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      by the illness which repeatedly pw »» irated himj ana whioh terminated his brief career on the 22 nd of AuRU 3 tlast . . i - Harding was employed successively by a solicitor , a chemist , a manufacturer , a draper , a . gas company , and a mining company . tooBtiot , these Situations he left in ; consequence of illness . In ; 1847 he was employed by a gas company as inspector . His duties were very heavy , entailing much application and labour ; but in the midst of tbehi , ! and despite bis delicate health and limited resources , he projected the . Republican Magazine , whose first number appeared in November . 1847 . His exertions

      in this helped to . lay him again on a sick bed . Medical advice and change of air could only partially restore him , and though lie " resumed work ( his last employ beingin theengirieering department of the Great Central Gas Company ) , the fatal mischief of consumption was but delayed . Early in the present year he suffered a relapse ; and since then gradually wasted away , yet clinging feverishly to the hope tbat . be might recover , his heart bo set on the desire to serve the ' cause : of humanity . Clinging feverishly , but with no coward fear : when at last he knew that his hour was at , hand , he resigned himself to hia sufferings , and hia fote with a serene peace which a saint might envy . ' ¦ ¦ of

      I speak of one whom I loved ; but 1 speak him because his example should be a lig ht to . tne young men of our party . Harding was fctie . type of what oiir young Republican ' s ' should be . Gentle-as a child , pure as a girl , irreproachable as a Baint ; So unobtrusive that none could be offended with him ; zealous and yet never violent ; outspeaking without extravagance ; ever at his post for the public service , never thinking of himself ; and devoted without neglecting his daily , work . Hard working and studious , though too fragile for fatigue ^ he shirked no duties , either of Belf-cultivation , towards his employers ( whose esteem he held ) , w towards society . Poor , still poorer through his long illnesses , he was the sole support of his . widowed mother ; and had yet some help for his comrades . From his scanty means , from , hia little strength ,

      from his great , noble , generous heart , he drew aid for the ; battle of Freedom . The Republican , of which fourteen numbers were published , was mai n , tained like all works pfthisfcind , with little help and much loss . During 1848 Harding was also active among the few who were then endeavouring to infuse some reasonable Bpirit into Chartism , At the committees and at the meetings of the People's Charter Union he was of the most punctual . Since then he has not failed to do the little his health allowed ; and liis last letter to me was an expression of regret that he could do so little . But some day , when health should be regained ¦ Alas ' . the work is left to us ; the recollection of his aspiring worth , the promise to do hia share , like him at least to do our utmost , is the only wreath that we can Jar upon his untimely grave .

      He wag not a man of genius ; be had neither "birth , " nor wealth , nor advantages . He was a simple , true-souled , poor man , who lived not only blamelessly , but actively and devoutly , and who , dying in the very morning of life , however little he may have accomplished , may be laid in honour beside the heroes of all time : for he fought tho good fight i he too has done his duty . W . J . L . The Operative ( of which this is the first part we have seen for some time ) is the representative of a more widely diffused and practical class of thinkers among the industrial classes , than the preceding . It deals with political , social , and trades' questions , more in the

      concrete than the abstract , and blends tales and essays of a light , but informing character , with its graver articles , so as to form a very useful and interesting fire-side companion for the working man . We last week extracted a spirited and searching exposure of the conduct of the 'Times , ' with reference to the late trials at Stafford ; and that article may be fairl y taken as a sample of the literary skill , and the outspoken and fearless character of the Operative , In the part before us we find , besides some excellent papers upon ' The Coming Reform , ' and ? Association , ' a series of communications under the head of ? Progress of the Iron Trades , ' which forcibly illustrate

      the advantage of the principle of mediation or arbitration , as applied to trades' disputes . VVe are sorry to learn , however , that a strike is now going on at Leeds , by which the iron trades are compelled to incur a large expenditure , in order to protect their ' order . ' VFe notice , in the report of the circumstances which preceded this strike one fact of very great importance . The deputation to the masters had succeeded in laying the basis for an amicable adjustment of the matter in dispute , when a circular , issued by the local committee , was placed in the bands of the employers , in which they were called ' tyrants , ' and assailed with other abusive terms . The

      consequence waB , that the negotiations were instantly broken off , and 150 men were thrown out of employment . We commend that fact to the serious consideration of the trades . The pursuit of justice is by no means incompatible with the observance of moderation and courtesy in language and demeanour—nay , on the contrary , these add strength to any justice . There may be , in tho claims preferred , and the working classes will find that they will

      command the respect of others in proportion as they respect themselves , and abstain from the use of terms which , can only provoke and irritate those with whom they come into contact , instead of promoting the settlement of any disputed question . As the Operative is avowedly the organ of the amalgamated Iron Trades , it necessarily devotes a considerable portion of its space to matters directly affecting those trades ; but its columns contain much that is valuable to the general reader .

      The Christian / Socialist continues its reports of the spread of the associative principal among the labouring classes , and its extensive application , not only to the distribution of articles of consumption by means of Cooperative Stores , but also to the production of various articles by associated bodies of working men , both in England and Scotland . A deputation from the central agency in London to the latter country , have been quite

      surprised , and highly delighted , by the discovery of numerous societies acting upon the Cooperative principle with great success , and , in many cases , very extensively . On the other hand , the Scottish Co-operators were equally surprised to hear of what was doing in England , and the probability is , that the visit will tend to concentrate and give greater vigour to the movement in both countries . The Editor of the Christian Socialist

      has a series of articles on the Chartist Programme , ' agreed to by the late Convention , which might be usefully replied to by some member of the Executive or the Convention . The points to which exception are taken are of great practical importance ; and in Bucb . cases there cannot be too much discussion , if conducted in the argumentative and temperate style of the Editor of the Christian Socialist * A series of articles on

      the poetry of Tennyson , from the pen of Gerald Massey , and tho autobiography of one of the Chartist rebels of 1848 , by J . J . Bezer , deserve special notice in the present part , which is altogether a repertory of valuable information and agreeable reading pleasantly varied . As a specimen , we take the following account from the letter of a correspondent of the little island of Sark— -one of the Channel isles of which few

