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THE APOTHEOSIS . * O , Virgin Daughter of Egypt , the nations hav « tieardoftby disgrace , and thy howling hath filled tin Isnd . "—Jta . xlTi . il , 12 .
0 ' . roj country , awafct from ft , ionB riMp of jori . for toy torpor degradee tbee far more than thy chains : See thy half firaishea children , like spectres , in tear * . Sing ther . qaiem dirge to O'Connell ' s r « mains—¦ To remain * , now as Tile as the commonest earth , While hi » heart , as a jewel , is sent off to Rome ; But to cheer hapless Erin , the land of his birth . Hi * worthless old carcase is coming hack home . Bis oia carcase ! not more does the traitor bestow . On a nation that purchas'd the heart he denies ; Just to prove , that , when living , he laughed at her woe , And , that dead , he may still fling the dust in her eyes . Wh « n that nation paid thousands f « r lies by the yard , All her prelates most faithfully sanction'd each He ; Her current of life was pour'd oat as re ward , Till the Vampire bad left her to languish and die .
Be left her—scar'd off from so hideous a prey , Her misfortunes , her rain , unable to bear Tet her helots and idiots all stand up to-day F » r the dust of a felon who fled their despairfor the dost—ay ! the dust of their idol , their god . That comes hack happy relic , a nation to save ; Can that nation bow still to the conjuror ' * rod , ' And be ruled by his dust , on its way to the graVe I Xet thy tears , all thou hast , hapless Erin , Mill flow , To oansole all thy credulous , chain-kissing slaves ; Until now I conld never have thought them so low , As to worship the ashes of jugglers and knaves . Bat the days of their shame with their freedom are gone , Por the few who could blush have deserted their came ; While the wretch who betraj'd them and left them ' undone .
Ii received in his shroud ' midst a nation ' s applause . 4 ) J degraded , 0 * abject . O ! sycophant fools , In dispust must I torn from jour meanness away , When the National Bepgar , who made you his tools . Is s-ior'd as a god , tboneh bit carrion day . And for what all these triumphs ? What cause did ha gain . Bat his own * as his offspring may well testify , ¦ Who exhaust all the treasures , but rivet the chain Of their ill-fated victim , unaVie to die . AH the treasures J the pence of this once-happy land , 'Where the children of Freedom first built her a shrin *; Where her towers , in rains , as monuments stand , To proclaim her past glory , attest her decline . 0 ! belovea of my heart , how degraded , forlorn ! Thy mkfrttnnes have left tbee not one faithful friend : All thy heroes are dead—all thy patriots mourn , But there ' s none to redeem theel-there's none to defend
Can the chant of false prelates her freedom restore To a na ian that shamefully clings to a pall ? So—let traitors and hirelings O'Connell deplore . All the good and the great nnut rejoice in hit fall , let Cantwell and Hipgins then swear he ' s forgiven . Tor political Bishops the saints little enre ; If this old Ttnal sinner ha * got in'o Heaven , Why the Devil may hope still one day to go there . londsn , Jnly 12 th , 1 S 47 . Ak Iipaus . [ We have read nothing equal to the above fiery outburst since Byron ' s "/ rijft Avater , " to which it bean a strong resemblance . ]
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GOD NEVER , XEVER MADE A SLAVE . Tcke . —Sew Crt'cifttion . Britannia ' s ions , tho' slaves ye be—God yoar Creator made , yon free ! He , life to all , and being , gave—Bat never , never made a slave 1 His worts are wonderful to see-All , all proclaim the Deity ! He made the earth , and formed the wave-Bat never , never made a slave ! He made the sky . with spangles bright—The moon to shine hy silent night—The sun , —and spread the vast concave—Bat never , never made a slave ! The Terdant e » rth on . which we tread Wrs , by His band , all carpeted ;—Enough for all he freely gave—Bat never , never made a slave !
All men are equal in His sight ! The bond , the free , the black , the white ! He made them all , —them freedom gave—He made the man , —Man made the Slaeel J . H . BaiJtwiCH
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STMMONDS'SCOI ' ONIAL MAGAZINE . Jult , London : Simmonds and Ward , Barge-yard , Bocklersbnry . Two rery lengthy and important articles on " Emigration and Colonization . " and " Convict and Free Labour , " are contained in this numb ? r , and demand the « «» rious attention of those who are in a roaition to influence the fortnnes of the many . 16 would require space we have not at command to set forth wherein we agree , and in what we disagree , with the writers of the above-named articles ; we , therefore , content ourselves with directing public attention to them . The other contents are of the usual interesting and . instructive character , and are well calculated to maintain the justly popular reputation of tbiavery useful magazine .
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AIR O'CONNOR'S RECENTVISITTO NORWICH . TO THE ZDITOK OF THE H 0 &TH 1 BH 8 T 1 B . Sib , —Mr O'Connor ' s visit to Norwich has had great effect on a large portion of the middle as well as the working classes . They are discussing in all quarters the Land Flan . A very large number have already enrolled ; during the last week more than one hundred members , and no doubt tliat before long we shall have a greater number still . A greater amount of money has been collected than at any previous time : £ 27 was received for the Land Fund ,
and £ 16 for the National Land and Labour Bank . Mr O'Connor made one of the mostsplendid speeches tbat ever was delivered in this city . Even his greatest enemies give him great praise , lie has broken down a great deal of prejudice , and has once more revived the Chartist spirit . Let us not be ashamed of the name of the Charter—it is the people ' s right . Arouse t '^ en , fellow countrymen , and shake off your past apathy , and be determined , as one man , not to rest satisfied till you have rescued yourselves from the bondage you have so long laboured under . Wm . Lawes . A Member of the Norwich Branch of the National Land Company .
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THE FOOTWAY THROUGH HOLLAND PARK . TO TB 8 Z 8 IT 0 K OF THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Deae Sib , — The Kensington vestry , in public meeting assembled , * have decided that tho footway before Holland House shall be closed , and closed it will be unless such as are for the preservation of it unite ( as I trust they will do } as a committee , to make such arrangements with Lord Holland as whilst tliey will not interfere with the proposed improve * nients of his Lordship before Holland House , will not deprive the public of the line of thoroughfare in question . There is not such another line of thoroughfare in that direction for a great way up the country , and according to the Proposed Plan of Outlay on the Holland Estate , " which I have before me , there is not to be such another . Let us then not surrender
this one . There are various ways in which the line of footing contended for can be preserved Sooner than it should be altogether surrendered , I , for one , would consent that the road shonld be trenched and that "brothers ef the earth" should pass through the earth ; or the footway could pass behind Holland House ; or Lord Holland can , if he pleases , restore to tlie public that right of way which aged to lead through Holland Park , in a line from the " Holland Arms' Lane , to " Adams' Potteries" Lane , and which , it restored , ( and it ought to be ) would render the question of a right of way either before or behind Holland House one of minor importance . I ^^^^^ •^ ^^ " ^ "f theopposition partyshall form ourselves
, into a committee for making such arrangements with Lord Holland as I proposed . If sueh as agree with my proposal wou d favour me with their names , I would not only form such committee , but attend to all its correspondence and general arrangements free of expense , as well as bear all stationery expenses . —Letters upon this subject can either be addretsed to me , or ttie treasurer of the Association , N . F . Muffins , 2 , Circus-street New-road , Marylebone . Trusting that my appeal will be responded , to I remain , with thanks to the press for the services rendered in this case , Henry Dowall Griffiths , Secretary to the West London Central Anti Enclosure Association . —July 13 tu .
