcel of the system of *' religion" and ** morality" which the Witness charges Burns with having attempted to undermine . The Romish
confessional was at least outwardly decent , even to the most rabid Protestant ; but this Presbyterian Inquisition was grossly the reverse . Like the " Holy Fair , " tho " cutty stool" is now almost completely banished from the Scottish Church ; and this has been the work of the writings of Burns . But the' whole tenour of Burns ' s writings was to maximise the free-, dom of the mind , and minimise the power of Priesk-Icraft . Hence the savaee attack made on him by the " Old Light" of the Witness . From being a priestridden gloomy people , having a horror of those enjoyments and pleasures which constitute some of the sweets of human existence , the people of Scotland have , cf late years , stolen a march even on " Merrte England ; " and now , year by year , we see " old games" aud ° festivals" revived , new ones invented , and rational enjoyments substituted for the antics of fanaticism , which were too long their only relaxation .
In producing this change the writings of Burns have been one of the prime elements . He was the first in Scotland to bid reason stand erect iu her majetty , and refuse longer serfship to priestly tyranny . Other causes , —cheip literature , increased facilities of travelling , and a closer connection with England , have all combined to produce changes now so evident to all reflecting minds ; but Burns must be regarded as the morning star of this true , because rational and salutary , Reformation . If the lovetB of Burns , unlike the followers of John Knox , do
not seek to accomplish their ends by persecution and rapine , it is only another proof of the glorious distinction between the triumphs of knowledge and those of fanaticism . The followers of the latter desolated monasteries , pulled down churches , aud enforced their views by robbery and slaughter ; the admirers of the former simp'y diffuse the deathless writings of their favourite bard : and lo priestcraft withers and dies , and the human miad bursts the shackles' forged through centuries of error and fraud . . •'
We intended to have made a few observations on the general oharaoter of the writings of Burns ; but find we cannot afford further SDace this week . Next week we shall bring this subject to a cIobo ; whcB we shall have something more to say respecting the alleged daughter of Burns resident at Poliockshaws , respecting whom we hare received an important communication ; but too late to be used this week . In taking leave of the Witness , we cannot do better than administer the following dose , prepared for fcuch manufacturers of "hireling paragraphs" by the Poet himself , in justification of his own character , when on his death bed : —
The partiality of my countrymen , has brought me forward via a man of genine , and has given me a character to support In the poet I have avowed manly and independent senMnents ; wbich , I trust , Will be found in tue man . My honest fsme is my dearest concern ; -and a thousand times 1 have trembled at the idea of those degrading epithets that malice or misrepresentation may affix to my fame . I have often , in blasting autlcipatiwn , listened to earns future hackney soibbler , with the heavy malice of siupidity , exulting in Ms hireling paragraphs . " Burns ,
notwithstanding the fanfaronade of independence to be found in bis works , and after having been held forth to public view and- to public estimation , as a uian ef some genius , yet , quite destitute of resources within himself to support his borrowed dignity , dwindled into a paltry exciseman , and slunk out the rest of bis insignificant existence in the meaueat of pursuits aud among the vilest of mankind . " In your hands , Sir , permit me to lodse my disavowal and defiance of the slander aud falsehood . Burns was a poor man by birth , and an exciseman by necessity ; but I wiil . nny it—THE sterling OF HIS HONEST WORTH NO P' VERTT COULD DEBASE , AND HIS INDEPENDENT BRITISH MIND OPPRESSION MIGHT BEND , BUT COULD NOT SUBDUE . Such portions of tbe above ap apply to the " hireling paragraph" monger of the Edinburgh Witness , that gentleman (!) it is to be hoped will not be too pudesi to appropriate to himself ! We tryst , for his own sake , that in future , the living asa will thiuk twice ere he " kioks at the dead lion . "
Untitled Article
on fire . No . 3 begins to be rather anxious—and Gibraltar is No 3 . and a cretty combustible placa too . Even though you are Ulysses , and the Napoleon of Peace , No . 3 won't atand It With every respect for your character , and the warmest wish that the amiable little Joiovillea and NeiBours may be provided for , No . 2 is bound to remonstrate ag&inRt your peculiar mode of making your children comfortable . Only let it be known what your plan is—and itis now beginning to appear pretty clearly—not , only No . 2 , but the whole street will be indicting you for a nuisance , and we shall have the flre-offiees of aU Europe on tbe look-oak There iB the poor Emperor of Morocco , who v&wa that he is a Napoleon of Pt > ice , too , in h ' s way ; and how do you serve him T He can't practice the ptaee he preaches , say you ; and you sanrt Joinviito to burn his cities , and Bugeaudi to lay waste bis territories , seize upon his flocks , and butcher hU people .
