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"WATCH THE CLOCK ! KT T ^ EXATE 3 . CLAJtEXCE SIAXGAX . ^ C ountrymen and friends ! Tlr . ' dreary Xfcflit is disappearing , And ii ; o Eternal Morn is Hearing—A ilora tvliose jjlvi-v AH glory under Heaven tir . nsccnds ! Tiie marvels told ill fairy story , The vralcrs of your nightly dreams , IVill f : uJo before * ihe dazzling bciins Of thai Sew D .-uviiing which descendeth On our d ; trk world , and never eudeth !
Believe it , friends!—this Morn draws nigh , Though sceptics mock I 3 Iark you die Hour !—Direct your eye To Tiuv / s great Clock ' But , ere this glorious Morn can brighten , The moral Il 4 aveii muss storm and lighten ! The cartaiu yet remains undrawn Before that dajfc hour next the dawn . There -will lie woe—there will be terror—There wiil be hate , and wrath , and wrong—There will lie ignorance and error , And strife between the "Weak and Strong ! Prejsire your souls for such an hour ! It -couA .-t . 2 i on you without warning—And , wee to those Eternal Power Yavh unprepared for that Great Mornin < r !
Even sow , my friends , it Ioomcth near—St . md fast against the shock : — Quail mot . nor cower I yield not to Fear , Bui— Watch the Clock !
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Reform ilie Safely- Vahe of Revolution . With a £ kelch of Continental Struggles for Haihnn'iUj , By J . D . Dukham , London ; G . Yiekers , Uolywcll-street , Strand . JV . poktical review of the present state of ^ Europe , commencing with Great Britain and ending with Poland . The following lines arc -a , fair s-. unple of the author's poetry : — Helejiliess Nicholas I the hour of wrath , ! Wie k : ir-ll of thy destruction ringeth forth ; Hark i : tr . v the vykc of thy oppression cries , Tov l <'' . « r wstrkifd vengeance to the skies ! Lo - h : i : ielr countless iiiyriads they cosne , To list : 1 thec to irrevocable doom ; Tliy tr . « a = and victims in the darksome niincs , " Wiioj-i : neither lijiit of day nor reason shines :
Shall fr-. au tlieir loathsome dungeons yet arise , To bb . s-: tluv , tyrant , with their Hashing eyes ; Even r . o ' . v thv captives' fetters forth are cast ; The u »; - of iheir ddivonusvc dawucth fast ! Ar : ss : luailim' Pose »; Warsaw ! Come ! Sn -lki > £ > r your « o : iu ! ry * s honour ; glory ; Lome 3 Je ? K'i : iht " sjKx-trt * ofeach ravished bride ! Ton : iV-: « : ii yuurarms a : nl for their lust supplied . Tour ' t-ho-lhiis children , famished , mangled , torn ; Tour cl'ii ' -s ojjijiiy , desolate , forlorn . JH ' C . " 'i ! i : C in '~ h ? 't' ! 1 lf lit'Jitf ( VwVf Tll-i jht ! An :-. v- \ \ -. \ I he sacrcJ panoply of right ; l ? .-i i y . tv . the van ^ siard in this holy cause , & \ tJ- ' .-i 10 right , iv ! ig i « 5 ! , : uid the laws ! Vihli a ^ : sir . uio : i .- ? i <> avesigiag ] le .-ireii :. Thai iu-iiicc to these usafm-s shall be given ' = ? * *
Yes I ihiyul i . ri- * errant , traitor , murderer dire ! £ ?]«* ¦;? in iLeh * whs * -, still the wonted fire ; Trout a-hc : ic-esJj ; : 33 ris-j lv . - ^ lcjidejit o ' er her tomb , llo ]" .- * s iijracon snir from the suiTOiu : di : ig gloom ; Tin-it .- i '^ aii ilie sacred sicrificial fount , "Wjib fj-i . ' < lo ! ii ' s jkruisc burning , upward mount ; 1 'ili iV : ii = s the concave heaven reflected burn , its sr .-f « - ! psi «; i ' .- > g rlio tyraist ' s power , the despot ' s pride , Asser ? Hij : equal rights , and righteous laws ; And virtue ' s merits in its just npplausc ; Till Lil « rty , fair goddess , shall unrobe , Her unveiled charms before the ransomed globe !
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Tiie Log Cnlin . By jHks . Lee . London : G . Slater , " , Strand . A chaumixg story of the toils , troubles , and triumphs of a youthful American who , Ly perseverance In industry and moral conduct , acquired domestic happiness and puhlic inilaeiieo . Tiie ~ Lorj Cohin is a tool : we would gladlv see ia ttc hands of the young of Loth sexes .
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TttWs liiltiilmrgJt Vtigezine . August . Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox . London Siuip'au and Marshall . "E efokji tJie Law " is the title of an admirable article devoted to an expose of the abomiaiatious of our judicial system . The article on " The llanjjarian War" is defective , and 3 'endercd worse by tiie one-sided notes of the Editor . "There and Back Again" will be found pleasant reading . The author seems to 1 ) C a great- admirer of
E 0 U 5 SEAU . Every man lias his own peculiar motives for travelling , aiui , t- erefcre , of course , I bad mine ; though you wiil proliaMy become incredulous when I endea-Tour t" esjdain what ? hey were . It was not t > be-Lold \ && . glaciers , and mountains whose heads touch Ijt-. ven , that I bad come into Switzerland ; it ¦ was not in search of poetical or other inspiration ; neither , being perfectly well , was it with any view of Improvi !' :: my health , or acqair ^ ng animd spirits , ¦ with which at the time , I was literally overflowing . I had coins purely out of love for the memory of Jean Jacques ll'msseau , and that I might stroll about at jby caic over the scene of < he Nouvelle Ueloise But
-why was the memcy of Rousseau dear to me ? Probablv some one had breathed it into my ears before the dav . -: j of menv-ry , and rendered it familiar to me in that period of life when to be familiar is always to lie loved . The day on which I first became acquainted ¦ with his writings I r member most distinctly . It was in the jr . sast <* f summer , when July bad covered all the road-., and sprinkled all the bushes in their vicinity , with dust . A cousin , who lived some liie or six mill's off , bad just written to me , to say that he Jiad got a ropy of the " Confessions , " winch , if I would fc . '« -h them , he vroald lend to me . I started early , inih one ol my j-istqrs as a companion , all the ¦ way amusingmyse-f with imagining what manner of things : ho .-a ' Confessions" could be . AVe walked through i-hady lanes , ov . r meadows stn-wed witli ¦ wild ii » 'vcr . -, crossing many a brook by the aid of a planlr or > inal' ra ^ t Se bnslge , and at length reached the lsottjn in v . -hicli the treasure lay . All else connected wsiii iliis circuasstancs has faded-from my j neH 5 or > - but lha bo-ik and « iy sister , and the way in which J re-ml as we returned home . I sat on stiles . I recHnr- j « n grcrn banks , benrath the chequered shade cfcakjs ami rfms ; I devoured the " Gonfessic ! is . " The names of Geneva and Chamberi , and jV ! adan : t * de Warrras and Ciauds And . became engnivcu iir . 'ir ^ ci " alily on my mind ; and with the whole , the d ; irt . sai : s * . ii : e , # reen meiniows , shady groves , sparlcl : ut streams , and jaelting beat of July , were inpsJrit-alilv ::: 50 datcd .
