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GOD'S 17 ORLD IS WORTHY BETTER MEJJ ( from " Yoices of Freedom , and Lyrics of Love , " Bi Gbbaip Massbt . ) Behold ! a » idle tale they tell , But who shall blame their telling it ? The romeg hate got their cant to sell . The world p » y * well for selling it , They say the world ' s a " desert drear , " "Wrapt in their own stark blindness . That we were sent to Buffer here , What by & God of kindness ? That since the world has gone astray , It must be so for ever—And we should stand still and obey , Itideflators . Never ! We'll labour for the better time ,
With all our might of Press and Pen , Believe me 'tis a truth sublime , God's world is worthy better men . Witt Paradiee the world began , A world of love and gladness Its beauty hath been marred by man , With all his crime and madness , Yet 'tis a brave world still , Love brings A BunBbine for the dreary , "With all our strife , sweet rest hath wings , To fold o ' er hearts a-weary . The sun in glory like a God , To-day in heaven is shining—The Sowers bloom on the jewelled sod , Their sweet love-lessons twining—As radiant of immortal youth , As they were fresh from Eden—then , Believe me ' tis a noble
truth-God ' s world is worthy better men . 0 , they are hold , knaves over hold , Who say we ' re doom'd to anguish , That men in God ' s own image soul'd , Like hell-bound slaves must languish , Probe nature ' s heart to its red core , There ' s more of good than evil , And man , down-trampled man , is more Of Angel than of Devil . "Prepare to die ? " Prepare to live ! We know not what is living , And let us for the world ' s good give As God is ever giving ! - Give loye , thought , action , wealth , and tune , To win the primal nge again , Believe me 'tis a truth sublime , God ' s world is worthy better men !
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Wie Cape and the Kaffirs : or Notes , of Fice Years ' I Residence in South Africa . By Alfred TV . Cole . I London : BenUev , She war at present waged in the Cape Colony na-Kurally gives more than usual interest to any work fchicb . tends to throw light on the state of society , and She relations of the native tribes to the English Settlers . Mr . Cole writes in too dashing a style , laid is too fall of animal spirits , to be
Relied upon as an authority upon grave matters of State ; but having rambled about the colony for fire wears , with a quick perception and a ready note-book , mis revelations give a lively idea of the country and She people ; and though five years have elapsed since Deleft it , his animated style , constant flow of good Spirits , and fund of anecdote , carry the reader Ebleasantly through the book . I Mr . Cole does not think the Kaffirs the high , gninded , brave , and kindly race that 6 ome of the Krators connected with the Aborigines Protcotion Society at home depict . On the contrary ,
Bbj 3 seems to look upon them as a Bet of in * gprrigible savages , fitter for the gallows than Eiy thing else . Certainly his picture of Macomo , one gf the greatest of their chiefs , whose name is at this moment a terror in the Cape , is not calculated to give El high idea of the savages over whom he ruleo . Sere is his account of his visit to that redoubtable Kaffir chief : — B Jlaeomo wa 3 at this time the most powerful chief in gnffirland , with the exception , probably , of Sandilli , whom , however , he far surpassed iu abilities . I have alfipady said that he could bring about 10 , 000 men into the ¦ Bid . All of these men would be well armed—many ( per-Heps most ) with guns , and some 2 , 000 mounted . He was If man of great natural sagacity ; superior in this respect
K > the rest of his countrymen , of whom , in other qualities , w might be regarded as the tyye . He was cunning , avari-Eious , dishonest to an excess , vicious in his tendencies , and mlse in every relation of life . In a word , he was a thief , a Kit , a liar , and , in some respects , a coward . And sueh is Hie Kaffir . * * Judge of my surprise at seeing the great Bader of 10 , 000 warriors thus habited . He wore a blue Hress-coat with brass battons , considerably too large for pun , and very much the worse for wear ; a pair of old ¦ Dragoon trowsers , with a tarnished gold stripe down the ¦ & ; - ; yellow velt-achoens ; a shocking bad straw hat ; no ¦ mt , no waistcoat , and no stockiugs ! He was mounted on . a j&tle , rough , ungroomed pony , with acheap saddle , and an Hd worn-out bridle . In place of a riding-whip , he carried in
ms hand a knob-keerie of formidable dimensions , and in his South wa 3 stuck a small , blackened clay pipe . In addition B » this , he wa 3 by no means sober , though not drunk' for pfacomo' I was informed . My interview with the worth y gmsnotaverylong one . I was introduced to him by a man who knew him , and I had a little conversation with Sim of no importance , but rather amusing from the manner | H which it ended , —namely , by the great chief asking me B > lend him sixpence . Of course I complied , and saw him Kjro hours later in a state of helpless intoxication . My Rtspence had done it . Ton can get drank on the most eco-Bpmical terms at the Cape . Macomo , however , ' had given age a pressing invitation to visit him at his kraal , which is ¦ fvery few miles from Fort Beaufort ; and I determined to tail myself of the honour .
