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THF SPIRIT OF WAT TILER . Bl CBASLE 8 COLE . Taxation burthens ev ' rv thing 3 y arc or navure given ; Tbe sick nau ' e rushlight , twinkling , Tbe glorious btam ef Heaven—Our all of wear ana all we eat , To glut the scheming spoiler ; There wants t » make oar list complete Bat a poll-tax , and a Txta . * A Tjler / murmured from the grata A Tolce the sound repeiliog' PeaceJ would-beBriton ! Dastard ! Slave I Ani frjm his earthly dwelling The shade of Tjler stood confets'd : His bacb was gored and riven ; Bat not » mark was on fib breast By WdUtortVs dagger given .
The same they aail'd immortal steel ! Renowned in ci ? io story ! Satanic badge of servile zeal , Convertisg shame to glory ! * Dost muk the wound , tbe spirit said , 'Seath which slave * siirae stagger From horse to earth ? ' tis well repaid , For Lendon wears the dagger ! Now to the purpose—I am He , Who not for fame competed , Bat would bare seta my country free , And have her fo ' . a defeated : Mine was a deed the goo : desired , Tbe shackled chain was round as ; We rose at ( mat , Vie nun inspired , And bwst the links Oat bound us !
Bat what avail d it ! Soon the yonth WhoEe kingly craft entrapp'd thtm , Totra 5 t Jis hoEOur and his troth , Again bis chains euwrapp'd them . And Sim ye avnris je are bonnd , As 'twtre a serpent coiling Its dieadfol wesry lengt h arouna Tour Hobs , all iaint with toiling ! Ling , long ja proudly boie the load , lit up jour Uurell'd cuement , But now the bnrthea brings the goad , Reward of self abasement ! Mark ! Man that wonld be—Pmiioo , Wexfow ia slaughter sharing—Mebtbk , and Xnrzowinicu too , And think of Coax and Baring . '
Whilst ' ooomotiTes move by steam , ( Earth shudders at the sttry ) Yon wasgoB boasts a human team , And this is England ' s glory ! And this is Britain ! Worms like these Upon its rarftce creeping—Tbe tyrant of the Portuguese Had Bone ia viler keeping . * God save the Qaeea ; * Your dogs I gee Have superseded donkeys ; Age of progressi te intferfry / Of eoitrtt you % eork yaur turnkeys . Gas save the Qieen ! Still Britons slaves , In this the land of bravery ; Ye sing , 'Britannia rules the wares , ' Yet bow to basest slavery .
A shadow call'd Bifoik , Ism Exalting o ' tr the nation ; Though Cade was slain ingloriousi y , For sstking reformation ! Hunt and tis fellow martyrs brave , Their mem'rieaunrteppcted ; Yon scarce can trace Fitzqibald ' s grave And Emjut lies neglected ; The world contains the graves of men , All trait of whom hatu vanished ; Their eplrit must revive again , Or freedom ' s evr banished . Ind thon , who said'st , to be complete , Your list reqoirss a poll . tax ; Hog ! that can ' st lick a tjrsnv ' s feet , Out , thou would ' stpay attvX-tax ,
. he spirit passed in bitter wratb , With eye indignant blas ' ng ; Aid wailing WcChsorfk track'd his psth , Still en his death-wound gazing . Hij kindred spirits still survive , To rouse for coming glory ; To not a Briten bat will strive ' o profit by His stsry .
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The Ethnmgieal Journal . September . London : 12 , Red ion-court , Fleet-street . We are itber disappointed in not finding a continuation olMr Burke ' s revelations of tbe Atlantean mystery in tie present number of tbe Ethnological Journal \ e must warn Mr Burke against the danger of haing too many irons in the fire .. The ' Critical Ansysisof the Hebrew Chronology , ' commenced in he first , and continued in the second , number , was ot resumed in the third , and is again
wanting in th feurth number . Again , the' Inquiry into the Natae and Causes of the Physical Differences of Mansnd , ' commenced in No . 1 , and continued in No .:, was not resumed in No . 3 , and is ftgain omitted n the present number . Entirely new questions are sarted in the number before us . This sort of editonhip may serve to show Mr Burke ' s ability to grapple with and illustrate a variety of subjects , but , we fear , is also too likely to confuse and discourage his . readers—not , we submit , the best method of ensaring the success of the Ethnological
Journal In offering these remarks , it must not be inferred that we undervalue the contents of the present month ' s number . The article on the « Nature and Origin of My thology '—the first of a promised serieB Of Mythological sketches—volnnteers explanations of the principles and origin of Mythology atence novel and convincing ; and contains abundance of curious information of great interest to the student of history . From this article we give the following extract : —
THE AXCIEKT 8 HOT IDOliTllS . ' All irquiry leads ta the conclusion that tbo religion of primeval civilisation was simple and sublime;—the worship ef a great ruling intelligence , infinitely exalted in natnre , infinitely beyond human conception in wisdom , and goodness , and power . It is natural for lofty minds to borrow the language of poetry , when dealing with v&st ideas , and of course the attributes of the Deity were often illustrated by images derived from physical paeaomeaa . In a variety of « ayt , the tun became a beautiful type of his providence , and the etherial fire of his nature . In the process of time , these tjpss became bo habitually associated with tbe idea « f the Deity , that admiration beoamereverence , * ndrevereqee superstition . Thus arose what is termed the fire warship , and the wor .
ship of the sun , the followers of which , however , neither In ancient or modern times , did or do worship these fcodles , in the sense supposed by the advocates of other creeds . It is a most absurd prejudice t » suppose that tiie Fenians , for instance , worshipped the San , or Fire as if these wtre living , intelligent Beings capable of hear , lug and sesing them . Their writings and practic plainly show that they merely regarded then bodies with Ugh and superstitious respect , aa the most appropriate aynftob of the great ruling light and intelligence of the ¦ atone ,. Onsuid . The same remarks are appUoabla to the inpentitfoni of ancfcnt Grew , Italy , and Bnpt and to those of themoaern Hindu , and other races It is one of the most extraordinary evidences of the childish reduUty which reMgious aategonUm ia capable of *
pr . iocag , that the Cfarfctian world his almost universally belieTedthat PagaB nations worshiped aainwU and it * , lues , in the sense of actual gods . The ancient Creeks ad Earning were not idiots , who believed themselves capable of creating fisds ; nor were their sesses so ob-• cure as to lead them to suppose that * block of wood r marble was a living , spiritual being , capable of hetrlng their supplications . Hid they believed their consecrated statues to be gods , they would , have teld us that there were theusaads of Apoiioa and Jupiters whereas they believed that there was bit one Apollo in ' the universe , aad one Jupiter . People have lifted no their eyes in astonishment at the foll y of the Egyptians
who regarded oxen and crocodiles , and even leeks aid onion , aagodi . Thefollylies in their ownertduUty The Xgyptfams believed nothing of the kind . These anl mala and vegetables were indeed viewed with a saperiH tiousmpect , and in the minds of some , ideas of my jtic poTOWere connected with them , but bo one evar fbnrat tneiAeal Character' ndtwithstandfc * . TBe Amerioan Indian regards with suptrstitioas respect , or even awe the dontents of his medicine bag . but yet he is a pure t&eist , who worships the one Great S pirit of the universe . In a ward , poJyltetn has existed , and does exist but idolatry , in the vulgar acceptation of the term , is impossible , even to tbe lowest sarsges .