"ASiivibnd Loaliinvar , " "A Taioof tho Irfexieaii tulf , " "The Modern Vassal , ' " Sketches from Highland Tradition , * ' &c , &c , make up the remainder of this month's unmhfT .
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was then lecturing them , " I may perhnpa be allowed to ask if roy muaRet will be wanted ?" " Permit me to observe , " responded Peter " that we don ' t say musket . " ' " What then ?" " A five-foot clarionet is the word " " AVhy so ?" " because the mouchards may report a man to the c « r / rar for talking about his musket , but not for speaking of a five-foot clarionet . " " Good ¦ that's an idea . I thank you . " " Tkns . ' I bear a noise . "What is the matter ? Are tlio polieo down on iisalready ?" 11 It can ' t be , " said the student . " I saj ' i yo « are taller than 1 am , —look out !" " Vive la charte . '" ' cried the student , niechanifcillv . ^^ TT" ^ fl ^ n * % n ffA * %£ ** % * tn ^* ^ Fl /\ n \ If T - _ . _ 1 * . _
" What is it then ?" " It ' s the rolytechnic 3 . " " Bravo ! that ' s good . It warms . Just agoing to begin , ladies and gentlemen , just agoin ? to begin ! waik in , walk in !" It was indeed tUe Polytechnic School . Though consigned to the house during the funeral , they had b'u-st their bounds , and arrived bare-headed and with torn clothe 3 tojointhc movement . Tremendous applause grootod tho arriral , which was simultaneous with reaching the place . " The Jlra-seillaiae , " cried tho crowd . " The Marseillaise . " repeated Victor . The military band at the head of the column at once struck up the splendid air of " Ilouqct do P Isle , " and an electric shock shook the whole line ofmanjh . A scaftblding had been temporarily erected at the end ef the Place do la llastillo .
General Lafayette , M . Mauguin , Generals Saldanbaand Sereognani , and Marshal Clauzel , ascended the scaifold and made the usual speeches delivered on sueh occasions . _ These speeches were solemn and grave , befitting a mere funeral . But it was more than a funeral , it was the signal of a revolution . "When the distinguished personages above mentioned had spoken , Victor Lefranc stepped forward . The dense crowd now pressed more closely and eagerly round the scaffold . Victor spoke in a loud , clear , and ringing voice , which was heard a ' ar off on the boulevard . He spoke of Lamarque , his patriotism , his virtues , his military oxploits , and then turned to the general policy of France . Mauguin , " Lafayette , and the others looked uneasy . They were afraid they were about to be compromised .
Victor spoke of the Revolution of July , reminded those present that its combatants fought to tear up the treaties of 18 lo , for human progress , for liberty , and not for a selfish , grasping , tyrannical , and egotistical king . 2 s ' ever were Louis Philippe and his government move severely handled . Tiie crowd howled with delight . Theodore and the sections scarcely could restrain their impatience . They wanted to begin . They clutched daggers and pistols as if they feared to lose them . " At last A'ictor Lefranc terminated bis speech ; and then , closing his eyes , and holding aloft his arms , he cried in a tremendous voice : — "Vive la Kei-gclique I " It was the signal . T < -n thniisnnd voices answered from all sides of
the place in one warm and tremendous cry . The peo ;)! c were delighted , students , workmen , Xational Guards , embraced , each other with tears in their eves . L-ifayettc and bis friend , especially the warlike Mauguhi , endeavoured to make their escape . 'J'Jie news spread Jike wildfire through the town that a cry of " Vive la Jlejmlliqae" had been uttered Everybody know thnt this was . in insurrection . This is one of the Lest written of the monthly magazines . "We are happy to add , that it breathes a spirit of fervent hostility to tyraunv of every description .
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Sharpe n s London Magazine . London : Hall , Virtue , and Co ., Paternoster-row . The interesting articles in this number are too numerous to specify , hut we must single out 3 Irs . Hoake ' s " . Scenes from the life of Torquato Tasso" as -worthy of special commendation . On the other hand , we jnust censure the miserable article on HuugarjTfrom the pen of Miss Pakdoe . We can assure that lady
that the expression of her aristocratic , or snobocratic , strictures on the glorious Kossutit , will not add toiler popularity amongst lua * own countrymen . As regards Hungary , the reader of this * magazine Trill find some compensation for Miss Pakdoe ' s trash in the admirably executed engraving of Buda and Pesth , given with this number . The " Lake of Tiberias " is the subject of another beautiful engraving .
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SUXSIirXE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF TJIE XIXETEEXTII CEXTU 11 Y . BT THOMAS MAIITIX WIIEELEIl , Late Secretary to the Xational Charter Association and Xational Land Company . CnAriEit XXI . Troth's something like champagne when brisk anil bouncing , Prone to explode , work mischief , and all that _ ; But still more like champagne when , done with flouncing ; Because so monstrous few can bear \ tfat ; It stoops at folly like a falcon pouncing , Therefore be cautious whom you fly it at : If dull , 'tis scorned—mav-k many a holy thesis ; And if too brisk , it flies in people's faces .