      English-1 men know the existence or position : — THE ISLAND Of SARK . jt This placo is a granite rock in the British Chan-. ( 1 nel , not far irom Guernsey and Jersey , with a few 3 t wen , and their , at present , usual companions , sheep and cows , upon it . It is , 1 find , so placed that r rom it may be seen all the other islets usually •« d tho 'Channel Islands , namely , Jersey , iey , Alderney , fferni , and Juthon , with the ca »» v ' -id the Caskets and their lighthouso , and a Gnenk * the coast of Franco iuto the bargain . ^ — ? {

      rocks cai .. Mstinctly visible , some one or other long lino ol -- » - "v noirifc on the island . There These are all u " »„ ~ v o only discovered of them from aim , O > , " he seen in is . too , one spot iac * A » ** . «»* » - » -,-- .. -i one , from which all . *? s ° */ A •>« . ? £ V tho feori- succession , strung rounu "Von tL A that is by tnp zon , by simpty turning the 4 "ted * . island . Sark side o ( a windmill in the midi . li of th •> ' * cenfc ¦ is indebted for this panoramic . i «\ - » nd *? f powtioD m the middle of the >»>*» ' ^ H to je . ght . _ These qualities migj f . $ f' V ™ W > be considered the queen of the jt ^ . y en * t f " > ' even , f it , beauty did not olaiS ft ™^ Ory ' I am not about to expatiate o ™ H \ L » J i k 1 S > % 1 could do no manner of iuS ^ W f * '« but I nn ) St say that-whetheJ ^ ft Jt 8 , oha" - features bemWcaptivabS bv ! 5 , M of ? 'nrt , spangled Sea , by secluded tgff I *?™ ? ot lsJ . K *™ , and precipice , by «^ fi& ^ : * J » 9 i

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      gulations yet linger , the writer , by his ouie way of showing their absurdity , may yet do good service . 'Thel ^ v reform * of ftfl 80 gl Biony ' Maine t hia Works and Times , ' and Church and School in Scotland , ' are papers of considerable value ; but we think the long article on ' Sir James Brooke and the Pirates ot- the Eastern Archipelago , ' an outrageous puff of the doings of that doughty adventurer . The other articles call for no particular notice , and , altogether , Tait would be , nothing the worse for the infusion of a little moro energy and variety into its pages . One extract from the ' Working man ' s way in tbe world' will give an idea . of dissenting ministers twenty-five years ago—perhaps even

      now . He had been apprenticed to a printer and learned his trade ; but having become impressed with the notion that he was born to astonish the world , had abandoned his employ and entered a Dissenting College . Here ha had acquired the accomplishment Of talking ad infinitutri , but had ingeniously omitted to furnish himself with anything worth talking about . His tongud vibrated incessantly , one might have almost' thought involuntary , from morning to night ; and though he knew—as he must have known—that for half the time he had no listeners , he talked on notwithstanding . From College ho had been translated to a country pulpit , in a midland county , where , he told ns , he had £ 40

      a year "and the run of his congregation ; " so that he could manage , to live without spending more than half hiB salary , 9 mall as it was . He had to preach three times on Sundays and twice in the week , and to " do" the school and the prayer meetings . Besides his regular salary , he sometimes madea"half-sor . " by " supplying" vacant pulpits . He declared that he never studied his sermons—couldn't do it at the price ; that it was irouble enongh to pick out a text . He boasted that he never found himself at a loss , which I could readily believe , and assured U 3 that tho best way to get out of a "fix , when a fellow finds that he is about to stick in the mud in the middle of hia preachment / ' ia to get into a passion , when a littlo gasping' and incoberency will pass for a good deal of feeling and enthusiasm . He initiated us into the art and mystery of bleeding the congregation , or as he termed it , " milking the fold . "

      "it does not do , " said he , "in these small places , to fix beforehand the day for a collection ; ifyoudidthechawbacens wouldn ' t find their way to chapel ; that ' s a green move , and never pays in the provinces . No , no I Look out for a fine day and full pews , when you ' ve got the fat farmers and their wive 9 and daughters-, and perhaps tho squire and his lady—that ' s the nick—pitcli it into them comfortable , all about Isaasr and Jacob , and Laban and Esau , and the oxen and asses , and the herds and the flocks , and the pastures and the corn fields . Then , when the old chaps begin to wag their rosy gills , and to wake up in their own element , that's yOUr time- ~ EtieR it into them—the « day appointed , ' that's your weapon . « My dear Wends , tdie is the day appointed for the quarterly collection . ' It is-a dead nail , that ; never knew ittcfail . I ' ve ' disheil ' a matter of £ 2 10 s . by that move in my own little place . "

      In such a style this ex-ecelesiasfrie would run S |>» for the hour together , to the amusement or indignation of Ilia hearers . lie knew the private histories and secret peccadilloes of all the " great guns and holybolies , " as he called them , of the Dissenting denominations , and retailed them liberally , with the flippant volubility of a man in whom the organ of veneration was altogether wanting . Concerning his own private history he did not think it necessary to be quite so communicative ; but I learned from other sources that by his characteristic levity and superficiality he had lost ground among the denomination to which he belonged , and that ho had been persuaded to resign his ministerial pretensions , and had returned to the exercise of his profession , ia Which he was assisted by the patronage and recommendation of the religious body of which ho had been an organ , and was still a member .

      A Song Of Welcome To Kossuth. Bl Gsrald Massbt , Author Of "Voiees Of Freedom," «Fcc, Ac -'There's Not."»Tithing Of The Common Wins That Iriu Forget Thee 5 ^^ Hast E Reat **&* ; S «End.^Exu Ltaaons.Agonie., . 2ud Love, Aaa Man's . Buconauetable Mini'

      A SONG OF WELCOME TO KOSSUTH . Bl GSRALD MASSBT , Author of " Voiees of Freedom , " « fcc , Ac - 'There ' s not . " » tithing of the common winS That iriU forget thee 5 ^^ hast E reat ** & * ; S « end . ^ exu ltaaons . agonie ., . 2 Ud love , aaa man ' s . Buconauetable mini '

      Awake each patriot sire and bod , And join us heart and hand ; Y « welcome Freedom ' s glorious One Within our fatherland ! He needs do proud triumphal arch—2 for ' banners on the wind' In hearts that beat hia triumph-march . Our Ko 3 suth ' s fitly shrined ! "We meet hinv here , wo greet him

      herewith Love ' s wide arms caress him J And Kings have no such welcome dear , . As Kossnth hath ; God Mess him . He rose like Freedom's morning star , Where all was darkling dim—We saw his glory from afar , And fongbt in soul for him ! JBfATe Victor ! how his radiant brow King'd Freedom ' s host like Saul : And in his crown of sorrow now He ' s royalest heart of all I "We meet him here , we greet him herewith Love ' s wide arms caress him ! And Sings have no such welcome dear , As Xossuth hath : God , bless him .