Bpext day a hard ride carried Mr . Cole to the Kafnrs home : — H | There was the long , low , white-washed house , the cone-¦ jgtped bets round it , the cattle kraals , and the fifty or Bgty yelping cure . I was requested to off-saddle , and a BB . ffii bnee-hnltered my . horse for me and turned him to Hnze , while I entered the house and sat down with the Sfieftain . The table was then spread , beefsteaks , coffee , Hgmeelies , forming the entertainment . I fully expected ¦ Bind plenty of " Cape Smoke " in the house of bo do-BJ £ iop 3 a tippler as Macomo ; but there was not a drop . BKgelievetbat he seldom drinks at home , but pays a visit to ftJBft Beaufort whenever he wishes to get drunk , which ¦¦ pages about three or four times a week . Macomo was BJjmore inclined to "draw me out" than tobecommu-Hwtive , and therefore our conversation wa 3 not
overen-| R tainrag . But the organ of acquisitiveness ) , so tremen-H « sly developed , physically and morally , in this Kaffir , led Hurto dilate on the excellence of hi 3 horses ; and he was ^ E y anxious to find out whether I wanted to purchase Sft . On my declining that , he turned to the subject of jHgtlo , and sounded my views in that direction ; but I had Bgt the slightest intention of " dealing" with him , es-Bffi ally as I might chance to be purchasing some of my BMn friends' stolen stock—and so my host was obliged to give ¦ » mercantile views altogether . I asked him rather abruptly ¦ getter he thought the Kaffirs would go to war again BrUi the English . Nothing could exceed the humility with H&ich he deprecated the idea . " The English were so BagWeTfal , and so good ; the Knffirs were so poor and so weak ; Besides , the Engl sh were so kind to the Kaffirs , and they ,
Bjror fellows , feit so grateful . " I knew the rascal was per-Spptly well aware that I did not believe a word that he was Pjgajing ; but , of course , I looked quite satisfied of his sin-|| eerity . He then asked me the mo 3 t puzzling questions Sftbdut England and the Queen ; whom , by the way , he gptteringly turned his " mother . " ( I doubt whether her gSJEij egty would be proud of her son . ) He asked mo how JHlttnT cows she had—a matter on which I was shamefully SSJBorant , never'having inquired into the extent of the ajgyal farming stock . He asked me whether she was j ^ H jrays dressed in . scarlet and gold like the governor of the Bj | ony . Veracity compelled me to reply "Xo , " though I K too loyal a subject to venture to lower her Majesty ' s ggfP'ty in the eyes of her worthy " son , " by intimating Bmt she occasionally wore muslin and straw bonnets . I
Vassure him , however , that she never dressed like his MBHallency . the governor ; even her position as head of BBp army by no means compelling her to wear the garment gffcnliarly distinctive of the male ssx among Enropeans . SBucomo was very ready to insinuate evil against his npghbours , the other chiefs . Talo , Sandilli , and a few of Ugh worthies , would not have felt flattered at his desorip-¦ gtgrcs of their persons or their characters ; though they are [ HJrast as honest , and far better-looking ( excepting in the jgg | tter of Sandilli ' s withered leg ) , than their censor . I | Hjpnto talk about going back to Fort Beaufort , and my aR £ t seemed quite unhappy at the thoughts of parting with gMBj though I soon perceived that his grief arose from the l ^ nums tance of his hkving failed to make a bargain out of || jHfi £ . As I wanted to carry off some momento of so agreeable aKisit , i expressed a T « ry high admiration of a Knou-keerie aK > ° s the corner of the room . Macomo immediately |^ Bf red it to me—for sixpence . I paid the money ( of course at the little loan of the
j ^ Mjthout hinting previous dav ) , and BE Kaffir ' s countenance brightened a 3 he clutche ' d the aBg . and bade me a hearty farewell . I rode back to Fort [¦ gaufort , well pleased with my visit , but more than ever MBgsfied of the natural cunning , avarice , craft , and disgHp e > ty—the low moral nature ^ and the utter untrustjM ^ n hiessfif l may coin the word ) of EaSrs in general , j ^ BL bove all , of Macomo . SBpom this glimpse of a Heathen savage let us jfBB * ° the Christianized Hottentots . We com-J « Md the Eketch to the careful attention of the | H £ ter Sail gentry , and ask them whether the arti-| 9 fi ! s w orth the money they spend upon it . | gB ? e Hottentot is evidently of the same family ( the la SKumen ) but he is rather a finer animal , and slightly suj S ^ K ) ln mental capacity . Untortunately , civilisation has ^ SEL ttn ( - &r hi m . "Were we to believe all that mis-IBb ^^ tings tell us in England , we should imagine