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av £ nf n ^** !* moment , when the country ia on the weextr » M al ele ° ;> ° n . the following article , which KnJffia m the Cttrrent number rf the Lalourer , wm ue round very useful —
theD « . V X « E GAME LAWS . tne - SKS p lto ° f ^ e Laws owes its origin to oved th «??/ ° reBt law ot WiUia < n the Worman , who than hb " T M hls OW 1 cWld «» . •«« » wh belter burbarlm " , ' ) ljee " - "" one of the relies of feudal omca ' rZi ? C " tyraM y' whichin r ° rmer « mes " Frn ™ L K t nuine 8 pirlt of Sa *>« l «> ert ,. tone "ha Po «» t . -Wst » Bays Sir William Black" ame unrcUnn I * . V 1 « ° w . b « "h founded upon the creatures tn , I k " ' ? of P e" »» -ei , t property in wild w& ^ sm £ ^ sss&t : : 5
srS ^ r ^ sw-Jas In our country , however , tho ruling powers hava not stt u , 8 ° b t d with B T - ^ ES&E statute has been passed for the protection of grate and heavy Bnd cumulativepenalties denounced against all who are guilty of infringing their enactments . Game differs much from those tWng » which may be .. aid to tie the suhj « M of private property . It is admitted on all hands not
to Wong to any person in particular until ii it reclaimed , or preserved , by and for tbat person ; and even then , directly lt wal , aerg from his land it becomes tbe property of the person to who . ™ land it comes . Other property too , it is supposed , may be enjoyed by the owner without injury to others ; but game preserved for the amusement oi affawuthe pest of the surrounding neighbourhood , and does insmit . 3 injury to the agriculture of the country . It has been with avfew to supply this deficiency in game , eanidcred a . property , timt « o many grievous Acts of lailiamcnt have been passed in regard to It ; nntl it has
been sought to remedy the weakness of tho object by the strength of the meant used to support it . The lore of pursuing game , or of sport , is natural to man in a barbarous or civilised state , or to overcome tWs haB been one of the causes of such severe laws . To show the obaracter of these laws as they nowexi . it , we propose to give an analysis of them , so that any may soon perceive the offences which come beneath them , and their respective punishments , and thus may not be Ipnorant upon a matter , which deeply affects the classes to which we appeal .
By stats . 1 and 2 W . 4 , c . 83 , killing or lakUr game or using any dog . gun , net , or other engine or instru ' ment , for the purpose of killing and taking of game on a Sunday or Chriatinas-day , it punishable by a fine not exceeding £ 5 and costs , or three months'imprisonment and hftrd labour . ¦ Killing or taking a partridge between tho-first day of February and the first day of September ; a phewant between the first of February and the Erst of October ; or black game ( except in Devon , Somerset or the New Forest ) , between the tenth or December and the twentieth of August , in the succeeding year ; and in Devon , Somerset , and the New Forest , between the tenth of December and the succeeding first of September ; or grouse , commonly cilled red game , between tenth of December and the succeeding twilfth of August ; or any bustard between the first of March and first of September ; for every head of game a fine may be imposed not exceed , ing 20 s . and costs , or imprisonment for two months and bard labour .
Buying , selling , or knowingly having in house , shop , stall , or possession or control , any bird of game nfter the expiration of ten days ( one exclusive and the ether inclusive ) , from the respective days in each year on which itshftll become unlawful , or if a person not licensed to deal in game shall buy or sell anj bird of game after ten days ( one inclusive and the other exclusive ) from the respective days on which it shall become unlawful as aforesaid , or shall knowingly have in his house , possession , or conrtrol , any bird of game ( except birds of game kept in a mew or breeding place ) after the expiration of forty days from the expiration of the respective seasons ; for every head of game , ZOs . and costs , or two months'imprisonment and hard labour . No restriction is imposed by this Act upon killing hares at any season .
This Act abolishes the old qualification to kill game , but empower ? any person who may take out a game cer ' tificate to kill game , subject only to his liability in respect of any trespass eomraittBd in pursuit of it . But it is declared tbat nothing in that Act contained shall affecvor alter ( except as after-mentioned ) any acts by which persons using any dog , gun , net , or other engine , for the purpose of taking or killing any game whatever , or . any woodcock , snipe , quail , landrail , or conies , are required to obtain and have annual game cenincates ; consequently all the Acts relating to certificates are un . repealed , and ia addition , by this Act it is enacted , that taking or killing game , or using any d . g , gun , net , er other engine or instrument for searching for , er killing game , such person not being authorised for want of a certificate , shall render him liable to a penalty not ex . ceeding £ 5 . and costs , or three months' imprisonment with hard Ubour .
Ana it is expressly provided , that the payment of this penalty shall not ba exempt from certificate duty ; but this penalty shall be deemed a cumulative penalty . Trespass by enteiing . or being in the day-time in search or pursuit of game or woodcocks , snipes , quails , landrails or conies , is punishable by a fine not exceeding 40 s . and costs , or two months' imprisonment and hard labour . And if more than five persons together commit any such trespass , each is liable to a fine not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or three months' imprisonment and hard labour . A trespasser may be required to tell his Christian and surname , and place of abode , or on refusal may be apprehended . And a " trespasser refuting to give his name , whether apprehended or not , mny be fined not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or be imprisoned for three months witb hard labour .
When five ermore persons trespassing in the day . time , if any one being armed with a gun use threats or violence to prevent , or endeavour to prevent , any authorised pprson from requiring them to quit the land or to tell their names , iie ., the person offeHdiH | t by violence , and those aiding and abetting him , shall be liable to an additional and independent penalty ef a sum not . exceeding £ 5 . and cost ) , or three months' imprisonment and hard labour , . K . B . —Game ( but not woodcocks , snipes , qualU , land , rails , or rabbits , ) may be taken irom trespassers under this section . If proceedings be taken for trespass under this Act , a civil action cannot be maintained ' .