'Tis dreaded like a monster with a sting to Its tail , and voted on all hands an evil : Kings hate , and prelates fear it : women cling to Bland flattery instead—for it is so civil . Thus you'll discover , ' tis a dangerous thing to " Tell truth , " ( as Hotspur savs ) " and shame the devil ;" For like a thousand other things , the fact is , 'Tis move approved iu theory tliau in practice . II ' . Head . Return we to Walter Xorth . Elate with the matrimonial alliance he bad achieved for his sister , and planning future schemes of aggrandisement ^ be scarcely thought of the treaehcryl > y which Julia ' s marriage waseffectcd , and no feeling of sorrow or remorse visited his conscience ; true he knew not of its fatal results , and if he had , be would have c-tecjiic : ! her death the consequence of auglifc save Ids own brutal conduct , liusiness was the
absorbing passion of his mind , and all other feelings merge : ! i » to the primary one of acquiring wealth , aiiu through wealth , dignity and importance . ^ Belonging to the new school of traders , who , emerging from the obscure but substantial manners of the past , no longer content themselves with wealth and retirement , Tiut look forward to political honours , and the exercise of influence in wielding tho destinies of the world , he entered actively into the political asitations of which Yorkshire and Lancashire were then becoming the arena . Imprisonment and persecution had , for a time , silenced the most active spirits in the Chartist movement ; their champions , O ' Connor , O'JJrien , M'Douall , Lovett , Vincent , and a host of others , were in Whig
dungeons , paying the penalty for daring to be more honest , and more far-seeing than the majority of their compeers , and the middle class—with that spirit of tact and treachery which has ever distinguished their struggles for power—took this opportunity of consolidating the newly-acquired power which the Reform Bill had thrown into their grasp , and of dealing a death-blow to their old enemiesthe landed aristocracy . To effect this object , they saw the necessity of obtaining the co-operation of the people . Experience had shown them that , by themselves , they were unequal to the task of grappling successfully with their time-honoured opponents , in those legislative strongholds in which custom and prejudice were linked with their adversaries . Their leaders were aware that they were essentially a stand-still body , a balancing power between the aristocracy and the democracy , having no principle of motion iu themselves , and that to
overcome this vis inertias they needed the momentum of popular support . To bid for this was a necessary consequence , but the price was a matter of serious importance . The intelligent working iae : i were conscious that the suffrage was the only measure worth their co-opc-ratioa ; but this was a sacrifice too areat for the factions of the middle class , but lately admitted wiihin tho privileged pale . Already tasting its sweets they were anxious to monopolise them , and could not brook the idea of sharing these benefits with the mass . Impelled by sclf-iiitcresi , to forego the universal , they sought refuge in the sectional ; they knew that poverty had rendered bread an Englislnnan ' s staple-food ; to cheapen bread was a fascinating object , one which would catch the unwary artisan , and enlist the sympathies of the well-meaning , but ill-informed of all classes . The object was chosen with theii ; usual shrewdness—it insured the support of the sentimental theorist , the sanctified hypocrite ^ and the paii
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hireling , and threw upon its opponents the odium of being the supporters of an acknowledged and admitted-unjust monopoly . With the g . vound tlms advantageously chosen , the repeal of the < Corn Laws was the " battlc ' cry with which they rushed to the assault of the landlord forces , who , ill-mar . sualled , and destitute of any acknowledged leader , would speedily have succumbed to their opponents had not an unhoped-for assistance—on the part of the farseeing Chartists—delayed their final overthrow , and imparted energy and excitement to the contest . In this campaign Walter North was an active partisan . Destitute of tho abilities necessary for the guidance of the combat , and but half admitted to the confidence of its shrewd coneoctors , his wealth , appearance , and apparent candour , nevertheless , rendered him a general favourite with the adherents . '"_*
of t ' iat measure , and gave his name a local celebrity which it otherwise would not have obtained ; this was the chief object Walter had in view in . joining this agitation . Of the hidden motives and wily calculations of its manufacturing fabricators he knew nor cared naught ; ho was content to be a puppet of the party , to echo their statements , and uphold their principles , on condition that their interest secured him a seat in the legislative assembly . To forward this object he purchased an estato near an adjoining borough , made it the centre of bis Free Trade exertions , and , assisted by the League influence , was eventually the successful competitor for its parliamentary representation . He had now obtained one of the objects of his ambition , and trusted that the
increased importance it gave him , and the cxten -ion of his circle of acquaintance would , combined with his really handsome person , eifect his ultimate objectthat of securing a noble and wealthy bride , and ultimately a patent of nobi'ity to himself . These were lofty views for the retired publican ' s son , but his life had hitherto been a complete glow of sunshine , misfortune h . id never thrown her dark shadow across his successful career , and lie therefore pursued his schemes , not doubting ot their ultimate success . In the House of Commons , Walter North was not calculated to shine ; the novelty of his election ss a representative of the Anti-Cora Law interest , had for a time kept his name before the public , but he speedily sunk into the most obscure of all obscurities—a voiceless
member of the British Senate . Without the eccentricities of a Sibtliorp , the personal appearance of Muntz , or the cough and stammer of a Howard , to relieve the tedium of his dullness , or point him out to public notice , bis vote was aye ready to support the interest of his party , ami tlio press was spared the trouble of reporting , and tho public the waste of time in reading , nis wise sayings and doings . Of all ¦ legislative assemblies the Uritish is the most dull , tame , and inanimate ; deprivo it of the Anstcys , the Urqubarts , and other longwinded prosers , and it is a mass of unmitigated mediocrity , relieved only by tho brilliant coruscations of a Disr . ieli , the eloquent sophisms of a Macaulay , the " . ' owing eloquence of a Slieil , the sarcasms of a liOebuck , and the sound reasoning of a Peel , aud
tlio minor abilities of some dozen members of various factions . Fox- oratorical abilities it cannot for ; i moment vie with the French Assembly—for logical reasoning , witli the German Diet , or Statss-Gencral—for animation , with the Cortes of Spainor for despatch of business , witli the American Congress—but in etiquette and precedence its claims are paramount . Happy the day for Britain when its cold contracted views shall expand with the infusion of new and vigorous blood ; when thedullncss of prerogative shall vanish before the glow of universality , and the chill of etiquette and the dogmas of prudence give place to the claims of utility , and the doctrines of humanity . Its atmosphere lias beeome vitiated by stagnation ; tho effervescence of popular representation would purify it ; its constitution has become torpid and emaciated by age and
indulgence ; the breath of revolution would infuse into it-the vigour of manhood , instead of diffusing the pestilence of corruption , and spreading the curse of despotism , from the world ' s centre to its exti'omest bounds , earning the heartfelt maledictions of the brave and fi-ee iu evevy clime ; it would become a fount of liberty , from whence its pure streams would gradually diffuse themselves over the wide world , cheering tiie drooping spirits , and invigorating the care-worn frames of tho sons of men . Xoyer can we hope for this happy result until the claims of party are lost in tlio ' se of justice and humanity ; until the Walter XortLs ot the llouso of Commons arc- superseded by the men of tlio people , and the righ s of the many triumph over the interests of the few : let us then all aid iu achieving this desirable consummation . ( 2 b be continued . )
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Mn . llisos . —Mr . John Mason , of Birmingham , formerly of Jfcwcastle-upon-Tyne , beinar about to emigrate to America , a farewell tea party of his friends and well-wishers took place on Wednesday , the loth inst ., . it the Corn Exchange , ttirminghaiii . Councillor Baldwin presided , and the assembly was addressed by Mr . Muntz , M . I \ ; Mr . Scholefield , M . P . ; G . Dawson , Esq . ; 11 . K . Douglas , Esq . ; and several other speakers . A testimonial , consisting of £ iO , ( in cash ) was presented to Mr . Mason , with an intimation that efforts would be made to raise the sum to £ 50 . Mr . Mason in returning thanks said , that to leave one ' s native land waif a matter of no small consideration to any man ; but to him , who had devoted fourteen years of the flower of his life to the service of tho public , when lie miffht have
employed his abilities for the promotion of his own personal welfare , it was a very serious matter , for lie had devoted every penny lib had to obtain works , iu the study of which he sought the best means ot removing those causes of wrong which existed in society , and promoting those elements of it wliicli would lift up the masses without destroying the great social fabric . On a review of his life ' ho could say that when he first entered on a public career , it was not from motives of ambition , or the mere desire to meddle in public affairs ; but having beheld his mother , brother , and himself passing through the ordeal of poverty , . and finding himself able , at twenty years of age , to give utterance to his sentiments , he felt it a blessing to relieve his heart by the denunciation of that oppression which lie had shared .
