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      " ¦"" HsOHfi TO THE MEJI OP EKSLAHD . Men of England , wherefore plough For the lords who lay ye low ! Wherefore weave , with to ' il and care The rieb . robes your tyrants wear ! ' Wherefore feed , and c lothe , and tare From the cradle to the grave , ' Those ungrateful d rones whowonld Brain jour sweat-nay drinfe yonr blood ! Wherefore , Bees of Englaad , forgo Many a weapon , chain , and sconWe That those stingles , drom ma ^ The forced produce of jonr toil *

      Have ye leisure , comfort , calm Shelter , food , love ' s gentle balm ! Or what is it ye buy so dear , \ 7 iti your pain and trith your fear ! The seed yen sow another reaps—The wealth ye fiHd anotherkeeps—The robes ye weave another wears—The arms ye forge another bears . Sow seed , but let no tyrant reap-1 Find wealth , let no impostor bean—Weave robes let notthe idle wear-Forge arms , in jour defence to bear . SHEtLEL

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      * * " -asjKrrjtarar bonwai rather a difficult one to ami t ques * ^ sssr ^ " **™ ****** - * ££ *** ' '"' ' hononraKe ^ Samuel Slunk **' . He is Blue , I think !' Ohye « , 8 ir . «

      that the , eare | B 1 « . nSA MrKck « ick ; butob . erviog annont ™ " , l °° doubtful at this accommedatmg Br «™ tuT ^ » 8 aTehimhiscard . and « esi « dhimt J ££ ^\ Mr PerkM f 0 rthwfch ' « h « ahouldhappen to be m the house . The waiter retired ; and re-appear-™ r ^ ° « Immeaiatel ? ™«> a "quest that Mr Pickwick would follow him , led the way t « a large room or , the first floor , where , seated at a long table covered wilh books and papers , was Mr Perker . Ah—ah , my dear sir , ' said the little man , advancing to meet him ; ' very harpy to see you , my dear sir , very , rray sit down . So yon have carried your intention into " T 1 . hare come d ° wn here to see an election —eh 1 Mr Pickwick replied in the affirmative . Spirited ccntest , my dear sir , ' said the little man .

      lam delighted to hear it , ' said Mr Pickwick , rub . bing his hands . "Hike to see sturdy patriotism , on whatever side it is called forth;—and go it is a spirited contest !' 'Oh yes , ' said the little maH , ? very much so indeed . We have opened all the public-houses in tua place , end left our adversary nothing but the beer shops—masterly stroke of policy that , my dear « ir , eh V— and tha little man 8 miled complacently , and took a large pinch of snog . ' And what are the probabilities as to the result of the contest ! ' inquired Mr Pickwick . ' Why doubtful , my dear sir ; rather doubtful as jet , ' replied the little man . ' Fizkin ' s people have got threeand- thirty voters in the lack-upcoach-house at the White Hart . ' In the coach-house 1 ' said Mr Pickwick , considerably astonished bv tha second stroke of policy .

      • They keep ' em locked up there , till they want ' em , resumed theiittie man . The effect of that ig , you see to prevent our getting at them ; and even if we could it would be of no use . for they keep them very drunk on purpose . Smart fellow Fizkin ' s agent-very smartfellow imleed . ' Mr Pickwick stared , but said nothing . We are pretty confident , though / said Mr Perker sinking his voice almost to a whisper . « We had a little tea-party here , last night—fiye . and-forty women , my dear sir—and gave every one of ' em a green parasol when she went away . ' ' A parasol ! ' said Mr Pickwick .

      • Fact , my dear sir , fact . Fiye . and-forty groan para , sols , at seven and sixpence a-plece . All women like finery , —extraordinary the effect of those parasoli Securedalltheirhusbandt , and half their brothersbeats stockings , and flannels , and all that sort of thing hollow . My idea , my dear sir , entirely . Hail , rain , or sunshine , you can ' t walk half a dosen yard * up the street without encountering half a dozen green parasols ' • • • Tbsno-seaad bustle which ushered in the morning were sufficient to dispel from the min 4 Of the most TOraantic visionaryin existence , any associations but those which were immediately connected with the rapidly , approaching election The beating of drums , the blowing of horns and trumpets , the shouting of men , and the tramping of horses , echoed and re-echoed from the earliest dawn of the day ; and an occasional fight between the light skirmishers of either party , at once enlivened the preparations , and agreeabl y diversified their character .

      • Well . Sam , ' . aid Mr Pickwick , as his valet appeared at hU bedroom door , j « t as he was concluding his toi let ; ' all alive to-day . I suppose !' 1 Rec'lar game , sir , ' replied Mr Weller ; 'our people ' s a col lscting dewn at the Town Arms , and they ' re a hollering themselves hoarse already . ' ' \ h , ' said Mr Pickwick , do they seem devoted to th « ir part ; . Sam ' Sever ife turn -lew o « nn in my life , sir . ' " ^ aesyetfc , eli t' said Mr Pictvrjpk . ' -ncvau- o , r ? pl > . ;;< Sam ; ' I never se ? wen eat and 3-it ' sf . s ; , much >;\ . re , I wonder thev a ' nt afeerd < - ' b < .,. ia . ' ; 'It : it ' s : a . ' Tsiu . V . ^ a •;! : i < : iv ; fcs of th ? -j .-iitrv here ' : - * U Mr Pus * : ;* , •'•'«";• W . vW , " r ^ tiwd Sam , f-rhfly , ] ' ' .: * . K . !*! -.. ¦ -, rt / fnV ^ v •!;«; seen , / -Hii Ut TWU-« vi- ' , ; . anei ; ¦ - ,, . . « , v ¦< , ri :, iu ;» .

      • > Vr . fJ ft . si . ' ; ; . , ; * fl $ a 3 l ; ' ¦ . *> , a , j , J U , tvo WaKCTS at the Peacock , has istfi a pun . jjin ' over Sh * iadepejukii : woters as supped there last night . ' ' Pumping over independent voters I' eidai-jsd Mr Pickwick . ' Yes '* aid his attendant , ' every man slept vere he fell down ; we dragfed ' em out ons by one this mornin ' , and pat 'em under the pump , and thaj ' re in reg * lar fine order , now . Shillin' a head the commlttse paid for that ere job . ' Can such things be ! ' exclaimed the astonished Mr Pickwick . 'Lord blfss your heart , sir , * said Sam , ' why were was yen half baptised!—that ' s aothin" that a'nt . ' Sothine ! ' said Mr Pickwick .

      • Kothln * at all . sir , ' replied his attendant . 'The nigh * afore the last dayo * the last election here , the opposite party bribed the bur-maid at the Town-Arms , to hocus the brandy and water of fourteen nopolled electors as was a stoppin' in the house . ' What do you mean by 'hocussing' brandy and water ! ' inquired Mr Pickwick . ' Puttin' laud ' num in it , ' replied Sam . « BleBsed if she didn't send ' em all to sleep till twelve hours artcr the election was over . They took one man np to the booth in a truck , fast asleep , byway of experiment , but it was no go—they wouldn ' t poll him ; so they brought him back , and put him to bed again . ' Strange practices , these , ' said Mr Pickwick ; half speaking to himself , and half addressing Sam . ' 5 ot half so strange as a miraculous circumstance as happened to my own father at an election time , in this werry place , sir , 'replied Sam . What was that ! * inquired Mr Piekwick .