By 52 Geo . 3 , c . 93 , it is provided tbat persons using any do » , gun , net , or other engine , for the purpose of taking or killing any game whatever , or any woodcock , snipe , quail , landrail , or any conies , a certificate duty of £ 3 134 . Gd . Is Imposed , which , by 3 Vic . c . 17 , liau been since Increased to £ 4 Os . lOd . The exemptions from this duty are—1 Taking woodcocks and snipes with nets and springs . 2 . Taking or destroying conies , by the proprietors of warrens , on any inclosed ground whatever , or by the tenant » f lands by himself or his direction . By 1 0 < . o . 3 , c . 41 , persons assisting , or intending to assiit , a certificated person , to take or kill game , are not to be liable to duty . By 2 Geo . 3 , c . 93 , sporting wi ' . hout a certificate is punishable by a fine of £ 20 . and £ 4 Os . lOd . duty , to be levied by . dlstresti , or six months' imprisonment .
Persons using dog , gun , dec , refusing to produce certificate , ot if no certificate produced , to declare his Christian ^ and . surname , and place of residence , and assessment , or producing false certificate , or giving false name , Ac ,, liable to a penalty of £ 20 ., to be levied by distress , or six months' imprisonment , By 5 Geo . 4 , c 44 , surveyors of taxes are empowered to charge persons killing game without certificate , and without any previous information and conviction . By 6 and 7 Will . 4 , c . 65 , persons sporting without certificate mny be charged with double duty , £ 3 la . 9 < 1 . By 1 and 2 Will . 4 , c . 32 , certificated persons may sell game to licensed dealers , except gamekeepers , who cannot , without the written authority of their masters . Licenses to game dealer * granted by Justices at petty sessions in July , yearly , who must take out certificate , pay yearly duty of £ 2 . Purchasing or selling without j icense exposes to a fiuo of £ 20 , or six usoivtbi' imprisonment .
Selling , or offering : for sale , game without a certificate to any person , orhaikg a certificate ,, to auy ene , e » . ctpt a licensed dealer , renrters ^ able to a flue not ex . ceeding £ 2 and costo , or two months . * imprisonment and hard labour . Buying game , e * eept from licensed dealers , a finoaot exceeding £ 5 audeosts , or this * mouths' imprisonment and hard labour . Licensed dealers buying of persons without a certifi . cate , or selliag contrary tr » Act , a fine not exceeding £ 10 and cowi , or three mcntlu' imprisonment aud hard labour . By 5 a » d « Will . 4 , o . ? tf , persons informing and pro secuting for game off . onces are indemnified against penal-1 ties they may uava incurred in respect of tua same trans action .
By ! and 2 Will . 4 , c . 32 , moiety of psnalty goes to intorrtier . Putting any poison on any ground , whether OJK «> or enclosed , where game usually resort , or in any highway , a fine not exceeding £ 10 , or three months' im . prisonment and hard labour . Taking out of the nest , or destroying in the nest , or having in possession , the eggs of any bird of game , or o ' I any swan wild duck , teal , or widgeon , for every egg a fine not exceeding £ 5 or two months' imprisonment and hard labour . ' By 7 and 8 Geo . 4 . c . 29 , taking or killing any hare or coney in a warren , on ground lawfully used for breeding or keeping of hares and conies , whether incloied or not 1 is a misdemeanor .
The like in such place in the day . time , a fine nol ex ceeding « a , pr \ nm months' imprisonment » u ( j hard labour .
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pSst ing six months , with hard luhonr , and at « n - , - MV « £ find snreties himself in » , t ^ %£ S $ ? £ & or one m £ 20 for two years following . 7 /^ ^ X 1 Uu , hvri » miMt for . one yor , < ri » *** %£ ?"* £ third offence is declared a misdemeanor and th » offender may be , at the discrete of th » court , trZ ported fir tew * years , or imprisoned and \ upi to hard la bour , not exceeding two years . •¦
: Owne >» , oeoapiers , garnekeepersj and servants msv apprehend such persons , who , if theyoffijr viafcuce , * ill be guilty o * misdemeanor . ¦ . I ' rosecasioh within six months after offcnec . Appeal ogahwt summary convictions to quarter sesi . sions , giving notite of appeal witliin . three days after conviction , and give security to paj cost » awarded on appeal . Three or mow persons entering or being on . any land , * C , with anjr guo , cross-bow , firewmg , bludgeon , or other offensive weapou , each person , is guilty of a mis . i demeanor , and punishable , at discretion , of the coait , iwlthtransporta-tajfl not exceeding fourteen nor
, years , / ess than'seven years , or imprisoned with' hard labour , not exceeding three years . j By land 2 : Will . 4 , c . 32 , trustees convicting sumraarily wider the Agtmay direct tho penalty , and costs to 6 e paid immediately , or within someappointedttm ^ and , m default of pBjmm at the time appointed ,. ttte coh-¦ « eted person may fee imprisoned In A * county gaol , or hou , e of correction with or without ha * JabJS for any terninot exceeding two-calendarmomn * , where the , aawunt to b 0 paid , exclu . lve of costs , shall - not amount to ± 5 fti , for an / term not exceeding thrw calendar months ; in any other case , the imprisonmenttaoease , on paynwnt of the anount of costs .
The constituencies should use their utmost endeavours to procure tbe abrogation of this infamous-code . Let m WOUld . be legislator obtain voice or vote who will not pledge himself to seek the immediato-ud total repeal of these accursed laws .
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If 8 man has a right on the earth , he has aright to land enough to raise a habitation on . If he has a right to foe , he has right to land enough to till for his subsistence . Deprive him of any one ef these rights , and you place him at the mercy of those who possess them . "—Evan ' s Radical , Na . 1 . The crops throughout Denmark promise an extremely abundant harvest . Tho foundation of the first German Catholic ehurch ever built m Prussia has been laid at Leigniti , iu Silesin .
A Nottinghamshire shepherd lately exhibited at Louth a couple of lambs , conjoined by nature , and crossed in the form of the letter X , their heads beinc opposite toeach other , and their legs , which were all perfect in form and number , beta" similarly disposed . From a table in [ the New York Herald , wo find that the population of New Orleans in 1800 was 9 . 000 , it is now 100 , 000 ; in 1800 the population ot Cincinnati was ? 50 , it is now 93 , 000 . The King of Bavaria has just published a fourth volume of his poems . We learn from the Democrati Padfique , that the Bishop of Chartreu is endeavouring to preack down the French press ! There are in England no fewer than 30 , 000 commercial travellers . ¦ The yearly amount of insolvency in England is £ 50 000 , 000 !
' 1 he smart money paid for the purchase of recruits At Woelwich defrays the expenses of the recruiting department . Typhus fever , and spotted fever - , ave said to be both very prevalent in B lackbum . At Leeds it has been found necessary to lay a poorrate of 2 s . 8 d . in the pound , in consequence of the prevalence of sickness and destitution . This is an increaso of 8 d . in the pound on the last half-year , arid ' of Is . on the preceding . ' : The . . 4 ( A < n < eiHn states that some Ethiopian serenaders , washed white , areabput to appear in London . A new bonk of travels in the East , by Miss Martineau , has been advertised for publication . A vessel which has arrived at Liverpool , from Bostorii has brought 291 tons of ice , the first cargo of that article which has been received this year .