A review of a number of American publications , throws some light on the ' Progress of Ethnology ia the United States .- The article on the 'Real Nature of Animal Mechanism' is . logically and forcibly written ; but we warn the author that if—in the unanimous opinion of his readers—he succeeds in demonstrating what he calls ' the grandest and » ost important truth in the universe , ' he win then have settled nothing ; a child may at any moment , by Jhe simplest of questions , render his theory of non-effect .
We are glad to observe that the Ethnological Journal his received 2 very flattering and enceuraging welcome oh the other side of the Atlantic ; and that at home its popularity is steadily ad-TaudBr .
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Peerage Jobbery ; or , the Houses of Corruption , and how to cleanse them . London : \ V . Strange , Paternoster-row . This is another of the valuable little publications issued by Mr Strange , and devoted to the showing , up of our wisest , virtuousest , discreetest , best , ' who rule the besotted people of this country through the medium of that blessed institution the Parliament of Lords and Commons . The opening chapter of this very excellent little book will best explain its character : — THE BOUSE 01 HUEDITi&Y LEGISLATOR . The House of Lords , or H juse of Proud Flesh , is an embodiment of tbe mean an-1 vulgar idea by which England is governed , and by which , we regret to say , the EsgHsh people allow themselvrs to be governed . We | mean the valgw ids * of mwpsmy c » wealth , allied to the mere accident of birth . Peerage Jobbery ; or , the Houses of Corruption , and
D . >« B any one suppose that fXntts forms any part of tbe qualifications of tbe number of tbe Hmse of Lords ! It really forms no part of hU qualifications . For tbe only OB 9 is tbii—that he has been born a peer!—a hereditary owner of lscd , to which a title is attached ! Born a peer , it at once follows , that he takes bis seat in tbe L irds at twenty , one years of ago , as a hereditary legislator af twenty-seven millions of peogle . Think of hereditary p * tnt « re . heredltary poets laureate , hereditary philosophers , hereditary lawyers , hereditary doctors ! Wbo would dream of such absurdities 5 Yet we have hereditary leghlatorsl Will it be said , that the painter , the peet , the philosopher , the lawyer , and thedoctvr n quire trains , smd that the heredi'ary legislator does not ! or that these uqalre s special edncatioo , knowledge , and expttlence , to fit them for the performance ef their functions , bat that hereditary legislators stmd in need of no such quslificatioas !
Is there any farmer who wsnld trust his sheep to a hereditary shepherd , er his swine to a hereditary gelder ! Who is there that does not scout theid ^ a as applied to the most ordinary business of life , requiring tbe moat ordiairy qualities t Y * t we quietly submit to the centinned infliction of this remnant of barbarism—this rag of the feudal system ; and consign ourselves , and Rli our interests , t » the keeping of men whoie sole qualification to govern us consists in the fact that that they are in the po 8 se * si > n of certain bsritable lands which their ancestors robbed from the people and made hereditary in their awn families many centuries ago , —and who are designated by certain tides or nicknames , far too much honoured , fixed upon them by the reigning monarcas of the time tsiag .
The last hereditary occupation in Europe waB that of hereditary hangwian , now long since abolished ; for it was fou&d that even hangmen required crtaia gifts ' andpracticil qualities which did not descend by birth . The only hereditary occupation which is still tolerated is that of legislator ; anditwerefulltime th « ttheherelltary legislators , like the hereditary hangmen , were put quietly upom thethelf . Inquire into the origin of our oldest peerages , and what do we find It to be ! Saeeessful thievery ! That is the qualification , which the law has made eternal . Lords now , lords ever—once a thief , always a thief . First they stole our lands . —they were then chiefs of Norman Frea . boaters . Bob Roys aad Ctteran *—Turpms of the R&b Hi «]> . Toeir eole title , originally , was tbe sword . Tbe
motto s of the oldest noble homes unblushing !? proclaim tba vocation of the aristocracy . ' My crown by the spear ' boasts tbe Uiddleton family . 'To my power , ' cays the Stamfard family , nnder six gaping boars'heals , with talks exposed . ' Forth fortune and fill the fetters , ' says Atholl , whose scions ani associates have filled their fetters with a nation . ' Tbe profits of industry increase , ' says EeyteBbary , who » 9 industry has brought him in a pension of £ 1700 a year , with fat plsces for his relatives in the army end the cBurch . flout toil qtil mat y pente , — ' accorsed be be who thinks there ' s evil in it , ' say the Lords of the Garter , who nil their pockets out of the public tuxes ! ' Nothlag that belongs to mas bnt belongs tome , ' ray the Talbots—large owners of plundered pissesitaw . 'Prep&red for every chance , ' says E « l Cmbd rmere , who pockets an annual pension of £ 4 , 116 . ' The red hand <> f Ireland , ' is flourished by the O'Noiili , t ' . e titled head ef the home being , appropriately enough ,
a . lieutenanweaeral . 'The dragon ' s orest is to be feared , ' says the Hirqais of Londonderry—and fearful enough it la when he comes dowanpen us for our money , which he and hii family absorb largely . 'Over . forK gmt /—quaintly but emphatically says Hsrquls Conjngham . 'Following the ecample of his Aacertors , ' says Baren Granviile . whose son was ejected even from tbe corrupt Houss of Commons the other day , fer practising bribery at Derby . ' Spue nought , ' says Marquis Tweedale , who certainly spares not our pockets . ' Thoa shalt want ere I want , 'says Baron Cranstown , —which last might indeed be adepted as the motto of the entire aristooratio class . 'Itis thina om , ' says Earl Cowptr , a hereditary pensicner at the rate of £ 1 , 609 a year—but it is ' his owa ' —fie public spoil—the taxes—they are his heritage and the heritage of his class . ' Watch and pray , ' says Tieconnt Cistiemaine—watch and prey is the true reading .
While the fsrtuaes of many of the peers have been foundt d in the dark ages of physical force and despotic crime , otttrshive obtained their titles and estates b y servile toadying of kings ; same by treason to their 'legitimate ' princes ; others by success in modern warfare , aad others throegh the slimy avenues oi the law courts . Allowing that a successful general , ora successful la ** yer who has made a fortune , should be eisvated to the peerage , is this any reason why his descendants for ever shealdsit as peers too ! How m » y eldest sons have inherited the ability and fame of their fathers ! Look at the representatives of our great military lords nowj What are they ? Hosdy dolts , as unfitted to be legislators
as a brewer ' s horse . Take for instance the present Dake ofM-rlborough with his annual pension of £ 5 , 000 ; or the thick headed sons of the Duke of Wellington ! The only quality for which the Sake of Hariboroogh is distinguished , in bis extreme neanneis . Then what great lawyer peer has b ; en succeeded by en heir of any note whatever ? Wnat philosopher has the House of Lords produced ? Is there a single one ! But how many boobies could we enumerate , who have sprung from it ! We wauld respect an aristocracy of virtue and of goodness and even reverence it . But where the aristocracy is ose only of brass—of brass in the' pocket , brass en the heels , and brass in the face , —we can feel for it only indignation and contempt .
