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nsf THE FLIGHT OF THE SON OF SCHAMTL , THE ' BRAVE CHIEF OF TH ^ CIRCASSIANS ; TOi JOtt HIS FATHER AJfD HIS BROTHERS IN I" * 5 AT 1 YE MOUNTAINS . Heaven « peed thee , son of Schamvl , to thy conntrj inthj ThaHntu mavert aid f * Mm h » 1 ** , for the Analog CirmsSa ' sip a ^ s come «*¦**« - *• As foS'forwolres and vultures let the Muscovites lay loW . ,, 11 Aoneh when them wert an infant thon wert earned far
Irom ihj tor Home in the mountains , to ^ here the Czar hoWsswaj ; . Thoug hhetrafoeatheeforKs armies , such treason might The soul of Sehamyl ' sson forbade to fightvagainst the free . Xhou h 3 st left the Russian ; oh , may nought e'er stop thy brave career , n&l niavest thon wield the yataghan , and grasp the shining spear ;
Be to them as their shadow , no rest or ease to know , Khentney dream they are safest , then work thou their over throw . Teach tk ° ° P ° n tfle monntaiBS , to the slaves of Bnssia ' Czar , Xhat the cause of right must conquer , when despots go to war-Xbouiih the snows of many years , may rest upon each lint—^ jjjj - jfcnng iiilie years roll on , your land is independent still .
then success attend thee , true one , on the mountain or the plain , TOiErever Circassia ' s warriors meet , their freedom to main tain ; je thon always where a son should be—at thy brave father ' s side , ind leafing on a fiery band of warriors in their pride . 7 ben success attend thee , true one ; confusion to the Czar , Saw-as to all brave spirits who resist him in the war ; jbvthey conquer as brave men should do upon tte battle plain * QhJ better far gnch death to die , than live in Russia's chain . Alfred Feknell .
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A DREAM . Afl tr reading the Archbishop ' s prager to attrt famine . Oh the people were raising their voices on high , And calling on God with a pitiful cry ; fer tile fruits of the fields , had been stricken with dearth . And famine was etalking abroad through the earth . And tbe people were groaning , with hanger and pain , 7 lK > r ware kneeling and praying , but kneeling in rain , TiUthe flag of Rebellion , at length nag unfurled , ¦ RTien thethnnderof Heaven broke over the world ; AsdsToice from the clouds , to the people below , fried whj do ye suffer , from wantand from woe f
I fcsre poured forth my blessings , Tritfa bountiful hasd . O'er the length and the bredth , or King Adam ' s fair land , Sot baa men have blasted , the fruits of tbe sod , The ; bare famished the people , then charged it oa God , Bid I give ye strong arms , to lie idle all day ? Bid I give ye broad fields , but to waste and decay ? Come rise from yonr kneeling , let every right hand Grasp the sword that brings blessings , the spade till the Una , Then the blessings of life will abundantly grow , Andiamine w 01 skulk , to the regions below ; And woe to the man , who , when willing to toil , IFr&holdsR'OJn a brother , his right to tbe soiL M . M . T .
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ACROSTIC . OS ftrtSOJOt HOaill 1 BE rATTBIOT -WBlTiaU Addressed to tiiehardJkarUd Aristocracy . Xf onder no more ! ye Tyrant men , I f ' gainst yon wieldst the patriot ' * pen , L ong have yon mocked and scourged the poor , I onger their chains , theyle not endure I f regardless yet , of hungers' prayer A 11 slaves demands will rend the air M ankind , are we ! No felons fare ! Howtfanyou then , their rage appease 0 r try tumults to calm like these , " W hen the oppressors yoke is dashed aside 1 f in triumph , labour ' s sons should ride , T hen will yon quail at liberty I ben snouts resound , we will be free!— SSA-W 24 . Gloucester-street , Commerrial-r . ad East .
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HITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . October . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Princes-street London : SimpMn , Marshall & Ce . This month ' s number opens with a continuation of Mrs . Gore ' s new fiction " Temptation and Atonement ; " of coarse the name of the anthoress sufficiently proclaims the merit of her work . A delightful articleon " Trees" we hare read with much pleasure . "What westtppose wemay consider as the first of a series of " Letters from the West of Ireland , " gives some interesting pictures of Irish life . There is some excellent poetry in this number . A fine Efirrine ballad is the piece describing the last days ana death of the " The Constable De Bourbon ; " we regret , however , that good poetry should be wasted upon a character who though a great wamor , "The soldier ' s friend , the soldier ' s pride , the child ofvictory , "
was really and trnly a mighty brigand , who , if hehad committed the robbery and murder which has immortalised him , on a small , instead of a large scale , wmW rtainly have been hung as a ruffian instead of banl' " eified as a conqueror . Not such are the "heroes" we honour , — " The drying np one tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore . " We do not repudiate the sword when drawn in a good cause , nor are we insensible to the true glory of such veritable heroes as Leonidas and Washington ,
" Whose every battle-fieli is holy ground , ¦ Vftathbieatb . es of nations saved , not worlds undone /' and therefore , we accord our full and hearfy ^ approbation to the lines in this number of Tait ( which appeared in last Saturdav ' s Star ) , entitled " The Field of Morat . " Such poetry is werthy of all praise . There is an article in this number of Tait , on "Leish Hunt" by George GilfiT ' an , which ought to have a much more searching review than we can find room for ; tre must , however , express our views on oueportwuofttiesaid article , if not fully , at least plainly . Wehaveno fault to find with the praise awarded to Leish Hunt , a man who , as a poet , essayist , and critic , has " done the state some service , " only we protest against the praise of Hunt beinsr accompanied by foul , venomous calumny against the mighty Byron ! sneb as we find blackening this outpouring of GilfiWs .