In a great fire which lately , occurred at Smdlianka , in the Russian government of Tcuernigoff , 235 houses and a church were consumed , and four persons perished in the flames . Tlie acouish rras wnicu is to Bisrii in September , under the management of some of the leading members of the United Presbyterian Church , ia to take up the middle position regarding State educationto defend a combined system of secular education under local raapagement . Disease has again broken out on the moors amongst the grouse . They are said to be dying by thousands . There are some young birds , however , on the wing , while others are only beginning to hatch , but if the weather continues favourable it is hoped there will be a fair show in August . An American paper asserts that a man who is re . siding on Long Island , was born in the seventeenth century , and is now 150 years of a . e .
During three or four days , at the beginning of last month , nearly 500 ships passed through the Dardanelles , for the purpose of leading corn in the harbours of the Black Sea . A ship which carried 400 Algerine pilgrims , who were returning from Mecca , was lately wrecked on the ceast of Candia , but the lives of all en board were fortunately saved . In the year 1329 the quantity ef caoutchouc exported from Brazil , did not exceed 20 , 0001 b . ; but in the year \ 845-6 , it amounted to upwards of 800 . 0001 b . besides 415 , 953 pairs of shoes . Among the antiquities which will be forwarded to England from the ruins of Nineveh , are two large winged bulls , about ten feet square , and a pair ot colnssal winged lions .
Ssme hampers of beer have arrived from Rotterdam at Southampton , whence they will be shipped to Lisben for ihe use of tlie Queen of Portugal . Man creates more discontent to himself than ever was occasioned by others . The 31 st Regiment of Foot has been allowed to bear the word "Orthes " on its colours , in commemoration of the gallantry of its second battalion in that battle , on the 27 th of February , 1814 . The Catholio priest of the village of Sterri , in Greece , who is a warm partizanot ' the present Greek ministry , lately announced to his congregation that all those who did not vote for the ministerial candidates would be excommunicated , und would be refuiod the sacrament and extreme unction . ¦ Jullien has taken Drury Lane Theatre for a term of three years .
A few days since a thief entered a garden at Ilornchurch , Jtissex , for tbe purpose of stealing some vegetables , which he threw over the hedge to an accomplice . A pistol which lie carried in bis pocket then suddenly exploded , and mortally wounded , the unlucky depredator , who ditdalmostinstantaneously At the inauguration of the statue of Frederick the Great of Prussia , on the 20 th of June , a vetenan of the seven years' war was present , in the uniform of that day , and offered his military- salute . ISo was one hundred and nine years of age , having been born February 5 , 1738 . . It is said that Mr Ferraad , M . P . is aboubto marry the sister of Lord Blantyre . Should the match talesplace , he will be brother-is-law to a daughter of the Duke of . Sutherland .
The Queen has takea Laggan . on the margin oft Loch Laggan , at Ardvieckie , where the court will remain from tue beRinaing of August to Septenvbeiu Lies- Majesty , it ia understood , will visit
Invarnesa .. The new factory toll is in operation as an eleven , hoflia" bill , and ' as such will remiun , in force wttiMhe 1 st of May , 1848 ^ » n and after which it mil bs ' wkat its name imparts , a ten hours' bill . The New Orteaaa Leila mentions that a v&ung . Ppo > - d % y , giited with , a vision capable of distinguishing tbe satellites of Saturn , hasbaen discovered-in tha state of Lbuisiaaa . The Queen Um not tailed toiwitr . easevjry porfWm-, anceof Jenny Jand when hat Mnjesty has been in London . The Encash workmen , employed in . some ol the iron works ., w the state oS Virginia fcaro cea ^ d labour , because their masters have refused- id raise their wages , and hav » also employed slaves as puddlMs . "
The "Tablet" agswts that swnecircumstances which , had been revealed in cosfessloa ia Puseyite clergymen of the Church of England , hav » afterwards become publicly known , and that journal attributes those disclosures to the fact that several of thesa clergymen are married . lt has been , observed that is the ruins of Ninowb , which Mr Layard is now . exploring , arches are fte ^ quently used ; although antiquarians and architects had hitherto supposed that tlie arch was not known or several hundred ytm after the date rt . wMeh the buildings of Nineveh were probabl y erooted A short tirao since , a man residing ' WfrDudlev wagi committedI foe trial , ou a charge of felony ; and such was the effeok that this announcement h / d upon us wife , that she died of a broken heart within a toitnignt .
A curious circumstnncehappened a few days since , as one ot the trains was going along the Kilmarnoc'v ana Uoon Railway . A crow , in the act oi ' fly . ng across tbe line , was struck by the funntl of tl ' . e engine . It fell into the tender , and was lifted up , alive ; but though its skiu was unhroken . it died ' siortlj afterwards , from the effects of tbe stroke .
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; Caxtw .-I he fo lowing inscription , on a miral tablet , executed by Henry Westmacott . alreadySs u the church of S ^ Mnrgawt , Weatin nfi ¦ beTrSj the monogram of Will am Caxton - " ' Tn % u To mn « f William Caxton , wbo first intrldnS So . Great Britain tl-o Art of . ftfaftig . JS'S f | 477 . or earlier , exercised that art in the Abbpvnf I Westminster . this tablet } remembrance ofE to ¦ wh om the literature of this country is s » largely indV . btPci . was raised . Anno Domini mdcccxx , by the , Roxburghe OlUb , Labi , Sp kivceb , K . G ., Presideiit A Nkw 5 FKCIR 8 or nAPMi » E 88 . —A letter-wi / ter from Vera Cruz says , " The shells from onr mortars , Bu » , « tingin every direction , scattered death and de . jtraofcion- within the city ; and * ft rs fair to presuma that the round sliot from our batteries had an fqiiall . vhnppy effeet . '"
" what ' s vk- thb Bonb , " &a . —The iirst execu . tiMi-in'Sh » flTetd . under the new County Court , 'has wen . put in force asainst a man mmed ' Wood . His a sp'gular fnct , tHat his father was tHe first person tli ** was taken to eaol nader the old'Court of Reqn « wtR- Act , thereby verifying the oP . adaee . TnX 5 " « t « s Press in FkatScb . ~ The mSteJr ir ? ? " le (! itlMat ! 8 « 5 « nraaU n b , wf f Lava 1 ' ^ Pweonted for having b lSrind&X ? ™^* Ietter 0 ^" - ^ Vn written n mi . ^ d ' addressed trt Geowo TTT ff ? h < , « r Vna *
' heac ( Satior T , f - in the Englishpiriiaaient , fenc ? JIffi ^ " " ? the Gta ™» » ' A FA B C r . L v eper Mn of *^ KbpoftHe-Sfcw * J S ^ SS ^ r ^ ffifflS ? SLSff r S S ^ Sfcas ' -wssasaiSis . **'* testator a ? hwlast will ^ ' ^ nS . SSfrt ! S 5-1 &rr ^^ "P ^ * " «™^ nHrl i , J » s Presence and ' ih the presencp ofeaett otiier . have signed our names- as witnesses . " Thewitnesses shonld ' write their names to this , after the testator has , at-the end ' of fcHe willsigned his owir
, name . GHRAr-TBATOBHSo . —A new company atarted . oa Monday last for the conveyance of passencers from Ilunserferd Market to Padtlin gton at one penny each nerson , in opposition to tlie twopenny companyl m ? Lath THomiKR-STrtRM-. —The proyiricial paper * teem with accounts inflicted on propertv in almost every part of the country , hy tlie disastrous thunder storm whirh raged on . tlie Otb and 7 tti inst . Happilv , however , no funhcr loss of life on the oecasiorThas neen received . Potatoes ra rnv : Maschester Market . —In tlie week ending July 7 th ; the enormous ouantitv of 9 . 00 *
loads ot potatoes were brought to the Manchester ¦ W W S an aggregrate toll to the corporation , as lords of the manor , of £ 70 . Takine each load at 2 anfl nwiming the present population of Man-S T , n an VL ? alfO u . d t 0 he * » (' * heina 312 , 000-iStX i f " qimf ) tity ' iftheyliad all been I : ! ' ! ' iii . r consuraptinn inthe town , would . have SXSblrBt" Perlleadforevery individual Rkmovai of iRiftir PjkDwi » . -The most active an * decided measures bare benn commenced for removingto their country all the Irfeh p ^ uners applying for parochial relief in Liverpool . The law now « ive » them a right tosupportin theironuntry . and the new law ot settlement gives the necessary powers for re » movins them , antfthese powers tho local authoritiesare determined te enforce firmlv .
