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K 0 . XXX 1 V . THE MABCH OF WBERTT ; Air—Jesse of Dnmblain . Hark ! a strain from the South , orer state andI dominion It embalms the fresh breexe , and it soffcn . the gale . Tfc the " ons of yoonR liberty , pnfflmg his p . n . on , EalwJi Jam * «¦«»»* t o ?"" * f , urns pale ; The s 7 w . 4 soft and iweet as tl . e lifrp « f Apollo , ihfcarirwith delignt by the millions who toil . JJSSt oMS *" " ™ with the hona what will fottov , m Ani brig hter each cheek with a joy-begot smile .
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THE WESTMINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW . Londen : G . Luxford , White' friars-street . As a general tnle we are apt to regard literary amalgamations with no very sanguine expectations ; experience having convinced us that snch unions are generally precursory to the death of the works amalgamated ; nevertheless we shall venture to predict a different and happier issne of the " marriage" of the " Westminster" to the "Foreign Quarterly . " These two " Reviews" are new united in one , and a glance satisfies us of the renewed vigour of both . A handsome volume of three hundred and thirty-four papes constitutes the quarterly number for October , the contents of which fully realise the anticipations naturally excited by its outside appearance .
"Cnder any circumstances to " review the reviewers" is an unsatisfactory task , bat in the limits within which we must necessarily confine onr remarks , to pretend to " review" sach a volume as this , would be preposterous . "We shall , therefore , confine ourselves to indicating the contents of this number , expressing our acquiescence where we can agree with the writers , and our dissent where we disagree with them , referring our readers to the publication itself for the enjoymentof itsfull beauties , and fur the examination of ] what we may conceive to be its < rrors .
The opening article is on the " Principles of Taxation , " the work under review being " McCulloch's treatise on the principles and practical influence of Taxation and the Funding system . " It appears that Mr . McCulloeh think * that " carried to a certain point , taxation tends to stimulate industry and economy , and that it thns compensates , and more than compensates for the injury it causes . ^ That without the American War , and the late French War . there would have been less industry and Ies 3 frugality , because there wonld have been less occasion for them . " This somewhat original idea the writer in the 'Westminster Review" cannot swallnw : — "We hold taxation under all circumttances to be an evil , and one which ii is highly
desireable , consistently with the attainment of good government , to reduce to the smallest possible amount . " The reviswer well adds , "We believe that the progress which the country made at that time ( during the American and French wars ) was made not in consequence , but in spite of the heavy taxation caused by the war" ' Few peop ' e are more indnstriots than the Swiss and the inhabitants of the Free-States in America , and yet in _ both countries taxation is very light . " In advocating an entire revision of our system of taxation , the reviewer bases Ms system on the ground that government should be paid for in proportion to each person s share of the benefit . He thereupon argues that taxation should be equitably apportioned , collected
at the smallest cost , and transmitted with as little waste as possible from the pockets of the people into the public treasury . The " Westminster" reviewer repudiates all indirect taxation , and instead thereof , devises a scheme of direct taxation , in connection with the elective franchise . "It might be expedient , " says the reviewer , "for a time at least , to make the payment of the personal tax optional , trusting to the strong and general desire to possess the elective franchise for its general payment . In makinsr the payment not compulsory , there would be the incidental bnt important advantage of restricting , to a considerable extent , the noble privilege of election to those who appreciate its value , and who ,
bytheirpowertopayeven the small sun required , give earnest of possessing those moral qualities of industryandself-denial which are among the surest guarantees for its safe exercise . " To guard against abuse , the reviewer would make the elective franchise contingent on the payment of the personal tax for a given number of years ; and he has ereat faith in the working of his system , and in its leading to a higher spirit of dependence ; a disdain of having " the benefits of government withdut pay ng a share of the expenses , " and a . general conviction that" the title of an independent labourer can only be fully daimad byhim who manfully supports himself , and who at the close of his life leaves his country at least as rich as it would have been had he not been
born . ¦ ., ,. One part of the r eviewer ' s scheme we decidedly protest against , namely , the giving to holders of property votes ia proportion to the property taxes paid by them , in addition to the vote each would possess on account of his personal tax : But , indeed , the whole scheme , at least as it regards the franchise , is unsound , becanse based npon fiscal regulations instead of human rights . Aa regards the plurality of votes . it would be easy to prove that the individuals holding large masses of accumulated property could never hare acquired such property without having nnjnstly appropriated the fruits of other men ' s industry . To confer upon such men a monopoly of Totes would be to invest them with the power of triumphantly resisting any attempt to establish a more equitable state of things . We must further object that , at this time of day , it is useless to throw snch a tab to the whale as this new-fangled scheme
of representation . On the one hand , the aristocracy of land and money have a mortal horror of extending the franchise in any manner ; and , on the other hand , f be enlightened and self-educating portion of the people are wedded to the more simpler form of representation , which wonld confer the riehts of citizens upon them in virtue of their manhood . The 11 Charter" iB the great scheme of political regeneration to which the millions have sworn allegiance . Pity it is that those friendsof the peoplewho earnestly desire- their elevation should hinder rather than nelp them by putting forth schemes which the aa ^ es will never give their suponrt to . Jit" the reviewer ' s views as regards indirect taxation , ! and with much of his suggested scheme of fiscal re orm we concur . We will here introduce a summary ot his views ana recommendations , wh jen will be found to possess some value as texts for reflection : —
1 . That our present system of taxation is , to a grea * extent , the offspring of unconnected and ill-digested le - gislation , proceeding on no sound or general principle ; ana that it is unequal in its pressure , and replete with inconsistences and anomalies . 2 . That , under these circumstances , the taxes are liable to frequent changes , entailing shocks to trade , and involring many persons in difficuty and ruin . 3 . That it is expensive in collection , and debars large classes of people from many comforts and enjoyments ^ without any benefit to the Exchequer . 4 . That some of the taxes check tlie spread of know ledge and education , and tend to prevent the formation of habits of cleanliness and prudecne . 5 . That many of them impose vexations and harassiBg trammels on indastry , commerce , and personal freedom , almost amounting , in some branches of the excise , to a galling tyranny , unwor thy the endurance of a free people .