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that the benefits conferred b y the mistionaries on society ia South Africa were beyond all price . I am sorry to be obliged to protest against any auch exposition . I am nTrfi * r ^ eU meani S gentlemen could bring a wonderful array of fi gures against me ; but perhaps no twothmgs differ more widely than ' figures" and"faots . " Out of every hundred Hottentot Christians ( so-called ) I will venture to declare that ninety-nine are utterly ignorant of any eorrect notion of a future state . I speak from experience . I have frequently been by the bed-side of the Biek and dying Hottentot , who has been a constant attendant at some missionary chapel , and I have asked him whether he has any fear of dying . He has smiled , and said " Xone . " I have asked him whether he expects to go to Heaven , and he has answered "No . " " Where that the benefits conferred by the misiionariea on society
then ? "Nowhere . " I have endeavoured to explain to him that his minister must have taught him the doctrine of a future state of rewards and punishments . He has laughed , and said , that , perhaps , it might be so for "the master , but not for him ; he Hei down aiid dies , that is all —that is enough . " This 1 have heard over and over again from the lips of some of the " pet" Christians of missionaries—model men , whom they talk of and point out to every " griffin " in the colony , and write leng communications about to their ipcieties in England . The reader , then , will naturally inquire why these men pretend to b * Christians at all . I will tell him . There are two grand inducements—in the first place , the Hottentot Christian feels himself a mere important person , from the notice taken of him by the missionaries and their
friends ; in the second place , it is of very great pecuniary advantage to him . Each missionary station has a tract of land belonging to It , on which are built the chapel , the sohool-house , the minister ' s residence , &o . A Hottentot has only to go and attend the school and chapel regularly , and to play the devout well , when he will be allowed to erect a hut on the land , and a small piece of ground will be given him as a garden . He will be supplied with implements and seeds , and by doing a Jittle work about once a week he can thus live all the rest of the time in idleness . In a country wheie labour is so dear , he can at any time earn a few shillings on the nearest farm , if he wants any little luxury , and will condescend to do a day ' s work . But it is notorious that these people , living at the missionary stations , are the idlest and most useless set of people in the colony . I once knew a man who , at a sale , purchased sixty or seventy hemd of cattle . He wanted a herd or two
to drive them home to bis farm—a couple of days'journey off . He rode to a missionary station hard by , and offered , first , fair wages to any two men who would come with him ; he then increased his offerB ( teeing an unwillingness on the part of the people ) till they became absurdly large one would stir , though there were dozens living there in utter idleness , and with no ties but those of sheer laziness to detain them , lie then called on the missionary , and begged him to intercede and persuade two men to accompany him . That gentleman , however , declined to interfere ; and when my friend asked him whether he thought he was conferring a benefit on the Hottentots by encouraging them in idle habits , he replied , that he never interfered save for their ' spiritual" advantage , which he thought would be more secured by their remaining in that peaceful spot , where , by the way , promiscuous intercourse between the sexes waB winked at , if not absolutely sanctioned .