      * why he drove a coach down here once , ' laid Sam ; ' 'Lection time came on , and he was engaged by van p irty to bring down woters from London . Night afore he wa 3 going to drive up , committee on t ' other side sends for him quietly , and away he goes vith the messenger , who shows him in;—large rooms—lots of gen ' l ' m ' nheaps of prpers , pens and ink , and all that ' ere . ' Ah , Mr Weller , says the genTm ' c in the ehair , glad to see you . sir ; how are you !'— 'Werry wall , thankee , , ' lajsrey lather ; 'Ihopeyou'rtprettymiddliu . ' savRhe—• Prety w . ll , tbank ' ee , sir , ' e » y « the gen ' l ' m ' n ; sit down , Mr Weller—pray sit down , sir . ' So my father sits down , and he and the gen'l ' m ' ii looks werry hard at each other . 'You don ' t remember me ! ' says the gen'l ' m ' a . — ' Cant say I do , ' says my father . '— Oh , I

      know you . ' says the gen'l'm ' n ; ' know'd you wen you was a bov , ' says he— ' We ' ll I don't remember you , ' says my father , — ' That ' s werry odfi , ' « ayi the gen'l ' m ' n — 'Wtrry , ' says mj father . 'You must have a bad mem ' ry , Mr Welltr , ' snys the gen'l ' m ' n— ' Weil , It is a werry bad ' un , ' says my father— ' I thought so , ' says the geu'l ' m ' n . So then they pours him out a glass of wine , and gammons him about his driving , and gets him into a reg'lar good humour , imd at last shoves a twenty pound note into his hand . 'It ' s a werry bad road betnx- ' . n this aud London' sajs thegenVm ' ii—• ILsrs and fhtro . it is a lu-av ? road , ' s ;» j » my fathpr— "Spieially n ? ar th « cant ! , 1 think . ' « ayi th « gan ' l ' m ' n— ' Na « ty bit , that ' it :- . ' fays my fethtr— 'Woll , Mr Weller , ' savsthe

      Beu I ' in ' n , 'you ' re a werry good whip , and can do what you like with your horses , we know . We ' re all very fond of jou , Mr Weller , so in cais you thould have an accident when jou're a bringing these here woters down , ana zhould tip * e . n over into the canal vithout hurtin * of * ero , this is for yourself , ' says ne— 'GenTm ' n . you ' reewery kind , ' ssys my father , ' and I'll drink your health in another glass of wine , ' says he ; wich he did , and then button * up the money , and hows himself out . You wouldn ' t believe , sir , ' continued Sam , with a loak of inexpressible impudence at his master , ' that on the werry day as he came down with th « m woters , his coach toot upset on that ' ere wer ; spot , and cr ' ry man on 'em was tamed into the canal . ' * ? *

      Mr Pickwick descended to the parlour , where he found breakfast laid , and the family alrecdy assembled . The meal was hastily despatched , and Mr Pickwick and Mr Pott repaired aloce to the Town Arms , from the back window of which , one of Mr Slumkey ' s committee was addressing sis small boys and one girl , whom he dignified , at ' evcry second sentence , with the imposing title of " men of EatanswiU , " whereat tiie six small boys aforesaid cheered proaigiously . The stable-yard exhibited unequivocal symptoms of the glory and strength of the EatanswiU Blues . There was a regular army of blue flags , some with one handle , - and » cme with two , exhibiting appropriate devices , in ! golden characters four feet high , and stout in proporj tion . There was a grand band of trumpets , bassOQBS ' . and drums , mawballed four abreast , and earning their money , if ever men did , especially the dram-beaters ,

      who w < -re very muscular . There were bodies of constables with bine states , twenty committee-men vciih blue scarfs , and a mob of voters with blue ccekades . There were electors on horseback , and electors a . foot . There was an Ojien carriage and four , for the honourable Samuel Slumkt-y ; an 4 there were four carriages end pair , f-r iris frientis and supportars : and the flags wtro ruatlirs-j , nr . fl the band was pliijing , and the constables were swearing , and the twenty committoe-men were squabbling , and the mob were shouting , and the horses were bad :-:: ;? , ai . d the post-boys perspiring ; and everybody , aud everything iiien and there assembled , was for the sji- ci .-. l use , behoof , honour , and renown , of the honourable St nuel Slumkey of Slumkey Hall , one of the caudidetes for Hie representation of the Borough of Eatauswill , in the Commons ' House of Parliament of the Uni ted Kingdom . ' Is everything ready V said the honourable Samuel Slumkey to Mr Perker .

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      EATAXSYFILL ELECTION . [ The following , which we take from Dicker ' s IwamckPapers i may be read sb a literal account of yhat elections were before Chartism came into exlsteece to teach the people public probity and Hidependeace , and shame or force political schemers into a more decent course of action . Even now , in places yihs te democratic principles are as jet but little known , such scenes aa are described in the following extracts may at this very moment be witnessed . ] It appears , then , that the Eatanswill people , like the people of many other small towns , considered themselves oftheutm-st and nso ? t mighty importance , and that every man in EatanswiU . conscious : of the weight that attached to his example , felt himself bound to unite , heart and soul , with one of the two great parties that

      divided the town—tfee Blues and the Buffs . Now the Blue * lost no opportunity of opposing the Buffs , and the Buffs lost no opportunity of opposing the Blues ; and the Gonsegnence was , that whenever theBnfis and Blues met together at public meeting , Town-hall , fair , or market , disputes and high words aroie between-them . With these dissensions it is almost superfluous to say that everything in Eatanswill was made a party . qHestion . If the Buffs proposed to new skylight the market-place , the Blues gat up public meetings , and denounced the proceeding ; if the Blues proposed the erection of an additional pump in the High Street , the Buffs rose as one man and stood eghast st the enormity . There were Slue shops and Buff shops , BIme inus and BuffiuDS;—thtre was a Blue aisle and a Buff aisle . in the very church itedf .

      | Mr Pickwick , rzithhis usual foresight and sagacity , bad chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit to fte borough . Never was such a contest known . The ' Honourable Samuel Slnrokey , of Slumkey Hall , was the Bine candidate ; and Horatio Fizkin , Esq ., of Firkin ^ Qigf , near Eatanswill , had been prevailed npon t ijbisfrifendstostand forward on the Buff interest It was late in the evening , when Mr Pickwick and his wmpauions , assisted by Sam , dismounted from the roof of tbeEataniwUl coach . Large blue silk flags were flying from the windows of tfce Town Arms Inn , and bills were Posted in ever , sash intimating , in gigaotic letters , that

      Me honourable Samcel Slumkey ' n Committee sat there ?* % . " A crond Of idlers were assembled in the road , « K > Un ata hoarse man in the balcony , who was appa-^ tl yta ' . kiiig himielfveryredintliefaccin MrSluniltey ' a be 5 lali ' ; but the force and point of whose arguments were twne siliat impaired by the ptrpatual beating of four * 6 « crams wMrfs MrPizkiu ' s committee had stationed 'tie strett cwntr . There was a busy little man beside m » 4 ou ; il f wbo twjk ^ g hij lat at interra i 3 ana mo-» M to the people to chter , which they regularly did , « ten thusiasticall y ; and as the re < l-faced gentleman it 4 J °° tsllf 5 E 6 « n te wag rcddir in tneface than ever , loivT toao ; *«" tiis purpose quiieas well 83 if anj t "tard him .

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      ' Everything , my dear sir , ' wai the little man ' i reply . ' Hotting hat been omitted , I hope 1 " said the honourable Samuel Slumkey . 1 Nothing has been left undone , my dear sir—nothing whatever . There are twenty washed men at the street door for you to shake hands with , and six children in arms that you ' re to pat on the head , and inquire the age of ; be particular about the children , my dear sir , — -it has always a great effect , that sort of thing , " I'll take care , ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey . And , psrhaps , my dear sir— ' said the cautious littte man , 'perhaps if you could—I don't mean to say it's in . iispensible— but if youeouM manage to kiss one of ' cm , t would produce a very great impression on the crowd . ' 'Wouldn't it have as good an effect if the proposer or seconder did that ! ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey .

      « Why , lam afraid it wouldn't , " replied the agent ; ' ' if it were done by yourself , my dear sir , I think it would make you very popular . ' Very well , ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey , with a resigned air , « then it must ba done . That ' s all . ' Arrange th 9 procession , " cried the twenty committeemen . Amidst ike cheers of the assembled throng , the band , and the coastables and the committee-men , and the voters , and the horsemen , and the carriages , took their places—each of the two-horse vehicles being closely packed with as many gentlemen as conld manage to stand upright in it ; and that assigned to Mr Perker , containing Mr Pickwick , Mr Tupman , Mr Snodgrass , and about half a dozen of the committee beside . ^ There was a moment of awful suspense as fheproces eton waited for the honourable Samuel Slumkey ' to step into his carriage . Suddenly the crowd set up a great cheerintr .

      ¦ He has come out , ' said little Mr Perker , greatly excited ; the more so as their position did not tnable them to see what was going forward . Another cheer , much louder . 'Hehas shaken hands with the men , ' cried the little agent . ¦ Another cheer , far more vehement . He has patted the babies on the head , ' said Mr Perker , trembling with anxiety . A roar of applause that rent the air . He ha * kissed one of ' em !' exclaimed the delighted little man . A second roar . He has kissed another , ' gasped the excited manager . A third roar . 'He's kissing ' em all ! ' screamed the enthusiastic little gentleman . Ana hailea by the deafening shouts of the multitude , the procession moved on .

      How or by what means it became mixed up with the other , procession , and how it was ever extricated from the confusion consequent thereupon , is more tban we can undertake to describe , inasmuch as Mr Pickwick ' s hot was knocked over his eyes , nose , and mouth , by one poke of a Buff flagstaff , very early in the pro . ceedingg . He describes himself as being surrounded on every side , when he could catch a glimpse of . the scene , by angry and ferocious countenances , by a vast cloud of dust , and by a dense crowd of combatnnts . He represents himself aB being forced from the carriage , by some unseen power , and being personally engaged in a pugilistic encounter ; but with whom , or how , or wliy , he is wholly unable to state . He then felt himself forced

      up some wooden steps by the persons from behind ; and on removing his hat , found himself surrounded by bis friends , in { the front of the left hand side of the bustings . The right was reserved for the Buff party , and tbe centre for the mayor and his officers ; one of whom —the fat crier of EatanswiU—was ringing an enormous bell , bj way of commanding silence , while Mr Horatio Fixkin , and the honourable Samusl Slumkey , with their hands upon their hearts , were bowing with the utmost affability to the troubled sea of heads that inundated the open sea in front ; and from whence arose a storm of groans , and shouts , and yells , and hootinge , that would have done honour to an earthquake . ' Silence ! ' roared the mayor ' s attendants .

      ' Whiffin , proclaim silenee , ' said the mayor , with an air of pomp befitting his lofty station . In obedience to this command the crier performed another concerto on tbe bell , whereupon a gentleman in the erawd called out ' muffins ; which occasioned another lau ^ h . ' Gentlemen , ' said the Mayor , at as loud a pitch as he could possibly force his voice to , Gentlemen . Brother electors of the Borough of Ealanswill . We are met here to-day for the purpose of choosing a representative in the room of our late—' Here the Major was interrupted by a voice in the crowd . ' Suc-cess to the Mayor !' cried the voice , ' and may he never desert the nail and sarspan business , as he got his money by . '

      Tins al ! n < ion to the professional pursuits of the orator ras rscsifod with a storm of delight , which , with a heil-iucoiapanimtut , rendered the remainder of his jpcech inaudible , with the c . u-aytioii of ths > concluding sentence , in which he tbinke . i the meeting for tbe paUrnt att « n ! ii-. ! i with which sihey l-. s-l ! i ?; -.:: sd to him mi si-. ; r *«! ' --n of fratitiulf . « :-ich disitcl auot ' ies burst ol ' mirth , .. f -. \ -c . y ,-, . j ,. ar : - ¦ . fan linnr ' s dnmtion . li ' i-it , a ' . 3 i ! sViin zeui ' .-mnn , ie a ver . v stii ? whi' . v ur-ck-« r . "SiM , after lu-hi , . pfjic ^ f-dly toircl (•; . ' iJ-. e cr . . v ; j to ' i ^ nd a »•¦>}• b « wi . « to v : < w :., > : ^ t bv " hndn ' t iw ' t hi a woice under the pillow / h » g c ; i to nominate i . i-t and prn . per person to represent them in PiwHameac . AnO . when he said it was Horatio Fizkin , Bsijaire . ot'FiikiuLodgfe , near EatanBWill , the Fizkiuites applauded , and the Slumkeyites groaned , so leng and so loudly , that both lie and the seconder mi ght have sung comic songs in lieu of speaking , without anybody ' s being a bit the wiser .

      The friends of Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , having had their innings , a little choleric , pink-fuced man stood forward to propose another fit and proper person to represent the electors of Eatanswill in Parliament ; and Tcry swimmiBgly the pink-faced gentleman would have cot on , if he had notbetn rather too choleric to entertain a sumdtnt perception of the fua of the crowd . But after a very few sentences of figurative eloquence , the pink , faced gentleman got from denouncing those who interrupted him in the mob , to exchanging defiances with the gentlemen on the hustings ; whet eon arose an uproar which reduced him to the necessity of expressing his feeVngs by serious pantomine , nhicb . he did , and then left the Stage to his seconder , who delivered a written speech of half-an-hour ' s length , and wouldn't be stopped

      because he had sent it all to the Eatanswill QatelU , and the EataimoVl Gazette had already printed it every word . Then Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , near Eatanswill , presented himself for the purpose of addressing the electors ; which he no sooner did , tban the band employed by tbe honourable Samuel Slumkey , commenced ptrfoimiag with a power to which their strength in the morning was a trifle ; In return for which the Buff crowd belaboured the Beads and shoulders of the Blue crowd ; on which the Blue crowd endeavoured to dispossess themselves of their very unpleasant neighbours , the Buff crowd ; and a scene of struggling , pushing , and fighting , succeeded , to which we can no more do justice than the Mayor couU , although he issued impeiative orders to twelve constables to seize the ring-leaders who

      might amount in number to two hundred and fifty , or thereabout ^ . At all these encounters , Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , and his friends , waxed fierce and furious ; until at last Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , begged to ask his opponent the honourable Samuel Slumkey , of Slumkey Hall , whether that band played by bis consent ; which question the honourable Samuel Slumkey declining to answer , Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , shook his fist in tbe countenance of the honourable Samuel Slumkey , o { Slumkey Hall ; upon which the honourable Samuel Slumkey , his blood bring np , defied noratio Fizkin , Esquire , to mortal combat . At this violation of all known rules and

      precedents of order , the Mayor commanded another fantasia on the bell , and declared that he would bring before himself , both Horatio FUkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , and tbe honourable Samuel Slurakey , of Slnmkey Hall , and bind them over to keep the peace . Upon this terrific denunciation , the supporters of the two c » ndi . dates interfered , and after the friends of each party had quarrelled in pairs for three-quarters of an hour , Horati « Fizkin , Esquire , touched his hat to the honourable Samuel Slumkey : the honourable Samuel Slumkey touched his to Horatio Fizkin , Esquire : the band was stopped : the crowd were partial !; quieted : and Horatio fizkin , Etquire , was permitted to proceed .