We know not whether Gilfillan is connected with the Scottish priesthood , but if he is not a priest , he ought to be , for most assuredly " the lads in black " wm : d find him a worthy brother of their order ; his fiendish malice , his unappeasable hatred towards Byron , as evidenced by the gall-drops from his pen , whenever he can bv any means find a pretext for assailin ? that elorious poet , proves him , whether or not he wears the dress of one , to be a priest at heart . Sone but a cowl'd inqnisitor , cruel , cold-hearted Calvjmst , or hvpocrital praise-God-Barebones could 1 « Hs parallel "
. . ... It is not the first or second time , we have had to complain of tbe disgrace brought upon Mr . Tait s magazine bv the laenbrations of this calumniator of Byron . We tell Mr . Tait that the canting ' * morality" -which is made the cloak for these hideous and cowardlyassaultsuponthedefencelessdeadwillnotbe tolerated on this side of the border ; and we question if it wil ] meet with much toleration even on the other side ; the indignation , therefore , which Air . Tait ' s contributor cannot fail to excite against himself , may befijared by the magazine . But to the points at issue .
Our readers , who may not know the fact , must be informed that , amongst the works of Leigh Hunt is erne— " damned to everlasting fame" — entitled '" Lord Emm an ;! his Contemporaries ; " which * nk , according to GilfiUan ' s admissions , proves Jjunt to have been guilty of " ingratitude" and " v ; o ! ated confidence" towards his deceased protectw , % » n . GiifiUan acknowledges tbat Hvnt hadlxjen treated by Byron with great liberality ;" and tbat he had been " admitted to his confidence ;" GilfiHan adds : " lie had been fed and insulted under the same ronf with the noble poet . And in
^ larmefw such favours , he wastorandto flatter tl * maii when dead , to whom , when living , hehad »« ajs acted a firm and manly part ! " No , sir , he j as not bound to do anything of the sort . He was bound , however , by every principle of consistency a nd honesty , either to have repudiated and denounced Byron while living , or having pursued tbe opposite course , to at least remain silent as regards f is friend ' s imperfections , when that friend was laid 1 " file grave . If Byron " fed and insulted Hunt , "intsliouldhave flung away the feeding , and rcs -nted the insults of Bvronat the time , and not , to SWie
iloore" Fea on him lim £ , ana foul'a on him dead . " ^ - 'h } i H'ar . traaT we ? j exclnim " save me from my fn ^ us , " when rcidino- the fesjipourings of histriend t-ilfilLa ,. jjnnft lw ) ^ , „ Byrtn , though toothsome !» tie northern critic . as'litv as its abuse of Byron « e *« crned , is nevertheless damned aiter the fol .
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lowing fashion : — " Our quarrel with this book is not so much its treatment of Byron ' s memory , as its general spirit and execution . Its spirit h waspish , its execution feeble . Hia estimates of contemporary talent are not eminently felicitouB , nor , with the exception of his personal friends , particularly candid . " Now if the book ia tuaspish and uncandid , if his estimates of contemporary talent a-e not to be received as gospel , why single out the portions relating to Byron as trustworthy and praise - worthy ? Gilfillan represents Leigh Hunt as now " smiling pity over the dishonoured dust of Byron ( magnanimous smiler !) and over the insolent but retracted ridicule of Moore . " Moore ' s " retraction " is news to us ; one thing is certain that in the latest edition of Byron ' s works Mr . Murray has appended amongst the foot-notes to the " The Vision of Jw ' g . ment , '' Moore ' s castiga' . ion of Hunt , which
castigaiion iriimian calls ' insolent ridicule . " In mercy to Leigh Hunt we will not copy Moore ' s verses . | . Leaving the " Pease-blossom" ( why not pease-pudding |?) poet and essayist , we must have a few more words with Gilfillan . This cold-hearted calumniator dares to scoff at the last and most glorious of the acts of Byron—what he calls " his chimerical and insincere expedition to Greece ^; " he adds : " an incident no more deserving moral approbation , Hhan the conduct of the prodigal , who in his desperation enlists . " He go 2 son : | " exhausted in intellect and bruised in heart he threw himself into tlieJGreek cause . " The contemplation of tbe "bruised heart" of Byron Beenis to afford pleasure to Gilfillan . The reader will judge of the exhausted intellect of the poet by turning to "The Island , " " The Age of Bronze , " and the last five enntos of "Don Juan . " all written within the last fifteen months of his life . On this
question we will answer Gilfillan out of the mouth of hia own countryman , Byron ' s great" contemporary , Sip Walter'Scolt . " " ; As various In composition as Shakespeare himself ( this will be admitted by all who are acquainted with his Don Juan , ) he has embraced every topic of human life , and sounded every string on the divine harp , from its slightest , to its most powerful and heart-astounding tones . * * His genius seemed as prolific as various . The most prodigal use did not exhaust his powers , naif , seemed rather to increase tlieir vigour . Neither " Childe Harolde , " nor any of the moat beautiful of Byron's earlier tales , contain more exquisite morsels of poetry , than are to be found scattered through the cantos of'Don Juan , ' amidst verses which the author appears to have thrown off with an effort as spontaneous as that of a tree , resigning its leaves to the wind . " GilfiHan ' s scoffing sneers at Byron ' s chivalrous adhesion to the Greek cause , excites our heartfelt disgust and abhorence . No doubt himself
incapable of generous and heroic actions , he judges of others by his own standard . We will again quote Sir Walter Scott , who knew Byron something better than Gilfillan can have known him ; that great writer after remarking of Byron that " no man had ever a kinder heart for sympathy , or a more open band for the relief of distress , andna mind was ever more formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble actions , " concludes withithese words , " It is a reflection solemn and gratifying , tbat death found our Byron in no moment of levity , but contributing his fortune and hazarding his life in behalf of a people only endeared to him by their own past glories ' and aa fellow-creaturea suffering nnder the yoke of a heathen oppressor . To have fallen in a crusade for Freedem and Humanity , as in olden times it would have been an atonement for the blackest crimes , may , in the present , be allowed to expiate greater follies than ever exaggerated calumny has propagated against Byron . "
Gilfillan tellshis readers that the " public , " after several and opposite changes of opinion , have at last come to the conclusion of writing on Byron ' s bust , — * ' A traitor to his own transcendant genius . " Gilfillan himself awards to Bvron the doom of " eternal silence . " Modest—very ! We tell him he libels the " public . " Even if he spoke trnly of Am " public " —ignorant , jealous , and sybarite aristocrats ; thimble-rigging money-j ugglers ; tape-measuring , treacle-selling shopocrats ; canting , hypocritical priests : envious authors , snarling critics , and
morality-mongering writers—even if this public , with the potent Gilfillan at their head , were really united to annihialate the fame of Byron , they would fail . There is another " public" growing , which in Byron ' s day knew not Byron , but who sre now fast learning to know him . The People , the hitherto despised , because ignorant , people , are now teaching themselves , and judging for themselves . They will be the masters of the fature , and in their hands tbe fame of Byron is safe . We have done somethingand we know we have not worked in vain—towards
assisting some thousands of the young democracy to a proper appreciation of the works of Byron . A glorious future is coming for tbe immortal " Childe , " the People will do him justice . As to GilfiHan's sentence upon Byron , we will venture to predict—time will decide between usthat ( using a favourite , though somewhat rough expression , of a friend of ours ) the writings , name and fame of Byron will stand , when the poet's enemies and their vile calumnies are rotten , dead , and damned !