C . That many of the taxes present temptations to deception and fraud , highly dangerous to public morals , and productive of much of the crime which it is the maie doty of the government , and which it ought to be the chief purpose of taxation , to prevent . 7 . That many of the taxes serve to prevent those numerous and fdendly ties hetween country and country "which aw the hest securities against war ; the danger of which has been aad continues to be the cause of the chief part of the very taxation itself . 8 . That it is expedient to reconstruct the present system of taxation . 9- That the principle on which taxes ought to he paid is that every person shall contribute , as far as practicable , ia proportion to the amoent of protection which he receives for his person and property .
10 . That protection for the person being general , every one ought to pay for it ; although i t would not be ipeaieut , for a time at least , to make the payment compulsory . 11 . —That protection for property ought to be paid only by the holders of property ; and that it is expedieM , " and would not be productive ef permanent injvisiice , that the tax should fall exclusively on fixeo pro jwty .
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12 . That to prevent , thednjastice which wonld other wise arhe at the time of the change of system , a dngh bnt heavy tax should be laid on moveable proper * ! h eluding money , manufactured articles , and ever ? jpecies of possession , except that which is fixed to the land ; the proceeds to be applied to the reduction of the national debt . 13 . Thst representation should be co-existent ana coexteus . vetmh taxation ; everyone contributin , ' tO the taxes havingat least one vote in the choice of a representative , and those who contribute largel y have more than one vote .
The article entitled = Prospective Results of the Repeal of the Corn Laws , " is written in a very grandiloquent' strain , setting forth the wonderful results which are to flow from this "great commercial "Victory / The author claims for the middlh-class all the glnry" of this victory , and say ' s truly that " it has been won against the united hostility of the working classes , tbe clergy , and both sections of the aristocracy . " With this vaunt , how agrees the repeated declarations ofjthe I eaguers . that the working classes— "all but a knot of Tory Chartists "—were with them in their agitation ? The last numbers of the League newspaper , were occupied with articles professing to show that the agitation had bad tbe support of the working classes , in spite of the Chartists : and our readers will remember the abuse
showered by Quaker Bright npon Mr . Duncombe , when the latter asserted that the working classes were hostile or indifferent to the object of the Leaguers . Now the oldest and ablest of the literary champions of Free-trade , acknowledges that the working classes were hostile to the agitation . The Free-trade victory we are told has been won by the " weapons of reason , " and the " force of argument " alone . This is a bit of sublime fudge ; every one knows that although there was plenty of talk , the " reasoning" and " araufyinp" had very little to do with winning the victory , which was really gained by the arguments much more potent in the estimation of our houses of legislature , —the power of money and the force of middle-class influence as created by the Reform Bill . This article overflows with the usual fallacies of the Free-traders , which have been
dissected times without number in this journal . According to the reviewer , blessings innumerable are to flow from Corn-law Repeal . " Full employment , ample wages , good clothing , and sufficient food , " may be counted upon as the certain results of the recent change . Of this millenial order ' of things , the working classes of Keigkly , and the manufactering districts generally , have already a fortaste ! Seven years hence ( indeed in less than half that time ) , it will be seen how fallacious were the hopes held out by the speakers and writers of the commercial dynasty . The dupes will then have their eyes opened , and will then confess the farseeing wisdom of the Chartists and working men , who opposed this " commercial victory" as a fraud , only calculated to benefit the millocracy at the expense of every other class of the community . 'The Microscope and its Revelations" is a most interesting article , unfolding the astounding wonders of the infinite world of ai im Tenles . We give a short extr act .
REVELATIONS OF THR MICROSCOPE . Wherever we turn , within the precincts of our own homes , in meadow or moorland , hill or forest , by the lone sea-shore or amidst crumbling ruins—fresh objects ot interest are constantly to be found ; plants and animals unknown to our unaided vision , with minute organs perfectly adapted to their necessities ; with appetites as keen , enjoyments as perfect , as our own . In the purest ¦ raters , as well as in thick , acid , and saline fluids , of the most indifferent climate ! :, — in springs , rivers , lakes 2 nd seas , often in the internal humidity of living plants and animals , even in great numbers in the living human body—nay , probably , carried about in tbe aqueous vapours and dust of the whole atmosphere , —there it a world of minute , Uriug , orpanizdl hrinzs . imperceptible to the ordinary senses of man . In the daily course of
life , this immenie mysterious kingdom of diminutive living heings is unnoticed and disregarded ; but it appears great and astonishing , beyond : ill expectation , to the retired observer who riews it by tbe aid of the microscope . In every drop of stamlinp water , he vwy frequently , though not always , sees by its Hid rapidly-moving bodies , from 1-96 to less than 12000 of a line in diameter , which are often so crowded together , that tbe intervals between them are less tHan their diameter . If we assume the size of the drop of water to be one cubic line , and the intervals , though they are often smaller , to be equal to the diameter of the bodies , we may easily calculate , without exaggeration , that such a drop is inhabited by from one hundred thousand to one thousand millions of such animacules ; in fact we must come to the conclusion , that a single drop of water , under such circumstances , contains more inhabitants than there are individuals of
the human race upon our planet . This article traces the history of the origin of the microscope , and its several improvements to the present time . We have then a ^ complete history in brief of every variety of the animalcule . We repeat , a more instructive and interesting revealment of the wonders of nature we never read . ' * Architectural Study and Records" is a pleasant readable article , the interest , of which is heightened by a number of wood-cuts , illustrating a variety of new public buildings in the Metropolis . Liverpool , Manchester . Bristol , Oxford , Cambridge , < fec . Not the least interesting to us has been the review of Burton ' s " Life and Correspondence of David Hume ; " our only fault to find with the article is its brevity . DAvin HUME .