It is right that the best aad ablest men should govern . But nuking legislators hereditary gives no security what , ever that the legislators shall be either good or able men . On the other hand , It makes them exclusive , proud , hostile to popular rights and liberties , placa-huaters , pension-seekers , ebase-prsseivers , tsx-coaiamen , court , hunters—glv 5 ag more regard to a bit of Ribbon or a Garter conferred by the Monarch , than to the peaoe , the lives , tbe properties and the liberties of their fellaw men The majority of our House ef Peers de not possess the qutlMes of legislators . They are good hunters , horse jockies , coart : era , some of them great warriors and latyers , great lovers ef display , geod living , and large estates ; but in sympathy for the mass of their fellow men knowledge of their condition , lofty guiding principle , and ^ higb moral character , they are woefully destitute . " "
In fact , goadness and virtue have had nothing what , ever to io with the creation of the House of Lords , or of any single individual peerage . The Peerage has been a great job from the first to the last . Was a great owner of laad ambitious of title—he was made 4 hereditary legislator ! Was he a great owner of rotten boroughs—he was made a peer I Was be a large proirietor of church livings—he was farked into the lords ! Was he a slavish lawyer—he was added to the peerage ! Was a large landowner troublesome ss a'patriot—he was bought off by a title ! Thus the Peerage is , and has ever been , the Treasury of Corruption . Hence a large portion of the Peerage now consists of upstart men—but of men wbo
were rich . To be rich and powerful owners of boroughs aad consequently of votee—hive , in recent times , been he mala qualifications fr » be a peer . 1 Thus , it happens , that the House of Lards is a house fall of pensioners , placemen , anl staecuritts , who employ their position and power , mainly for the purpose of pro . vidlnffor themielves-and their families at the cost of the industry , property , labour , and well-being of the inda ? . trious millions . 'Filthy lucre * is their objeet . Scarcely one of them but eagerly aspires after the unclean thingnotevtn excepting those pillars of Christian self-denialthe well-paid Bishops . The peerage Is , indeed , the rankest of all jbbi in this job-ridden country .
Some twenty pages of closely printed matter tells how the Peers fill their own pockets ; how they quarter their relatives on the public by giving them snug births in the army , navy , church , &c . ; how the House of Commons (?) is rendered an under House of Peers , &c , &c . Another twenty pages is devoted to a consideration of the remedy for this monstrously wicked state of things ; and the author demonstrates that Charter-Suffrage is the only remedy . The arguments in support of the principles of the Charter are urged with great force and eloquence . This little book ( obtainable for the price of a pint of ale ) should be in the possession of everv working man . 3
Let willing slaves in galling fetters lie , For none can save the men who wleh to tie-But some there are to tyrants tamel y bow , Who faia would break their chains if they knew how And they from tbete truth , telling leaves may see How they wear bondage when they mightbe free '
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Emigrant ' s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope . By J . C . Byrne , Esq . London : B . Wilson , 11 , Roval Exchange . ' Emigration by enterprising individuals—singly or associated—we have bo objection to . Our hostility to emigration , as a ' national remedy' for the distress and increasing pauperism of the masses of this country , is too well knowH to render a repetition of our reasons for that hostility necessary on the present occasion . Of course , we differ from Mr Byrne in the view he takes of emigration , which we by no means regard as the destined means of salvation for this country . Woe to England if no other course is open to her miserable masses . But , notwithstanding that we seriousl y dissent from Mr
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Byrne s views of the ' supreme importance of the emigration question , we must do justice to his evident candour and sincerity in publishing these Emigration « Guides ; ' * which really carry with them the impress of truth and good faith on the part of their author . r This little book contains a sketch of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese ; its settlement by the Dutch ; occupation by the English ; climate , seasons , and character of the country ; divisions of the colony ; government ; description of the eastern and western divisions ; produce of the colony , && , &c . An interesting account of the settlement of the late Caffre War , by Sir Harry Smith , is added lo the above contents . A map of the colony faces the title-page . Byrne ' s views of the sunremp : , * mnnrton «» n * tin . ^ mi .
This work lacks the instructions to emigrants which constituted a valuable feature of the ' Guide t » New South Wales . ' We observe that Mr Byrne admits that the colony cannot healthily absorb a greater number than 4 , 000 emigrants annually ; and he is of opinion that the Cape can never become a great country , owing to the small extent of arable land in comparison to the whole , and the general scarcity of surface water . 'Yet , unquestionably , ' says Mr Byrne , 'there is arable land to support a population twenty times as great as that at present scattered over it . The return for capital invested is good , and the remuneration for labour far superior to what it is in great Britain . ' Por further information respecting the advantages and disadvantages ( and the latter are neither few nor inconsiderable ) of emigration to the Cape of Good Hope , we must refer all interested to this ' Guide . '
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The Third Woe , tyc . London ; W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . The full title of this black-bordered , ominouslooking pamphlet , is as follows : — 'The third Woe just began . and universally felt ; or dashing the Nations to shivers as a potter ' s vessel with reflections on the first and second Woes ; the end of the civil power of the papacy ; auithe second comingof the Lord Jesus Christ . ' This religious rhapsody is an attempt to show the fulfilment of Old Testament c prophecies' by the revolutionary events of the preBent year . Turning prophet himself , the author predicts all sorts of horrors in the queer time coining .
* Mr Byrne ' s'Emigrant ' s Galde to N ^ w South Wales , ' was noticed in a late number of the Nomhebh Stab .