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CHARTIST POEMS . Br Ebjjkst Joses . Lon don : M'Gowan and Co ., Great Windmill Street . It is almost superfluous to say a word in favour of these poems , most of them having previously appeared in this paper ; wher * their appearance sufficiently proclaimed our approval , and where they have earned for their author the admiration of thousands . In a neat form we have here twelve of Mr . Jones ' poems , published for threepence ; that the sale will be extensive we cannot doubt . By the by , we may mention tbat 'Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , now commencing their tour , will be able to supply our country friends witk copies , free of any cost or trouble of carriage . These poems consist of , first , " The Better Hope , " the concluding -verses of which have been so often repeated by Mr . O'Connor : — Oh ! then I looted back for my cold quiet home ,
As the hell-bound looks back for the grave ; But I beard my 60 ul cry—who but cowards can fly ; ¦ While a tyrant yet trampls 3 a slave ! Then I bound on my armour to face the rough world , And I ' m going to march frith the rest , Against tyrants to fight—{ or the sake of the right , And , if baffl-id , to fall with the best . The whole poem is a noble effusion . Second , third , fourth , and fifth , namely , " Our * Snmmons ;" "Our Rall y ; " "Our Warning ; " and "Our Destiny . " may be classed together as stirrhr ^ rd truly poetical appeals to the millions , which ulTafc command the responses of the mighty multitude . From one only of thee poems we reprint the following lines : — And were it death awaits ye . On ! Death is liberty . Then quails the power that hates ye , "W hen freemen dare to die . He shall not be a Briton , TVho brooks to be a slave ;—An alien to the country , And a mockery to the brave . Down with the cup , untast « d ! Its draught is not for thee : Its generous strength were wasted On all . but on the free . — * Turn from the altar , bondsman ! Nor touch a British bride . What ? Wouldstthou bear her blushing For thee , at thine own side ! lack from tlie Cfcurch-door , Craven ; 'The great dead sleep beneath , And liberty is craven
On every sculptured wreath ! Por whom shall lips of beauty , And history's glories be I Tor whom the plvdge of Friendship ? ToTtheFietlVieFreel theFrecl Sixth . — "The Two Races" well contrasts the actual with the ideal aristocracy . Seventh . — " Labour ' s History" reminds us of some of the poetic outbursts of the Able de Limmexais , in "The Words of a Believer ; " mark the conclusion : — King's have cheated—Priests have lied Break the sword on Slavery ' s knee , And become , in manhood ' s pride , That , which God intended , —Fbee !
8 th . — ¦ 'IsaliveLJChaifstchorus . " 9 th . — "B ! ackstone Edge" is no dishonour to the air to which it is written— " The Battle of Hohenlinden . " Tenth . — " 0 'Connorville"isa vision of the future , which the friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Scheme will cherish . Eleventh . — "The Coming Day" is a poem to match with some of the best of Ciiarlks Mackat ' s . Twelfth and last . — " Onward and Upward " has recently appeared in these columns . We hope to see more than one series of these poems ; indeed we do not ^ despair of seeing these pages extend to a volume numbering ten times sixteen .
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say . —giye us back our wolves a gaiu . —restore ou Danish invaders , —curse us with any evil , but the evil of a canting , deluded , and Methodistical populace . Wherever Methodism extends its baneful influence , the character of the English people is constantly changed by it . Boldness and rough honesty are broken down into meanness , prevarication , and fraud . " The following extract introducing the lines of a poet honoured by the readers of the Northern Star , may appropriately find a place in our columns : —
« GIVE BACK THE MONET . ' A FAMILIAB BOWL IN THE NORTH .
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* Query . —Was fear of the raillocracy , the cause of the non-appearance of Mr . Thorn ' s lines in the " popular and influential paper 1 " ^»
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Harthill ' s Monthly Telegraph , ob Railway , Coach , and Steam-boat Guide to all the Conveyances connected with Scotland ; together with the principal time-tables for England , Ireland , and foreign parts . Edinburgh : J . Harthill and Son . Travellers and tourists will find this a useful compilation , similar to " Bradshaw * s Railway Guide , " but two-pence cheaper .
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THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . In the article on Leigh Hunt in Tait ' s Magazine , noticed in another column , the writer of that article fiercely assails Byron ' s Vition of Judgmm as "a lampoon , the blasphemy of which reduces the Satan of Milton to a driveller , and leaves even the Mephistophilesof Goethe limping behind . " This sort of censure , remembering too whom it comes from is really praise . Of course , Mr . Gilfillan , in abusing Byron , has not a word to say in condemnation of that trnly blasphemous and imbecile performance , Southey's " Vision of Judgment , " on which Byron ' s parody is founded . We will , this week , give but two brief specimens from Southey ' s trash . He describes the King ( George III . ) as having awakened from the sleep of death , and accosting by the spirit of Spencer Fercival , he ( the king ) asks" What course by the Prince hath been followed V Percival
answers-Right in his father ' s steps hath the Regent trod , Firm hath he proved , and wise , at a time when weakness or error Would have sunk us in shame , and to ruin have hurried us headlong , True to himself hath he been , and heaven has rewarded his counsels . This is said of that bloated beast , " the Regent , " afterwards George IV . "A Charles to his country , a Harry to his wife , " the brute who thanked tlie Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry for slaughtering the people at Peterloo . After some canting trash in abuse of Napoleon , the stapid old kjng wants to know something about the dreadful radicals , so asks—Is the spirit Qoell'd which hath troubled the land ! and the multitude freed from delusion , Know they their blessings at last ? and are they contented and thankful ?