If we are not mistaken , much of the mischief that has occurred at the Cape , has been caused by our pa * tronage of the native tribes and interfering between them and the boers , whom we have alienated by oar conduct . Of these hoers Mr . Cole speaks highl y : — The Dutch hoers are in person the finest men in the colony . I have seen them constantly from six feet two to six feet six inches in height ; broa . d and muscular in proportion . Occasionally they reach a height and size bordering on the gigantic . Their strength is immense ; and , though a peaceably disposed set of men , they at all times entertain a considerable feeling of contempt for any diminutive "Engender . " The Hottentots look up to them with great reverence , as such a puny race of savages might be expected to do . At the time of the rebellion of the boers
as it has been unjustly termed , the government thought of employing the Cape Corps , which is composed principally of Hottentots / against them ; but they were warned by those who knew the oharacter of the latter people well , ( thatthey would never show fight against men for whom they naturally felt Euoh dread as for the boers , men whose proweBS they well knew , and whose unerring aim with their long guns they had witnessed too often to wish to become their targets . The boers are great admirers of feats of daring , strength , and activity . A * i mighty hunter , " such as Gordon Cumming , would be welcomed with open arms by every Dutch boer in South Africa . Poor Moultrie , of the Seventy-fifth , the "lion hunter" parexeejlenee , was one of their idols . So is Bain , the "long haired , " who has made some half-dozen excursions into the far wilderness in search of the lord of the forest and all his subjects . They hunt far more than
the Englishfarmers , and are , as I have said , " crack" shofci , though they use a great , long , awkwardj heavy , flintlocked gun , that would make Purdey Westl « y Richards shudder with disgust . The characteristics of a race certainly descend to the fifth and sixth , perhaps the fiftieth generation . The Cape Dutchmen are the same frugal , industrious , sober people , as those of the parent stock in Holland . Their persons are far more altered than their mental peculiarities , though the " Dutch build" is still apparent . They are , however , terrible " non-progressionists . " They use the same plough as their ancestors used eighty years ago . thoueh it is the
most lumbering machine ever beheld , and requires twelve strong oxen to draw it . They often shear their sheep with the wool all dirty on their backs , though their English fellowcolonists wash theirs most carefully , and thereby get far higher prices for their wool . They reject steam-mills , and adhere to some indescribable antediluvian contrivance for pounding instead of grinding their corn . A flail is unknown to them , and the corn is trodden out to this day by horses or oxen , a 3 desoribed , or alluded to , in the laws of Moses , whereby the straw is entirely spoilt . Their churns 1 have bf fore alluded to . "When first I saw one , with a dark damsel at work at it , I took it for a blacksmith ' s bellows , and wondered where the fire irks .
Not the least pleasing characteristic of the Cape Dutch ia then * family affection . To the second and third generations they live at the same homestead , building an additional hut for each newly-wedded couple . They marry young , and have generally very large families ; and , as many of them live to a great age , it is no uncommon thing to see a grandfather and grandmother of ninety surrounded by half a dozen sons , having in their turn each one half a dozen grown up children . They appear to be truly " happy families . " With a sketch of the free and easy hospitality which was exercised before the breaking oat of the Kaffir war , we close our notice of a very lively and interesting work : —
There are only two modes of travelling at the Cape . One is by a waggon drawn by oxen—the other on horseback , you follow the latter mode . of progression , you will he under an obligation to perfect strangers probably every day of your journey not only for a night ' s lodging , but also for your daily food . You need never dread a cold welcome . Ride up to any farmer ' s house , knock at the door , ( if it be shut—which , by the way , it seldom is ) , tell him you are a traveller ; and he will at once beg you to " off saddle" and come in . He will offer you anything and everything his little larder contains , and he will ask you to sleep there . You will accept both offers , at sapismake yourself as agreeable as nature will allow you—and the next morning your host will entreat you to stay a month
with him—and mtanit , too . In fact , if you areanunconscieutious fellow , and fond of " sponging " on your friends , I Btrongly suspect that you might live for five or six years on a capital of ten or twelve pounds ! You have only to lay out that sum in a horse , and saddle , and bridle , and ride about the country , calling first on ' one man and then on another , and taking up your quarters with them for any period , from a day to three months , free from any conceivable expense . In fact , I knew a man in the colony who had precisely carried out that same system fer three or four years , and yet was always a welcome guest at every farm , where he drank his friends' brandy , rode their horses , smoked their tobacco , shot their game , and ate their dinner while no one had ever hinted to him , ' Luisti satis , edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempos aliiretibiest .