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O'CONNORVILLE . The Band farmed from amongst the allottees , navinjj resolved to hold a Harvest-home' festival on Monday , September 11 th , accordingly sent invitatiODS to their friends , and the event' came off' in the Sohool-house , which was tastefully decorated with evergreens , some of the choicest dahlias of the season and bannera bearing appropriate mottoes , ander the ¦» P » w of . Mr Graves , the master of the whool , who , with hia pupils , delighted the audience by exhibiting during the eveaiDg beautiful pen-and-ink sketohea , s » me of whioh gained him a money pma from Queen . Adelaide , and a letter written bycommand of her MajeBty Queen Victoria . The Ofaartut band filled the orchestra , and played an selection
appropriate of music on the occasion . The allottees were met by a few frienda from a distance who were de-irous to take a cup for auld lane syne . Mr John Hornby , of Somera Town and O'Connorville , was unanimously called to the chair . After a few remarks , he gave the firat sentiment as follows — The Sovereign People , and may they soon obtain their rights , as defined in the People ' s Charter ' Mr G . J . Harney , amidst loud cheers was called on to respond . He claarly demonstrated that all moral , social , and political pawar Bf rang from the people , and that C 3 nsequently the sentiment juatly denominated them ' sovereign ;* but that irom the want of the Charter , they nevertheless did not exerrise the power of which they were the fountain . Mr Harney concluded a most brilliant address by Bhowing how easily the people could obtain the Charter , and become the controllers of all power whenever they
willed it , and resumed his Beat amidst rapturous applause . Song by the Band— 'Base Oppressors !' ThenexV sentiment was— ' Feargua O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., and may the People be speedily located on the Land , ' which was responded to by an old Veteran from the Midland ? . The Chairman then introduced the following sentiment : —• Charterville , Lowbatd 3 , and Scig ' a End , and may the efforts of their allottees be crowned with sueceBS . ' The Chairman then called upon Mr Edmund StaUwcod , who had long worked in the cause , to respond . Mr Stallwood rose and gave a brief sketch of the allottees of Charterville , and concluded by assuring the meeting that , although located , they had not forgotten their democratic rights or duties . ( Great Applause . ) The Chairman next called on Mr G . Wheeler to deliver a charao . teristic recitation , written by himself for the oeossioD , which he did in excellent style . It is as followa : —
THE O'CONNORVILLE HARVEST HOME Bo , friends and neighbours , you are come , To celebrate our harvest home—And have a little feast to day , ( But at a price which scarce will pay)—And spend an hour in harmless glee , With muiic , dance , and harmony ; And , that we may not quite f < rg « t The c « use for which we oft have met , We'll toast the Charter and the Land , O'Connor and the noble band , Wko long have struggled in our cause , The Victimi mow of unjust laws—Laws tbatdlszraoe our Statute Beok
Laws that we should not lODgtr brook , Laws that'll make eaoh honest man a marly r , Until we get , ai law , tbo People ' s Charter . Then Labour ' s rights will be respected , And working men no more neglected . But I mnBt cease this sort of strain And come to matter msre germaiu Unto tbe butiness now in band—The harvest supper of the band , Who , having harvested together And made the best of this bad weather , And carried out co-operation-. A plan that yet will save the nation . This being their firat farming season , They thought they should but act with reaion To spend a sight with friends aud neighbours , At this , the dose of harvest labours . And , though our friends who come from town , Hay scarcely get their supper dawn
Aud think one course is hardly right Of simple food on such ani ght , Yet beef , carrots , parsnips , end potatoes too , With 'hunger sauos ' may surely do . For though quite simple is our meat , Oar trimmlBgs , they are fit to eat . ' Jast gathered fresh from off the qbodh' * Not pulled about by half ( he town , Or piled together ' gainst a wall , And meised about upon the stall . I wish that each man in the land , Could sup to-night as sup the band . But I must asw leavs off this talk , Or else you'll all begin to walk . At this I see the ladies Baniie , They ' ve thought of dancing all thh while , And , unless I'd better said or song , They'd rather far I held my tongue , So , as I dread a lady ' s frown , I'll osake my bow and sit me down .-
The Ladies' was the next toast , whioh was ably responded to by Mr Christopher Williams . 'The Chairman' was given with acclamation , and the remainder of tho evening was spent right joyously and merrily , between the merry dance , the melodious song , and the choicest recitations , much to the delight of all present .
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Thk Political Vioiuis . —A pnblio meeting was held at the Scientific and Literary Institution , Jahnstreet , Tottenham Court-road , on Tuesday evening , September 12 . The meeting was bnt thinly attended . Mr Brand was called to the chair , and introduced Mr Merriman , whs in a long and eloquent addreai moved the following resolution : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that the prosecutions recently instituted for sedition , are contrary to the spirit of Eaglish Institutions . ' Mr Brown seconded the motion , Whioh was unanimously adopted . ' A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . Royal Pplxhsohmo Inshidkon . —We recently visited this highly popular institution , and are happy to find that its attractions , both of an instructive and amusing kind , are increased . It is one of those peculiar institutions to whioh we can with perfect
coafideace call the attention of onr readers : it is , indeed , a temple dedicated to the' Arts and Scienoes ; ' and here art and science is imparted with a grace and bearing that wins tbe approval of all . Since we last visited this establishment a magnificent theatre has been added , in which the Dissolving Views are ; exhibited , those vie ^ s at the present time being faithful representations of the Holy City , of Balbec with its rained temple ; also winter and summer , night : and morning , whjch is moat truthfully depicted . Amongst other things worthy of notice are lace making by , steam , Dr Baohoffaerjs lectures on ' Gutta Peroha / which is wa'l worth the hour spent in listening thereto , the CoBmorama , and the innumerable things to be found in thia gigantio temple , so nobly devoted to the improvement of the masses .
Nauohu . Go-opjhuttv * Bknkht Sooiett . —All agents are requested to fill up and return to Mr Stall * wood , 1 , Little Vale-place , Hstnmersmith-road , the printed sheets immediately . Dsath op k Prophet . —The far-famed Couchman , ' the Pluckley Prophet , ' 'the seventh son of a seventh son , ' died a few days ago at Slangbam . in Sussex . So reverenced was the old i-upostor , that his followers aotneily believe that he will shortly rise Miio ,
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LOUIS BLANC . to thb EDiroa or the times , Sia , —Three m . mtbj are paaiied dnoe , in the National Assembly , I accastd tho party ef reaction in Franoo of a studied determination to mislead public opinion , of ml * , omatrulng and twining the aenie of my ideas in a mest odious manner , and of hav Ing warpad against me the mast dangerous of conspiracies—that of falsehood . H . re , In this country , I find the deplorable effeots of this con-< p ! racy inthedeoelt ptaotlied upen your good faith . Wnen , sir , you shallba batter acquainted with the facts , you will have ooosBion to rejret . on your own account , He violence of your own attacks ; fer it cannot be doubted that every * ne must feel unhappy ia having oommltud an act ef ^ justice . T . niTrs m ~
You attribute to my eystem and to tho National Ateliers—which you call my Ateliers— the minor too of < be present lituatlon of my oountry . Allow me to repel with all the Indi goatlon of an honest man , wonnded fB the most sensitive pw ; of his hear . , men a horrible respomlbll . ty What ! . lr , my paWio useveratloni , twenty t mes "Paafcd , nuver contradicts ; the official declare ' ilens rfM . Bmile Thomas , dinotor of the National AUliersuho recen t debates of the French Ajstmbiy ¦ A * documents published in ike s « en < i volume of tho Bnqaete;— all ih * se have not convince * ion that I wag not the person who organised the National Ateliers!—that they were brought Into existence agaimtmy wiehes agalu » t my will , in opposition to all my principle , and even with the avowed objeot of oouattrbalancing the influ « noe over the people that was attributed te mo * » ., Mr , no ! Absolutel y I was nothing in tha creation of the
N . tionaljlfcHera . It was M . Marie , then Minister or Pablio Workg , who established them | it was M . EmlU Thomas who was by M . M « le appointed to the direction of them . As for mjself—I affirm it , and I d * fy contra : diction—I took no part in the formation of the National AUlitrs , neither in their organisation , nor lu thdrdircc . don , nor in their superintendence . If , then , there hgB been imp udence—an 4 I believe there bas—in assem . bllag pell-mell , In the National Ateliers , workmen taken by chance from all professions ; if there has betn folly ia giving them an uniform unproductive task , and in paying them for this unproductive labour wagea which were but almi iu disguise ; if this deplorable Inatttaiion has beoomo for th e state so flagrant a cause ef ru ' . n chat it bus been necessary ta crush it ; If the workmen of the National AtelUts , when they ceased to receive thtir ha . oltual wages , Mllntodespair ; if , in short , a party among th-im have produced the insurreotion of June .