Percival answers-Still is that fierce and restlers spirit at work , Still it dc-ceiveth the weak , and inflameth the rash and desperate . Even now , I ween , some dreadful deed is preparing ; For the souls of tbe wicked are loose , and the Powers o £ Evil iloTe oh the wing alert . Some nascent horror they look for , Be sure ; some jaccursed conception of filth and darkness , Ripe for its monstrous birth . It is some relief to turn from this abominable trash of the "rancorous renegado , " to the racylsatire ef the glorious Byron . St . Peter sat by the celestial gate , His keys were rusty and tho lock was dull So little trouble had been givenof lato
Not thatthe place b y any means was full But sineo the Gallic ei-a ' " eighty-eight , " The derils haveta ' en a longer , stronger pull And "a pull altogether , " as they say ' At sea , which drew most souls another way . The angels all were singing out of tune , And hoarse with having little else to do , Excepting to wind up the sun and moon , Or curb a i uuaway young star or two , Or wild colt of a comet , which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er tbe ethereal blue Splitting some planet with its playful tail , As boats aru sometimes by a wanton whale . The guardian seraphs had retired on high , Finding their charges past all care below ; Terrestrial business nll'd nought in the sky Save the recording angel ' s black bureau ! Who found , indeed , the facts to multiply With Each rapidity of vice and woe , That he had stripp'd off both bis wings in quills , And yet was in arrear of human ills , His bufinass so augmented of late years , That he was forced , against his will , no doubt , ( Just like those cherubs , earthly ministers , ) For some resource to turn himself about And claim the help of bis celestial peers , To aid him ere he should be quite worn out By the increased demand for his remarks ; Six angels and twelre saints were named his clerks ,
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This wa « a handsome board—at least for heaven ; Asd yet they had e ' en then enough to do , So many conquerors' cars were daily driven , So many kingdoms fitted up anew ; Each day too slew its thousands six or seven , Till at the crowniug carnage , Waterloo , They threw their pens down in divine disgust—The page was so besmeared with blood and dust , This by the way ; 'tis not mine to record What angels shrink from : even the very devil On this occasion his own work abhorr'd , So surfeited with Hie infernal revel ; TllOUgh he himself had sharpen'd every sword , It almost quenched his innate thirst of evil . Here Satan ' s sole good work deserves insertiou'Tis , that he lias both generals in reversion . Lei ' s skip a few short years of hollow peace ,
Which peopled earth no butter , licit as wont , And heaven none—they form'd tho tyrant ' s lease With nothing but new names subscrib'd upon't ; 'Twill one day finish : meantime they increase , " With seven heads and ten horns " and all in front , Like St . John ' s foretold beast ; but ours are bora less formidable in the head than horn . In the first year of freedom ' s second dawn Died George the Third ; although no tyrant , one Who Shiolded tyrants , till each sense withdrawn left him nor mental nor external sun : A better farmer ne ' er brushed dew from lawn , A worse king never left a realm undone ! He died—but left his subjects still behind , Obb half as mad—and tfolUer no less blind . He died ! -. his death made no great stir on earth ; His burial made some pomp ; there was profusion Of velvet , gilding , brass , and no great dearth
Of aught but tears—save those shod bj collusion ; For these things may be bought at their trus worth Of elegy there was the due infusion-Bought also ; and the torches , cloaks , and banners , Heralds , and relics of old Gothic manners , Porm'd a eepulchural melo-drame . 0 / all The fools who flock'd to swell or see the show , Who cared about the corpse ! The funeral Made the attraction , and the black the woo , There throbbed not there a thought which pierced the pall And when the gorgeous coffin was laid Ion , It seem'd the mockery of hell to fold The rottenness of eighty years in gold . So mix his body with the dust ! It might Return to what it must far sooner , were The natural compound left alone to fight Its way back into earth , and fire , and air ; But the unnatural balsams merely blight
What nature made him at bis birth , as bare As the mere million's base unmummied clay-Yet all hie spices but prolong delay . He ' s dead—and upper earth with him has done He ' s buried ; save the undertaker ' s bill , Or lapidary f crawl , the world is gone For him , unless he left a German will ; Bat Where's the proctor wbo will ask his son ? In whom his qualities are reigning still , Except that household virtue , most uncommon , Of constancy to a bad , ugly woman . " God save the king ! " It is a large economy In God to save the like ; but if he will Be saving , all the better ; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still : I hardly know , too , if not quite alone am I In this small hope of bettering future ill By circumscribing , with somo slight restriction , The eternity of hell ' s hot jurisdiction .
I know this is unpopular ; I kuow 'Tis blasphemous ; I know one may be damn'd Tor hoping no one else may e ' er be so ; I know my catechism ; I know we are cramm'd With the best doctrines till we quite o ' urflow ; I know that all save England ' s church have shamm'd , And that the other twice two hundred churches And synagogues have made a damn ' d bad purchase . God help us all ! God help me too ! I am God knows , as helpless aa the devil can wish , And not a whit more difficult to damn Than is to bring to land a late book'd fish , Or to tke butchers to purvey the lamb ; Not that I'm fit for such a noble dish As one day will be that immortal fry Of almost everybody born to die . Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate
And nodded o ' er his keys ; when lo ! there came A wond'rous noise he had not heard of late—A rushing soutid of wind , ami stream and flame ; In short , a roar of things extremely great , Which would have made aught save a saint , exclaim ; But he , with first a . start , and then a wink , Said , " There ' s another star gone out , I think !" But ere he could return to his repose , A cherub flapped his right wing o ' er his eyes—At which St . Peter yawn'd and rubb'd his nose : ' Saint porter , " said the Angel , " prithee rise !" Waving a goodly wing , which glow'd , as glows An earthly peacock ' s tail , with heavenly dyes : To which the Saint replied , " Well , what ' s the mutter ! Is Lucifer come back with all this clatter 1 *
"Ho , " quoth the cherub ; "George the Third ia dead . " "And who is George the Third ! " replied the Apostle ; What George , what thibb ? " The King of England , " said The Angel . " Well ! he won't find kings to jostle Him on bis way ; but does he wear his head ! Because tbe . last we saw here had a tussle , And ne ' er would have got into heaven ' s good graces , Had ho not flung his head in all our faces . He was , if I remember , king of France : That head of his which could not keep a crown On earth , yet ventured in my face to advance A claim to those of martyrs—like my own : If I had had my sword , as I had once When I cut ears off , I had cut him down ! But having but my keys , and not my brand , I only knocked his head from out his hand .