Feeble , grudging , and tardy has been the world ' s acknowledgment of the high moral integtity which Hume brought to the pursuit of metaphysical inquiry . He has been too commonly Tanked and confounded with the light-minded sneerers of the Voltarian school of scepticism . But no spice of their quality did bis nature know . His researches were all truthful . lie was an earnest man , aeaking , with what amount of force and virtue was in him . a . proximate solution of the grand problem of life and being . " Where am I , or what i we find him exclaiming * " from what causes do I derive my existence , and to what condition shall I return ! Whose favour shall I court , and whose anger must I dread ? What feeings surround me t And on whom have I any influence , or who have any influence on me ? I am confounded with all these questions , and begin fo fancy myself in
the most deplorable condition imaginable , environed with the deepest darkness , and utterly deprived of the use of every member aad faculty . " Such is the spirit in which Hume approaches these hk'h questions . And the sacrifices he made at the shrine of truth—we speak not of the objective truth of his opinions , but of the subjective truthfulness of his convictions , which , to him , were truth ought not to be lightly esteemed . He was as true to his scepticism as others are to their faith ; and , in his case as in theirs , unswerving allegiance to intellectual and moral conviction merits approval and regard . How touching is his-description of tbe internal struggle by which his rrrnd was agitated in what we should
otherwise deem the cold and unimpassioned pursuit of abstract speculation ! The passage has often been quoted by the theologian with strong expressions of pity for a mind tempeBt-tost on the sea of error , drifting , without rudder or compass , at the mercy of winds and waves . For ourselves , looking to Hume ' s firm adherence to what he judged tbe right , admiration of the steadfast will that could weather such a storm is the feeling that predominates with us , rather than the guaai-pleasurable pity which Iov 63 to " stand upon tbe vantage-ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and where the air is always clear and serene ) , and to see the errors and wanderings , and mists and tempests , in the vale below . " * * *
It is only when we bring borne to our own bosoms the painful intensity of emotions like these , that we can form a worthy estimate of the moral strength and magnanimity of the man who , thus feeling , can yet summon up the spirit resolutely to conclude— "In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism . " Here is a good anecdote of
GOETHE . There is a class of believers , with whom other people ' s conversion is necessary to help their own conviction . The weakness of their own spiritual persuasions is always seeking support from the faith of others , the absence of Which supj ort they resent with an emotion of anger that would item to imply the apprehehension that the objective existence of things unseen was somehow contingent on human assent . The realities of the future world they appear to treat as a question to be decided by the majority ; and murmur at the dissent of every heretic as
a vote 1 ost . It was the impertinent catechizings of some petulant persons of this class that Goethe is reported to have cut short with the observation , that "he had no objection whatever to enter into another state of existence , but prayed only that he might be spared the honour of meeting any of those there , who had believed it here ; for , if he did , the saints would flock around him on all sides , exclaiming , Were we not in the right . Did we not tell you so ? Has it not turned out just as we said ? And with such conceited clatter in his ears , he thought that , before the end of six months , he might die of ennui in heaven itself . " . .......
We beg our readers to remember the following observation of the Westminster reviewer : — " The doubts of a wise man are a more precious egacy than the convictions of a fool ; and that philosophy will not end in troth which does not begin in scepticism . A short article on " The Water Cum . " explains the water cure processes . The writer of the article thinks the time has not yet come for a correct appreciation of hydropathy , and , therefore , refuses to range himseif as a partizan on either side of the question . Two verv lengthy articles on the Education of the People * " and the " Patronage of Commissions , ' would furnish us subject-matter for comment to the extent of some columnscould we afford the necessary
, room ; that , however , is impossible we . therefore , must confine ourselves to this mere notice . Much valuable matter will be found in these articles , and many things we should be compelled to express our dissent from , could we devotespace to the discussion . The " Foreign Literature and Correspondence is , to our thinking , somewhat scanty . We would suggest the setting apart of a larger portion of succeeding numbers , to the review of foreign works and translations . Amongst the foreign writers whose works are reviewed are those distinguished authors , Tsehudi , Quinet , and Victor Jacquemont . Peru , Spain , and India , are tbe subjects of the works of those celebrated writers .
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An immense variety of brief critioal notices of new publications concludes thiB number . Of course , the Westminster and Foreign Q uarterly Review , is not " by many chalks" what we should like it to be ; of course , we speak of the views , not the talents of the writers therein , regarding whose first-rate abilities there can be no question ; still , with all its faults , it is by far tbe best of tbe Quarterlies . It is of its class the representative of '' pro * press ; " and , therefore . to say the Jeast . it is to be preferred before all its rivals . Totally dissenting from many of the views of this publication , we nevertheless regard it as in many respects a valuable and powerful advocate of "the good time coming ; " we , therefore , wish it success , and shall be glad to hear of its continued and increasing prosperity .
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SIMMOKD'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . October-London , Siramonds and Ward , Barge Yard , Bucklesbury . Valuable , instructive , and entertaining articles on the " New Brunswick . " " Texas , " " Australia , " and " Cuba , " will be found in this number of this very useful publication . The first of a series of articles on " Colonial Postage Reform" by the editor , is well deserving the serious attention of the Colonia' and Home authorities . From Mr . Hooton ' s exceedingly interesting "Rides , Rambles , andSketches in Texas " we give the following extract .
AN UNENVIABLE POSITION . Contrary to almost invariable practice , I one morning sallied out totally unarmed , in Galwaston Is land , except with a short " life preserver , " which was placed in the breast of my coat , upon a sketching ramble amongst the deserts and hillocks and the grassy swamps at the eastern end of the island . A handsome little whelp , one " Tony " by name , travelled at my heels and made his way through the tall and stiff grass much after the same bnffled fashion , and not with much greater ease than his master has occasionally experienced when endeavouring to force bis way into a canebreak . About noon , having half lost myseir , I looked out for a land mark ; and having discovered one in an isolated mass of rude building which is used as a slaughter house for the city butchers , and which stands on tbe prairie about a mile
from tbe principal portion of the city itself , I directed my course thitherwards . After brushing through the path , less prairie awhile , I lighted upon a deep sandy roadleading in that direction , and pursued it . The . slaughter house stands on rising ground , and has attached to it an enclosure surrounded by very high and strong ' wood fencing , in which the half wild cattle intended for the knife are first of all with difficulty driven . They are afterwards picked out as occasion requires , but not unfrequenfly turn upon their slaughterers , and amidst great danger are either shot , pinned by powerful dogs kept there for the purpose , or dragged to the ground by the Mexican lasso . Approaching the foot of the rising ground , I observed a large white dog , about the sise of a mastiff , though not so long on the leg , come from round the corner of the buildintr . look a tnement in the