Atiaciijient ok the Doe . —A few weeks ago -a person died m Liverpool , and was buried in the church-yard at Edgehtll . A white dog tallowed the remains of In * master to Ihe grave , where he remained night and day . After being there a considerable , t . m .. , fed by the inhabitants of tlie neighbourhood , who were struck bv this manifestation of af- ' tcction , nn attempt was wide » o induce the doc t » torgetjiis sorrow . He w »« taken away in the nighfe time , in a has , to a considerable distance . ; but the * very first op portunity he stnrtod off . to occupy life , position on the grave of bi . « master . The poor animalcontinued to remain there for more than' a month ; wlien , \ ye are informed , poisoned food was given to •' . i ^ nuraan e intention of putting a period ? to his sufferings .
Anecdotk op WATEKMO .-Dnring * ho battle a-British artillery officer rodo . up to thp Puke of Wellington , and said , "Yonr Grace , I have a distinct view of Napoleon , attended bv his staff ; my eun * are well pointed in that direction-shall I open fire ?" Hie Duke replied , Certainly not ; I will not . allow it : it is not the business of command * a t « «¦« . «« eau ' mnlier . " Effect of a TnuNDKRnr . i , T —During a tremendongstorm which occurred at Rernstadt , in Prussinn Sileifin , < . n the 20 th ult . n thunderbolt entered the earth not far from a well . Immediately at ' terwnrds , a noise was hsard at the bottom ot a well , and the water became warm and huhbline , with a strong smell of sulphur . At the spot where the thunderbolt struck the earth , an opening , about a yard deer » and a foot wide , was visible ; butnotraceoftheourth which filled that void was to he seen . Ever since , tbe water of the well has been muddy , and has tasted of saltpetre .
Sailors' Home Church ; . —The consecration of the new church of St Paul , recently completed , for the use of seamen of the port of London , took place on-Saturday . The ceremony w .-is performed by the Bishop of londnn , in the presence of Prince Albert and o'her distinguished vu-itora . Morning- service wds performed by the Rev . Charlea Smith . . The congregation included a large number of seamen . Tho new edifice stands in'Dock-street , Wapning . Daiiixo AiTRMPnoRonA PosT . \ iAtJ .-TrJe following notice has been iB ? ned by the anthorities * - "TnREE Hundred Pounds Rewabd Wherpna , abnut eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning , tbe ? th of JulVfinst . a daring attempt was made by three men in
Mitrecourt , in Wood-street , Chesvpside , tn rob the I , ombar < 5-street letter-carrier of the lettersentrusted to him for delivery . The letter-carrier was knocVeil down and severely beaten with a life-preserver , which wasfound near the spot . Whoever will give such information na shall lead to the discovery and conviction of theoffenders , shall receive a reward of £ 860 , payable on conviction . And if either of the persons eoncprne . 4 in the attack will come forward and give suchinfor ' mation and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of his accomplice or accomplices insuch attack , he will , in addition to the said reward ,, receive her Majesty ' s gracious pardon —Apply to M . B Peacock , Esq ., solicitor to the Post-office . London * . General Post-office . 19 th . Tulv . 184 ? : "
Chkap Newspaprrs —The . Times-of the Cth inst . is furious with The liforniny Chroniiia tor announcing a reduction from five pence to four pence , and contend * : stoutly that the cheaper journal must necessarily be I an inferiorone . This proposition the Times attempts to prove by Cocker , civing the cost of the paper only , for each day ' s publication , at Si ., of the stamp Iffl ., inrnst dishonestly suppressing ait allusion to the tact , that on aeconnt of its daily supplement of advertisements the Times lias to pay tbr « e farthin ? 3 more for [ paper , and a halfpenny more for stamvs malting ; K'l . in all , for each copy more than The M ( fmi * g
CHmomeie , which seldom or never puhlislies a supplement . Tbe Timesmoriestlysaya— " We belong < to the pubKc . We are proud to think that England is proud ef its limes . Ik ifc-iw > t very extravagantly ita « ed' forthn possession ' and' use of thP firfttjeuraal ; ih ttte world . " England ! prontl nf its Times \ l Ifso ^ iETnglaad will be prou ^ f-its weather-cocks n 6 Kt > for ¦ therei-s hardly a sing ' ra question ot public importance jof wlweh the Times hau ^ nflt advocated both sWes with oqjiial'ieal and energy * . If honesty and conVAtency ; be neeessary qualities- in-a jonrnpl . England'has far more reason to be proud of its CAronae / e-thaa of its : Timtt . —Liverpool dfereairy . ¦ ¦ '
Monumk > t to Hw « C 8 Son—mr W , Ustflbone . the mayor , and others * have been busy marMng out the site for the hrooEflcliahttue monument to the memory of Mr IlBskissoni , » 4 ich the liberalityof Mrs Ilus . lkfeson has presented to Liverpool . The site will be 4 he north area , of the Custom-houss , opposite the bottom of Siwt ' tt Castle-street . The abone-work for the pedi'staiiv , we learn , already prepared . Tub WAAVMBDALS .-Tuesdaj ' . t tf »«« e announces that' theblaitos to medals , under the provisions ot the genewai orfer of the 1 st of 5 ur > e . 1841 . of out .
pensinneJf . lnnng out of the United'Kingdom , and of all pers « , s * ho , having formerly- served in the army a » non . ^ otniBissioHed officers a % * soldiers , hare been dischwsed therefrom without usnRion , may bo trans . mittoclld& < et to tho Secretary t « tho . Bs » rd of Gen-val Oflwevs .. White all yard , Loailon , and all such claims ar& to he stated and certined * according toa-civen fojio " ., ' * in which must bo stated the name and ndwa » of claimant , h ' w rank when disoliAreed , the date of b / ra discliarge , the notion or actions for which ho | otajn » , and the regiment , compsny . and rank in l ^ hich lie serve I at the time of- e « eli aotion .