And then lie set up such a headless howl , That all the saiuts came out , and took him in And there he sits bj St . Paul , o ' leekbyjowl , That fellow Paul—the parvenu ? The skin Of St . Bartholomew , which makes his cowl In heaven , and upon « arth redeem'd his sin So as to maUe a martyr , never sped Better then did this weak and wooden head . But had it come up here , upon irs shouMers , There would have been a different talc to tell The fellow-feeling in the saints beholders Seems to have acted ob them like a spell , And so this very foolish bead heaven soldiers Back on its trunk , it may be vevy well , And seems the custom here , to overthrow Whatever has been wisely done below . The Aneel answered , ' Peter ! do not pout ;
The king who comes has head and all entire , And never knew much what it was about—He did as doth the puppet—by its wire , And will be judged like all tbe rest , no doubt ; Jly bnsmess and jour own is not to enquire Into such matters , but to mind our cue—Which is to act as we are bid to do . " While thus they spake , the angelic caravan , Arriving like a rush of mighty wind , Cleaving the fields of space , as doth the swan Some silver 3 tream ( say Ganges , Nile , or Inde , Or Thames , or Teed ) aud midst them an old man With an old soul , and both extremely blind , Halted before the gate : and in his shroud Seated their fellow traveller on a cloud . ( ToU continued . )
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bunday a carriage in tho train from Liverpool to London , which had had its wheel ou fire , and was constantly pumped on all the way from Liverpool to Birmingham , broke down about four miles from the latter place , imminently endangering the immenso train . Upwards of an hour elapsed before assistance could be procured , and tho carriage taken off , so as to allow the train to proceed , A most malicious attempt to overthrow a train was made on tho Eastern Counties lino last Sunday night . On tlie train which left Chelmst ' ord at 8 in tlie evening nearing In-jatestone Station , a slight obstruction upon the rail was felt , and upon examination it was found that an iron chair had been wilfully placed across it , but was fortunately crushed by the weight of the engine . A porter took the precaution to examine the railfl some little distance upwards , when he found several other chairs similarly placed with the like villainous intention .
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At the weekly meeting of the board of directors and guardians of St . Mary lebone parish , on Friday , the confirmation of the minute of the previous meeting , to the effect that the dietary of 1 S 43 be restored , was rejected by a majority of 11 to C—majority against reverting to the former dietary , 5 . At a meeting of the Marylebone vestry , held on Saturday , a resolution was passed unanimously for the appointment of a committee to investigate the numerous complaints of the inefficiency of tlie police in this parish . In consequence of the long-continued rains the whole of the marshes and low lands on the banks of the Rtver Lea , extending from Hackney to Tottenham , mill those on the Essex side , are under WftfcfiF *
. ft Norwich Police Court , a youth , named Frederick Cutting , was remanded on a charge of havine set fire to his father ' s premises . The cause of this desperate act was anger at having been compelled to be at home at an early hour in the evening He would not obey , and remained from home on the Monday , luesday , and Wednesday nights . On the I hursday night he spent nearly his last , halfpenny in purchasing a box of lucifers , with which ho set fire to the out-door premises . DABi . saBoRGLAnT . —A robbery was committed on tlie premises of Mr . Little , draper , Oxford-street , Gloucester , on Sunday evening last . Tlie whole of the family had left tbe house to attend chapel , leaving thetloors , it was thought , securely locked . During their absence , however , the door was opened by means of picklocks , and the house ransacked from top to bottom , desks and boxes broke open , drawers turned out , and even a bed searched , aa if they -were
apparently aware that there was money in the house , though ignorant of its place of deposit . The most singular part of the affair remains to be related The thieves had ransacked two out of three drawers in ihe kitchen dresser , hut left the third untouched . n this drawer was £ 70 in cash , which thus escaped their clutches . Tho robbers carried off a quantity of property , valued together at about £ 20 . On Saturday morning an accident occurred at the Camden Town Railway Station , to a carman named J . Mills , lne unfortunate man , with others was engaged in moving luggage , &c . at the station , and whilst so employed , he by some unaccountable means got jammed between two trucks , and received such injuries as to render his immediate removal to the hospital necessary . It was ascertained that the unfortunate victim had sustained a severe injury in the abdomen , besides other internal injuries , so as to render his recovery doubtful .
Wholesale Poaching . —The trains of the Whitehaven Junction between Workington and Harrington destroy numbers of hares , which get upon the line from the adjoining preserves of Mr . Henry Curwen , thus enabling the gatekeepers to participate in the luxury of an occasional dish of hare soup — Whitehuven Herald . The Short-time System . —The mill operatives of the > various manufacturing districts , after submitting to Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., at Manchester , the present position of their trade , have determined to work short time , aHd at a meeting of delegates held last Sunday , a memorial on the subject to the employers was agreed upon .
Great Britain . —It is said that Captain Hosken is a proprietor to the extent of £ 30 , 000 , and therefore the underwriters , under the idea that he will leave no means untried to save Me T « 88 e ) , will not interfere with his management . More Convicts for Van Dxkmbn ' s Land . —The Arabian , Government transport has refitted atDeptford Victualling-yard , and is ordered to drop down to her Majesty ' s Dockyard , Woolwich , to receiva 300 ot these unfortunate beings on board , who will be sent down from the Penitentiary , for a passage to Van Diemen's Land . °
No less than 300 informations were laid last week against the owners of tenements in Liverpool , for cellars which were either defective as respects ventilation or were of insufficient size for human dwellings . It was proposed to dispose of this formidable array by hearing 50 summonses per diem . Naval Promotion —it ia stated , that a great naval promotion will take place early next month , which will have the effect of removing a great number of officers from the service upon the retired lull-pay list , aud of giving promotion to othere , many of whom have been upwards of twenty years without being raised a step in rank in the Royal Navy .