direction I was cominjr . and then walk down to meet me . Tony piped one little growl , and then bogan to whine , creeping at the same time with his tail between his legs so close upon the heels of ray boots , that they chopped him under the chin at almost every step taken . As the beast approached sufficiently near to allow a distinct view of him , it muBt be confessed I felt at the moment that I would much rather have met face to face with any wild beast in Texas . Although so large , he was made in a similar mould to that in which our English bull-dog is east , only that the former was distorted , more ujjly by half , horrible to look at . His head seemed scarcely less than that of a man , while his forehead and brows beetled so much that they appeared almost to shut his eyes . Conscious that to exhibit fear by attempting to get away would only be to endanger mysolf the more , I steadily
pursued the road , without even crossing to the opposite side , for the brute bad taken the precaution to come down in a straight line on the same side as he first saw me . Cautiously , however , and without more apparent movement than wns just needful , I placed my hand upon the "supplejack , " or preserver , in my coat breast , and kept it there read ? for a blow when needful . As we approached each other still nearer / the dog gradually walked more softly , and , at the same time , as gradually bent himself towards the earth as though preparing to spring . The necessity gave me courage , and I still walked on directly in his face , knowing , as I did know , that if such show of confidence , would not save me , nothing would . Had I even attempted to get out of the way , little doubt can be entertained that he would have been upon me in a moment . TVhen < vithin a yard or two , his belly nearly
swept the sand . Tony attempted to run yelping away , but dared not face his fellow-oreature , and , therefore , as I afterwards found ( since I dared not te take my eyes off my antagonist fora momont , ) retired about a hundred yards behind , and leaving me to it , there took up his stand to await the result . Another yard or two , and the slaughter-dog put his nose close to my knee , but did not attempt an attack . He then passed behind , and at almost tbe same instant I observed another formidable beast , taller than tbe first , though not of the same kind , also coming from the same place towards me : —another instant , and ' anotber dog equally as large , also made bis appearance . These latter two eventually took up their positions , one on each side of me , but rather in advance ; while , on turning my head very slowly in order to avoid alarminc these voluntary guardians for my safe custody ,
I found the first one . with his nose within two feet of my legs , for the purpose of taking care of me behind . And in silent state , with this powerful body-guard—or rather under this dog arrest . I marched on towards the slaughterhouse . Of two things I took especial care , —neither to deviate from my pa'h , nor to increase or slacken my speed . Neither did I speak : though my thoughts were busy enough in wondering what they meant to do with me , —whether they would detain too sv' the slaughter houseuntil | some | friendly butcliunvlio knew them chanced to arrive for my delivennee , or whether when we arrived on the ground of blood , they would fall upon and devour me . I knew they were not particular— 'hat their habitation was with death , their feod rawfle > h and entrails , their drink not unfrf quently warm blood ; and as to attempting force against three such fellows it was out of
the question , unless in the case of a direct attack—though even then it must have proved ludicrously useless , Not a single hutnnn being was in sight—not a house near enough for the inhabitants to hear had I imprudently shouted , My enly present hope lay in the possible circumstance that , as the dogs were out , there might be some one on the premises ; but as we arrived almost cl ( Me upon thorn , the first living object I beheld was a rat , about as large as a good sized kitten , sitting on his hind quarter ? outside one of tbe flows , and either washing bis nose or picking abitof victuals by way of mid-day refreshment . This incident appeared conclusive — either that nobody was there , or that slaughter house rats are very bold and brass faced rats indeed . The latter proved to be the case ; for on reaching another corner of the building , I espied a-much-to-be-desired-looking butcher scraping the hide of a pig . He instantly raised his head , and perceiving how matters stood—for even then I cautiously avoided shouting to him—called in a stormy voice to the do . s , name by name , to come up . Rather reluctantly
they obeyed his command ; and then I stood still , first to thank him for having rescued me from very unpleasant custody , and then to whistle up the affrighted Tony . With great difficulty , I achieved the latter object ; but he no sooner saw his canine masters again than be scoured away before me at least half a mile , where be awaited my coming . When I reached him and took him up in my arms , he trembled lik" a jelly upon a cripple table ; nor did he recover bis spirits until the lapse of some hours . As for myself , on arriving at home I took a glass of groR , smoked my pipe , and related and laughed atmy ' sdrenture . That these dogs were trained to guard in the same manner the cattle brought for slaughter , no doubt can be entertained . That any effortmadeby any desperate bullock to travel out of his path would draw upon him the teeth of his " policeman , " is no less to be doubted . I would therefore advise any man who may chance , if any ' ever should , find himself in a similar pickle , to "take warning by this example , " and not to run the risk of his life in an inconsiderate and timid attempt to save it . Hides , Jtamblca , and Sketches in Texas .
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part IX . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet Street . We have not room to do more vhan merely notico the ninth part of this excellent publication . In connection with the next part we will again notice in a week or two hence the one before us , and speak fully of the merits and beauties of both .
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . so . xui . Southey in 7 us Vision of Judgment introduces "Wilkes" and "Junius" as the two accusers of " King George ; the first of these hethns ] describes : — Beholding the foremost , Him , by the cast of bis eye oblique , I knew as the firebrand "Whom tbe unthinking populace held for their idol and
hero , Lord of Misrule in his day . But how was that countenance alter'd , Where emotion of fear or of shame had never been witness'd ; That invincible forhead abashed ; and those eyes , wherein mal ice Once hnd been wont to shine with wit and hilarity temper *! , Into how deep a gloom their mournful expression had settled !
Junius is described in the following lines : — Nameless the libeller lived , and shot his arrows in darkness ; Undetected he passed to the grave , and leaving behind him Noxious works on earth , and the pest of an evil example , Went to the world beyond , where no offences are hidden . Mask'd had he been in liis life , and now a visor of iron Itivetted aiound his head had aholished his features for
ever . Speechless the slanderer stood , and turned bis faee from the Monarch , Iron-bound as it was—soinsupportaWy dreadful , Soon or late , to conscious guilt , is the eye of the injured ,
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Was ever fouler "blasphemy" penned than the \ i ? « lnff lines Put "to the mouth of Washington by that rancorousrenegade" Southey ? And here , this witness I willingly bearthee—Here , before Angels and Men , in the awful hour of judgment—Thou too didst act with upright heart , as befitted a Sove . rei , True to his sacred trust , to his crown , his kingdom , and people . Heaven in these things fulfill'd its wise , though inscrut . able purposes . While we worked its will , doing each in hla place as became him .