      Ay , English hearts thro' proud tears gush With glory at his name"Whose brave deeds made the roused blood rush . Along our veins like flame : TVe cheered him ' mid his hero-strife—And in his presence met , Well show the world that noble life Uves ia Old England yet ! ¦ fVe meet him here , we greet him herewith Love ' s wide arias caress him ! And Kings have no such welcome dear , As KoBsnth hath : God bless him .

      His Hungary billows o ' er with graves Of Martyrs not in vain : See what a golden harvest waves Its fruit of that red rain 1 Again his conquering sword shall glare The Despots' splendour dim : And palsy strike the arm that dare Jfot strike a blow for him ! We meet him here , we greet him herewith Love's wide arms caress him ! And Sings have no such welcome dear , As Eossuth hath : God bless him .

      Hing ont , exult , and clap your hands Free Men and Women brave—Shout Britain ! shake the startled lands With " Freedom for the Slave !" Come forth , make merry in the sun . And give him welcome due ; Heroic hearts have crown'd him one Of Earth ' s Immortal few I "We meet him here , we greet him here ™ With Love ' s wide anus caress him ! And Kings have no such welcome dear , As Eossuth hath : Qod bless him .

      BBIMES AST ) REASONS AGAINST LAXDLOItDlSil . THE PARKS . The noble Parks of England , — With all their clumps of green , And dips of inee-deep grassy Jand The graceful slopes between , Their beeches—silvered by the breeze-So stately to be seen , Their bird and squirrel palaces Built high in oaken screen ;

      The grand old Parks of England , — With their ancestral mien , Their avenues where Sidney placn'd His pastoral serene , And their pleasant leaf-strewn , terraces Whence the level sun is seen Flinging over the miles of trees Its glorious golden sheen : Those Parks , despite their beauty ' s worth , And memories proudly worn , So value less than common earth That grows the peasant ' s corn ; We'd raze their bowers and plough them o'er , Ay I " confiscate" tbe best , Ike one of England ' s Martyr Posr Should hunger unredressed .

      3 t need not be : there ' s room for both The means for man to live And all magnificence of growth The Beautiful can give . Our Parks we vet shall live to see The Nation's own domain , When Labour ' s daily path shall be Across the sward again . From the • English Republic . "

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      DEMOCRATIC PERIODICALS . The Bylisk Republic . For October . London : "Watson . The Operative . Part IX . London : Tickers . The Christian Socialist . Part II . London : Bezer . These periodicals represent with great ability different phases of the political and social -, lovement , among tbe int elligent and reflective ' te-fl rking classes in this country . Their circuii ' , - ; . m may be limited , as compared vfilh the ' juuV rious trash and really dear penny worths wrfrjTt . Well certain publishers—intent only on ™ T = ZL money—pander to the passions and multitude

      + i , < v ?« S »^ « ce ot the , ana aeinge me mi-S ^ -h «*» inasmuch as intelligence and ™ r i ZJL * n »» st always in the end gain the ¦ moralpewer . he appearance of such publicastscendaijcy , U " ^ he guarantee of a tuns mast *» « . ^ mengd and moral steady and pro themasses . revoation among . ^ ^ . ^ the E m The character ant J ent ] y described by us Republic have been St i . uUr uWican in in former notices . ^ V fl , and lofty in tone , principle , earnest in sp . ^ , vith ^ . eat ques . Tiiatit should , therefore , , keiy to secure the tions in a manner no ? , . practical men of essentof quiet reformer *— d | 0 i ^ q instalthe world '—who are prejjsrfc - sting system as merits , and rub on with the ex » > urse . But it they best can , is a matter of cl ~ a beneficial

      is not by eueh men tfaat great ai » it 13 well changes are made in society ; and ntioaalithat , iu the midst of our smooth convt . should lies and jog-trot common p laces , there p Jlr . bo heard such trumpet notes as those < u caIk Liiiton to remind ns , that before Bight ' ] e suhdne Might a terrible and a tryiDgbati f mast be fought , and to breathe into the hosts o , democracy that self-sacrificing and devoted spirit , by which alone victory can be obtained . The present number opens with a con- 01 ou

      tinuance of the articles by M . Mazzini , which gave such a peculiar value to the periodical ; and this is followed by a series of vigoronsly-^ written papers , on important topics . Ab specimens of the contents—besides being extremely interesting in themselves—we give the following extracts : — THE aEPlKUBBB MIS 31 CBE . { Abridged from Carlyle . j " It is unfortunate , though very nateral , that the history of tliis period has generally been written in hysterics . " — 2 Ttciaas Carlyle ,

      Two great movements ; a rnshrog against domestic traitors , a ruehing against foreign despots . The country is in danger : in danger , truly , if ever country was . Arise , O Conntry ! or be trodden down to ignominious ruin . 2 fay , are not the Chances a hundred to one Ihnt no rising of the ¦ country will save it : Brunswick , tho emigrants , and feudal Europe drawing nigh ? More desperate posture bo country ever stood in . Longtri , our first strong place on tbe borders , is fnUen "in fifteen hours . " Brunswick is at Terdun : Verdun surrendered . Eighty thousand of the invading army , sworn to rescue or xeveogo the usurper , advance from stage to stage : who shall stay them ? covering forty ini'ea of country . Foragers fly far ; the villages of the north-east are harried . Brunswick ' s manifesto offers no very te to the

      pleasant " rms" patriotism ^ Paris . Iiis the 2 nd of Septeiiiber when rumour of the fall of Terdun is in Paris . On the moment huge placards are plastered to the walls ; at two o ' clock the storm-liell shall be sounded , the alarm-cannon fired ; all Paria shall rash to the Champ-de-Mars and have itself enrolled . Unarmed truly , and ondrilled ; but desperate , in the strength of frenzy . The very vromea offer to mount guard . Terror is in the ^ c ' streets cf Paris ; terror and rage , fierce < desperation rushing to battle ; mothers , with streaming eyes and wild hearts , sending forth their 1 sons to die . Terror it * elf has hecome courage ; for < Danton has spoken for all : —It would not do to quit Paris and fly to Saunter ; ttey must abide by i I ' aris and take such attitude as would put their ene- i Oiiea " In ftiar . " "It is not the alarm-cannon that <

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      , < Tait ' s Edinburgh Map sine for October . Lou-Tut , ' : S "P kin aad Marshall . 13 ls aD : average number of our old acquaintance , Tait , ' The Ariadne or the BagmaD afloat , ' is a capitally told story , and Mi \ XTrquhart ' s ' Adventure at a Buffalo Hunt' vividly depicts life in the Prairies . Tbe series of papers , uudev tue title of ' the Workingman ' s way in the world , maintain their interest , and throw much light upon the character and habits of the class to winch the writer refera , at tbe time bespeaks ot . We believe , that since that time there hovo '•• um considerable improvements among them ; •* in Borne places these habits and . le