Anecdote of Bishop Leiohton . —When the bishop was one day lost in meditation in his own sequestered walk at Dunblane , a widow came up to him , and told him that it was ordered that he should marry her , for that she had dreamed three times that she was married to him . Tlie Bishop answered very well , whenever he should dream thrice that he was married to her , he would let her know , and then the union would take place . —Mrs . Grant ' s Letters . Proceedings have been adopted against several gas inspectors in consequence of their being shareholders and inspectors in the same company , and for which they incur a penalty of £ 50 . The Gazette of the 13 th instant contains the names of 323 soldiers otthe 60 th and 86 th European regiments , who died in the East Indies the month of June ast .
Firk at Newimgtov . —On Sunday evening a fire broke out in the private rcsidenoc of Mr . Thome , Church Place , St . Mary ' s , Ncwington . The discovery was made by the inmates by hearing a loud crackling noise , and upon proceeding to the secondfloor one of the rooms was found completely enveloped in flame . An instant attempt was made to extirr guisb the fire by pouring buckets of water upon it ; whilst so engaged a cry was heard to proceed from one of the beds . A young man , at great risk , rushed forward , and succeeded in rescuing an infant , about four months old , dreadfully burnt about the head , face , and arms . It was found that the injuries were of such a nature that little hopes are entertained of recovery . The fire was shortly extinguished , and the damage done is very considerable .
Suicide . —On Saturday night Mr , Mills held an inquest on the body of Mr . ffm . Wheeler . The evidence proved that the deceased , who was a man of yery regular habits , had lattteriy become depressed in spirits . About a week ago he failed in some business contract into which he had entered , and the circumstance preyed so heavily on his mind as to increase his lowness of spirits . Soon after ten o ' clock on Friday morning he entered the room in which were his wife and child , and called for some shaving water . In a few minutes after he seized hold of the razor and inflicted a tremendous wound in the throat , in fact , nearly severing the head from tho body . Death was almost instantaneous . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . Robbery of a Banker ' s Clerk . —On Friday a clerk bslon » insr to the London and Westminster
Bank , in Lothbury , was robbed ofhiscase . itissaid , whilst proceeding down one of the alleys leading from Cornhill to Lombard-street . Although the extent of the loss is said to be comparatively inconsiderable , the only really available part of the contents of the case being a £ 40 Bank of England note , yet there appears to have been some blame attachable at head , quarters in not insisting uponfthat most indispensable precaution , viz ,, the carrying , upon all occasions , of the guard chain , securely attached to the case . The purloined ca 3 e contained also some railway scrip , said to be ef the value of about £ 180 . It is well known , that at those seasons of the year when the dividends are in course of payment , tho crack men of the light-fingerd fraternity are upon tho qui vive and lurking about in all directions for their . victiras .
A meeting of the tenant farmers of Norfolk , was held at Norwich , on Saturday to adopt means for securing a total repeal of the malt tax . It was attended by a deputation from the Central Society . Mr . Northouse in a speech of considerable length , traced the quantities of malt consumed and the amount of duty paid from the year 1730 to the present time , lie stated , that in 1730 , when there was a population of only 5 , C 7 S , 993 , the consumption was 28 , 410 , 421 bushels , the duty being then only Gd . per bushel , and the consumption five bushels per head on
the whole population . In V 78 ft the duty was Is . 4 d . per bushel ; the population , 7 , 814 , 827 ; the consumption , 30 , 805 , 100 bushels , or four bushels per head . In 1828 tho population was 13 , 249 , 508 ; duty , 2 s , 7 tl ; and consumption , per head , two bushels two gallons ; while in 1845 , with a population of 10 , 711 , 725 , the entire consumption was onl > 30 , 50 S , 810 buxhels , or only 1 bushel 6 gallons 2-3 ds per hoad . It was resolved : — " That this meeting form itself into a committee with power to add to its nunibes , asa branch district of Anti-Mult Tax Association .
'I he people or Wigan complain of their bread being ad vanced to 2 d . pur pound , and of its its inferior quality , owing to its being adulterated with an excessi vo quantity of India meal and potatoes . Typhus tever is very rife iu the town , and seems on the increase , and some precaution is necessary to prevent the disease from spreading amongst dense localities , but there can be little hope wnilst the staple food t , lie population is mixed with diseased ingredients . It is said in the neighbourhood of Wigan , that somo ot the corn law repealers have bought up large quantities of American flour , as speculations likely to turn out profitable . . A Correspondent of the Times puts tho followine question to tho bakers of the metropolis . " How is it that the price of bread is now lOd , the 4 ! b . loaf , when tho average price of wheat by which the duty is rosnlaicu is only 52 s . 4 d . per quarter , while on the 30 th of April , 1 S 42 , it was 9 Jd . with wheat at 59 i . Id . per quarter ?"
Tlie Board of Works have just completed several new gravel and footpaths across Hyde Park . One new path connect * the entrance in 1 , 'iccadilly with , the Victoria-gate ; another , the Victoria with the Grosveitor-gate ; a third , tho Ilydo-park Terracepate mill the b :-id g" over the Serpentine . All these were mjioh wanted , as wns proved by the footways which r . no public made for themselves Miss Martineau is about loproueed , in eoiiipanj with some friends , to Egypt , where sho proposes to spend the winter . Two luggage trains passed by the Rugby station on Saturday last , on the London and North Western
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Railway , one of which consisted of ninety-six cai * riageB , containing nearly 4 , 00 tons of goods , impelled by one of Stephenson ' s six-wheel engines , and two others ; the other train consisted of eighty-fo carriages , and c ontained 384 tons of merchandize , *?•> . drawn likewise by three engines . The length ot the first train was upwards of a quarter of a mile . circumstances aro understood to have transpired which leave no doubt that ere long the large amount of property stolen from the banking-house of Messrs . Rogers and Co . will be recovered . Thatthe whole ot tho notes , to the amount of £ 40 , 000 are still in existence , has been satisfactoril y proved by the fact that a few days since a £ 1 note , the number of which does not appear m the printed list published and circulated , but winch was stolen at the timewas
, forwarded to the banking-house , the party sending it requesting the receipt of it to be acknowledged in the newspapers , and stating the whole of the notes would be restored upon the payment of £ 10 , 000 , the acknowledgment to be to " II . F . " This request was accordingly complied with ; but , as to the compromise , that has not been entertained ; and from a variety of circumstances which have tr anspiyed , b ut which it would be at present highly injudicious to notice , further that the mere assertion , no doubts are now entertained but that the whole of the stolen notes will be recovered , and at the same time such evidence will be adduced as to lead to the conviction
of the offender . Paragraphs has occasionally appeared , Btating that some of the stolen notes have been circulated on the continent . This is incorrect , for the steps taken by the solicitor for the prosecution , who sent over to the continent a most intelligent gentleman , who visited every banker , moneychanger , hotel , and cafe between this country and Russia , render the negotiation of them impossible , and it is , iherefore , ¦ we ll known that the whole of the stolen notes are at the period secreted in the metropolis . A few days or weeks may , in all probability , elucidate this extraordinary and hitherto myaterious robbery . —Globe ,
Phincu Aibbiit has bestowed the vacant brotherhood in the Charter-house on Mr . Corueliin Webbe . This is the second nomination of literary men which his Royal Highness has made to the same charitable foundation . Ix 13 said that . a new company is about to be started for the purpose of establishing electric telegraphs along the streets of the metropolis . As Lebches are at present somewhat scarce in this country , it has been proposed to import them into England from Madras , by the overland route , or even round the Cane .