and which thousands of his own order endured . After reviewing his career as a moral-forec Chartist advocate , and dwelling upon the errors of the democratic party , such as might be expected , he referred to his services on behalf of the working classes , observing that there was not one single ease between masters and men , and between class and class , in which he bad not succeeded in improving the tone of feeling between them , and in making the working man believe that it was his interest to secure that of his employer , and that it was equally the interest of the employer to promote that of his men , the results of which ho had witnessed to this day . ( Cheers . ) His great object , during his residence in Birmingham , had been to reconcile tho middle and working classes , to do his utmost to produce such a
combination of the two classes , that when they uttered the word " reform , " the aristocracy would lie compelled to grant it . His object had also been to fill up the chasm between those who produced everything and those who produced nothing . But , eventually , he found that he could not thus devote himself to the public , without neglecting his family . If , in America , liis circumstances should improve , his pen should be employed in giving greater force to tiie principles ho had enunciated in this country . Until the distribution of wealth and its laws were usi'lerstood they would continue to liavc ' mouniains of wealth on one side , and dypllis of poverty on the other . They could not alter the value of money without affecting the price of wages . There were works which he had projected , which , however , ho
could not produce while lie remained in this country , and if his fortunes were prosperous , his heart would , as ever , be devoted to tfee interests of mankind ; sympathising in their wrongs , and endeavouring to fit them for that redemption for which all true patriots laboured . ( Cheers . ) With proper iiiws , England might make millions rich , spread wealth and blessings on the homes of the poor and the lowest classes of society , without deducting from the comforts and luxuries of others . He felt highly "ratified by this mark of respect ; while ke lived he should call to mind , that though he had suffered persecution for hia opinions , yet he had received tokens of respect from the highest to the lowest in the town of Birmingham . A Frenchman on our Life Guards . — M . Eugene
Guinot has made a recent cheap trip to London tnc subject of a fcuilleton in the Siedc . Portions of it are translated in the Literary Gazette , from which we take an extract : — " In going to Westminster , the curious stop afc the Horse Guard barracks , situated at AVhitehall , at the entrance to St . James s park . The soldiers of this corps d ' elite are , of an elcance which is $ een nowhere else than in the English army and at tho Opera Comique . lucre is nothing martial in their uniform , but it is so elegant and coquettish as to produce the best eifect . Every one of these soldiers has the airof . 'l walking gentleman on the stage rather than of a real dragoon really mounting guard . Our readers cannot picture dressed
to themselves " simple soldiers so well , combed , brushed , oiled , pomatumed , blackingcrt , and varnished ; tlieir bands and nails are attended to as carefully as those of the most perfect gentleman ; their hair i ' s curled with art , and any troopei- whose hair is not properly arranged , or nicely parted , is sent to the blackhole . On that point discipline is inexorable . Those soldier dandies receive pny proportioned to their elegance . Means are atrorded them of passing a comfortable existence , lney arc copiously fed , and take tea three times a day . llieir uniform ' is splendid ; the lowest grade serves as a pretext for ornaments ; corporals are covered with embroidery , and lieutenants wear two largo epaulettes . "
A diujNkex Max , nn . med Cain , being taken before an American magistrate the other day , was wittily asked whether ho was the man who slew his brother ? " No , your honour , " ( hiccupped tho sinner ) , " II am the chap that got slewed . "
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DEATH OP MEHEMET ALL Alexandria , August 9 . —Mehemet All Pasha died at Alexandria on the 2 nd inst ., and on the following day his liody was taken up to Cairo , where he was buried on the 4 th , in the new alabaster mosque built by himself in the citadel . i lie procession IVom the palace at Ras-el-teen to tne canal wa 3 attended by a great concourse of people , the European consuls in unftbrm , with many or the European residents , and a great numoer of troops with arms reversed . On emerging trom the palace the coffin was laid at the foot of the grand marble staircase , the attendants gathered round , and the chief mufti , a venerable old man , aavaneed , raised his hands , and amidst profound silence , repeated three times , with a piuse for mental reflection b etween each , " Adah hoo aMar" ( God is great ); after which he twice repented " Salam tucwoun
- ( i ' eacebe with you ); and then the procession started , the principal officers and grandees emulating each other for the honour of carrying the coffin on their shoulders . On passing the harem , a separate building a little to the north of the pakce . tne shrieks and lamentations of the women were nn ° i ? rT- u " \ «™ nty-8 « buffaloes were killed l » i ! ! m amonS the poor , with tweuty-six can el loads of bread and dates , and a considerable sum ot money . At Cairo there was no ceremony attending the conveyance of the Pasha ' s body from tho Kilo , to i . a iinal resting-place , and even Abbas Pasha , the moS SCni roy > joined the funerar only at the
Tun ,.. ? oi £ , first severe illness occurred in January , 184 S when he proceeded to Malta and maples , where havmg rallied a little he retwned to Mo m Apvil , improved in bodily health , but with » s constitution shattered and his mental faculties totudv prostrated . His appearance had undergone a complete change ; hfa eyes bad lost that searching and intelligent look for which his Highness was so remarkable ; his cheeks were shrunk , and his voice was qmtc feeble . His medical men having then dedared his total unfitness to nttend to the affairs of the country , the late Ibrahim Pasha assumed the reins of government , and at his death was succeeded by Abbas Pasha . From that time until within a few weehs of his death Mehemet AH took his daily drive iu his carriage , and lived' in his palace in the same style he was wont to do . but none but his immediate attendants were permitted to approach him .
Mehemet All was born in the town of Cavalla in Itrtumclia , the ancient city of Macedonia . In Mohammedan countries their natives keep no reckoning of their a < r ;> , mid tho Pasha could not tell precisely what liia own was , but lie was supposed to be about eighty years of age . Mehemet Alt first commenced life ns a tobacconist in his native town , but he afterwards volunteered into the army , to which his taste was more congenial . In his new career he soon obtained high favour with the Governor of Cavalla by li's efficient assistance in quelling a rebellion and dispersing a band of pirates , and on the death of his commanding officer lie was appointed to succeed him , and married his widow .
In 1799 ) the town of Cavalla having been cnlloil upon by the Sultan to provide its contingent of 30 ( 1 m : ! ii for the expulsion ol the French from Kgypt , iho Gavernor sent the required number , headed by his son , with Mehemet Ali under his orders ; but shortly after landing at Aboukiv tho son vi-turned to Roumelia and left Mehemet Ali in command . In all the engagements with"the French Mehemot Ali distinguished himself by his conduct and valour , lie rapidly rose in rank , and his lofty . spirit gaineil him a strung ascendancy over the minds of his soldiers . After the evacuation of Egypt by the French , in Sfiptembsr . 1801 , the SuUan . appointed Mohammed Khosrew Viceroy of Egypt , who has since been several times Prime Minister at Constantinople , and between whom and Mshemet Ali there ahvajs existed an inveterate hatred .
The Mamelukes were at that time actively engaged in endeavouring to recover their ascendancy , which had been overthrown by tho Frar . ch , nnd tiie two principal Mameluke Beys , Osman Bardissy and Mohammed Elfy , came to an engagement with the Turkish army arid defeated it . Meliemet Ali , with his troop of Albanians , was under the orders of Khoorshid Pasha , but , for some reason or other , took no part in the battle . The . Turkish General , irritated at hi-i defeat , complained of Meliemet . Ait to Khoshrew , who summoned him to his presence ; he refused to attend , and took advantage of an insurrection which then occurred among the Albanian troops to join tile Mamelukes under Osman I 3 ardissy . In 1803 he attacked Khoshrew at Damictta , and brought him p risoner t <> Cairo . The Pore then sent to Ali Gezairli Pasha to replace Khoshrew Pusha , but he was still loss fortunate than hia predecessor , for he was put to death by the Mamelukes soon after bis arrival .