Suppose all Europe we * e to take up a aituilar opinion with regard to a certain coui . try that ia said to be at the head of civilisation . Suppose it were to say , as as it has before , " We don't trust your professions of peace . You are falsei when you mike them : and powerless to work thorn out . Tea are peaceful ; and yet your people are perpetually braofHshiBg their sworda at the throats of all their neighbours—cursing and shrieking , and endleas ' y threatening war . You are peaceful ; aud yet you tell one friend that you will take his Rhine boundary from him—imprison tbe servant of another ; tell him he is a lar , and favour him with projects for jbntcheriDg , and ruining him . You may protest of youi good intentions till you are black in your royal face ; but this is not our way of understanding peace .
Fashionable Removals—The papeta announce that that old sinner Mehferr . et Ali is about to retire froao publio life and devote himself to a religions retirement at Mecca , where he will repent of his sinu and adore tho holy Stone . Here is a oubject for the accomplished author of " Palm Leaves ' , ' to exercise hie poetical powers . It is a vocation , and we promise the honourable number for Pomfret an insertion of bis poem in the columns of Punch . { Another bint too may be advantseemsly addressed here to a well-known individual . There Is a certain law-lord who ought to be ttred of pubUc life by this time : let us bear of his departure to the Holy City , and of tbe edifying repentance and austerities of Hadjee Brougham . j
Fighting missionaries . —It is a pity that Exeterhall eheuld evet be confounded with Woolwich Arsenal . A pity ia it , that a fabric expressly built and dedicated to the gatherings of Christian charity—where she pleases to call her working children , the bright ones of the earth , together—should be made to ' - smell woundily of gunpowder . " But so , -within these few days it has been . A meeting of the London Missionary Society has been held at the Hall , for the purpose of considering tbe naughty doings of tho French bloaters at Tahiti ; nnd the means proposed to meet tbe wrong was , to do further wrong . The best remedy for the wound was a gunpowder plaster 1 One rev . gentleman proved that be had been misplaced by fatecertes , he should have been a post-captain , and not a meek , black-coated preafehor of the Christian missionfor , with a quickness worthy of Sir Charles Napier , he enumerated the English naval force off Tahiti ,
indignantly compared it with the force of France on the same station , made a bold joke about Jack Ketch , and finally implied the necessity of sending Mr . Pritobard baek to bis consulate , with all tbe hubbub and glory of shot and gunpowder . For our own part , we think tbe lips of Cbrietiau charity all-sufficient to sett ' e the difference ; and should be very loth to call in the teetb of a man-of-war . ! If , however , the London Mission think otherwise , we would earnestly counsel them to address themselves to Ciptain Warner , whose secret is still in tbe market ;; aod who . doubtless , if only to spite Peel and the ! other unbelievers , wonld be very happy to treat with the peace-loving men of Exeter-hall for a reasonable remuneration . Thus , with the London Mission possessed of Warner's secret , they might disseminate practical benevolence by means of the long range , and insinuate true Christianity among the heathen by the invisible shell .
Nota Bene . —The I 0 WY American Indians , now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall , belong to a tribe from the interior of the country , which is reported to be a veTy honourable race , being always honest in their dealtngir with strangers , and never breaking tbeir faith when onw it is pledged . ; They must not be confouuded with tbe tribe of the IOU's wbo are natives of Penn * sylvania , and bear a very opposite character .