[ There is no necessity forgoing so far about for "leeches , " as plenty may _ be found at the Banks and Stock Exchange in Cornhili . ] Mr . William Graham , late house surgeon of the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum , is in custody , charged with stealing a gold watch from the institution , and £ 20 from the cash-box of the matron . It is said that Mr . Graham is the son of an Irish clergymen , and that he has two brothers in the church . Sir Georgk Mackenzie , of Coul , according to the Ketso Chronicle , has instructed the tenants on his estate to deduct from their Martinmas renta the proportion due for the land they may have had in ) otatoes .
Employment on Railroads . —It is computed that there are 200 , 000 navigators employed on railroads : an aggregate that shows the immense quantity of employment which railroads afford , especially to a class of men who would either be a burthern to their respective parishes , or , by competition in labour , deprive others of the means of living . Mr . Braium , the vocalist , is said to be about to retire from professional life ; though , previous to doing so , he will make a tour of the provinces . The death of his daughter ' s husband , the Earl of Waldegrave , without issue , renders it no longer necessary that he should pursue his labours . Among the persons apprehended on account of the recent bread riots in Paris are two young women ,
who were disguised in male attire . These fdrls made themselves remarkable for the virulence with which they excited the mob . ' . Tbe King of Prussia , it is said , intends to devote the sum of £ 120 , 000 , out of his own ' private purse , to the formation of a covered garden , of extensive < Umensions , in the centre of Berlin , to serve as a public promenade in the winter season . The vmters will there breathe the atmosphere perfumed by the vegetation of the tropics , the temperature being maintained at spring warmth , while without are all the rigours of winter . The most distinguished architects and botanists of Germany have been summoned to mature the plan of the garden , and to superintend its execution .
There abe 18 . 000 windmills in Holland , averaging a force of 00 , 000 hores' power , of which 60 , 000 are required to keep the country above water . The Epithets applied to the principal cities of Italy are as follows : —Rome the holy , Naples the noble , Florence the beauiifui , Genoa the superb , Venice the rich , Padua tbe learned , Bologna the fat , Milati the grand , Ravenna the antique , Leghorn the mercantile , Verona the charming , and Lucca the polished . Gausb ANDttfTECT . — " This is George the Fourth , " said an exhibitor of waxwork for the million , at a . penny per head , pointing toa very slim figure with a theatrical crown on his head , * ' I thought he was a very stout man , " ebserved a spectator . " Werry likely , " replied the man sharply , not approving of the comment of his visiter ; " but if you'd a been here without witiles half as lung as he has , you'd be twice as thin . "
"Victoria PARK . —Since tho accession of Lord Mor * peth to office , as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , some important changes have been made in the plans for ? the completion of the park . Amongst others , two portions of about twelve acres at either end are to be appropriated as cricket grounds , with which a gymnasium is to be connected . A plan for the erection of a museum is also under the consideration of the commissioners . The ntmosfc vigour is now shown in the preparations for planting , which will , it is expected , be completed in the ensuing spring . Tub Fleet Ditch , —The removal of the houses in Mutton-hill , Olerkenwell , which fell down from their foundations , bsing undermined by the heavy rains in August , has disclosed to view a large portion of the Fleet-ditch , still uncovered . The district through which it runs is one of the most thiukly-populated and unhealthy of any even in this part of the metropolis .
Another Rise in tiie Pbice of Bread . —On Tuesday the bakers in the metropolis again advanced the prick of the 41 b . loaf one halfpenny . The price of what is termed the best bread is now by most of the full-priced bakers charged at lid . per loaf of 41 b ., though some charge but lOd . ; the lowest price is 9 d . These prices are upwards of one fourth higher than twelve months since . Mr . Rowland Hill , the promoter of our postal reform , is at present in Pans , and was at a dinner given him by the Society of Economists on the lltii nstant .
Travelling for the Million . —The Joint Stock Omnibus Conveyance Association commenced operations on Wednesday . Three of tlieir vehicles run from the II / Bro of Maida , Maida-hill , to the Bank . Tho fare , 2 sl ; and tbe carriages are so constructed as to carry more persons than the other omnibuses . The late Gauss . —The high winds and dreadfully boisterous weather which have latel y prevailed at sea are now no longer occurrences ef uncertainty or doubt . Accounts from all quarters but too certainly and positively attest the violence of the tempest and its terrific effects on the numerous vessels which wcca unfortunate enough to be at the time in a position more or less exposed to its merciless ravages , and an
official list of arrivals before us recount in numerous instances of portions of the cargoes ( especially of vessels from the North American StateB , laden with wood and other goods ) having been washed overboard by the sea , or having been , as a requisite and desperate resource , cast away to lighten the vessels , and better enable them to withstand the fury of the tempest . The strong visitations which have been so i-equent , or rather continuous and disastrous , on tlie broad Atlantic , have been scarcely less so on our own coasts , and such of the vessels as have weathered the storm ami effected their voyages between the continental parts and ( he Thames in safety , have had to contend with as great difficulties and dangers as are within the oldest mariner ' s remembrance .