      Tbe speeches of tbe two candidates , though differing In every other respect , afforded a beautiful tribute to the merit and high worth of the electors of Eatanswill . Both expressed their opinion that a more independent , a more bligbtened . amorepublic-spiritcd . amorenoblf-minded , a more disinterested set of men than those who had promised to vote for him , never existed on earth ; each darkly hinted his suspicions that the electors in the opposite interest had certain swinigh and besotted , infirmities which rendered them unfit for the exercise of the important duties they were called upon to discharge . Fizkin expressed his readiness to do anything he was wasted ; Slumkey , his determination to do nothing that was asked of him . Both said , that the trade , the manufactures , the commerce , the prosperity , of Eatanswill , wonld ever be dearer to their hearts thanany earthly object ; and each had it in his power to state , with the utmost confidence , that be was the man who would event * ually be returned .

      Then was a show of hands ; the Mayor decided in favour of the honourable Samusl Slumkey , of Slumkey Hail . Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , demanded a poll , and a poll r ? a * fixed accordingly . Then a vote of thanks was moved to the Mayor for his able conduct in the . chair ; and the Mayor devoutly wiflhing that he bad hnd a chair to display hia able conduct in ( for he had been standing during the whole proceedings ) returned thanks . Thu processions re-formed , the carriages rolled slowly through the crowd , and its members screeched and shouted after then * as their feelings or caprice dictated .

      During the whole time of the polling the town was in a perpetual fever of excitement . Everything was conducted on the most liberal and delightful scale . Excieeuble articles wtre remarkably cheap ( it all the public-houses ; and spring vans paraded the streets for the accommodation of voters who were seized with any temporary dizainesB in the bend—an epidemic which prevailed among the electors , during the contest , to a most alarming extent , and under the influence of which they might frequently be seen lying on the pavement * in a stato of utter insensibility . A small body of electors remained unpolled on the last day . The / were calculating and reflecting persons , who had not yet been convinced by the arguments of either party , although they had frequent conferences with each . One hour before the close of the

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      poll , Mr Perker solicited the honour of a private Interview with these intelli gent , these noble , these patriotic men . It wag granted " . HU arguments were brief , bul satiifactory . They went In a body to the poll ; and when they returned , the honourable Samuel Slumkey , of Slumkey Hall , was mmcd al .

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      T iPKlA S 0 TI 0 N OF A STEAM ' ?« e ' AND MELANCHOLY LOSS OF Lltfiu The ibMonBat , Courier of March 17 , quoted in an extra Ot the Sydney Morning HeraM of March 27 , T * . ' !? * , ac countof theloss of the Sovereign steamer and tort y-four lives . We extract the following portions : — Tho steamer left Brisbane on tho 3 rd inst . with the undermentioned passengers , viz . :-Mr and Mrs Robert Gore , two children , and servant ; Mr Henry Dennis , Darling Downs ; Mr W . Elliot , Clarence River ; Mr E Berkeley , Brisbane ; Mr Joyner , Sjdncy j Mr Richard Stufcbs , Brisbane ; two female and sixteen male pasecn-Kers in the steerage , with a master and crew consisting of 26 persons—in all 54 souls .

      On tho following morning the steamer proceeded to the bar , which did nnt present a dangerous apponrance As she passed over the first roller , the passengers on the poop were in tho highest spirits , and one of them remarked in a jocular manner that the " rails" were down Ongoing over tho second breaker , Mr Qora observed ' Here is a five-barred gate , how nobly shetopa It ! " The SteamerhaflBtillanothcr waveto encounter before getting over the bar ; aud at this critical juncture the engineer called out to Captain Cape that the framing of tbe vngines and part of the machinory had broken down As the vessel was making way , he could haroly cive cre ^ deuce to it at the timo ; but on descending from his post on the paddle-box , he examined them , and found that the frames of both engines wero breken close under tha

      plmnmer-boxi s , which were turned upside down , lie then went away to ascertain the position of the shi p , and fouud that she was drifting on the north spit . Tho engineer shortly afterwords let the steam eff by order of thecaptain , to prevent the vessel from being blown up . The sea at this time was making breaches over her , and the rudder chains parted . - Captain Cape rushed instantly to the helm , and endeavoured to secure it ; buthlsefforts proved unsuccessful . As the vessel still drifted , the lar . board anchor was let go , the starboard one having been carried away from the bown , with about fifty fathom of chain , ' -which parted in tho swell . Notwithstanding there was no ' wind at the time , she still continued to drag on the north spit . Previously to lettinsr go tho anchor ,

      tUe sail was set to provide against the danger that bad been foreseen , bat all to no purpose . The rollers now broke upon the devoted vessel with gveat violence , carrying away bulwarks , and causing the wool and billets of wood to move violently about the decks , whereby three raeii were killed , while several more had their arms and legs broken , or were otherwise disabled . The captain then told the passengers that he saw no hopo of saving the vessel , as she was still drawing towards the spit He had just ceased speaking , when a tremendous sea broke over the ship , and swept the forccabin companion flush with the deck , and washed away the fore hatches Tarpaulincs were then nailed over them , but they proved of no service ,

      No pen can properly des » riba the awful scene which presented itself on board at that time . The passengers were in ths utmost consternation : they set upmost piteous cries for h <> lp . Somo ran to the side , and in the agonies of despair , plunged into tho sea , in the hope that they might reach the shore in some way or the other . A heavy sea came , anil washed Mr Stubbs overboard ; buthe maniged to get on deck again . Ho then went down io the ladies' cabin , which he found half full of water . Mrs G » re and her child were lying down in one ofthe berths , quite exhausted , while lurgo quantities of water poured over them through one of the di'ad lights , which had been stove in . He went to her , and taking the child away from her , deposited it in the arms of tbe servant girl , who was standing with the stewardess on

      the steps of the companion hatchway . The dreadful momont which was to determine the fate of nil who still remained on board now drew on ; ami every one saw in thacounteriancfi of his companion the vivid expression of his own feelings . At this particular junction , Mr Den . nis was observed Btandiug . ncnr the poop with his heart cut open and blBwlinjc proius .-l y . Mr Elliot was close to him , and Berkeley n llt' . ls below them . Captain Cape , who had more than once been washed overboard , was holdingon by tho shrouds . Mr Stuhb . % who appears to have maintained his presence o f mind throughout , now cried oat , " avoid thu suction , " and jumped overboard . One dreadful shriek was hoard , proceeding fram one of tho females in the fore part of the ship , as she took one roll , heelnd ovtr , and sunk , and then all was still . Tbe

      struggle for life then commenced ; tome of the paasengers clung to the wool bales—somo to portions of tho wreck , while others who had been disabled on board soon sunktoriso no more alivo . Mr Stubbs states th ; it the niv i !»' n ; r he saw after he jumped overboard was ths lioily . o :. MrsO . irc flnatinR with the face upwards close a !' .. ngf : < ir . thu vumc-1 . The poor unfortunate lady had duVrilio . Hsdi . iii mi iionsvqcencc M' tlid fright she had unftii r ^ 'ont : ; v . ' ¦ . ; ' A'i's lte < -t ; ee » she vouw-l n ;«! Mr S .: » bhs . . Mi- G- > -i > w ; isabout thirty yj . ivU . <> fl' , Mr OrUtiis am ! Mr KKiot ivrs c ) ia < : n : o u v .. j ! . bnlc , mid . SI : Berl « l < -j- »<«* =- i : \ iminjr . SYV iKiunU ratttiii out , lit ' MY Stshlw , " lor Oi-iJ's sake i / i' - ^ me iny cl'iM ' . ' The ftppea ) \\ iih ajt nifti !« in vi . ni , Mr Siubbf swam toivuvds i » , and catol . tng hold or ' it b > the li .--. irof Ihe lieaO , convened