Untitled Article
From the London Gazette of Friday , Aug . 23 . BANKRUPTS . Edward Mark Good , of Pdekham an * Dulwich , Snrw rey , farmer—Thurstan Cook , late of 29 , Kirby-street , Hatton-gatden , and 14 , Acton-street , Gray ' s-inn-road , Middlesex , silver culler—Edward Paters , of Godstone , Surrey , brewer—Richard Boesley , of 46 , Well ' s-street , Oxford-street , wino cooper—George Noel and William Noel , of 56 , Jermynsfc : eet , Westminster , boot makers . Thomas Barrs and Robert Barra , of Worcester , tobacco manufacturers .
DIVIDENDS DECLARED . Charles Pearsall , of Anderton , Cheshire , boiler maker , final dividend of 1 J i . in tbe pound , payable at 72 , George street , Manchester , Tuesday , October 15 . John Window Harris , ot Wolverhampton , wins merchant , first dividend of 3- 9 i in the ponod , payable at 7 , Waterioo-stceet , Birmingham , any Thursday after Oetobfcf 4 . DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED IN THE COUNTRY . Edward Raiue , of Bsrnnrd Castle , Durham , carpet manufacturer , September 16 at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-Hpon-Tyae—Robert Simpson , of EmMetoa , Cumberland , hmheeper , September IT , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , New < astle-upou-Tyne—William Mowhray Potts , of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne , grocer , September 16 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , » VewoastJe-upon-Tyne—Robert Paxton Bell , of Nowcastle-upon-Tyue , fruiterer , September IB , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastlo upon-Tyne—George Harwood , of Cheshire , drper , September 14 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—Eiward Hipkina , of Egremonfc , Cheshire , coal dealer , September 14 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—Nenian Proctor , of Meanwood , Yorkshire , tanner , October 2 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Leeds—Jeremiah Nettleton Bilme , of Leeds , wot'lstapler , Octoher 2 , at eleven , at the Coutt o { Bankruptcy , Leeds—James Kaapton and William
M'Kay , of Manningham , Yorkshire , stuff mnnufao * ture's , October 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bank * ruptcy , Leeds—George- Robinson , of Huddersfield , surgeon , and Mary Far rand , Almond bury , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturers , October 10 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Robert Howe , of Ktlpin , Yorkshire , corn factor , October 18 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds—William Walker and James Gray , of Leeds , woolstaplers , October 2 , afa eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , L 9 eds—Charles Henry Webb , of Forebridge , Staffordshire , corn dealer , September 14 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham .
certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown ; to tbe contrary on the day of meeting . Gaorge Fry-sr , late ef Portsta , but now of 30 , Alfredstreet , City-road , grocer , September 13—Edwin Foster , of Dover , E « ut , tailor , September 14—William Robert Wood , of Brighton , Sussex , dentist , September 13—Thomas William Baker , of Woolwich , Kent , builder , September 16 .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Isaac Neild and David Bancroft , of Manchester , fustian dealers—Richard Griffith , William Brough , and Thorn is Gardner , of Liverpool , ale brewers—William Brougb , James Morecroft Brough , and Thomas Gardner , of Liverpool , ale brewers ( so far as regards Thomas Gardner ;—William Willey and Sons , of Sheffield and Liverpool , cutlers—Susanna Butler and Joseph Turner , of Stanningley , Yorkshire , grocers—D ^ whurst , Hartley , and Co ., of Pimlico , and of Coploe-withinrClitheroe , Lancashire , lime burners ( so far as regards Adam Cook and John Cook )—John Carr , Samuel Carr , and Josiu ' q Carr , of Hunslet , Yorkshire , cudbear makers—Enocb Jones and William Jones , of Bury , Lancashire , iron founders—Philips , Wood , and Co ., of Manchester , merchants .