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      we hear ; it is the pS 8- ? e-charge against our ; enemies . To conquer them , to burl them back , what do we require ? To dare , and agau dare , and evermore to dare . " But La » Tendee is rising at on * b&dka—eight thousand peasants at CbatiUon , fora beginning «^ 6 loyal ( which should have been patriotic ) warmth of a simple people blown into flame and fury by theology and seignorial bellowa . Treason ia manifest enough . Are not thirty thousand aristocrats within onr own walls , of whom but some hundreds are yet in prison , to be tried , perhaps yet to escape ? If not thirty thousand , yet more than it were wise to have in . our rear , whether we advance , or only man the walls . Shall we be content to take the horses out of noble carriages , cutting the traces , seizing them by the bridle , that they may draw cannon ; and shall we leave the nobles to ait there plotting 1 Think somewhat of this among your defences .

      ft is the 2 nd of September . Through this Paris , frenzied with its agony , of frantic enrolments , of mothers' tears , and soldiers' farewell shoutings , while the tocsin is pealing its loudest , some thirty priest 3 , who had refused to swear to the Constitution , men openly disaffected , fare in six carriages along the streets from preliminary detention at the ' Town ilall toward the prison of the Abbaye . They pass through the excited multitude : what else but curaea could greet them on their way ? Accursed aristocrat hypocrites , this is the pass ye have

      brought us to . Men mount even on the carriage steps ; ever the reproaches grow more vehement . Pull up tbe carriage blinks ! Not so ; you shall sisten to us . One of the prisoners strikes tho hand that is on his blind ; that not sufficing , smites , with his cane , the uncovered head sharply , and again more sharply , as he would smite a dog . It is perhaps only a poor man . Next moment the carriages are locked and blocked in raging tumults . The thirty priests , all save one , are massacred at the prison gate .

      This sudden thunder-burst once over , a strange court of justice , or call it court of revenge and wild justice fashions itself in the Abbaye prison , and takes seat round a table , with the prison registers spread before it . The like is done at La Force , at the Chatelet , in all the seven prisons of Patia ; unwonted wild tumult howling all around . Swift : a name is called ; bolts jingle , a prisoner is there . A few questions are put ; swiftly this sudden jury decides : Boyalist plotter or not ? Clearly not ; in that case , let the prisoner be enlarged , with Vive la Nation . Or be it yea ; then still , let the prisoner be enlarged , but without Vive la Nation ; or else it may run , let the prisoner be conducted to La Force . At Ia Force again their formula is , let the prisoner

      be conducted to the Abbaye . — " To La Force , then 1 " The doomed man is seized , conducted , not into La Force , but under an arch of wild sabres , axes and pikes . So at the prison gates corpse falls on corpse , and blood runs down the kennel ; men horribly disfigured with many wounds , ghastly as if they had fallen under the sabres or tbe cannon of a Castlereagh or a Cavaignac . Man and woman : like the orderly established Gallows , the People ' s wrath spared neither the brave , nor the beautiful , nor the weak , provided they aro proved to be traitors . Yet the wild rage is measured . During the hundred hours of execution , from Sunday till Thursday evening , the circuit of Sing- Louis' prison is guarded by a tricolour ribbon . There are p ; rdons and acquittals too . Old Marquis Cazotte is doomed to die ; but his young daughter claspB him in her arms t the heart of the killers

      themselves is touched ; the old man is spared . In ten days more a Court of L % w condemned him , and he had to die eliewhere . Old M . Sombreuil also had ft daughter : —My Father is not an Aristocrat 0 good gentlemen , 1 will swear it , and testify it , and in alJ | waya prove it ; we are not , we hate Aristocrats . " Wiltthou drink Aristocrats' blood ?" The man lifts blood ( if Humour can be credited ;) the poor maiden does drink . " This Sombreuil is innocent then J" Yes indeed . The pikes rattle to the ground , there are bursts of jubilee over a brother saved ; and the old man and his daughter are clasped to bloody bosoms , with hot tears , and borne home in triumph of " Vive la Nation , " the killers refusing even money . Does it seem strange this temper of theirs ? It seemB very certain , well-proved by Royalist testimony in other instances , and very significant . So far our historian .

      And here are extracts from the note 3 of one who waa undeservedly acquitted ; which may show the character of the tribunal . In his own words : " Behold me haled before this swift acd bloody judgment bar , where all resources of ingenuity became nuU if * £ « f were not founded upon truth i . . . ' My name is Jourgniac Saint-AIeard , an officer . ... I am accused of editing the Journal " De la Cour et de la TiWe . " But I hope to prove tbe falsity . ' . . . You tell us you are not this and not that : what are you then ?'— ' I was an open Royalist . * There was a general murmur , which was appeased by another of the men . We arc not here to judge opinions , ' said he , ' but to judge the results of them . ' . . . ' Yes ,

      Messieurs , ' cried I , * always till the Tenth of August I " * aa an open Royalist . Ever since the Tenth of August that cause has been finished . I am a Frenchman , true to my country , 1 was always a man of honour , ' etc . . . . Tho President , this cross-questioning being over , took off his hat , and said— ' I Bee nothing to suspect in this man ; I am for granting him his liberty . Is that your vote ? To which all the judgeg answered : ' Yea , yes ; it is jusv . '" Thus Jourgntac escaped from the September Massacre , otherwise called Severe Justice of the People . " Divine Wrath against Scoundrels . "

      Others also " escaped . " During the four days one thousand and eighty nine—neither more nor less of whom two hundred and two were Priests , were executed . Horrible indeed ! whether we call it massacre , justice or revenge . And yet three years later General Bonaparte in , not one hundred hours , but one hour , blows two hundred men into fragments : and it is not called horrible , because Perhaps smoe peace man will tell us . Or some friend of " order " may compare this September " massacre " or " wild-justice , " with the followin » from an official paper , of Pesth no further back than September 1 st , 1 S 50 .