In 180-1 , the army under the Mameluke Bardissy , became clamorous for its arrears of pa * , an insur rection ensued , the Dey' s house was attacked by the infuriated soldiers , and he had to make a hasty retrcatfrom Cairo . Mehemet Ali , strenj ^ hened in the affections of the troops , had clandestinely fostered this insurrection , but . not thinking his time yet come , he sent Khosrew , his prisoner , bae * to Constantinopl , and judiciously appointed Kh 'orshid Pasha , then Governor of Alexandria . Viceroy of Egypt . The p > sition ol' iho new Viceroy was very embarrassing , as the Albanians and his own troo s still persisted in their demands for pay , which it was entirely out of his power to satisfy . A new and formidable insurrection broke nut , and Khoorshid ' s soldiers put Cairo to the sack . Th « inhabitants o ! the town were in the utmost alarm , they deposed Khoorshid Pasha , addressed themselves to Mehemet Ali for protection , and made him Vceroy .
Mehemet Ali was installed in the P . ishiihc of Esrypt in 1806 , on condition tliut . he should send to the . Sultan 4 , 000 p'irses , which represented at that lime the sum of about £ 210 , 000 sterling . ThePashalic of Egyp t was then commouly called th « Pashalic of Cairo , and it extended only to Middl « Egypt and the Delta ; Upper Egypt being divided into several districts , administered by the Mameluke Beys , a > id Alexandria , with a part of the western provinc ' , by a Pasha independent of the Pasha of Cain > . A few months after the ins ' allation of Mehemet Ali in the Pashalie oi' Egypt the Porte consented to give him idso the Pashalui of Alexandria as a reward f . ir the services he had rendered to the Ottoman Empire in 1 S 07 , on the occasion of tho evacuati-in of Lower Ji'vnt and the city of Alexandria by the English .
Jn 1808 , Meliemet Ali vceeivotl orders from Uie Porte to attack and disperse the Wahabees , a fanatical scot of the Mohammedan religion , who had pillaged the holy cities ot Mecca and Medina . Before eiigaqing iu this war , and draw ng hh troops out ot lvivpt , ths Viceroy determined upon putring ; i fi'ii'l eml to the power of his old allies , the Mamelukes , for , although the two c ' niefs were dead , there still regained a strong number who had it in their power to annoy him . Accordingly , on tho 1 st of March , 1811 , the Mamelukes were- invited iuabody to the citadel at Cairo , to attend at the investiture of the
Viceroy ' s son Toussoon . as chief of the expedition . ¦ gainst the Wahabees . When the ceremony was over the Mamelukes mounted their harses , but on rc . ch-1 ns the citadel gates they found them closed , and a sudden discharge of mu-ketry from soldiers placed on tliii walls completely annihilated them . A great many Mamelukes > • ere put to deaib at the same time in die provinces . It has be- u computed that 47 " with tlieir chi' -f , Ibraham Bey , perished in tin ; citadel ; and in the city and through ut the country no less than 1 , 200 were killed . ' 1 hus ended the power of these formidable chiefs who had kept Egypt in . i stato of anarchy and warfare ever since thu year
1382 . After the destruction of the Mamelukes Mehemet Ali made himself mast » r of Upper Egypt ; lie obtained from the Sublimo Porte the government of that p ^ irt of the country , and at the same time considerably increased the land tax and the duties of Customs on the internal trade . In the autumn cf . 1 S 11 Mehemet Ali sent his army into Arabia against the Wahabees . This war las ed six years , cost the Viceroy immense sums of muney and a great number of men , and was finally brought to a close by Ibrahim Pasha . In 1 S 13 Mehemet Ali himself went to the Hedjaz fov a time to hnstcn the result of the expedition . During his absence the Porte , jealous of his power , secretly appointed Lateef Pasha Viceroy of Egypt , but Mohammed Bey , Mehemet Ali ' s Minister ot War , pretending to enter into the views of the Lateef Pasha , engaged him to declare himself publicly the Viceroy of Egypt , and then decapitated him .
In 1815 Mehemet Ali , convinced of the great advantages of discipline and military tactics in the art of warfare , resolved upon having Iii 3 army properly drilled , but his soldiers were very averse to this measure and threatened an insurrection . lie therefore sent b s mutinous troops into Ethiopia under his third son , Ismacl Pasha , who , on that occasion , conquered the provinces of D < mgol » i Berber , Shendy , Sennaar , and Oordofan , whilst he raised a new . army , which was drilled by French and Italian officers , lie then offered the Sultan to assist in quelling the Greel ; insurrection against the Porte , anil Oil tho l / jth of July , IS 2-1 , Meliemet Ali ' s fleet , consisting ot 103 vessels , sailed for the Morea , under the command of Ibrahim Pasha , who for three years kept the country in subjection , but was obl'ged to retire after the battle of Navarino on the iiOtii ol October . 1 ; 27 . . . In 1830 the Porte conferred upon Meliemet Ali the administration of the island of Candia . . .
Mehemet Ali then turned his thoughts to obtaining possession of Syria . Accordingly , on the 2 < l ot November , 1 S 31 , Mehemet Ali sent into Syria a powerful army , under the couun'fnd of his swi Ibrahim Pasha , who in a few mouths reduced the whole country to submission . On this the Porte declared Mehemet Ali a rebel , and- sent a strong army into Syria ; but Ibrshim Pasha ' b troops invariably overeainetue Sultan ' s , and several important battles were fought , wiiieh insured to the Egyptians
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the Possession of the country . The European powfc ' interfered , and , under their cuarantee , peace wassi ^ ed on the 14 th of May , 18 XJ . Syria and the district . ° . t Adana were ceded to Mehemet Ali , in conju'icttv"" ! with the Pashalic > oi' Egypt , on his acknowledgir . 'g himself a vassal of the Sultan , and engaging to re . ii't to the Porte the same tribute « s the former Pasliat of Syria . According to th : ' s arrangement Mebemei Ali paid for E <; ypt 12 , 000 purses ; Syria and A ^ am . 1 S . 000 puives ; and Candia 2 . 000 purses , nrikins together 32 , 000 purses , or .- £ 100 , 000 sterling per annum . l »* * ¦^^¦^^^¦ l ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ |^^^^^
Mehemet Ali cotrfinned in the quiet possession of Syria until IS 39 . but the Porte disliked very much the occupation' of that country by the Viceroy of E ? ypt , so thai : alter organising an army and a strong fleet iii tho beginning- of IS 30 , the Sultan Mahmoud sent his troops iVito Syria under the command of flafiz Pasln , to expel the Egypt Sans , bnt Ibrahim Pasha proved too powerful for himv and the Turkish nrmy had to retreat , England , Austria . Rassia . and Prussia , then , in conjunction with tie-Torts , signed a treaty on the 15 th of Jnly , 18-10 , and informed Mehemet Ali that he was no Iohge ? 'to ' remain in Syria , but the Viceroy , confiding in tile-promised assistance of the French , seemed determined tofceep the country .