Untitled Article
From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 27 . BANKRUPTS . John Thomas Wilde and William Wilde , merchants , BasiDg-kne , Cheapside—William May Underwood , miller , Fyfleld , Essex—Arthur Lett , timber merchant , Lambeth—Robert Buckler , grocer , Portsea—William Yuill , tailor , Cornhill—Jacob Forth , batter , Nottingham—Robert Garnett , boot and shoemaker , Iiseds—Joseph White Lewis , victualler , Bjth—Robert Carrie , bookseller , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne .
Untitled Article
. London Corn Exchange Monday . August 16 . — The arrivals of all kinds of Grain , of home produce , during the past week hare been only moderate for the time of year ; but the imports of Forign Wheat , Barley , and Oats have been extensive . Fresh up to-day we received a full average supply of Wheat , coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample , at least three-fourths ot which were of the present year's growth , and of very superior quality . There was an extensive number of buyers in attendance , while the sale for new English Whea t , was Bteatiy at fully last week's prices , or from 53 s to 58 a per quarter : but , with other kinds of wheat the trade ruled heavy , at , in most transactions , a decline in the quotations of 13 . per quarter , and a clearance of such was not effected . There was a very large quantity of free Foreiga
Wheat offering . The demand for that description of grain was in a very sluggish state , and prices had , in some matauces a downward tendency . There was scarcely a sample of English Barley at market ; bat the supply of free Foreign was good . The Barley trade ruled inactive , but we have no variation to noti ce in tbe quotations . Ths best Ware Malt was quite as dear . In other kinds the supply of Wheat was good ; next to nothing was doing . The display of Oat samples wa 3 not large ; yet , the sale for that artiole w& 3 inactive , at late rates . Old Beans were in demand at 2 s per quarter more money . In other kind 3 very little was doing . The sale for Peas was steady , at Is per quarter advance on last week ' s rates . The Flour trade was heavy , at . bailey late rates . In Seeds very little was doing .
. London Smithpield Cattle Mauket . —Compared wi h that exhibited on ttm day se'nnight , the supply of Beasts was somewhat numerous . Tba weather being rather favourable for Slaughtering , and tbe attendance of buyers good , the Beef trade , particularly with the primest Scots , rants , & ., was steady , at prices quite equal to those obtained last week . However , a total clearance was not effected till a late hour . We had on sale only six Oxen from Rotterdam , which met a heavy sale at from £ 17 10 s to £ 18 Ss each . The arrival of Beasts trom our northern grazing districts consisted of about 1 . C 00 short-horns . Those from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , comprised 500 Scots and homebreds ; from the western and midland counties , 500 Herefords , Devons , runta , &c , from other parts of Eng ' and , 300 of various breeds , aad from Scotland , 159 horned and polled
Soots . The numbers of theep were again extensive . Prime old Downs , which were rather scarce , prodaced full prices : but the valne of other breeds arising from a heavy demand was with difficulty supported . Very little business was transacted ia Lambs , the suppl j of which was tolerably good , at about stationary prices . Calves met a heavy inquiry at barely late rates . Iu Pigs very little was doing . Boroogh Hop Market . —Although tbe Hops have made some little progress during the week , they being mostly in burr in the whole of ths plantations , the accounts are still considered unfavourable , owning to which the demand here is active , at full prices . Tbe duty is called £ 125 , 000 . Weald of Kent pockets , £ 6 4 s to £ 6 12 a ; Mid Kent ditto , £ 7 5 * to £ 9 18 s ; last Kent ditto , 47 5 s to £ 9 4 s ; Choice ditto , £ 10 £ 11 Us ; Sussex ditto , £ 6 2 s to £ 6 10 s ; Mid Keat bags , £ 7 to £ 8 5 s .