under the inflaenoe of the most terrible misery—by whai strange tevrreal of all the laws of juitioe can ba Imputed tome each , results?—to me , who—I repent it—was a complete stranger to the National Atelim , who disapproved of their being colled into existence , who never pu my foot into them , and who never interfered In what cmeerned them , neither ia their establishment nor in tbelr organisation , in their direction , nor when the quostlon arote of their dissolution ? To eaoh , then , Delangs the re 8 pjnsibili : y of his own works . You impute to my system , sir , . the bloody disorders of
Paris . I may remark that my * ysts . m has , up to this time , received only two applications , altogether partial aad confined in a very narrow circle . Bat , far from condemning my doctrines , these two partial applications form the moat striking justification of them ; for , tbe association of jonrnej men tailors , and that of journeymen saddlers , which I founded , still exist ; they . prosper , notwithstanding all that has been done to decry them , to destroy them ; and it Is to be remarked , that they did not join in tbe Insurrection of Jane—a decisive fact whioh I recommend to the attention of all men of good faith !
Is it meant that the popuhr agitation emanated from the very nature of my principles—from their moral in . flaenoe ! It is this th » t you assert , sir ; and yeu reproach me with an imputation of having sought the happiness of ene class at the wretchedness only and the misery of another . As I do not , sir , doubt your honour or ) our geatle loyalty , I ought to bell « ve-ihat you are unacquainted with my writings , and ( hat you judge me onlj by the calumoies of my Interested detractors . It is , then , b ; quotatlens that I shall request . permission of you to reply—i kind of answer evidently the moot peremptory It is thus that In L'Oboahhaiioh sc TaAViii . I express myself upon the natural and necessary bonds whioh exist between all interests : — 'I aBk , wha is really interested in the maintenance of social order suoh as it exists at present \ No one . No . Nobody . —For myself , I willingly persuade ¦ mjself . jthat the evils created by an Imperfect civilisation spread themselves , in different forms , over the whole of society , '
'Ah I Thanks be to God ! there is not for society a par . tlal progress or a partial retrogression . The whole of oolety is elevated , or the whole of soel 6 ty falls . Wh * n the laws of justice are best understood , all conditions profit by them . When the notions of justloe aro ob . scar d , all conditions In society suffer . A nation , in whioh one class is oppressed , resembles a man who has a wound in his leg ; fie lame leg prevents tbe free exerdie of the healthy limb . Tbui , howevor paradoxical such a proposition may appear , oppressors and oppressed gain < qaally by the destruction of the oppression , They lose equally by its continuance . '—( Ossimsatioh dd Tbavhl , 6 th edition , page 26 . )
You perceive , sir , tho principle that governs my idea . It is that of human solidarite . . It is not only ia the in . toreet of the people that I hivve criticised the economical system followed in Franre ; it is also in the Interest of the middle classes , as you may easily concelvo yourself ; by throwing your cyeB over my little book on the O » gambation bu Tba vail ; and if I have required that to the principle of individualism was substituted progress , ively tbat of association , based upon the sentiment of fraternity , it is precisely because the principle of individualism has appeared to me an endless sou ' roe of hatred , of jealousy , of divisions , of tyrannies emanating from above , of revolts proceeding from beneath , - : ' ¦ Now , Sir , when you say that my ideas have a tcndrnc ) to legitimate insurrection under all circumstances , you hurl against ma an accusation which is contradicted , most undoubtedly , by every page of ray books , by each I ' n 9 of my speeches . Here , again , it Is by quotations that I must answer you .
Open L Histoibe des Dix Ans—you will read a pas . sage relating to a celebrated Insurrection : — ' It . would be to hold In too slight estimation reason and equity , to make their triumph dependent on the chanoes of a coup de main . Wisdom and time are necessary , aad pationct is also a republican virtue . Assuredly it is the property and the glory of oboloe spirits , to be in advance of their epocb , but to do violence to society is permitted to mi one '—( L'HieloiiE deb Dix Anb , tome 5 , page 428 . ) ., I have written likewise In tbo Oboakhatiok do
Tbavail i— ' Violence Is to feared enly whbn disousalon is forbidden . Order has net better sbiolds than study ; If anger sometimes chastises evil , It is impotent for tbe production of good , A blind and savage impaticnoe can only heap up ruins un-Jor which the seed of justice and leve would be smothered . It is not the question us to the displacing of wealth , but as . to Its universal expansion and multiplication . For the happiness of all—ot all without exception — it behoves us to elevate tho level ef humanity . ' — ( Oboahisatiun dd Tbavail , page 21 ) , :. ' . '
I could , Sir , if I did not fear to make this letter too long , multiply my quotations , I could produce here numerous passages extracted from my speeches at the . Luxembourg , and you would percebe that I have etsrywhere condemned , as equally puerile and fearful , the extravagances of force , and that I havo always plaoed the victory , of justice in tbo calm and regular dev « lopnent of public reason by tho liberty of the tribune , by the liberty of the press , by the right of discussion .,, In twelve years I have written mnob . ' Weil , If there exists in my books , ' in my speeches , ene ] word , ena slnglu word , whioh is on appeal to violence , to brute foroe , — let it be shown to me I I affirm that It is impossible to produce such o word . . .: > ; , .. :. . .