      "The 9 th , ult : at dawn , the regular pillage began . The signal was given with trumpets ; the plunder waa granted to every regiment by turns . After a regiment had plundered it was recalled and relieved by another . The Russians not only p lundered , but flogged the citizens indiscriminately . The latter plundering regiments tore the boots from the feet of the inhabitants , and stripped them of their clothes , leaving them scarcely a shirt . The last kind , furious at finding no more valuables , committed tho most atrocious cruelties ; they demanded money , and , as the inhabitants had no money to give them , they were tortured . The officers plundered with the privates . Tho last regiment came armed with bars and perches and decarried

      stroyed everything which could not be away . Not a chair , not a table , not a door remained unbroken ; they cut the feather-beds and flung away the feathers ; they carried away in waggons the contents of the premises ; they bounced open the cellars , drank as much as they could , and when they could drink no more they broke the barrels that tbe wine might run out . In their intoxication they committed such beastly excesses that even the Russian officers , unable to restrain them , lamented the misfortunes of the citizens . There is no pen to describe the dreadful fate of tbe women ; no age was spared by the intoxicated ruffians . The plundering lasted the ¦ whole day ; the towR was during this time , always

      surrounded by the Russian army , nor issue granted Or why "oso far from home , when two millions of ' Irish neighbours have been massacred by Govern-. tal Famine in the last ten years ? No kennel meu ng with blood , but bloodless corpses , famished runni rer-stricken , scarcely less horrible ; and the and fe e lasted , not only four days , w : th 2 uO in a massacr with an average of 500 o day for four day , hufi ' -w . Truly also , the difference is not JuJnda , W That " September Ma » e onlv in the h •> endeavour at justice , however mad wasaUeasta ™ e rs ; our Ten Years Massacre S ftwendetW ' « -ttjlrttal indigence and was the result o . of endeavour on the part of a

      wSSty ^ Uered Mr . Carljle's words . We have scarcely a there » but not } 8 eD 8 e < A word indeed here and f them at lea 9 f > , we n - ° His expletives , some few o "uilt " - " murky simsubioin . " Bottomless t 1 r and Murder — mering " - " Madness , Horn . iaws "— " unkempt "frantic Patriots "—" horny . ^ t and Orcus heads "—" tiger yells "— "fog ,. ' howling seas " Phantasmagory of the Pit " s '• d arkness' — " sabres-Bharpening "— " sons «* . £ ' S had ? ° "nuther fire , " etc ., etc ., etc . Ail . vhfc " P much helped the story ; but mav- « ov be by the judicious reader , wherever jun-ra-mi . suitable . ' " *

      we conclude however by eomnumaing tlie historian s own reflections to ail mea , Carlvle h ' mfirif included .- " To shriek when ceWafn S "S acted is ( perhaps ) proper an d unavoidable . S " e vertheiess . . . o shrieking belovtHl broker blockhead , close thy wide mouth ; ceasa shrieking and begiu considering . " *' CORSEMOS OK 0 RGE HARDING . Many of our readers no doubt recollect a Jittleunpretending , but earnest , monthly publication * called tho licpubliean , issued in 1847-S . It is of its Editor that 1 have some few sad words to say . Cornelius George Harding was horn at Manchester , ou the 16 th of November , 1824 . His father dying wheu he was quite a boy , he was forced si an eavly age to seek his bread , and to nourish in the toil " and confinement of tho warehouse nnd the desk tlie seeds of inherited disease . Weakly ' and defearred from miica oppovtwrity tf cultivation ; he yet on all occasions inanifcf ted a natural love of fair play , a disposition to help the oppressed , an actirc mind and a courageous heart , the elements of an excellence whose development was only stayed y

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      sea-weedB , by qniet cornfielda and hedges , by deep g \ t 2 *> . or by pigatyes—here in any case ha may take hi » nil of enjoyment . The oup i ' b but small , but it is ove " ° wing . The " speciality " of Sark , h 9 Treyer , ( asoite . ofour Fronoii neighbours would 8 ay } , in the way ot BCMtfry , is undoubtedly in its rock-land : every conceivflbia variety of crag-picture is . here crammed together into the smallest possiblecompnss . it is just as if , not "Nature , " ( as the cant-phrase is e ? en among people who acknowledge a Creator ) , ' but God , had taken specimen 8 of every variety of His rough carved work , and had grouped them here as in a cabinet for the delight of His eyes and of all comers . Whatever I haye seen of caverns , tunnels , chasms , nooks , gorges , slopes , precipices , shelves , beaches , on the rocky shores of England and Scotland , is matohed nere , and there are some pieces ' of cliff architecture to beseen here which might "defy all competition ; —for instance , the famous Coupe ' e , * causeway fit for a gravel walk in the garden of Eden , according to my taste . This , be it known to those

      wno were not so informed before , is a narrow neck or ridge of rock about three hundred feet long , and about the same height : the top of it , which is nearly level , is about . ' eix feet wide , and along this runs tbe road , the only road , from the mainland of bark , to a peninsula called Little Sark . ; This road has no hedge or parapet on either side , but instead thereof is on one side a steep slope down wbioh you may fall op climb , according to the amount of unextirpated goat that remains in your composition—on the other a sheer pricipice , down which , as to manner of going , you have no chance but to fall plumb-down into the waves at its foot .. But I am not , as I said , on the Iand » cape-painting "lay " at present . I wish to speak of tbe relations of Sark to other sides of the human soul more vital than that which drinks in the beautiful . ' Sarfe is a dwelling , of men , of a community of men , not less interesting than the spot of earth that bears them up out of the sea . The island is about three milea long from end to end , and about one mile in avernee breadth . The Deninsula of

      Little Sark occupies about a mile of this length , ind is about three quarters of a mile across in the widest part . The island is generally stated in books to be inaccessible except : at ane > or two points ; indeed , by these accounts and by common report , I had been led to believe that it was a flat table land , bounded by perpendicular precipices all round , but that human perseverance bad opened an entrance in one or two places through its inhospitable walla . This is untrue , as oic-nio travellers' sketches are very apt to be . There are landing places all round the island at wery half-mile or so , and there are three sccalled [ larb . ours , not perfect , but all capable of improvement . Whether or not you could laud comfort-» bly here or there at any given time , will depend , n the present undeveloped state of the resources if the island , on the wind . — -There are three roads lownto the water ' 3 edge , and a fourth point at vhich an excellent road could be made j—all the oads , like everything else here that is artificial , ire improveable to an unlimited extent . You lave now a notion of the sort of home the Sark nen have to live upon . Well , these islanders ave ilmost entirely descendants of old Normans , their incestors having immigrated from either Jersey ir Guernsey , and their ante-ancestors having come o these islands from France . I dare say they peak pure old French , but we , in our modern wislom , are apt to call their mother-tongue a vile oui t aiio Oill i \