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The Girlhood of Shakespeare ' s Hero nes . Tale XV Imogen , the Peerless . By Maky Cowden Clarke . London : W . H . Smith and Son . The last of this series of charming tales , which we have bo frequently commended as" being at once a worthy offering at the shrine of the great dramatist , and an honour to the heart and the head of the accomplished and genial authoress .
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— ~ — ¦ »—Arrangements for the laying down of the submarine telegraph between England and Ireland have been so far ' comp leted that it is confidentl y expected the work will he fully executed in May next . Grbat Western Steamship Costpant . —The accounts of this company , which have just been published , show some very disastrous resultB . The whole of the original £ 100 Bhares are written off as a total loss . The loss on the Great Britain aloce was £ 10 ( . 796 7 s . 2 d ., and on tho works £ 47 , 277 0 s . 11 s . Tho amount arising from the sale of the Great Britain and the works has been received in dividends bv the holders of the new or preference shares .
Hoixoway ' s OiCTMBST and Pius effect Wonderful Cures daily of Bad Legs and Old Wounds . —If these valuable medicine 3 are used according to the directions given with them , there is no wound , bad leg , or ulcerous sore , however obstinate , or of long-standing , but will yield to their curative properties . Numbers of persons who have been patients in the large hospitals , and under the care of eminent surgeons , without dermng the least benefit , have boen cured by Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , wheaevory other remedy bad failed For g landular swellings , tumours , scrofula , scurry , anddbeasesof the skin , there is no mediquw that can be used with so good an effect .
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ARREST OP MR . FEARGUS O'cThSNoI ^ ~ Ob Saturday night last Mr . O'Connor visited the Lyceum Theatre , and took his seat in one of tho boxes . The band was playing the overture , before the commencement of the performance , when Mr . O'Connor proceeded in- a most eccentric manner to tattoo and jump about in his box to the time of the band . This caused considerable noise ' and laughter from , the audience . Sergeant Morton , of tho police , went to the box , and told Mr . O'Connor that th « audienoe must not be disturbed in that manner when h * struck the officer with the flat of his hand . * He was instantly arrested , and conveyed to tho Bow-street policestation , where he was allowed to depart on a promise given to the inspector on duty that he would appear before the magistrate on Monday morning . Mr . O'Connor surrendered upon his recognisance nn « ,. „ ^ ARREST OP MR . FEARGUS O'clSffii "
Monday morning at Bow-street , and wa 3 placed at the bar The Constable , being sworn , said : I was on duty at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night , and , about seven o ' clock , hearing great oonfuaion and noise in the pit I went to ascertain the cause . —Mr . Henry : Were you in your uniform or plain clothes ? Witness : In my uniform your worship . When I saw the gentleman at tho bar in the dress circle jigging about . and humming the music , whilo a great many of the audience continued applauding and others cried " Turn him out . " Upon which I went to the box and civilly requested ho would tako his seat and be quiet . —Mr . Henry : Had the performance then beaun * Witness : The overture had just commenced when I st ) oke to him , and he gave me a slap in the face Mr O'Connor assured the Court ho had done no such thinffjl-Witnoso After this ocovmreu he still persisted in imitating tL
music—Mr . Henry ; By action , or word , or by both ' Witness : by his action , « nd by imitating the sound of a drum . I then took him into custody , and he beeced of ma not to interfere . On the way to the atation-houae ha offered me Is . to allow him to go away , and he next offered me 2 s ., with a promise of promotion in Bix months —Mr . Henry : Repeat the exaot words he used . —Witness I'U give you 2 s . if you let me go , and will have you msde an inspector in six months . —In answer to the court Mr O'Connor , who seemed very respeotful in his manner said hebad no questions lo put to the witness ; and the only thing be did when tho music began was to motion with his