We cannot a fford room to give the entire of Byron's poem , wo must content ourselves with giving ( in continuation from our last number ) the following extracts : — George tho Third having arrived before the " Gate " ( see our last number ) is followed by his accuser , the Spirit whoso
" Brow wag like the deep when tempest tost , " The archangel Michael next appears , and demands to know wherefore the accusing spirit claims the spirit of " George Rex ? " The accuser answers : — Look to oub earth , or rather mine ; it was Once , mobb thy master ' s ; but I triumph not In this poor planet ' s conquest , nor alas ! Need he thou servest envy me my lot : With all the myriads of bright worlds which pass In worship round him , he may have forgot Yon weak creation of such paltry things ; I think few worth damnation save their kiDgs . And these but as a kind of quit-rent , to Assert tny right as lord ; and even had I such an inclination , 'twere ( as you
Well know ) superfluous ; they are grown so bad That hell has nothing better left to do Then leave them to themselves ; so much more mad And evil by tbeir own internal curse , Heaven cannot make them better nor I worse . Look to the earth , I said , and say again : When this old , blind , mad , helpless , weak , poor worm Began in youth ' s first bloom and flush to reign , The world and he both wore a different form , And much of earth and all tbe watery plain Of ocean called him king : through many a storm His isles had floated on the abyss of Time ; For the rough virtues chose them for tbeir clime . He came to the sceptre , young : be leaves it , old ; Lank to the state in which he found his realm , And left it ; and his annals too behold ,
How to a minion first be gave the helm : Hovv grew upon his heart a thirst for gold , The beggar ' s vice , which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for the rest , but glance Thine eye along'America and France ! 'Tis true he was a tool from first to last ; ( I have the workmen safe ); but as a tool So let him be csnsumed ! From out the past Of ages , since mankind have known the rule Of mnnnruhs—from the bloody rolls umass'd Of sin and slaughter—from the Caesars' school , Take the worst pupil ; and produce a rsign More drench'd with gore , more cumber'd with the slain . lie 1 'vcr warrM with freedom and tho free ;
Nations as men , home subjects , foreign foes , So that they utter'd the word Liberty !' Found George the Third tbeir first opponent Whose History was ever stnin'd ns bis will be With national and individual woes ? I grant his household abstinence ; I grant His neutral virtues , which most monarchs want : 1 know he was a constant consort ; own He was a ducunt sire , and middling lord , All this is much , and most upon a throne ; As temperance , if at Apicius' board , Is more thnn at an anchorite ' s supper sbown . I grant him all the kindest can accord ; Ani this wns well fo : him , but not for those Millions who found him what oppression chose .
The new world shook him off ; tho old yet groans Beneath what he and his prepared , if not Completed ; lie leaves heirs on many thrones To nil liis vices , without what begot Con-passion for him—his tame virtues ; drones Who sleep , or despots who have now forgot A lesson which shall be retaught them , wake Upon the thrones of Earth ; but let them quake ! Passing over a rich "explosion" in which St . Peter prominently figures , we come to the " cloud of witnesses . " From Otaheite ' s Isle to Salisbury Plain . Of all climes and professions , years and trades , Ready to swear against the good king's reign , Bitter as clubs in enrdw are against spades : All summon'd by this grand ' suhpojna , " to Try if king may n ' t be daren ' t ) , like me or you . Jack Wilkes—A merry , cock-eyed , curious looking
spriteis first called , hut this worthy who had " turned half courtier ere he died , " and is represented as now inclined "to srnw a whole one , " does not seem inclined to give evidence against his old opponent . Juniua is next called — The shadow came ! a tall , thin , gray-haired 6 gure , Thnt looked as it had been a shade on earth ; Quick in its motions , with an air of vigour , But nought to mark its breeding or its birth ; Now it wax'd little , they again grew bigger , With now an air of gloom or savage mirth j But as you gazed upon its features , they Changed every instant—to WBAT , none could say . The more intently the ghost gazed , the less Could they distinguish whose the features were ; The Devil himself seemed puzzled even to guess ; They varied like a dream—now here , now there ; And several people swore froni out the press
They knew him perfectly ; and one could swear He was his father ; upon which another Was sure he was his mother ' s cousin's brother ; Another , that he was a duke , or knight , " An orator , a lawyer , or a priest , A nabob , a man-midwife ; but tho wight Mysterious changed his countenance at lea » t , As oft as they their minds ; though in full sight He stood , the puzzle only was increased ; The man was phantasmagoria in Himself—he was so volatile and thin ! The moment that you had pronounced him one , Presto ! his face changed , and be was another ; And when that change wa 3 hnrdly well put on , It varied , till I don ' t think his own mother ( If that he had a mother ) would her son Have known , ho shifted so from one to t'other , Till guessing from a pleasure grew a task , At this epistolary " iron mask . "
For sometimes he like Cerberus would seem —• " Three gentlemen at once , " ( as sagely says Good Mrs . Malaprop ;) then you might deem That he was not even one ; now many rays Were flashing round him ; and now a thick steam Hid him from sight—like fogs on London days : Now Burke , now Tooke , he grew to people ' s fancies , And certos often like Sir Phillip Francis , I ' ve an hypothesis— 'iis quite my own ; I never let it out till now , for fear Of doing people harm about tke throne , And injuring some minister or peer On whom the stigma might perhaps be blown ; It ia—my gentle public lend thine ear t 'Tis that what Juniu * wo are wont to call , Was BEALiY , tbply , nobody at all . r don't see wherefore letters should not be
Written without hands , since we daily view Them written without heads ; and books we see Aro filled as well without the latter too ; And really , till we fix on somebody For certain sure to claim them as bis due . j Their author , like the Niger ' s mouth , will bothor The worldto say if THERE be mauth Or author . " And who and what art thou 1 " the Archangel said , " For that you may consult my title-pjge , " Replied this mighty shadow of a shade . "If I have kept my secret hnlf an age , I scarce shall tell it now . " " Canst thou upbraid , " Continued Michael , " George Ilex , or allege Auglit further ? " Junius answered , " You had better First ask him for his answer te my letter : My charges upon record will outlast The brass of both his epitaph and tomb . " "Repent'st thou not , " said Jlichncl , " of some past
Exaggeration ? something which may doom Thyself , if false , as him if truo « Thou wast Too bitter—is it not so ? in thy gloom Of passion % " " Passion ! " cried the Phantom dim , "I loved my country , nnd I hated him . What I have written , I have written ; let The rest be on his head or mine ! " So spoke Old " Norainus Umbra ; " ami while speaking yet Away he melted in celestial smoke . Then Satan said to Michael , "Don't forget To call George Washington and John Home Tooke , And Franklin ; " but at this time there was heard A cry for room , though not a phantom stirr'd , ( To he concluded in our next number . J
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" ' * ' ¦ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MI ^ MMMB MR . W . D . SAUL'S GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM * 15 , ALDERSGATE STREET . NEAR THE GENERAL POST OFFICE . Open free ta the public every Thursday , between the hours of eleven an two o'clock . We recently visited this , the largest private Geological collection in the United Kingdom , and which the enterprising and truly liberal proprietor hag gratuitously thrown open to the public . The Museum comprises two large rooms or galleries , each well stored with the requisites for such an institution , mostly arranged in glass cases , or on shelves ^ and placed in order , commencing with fossil remains of the most remote periods , and concluding with those of recent date . In the first room , or gallery , is to be seen a number of two and three pointed spears , made from fish bones , as used by the natives of the aoutll Seft 9 , New Zealand , « fec , wllb . a number of rude weapons , dresses , Ac ., said to be used and worn
by the natives of the said clime . Here also may be aeen the head of an Indian chief , tattoed , with the hair in its natural state , in an excellent state of preservation ; also an Indian canoe and paddles , brought over by the late Captain Cook . Here are also a number of Roman Coins , Skulls , « fec , found in the centre of this " Great Metropolis , also pieces of nne Roman pavement , found in London , under Allhallows Church during its repairs , as lately as 1843 . In one oorner of this gallery , in a cupboard , is to be seen what we are sure will much interest many of our readers , namely , the complete skeleton of that " poet for all time , " the late much lamented George Petrie , whose noble poem , "Equality , " passed through so many editions , and is yet so much in request . Our ^ conductor ( Mr . Godfrey ) appeared , like moat of its readers , to be Bmitten with that charming work , and from its pages wo have imbied the rreat truth that
"'True Freedom only knows Equality . " For on the door of the closet he has inscribed in legible pencil marks , those lines , which the author adopted as a motto , and which Jhe paraphrased frem a celebrated French author .