England therefore sent a formal demnnd to the Viceroy for the restitution of the Turkish 1 fleet , which had been brought into the port of Alexandria jv the treachery of the Turkish Admiral , but his Highness gave evasive answers , and referred to- the Sultan . In the meantime he strained his utmost powers to increase his army , and formed through'mt Egypt tho National Guard , in which all the male inhabitants wera made to serve . The allied Powers , finding that the Viceroy would not evacuate Syria by fair means , determined upon driving him out by force . The fir ? t engagement took place on the 10 th of October , 1840 , near
Bevrout , when the Egyptian army was completely routed and the town taken . Caiffa and Saida were bombarded in the same month , Tripoli and . Tarsous soon followed , and on the 3 rd of November of the same year the bombardment and taking of Acre in the short space of four hours must have convinced Meliemet Ali that any further resistance was use-Ipss . ^ The town ot Alexandria was blockaded by an English squadron ; still Mehemet Ali was not inclined to submit , as he entertained hopes that France would come to his aid . but in the end ho f-und he could no longer temporise , and acceded to the ferms proposed , the hereditary Pashalic of Eirypt in his own family bcins ; secured to him .
The withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from Syria commenced in Decpmbe- , 1810 , when 5-1 , 000 men and 0 , 000 n-omen and < 'hil ;! ren tank the road of ( he Desert to Suez ; but what with sickness , desertion , privation , and Mie opposition they encountered on their march , not 25 , 000 reached Eijypt . Ibrahim Pasha proceeded by sea from Gaza with the sickami wounded , and landed at Damiettaon the 21 st of Fi-bruary , 1 SH , whilst the remainder of Ibe troops marched by El Arish . Before the evacuatum of Syria , the Egyptian army consisted of 85 , 000 mm ; of these only 33 , 000 returned to their country . Admiral Walker , b-longingto the Turk ' sh » avy , in the name of the Sulta'i took command of ( he Turkish flftpt in the port of Alexandria , and s-ijlrd for Co .,-• tantinople on the 11 th of January , 1 S 11 . At the same time the Egyptian troops were withdrawn from the island of Candin , the- Iledjnz , and the two holy tiitios , and these niuntries were restored to the aufc ' oritv of the Snb'ime Pcrto .
Until last year Mehemet Ali enjoyed a very stmns cinstitution ; his stature was short , and his features formed an agreeable and anirna' ed physiognomy , with n searching look , expressive of cunning , nobleness , and amiability . lie always stood very " upright , a- tl it ; was remarkable , from its beirvi unusual atnoiK ' Turks , that he was in the habit of walking up and down in his apartments . He -was most simple in bis dress and cleanly in liis person . He received stro ; jr impressions easily , was very frank and open , : nil cnuld not casi ' y conceal his mind . Ho loved his children with great tenderness , am ] lived in Mu > inteifir of hisfmily with great simplicity and freedom from restraint . He was very fond of playing at billiards , cIipss , draughts , and cards . In his latter years
he became very merciful and humane , and generally forgave the greatest , faults . Melscmet Ali cherished fame and thought a great deal not only of the opinions entertained of him during his lifetime , but also of the reputation he would leave at his death . The European papers were regularly transla ' ed to him , and he was : ¦ fleeted by any attacks diV-cced against him . Ris activity was very great . Ho slept little in the ni ^ hf ; an d invariably rose before sunrise . He received daily the reports ' of his Ministers , dictated answers , and frequently visited any improvements or changes going on in the public wo' - ' ks . He leai ned to read only at tlu age of 45 . He principally studied history , and was particularly in ' en .-s'ed with the lives of Napoleon and Alexander the Great-.
The only language he spoke was Turki-h ; he understand Arabic , but did not like to sppulc it . The late Vico . roy did not observe the tenets of the Mohammedan religion with any rigour , and never careil about fasting in the month of R'limzan . He showed the greatest t leration for all religions , and for this considering tho strong innate bigotry which prevails among Turks , bn deserves the Greatest praise . He w ; is the first Mohammedan ruler who ( minted real protection fo Christians , ra ' sed them to the hi- ; h ? st ranks , and made some of them his most intimate friends . His freedom from superstition was as remarkable as his toleration in re ! ijci < m , and in many instances he shook oft' tha yoke of those absurd prejudices to which all those of his faith humbly bow their heads .
Mehemofc Ali had by hi ? wives and concubines sixteen children , of these only five , three s'ms and two duughtprs are now living—viz : SaYd Pasha , Admiral of the Ecyptian fleet , born iu 1818 ; Ilaleem Bey , born in 1825 ' ; Mehemet Ali Bey , born in 1833 ; Nnzleh Hnnum , horn in 1797 , widow of the Defrerdar Mohammed Bey ; Zeinab Ifanum , bnrn in 1824 , and married in lS-J !) to Kamil Pasha . Hnlrem Dey wis four years in Paris , where he received a liberal education . Mehemet Ali's second son , after the late Ibrahim Pasba , was Toussoon Pasha , born at Cavalla , uho left an only son , Abbas Pasha , born in ISl . 'i , ut present Viceroy of Egypt . Tonssofm Paslw died of the plasue at the camp of Damauhour in 1 S 10 .
Mehemet Ah had also at Cavalla , by the same wife , a third son , Ismael Pashn , who died in the war in Sennanr . Another son of Mehemet Ali , Housseiu Boy , born in 1 S 25 , died in 1 S-17 at Paris , where he had been sent for Irs education . Meliemet AH had twelve brothers and two sisters , all oi ' whomare dead .
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Tin-: Excavations at Mount-Sorrei .. —For several weeks past considerable interest has been excitod in this town in consequence of an attempt which is making to explore certain supposed remains of the ancient and once formidable eastlo which stood on the rock overhanginjr the town ; and we are sure that some account of the proceedings will be interesting to our readers , whether antiquaries or not , especially when we state that the laborious task has been planned and carried on by a party of quarrymen . There has always existed in this place : i tradition that a subterranean passage still remained , which had once led from the castle into the town , sind frequent attempts have been made to discover it , but tho extreme amount of time and labour requisite for such an undertaking have
caused them to be successively abandoned . A few enterprising young quarr-ymon ( eight in number ) having i ; cs 6 lml upon ¦ ¦ uioriioi trial , commenced in earnest about a month since , aud , havhig been kindly supplied by Air . Statham , tho overlooker at the qufiwios , with the proper- sinking taeklu ami tools , there w now some \ n-ospcct oi' the question ben ) " settled as to the existence of this secret mode of act-ess to tho castle . The men work in the evenings after tlieir day ' s task is over , and have been so zealous iu tlieir exertions as sometimes to keep on till eleven o ' clock at night . The shaft , which is iibout twelve foot by eleven feet wide-, hns boon lowered about fifty feet , or between mty and seventy feet below the surtace of tho hill ; it bus oeen cut ouL of the solid aranite , and it is supposed
that nearly two hundred tons of materials have been thrown out , including a quantity of timber and freestone , The timber is oak , and some of the beiims are seventeen feet long , aud perfectly sound ; the freestone is cut into various shapes , and has evidently formed parts of the old castle ; on one of the blocks arc sculptured two flowers , Bones of different animals , nails , bricks of the quarry form , am ) other curiosities , have nlso been found nnd carefully preserved . Tho quarrymen have doubtless been partly induced to persevere in tlieir laborious undertaking by the hope of eventually receiving some substantial reward for their exertions ; as yet , however , they have got nothing except occasional donations from their richer townsmen and the visitors who have been attracted to the spot ,
and these have been sufficient to encourage them to continued perseverance . The opinion that this shaft was constructed as , i means of secret communication w strengthened by tho discovery of an opening in a bank yard on the side of the street nearest to tlm hill , which lias all the appearance of being of ancient construction , and h . is boon nseor- ' taincd to run in tho direction of the shaft ; and it seems very probable that this opinion may prove correct . The shapes Into which many of the blocks of stone thrown out of the shaft arc cut lend also to the supposition that they may have formed part of a . winding staircase , by means of which the ascent into the " castlo was made . Other secret passages are also traditionally believed to exist , but no vestiges of them have yet been discovered . —Leieestn lUcreum .