      ujiu' jjvbwia * duvij" j- autuouj ^ corruption ! There are said to be about six hundred inhabitants of the island—men , women , and children ; but I shall prefer seeing the census before I say I believe thore are so many . Nearly every man in Sark is of three trades—farmer , sailor , and fisherman ; a few have substituted some common handicraft for fcrmership . Fishermen sailors , are they all ;—except by the way one , an artillery man , who combines in his single person the whole regular troops of the island ,- his duties are to watch some half-dozen old cannon which lie yawning , Bleeping , and rotting on the grass here and there on the cliff tops : —may they rot for ever ! There is not , however , one grain of royal ammunition on the island for their service . Besides growing corn , and slaying fish , however , each man of Sark holds himself in readiness to slay man in defence of Sark , and of her Majesty Queen Victoria , enrolling himself to that end in the island militia , dressing himself to that end in accoutrements supplied by Government , and wielding a musket , vigorously , two times in each ye . ir , under the command of the colonel , the Seigneur or Lord of Sark , of whom I shall speak presently . The greatest part of the table land of Sark is under cultivation , yielding corn , green crops , and apples ; exporting annually corn , of which it produces more than is required for tho sustenance of its inhabitants . The rest of the land , and all the slopes whioh fringe the fields towards the cliff edge are overgrown with bent grass and furze , among which cows , sheep , and rabbits , pick up a mainte-B nee .

      Every inhabitant of the island , except the Seigneur ; ( and the artilleryman ) , works for his living , but though there is labour , I cannot say there is much industry . The difference between the aspect of the crops hero , and in Jersey is , this year at least , very striking . In Jersey , if not the most , at any rate a great deal , is made of the soil- ^ -more than in England . But here , parsnips are , and corn was , shabbily thin t but I am told that this season has been , by reason of the drought , an unusually bad one in Sark . I believe , however , that a Sark man is very apt to prefer lounging about the furze-lands , gun in hand , seeking wretched rabbits , to carefully tilling his soil ; and there is no doubt that they all are very much fonder of rolling in their boats after fish , than of handling plough or spade .

      But though there ia no industry to organise , and labour is not organised , there is a singular organisation of the property ,, of the island . Till very lately there had been nearly ever since there was legal property in the island of Sark , forty-one estates upon it . Of these , one , the largest , is the freehold of the Seigneur , the others are held by the forty tenants , as they are called . These latter are all copyholders , each occupant payingyearly always in kind , a fixed rent , and the tithe of his produce to the Seigneur . These forty holding cannot be divided ; each descends in regular succesion from father to eldest son , or to the representative heir , generation after generation . The tenant , however , at any given time , may sell his estate , but he cannot sell part of it , he must sell all or none ; and in case of sale , one thirteenth part of the purchase money goes to the Seigneur , so tho number of these holdings remains invariable . Tlie government of the island , at least in all local matters , is vested in the forty tenants and the Seigneur . The officers of Church and state are all appointed by the Seigneur , who has more absolute power in his little kingdom than any sovereign of England has dreamed of for many a long year . The parliament of forty sits three times a year ; the Seigneur has no vote , but he has a veto In all the enactments . I was present the other day in tho court of law ( tho school room ) at a trial before the seneschal . A visitor to the island was arraigned for disgino without leave in an o'd French fort , on the pro ° perty of the plaintiff , and for finding treasure . The case was a very simple one , but the judge was incapable of deciding \ t , so it was to be handed over to the court at Guernsey . But thg amusing part of the proceedings was , that to the astonishment of the plaintiff , the Seigneur walked in and claimed all tbe " tresor trove , " ( some rusty nails , as it happened ) as his right , whether leave waa given to dig or not , by virtue of his patent of sovereignty .

      Sow , however , there are more than forty properties on Sark , though , of course , not more than forty privileged tenants . For recently the present Lord of Sark has sold some portions of his patrimony to two or three persons , not natives of Sark , who have established small farms on what was before waste land . The seignenry and the talismanic patent are indeed altogether for sale at this time . Tho glory of tho little kingdom is , if not gone , at any ratain abeyance . It is in Sark as it ia in great Britain and Ireland , the hereditary lords of the soil have not done their duty to God , but have served Mammon , and so they are turning out to make room for faithful men and association . I cannot help thinking that it is tho same disease which has got among tbe kings of the earth , great and petty , that has attacked tho potatoes , which I believe tobe a doomed root , and that tho departure of kingship from Sark is but symptomatic on tl . e small scale of a complaint very prevalent in Europe just now , i wonder how many kings would be glad to sell their crowns for a consideration about this time . It is not , however , that democracy is breaking out in Sark , but that a king-man is wanting hero . And such a chance for a king-man to do God ' s work on earth might not easily be found as can now be picked up here in Sark for a few pounds sterling . We will conclude our notice of this work next week .

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      Taxes on Newspapers . —TFhatover other alterations are made in the course of next session , we trust that the duty on advertisements , if not all the taxes on newspapers , will be repealed . The advertisement duty is a tax on publicity—tne soul of business . Amongst the many advantages-which the merchants , shipowners , landowners , and tradesmen of the United States enjoy , in comparison with those of England , one of the greatest is , that they canmakeall their business wants and arrangements known , from one end of the union to the other for a mere tvifle , With them the paper on which their newspapers are printed is free , the papers are free from stamp duty , and the advertisements are also free . The reaulfc is , that they can ad vertisD cheaply ; and , instead of wasting time and money on inferior means of communicating their business wants , they find customers for all tbat they want to sell , and parties to supply them with all that they require to buy , through the newspapers . In this country the means of communicating between the seller and the buyer , the owner and the tenant , the shipflvnpr and £ } ia frpiffhtai * * i * a nKnHnaaMj » : j . l ii . ~ „ . — . _ . _ - ' ^ itw i u |/|/ i wibu lHtt