Nature stamps all men equal at their birth , Virtuo alone the difference makes on earth . We are sure when the numerous disciples of this truly great poet and veritable democrat , shall learn that the bones of their master are enshrined in this museum , they will at once commence a pilgrimage to the shrine , and while gazing at the dry bones , imagine they hear i Petrie ' s once eloquent lips speak those truthful words , that his pen so copiously indited , and which are sent forth to the world in the poem of " Equality . " Where writing of the aristocracy of land and money , he says : —
Each rules hia system with a monarch ' s sway . The king ' s the centre of the whole , Whose power through patronage knows no control ; Like nature ' s God , he self-existent reigns , And links those rolling suns in golden chains ; Those sung again their satellites entwine With place * , pensions , sinecures , and wine ; The satellites extend the circle more , 'Till every idle scamp on Britain ' s shore Obtains a birth among the reckless brood Who drink our blood , and eat our flesh for food ; Who wear the people's stockings , hats , and shoes ,
And even selling the casting to the Jews ; Who never made a brick , nor hew'd a stone , Yet every house on Britain ' s land they own ; Nothing they ' ve made fit for show or use ; Tet do they claim what other men produce , And in exchange giro the most useless ore That miners drag from the metallic pore ; A valueless account , a note of band . Counting for labour finish'd on demand ; Tet current only by the free consent Of all the partios to the coveunnt . Its brilliancy and scarcity eombin'd , Created it the God of all mankind !
But man adopted it in ignorance , And will regret it when experience Enables him to see with what controul , By gold alone , the fow command the whole . The kinp is worshipp'd , not for love or worth , Not for his wisdom , not his noble birth , But the monopoly he ' s called to hold Of patronage another name for gold . A rev ' rend bishop would not preach base lies , But that his god , great mammon is tbe prize : The lords would not monopolise tho earth , But that by gold they draw its products worth . The monstrous debt the nations call'd to own , But for the use of gold had ne ' er been known . The tide nf tnxes from Rritanin ' s core
Would cease to flow but for this magic ore . Those scarlet butchers , arm'd with guns and knives , To steal our substance , or attack our lives , But for vile gold from murder would refrain . And fellow useful labour in the train Of labour ' s sons , who now begin to see The real destroyers of their liberty . The upper room or eallery is chiefly confined to " fossil remains , " which the proprietor has collected together at great labour attd 6 Xbet \ se , and which he describes " as facts much to hard for the parsons . " The worthy proprietor duving the hours of exhibition illumines the minds of his visitors by a short Geological lecture , which adds much to the general interest of this trulv intellectual repast .
As the proprietor s end and aim is the instruction and enlightenment of the masses , would it not be well for him to throw his museum open one evening during the week , " when "the toiler ' s work is done , " but , perhaps , as Mr . Saull is advanced in years , he might think he should be spared this additional gratuitous labour . Th ' s is decidedly a consideration , —but we would suggest that Mr . Godfrey , the author of the "World's Catalogue of Geolosy , " and who row ^ superintends the museum , and conducts visitors with such thoroughly democ-atic urbanity , and explains the subject with such a graceful simplicity , would with much pleasure undertake the task , and thus the benevolent desire of its great and good proprietor would be more surely and effectually accomplished . In conclusion , we recommend this museum to the attention of all our readers .
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'W 1 P THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST . Sm , —Argument was useless . Tim mention of the constitutional rights of the poor was subjtct for derisioH . The people were too numerous—the " surpluspopulation " must be driven away . There was no connexion between the poorand the land . They must lie removed orperish ! Such wns the award of our ' eiiligliteneil and liberal philosophers ! " Apretty mess they have made of it ! People won't die of want quietly . Thoy become troublesomedangerous " , —They must be fed . We grumble that they remain impatient . We are now receding the just reward of our cruelty , We listened to the philosophers—we deserve our punishment , because we lmve turned a deaf ear to our good and wise ancestors . They assured us , that the poor have a . right to live ; the philosoph . rs exclaimed , " Nature has made no provision for them—let them die ! " We have believed that He , and our sin has found us out . This , Sir , is our case .
We do right , now , to feed the poor . Let us , however , remember , that , in doing so , we are acting in direct contradiction to the whole school of our " enlightened and liberal philosophers . " No provision for the poor is still their creed ; although fear compels them to relent , the- ? dare not enforce their exterminating principles ! How often have they been warned , that God was wiser and stronger than they ; and assured , that , if they would pertist in altering our laws on iluir diabolical principles . He would exert his power ! They answered in jeers and invectives , They removed the landmark of the poor , and are now at their wits ' end .