For the rest , sir , there is a fact wblth oannot ba contested , which now belongs , to history , and which speaks more loudly in my favour than all reasonings . Whilst I remained at the Luxembourg , and when I had It in my power to aot upon the people , did the slightest disorder take place ! Was there In Paris tbe least agitation ? Bid not the people—who , It has , sinoe been . pretended , wereoxcltedby my speeches — , dld they not exhibit an admirable example of moderation , of resignation ! Was it not then tbat they pronounced this sublime sentenoe—1 We hava three months of misery to offer to ' the feel
public ! ' But to maintain order in Paris during the two months of passage to power , what feroe had I at my dis ; posal ! Speech—Hothlng but ; speech . For you are . not Ignorant , sir , that there was not at that period a single soldier in the capital . What cam possibly t » opposed to to demomtratlve a fact ? What ! tiwpopuUr agitations only comraenoed to data frem the day when I coased to have tha power- of ' efficient aott on upo * the people ; and it is I whom they would hold responsible for those agltatlonii , In ¦ truth , this would . be more than injustice —it would b » folly . . '
I do not stop at the word pillage , ' which has found Itself , I know not how , under your pen , in an article ' ie ' . lating to me . I cannot believe that you have wished to carry oalumniei against both my beat t and my Intellects such a point . For he who would perceive in pillage a means of destrojlng misery , or even of avenging it , would bethe worst of madmen as well as the moitdepraved of nretohea . You recall , in relation to me the affairs of M * y and of June . As to the Insurrection of Juoe , It was so ma . nifeit that , far from having taken part in It in any manner waatever , I was struck with consternation at it , that the hatred of even my mo , t cruel enemies has not been able to find here any sabject of acooiatloa against me In what relates to tbe manifestation of the 18 th of May . Ireakonnpon proving , by undeniable faots , that they have ^ iought In it onl y a pretext to place me at « distance , from the National . Assembly at tbe mo . iaeiM when the constitution was about to b « discussed . '
Ina recital upon which i 8 m Bi present engaged , and which I shall have the honsur of add «»» lag to you , I shall speak of the true cans ti of the tronbleB of H » y , of the elvUwar of June , of the state of siege , and of tbe evils which overwhelm my beloved country , . In . the meantime I limit myself to the declaration , with th * authority of a cessolenoe without reproaoh , that I have never had a hand in any plot , in any attempt at vlo . lence , la any disorder—ans ) that to spire the p * lh of suoh to my oountry , I would with joy bave given all the blood ia my veins . I am , sir , your very humble and very deroted servant , Sept , 9 th , Lous Biako .
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THE NATIOSAL LAND COMPANY . TO THK EWTOB OF IBB BOBIKBS 8 TAE . SiB ,-Varlous are the suggestions now thrown out by somaappamt well wither , of the CompaBy fortX d : nOa » lon of the propositions submitted to the members by the Bosrd of Director , , and setting forth as a plea % these mod fioatlens , that tho propositions are sot likely to meet with general approval ; and alk giag that they are not adapted to the waats and poverty of a large number of shareholders . Mow I do think my friend at BrcoUn Is cultiDg rather before the point , inasmuch as he is paiBlng judgment upon those propositions before fhey are properly understood by him , while it is a fact tt . at in ivery branch that the Directors b ave visited—and ours
was the 17 th—all tho propositions wero earrlsdwitb great unanimity , and In our brnnoh unanimously ; and I have no doubt tbat when these propositions are explained to tho members by the Directors ; they will be locked upon In a very different light . Tho first sugges . tlon my friend at Breohin msksB is , the paying of 4 s . additional to each share , while it must be distinctly understood by the few remarks made In the Stab of the 19 th ult ., that that proposition was overruled and thrown out altogether . Now « s to the Aid Fund , we in Blackburn , were ef the same opinion , that it was far too muoh j but « e soon as the DJreotore gave as a proper explanation upon the matter , the poorest member present at the meeting gave his voioo in favour ef It with the greatest pleasure , and I have no doubt other branoheB will do the tame , because this weekly sum will be put to Interest and ba the
same as deposliing moaeylin the Bank ; and no uup » ld up member Is atked to p * y any more than these weekly small turns until he bas his share paid up . Where there is a will there Is generally a way , and I hava no doubt that if every member was only to give up part of hU dissipation , they would be petfeolly able to pay these smsll sums weekly . If working men would but consider their own value , they might redeem themselves In one year . frem sv « ry existing burdsn with which they ere Uxed , and obtain their « very political right . How true « ro the words of Mr O'Connor in hat Saturday ' s Sta * and every working man should read these letters } That there is neither combination , confederation , nor co-opera . Ion amongst m—bonne the continuation of our slavery . ' Next omeB tbe Bmub Fund , New I must say I ara much surprised to ate that members havs been io long blind to thtir own Interest . Is not ths Land and Labtur
Bank established for the members and the working man that he mlgh ) deposit bis small savings with safotj ? Why is there not an auxiliary to the Bank established ta every town , orwhsre there is a branehof the Land Company t Had the members Invested one penny each per week ilooe the opportunity was held out to them , there would have been now belonging ta the members opwar ds of £ 30 , 000 . And if working men had looked to their own interest , instead of being led away by the ttumped up columns of staff in a profligate aiid corrupt press ( mind you , these base tools are just now laughing a < your essy gullibility)—I tay , if members , Instead of paying attention to these . things , had but continued pay . ing up their shares , huadreds—even thousands—might hive been at this moment happy on the land that are not , and initead of a capital between Bank and Land Fund of £ 100 , 000 , might have baTbetween the two nearly half a million of capital . Working men should
consider these things seriously . How tho next lagges . lion is in regard to the land , or the inserting of a clause to ' give the oecupant an opportunity , after a given num . "or of yean , to' purchase hit allotment ; How all must bear In mind , that the main objeot is the lodatiog the numbers , and if wo get iucb clause inserted as tbe above-named , it will certaisly deteriorate the value of the estate ; hence the trustees Kill aot realise , the full amount of capital wanted , whereas without anyinoumbrance the result desired will be arrived at , being the reproducing of the capital of . the Company ; and tbe speedier location of the members . Members will have every chance given them to purchase an estate , if a sufficient number come forward—and I am sure the Directors will be happy to sell It them , ' ; as when ptrties find out that so mneh has been saved in a few yeart , they will be wiling to give a large bonus to the occupant selling out to go to an estate of his own , whioh' will make up , aad more for the trouble of removlag from one plaoe to another . '
¦ I would now say to those that have passed their rosolutloos so far , show good earnest in carrying them out . Oar members in Blackburn ( paid up ones ) have commenced paying in their Aid Moneys and a number ate now stimulated and beginning to pay up their sharesthe Auxiliary Bank is again beginning to revive , and everything teems stirring again . I would suggest that other brandies should best ' r themselves in contributions aad tbe Bank . Let us go on is the glorioas work , and strengthen the hands of our indefatigable leader , and no doubt ere long our dearest hopes will be realised . Esta . Dllsh an Auxiliary Bank ia every looallty , Let the members be true to themselves by paving up their shares , Gs on , and we prosper—backward , and we fall . I am yours &o ., Blaokburn , Sept . 11 . A Shabeholdkb . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MOBTUEBN BTAB .
Sib , —We have , in our ohurohridden parish , a very amiable reotor , who it in receipt e < upwards of a thou . sandayeor—outs about with horse and gig—professes great love for the poor , and takes a great interest in tbo education oftbe children of the pltce ; and , altogether , passes for a good Christian . I have accidentally obtained a Bmall traot , recommended by h ! m from nhic *) , under the head of cheap and nourishing dishes , 1 tatract tbe following : — 'Gboel—Put one pint of groats to elx quarts of water , Let it boll gsntly , till it oomes to little more than half ; stir it often all tbe tine ; and when dons , put In a quarter of a pound of sugar . This will be about seven pints of the best gruel for sixpence . It Is rather oheaper ma io than oatmeal ; a basin of sach gruel , warmed vp , with a little beer and spice , is a good arakfast or supper for a hard working man , and bv itself . Is excellent food for children . '
Sir , comment on the aboie Is unnecessary . How would this reverend gentleman like suoh fare ? or , I would atk , is it carrying out the precept , 'Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you V I am , jours , iu the cause of just ' ee Botherhlthe , John Psabcet , jun , Sept . 12 th , 1818 .