      ^ w .. « .. ., HV caacu oad of a triple set of taxes . There is , first , a heavy tax on paper , which compels the manufacturers of paper to conduct thoir business in a costly and troublesome manner ; then there is the cost of the stamp heaped on the back of tfeC paper ; and , to complete the load , a heavy advertisement duty is piled on the newspaper stamp . The result of this triple load is , that London only supports one daily paper handsomel y , and three or four indifferently : and that the advertising interest of Liverpool , which ought to be equal to that of New .. York , is not one-twentieth part as great . There everybody advertises everything , here thousands Of persons , whose businesses would be greatly improved by publicity , do not advertiso at all ; whilst those who do so , do it as if they feared to incur the reproach of extravagance , for adopting such a mode of announcing their wants . With regard to the political arguments which we see adduced for inflicting heavy burdens on the press , in tbo hope of improving its quality , they are really arguments in favour of a censorship ' of the press . To impose taxes on newspapers , for the purpose of raising their price , is to extinguish all oheao

      papers , indiscriminately , by act ofParliament , for the purpose of improving tho quality of the dear ones , instead of merely separating , or attempting to separate , tho chaff from the wheat by a censorship . It is now more than two hundred years since the most illustrious of Englishmen , John Milton , placed the question of unlicensed and unrestricted irinting on a foundation which no sophistry has been able to shake ; and yet how many people do we still find who think it a . smaller evil to extinguish cheap reading than to incur the risk of allowing a portion of bad reading to mix with the good . So long as tho periodical press does not supply a cheap literature suitable for the labouring classes so long will much of the money and time expended in teaching them to read be thrown awiiy . The want of a literature suitable for people who have little time , little money , and no taste for abstruse SUbjucts is the chief cause of the enormous mass of ignorance which still exists , after the great efforts which have been made and are still making to educate the peoplo . Even with regard to the middle classes , whoro you find one roan who reads books , you find ten who read newspapers ; and if persons of this class , who have ten times as much time and money at thoir disposal as the labouring classes , prefer periodical literature to books , who can wonder or blame the labouring classes for doing the same 1—Liverpool lim

      es . Mblascjholt Affair . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly » fter four o ' clock , tiro boya , named Frederick Iladder and John Willgvoss , who reside with tlieir parents at Hampton Court , were playing upon the towing-path , near Hampton Court Brid £ O , when one of them threw a stone at a barge which \ v ;\ s proCDoding along on its way to Bristol . There were three men in the barge , in the employ of Mr . B ildwin , of Bristol , and the captain took up a gun , whioh was loaded with shot , and fired at the boys . The shots took effect , and it was afterwards found that oae was dangerously wounded , and the Other but very slightly . Threo gentlemen wove passing at tho time , and they narrowly escaped from being shot . The three men were afterwards taken into custody , and they gave their names as James Clark , James Evans , and John Croggius . They were examined before the magistrates at the Staines Petty Sessions on Monday , and remanded , for the purpoue of ascertaining tbe state of the wounded boy .

      Surrey Litgkart Institution . -- On Sunday evening Mr . William Worseldine delivered a lecturo on " Physical Facts , as indisputably opposed to all systems of Theology . " Ho said that persons were , with a few glorious exceptions , hostile to the enli- 'htenment of the industrious and useful classes , and consequently to their political liberties , lie hoped , thereforo , for tho good of the- community at larjio , that the tlay of just . retribution was not far distant when pious fraud would be checked by the people , tho only scourco of legitimate power Bloomkrism . —Mrs . Dexter delivered a lecture in full Bloomer costume on Monday night in Glasgow , She concluded her lecture amid tremendous cheer in » , hooting , waving of hats , &c . Ainst Cubed of Asthma , after Twentj Years'Suffering by the use of Hallow-ay ' s Pills —The Wholesale Agent fo the saie of ilolloway ' s Pills in New South Wales , nl ' udcs in a letter to Professor Hollow ay , to several exti'aordmuv cures of Asthma , effected in that Colony , by tho use < j these invaluable pills ; aud to one case in panicular-Umt of u lady residing neuv » hill named the Hazorbacli who , after Having for twenty ytavi been afflicti-d wit great difficulty of breathing , and unable , in consequent to bear the slightest exertion , at last used this remedj and ia now , to use her own expression , able to run UD t thetopofthathighhill . v

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      KxMmoM Mee W . inTented a whel 8 tone W sharpen the appetite ^ .., r > e Co . v . -Wfay i 8 Hobte Me Rammohu .. \ Z Because he has attacked tbe belief In Brnm ^ ' - ¦ Punch . | , i . Shoemaker , who learnt his trade by dfiflfy ing sherry cobblers , promises Ms customers fits ' . 1 HR phrase " from the cradle" to the grave"ia b ^ off- ^ c ? ' " fr ° m the baby-jwnper to the jump « Exkrcise , air , good temper , and temperance are the principal aources of growth , health , sad longevity . " An itinerant preacher , who rambled in his" ier « nions , when requested to stick to his text , replied that " scattering shot would hit the most birds . *'

      • A Sharp Boy . —A boy who had been attending the funeral of a man of colour , was asked on hia return where he had boen . He replied very quickly , " I have been a black-burying . ' A SON of Erin once gave the following toast j"Here ' s wishing you may nerer die , nor nobobj lull ye , until ye knock yer brains out against tka silver knocker of yer own door . " To Riddlers . —Name an English and a contU nental river , to answer the query—What two thing ! itetnost contemptible in a " scented fop ?"—T 09 Aire { ol Yorkshire ) and tbe Orfer ( of Prussia . ) Vkky Ci , bver . —The gentleman who waa deter * mined to outdo tbe horticullurist who-tais&l chickens from egg plants , has succeeded in pro * during a colt from a horse-chestnut , and a calf from a cow-ard .

      Anothkk Posbb . —Which of the European sovereigns would be most incommoded if the' earth began to revolve on the equatorial axis ? - Th 9 Emperor of Russia , because it would occasion rising of the PtAe » . ' A coumrymak at tho Exhibition stood for aonia time very attentively surveying a cane-seat chair S at length he said , " I wonder what chap took enough pains to find all them holes , and put that straff round ' em ?!' The Pope is so well known at Rome for the et * trenie slipperinesa of bis dealings , that some hereti * cal wag has been scribbliug over the door of , tb . Vatican the following inscription : — " The Cele * brated Original Eel-Fius ?"— Punch .

      A HINT TO THOSE TTHO KEEP GARDENS . . To cure hens | fromscratebingupon your garden bedfy Cut their dainty seratchers offjuat below their hejtdft . A bint . —A young gentleman the other day asked a young lady what she thought of the married stats in general ? "Not knotviug , I can't tell , " was the reply ; " but if you and I \ Yere to put our heads to « getber , I could soon give you a definite answerr " VisntcK and England . —The "Venice Official Gazette" ahuses England in very choice Italian . " Lord Pahnerston is an object of repugnance f ( tf every rational man ! " Well , liberty hopes for no light from Venice ; nothing , at the best , but a Venetian blind . —Punch .

      Stbex , Pkns . —About the year 1820 and 1 S 21 , the first gross of three-slit pens wa 9 sold wholesale all the rate of AT 4 s . the gross- ; the cheapest pens are now sold as low as twopence the gross , and the price rises with the elasticity and finish of tho pea up to 3 & . 6 d . and 03 . per gross . Strength of a . Beam . —The beam constructed of hollow bricks and Portland cement , at thft western extremity of the Great Exhibition , has undergone ita trial of strength , an < l gave way under a weight of 62 . 900 lbs . The expeiimeut terminated in tbe most satisfactory manner for the reputation of such constructions . pEitet'ssiow Caps . —The total manufacture of percussion caps tor sporting guns in Europe may ba estimated at 1 , 380 millions yearly . Some idea of . the importance of this article may be formed from the quantity of copper requisite tor Us production , viz . ? # M 3 ' O 0 Qll > 8 ., 'weiglit .