Thk S ¥ . \ wsn Esyii . K 3 .-The following letter has been addressed by General Yriarte , one of the most distinguished followers of Ksp nrtero . " , l n moMton :- 11 London , JluJy 1 , 1847- My Lord-1 have just rec-jived the eommand of my auniat sovereign , Oueen IsnkeHa , to return to my country , after three wars of eraiuration , add to resume my rank of » e » eral in the Spanish army . During my resideiK'Oin tliis hospitable country 1 have received the in- * t marked kindness from the English people , iu w « ll us Com the English tovernmciit ; ano ' ntul " fil'jientof the most sacred duty of mar ,, which is to M-ov- ' himself grateful . I have the lumour and the hig h satisfaction of thus « ffenng the tribute rfm earnest thanks , with every assurance oJWlg »;»„ , ?« With these feelinra ionce more beg yoni
Esceronoy wnibopleaaedtoaccegnnwjwg . ^ gether with tlie assurance of my hig h cotewer and I remain your Excellency ' s very obodifcUumou wrvant , Martin Jobb Ywarm- -g , \ ... ,., ¦ , ;• Vii
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* July 9 . h , and at a time when tbe industrious classes ( who stand most in need of convenient thoroughares , ) could not attend , viz ., ten in the morning . The industrious will guess the rea « ou of tbU arrangement .
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The People ' s Journal . Part XVIII . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . There is a considerable amount at J udge , in thia part , concerning the late arch-humbug , Daniel O'Connell . ° f whom it may be said more truly than erco of Wellington , " Never bad mortal man ? nch opportunity , Except Napoleon , or abased it more . " There are several valuable and interesting articles , embracing the subjects of " Crime , " " Benefit Societies , " " Manchester , " "Sherwood Forest , "Ac , Ac . Portraits of Daniel O'Comieu and the late Dr Cha'men ( accompanied by memoirs ) , are included in the illustrations . From the beautiful description of the far-famed "Sherwood Forest / ' we give the following account of tbe DEATH OF BOBIS HOOD .
There was , fa those olden times , a religious house called the Nunnery of Kirklees , at the head of which It'jbin ' i coutin was appointed , in the capacity of prioress . Jit uis eightieth yeir , ilie outlaw , still strong in heart and limb , was joirnejing that why , and was taken suddenly ill . in big extremity be applied for aid at the nunnery ; and tradition « ay » that , in ordar to please Sir Jlo ^ er de Duncaster , who was a great man in thii neighbourhood ia those dayg , she cauied him to be bled well nigh unto death . When Little Jehn hear ! there sad tidings—for it wa » Boon known to the dep ndants of tbe nunnery and . the brave old Savior , « h » * ms nercr far
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• ireyfroniliiinuiter--heforcea hiBtttyintotasiJUnifiw of the dylaghero , and begouRht him to auttoitae tfu "Ku-kley Hall , and all their nunn ery , " a 8 the ola fa , ^ ha . it . B « the nohle outlaw feltthat he wa . Zt hi . e 8 r . hlya ant , . a 8 ahaanow « hto drranyftrn 9 r asajsii ?*—* - •—" I nwerhnrtfftlr maWS ,, aitn . y thne , » or at my eudahall It be : |* TOyfiwnib iinuiter--heforcea hiBtttvInt «» ffl 1 . rf . « . _
But take my bent bow in thy hand , Ana abroaa arrow let thon flee ; And where this arrow , jg taken up . There ahaU my grave dijjged be . Lay me a green soa under my heaa , Ann another at my feet * w ! . * 5 ^ bent * ° * * my * We . Which was my music sweet ; And make my grave of irravel and green , Which is most right and mtet . Ai ! u tr 1 Of > A )¦« At .-. * i * m a — __ - A « d therein the beautiful
, park of Kirkleen , sleep the asneii of thi « venersWe patnot . The park ii rituated upon high platform , close to Conper Bridae Station , on the Manchester ana teeas Railway , which commandi a rnagn'ficent 8 W « p ofcountry _ inelu « ne the fine oH hills of Huddewfirtd , the romantic raleof Calder . and the far-off interminable moors , which rna with little Interruption lone the "Backbone" of Enriand riRht into North Britain . The grave of Robin Hood is fenced round with iron palissdep , get in solid stone masonry , and covered with a large * lab . broneht . mort likely , from the grave . yard of the Nuane'y : The headstone contains an inscription , settimr forth the valour , generosity , and woodland gifts of the dead . The oW Abbey Lodge sffll stands ; and ^ h « room in which Robin died , and the w ' ndow from * hich » he arrow was shot , are s'ill shown to the pilgrim who noes np thither . Ap « rt of the ancient hostelry of the Abbey is likewise in existence , and reta'ns its former
nsa * e ; for it is a public house of entertainment for man ana beast , and is known by the sign of "The Three ICans " In the listof popnlarholidars wonld It not be wella-eing that those times of relaxation are far too few —wnn'd It not be well if a dav was set agfde for « ppople's festival nnder ttm title of Robin Ilood ' s Day ?* Lancashire and Yorkshire might send forth on that holiday their tensoftlmu « nnds to the grave of R- 'bin Flood ; and the Midland Counties might contribute their multitudes to wander through Sherwood ' s elorimH shades . Snch an assemblage would not find us absent with the additional attraction which the shade of Byron -would hold forth , beckoning m to trrad the holy-haunted grounds of Newstead . Robin Ilood and his merry men are to democracy what Arthur and his kniehts were to aristocratic chivalrv . and as such shonld be honoured by the peo . pie . To the men of soul , of patriotism , and poetry , we commit this suggestion for the poniilar nootheoaia of the forcjthero of democracy , bold Robin Hood . We should st ate that this nart concludes the third volume of the People ' s Journal .
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The Midland Florin . Cflnduced by J . F Wood . July . London : Simpkinand Marshall . Nottingham : R . Sutton . We have much pleasorein recording our continued approbation of this ably-conducted periodical ; a valuable assistant toall who hare a garden .