      it to its dislrsctmi parent , lie mmrly , howevrr , lost bis life in the attempt , by ihe etui clincUijr convulr . it ; lv to him , as it was in the armvs of Mr Gore ; nurt a was only by main tore ? thai the fnther . - / bwincd possession of the object of his stroiid affection . Mr Stubbs tin ? 1 .: struck out and re » ch < -ri a « col dale , when he saw Mrs Gore ' s servant girl , w ' . o impl . ired him to have pity i ; pgn her and help her . On raiching the breakers , supported fcy a plank , he observed Mr G ; . re with hia child inside the skylight . Feeling very much exhausted , he swam to . wards them , aud gothKoit ; in about a minute after . wards a sea fctruck it , and washed them all out . As Mr Stubbs was swimming , he saw for the last time , Mr Gore clinging to the skylight , with the child in his arms . Shortly

      afterwards a man with u bum shirt ftHd dark hair came close to him , supported by n lung piece nf wood , whiei ! hit him on tUe head in passing , and nsari y rendered him senseless . Having escaped this danger , ho had to encounter another still more formidable . He saw breakers a-head proceeding from the bur , which appeared coming towards him like » wnll , upwards of fifteen feet in height , frothiag and foaming , and enough to appal the Uoutest heart . How In- cot through them he does not renulkct , for hesaw nothing mor >* until he readied tus shoal water on th « beach , which w « s about four miles from the spot wherehe left the vessel . II-.- bad just vigour enough remaining to get out of tho reach of the breakers , when a native belonging to tbe pilot ' s crew seiz-. d him by the waist , and supported him until his strength returned .

      Captain Cape states that the vessel went down and founded in about four fathoms water . Just before the vessel went down he saw Mr Joyner , John Scard , and some others , on thu foremast heart ; others weru clinging to the nuinmast . After swimming some time , he fell in with Mr Berkeley , who was holding on by a wool bale . While making his way to him , he mauagod to catch hold of the paddle-box , and called upon Mr Berkeley to como } him , which ho did , and they kept company together for an hour and a half . On nearing the surf Captain Cape advised him to hold nn with all hiB strength in going through the heavy breakers , when Mr Berkeley immediately callrd his attention to the mountain W (| V 0 behind . The water broke uni « n them , and poor Berkeley disappeared . Captain Cape sustained three more breakers ; and does not remember anything elso until he found himself on a hillock of sand nn the beach ,

      where he had been carried by the blacks , who dragged him through the surf . As soon as ho bad partially recovered his strength , the natives conducted him to that part of tho bsach where Mr Stubbs was , On fOing there they found tho body of Mrs Gore , which had been washed up near the spot where . Mr Stublis landed , nnd shortly afterwurds they discovered the body of her eldest child . Fortunately for thu survivors a chest wasthrown up containing some wearing nppnrcl , which enabled them partially to clothe tbomelvea . Mr Richards and Mr Clements , who were fishiBg in the neighbourhood , rendered every assistance in their power , and , aided b ; a prisoner of the Cronn , named William Rollings , a servant of the pilot , and the nativo crow , by tho most arduous exertions succeeded in saving tho lives of six more individuals , who , but for their assistance , must have perished in the surf ,

      At daylight on Saturday morning , Lieutenant Blamire and Mr Thornton , of tbe Cuatems , with his boat ' s crew , and several other boats , started for tbe Bay , with the view of xenfariug nn ; assistance that might be in their power to recover the bodies of their shipwrecked people , as well as any property that might be washed up from the wreck . Captain Wickham , accompanied by Mr John Balfeur , also , went in the evening to the Bay , for the purpose of conveying the hodtes of Mrs Gore and child to Brisbane ; but on their arrival , decomposition had already commenced , and it wa 3 found to be quite impracticable . Captain Wickham attempted to read the burial service over them , but was so overpowered by his feelings that he was utterly unable to do so ; anil the snd office was undertaken by another person who was present on this occasion .

      Tbe following are the names of the persons saved : — Captain Cape and Mr Richard Stubbs , cabin passengers ; John M'Quade , John Neil , nnd Lawrence Fljna , forecabin passengers ; John M'Callum , firemen ; John Scard , fireman ; John Clements , seaman ; Thomas Harvey , steward ' s boy ; and Jsmes M'Govern , boy .

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      The sale of Shakspeare ' a house , at Stratford-on-Av m ? ' 1 ? fixe for Thursday ; tha 16 th of September . iheBaron Benst . Saxon minHor in England , has been robbed ot 3 . 000 dollars , by a man named Ernest ttomsham . The 375 th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Munich waa celebrated in that city on the 25 th ult . An American paper asserts that a young lad waa lately carried over the Niagara fal ' s . " It is said that atreaty of commerce will shortly be concluded between the Austrian and Sardinian governments . The Emperor of Russia his forbidden landowners to make time bargains fnr the sale of corn .

      At a grand concert which lately took place in the Cirque Olyrapique , 400 choristers and 000 players on wind instruments took part in the performances . During the year 1816 there were printed and published , within the kingdom of Naples only , 337 books , mostly novels and religious works . The money coined in the United States during the last 45 years' naeration , in copper , silver , and gold , amounts to 122 , 500 , 000 dollars . The different loans contracted by t ! u < French government , since 1830 , including the loan of 350 , 000 , 000 f . which it is intended to raise , amount to 1 , 192 , 000 , 0001 " . Tho sums granted by parliament for the encouragement of Irish fisheries , in 1846 , amounted to £ 50 , 000 , and for British fisheries to £ 11 , 600 . The merchants and shipowners of Stdtin , Koniaa berg , and Danteic have petitioned the Prussian Dht against any increase ot import duties .

      A vessel which has arrived at Dartmouth , hns brought among other presents for the Queen , a monkey , a maeaw , an ant-eater , a lizard , and an alligator . It lias been estimated tbat tho contents of the-London sewers annually thrown into the Thaws ] would , at the sollinsj value of manure , ba wortl ; upwards of £ 1 , 000 , 000 . A lettuce weighing 61 b , and measuring 8 ft . lOin ., in circumference , was lately cut in a garden JU lleovitree , in Devonshire . The municipal council of Copenhagen has vesrwved to establish baths tor the use of the poor , on the model of those which have lately been constructed in England . Tho soldiers of the 78 th Regiment of Highlanders , now stationed in India , have subscribed a sum of £ 170 for the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch .

      Severn ! packages of sweetmeats and toys , for the young princes and princesses , have lately been forwarded to the queen , from different parts of the Continent . A bill , abolishing the punishment of death , except fsr murder and high treason , has been introduced into tho Manx HouBe of Keys . M . Thiers intends to travel during several months in Italy , for tbe purpose of collecting- materials I ' mhia Histojre du Cmsulat et de VEmpire . The French government has ordered a collection of documents respecting the French modes of administration to be presented to the Bey of Tunis . A New Orleans paper says , that all the beggars of that town now pretend to be sick or wounded Volunteers who have returned from Mexico . A cargo of granite has arrived in London from the western coast of Africa , whence no importations of stone had ever before been made .

      A cargo of railway sleepers has arrived tvom Norway , whence timber of that kind had aot previously , been imported . The Kingof Dahomy , inWestern Afrioa , has written a letter to the Queen of England , and intends to seud her some presents . A Cork paper states , that the military authorities have directed a certain number of men in all r -ginienta of infantry to be taught the artillery drill , so as to be able , in cases of emergency , to . servo guns of heavy calibre . A largesturgeon , weighing nearly 2 owt ., which had been caught in some salmon nets on the Lancaster side of Morecarahe Bay . near the village of Bare , was exposed for s . ale in the fish-market at Eancaster , on Saturday last .