      The Floavbk of Pomtbness . —There is now growing , at the nursery ground in Chelsea , a Victoria Regia , so . gigantic aa nearly to fill up thff garden . A person of ceremonious habits , in passing the gotver , pot it gently aside , exclaiming at ths same- time , " Now then , by your leaf . "—1 ' unch . Pleasure owes its greatest zest to anticipation . The promise of a shilling fiddle will keep a school * bop happy for a year . The fun connected with its possession will nut last an hour . Now , what is trua of schoolboys is equally true of men . All they differ in ia the price of theii' fiddles . * Tbk Crystal Pa&ace . —We read ; that certain pawnbrokers have of late received bushels of watches * from people pledging them for money to visit the Exhibition . That watches should be disposed of for such a purpose is a significant proof that the Crystal palace is not intended for a season , but—for alt time . —Punch .

      Norlb . R . EM . Y op a Circassian Chief . — 'Surrender ! ' * wag the summons of General Roson to Ilamsad Bey ; " surrender ! resistance is ia vaiaj the hosts which 1 bring against you are numberless as the sands on the sea shore i" " But my hoats , ** was the answer , " are like the waves of the sea * which wash away the sand . ' Thk luos Age . —When we are drawn by iron horses on iron roads ,, construct iron houses , build iron ships , sleep on iron beds , sit in iron chairs * drink from iron fottQtains , and those of us who have any money , keep- it locked up in iron safes , and those who have not ,, are locked up in iron gaolsj may we not with propriety call this the " age ot iron ?"

      Complimentary . — what is the matter , my " dear ? " asked a . wife of her husband , who had saC half an hour with his face buried iu bis hands , and apparently in great tribulation . — " O , I don't know , " said he , "I ' ve felt like a fool all day . ""Well , " returned the wife , conaelingly , "I ' m afraid you'll never be any better—you look the very picture of what you feel . " A Scientific Cobbler . —A cobbler has just located himself at Spa . tfing , and attracts attention with the following address outside his shop ;—• " Surgery performed upon old boots anil shoes , by adding of feet , making good the legs , binding tho broken , healing tho wounded , altering the constitU " tion , and supporting the body with new soles . No cure , no pay . Advice gratis on the most desperate cases . "

      Road to the Ghave akd Comforts by- thb Way .. —For the gratification of people who ate fond of statistics , take the following list of miserymongers : —In one short street in Sunderland there ^ are seven dealers iu intoxicating drinks , ono ot them wholesale ; there are also a pawnbroker , a relieving officer , a polite station , an undertaker , and , at the top , a churchyard . —Sunderland Aews . An Up and Down Reply . —During the examination of a witness , as to the locality of the siaits in a a house , the counsel » sked Uini— " Which way did the stairs run ? " The witness , who , by the way , i 3 a noted wag , replied that " one . way they ran up stairs , but that the other way they ran dowu stairs . The learned counsel winked both eyes , and then took a look at the ceiliiic-.

      Successful Scheme . — Some boys concealed themselves a few days ago , near a bakehouse , in London , just at tho time of opening ; and , as an elderly woman was passing with a dish of baked meat , ono of them seized ihe joint » mi ran away with it . Putting down the dish , she endeavoured , unsuccessfully , to overtake him , and , on l ; er return , found the dish and everything eke gone . Agriculture . —One day , after walking very carefully through a nursery iu the West of England , we could not help expressing our satissfacueu at no 6 having seen one single weed over many acies of highly kept ground . The answer of the proprietor was , " Weeds , bir , aro too expensive for us ; we can ' t afford them . " What a bitter sarcasm upon the mass of cultivators 1— Gardeners' Chronicle .

      A Singular Tree . —In the Island of Goa , near Bombay , there is a singular vegetable , " the sorrowful tree , " so called because it only flourishes at night . At sunset , bo ilowera are to be seen , and yet , half aa hour after , ic is quite full of them . They yield a sweet smell ; bui the sun no sooner begins to shine upon them than s «\ me of them fall off , and others close up . This continues throughout the year . Forensic Wit . —A judge and a joking lawyer were conversing about ibeductrine of the transmigration of the souls of meu into animals . " Now , ' said the judge , " suppose you and I were turned into % horse and an asa , wii-tuli would you prefer to be ? " "The ass , to be sure , " replied the lawyer .--" Why ? " rejoined the judge . " Because , waa the reply , " I nave hewd of an as 3 being a judge , but oi a hitrae—never . "

      Shabby Thick . —At the lasi Spalding horse fair a countryman had a fine mare for sale . A sharper contriveii to administer d \ lovofcwa to it , and \ t became insensible . Sotne others of She gang surrounded the countryman ,. and , declaring tho mare was dead , ons of them endeavoured to purchase it for a small , sum . The couatryman , however , refused 10 sell ihe Way and shortly afterwards ,. smell to his delight , il \ e auiniiil recovered . NrtK& ask Questions is a IIviiry . —" Tom , a word vaih yw » , ' " Baqukk , tlv «\; l ' ro \ u a Wry . " — " What , did you give your sick horse t ' other day ?" " Ajnintof turpoxwiue . "—h \ v& kurties h&me , " and administers ths same dose toa favourite charger , who stFange to say , liiops off uVfunct iu half an hour . His 1 opinion of tiis friend Tom ' s veterinary ability ia somewhat staggered . He meets Uim next day . "Well , Tom . " - " Weil , John , vhat U u ? " . gave my horsea I'intot turpentine , aud it kijlea mm dead as Julius Cffisar . "— " So it did mine .

      EcONOUY .-AU to whom want « te 'KbK whatever principle , nughtto ^^ SS& ^ to learu the 6 &g « mwwns ot our P » " ™ ° tnic , } llff extors , and attain tbe saluW « £ ° * ^ ri ch , and ¦ pewofforwilhpu : ^^ with it te . w can oe poor , i w ^ , ,, £ - easy acqui-Wh . it is already in our hands , must ^^ ^ ^ skloa to every mina ! « "" .. ^ hest intellect , cannon Bacon may show tha the £ £ ^ rove ffrtw'S **'^ -- " - Rambkr .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1647/page/3/