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Starvation and Extraordinary Death « f a Mi « e— On Friday week last an isquest was taken by Mr W . Garter , the coroner , at the Fountain Cavern , Walwortb-road , touching the death of Robert Pitt , aged 75 years , a miser , who was found dead under very extraordinary circumstances , at big residence , No . 3 , Manor-place , Walworth-road .: The evidenoe went to prove that tbe deoeasod was a superannuated officer of the Eait India Company , and tor many years he has been leading a life © f great parsimony . His apartments were always kept in a most filthy condition , the corners being filled with bones and rags . On Tuesday week laBt the deceased left his sitting roem , and shortly afterwards one of the lodgers was alarmed by a heavy fall . She ran
ontiand . then discovered the deceased , lying On his back , in the yard . He was raised up and carried ioto the . house , where he was seen by Mr Kingston ' s aasialant . who pronounced him to be quite dead . Mr Vipkerraan . who lodged in the . deceasedV house , stated that'the deceased subsisted on ' soup : which he made from stale bones that he purchased from the small butchers . ' . Hebida salary or indome of £ 2 weekly , and ' also other means of ; living in great affluence . Tbe room he slept in was very dirty , and iwarmed with vermin . —Mr Thomas Cook , the constable , said he was balled to take charge- of the body and his rooms , whioh . were , loaded with considdrablo valuable property , chiefly . cbnsistihg of silVe ? plate , books , and other things , to the value of £ 20 $ Upon
making further search he found four £ 120 shares in a building sosiety , and deeds referring , to a quantity of houses at , KenniD $ tqn . and Clapham-road . The body of the . deoeMed had been disoqvefed in such a dreadful st&ie that , the / paroohial , authorities had the same reraowd to the workhouse . The officer added , that he . had no doubt when theroom was more minutely searched a quantity of other valuables would be found ; The whole of the witnesses ; -who had known the deceased for- many years , concurred in the opinion that deceased had died from tbe want of proper nourishment , which' he denied ; himself owing to his parsimonious habits . —The coroner having remarked on the ; extraordinary nature of the . cane , thelury unanimously ' agreed toa verdiof of
'Natural death , accelerated by the waist of proper food . —Th « ehutenwarden gave , orders that Mr T . Cneke , the officer , should take charge of the property until futther inquiry had been made . ¦¦'¦ " ' Anothbr Fatal Railway Accidbnt—A poor woman , named Andarton , met with her death on' Monday , at Stjtohford , a few miles south of Dinning * ham . It . appears that the and her son were abont to prooeedby /^ be up train to Leaden , and for that ourposo shetook , ' her place at the station in question . The noise pf a train approaching caused her to run out of the station room and cross ' the line , supposing it to be the train by whioh she Was about to proceed to town . Unhappily , it proved to bathe express down train , by whioh , en attempting tecross
the line , she was instantly knocked down' and kilted on the spot . The train was immediately stopped , and the body ,. of the deceased carried by the engine driver and Chapman , ; the guard , into the house . The Bcalp of her head was completely , cut off , and tsbe ras in other respects greatly injured .-Her son , as may be conceived , waa greatly distressed ) -It does n 9 » appear that any blame is attributed to the conduot of the engine driver , er any cither parties connected with'the railway company . The unfortunate . woman was ipformed that a down train was doe , but , notwithstanding . sheincautionsly crossed the lineat
the moment of ita arrival ,, and th » B met with unexpected death . Mr Robinson , the station master at Birmingham , aeoompaoied by Mr Simons , surgeon , immediately started for Stitebfovd , and the former took charge of the boy . ' Th « Railways . —Ic . seemB that there are upwards of 60 , 000 men how employed in working the railways ef ' the UnitedKingdo ' m ; and the average daily num « ber of paseengtrs . is about 144 , 000 . . ..:. ¦¦ . Rent is an unearned revenue , v » b ' nh common caution should teaeh ita possessors to enjoy without endeavouring to enhance it by artificial restrictions , injurious to tie trade ant labor of too country .
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1 Wt cwlt the choicest . ' BAJaZBT AND TAMEKLANB . Bajazsi , after hia capture , obsarvina hi ? c '> nquHror to laugh at liira , said , ' Do not laugh , Tamerlane , at my miBfonune ; it ia God has subdued me , not you . be is ab ' e to reverso our situations , and undo to-morrow w&at be has decreed to-day . ' Tameriane , assuming « were seriuua countenance , replied , ' I laughed not with a design to exult over you , but ' . .. sudden imprcason of the W e&tisaaiion at which thfORes and kingdoms aro held in Heavan . since royally has b ' oea bestowed on soch a . blink . eyed man aa you are , and such a limpicj ? oac as
A Wl 8 B AND GlBBB'kDB PHTHCIAN .-It is nlxisd ot troldamuli , whose charity often exceeded ilia means , that , once having visited a poor womaa , ha Bioknesa he plainly perceived was caused by an erauty cupboard ; he sent her a pill-box , containing ten guineas , bearing the inscription , 'To t > e tsfcsa af occasion may require . ' MARAT ' S DEeClUPIIOH CF A BCHJMKH Ton know Cerutti , th < it acccmplishwi diseipto of Loyola , tbat subtle chameleon , to whom Heaven , I ? L ° , lts glft 9 > s& ™ fll ) rid styl 0 . a 1
Noailles , and the outrageous toady ol Keeker , the adored monopolist . Trembling lest his oonniry should triumph , we have seen him for a moment play the patnst ; charmed at finding despotism regain the upper hand , wo have seen him shortly / ' ftsr re-caress the court . In hi 8 Village Homilies . v ; , always see him handle his subject in such jntwuced terms that , no matter who may be the r : exc crovned laveuriteof blind Fortune , there is still adooi ' left open for bimselfi Never has feeling or convict * ou inipired his language ; and if sometimes be preaches the love of liberty to his lovera , it is alwaya in suoh a way as to conserve to the des , oi tbe lovu ot im -, ub . jeots . However character ^ ss bis character , however devoid of tone and decision it may be , ho ia not the less dangerouo . —Marat ' s Friend of th PeopU UjA September , 1791 .