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The Man m the Mom . JnW . London : Clark , Warwick Lane . As full of fun as an egg is fall of meat . A good sixpennyworth of nonsense , which is more than can be said At ninny hooka of much higher pretensions bolh as regards matter and price . |
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The Miners ' Advocate . Isle of Man . The Herald of Cooperation . Leeds . The numbers for July of both these publications contain much matter interesting to the working classes The Advocate contains a frightful catalogue of recent colliery explosions , and the consequent slaughter of the nnhanpv rn'npre .
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The Domestic \ 3 Ldkal Hand-Bool : ILondon : E . Dipple . 42 . Holywell-street , Strand . Thi 3 little werk contains a most valuable collection of medical prescriptiops , alphabetically arranged , and written in plain English , for all diseases man is heir to . The dosea for the various ages of men , women and children , are accurately set forth . An alphabetical list of diseases is given , with tbe most approved prescriptions for their cure , so that the reader has only to refer to asthma for instance , and there he will find a list of remedies to be applied in all 5 tages of tbat disease . Families will find this very cheap hand-book a most valuable household adviser , enabling them , in a multitude of cases , to save themselves from the fearful exactions of " doctors' bills . " We believe the public are indebted to Dr M'Donall for this compilation—a service which cannot be too highly prized .
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Mackenzie ' s R-iihvay Monthly Time and Fare TaUes , mid Stranger ' s London Guide . Maclensh ' t Al phabetical Bail and Coaelt Directory . These traveller ' s best companions , compiled and pnbluhed br Mr Mackenzie , 111 . Fleet-street , exhibit an amount of research and industry truly wonderful . Of the Time-Table sheet we have spoken on several occasions , awarding it the just praise of being the most complete , and by far the cheapest of all railway guides . The Alphabetical Directory is a new speculation , and is a still more astonishing sheet . Amongst the contents are a list of the most
important towns in England and Wales ; list of railway stations in town and ceuntry ; number of miles to travel by rail ; ditto by road when not a station ; times ot conveyances in connection with trains ; postoffice-order towns ; regulations of the railway companies ; fares for children , horses , &c . ; luggage allowed , and charges , for extra weight ; parcel charges ; day and season tickets , &c , -Sec , Ac . It is , however , vain for us to attempt to convey an idea of the utility of this sheet , which must be seen to be appreciated . We most cordially recommend both publications . . .
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Publications Received . —The Theologian ; July Poems by Spencer Halt .
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DISTRESS IN THE HIGHLANDS . •' TIIR ONLY PERMANENT REMEDY . , 1 10 THE ED 1 T 9 B OF TBE SDINBUBBH WEEKLY IXPBKS 8 . " Lives there a man with soul > o dead : Who nerer to himself hath said . This is my own , my native land 1 " Sir , —I havejustread in the Northern 3 tar a letter extractedfromyourveryexce ! lentjournal , bearingtbe signature of John Steill , Danube-street , Edinburgh , animadverting in terms of honest indication on the M - ' ¦ '; ' • =
various nostrums reewnmended by certain political quacks , to beappliedin alleviating : thedistress which at Present exist * to so fearful an evtent in the Highlauds of Scotland ; and havingcarefuMy considered the subject in all its bearings , as treated by your correspondent , . 1 beg leave mostcordially to offer my mitool approbation of the bold and manly manner in whicii ne denounces the oppressors of my countrymen , and also my general agreement in the justice of the means he would adopt to redress their grievances , and only doubt the practicability of thoir applicawlODi
Mr Steill must be a bold , and doubtl&wa brave man—one who would not hesitate at once'to denude tne tyran t lairds of their power to oppress and murder tueir unoffending fellow-creatures , provided he nad at his command the requisite materials for such a iauditbl ° _ purpose ; and although the " days of chijalry are gone , " there are yet thousands of stout Hearts and stron g arms to be found inour native land who would g ' ory in serving their country iu so good a cause ; but the appliances of tyranny are so manifold , and the whole framework of society socorrupted , wat any immediate remedy having this extent is out ot the question . What , then , is to . be done ? Is there no other raeanB of bringing these titled brigands to a proper sense of their duty to their fellow-raen ? Yes , sir ; let your correspondent not
uegpair . There are measures in embryo which , by a proper understanding amongst those whose interests are moatmaterlally affected by the system which tole « rates , nay , fosters oppression , and an honest union of the energies of all who love their country , will ¥ efy speedil y be developed in their full proportions , and fraught with ample power to reach the root of the evil , and bring about a better state of things I allude to those measures so simply , and at the same time so potently embodied in the People ' s Charter and which has happily taken such deep root in the minds of the productive classes of society , and which are making such rapid progress that they now form the only basis of the strong public opinion which your correspondent so wisely recommends to be brought to bear on the giant evils against which he so powerfully and so indignantly complains .
x « ur correspondent very sensibly puts the question — 'Is there riot space enough in the highlands to contain all the inhabitants—are not its resources amply sufficient to feed , clothe , ay , and enrich them too ? to which there can be but one honest response , and that in the affirmative-excepting where selfish interest renders us blind to the munificence of Nature , or where ignorance binds US to the chariot-wheels oi those who fatten on the miseries of thousands whofall victims to their unhallowed creed ! Indeed , I am of opinion that it ib a gross libel on the Deity t » assert that any living thing shall be produced where there is not the means of suDDortin » iu
existence . 1 have never yet heard blasphemv ' defined , but I think s-uch an assumption bears a very close affinity to all the ideas I could ever form of it . Over-population ia the heartless howl of the monopolisers of the land ; and emigration , or starvation , the means by which they would rid themselves of the surplus " article , ' * turning the fair face of Nature wto a hunting-field , and driving the cultivators of the soil to a foreign land , or forcing them to become competitors for uncongenial employment in our large manufacturing towns , to cheapen labour and raise the price of provisions ! I quite agree with your correspondent , that the most effectual remedy for the distress into which the land robbers have plunged our brethren in the hiehi
iand districts would be to restore to them those ri » hts and immunities of which tliey have been so unjustly deprived ; but a little reflection will show our friend Mr Steill that this can only be accomplished in one of two ways , viz ., a successful insurrectional- a leg :-. lative revision of the laws relating to what IS called Real Poverty , such , for an instance , as an abrocration of the laws of primogeniture , entail , mortmain the game-laws , and a whole host of equally obnoxious enactments , which oppress the producers of wealth , but which support and protect in all the pride of arrogant domination the idle and profligate few . I hope enough has been said to convince your correspondent of the propriety of shelving the first proposion , at least for the present ; and this naturally leads us to demand a thorough reformation of the laws and institutions of our common country .