Scotch Law of Entail . —Tho Duke of Richmond , availing himself of tho now act for the amendment of the law of entail , has applied for authority to disentail tho whole estates of the Marquisato ot lluntly—of the estates of Glenlivat and I \ inrara ; and of the baronies of Strathnaven , Kincardine , and others , in the counties of Aberdeen , Bauft , Moray , and Inverness ,
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Food fou Powder . —The man of our regiment , wio was taken prisoner yesterday , was brought in tins morning by four Sikhs , with" " Shero Sinirli ' a compliments . " lie is such a perfect fool that they could got nothing out of him . Ko mmv can wc ' , 1 hough questioned by several of the staff , he could give no information whatever . JI 0 said that " tho nnirtliering thieves had tied him to a to " , and put a guard over him ; " but " sorra a bit did ho <* at to ate or drink , " and he was half famished . lTc is a perfect Yahoo—just caught from the wilds of Ireland , and can speak very little English , llchclono-s to my company , to its credit ; but : is wo only want hands , not heads , it ' s no mutter . —leaves from the Journal of a Subaltern .
I ho lion . Captain F . II . F . Berkeley has written to the Hrittol Timcf , to assure a writer in that paper ( "Humble Round . Berkeley Castle" ) that his ancestor , Thomas Lord Berkeley was not a murderer ancf a regicide . " As you , " says the gallant scribe , " are the only gentleman who has insisted upon finding , n regicide in tho family of which I am an humble cadet , I think I have a ritfifc to call upon you to-give me your authority , orlit once to allow that the-horn of strong Berkeley beer , of which you speak with so much giusfy , had * for tho time obfuscated your intellects . " A CRCRn-CoMMESTAnv . —On "Wednesday n , tradesman at Colchester closed his doors and nmsed outside tho following notice : —• ' Gone to Meraca Hogatta—opea again at severs o ' clock . " Tho hour having passed ' ,, and the engagement to open at seven having been broken , some ' cruel wag appended to the above notice ; , in large character— " Drunk , and can't get home . "—Ipswich Erpnss .
As riches and fovour forsake ; v man , we discover him to bo a fool , bat nobody couill find it out in his prosperity . A Bad DEnr . —The following advertisement appears in all the Paris papers : —• " A debt of M , 000 t ., owinsr by the Princess Lotitia Buonaparte , to be sold . " Where the Om > Couxtuv is Goisg to . —During three months preceding the 4 th instssnt , 1 ) 9 , 011 emigrants arrived at Now York from Europe , being nearly 1 , 070 per diem average . A Suitkuy Si ; i < . 3 cnti : Kii . —The New England Washingtonian says , and we believe it , ( as much as wo believe any other "American piper , " ) that . a Massachusetts positimister apprises tlm proprietors that Mr . ' s paper "is not taken from the office , " and adds : — " Ilectmn . No has run oft' with another man ' s wife , and I guess he won't want it any longer . " Our Vnnkuo contemporary charitnblv observes : — " Tho worst wish we have i ' ov
the subscriber is , that the woman who ran away with him may stick to him through life . " ltATiiKR Precocious . —A schoolmaster in the neig hbour-hood . asked his scholars " Who w ; is tho first Quaker ? " One urchin , without a moment ' s hesitation , answered , " Jkt . lttain ' s doiilvif—the spirit moved him , aud be opened his mouth . " A Fk . m . u . k Piiactitioxkij . —Tlici'C is an old lady following the vocation of a midwife , Janet Lloyd by riiinio , living in a place called Uiiiw , in the parish of Truwslyndii , v . lin commenced her midwifery in the year 1318 , nt the age of thirty-six , and up to June , 1 S 49 , received tho enormous number of 2 , US 0 children , which is above sixty-seven yearly m > on an average . —Carnarvon Herald .
"I think , " said an old toper , commenting on tho habits of a young man , who was last making a beast of himself " when a man reaches a certain pint in drinkin ' , ho ort to stop . " " Well , I think , " 'said old Beeswax , dryly , "he ought to stop before he reaches a pint . " A GooiMiKAitTKi ) Dutchman , who dwrdt in Albany in the time of one of the early governors , and who professed to cure all cases of hydrophobia , paid ; i visit to his excellency , and heing treated to all the hospitalities of tho bouse , was highly plo .-ised with him ; and shipping tho governor familiarly on the
back , he exclaimed ; " Goferaor , you ish < i tarn clever fellow ; and I hopes you will pe pit mit a mad tog , ant I will cure you for otting !" A Frkn'cii officer quarrelling witli a Swiss , reproached him with his country ' s vice for fighting on each side for money , " while the Frenchmen , " said lie , "fight for honour . " " Yes , sir , " replied the Swiss , " every one fights for what he most wants . " " Mn . Showman , " said a greenhorn ut the monaffcrie , " can the leopard change his spots ? " " Yes , sir , " replied the individual who stirs up the wild beasts ; " when he is tired of one spot he can easily L ' c- to another-. "
Pi : iisi : cuTioN' of the Jews . —In 1131 tho . Tews of London were fined two thousand pounds because some of tlieir community bad killed a sick person . The mode- in whbh they kHUul him is not stated by the record—lie may have died under the hands of a Jewish doctor as " probably as by violence ; but , however that may have boon , the amount levied was enormous—being equal to more than thirty thousand pounds storling of the present day . Come at Last . —The A ' ew V < vls Ailucrii .-er exclaims on the aist or July , " that blessed rain , for which the earth has panted , and the trees have signed , and man has prayed , has at length fallen upon us , aud is still descending ' . ' •' A IIapi't Omex . —The haze ] trees in the copses and hedges for miles around Kondal are'ladon with nuts , n sure prognostic , it is believed by the rural people , of the grain crops being correspondingly honvv .
A Yjxkkk down east lias invented a spneific for the use of gold hunters , called the " Calilbi-nian Gold Grease . " The operator is to grease himself well , lie down on the top of a hill , and then roll to the bottom . The gold and •' notliintr clso" will stick to him . Pi-ice ninety-four dollars per box . "Do you believe in forerunners ? " asked ; i nervous old lady of Deacon i . " Yes , ma ' am , " replied the deacon , "I ' ve seen them ! " " llless me ! " exclaimed tho lady , " do tell ? " " Yes , " continued tlie deacon , throwing his eyes with a solemn stare on a dark comer off lie i-oom ; "I sec one now !" "Mercy ! mercy on me ! " shrieked the lady ; " where ? " "There ! there ! " pointing where his eyes were directed . '" That cut , ma ' am , may be called a forerunner , for she run : ! on all-fours !"