Why do I write thus , ? It is once more to warn . It is not enough to feeil tlie poor now . They must be provided for hereafter . Their right to maintenance must again be fully recognised by our laws . They require , and must have , Protection ! Yes , Sir , that despised word will , ufter all , triumph over all its foes . Protection , from first to last—from tlie monarch to the pauper—else England's sun will set in (; or * . I have wt'iied the landlords until I have become hoarse . I told them their doom , should they rob the poor by the now Poor Law . I appeal to the Duke of Wellington—have not my predictioi ) 9 been verified ?
Let the landlords now resolve , that the first Aot of the next session of Parliament shall be cue recognising the right of the poor to liberty and life in England , Scotland , and Ireland . Then the philosophers will be confounded , and , having thus set our faces coiutitutionward , we may expect prosperity and the blessing of our God . I remain , Sir , Your mostobedient servant , KlCHARD OASTr . ER . London , Oct , 21 . P . S . —It is no use to mince matters . If we persist in refusing the constitutional right of the poor , they will hang , like an incubus , on the State , and we shall becoraa the derision of the word . The philosophers may storm and rage , God will laugh at their fury . Truly , Sir , if we will not bend to receive lessons from our " greybearded ancestors , " starving millions will demand that the State shall resume its right to the land and the property , In the future distribution , their rights must be sanctioned . It were wiser to grant graciously , than to yield ignomini . o usly . R . 0 .
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into St . Thomas ' s Hospital , having hor right hand so dreadfully lacerated that amputation was deemed necessary . The cause of it appears to be that she had some ¦ dispute with flier husband , and , in a moment of passion , Hew at the window , and smashed to pieces eight or ten squares of glass . The pain she must be suffering will teach her for the future of some less dangerous mode of revenge . Escanj of A Prisoner . —Last week , while a special coach was conveying the prisoners from Morpeth gaol to Alnwick for trial at the sessions , one ol them slipped the irons from his legs , and sprang from the top of the coach , making his way ovoi the hedge into the Cauledge-pavk woods , two miles aouthtof Alnwick , The prisoner got clear ofl , & £ &
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Savings-bank . —A parliamentary paper , was moved for by Mr . Hume at the close of the session , was printed last week , giving an account . " stating itt detail the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities and E xchequer-bills effected , : by the National Debt commissioners on account oF the Trustees of SavingSSw > ° thedate ' description , and extent of www W PwAmw and sales , and the rateafc Slkfta *? & P urenases and sales was ejected from the 20 th of May , 1844 . tothe 5 thof . Tn ]» - 1 S 4 fi . "
ihpnWll h t ° * raount of st 0 ( * » nd E ^ 9 XT ; S' t ° i ! lght "" , account ofthe Savings-banka rofr ft * ? £ tI " emb « : aced ^ the return wag £ 255 , 400 in the Three per Cent . Consols , £ 45 . 000 .-Reduced Three per Cents ., £ 9 . 000 . Annuities £ 1 , 720 . Three per Cent ., £ 2 , 085 , 000 . Three-and * a-IIalf per Cent . Annuities , The sum paid for tho several descriptions of stock mentioned in little more than two years was £ 3 . 141 . 379 lYs . Cd . : the stock sold in the time realized £ 118 , 91710 a . The Exchequer-bills [ paid off in the period amounted to
£ 386 , 300 . Tns Poor Law Commission . —In 1844-5 , according to a Parliamentary paper . Tthe Poor Law Cem « mission cost £ 53 , 000 , £ 52 , 770 , in 1845-6 , and £ 59 , 200 , in 1846-7 . II . Ibindine , Esq ., Special Pleader of the Inner Temple , renting a house at £ 300 a-year , applied on Monday , for the situation of " Enquiring Officer" to the St . Pancras Parish Directors . The salary is only £ 120 . a-year . Hatdock _ Lodge Asylum . —A Government commission of inquiry is now taking eridence . 6 n the above subject , at the Legh Arms Hotel , Newton . A Nfw Eha is Metropolitan Locomohow . —A number of omnibuses have commenced running between the Bank and Paddington and intermediate stations at the low rate of one penny per mile . Several also started from the Strand to Paddington , the charge being 2 d . the entire distance . i
Short Time at Macclesfield . —We are told that one of the large cotton factories in this borough has already commenced working . short time ,. . and the others are expected soon to adopt the same course . — Macclesfield Courier . Thr Cobdek Fund now amounts to £ 75 , 525 8 a . " The Hell o' a' Diseases . —A Dutchman , in proceeding to the place from whence he heard the criea of distress , discovered ene of his neighbours lying under a stone ( vail , which fell upon him and fractured his legs . "Well den" said-Honse , " neighbour Venderkiken . vatish de mattelvvid you ? " "Vat , " says Mattey , " vyyou spe mine conditions , vffc all
dish big stones upon me , and m ine legs broke dff close to mine body . " " Mine Cot , " says House * , " is dat all ? you hollered so like de devil , Itought . youvas got de dootu ache . " .. . " . ¦ Bread Compant . —A company has been established to supply the community with pure wheaten bread at a profit of five per cent , on the actual cost of the material , expenses of making , &o . The company , it is said , will commence operations in the metropolis early in the ensuing month . They profess to be able to sell the 41 b . loaf at one third less price than that charged at present by the bakers .
Post Office Patbo . vaoe . —A poor postman named Tuthill , residing at Axbridge , in Somersetshire , in his daily perambulations as a letter-carrier , goes twenty-two miles on foot , winter and summer , and for which laborious service he is paid 12 s aVeek . Mr . Tkiwan , the Actor , well known inithe theatrical world , expired on the 17 th instant ,- after an illness of many months , at the early period of 42 years . Tlie price of the 4 Ib . loaf , in Edinburgh and in Stirling , is nine-pence , an advance having takea place last week . The potatoes in the township of Queenshead are not so much a failure as was anticipated by a great many of the inhabitantsjs--Zee < fe Mercvry , An Ancient and Prdjjbnt Bmdegroom , — Mr . Jay , the great Dissentin ' g ^ preacher of Bath , at * he age of seventy-seven , has just led to the hymeneal alter a lady with a fortune of £ 30 , 000 , — J 5 « m& « n / Guardian .