To . weep the present race of Highland lairds from the soil which they have misappropriated , and leave untouched the system of class-legislation , by which they have been enabled to assume their present po * sition , would not ultimately benefit the suffering and toiling millions ef this , and what is termed •< the sister" country , where thesamecrimes are daily committed against the people , and by the same description of criminals , and that , too , on a broader scale , compelling thousands of honest and virtuous families to seek for a crust of bread in our great manufacturing towns , where they more often imbibe those demoralising habits alluded to by your correspondent through the contaminating influences by which they are surrounded—the natural consequence of the
congregation of large masses of the slaves of Mammon in crowded cities , than import them from the peaceful mountains and green valleys of their much-injured and trodden-down country . No , no . sir ; it is not the extermination of the tyrant lairds of the north that the people require to seenre a more equitable application of the abundant resources of the country , but the removal of that accumulation of pestiferous filth , whicii produces the vermin—a purification of the corrupted atmosphere which breathes its deadly miasma through all the ratniGcations of our class-made laws ; in short , a more liberal diffusion of the improved spirit of the age the niind of the into
enlarged country the Commons ' House of Parliament , which would soon produce a more healthy system of legislation , conservatory alike of the interests of the whole communit y , not even excepting those legitimate immunities of the possessors of wealth ; a system which would restore the fertile straths and glens of my native country to the cultivation of an industrious and contended population ; a system which would give Ireland to the Irish , and , as a natural consequence , England to the English , and compel the rich and powerful in all countries , to respect the laws , and prevent them from trampling , as is the case at present , on the rights and liberties of their fellow-men .
Now , then , if our talented friend , Mr Steill , be really desirous to lend his powerful aid in redressing the manifold grievances suffered by the labourin " portion of his countrymen , let him at once appeal to the Chartists of Edinburgh in their behalf , and I will warrant he doe 3 net appeal in vain ; for although the days of the chivalry of the sword hatu passed a-. vay , he will discover among them a chivalrous hatred of injustice , aud a brave determination never to relax in their exertions till they have obtaiKed a restoration of that power which would not only enable them to redress the wrongs of Labour but which would also much more effectually restrain the whole race of state-cormorants from thrusting their brethren out from the
rich banquet , which Nature has so liberally provided for all her children , and deprived Tyranny of its power to oppress , than the expulsion of a few miserable puppets , whose sole power exists in tbe protection afforded them in their aggressions on the rights of labour by vicious and corrupt laws , which the adoption of the principles propounded in tho People ' s Charter would so far ptn-ify as would render them conducive to the in . discriminate protection of rich and poor , conferring the blessings of peace and plenty on all who are willing to labour for them , and causing a strict performance of the duties of their station , the only legitimate guarantee for the enjoyment of wealth , to those who may be so fortunate as to acquire it .
It is true that a mean spiritof calculation and speculation oas taken possession of that portion of society which has , for the last fifteen years , exorcised adirect influence on the legislation of the country . It has entered largely and banefully into our domestic arrangements ; but as this is only the natural effect of a monopoly of the facilities which science lias rendered to the accumulation of wealth , a more equitable distribution of the rights of citizenshi p would , by the destruction of the monopoly of legislation , soon reducespeculation to its proper level , and convert tbat into a fair and laudable spirit of comm ercial
enter-| prise which your correspondent so justly designates , " a spirit of mean calculation . " It is puerile I still to keep beating the bush when the game is op . The Chartists are in the ascendant ; they have created a very strong and energetic opinion ; which will ultimately prevail ! To attempt the regeneration of our ! country b y any other means will only retard ear progress to the goal of Freedom , and it only wants the adhesion of all those who , like our friend Mr Steill , feel that any injury done to a portion o § the community ought to be resented by the wliol& , tocon 8 ummate that great and grand desideratum , the political and social regeneration of our country .
In requesting the insertion of thisletter let me also solicit jour powerful co-operation in this holy cause ' in that spiritof liberality indicated by the publication of Mr Steill ' s letter . Let us so assail the citadel of corruption , that neither the Highland lairds , no * their equally guilty Saxon abettors , with all the appliances of tyranny at their disposal , shall be a ' jlcto wfevent ^ t otal and immediate overthrow , and on « s rumalct us lay tho foundation of a better system . Then l et us pray that , como it may—And come it ihiVL for a that—That man to mau the warld o ' er , Shall brithers be , an' a * that .
I am , Sir , lour very obedien . ' f servant , ia T > j ' ii . Tr-n ^ . JIbsht Ross , 10 , Edith Villas , Fulhanu
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EtmVCs Journal . Part VI . London : 171 , Strand . This part concludes the first volume of this popular journal . _ There are many articles in the part before us we n < ieht quote from , but we must content outaelvrs with the following touching Btory , taken from a description of Heidelberg;—time , —the last European war : — The Austrian * were in posieision of the city . The JFrench approached , and attacked it from the bridge . Blood * and desperate was that conflict . The cannon of the Auttrian ^ planted near the church of the Holy Gho « , swept the ( treet leadior to the bridge , and the fcrtdgeitself ; the caunoa of the French , at the opposite end-f the hridge , ponrsd their ruinous ball * into the eity . uniting the old towers of the bridge gateway , and
rticttmz the very church itself . From all windows on tbe riTprpoured musket balls in showsrg of leaden iiail ; yet the French , resolved to carry the place , charged reppatertly with all their force over the hridge , and -Ared tremendous vollejg of musket-shot ii to street and houss . Score * and hundreds of those balls still stick in the old walls , or show their perforations and their splintering ! on the faces of those old hridge towera But time after time the French were mowed down by the Amtrisn artillery , er driven back at the point of the feajonet . On the centre of the hrid ge stood the French military band , animatins by the most exciting music their
countrymen to the deadly contest . With the retreating tide of soldiery the musicians retreated also , lut only to return again , and heat and play a more inflaming air . At the Un retreat , however , a littlo drummer-faoy disdained to fly . His countiymen fled ba * k ; liis feilo * musicians fled too ; but there stood the enthnaiasticlad , beating a frenzied air to recall his compatriot * onceoioretowhathedeemedthe mcue of the national lonour . The Austrians nuhed on with fixed bayonet *; the excited hoy still beat the drum in proud defiance , and wa « run through the body bj an Austrian savage , falling on the I ridge , with his last pathetic words , "Ok . ' ma mere ! -ma mere . ' *•
Like the dying Gladiator of Bjron , his eyes were in his lean , asd that was far away in his native home , whence lie had been dragged by the conscription ; but in his last moment * he forgot neither tbe lore of his mother nor him mother comntry . That wondrons courage of a mere child—for such be iras—those lut pathetic word * , fell on the heart of the whole army and population . They forgot the foe , and remembered only the poor boy daring certain death to save tbe honour of his native land , and calling with fr antic strokes hu flying countrymen back tothevaia contest . The deed is become immortal . While that old bridge stand * will tbat poor French drummer-boy stand there too , and beat his frenzied larum , and utter his faint " Oh ! ma mere ! ma were ! " There be
is heard on tbe wildest nights ; and the peasant coming in from the Odeawald treads lightly in the gray dawn over the old arches , for he sees that poor lad standing ia the centre recess , and hears his melancholy "China merel " A . portrait and memoir of Hans Christian Andersen , tbe Danish poet , is contained in this part . The whole of the illustrations are worthy of commendation .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1427/page/3/
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