At a l'Ait-ry in Modern Athens one of thu guests observed her sou Charles eating rather more voraciously than tho laws of even northern etiquette allowed . She watched fur an opportunity , and nave him one of those significant looks which only mothers and elder sisters can command ; ' » "t , instead of stopping , Charles said to his wsiiiimn , "Oh ! yc needier look and nod for mo to stop . You ken this was washing day , and I got no dinner . " , ,. Haix the ISkst CJ'Eaxsek . —It is stated , from , accurate calculations , thnt one half hour ' s heavy rain removes from the sewers of London more do posit mid detritus than lOO / W men could remove , workins for ten hours . . .
llooif AM ) Ckook . —Strong bow , on entering "Watorford harbour , observed a . castle on ow . shoro and a church on tho other ; inquiring what they wore ho wa-s told it was the Castle of llm ; k ami tiio Cluircl . of Crook . " Tliun , " saul ho , " we must outer and take tho town by llcok or by Lrooli . Hence the proverb to this day . Lovn a . \ i > Politics . —According to the correspondent of tlm Dai l y . Yeiw , tlio niRiirs of the l . mted States , in Chili , h ' -ivu been somewhat cosnsnsuiiii'd by iv curious ci-.-oumsl-. v . iou is * tliv yvlv : \ ti > \ , \ M . w \ ' ot Colonel ISartou , the Aiui : ri « : iu iniiiisti-r to Chw . u io
appears that ! rentle : nnn Ml ' » 1 " ™ with a hi' y w . «~ u a member of tho HonvH . O , iholi , phi ::-., ! , t tho archbishop refused to sanction t !; e . 'i- m .-i rriji ^ .- ' , beeauso the minister would » ot renounce tUii y Qtcatnnt faith . The lad . v w >; i . s .. iit .. -d tu >> ^ j : - ' ' " ^ the American ci . nplai .. of the ^ »* 1 « "J «^ - bishop immediately addressed Mm . Harton a Ml ; . ; . , charging her with becoming the concubine of a . ' ssoluto foreigner , threatening hor vrit . i t iu anathemas of the church , &c . Colonel I . artnn then appealed to the minister of foreign aliair .-i ior tiics protection of government , but it w : \ s informed that it could not be sruutcd . bcciusc tlio archbisboj ) was a member of the government . He then immcdiately
struck his ling , and has retired from the country leavinw the difficulty to be settled hercaUor as it may . ° Thus we see that still— " Love rules the court , the camp , the grove . " Tiik Dailv Kem asserts that of all the men brousht into public life , and kent in it , by t w late " Samel O'Conncll , Fearjfus O'Connor was tho only one ever cashiered for having an opinion ot his own : tho only ouo who has manifested cneigy sufficient to shape out a career for himselt . "Ciikap tiui-3 to Meuiose , ' snys the ISunln Advertiser , " are the order of the day . A iaii . ii-k excursionist seems to have held Scott s dictum as lo the abbey : — . ,,. ' And home returning , sootbly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ; passing lightly , for he complained that they saw " naething but that abbayc , as they cae d it . _ ¦
Editorship of D * no . ui . nationai , Papkus .- a ¦ - - arc no journals conducted in a mores carpi , g ... d ungenerous spirit that tlio organs of ™ o ' o" ' * - nominations . At tho present moment , f | w /« " ¦;* Banner , the tolriot , mid tho I !* ' ? > .-s » f . •; - all dead set against tho Vudclnium , win ;; .:, m i ' . uii , appears to have nlfordcd them .-im |» le j . i-ovociImi . The onlv newspaper war now l . euigc .-. i-iiw on i » by these evangelical journals . —lMi Aavcrti * cr . Tin- S-rvrciiK ov Axckls . —lUshop Purcell , of Cincinnati , has received the first of a pair oi'knce ! - iii" - aivels to adorn his cathedral , sculptured under the direction of Hiram Towers in Italy . Some or . e asked the bishop ifthis stature was not of u ; common size , it being the kneeling figure of a person r = ix feet iu height . In answer , he gave the history of his commission to Powers . ] . lo led directed it lo be made " of the natural size . " Powers , in repiy , remiustcd somotliiii < j i « f ; vo dc-linile , ftlk'g ing that
" he bad novffr seen an angri . " 'Hie bishop velevvwi to Revelations xxi . 17 , for his measurements . This was conchiMve , aud was the guagc as to size and proportions of th . 0 objects sent . —^ w ' on Uronctyw ,
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4 g > The 31 ' irror 21 agazine . August . London Kcui and Itieliards , -51 and 52 , Pateriioster-rov . As excellent article on "Education" is followed l > y " The Aristocrat , " an anecdote oftlieirstFrench Revolution : " Biographical Sketches of the Kings of England , ' is the title of an article -which , tlmrws much lisjht on the state of England in the reign of Edward VI . From the " Adventures of a French Bepubliean" vre extract the following description « f the hreakingout of the insurrection on the occasion of
THE TCXERAl OF GE . VERAI . UtSIAHQCE . The vast procession , increasing every hour in numbers , advanced along the Boulevards . The -pavement was taken up by another vast multitude watching the procession go Ly . Police in uniform and in disguise were mingled -with the crowd , and tlieir wanner plainly showed ibat they were ordered to provoke the people as much as " jtossilile ; bat they paid no attention to their ii-su-J-.: t manner , nor to the ir remarks . "Windows , balconies , trees , roofs oi nouses , all were c -vorcd by a dense mass of people , too prudent l .. to i-. ro iLi « su-eet . but too curious not to wish iv V ..-0 t . ^ -.- T . - .-. 6 lia ? i > I"iLg , : uid what v . ; is about to happen ™
. . . . , ., ___ The procession was advancing towards the Place dc la ]> : istille . The procession was in such a state of excitement that the Revolutionary leaders could scarcely keep them down . " "What are we going to do ? " asked one . " To found a llepublic , " answered a conspirator . " How ?" «« - \ Yhere ?" « When ?" « Patience , mv bovs . 3 ) o not fear , you will know Yd tl * o-e little " details directly . Be ready to do Tour ' duty , aud don ' t give yourself the bile by being " '" But" said a student to Pierre Gonfran , who
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« o T / ie Home Circle , Parti . London : COi , St . Martin ' s-laue , Charing-cross . The first Monthly Part of a new weekly publication , very cheap , aud n atly got up . There are a host of contributors , foremost among whom is the accomplished and successful authoress Miss Agnes Stricklaxi > . The most interesting feature of the P « irt before us is a history of Hungary from the earliest times , a chapter of which appears in each number .
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August 251843 . THE NORTHERN STAR , 3 '' ¦ -. - . ^^^^^^ " ^^^ ' ' ' ¦¦¦™ l ^ ^^^^^^* % MMa ^^ M ^ B ^^ B ¦ ¦ ¦ iiMIA
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1536/page/3/
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