Extraordinary Lightning . — An Irish paper gravely states , that while a man was taking a glass of whiskey in a dram shop in Dublin . " the electric fluid caught the whisky and conveyed the ^ lass out of hi 3 hand some distanco , nnd it was ultimately smashed against the bar ; " tho man , it is said , " providentially escaped . " The phenomenon may probably be more correctly attributed to the previous agency of other fluids than the electric . The Wellington Statur . — Lord Morpeth has made , perhaps , as good a move as possible to obtain , the judgment of the "competent persons" on Mr . Wyatt ' s triumphal statue . His Lordship lias , we ara informed , addressed a circular to all tho Royal Academicians , requesting that he may be favoured with their opinion as to the effect of the statue on the arch . —Athenoaum .
A Strange Attempt at Matrimony . —Last week a oounlo , the man from Ovoi 1 Darwen and the feraala from Livesey , went to the parish church to commit matrimony who had enjoyed no less than twentyseven years of courtship ! After sach " a lengthened sweetness long drawn out , " it might naturally be supposed that nothing would be allowed to interrupt the fitting consummation to this unlimited wooing ; but when the lie- nee was produced it was discovered that it had been obtained for use twelve months ago ; and as it was valueless after the third month the very disconsolate couple were sent back to make a better attempt next time . —Blackburn Standard
The Electric Telegraph stopped a Marriage " a few days ago . a young ladv and gentleman tlecamped together by rail from Nottingham to have the indissoluble knot tied at Lincoln ; but about an hour after the loving pair had set off , the lady ' 3 mamma , finding her daughter absent , went to the railway station , and ascertained that she had left for Lincoln with her lover . The telegraph was instantly set to work , and when the lady and gentleman arrivad a policeman was in attendance to receive them , and the pair were forthwith taken out of the carriage , placed in a return train , and sent back to the mamma . Several stormy petrels fell upos a barge in the locks upon the Severn at Dislis , on Friday , driven thus far inland bv the prevalence of the southwesterly winds . It is a very uncommon occurrence for them to be seen so far from the sea . —Birmingham Gazette .
Russian Butter . —A vessel , just arrived in one of the dock establishments from Russia , has brought , in addition to a cargo of tar and wood goods , 39 casks of butter , of Russian produce . The importation of thN article of general consumption frem the northern country mentioned is not usual , if it ha 3 ever taken pi ice on any former occasion . The ironmongers of this town have resolved upon conceding to those in their employ a lanrer amount of leisure than they have hitherto enjoyed . This class of tradesmen have determined to elose their places of business at seven o ' clock in the evening , except on Saturdays . —Newcastle Journal .
Mr . Martin , sen ., or Rebate , has presented to Mr , Anderson , clerk attheReigatestation , amagnificent coffeepot , with a ne-t inscription , recording to the fact of the latter gentleman ha 7 jng saved his life on the railway under the following circumstances : —Mr . Martin was crossing the line , when Mr . Anderson , seeing the express train coming , at the imminent risk of his own life , rushed forward and dragged that gentleman off the line , when the train swept by at full speed , Mr . Marfcio only escaping by a few inches from beingsmashed to pieces .
The Great Britain Expected , —The New York Tribune of the 8 th inst . says : — " The Great Britain is now in her sixteenth day . Her non-arrival in sea « son to send replies to the correspondence brought by her . in the Great Western , is provoking , and no doubt will be a serious annoyance to our merchants . " A Peek a Preacher . — The Right Hon . Lord T > ynhani preached in the long room of the Angel Inn , Sherborne , on Monday evening . The rnom was well filled , upwards of 100 being present , but there is no doubt that hnd a more efficient notice been , given , an immense assemblage of persons , of all grades , would have been attracted by tlie novelty of hearing a nobleman preai-h . —Sherborne Journal , The Chinese Collection . —Tins very curious collection will shortly be removed from the metropolis , the proprietors heinciibnut to exhibit the contents in the various law towns and cities ot the country .
Meeting of Parliament . —The rnmour of a ivceting of Parliament next month is confidently revived " in the very best informed circles . " Lord John Rusaell nnd the Chancellor arc said to bn bent upon this object , and determined to resign if the other members of the Cabinet will not conform to tlieif opinion . The question will , however , be finally settled on Wednesday , if not before . It is said , that at the next Council it will ba proposed to open tho ports , suspending the duty of 4 s . —Standard of Monday .
Rejkction of Batos in Siioreditcii . —At a full meeting of the vestry and inhabitants of Shoreditch , held on Monday , a proposal for establishing baths and washhouses by means of a parish rate , was defeated by a majority of 23 to 20 , which was decisive , theact of Parliament requiring that the resolution for the establishment of baths and washhouses . shall be supported by two-thirds of an open vestry , before it is submitted to the Secretary of State . Immediate Opening of tub Pouts . — A public meeting of the parishioners of Marylebonu was held on Monday evening , at the Princess ' s Assemblyroom , Castle-street , Oxford-street , at which Mr . 1 .
Cochrane gave a lecture , on the duty incumbent on government , of immediately removing all remaining restrictions on the importation of food , in consequence of the Kim ine in Ireland , and its threatened extension to this country . The room was filled with an attentive auditory , who agreed to a memorial to the Queen , praying tlie immediate opening ot tho P ° 'ViiE St . Paxcius Poor . —At a meeting of the vestry wliieli took place on Mon / lay , a committee was formed , consisting of 25 vestrymen , not directors of the poor , to inquire into the management of tho wovkhouso . This resolution was carried , despite the strenuous opposition of Mr . Senior Ckurcuwai'den Ilowavth .
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—The Secretary of State tor the Home Department has dismissed Thomas Price , the gaoler of Hammersmith police court , in consequence of the circHmstances connected with the escape of George Davis , William Barnctt , and James M'Lean , threemembers ot tho swell mob , who effected their escape as he was removing them in the usual conveyance to Newgate . —Police-constable Spuring , T . 112 , one of the warrant officers of the court , is also suspended for two months from all duty , and is not tobe reinstated at the court , for not haying accoiapaiafcd P ^ cevfitatue prisoners ,
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M ¦ : Songs Por The People.
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The Late Escai-K Op Three Swell Mob Men.
The Late Escai-k op Three Swell Mob Men .
Wipe And Iiusuand. — Jane Nicholls Was Admitted
Wipe and IIusuand . — Jane Nicholls was admitted
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1390/page/3/
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