THE WORLD FOR SALE , The world for snle I hang out the sign , Cill every tr « vollt-r here to me ; Who ' ll buy this real estate of mine , And set mo from earth ' a bondage fr 09 : 'Tis going ! T .. s , I mean to fling The bauble frem my soul Away ; I ' ll sell It , whatsoe ' er It bring—Tho wcrld at auct on here to-day ! It Is a glorious thta ; to see—Ah ! it ban cbeatrd me bo sore ; It is not wfeat it te ^ ms to be—For tale ! It shall be mine no more . Come turn It o ' er and view it well , I would not have ) yen purchase dear'Tis going 1 going—I must sell ; Who b ' . da « Whs'Jl buy this splendid tew t
Here ' s Wealth in glittering heaps of 30 U Wboblda ? Bnt let m « tell jou fair , A baaer lot won never sold ; Who'll buy the beavy heaps of care $ And here spreetdt out in hroad domain , A goodly landscape all may trace , Hall , cottage , truo , field , hill , and plain . Wcio'U buy himself a burial place ? Here ' * Live , the dreamy patent spel ! , Tbat beamy flings around the heart ; I know its power , alas ! too well—Tisgoing ! . Livtandlmustpari JIust part . ' What can I more wi ' . h Iot o All over the enchanter ' s reign ; Who'll buy the plumeltsi dying dovc « An hour of dUbs—an age of pain 1 And Fritndship , rarest gem of earth .-.
( Who e ' er hath found tbe jewel hit ) ?) Frail , fickle ; fulie , and little worth— ' Who bids for Friendship—as it is ! 'Tis going 1 going—hear the call—Ouce , twice , and thrice I ' tis very Ion ; 'Twas © nee my bope , my stay , my all—But now the broken staff must go ! Fame ! Hold the brilliant meteor high ; How dazzling every gilded same ! Te milJienB , now ' s the time ta buy—How muoh for fame ? How mncu for fame t Hear how it thunders ' . - Would you b ; rc ( 1 On high OlympnB , far renowned , How purchase , and a world command . And be—with a world ' s curses ctomiod 1 Sweet stir of Hope 1 with rsy to shiua In ever ; sad foreboding breast Sav » this deBpoading one of
mine—Wbo bids for man a last friend and boat Ab I were not mine a bankrupt life , This treasura should my eoul BU 9 t&in ; But hope and I ar ; i now at strife . Nor over may cnito again . And SoBg ! For sale ray tuneless Inte ; Sweet solaoe , now no moro to bold ; The chord * that charmed my ssul arc wuta , I csnnot wake the noteB of old ! Or e ' en were mine a vtfaard shell , Could chain a world in raptures hi gh ; Yet now a sad farewell ! farewell ! Must ou its last faint echoes die . Ambition , fashion , ebow and pride—I part from all for ever now ; Grief , iu an overwhelming tide ,
Has taoght my haughty heart to bow Poor heart ! distracted , ah ! so long— . And still Its aching throb to bear ; How broken that tfbb once so strong—Hjw heavy , ones so free from caro !
BICKEN 8 AND H 0 RPJ 5 TH . Among the lions at Louisville iB Mr James Poster , who stands seven feet eight inches in his stockings , the only mau of his beigbt 1 ever saw with a good head on his shoulders and good legs beneath him . He is muoh respeoted , and has been one of the council * men of the city . He told me that Lord Morpeth called upon him at his eoffee house , and that he was muoh pleased with his plain , unpietending manner . He did not like Dickens , who had sen- for him . ' He bad a double gold chain outside bis waistcoat , ' said Porter , ' and such breast pins that I thought ho looked like one of the river gamblers ; ' a class of persons who , it seems , particularly , affeot a show of jewellery . —Prentice ' s Letters ,
IBB PROPHET AND BIS AS 3 . Atterbury , Bishop of Roohester , when a certain bill was brought into the House of Lords , said among other things , 'That he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session , and he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet . ' Lord Coningsby , who spoke after the Bishop , and always spoke in a passion , desired the houeeto rumark , ' that one of the right reverends had set himself forth aB a prophet ; but for his part ho did not know what prophet to liken him to unless to that furiouB prophet Balaam , who was reproved . by his own-dw . ' Th « Bishop , in reply , with great wit and oalmnesa exposed , this ro . de attaak , concluding thus : < Since the noble lord has discovered in our manners such a simU litude . I am well content' to be compared to the pro * phet Balaam : but , my . Lords , I am at a loss how ta make out the other , part of the parallel ; I am sure I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship . '
BKIICH or 1 * 101 * BOTB . CH 1 LD , Wa yesterday dined at Ham House , to meet the Rothi * child ) , and very nmnslns it was . He ( Rothschild ) told as hli life and adventureB , He was the third son of tha banker at Frankfort , There was not / he laid , ' roora enough for us all in that city . I dealt in Koglish goods , One great trader came , there , who had the market to himself ; he wad quite the great man , and he did us a favour if he soldui goods . Somehow I offended hls and ho refused to ihow me his patterns . This was on Tuesday ; I said to my f » ther , ' I will go to England , ' X could speak nothing but German . On tha Thursday I itarted . The nearer I got to England ,. the oheaper goods were . As toon aft I got to Manchester , I hid out all ray money , things were so cheap ; and I made good
profit . I Bosn found that there were three profits—the raw material , the dyeing , and the manufacturing , I said to the manufacturer , Twill supply 3011 with the material and dye , and yen supply me with the njanufaotured goods . ' 801 got three profits instead of one , and I oould Bell goods oheaper than anybody . In a short time I made my £ 30 , 000 . into £ 60 , 000 . MyBuccoss all turned oa one rauim . I said , I can do what another man ean ; and bo I am a match for tho man with the pat * terns and for Blithe mtof them . Another advantage I had . I m& » an off-hand man , I madn a bargain at once When I . was settled In London , ihe East India Company had 800 , 600 pounds of gold to aell . I went to the talo , and bought it all . ikuew the Dnke 61 Welling . ton must have it . I had bought a great many ofbii bills at a discount .. The government tent for mo , and said the ; must bave it . When they had got It , they did not know how to get it to Portugal . I undertook til that , and I sent it through France ; and that , was the
best business I ev . r did . ' Another mulm , ou whioh h « aaemed to place great relianoo , waa , never tobavearji thing to do wich an unlucky plaoe or « n unlucky man . I hate Rucn / s ' ald ho , 'many clever men , very clever mm who had not shoes to their feet . I never aot with them . Their aWcej . ounta very ' well ; but fate ia agalait them : they cannot get on themselves ; and if they can * , not do good . tpJhBjBtahres , bow oan they do good tomeV By aid of these Eaaximslie ' has acquired ftfre" 6 mllltoni ofmoae ; .. ' , 1 hope , ' sold— ,, ' that yonr children aro net too fond of monty aqd butineia , lo the exclusion O < more Important thljigi . ' I am sure you would not with that ! ' RethMhild— 'i o » turt Iitotidtohh ttoi . I wUH themto ^) tmiad , Md * ta , enih < arl , Mi Udy , tmi ittryihing to btwtww ^ that i « the way to be happy . It requires a great deal of boldaees ' , and a gre » t deal ef caution , to make a great fortune ; and when you bftve got it , it requires ten times as much wit to keep It , — From UmoWt of Sir T . F , B « irt «» ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1488/page/3/
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