      Measures are being taken in London to raise a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of Lord Russell , on the spot in Lincoln ' s Inn Fields where he was beheaded , on the 21 it of July , 1088 . It is said , in an American paper , that the citizens of Cincinnati have refused to receive in their houses Use delegates attending general conventions of baptists and prcsbyterianB , unless they will consent to ronouneo the use of tobacco . The French minister of agriculture has ordered tho VfejiU of all the departments to transmit to him lull reports of the produce of the present harvest , and of i he stock of corn still remaining i ' ntn former years . Among the boxes sent by the last overland mail to India was one full of richly-ornamented swords , which are intended to be offered as presents to different native nrinces of Sciude and Lahore .

      uurfnjja Oi . sndw storm which visited Perth " on VV « ine < . d . iy week , :, ihcU injury wjisdone by thelight-!> ui {; ( ¦ : . fiifj vf : ; M ! U ( iJcs in the gardens around that town , an ;! v . \* stalks rsnd pods of some beans vrore reduced to ;\ lund ot fuswilor . A Seetck pv . ;; er meiuions thai u . g < vHUom : ni . 'while walking on the banks of a strsam , ubm-. v . < J n line salwcn i . : a pooi . He immediately Icam-d in-. i ot (> water , and succeeded in capturing the fUh . alter ase . ve . ro struggle , During ; i . thunder atarm near New York , tbo iieht ningran along the wires of ai ; elcctriu telpgiMph ' for some distance , aud then entered ; i skiUU ¦ -v . i ' ottnd , where it overthrew all the skittles ami t-w , cl the players . The King of Bavaria has appointed Dr Albreciu . one of the seven professors of GOttinaen dismissed for tha liberality of their opinions by the King of Ha " novnr , to the professorshi p of German law ia the University of Munich ,

      An American paper states that u man . was lately sentenced to be imprisoned at Springfield , in Massachusetts , for stealing a watch from a store . The same man was sent to prison sixteen years ago , for stealing the same watch , from the same nail , in the same store , belonging to the same man . A few days since , a farmer , named Ralph , residing at Bayhsr , in Dorsetshire , while swimming in a rim- near his farm , was drowned through , tbe excessive affection of his dog , which repeatedly leaped upon him , until he sunk to rise no more . A few days since , a sow , which had been shipped at Montrose , for Louden , leaped overboard , when the steamer was at a distance ot three-quarters of a mile tvom the shore , swam ashore , and travelled about two miles by land to the stye which she had previously inhabited .

      Specimens of coal have been found near the mouth of the Kowie river , in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and it is hoped that steamers may henceforth be supplied with fuel at a cheaper rato than when coals wove imported from England . Somo geologists , who have lately examined the soil in the provinco of Finland , have reported that "old mines will probably be found on the borders of the province e £ Avchaugcl ; and the Russian government J » n » consequently ordered borings te bo made . The Austrian government purposes to establish an electric telagrapn from Trieste to Hamburgh ; and it ia thought that important news brought bv the overland mail from India may then be transmitted with greater speed to England vid Hamburg .

      On Tuesday evening , a vocal coucert waa given in boats on Derweutwatcr by the members ot'the Choral Societ y- of Keswiclc ; and great numbers of curious listeners wore attracted by tbo singularity of the flceno chosen for the performances , which are said to have produced a very fine effect . . So regularly do curious visitors ascend Mount Vesuvius for the purpose of viewing the crater and witnessing the eruption of the lava , that the municipal authorities of Naples have fixed the charges for carriages and guides , in the same manner as the fares of hackney coaches are regulated . Intelligence is forwarded in cipher by the electric telofrapn from Dover to the principal daily newspapers of London ; and as the keys of these ciphers are not communicated to the Soutli-Eastern Railway Company , the men employed in working the telegraph are wkolly ignorant of tho despatches which they transmit .

      About nine o ' clock in the evening of the 9 th ult . a luminous globe appeared- near Lyons , towards the mountains of the Lyonnais , and moving with extraordinary velocity towards tbe hill of Saute Foy , disappeared without any explosion . It is believed to have been' an aerolite of the air , fand not one of those meteors sometimes formed in the upper

      regions . it bus been proposed t « uso gutta percna , a kind of gum found in Borneo and the peninsula of Malacca , for the purpose of taking casts of birds , fish , insects , and other natural curiosities which it may be requisite to mould . Theso casts are said to bo superior , in Bomc respects , to those taken in plaster of Paris . The Emperor of Russia has issued a decree fixing the legal rate of interest at 5 per cent per annum , and declaring that any person accepting a higner interest shall , for the first offence , be . condemned to a

      fine three times greater than the sum lent ; for the second offence , to an imprisonment of from ten to twelve years ; and for tbo third , to rxile in Siberia An American paper says , that a machine made like a corkscrew is used in the penitentiary at Pitts burgh , for the purpose of seizing refractory convictB if n pnwner becomes so insubordinate that it ig danl geron , to en « r hw cell , the screw is fixed at the end of a pole , which is thrust towards him in 8 cha manner as to catch his clothes , and he ia the * draw out oi his retreat , without danger to himself or

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      n » THE BROKEN' HARP IlaU ! land ofSong , my nativo isle All hail , thon dear , unhappy one ' So more thy lovely daughters smile As they were woat , for reedom ' s gone A broken harp , whose soul was free Is all that now remains of thee . ' That harp , whose melody is o ' er How hangs , lite thee , in widow'd gloom The nnnstrel wakes it « o « vno moV ' t ^ OTc sflent » * e temb I struck-half frantic with despair But found thatsool was wantingttere My fingers oVr its chot ) U ^ ' Info , ^ J » **™ ld mfcht own EutOJ the harp that freedom pUsM For hands like mine , had not a toL ? I tried anew , ' twas all in Tain , I coald not make its sounds again . ItB Bong was ntc * r meant for slaves Alive to all except their shame ' Whoss desert homes are living gVavei Inverted tombs without a name , ' O ! Erin , is this all thou hast , ' To tell the story of the past 1 ' The paria thus condemned to toil , A hopeless vassal still remains , ' To famhh on his native soil , Without the heart to break his chains . Away , away , degraded one , I cannot hear jour foul disgrace . Go , iearfless aerfe , botr down tbe head And tamelj worship tjranny . * Ton have jonr anthems for the dead , Bat not a song for Liberty . Say , can tbe dust jon thus deplore , A nation ' s freedom now restore ' Tour verdant hills and mossy stones Protest , and weep o'er jour decline ; They ask , can patriots worship bones And crouch like monks before a shrine * Tip , coward slaves , why iaiy stand , Proscribed upon your native land f If you be brave , why are yon slaves ! Why not your homes and ri ghts defend . On priestly men and hired knaves , For freedom you must not . depend , Their honied lies , or matin song . Can break no chain , redress no wrong . And is it thus that nations rise ! ' Are they to frcsdoa ) thus restor'd ! The u « ro nhofrom bondage flies , First snaps his chains , then gras ^ his sword , Andyouforfreedc ; - iiV . relj- , Oapriests and vk-j- t-: teTT-, ; ivijT » Go , go , and bisd the tviTii ^ see , Before their aV .. rs V . r .: r . lr . v bfvr : I hoped a bric > . te- 3 s « iuy , But uever thtn » li ; joa ¦ u ' e t : " ' \ in -a . Hise from your t-jraiuftn . ' j cifiscsin , jh :- ' Who falls for irev-rfvn ! v . ?\ er Where aretU > rarco : oHrP .-.. ¦; . Who in thy ca-: fr = o n-ibJv ; " - ! :, Whose only fault . « u-.-- ' r" crime , Was that of loving thee too Well ? They litUe thought this harp of mine "Was but reserv"d for thy decline . It was not mate in former days , When full of song and martial fire , Each nate was then a warrior's praise , For then it could thy sob inspire . Mv countrymen , why do you fear ! What ! are voa dead ! can you not hear ! O ! take me to the battle field . It soon shall wake to life again ; The oddest heart by bondage steelM , Will beat to freedom at the strain . Th .-re let me sing the song of war . And find a hero ' s sepulchre . Hesbi Gbacchgs , Gentleman . londonjJaly 23 rd , 1847 . ^ ^*