Borough and Spitalfields . —The supplies of Potatoes are still confined to those received from the neighbourhood of the metropolis . Their quality is very good , and ihe prices paid vary from £ 4 . to £ 6 . per ton . TVllow Market . —The market is firm , and th « weekly deliveries are improving , tbe weather being favourable for consumption , and the demand fully equal to the supply , so that no reduction in the prioa of Town Tallow is looked for , Manchester Coek Market . —Saturday , Aug . 24 . —At our market this morning the transactions ia Wheat were very limited , and the quotations of this day se'nnifjht were barely supported . —For the beafc descriptions of Flour there was only a moderate dekaud , but no change in value was observable ; other sorts were quite neglected . —For either Oats or Oatmeal there was not much enquiry , and the latter artiole must be noted the turn cheaper . —Beans wera
Is . per qr . dearer . Livekpool Cattle . Market , Mondat , Aug . 26 . — The supply of all kinds of Stock at our market today has been similar to that of last week , mostly of second-me quality , which met with dull sale . Beef 51 i . to 5 | 1 , Mutton 5 * d , to SidLamb Sid to ojd . Cattle imgorted into LiverpooHrom the 19 A to tho 2 < 5 ai August . Cowa , 3 n 5 , Calves 46 , Sheep 8849 , Lambs 749 . Pi « e 3978 , Horses 22 . Livebpool Cokn Makk&t , Monday , Ap . 26 . — With , the excep ; ion of 30 , 000 barrels of Flour froaa Canada , the arrivals of Gram , < & . < k , intfr this port during the last seven days are of moderate amount . Aq advance of la psr qr . on Wheat , udlld'Oa Flour- is the only change in the dutus . Though the weather has continued to be showery in this
neighbourhood , tbe harvest has been progressing . Our millers , who had fceceme bars of stock , have purchased old Wheat to afair extent , and two or three parcels of foreign have been taken fo r Ir el and and t h o int e rior , prices remaining muck the same as quoted on this day se ' nnight . Canadian Flour has met a moderate demand , at 37 s to 27 s 6 d per barrel for the best brands ; iu other descriptions little passing without change as to value . Old Oats must be noted Id ' per bushel dearer ; 2 a 9 a per 451 bs . paid for the best mealing ; a few Irish new hava brought 2 s lOd per 451 bs . A tolerably fair quantity of Oatmeal has been taken by the dcalerB at 21 a ta 21 s 6 d per load ; a small parcel' or two of new iava been sold at 2 fis 6 d to 26 e per load . No change m the value of Barley or Peas . Beans are la pe « quarter dearer .
^Sttr^.
^ sttr ^ .
Untitled Article
? The tqi ^ asnrement should be made in tiie moi'SiPS WforedrefiiL" *
Untitled Article
THE MOVEMENT . London : G . J . Holyoake , 40 , Hplywell-Btreet , Strand . We are glad to record the success of this spirited publication , which reached its thirty-seventh number last Saturdav . We perceive it ib now enlarged to twelve pagesT , and hence room is afforded for lengthy and interesting aitieleB prefiCiUBlj of Depesfiity cx-# l 9 ded from it * columns , j
Untitled Article
ounee of cream of tartar , and a qnart of boiling water , flavour it with lemon-peel according to taste , and take a W'ne glass full every morning before breakfast This ia a * ecret "worth knowing , and the finest aperient lemonade extant .