This Floods in Warwickshire . —So incessant has been the r ;> in in the neighbourhood of Rugby that the river overflowed its banks to such an extent on Sunday evening , as to completely flood the meadows , whilst the turnpike road was flooded to such a depth at St . Thomas's Cross , as to render travelling a matter of considerable danger . Mineral Wealth of this Countrt —In the course of a lecture delivered to the general classes of King ' s College , by Mr . Tennant , on mineralogical geology , the lecturer stated that the annual value of the mineral produce of this country amounts to about twentjtive millions . Of this , £ 9 , 100 , 000 ia from coals , £ S 100 000 from iron , £ 1 , 200 , 000 from copper , £ 920 . 000 from lead , £ i 00 , 000 forsalt , £ 390 , 000 from tin . £ 60 , 000 from manganese , £ 35 , 000 from silver , £ 22 , 000 from alum , £ S . 000 from zinc , and £ 25 , 000 from the various other metals , as antimons , bismuth , arsenic , < fco .
Joist-stock Companies . —By a return to Parliamont somo information is given respecting joint stock companies . Before September , ISi-l , when the act 7 and S Victoria , cap . 110 , to regulate joint-stock companies was missed , there were 994 . companies in existence ; und from November , 1814 , to June last , as tnauy as " 1 , 633 companies were provisionally registered . " Railways form the principal feature in the provisionally registered companies . Such , com * \ panies arc required to be completed and registered ' within 12 months , and it appears that of the 1 , 633 1 companies called into existence only U 5 were completed . , .. , Co you AcciDESTS . -Last week , as the mail coach 1 wa weeding from Kcndal to Lancaster , the axle-; tree broke , aud the conch was thrown over , precipitating the outside passengers to the grownd . ^ ne gentleman , was severely hurt . The coachman was ! also a good deal bruised . A day or two before this , | an accident bsfel tho Whitehaven mail near Amole-! side , owing to the wheel breaking .
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jgrWant of room compels ua to postpone till next week notices of " The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review , " " The Colonial Magazine , " "The People ' s Journal / ViHolyoake's Hand-book cf Grammar , " " The People ' s Family Journal , " and other publications .
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Another reading of tbe text , ' Peace on earth and good-will towards men . ' [ When the disruption in the Scoteh Church took place ( deputations from tb « Free Church -went to the United States ( as also to England and other places ) , to raise subscriptions . In the United States mosey was accepted from the slave as well as from the free states . Iu Scotland a demand was made to ' send hack the money ' to tbe slave states , which lias grown into a national cry . The Glatgow Examiner says—'" Send back the money , " meets the eye of the traveller in every part of the city . It seems to be quite fashionable to couple the " send back" with names of ministers and elders , and even ladies are not exempted from tlie unenviable notoriety . "Send back the money , John Thomson , " "Send back the money , Mrs . Jameson , " '• Send back the money , Dr . Caven dish , " flourish at every corner . ' But amid all this furor
against receiving black slaveearnings forthe churches , no one seems to point out tlie inconsistency of accepting white slave wages . Yet what else are the contributions , wrung by mean piety in every possible way , from our credulous and religious poor , by the collecting ageats of Church and Dissenting :, Missionary and Bible confed . eracies ! In many of the manufactories of England tbe work people are compelled to leave something for the 'Missionary Box' or they become marked men . And in Scotland , as the poet records , the last farthing of the pauper is eagerly carried away . The view of the' Send Back' question taken in the 'Familiar Howl'is as just as it ii striking and appropriate . The lines were written by request for unpopular aud influentialjpaper , * which however , taking a somewhat different view of the subject from the poet , they were not inserted . But inasmuch as they express valued sentiments , I solicited ,, and was favoured by Mr . Thorn with them , They now for tbe first time appear . Ed , ]
Another gsst—another jet Spurts from the yellow tide ; Dividing yet—devising yet Howyet they may divide . 'Give back tbe money ! ' well , give it hack , The last blood-mingled mi te ; Or be it scourged from a slaving black , — Or wrung of a starring white . Heaven wills it not , His altar stained By the wretch ' s narrowed ghare ; What , from hungering heart all strained , Had never welcome there . O , we have seen of labour wan , Yon solemn croucher seek The lonely dole of a withering man , Abr care for bis sunken cheek . "We'v marked the wake of a whining few , — Their prim and pious look , Stride off with a vert ; farthing too From pauper in his nook . Ah ! then—all this , yea more and more , — The groan-earned sin give back ; 'Tis murder ' s wages , O ! restore To the white slava as to the black . But who have sundered the sister ' s heart , — Bade parent fondness cease , — And all life ' s loveliness depart Our lowly homes of peace % Sid Bethlehem's star bode strife below . Ton night the seraph sung !—Or spake its ray of want and woe , In Mammon ' s poisoned tongue ? Give back you may—or you may keep , — 'Tis mockery evermore ; The jewels ' rgaved from hearts that weep , Te never maj restore . Divide , andhasta ye , —broken Ice Melts faster being small , 'Till waxing beautifully less ' We find no ice at all . Then , be the altar , House or Hill , The only priests shall be—Truth , Light , Reason , and Good-mll , The one Church and the free . Wsr . Tttoh .
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THE REASONER . Part IV . Edited by G . J . IIoltoake . London : Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . The friends to free inquiry will find some interesting articUs in this number . We may specially single out a letter from Mr . Howitt , in reply to a series of letters addressed to that gentlcmnn by Mr . Ilolyoake . We agree with the editor of the lieasoner , that" The Independent enunciation of the principle of free discussion without limitation of topics , the fearless avowal that' when opinions on any subject are thrown
before the public every man has a ri . alit to attack and discuss aud call them in question as seems proper to him , *—and the affirmation that ' no opinions , no statements , arc not worth anythingthat will not bear this sifting '—are sentiments which , do Mr . Howitt great credit , and entitle his views to the most respectful consideration . " . Another article on " Methodists and Missions , " extracted from an old number of the Edinburgh Review , claims our notice . Although not aarseii )} : with all thinas said by the writer in the Edinburgh Review , we do heartil y agree with him in this , that " If the choice rested with us . we should
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1389/page/3/
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