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      Post-office Obdkbs . —It was stated by the counsel for the post-office , in the trial of Felix Quin , for forKiDg a post-nfiice order , that during the last year Ihc sum of "clp . ven millions" passed through the money-order office of that establishment . The Chinese Jusk . —The junk Keyring , whose voyage to this country has excited some interest , was spoken on tho 10 th of June . lat . 28 N . lon « . 61 W ., by the Urania , arrived off Falmouth . The crew of

      tbe junk were in great want of provisions , and were bearing her up for the ^ meviean coast in order to procure a supply . TnK IIeai . and the Ideal —Baron Rothschild , though immensely rich , is occasionally very witty . He was called upon recently to give a good definition i « f the re ;; l and tho ideal , when he answered , " I cannot pive you a more forcible example than the following : —the real is the current coin of Spain , "ind a Spr . imh bond , which is supposed to represent it . is the ideal . " The baron ma" be sure of the vote

      of even- Spanish bondholder at the ensuing election . —Punch , A Miss Mauprsp . — "Tom , " said a girl to her Rwcetheart , " you haveb ? on paying your distresses to ma lor-g enough . It is time you were making known your contentious , so as not to keep me in expense any longer . " Imp mast to Ladies . —A milliner in this city , says the New York Sun , advertises a new kind of cor * set tint" winds up with a windlass " . EAimiQUAKi : at IlATRB .-On Saturday , the 10 th insfc . a little before eleven at night , the shock of an earthquake was sensibly felt in the immediate neighbourhood of Havre , i-. ecorap&nicd hyalowrumb-! injrano ! 8 e . Several persons were much shaken ia their beds at lngonville ar , d Graville , two adjacent villages .

      Pkkttt Shaw .- " I wish you had been Eve , " fii . 1 an urchin to an old maid , who was v » roverbiaL for her nu'onnoss . " Why so ? " " Because" says fc f , "_ you w . iii ' cl . have eaten all the apple , instead of divklinu' it % v 5 h ' Adan ' :. " Extknsivb Rc »» r , nv r" a ^ i . t ' vPBPTOR op Public v Vokk . s in InKiASD . —Oncof r ? .. - : iiiSpeetnis of publiQ - wM-kks for Monns ' nstn , in Iretoni ' ,, ii . . ' . » g . / no nil ; i \[ h £ 800 , which he liat ! received tV Uio public ¦¦ ' • wlw . Vkt 0 KO 00 BH . rs .--A ilread / o ) mnr . took place " . fc ii ; liniet . ia in th <; e . iily part of J . jij .-. 'flic ^ iv . vrnny of thetOWll , Arif EiLr «' . i , U ^ it i ,, ! , U , --av . icri » i-..-o crootidiles he had auccof ^ ic-O in h :: ; . ; ' : ^ . Om r . f iiie no"roes whose duty it was li aU-: i « . < i ; , ; ' besuffivci-rites

      having ill-treated one of these anhaala , it ? natu-al ferocity returned , and in it . U ' ury it sprang en the , 'oveenor ' s son , a youth about twelve years of age . who was walking by the negro ' s side , and strangled him . Ivt os CnuncnEs . —To show the baneful effects of destroying ivy on walls , sonic year 3 since ths then , proprietor of Netley Abbey , in Hampshire , had a quantity destroyed . The consequence was , as the ivy decayed , tbe stonework mouldered and decayed , and a creat portion fell down , which otherwise would have kated for many years . —The Builder .

      Russian Jews .-A letter from Lemberg , of July 5 th , states that for some time post a great number of Jews have k-en emigrating from Russia into Galicia , in consequence of the . late measures adopted bv the Russian government relative te tjieir worship . Tho Jewish population of Gnliria being , in consequence- of th ^ s influx , augmented a seventh , the government of Galicia lias decided on establishing colonies of Jaws in Bukowina , wbero-the population is rather thin . The Chisems Notion of Enolish Carmaoes .-Lhe two eleaant cnrvii'scs made by ilatchett were objects of _ great admiration ; but it wns a puzzling question tor the Cmnesu to deuide which part was interned lor tin . ' Emperor ' s snai . !—the neat awl commodious seals , with their cuabions inside , and he

      windows ; iml Uuvblinds , and every part within , were eUeantly fittei ! for !! . < : rcoeptioh of none but the raonareli ; but then a- Qiwiion arose , who was to oep . uny the elevated ju . -itiw . with its splendid hammercleth . eiLcd vritb fci .-M , and decorated with featoons of rose ? ? Tu determine the disputed point , the old eunuch , w !; o had a particular afFection for the carriages , anpiwd f . n me . nv . i when told that the Emperor ' s place «•;« witliin , nnd that the elevated scat wa' to- the mr = n that dvovt- the horses , with ' " . lie usual tjaCNlatirtu uf Aurpriae . haiyal he asked me , if I supposed lbs ta-ivhmg-tei would Ruffer any man to sit ahovo him . iml . lui-n his back upon " him ? 11 That ., " he said , " wiii r . tv :- ' .- do , " and asked if the sv > li > niliii ixneh-b . - . x could not be substituted for the seat within t , h « e '' rrin » e . or placed behind it?—Sir John Barrow ' s Autobiography .

      Nsw Post-Office Rkcuuticks , — In an act of P .-iriiimjt-nt . whii .-h .-ecviv-. d r , tn ? Royal assent the day before th > yrtwMum , for giving further facilities lor the MMiisiniv-ijy . j o r ; ettsr .: by post , and for re £ * - _~ latinif thu duties of jwsitivje tl-ere-m , ami for other purposes relating ! n the l ? nst —* HicD , it n among ahsr things pt-ovifiod , " Tim . it shall be ian-in ! for tuo Postma 8 ier . Gem .-r . il , if lie s !; : iii think lit , ( with the consent of the Uiimmjssiontrs of Her M---iv ; s y ' F Treasury ) to allow any printed words , wrUi : ; .-, or ¦ ua ' -. s , ( inadduiontn tuo ilivcc-tiv . it > U > be ] . u- r . \\ ; v : iy pri ; v :, \ newspapers , or other prinlfd papcts -wit by post ., w on the cover ; - lvrreof , and any sue !; u- ¦ . vrspavr-s orotho' printed | M | m ,- ••) , shall from thisnciJ ' . 'K'tu lie iorwarded either five .. f i » oata «( e < -r siiVj- 'Ci- to such rates ol poHti \ i ; e , * , » t !)* P-. ^ tmas'ef . Gotici-it ! with She Commissiiwt-n . oi ' ; ! f-r M-vj ^ sr . v ' s Treasurj shail from I me to ti : i ; c direirt . " ' {' ir . ; u * i ^ t-. > lake effect on 1 st of . . Man . ' / .