Untitled Article
TBE SEW PAHLEY LIBILVRY—Pabt VI . — London ; Onwbjii , Catherine-street , Strand . The prime feature of this part is the continuation of Eugene Snt ' s" Wandering Jew , " wnich together with *• Parley ' s V . 'Sit to ihe Isle oi Wight" is . splendidly 2 iB 5 irated . The remaining matter is exceedingly attractive and sntertainirg . We have but little loom for extracts , biii we ^ ive ihe followiiig ' for the food advice contained xberein
;—BEtIS l ^ OB XEAIH . This is frequently a fam cbj month for tbs pnTridan , lat forget not if you iave b iff , that in nine cases out of tenit is your otto fault alwsjs . Avoid plums , ana eat not Ihe tkin of any fruit , the xnvrLidJ of insects which make *» bai is called tie "tloom , " " inaHlce disxrl cai , and pro-JfioVe English cholera . If poor / udgfabonrs snfier from "this debilitating maUdy , tend U > em betf or mutton : j -eady dressed , it trill cure them five times out of six . I B . via * frequently in salt and iraier , end if not the 1 •» h- -de body , at least the besd , cbest , a . ^ a neck ; tod the fatted : « 1 I ,- for there are glands in plenty to ebBoib . the hiaUL ' -giving fluid- 3 * troubled with « . '« k bead-ache aad a bot dsmmy sensation , attended -b * « i eonstipaiion , t& * the folIoTOg : —two ounces of salts ,- iialf-an-
Untitled Article
Fjectment of Tenantry . —On Monday last 138 human beings , or twenty-three families , allowing six to each , were cast houseless and friendless from their dwellings , wanderers on tho world ' s bleak common . Oa that diy the sheriff , Mr . E . Foley , with an escort of police and bailiffs , proceeded to the lands of Ballyharahan and Glenmore , tbe proporty of Mr . Arthur Ussher Kelly , of Ballypagartmore , in this county , ! to take possession of these lands under habeas for one year ' s rent , due on last September ; and even there were but four defaulters
( the pnnoipal tenants ) who owed that amount , the rest being cottiers ,, or sub-tenants , whose rent wae paid up to last March , and the crops at present on the land would pay one year ' s rent . After the sheriff turned tbe unfortunate people from tbeir houses , it was a truly ) heart-rending sight to behold them , with their families assembling in groups , lighting fires by the ditch-side to boil a fuw potatoes to satisfy the cravings of nature . The greater number of these houseless wanderers have since had their lodgings on jibe cold ground . — Waterford Chranicle .
New Thick in thk ^ New Woeld . —The wisdom of pa Wishing the subtle in veations of foreign , sharpers for tbe benefit of the knaves who infest our own land may be somewhat problematical . Two wise saws , however , are in favour of the prae'ice , for philosophers and old women have determined that a man " forewarned is forearmed , "and that" proveati on is better than cure . " Ab old modes of swindlingbeoomeso well-known that no gudgeon can be found stupid to touch the bait , new tnoks mu ? t be invented . The latest novelty amongst the eharp blades of America was practised as follows : —The adept prepared ageauino
quarterof a dollar by rubbing it over with quicksilver , 80 as to give it the blue tinge aad slippery feel of a counterfeit . Going into a Blora he would purchase some trilling article , aud tender this quarter dollar in payment , when it would at once be refused . The sharper , knowing the Dassion for beuing amongst all classes , would then 1 ffor to bet five dollars that the piece of coin was good , and w > uld stand any test that could be applied , and , as he took care to hare the stakes lodged , in nine cases out of ten he was successful in pocketing the proceeds . —Liverpool Albion .
The League—Symptoms op a Dissolution . — The once gaudy and impertinent-looking offices of the League , at tbe corner of Waiur-lane , Fleet-street , give the most palpable evidences of decay and dissolution—the very building seems to be in a state of collapse—the windows are begrimed with the dirt of blue bottles and gad flies , aud tho bills aud catchpenny posters exhibited therein are tattered at the corners , and show symptoms of what tbe Jew renovators of garments call" clobbering . " The pamphlets and books offered for sale look bed-riddsn and freckled with the , autumnal sun , and the very entrance doors oroak upon their hinges lor lack of aliment . Worse still—the elderly apple-woman , wbo vends her wares in the neighbourhood , finds it difficult now to obtain sixpen ' orth of coppers as she was wont to do , and with the exception of sundry bales of waste paper making their exit .
" Nothing is stirrin— buS stagnation . " The uppper chambers ; of the building are in a yet worse plight , and in passing yesterday , a poor old woman ( probably the ] housekeeper ) as she was observed anxiously gazing from au a tic window—the very personification of Despair , —some of the passersby said it was Cobden straining bis eyeball" at Peel ' s opposite ; others thought it must be Mrs . Bright herself , mourning for her "Dudley . " Certain , however , it is , that the " offices of the League " have a most mysterious and ominous look . It is said the proprietors of Hollo way ' s Oistment have made overtures for the : premises !—Correspondent of the Morning Herald .