      Hie : ! , «• •• ¦) . l ( . r :- ; . v . ' : v v : iim idCRTij'u . ' ii .- —The Jrish paupers juv b-.- uii ; .. ...., v ,. . , i < u ,, t l , ; ,, [ ., „ . ( t 0 jjj ^ jj iiW ! iCOiinf . rv ; it ill " -ii- . - , / , > .., .. f .. I . . ,, ; " ;; c >\ : t ii .-, u .. dr .- » i y « r day . «»• ' t- ; H : l > -. „ - i ,. jr , . vii ^ rjuenic , very mu « ii h- * tnl-. e ^ nn ¦ 1 , <» : i ¦ . ¦ !;! iS tee : ; ! br . 'liOrtUlJ ! p « V- 't . ^• uiM .-T Timk o . w Satukd .-o" .- ! .-- ¦;' .: '• . ij : ! j !•!¦(• aiotii . - . ia of a Voiv n () iii : iiia ' , ti > ' \ m « i ) : ' ! r :,-ii , inc . carpuiitcre . Vi ' . d joiners of the met >>'; h >! '<•¦ !>;< v- rsivirstoii ihciv employers to grant th''in tin : jirfv-ii ^ y o ! " Ifiju'ing their woikatfour o ' clock on S . utnvifv . ts , \ m < -ai c- h . ilfpast fi ^ e , the pvo < i « nt ro : ; uiation . " Twenty -eight , of the most eminent bui'dors have complied with tiieic request ; among wlu > . n ar- > i , h « u ;« nes of Mr Thos .

      Cubitt , Mr William Culutt , Messrs . BsUer , Kelk , Jackson , and Burton . The diwrc < . n the part of the workmen to better thtir cundiiion , and thereadiKesa evinced by their employer ? lo eneourage them by aceeiUng to the request m the memorial , will no doubt be atlendod with the best results to both parties , and in a few wesks become sreneia ! ihrougliout the trade . Mn Sheridan Kxowi . vs and tub offered Ptxsion—The Athenaum states that Sberid . in Knowles ' s reason for refusinc from government a pension of & 100 a year i 8 , that in as far .-i ? the amount givoa measures the comparative estimation , his acceptance of this sum would have been an a . lmisdotv oa 1 » 3 part of lower rank than his long dramatic successes entitle him to hoiil .

      Pines . —A remarkable horticultural feat has been performed by the « ardener ot Lady Rolle , who has succeeded in ripenins pine apples ' iis tho open air , in Devonshire . After the fruit was set in May last , t , hu pots containing the plants . wrv . ¦ i > iaae <( in a trench , which was slitihcvwPBy banks froin ccid winds and covered with chiined hnv ; anil * c- soe » Cftsafully Jid these expedients cimntcravt !» jo cold ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : our climate that the j-iue-applcs are s&Ui to ii « vu been of excellent quality . Emigration to Sooth Austkaua . —Dirisijj ihe Ijai , week a remarkably fine ship , the Ducluvs o ? Noifhumberland , has been ili-spatclu-t } from < > . x port , uhdor the aiipyrintendence of Her Majesty ' s Poimlal ; vnd Emigration Commissi >! iier 8 . The numbot oi per ~

      sons on board was 255 , principally miners , agricultural labourers , and temalo dismestie sen-ants . The Rev . Mr Bagshaw , one of thu nrnvly appointed clergymen to be elected in the colony , with the Bishop ef Adelaide , proceeded in the Duchcsa of Northumberland , aa chaplain , and we understand the educational duties of the ship will also be fulfilled by this gentleman . —Plymouth Times . Extensive Forgery . —Edward Grey , who is well known in Newcastle and Gateshe .: d , was brought before one of the borough magistrates , at Stockton , on Monday last , on a charge of uttering bills to the amount of £ COO—forgeries upon Mr Sampson Langdale , of Stockton , corn-merchant , and Messrs Bol . ckow < fc Vaughan , of Middlesborough , ironfounders , Ac . lie was couimitted for trial at the assizes in

      Durham . Tho fsrgeries wero cleverly executed . A . Modv . uk Miracle—A rope , nearly three miles long , now lies on the verge of the borough of Gateshead , which was the other day a stone in the bowels of the earth ! Smelted , tho stone yielded iron The iron was converted into wire . The wire was brought to the wire-rope manufactory of It . S . Newall and Co ., at the Teams , near Gatcshead , and there twisted mto a line 4 , 660 yards W g It is , wo believe , tbe atonaest rppo of tho land that ms ever made . It weighs 20 tons , 5 hundredweights , and will cost the purchasers upwards ot £ 1 , 134 . It is intended for the nichne oi | . the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway near the latter city . A rope of hemp , of equal 'iSSS r £ ff A t 0 U 8 and C 08 t « W more It would also entail greater expenso while in onera-^ i ™* t 0 lts B « Bfar wc&t ) and would s ° o one

      wear out , ' » .. » .. m 3 ™ J "« - ° y ? - T , O'OosKBtL .-The re-S tbo N 5 8 S Stmg Sl ? Iri 8 hraan > 'liwharriTed at the Nme-Elins Station ot the South-Wuatem Hallway on Sunday , en route from Southampton , were immediatel y removed in tho fowgon to the iMiBton-squnre Hotel , where they remained until Monday morning , when attended by Mr Daniel O Connell , M . P ., the Very Rev . Dr Miley , and about ( Jiajlit Ii-isK gentlemen , they wero placed npon one of the carriage-trucks of the eleven o ' clock train for Liverpool , and thence by onoof the City of Dublin ' s Steam-Packot Company ' s boats to Dublin , The Latr O'Couon Dos . —Tbe remains of the lit

      Honourable Denis O'Connor were conveyed on Monday morning , accompanied by hia secretary , Mr M'Dennott , from the lamented gentleman ' s temporary residence , Pall Mall , to the Euston . square railway statioii i whence , by the halt-past eight o ' clock train they were removed to Liverpool , en route for Dublin , to be deposited in tho family vault in the Roman Cathi . lic cathedral , the Church of the Conception , Marlborough-street .

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      While two bjnglish architects wore viewing the palace of the King of Naples , at Caserta , they wero shown a carpet upon which the king ' s arms were worked in worsted : and as they neglected to take off their hats aa a marli of respect to the embloins of royalty , they wero immediately seized by the Swiss sentinels , who confined them for several days in the cells attached to tiie guavd-house . The Oporto correspondent of the Times says , that an English merchant lately gave a dinner to the principal officers of t ! : e Quern of Portugal aud her allies , while _ the members of the insurgent junta were entertained in another part of the house . As soon as the royalists had doparted , the rebels were introduced into the room which the former had quitted , and supped at the game table where their & ( lw / urieahad dined .

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      » SOSG FOR THE MILLION . ( Air , " Siote wha hae . " } Sons of toil , a p&llid band , Serfs , who till another ' s land , By force redne'd or fraud trepann'd , List , O ! list to me : Sow ' s the time to show jonr might , Up and join the moral fight , Arm for the field , unite , unite , And swear you will he free . Lives a wretch r . ith sonlsoba ? e , Who fears to show his coward face , Let the base traitor to his race , Go hide his guilty head : Who for home , for fatherland , Will rite , and join the patriot band , Strain each nerve with heart and hand , Or mingle with the dead . Think how our sires for victory bled , Think on the day of Bunnymede , Where droop'd the tyrant ' s coward head , And bow'd beneath their pow ' rs . Bisc in might each true born son , Do as those soble hearts have done , Shrink tot till the field is won , And victory is onra . Haste the proud , the glorious day , Set vonrselvcs infirm array , Bloomy youth and hoary gray , Rise at duty's call : Tile oppression stiall no more Bule irith iron hand our shore , Plenty flow and joy restore , And justice govern all . ttiCCBier . T . R . Rjhm

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      1847 . * ' — THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1429/page/3/