Debtford Docktabd . —The ancient dock yard at Deptt ' ord is about to be restored to a state of activity and importance , j Oa Thurtrtay several of the Lords of the Admiralty went over tbe whole of the departments , and having inspeccd the carpenters ' and joiners' shops , the foundries , the works of the boiler makers , the wood-sawing pvtf , and the timber * bending coppers , they ; viewed the slips , numbered consecutively oae , two , aud fcnree , lying on the northwest side of the yard , immediately eontigious to the victualling department , which is separated by a wall from the dockyard . The lords then proceeded to inspect works in the building-yard ; and the forward state of the vrssois now upon the stocks , as well as the excellent character of the work , appeared very
satisfactory to their lordships . There are now building in the Dockyard at Deptford , tbe Terrible , which when completed , will be the lar-cut steam frigate in ( he world ; an > i the Spitfire , of 300 ton ? , which was Commenced on the 21 st of June , in this year , and will be finished in the' spring of next . The Phoenix steamer is under repair , and now nearly completed . As it is propable that a correct account sf tbe dimensions , tonnage , and cost of the boilers and engines of the giant steamer , at tbe present time , may be interesting to our readers , we subjoin the following account of them , the accuracy of
which may be relied upon : —Dimensions 01 her Majeflty ' s steam frigate the Terrible—length between the perpendiculars , 226 feet ; keel for tonnage , 196 feet 101 inches ; extreme breadth , 42 feet ; depth of the hol 3 , 27 feet ? engine room , length 75 feet ; width 38 feet , depth , 27 feet ; diameter of the piddle wheels , 34 feet by 13 ; diameter of the cylinder , 6 feet ; power of the ^ eng ines , 800 boree ; weight of the engines . 500 tons ;! coal-boxes to hold 800 tons of coals ; burthen , 1 , 847 tons ; cost of boilers and engines tomplete , £ 40 , 250 . It is expected that this noble vessel will be 1 launched about the spring quarter-day ( 5 th of April ) , 1845 .
1... ¦ - —Mi - Ai-S -.,. --Ttvi'^Irrri Jwih ¦ Jgan&Ntptjs, Vc.
1 ... ¦ - —mi - ai-s -.,. --TTVi' ^ irrri jwih ¦ Jgan&ntptjS , Vc .
- ¦ ---..'- . . L =3 Market Intelligence.
- ¦ ---.. ' - . . L = 3 MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
Untitled Article
A BOWL OF "> PUNCH . " "THE NAPOLEON OF PEACE . " Punch ia an epietle to the Napoleon of Peaoe " ( Louia Phlllippe ) , says , — Consider there are some things which may be bought too de&r ; a dotation for your family is one . None of the papers have whispered the secret—but I and Palmereton knew it at once . Tangiers has been bombarded that tbe Princes may be pensioned .
This ia a hard price tbe world has to pay for tbe ninintainance of ycur amiable young family , and puts one in mind of the Chinese economist , who burned a bouse down to roast a pig . It was a neighbeur ' a bouse too , I ' ve bo doubt . It is to get this money that the wise man par excel lence of Europe , tbe lauded of pur journals , the Napoleon of Pence , Ben D'leraell ' s Ulysses , is burning towns now , and perhaps going to incendiaries Europe to-morrow . Ab , Sir ! afterall your doubling and sbi filing , your weeping and protesting , and weary smiling—all
the labours of a life to make a character—is it not a pity to be losing it in your old age ? What will Europe , what will Mr . BcDJamin Disraeli , say ? To endow your sons , and out of other people ' s pockets too , is a comfortable thing ; but what a chance do you run for the sake of that enjoyment ! You burn down a cityyen bntcher , broil , and bombard whole myriads of Tan * guinea ( poor devils ! bad they but known how to make the offer , they ought to have proposed to pay down the donation-money at once—it would have been cheapest is the end for them ) . Nor does the mischief end here with tbe benighted Turks . In a street , when No . 4 is
Untitled Article
AtJGtrsT SI , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1278/page/3/
-