head and arm as if performing on a violin , which he budposed attracted notice , and the witness came up and draped hiraout .-Mr . Henry : Did such conduct c ; fuse any son * fusion in the house ' -Witness : The perBons in the dress circle seemed very much annoyed . —Mr . Henry Did the prisoner appear to be sober ?—Witness : I do not think he was drunk , although he might have had aomethmjt to drink ; but he seemed .. muchexcited .-Mr . O'Connor declared he was never tipsy in his life . —Mr . Frederick William Alloroft , 62 , Regent-street , music-publisher , said that the prisoner was standing in the second row of the boxes and while the overture was playing he was making mnf . mn «
to the audience in the pit , and in consequence of the noise such conduct naturally cnused he went up to him requesting he would sit down and be quiet , or leave the theatre , and his money should bo returned . The constable also went to him making the same request , in a very civil man" if * 25 « ° 8 lapp ^ im On v cheok wi * h h's open hand .-Mr . O Connor : Upon my honour I did not do such a thine -Mr Henry : In your opinion , was the blow struck acoidentally or in centionally .-Witness : He struck the blow dehberately .-Mr . Ilenry : Had you directed the policeman to request ho would leave the theatre ?_ Witneai : Yes I nhi n ° f ii » e p u 1 ib ° * S > ^ hohappened to be thon absent-Mr . Henry : Hare you any other statement to make of the circumstance | -Witne 88 : The policeman and Ihad to force hmouUf the theatre , and convey him to the 8 tation-hou 9 e .-Mr . Henry : And had von aJn *\ u I *
use force n so doing f-Witness : Yes ; becauseth ^ sons m the pit applauded , while the ladies ' in the dress circle seemed very muoh disturbed and annoyed , the dieturbance throughout the house being very preat -Mr O'Connor declined to » k the witness any questions Mr . R . Wyatt corroborated the statements of the previous witaessee . The blow was given intentionally , and the face of the policeman was swollen from Its effects . —Mr O'Connor said he had no question to put , and in justification he had only to say that he was merely , trying to amuse himself when the constable wanted to pull him out of the house . -The witness said he merely placed his hand on Mr . , ° - ? 1 1 'T r , ? l !; r , ; - ° Connor maintained that he laid hold of him by the collar , and endeavoured to pull him out of the theatre , and had any other person acted a » he had done , he would not have been taken into custody The simple fact was , that the people kept laughine because hP imitated with his hands as if he was nlavKn » 3 X _
Mr . Henry inquired if he wished to call any witnesses in support of . his statement-Mr . O'Connor said there was no person with him , nor was he aware that any witness was in attendance to speak , on his behalf . —Mr . Henry then said It has been clearly proved by three competent witnesses that you conducted yourself in such a manner as to create a disturbance in the Lyceum Theatre so as to interrupt the performance , and cause both annoyance and alarm to the audience , in consequence of which th ' e manager was obliged to send and beg you to desist from such , a proceeding or leave the house and as you thought proper to refuse oomplyini » with such a reasonable request , he directed the officer on duty to speak to you upon the subject , which he did , in a very civil and temperate manner , begging of you to be quiet or to withdraw , upon which , without any further
nrovocation , you striKe him a blow in the face in the presence of the audience , an offence which cannot be tolerated with impunity , and then offer him money to allow you to go at large , and it has been clearly proved that the blow was struck in a deliberate manner . I have frequentl y been called upon to inflict severe punishment upon uneducated and ill-disposed persona for resisting and assaulting constables in the discharge of their duty ; but it really has happened that a person of station and education is brought before this court charged with such an offence , and having no reason to doubt the account given of your conduct by the different witnesses I consider it would he a mockery of justice on my part to inflict a pecuniary penalty , which , there is every reason to suppose , would be immediately paid ; and under all the circumstances of the case I fell it to be a duty I owe to the public to commit you to the House of Correction for seven days for the assault upon the officer .
Mr . O'Connor without makiag any observation , was removed to the cells , and in a short time Mr . Reynolds on making an application to the court , said that for a considerable time it was painfully obvious to the friends Mr . O ' Connor that his mind was affected > o such a degree he was not master of his own conduct ; and with every deference to the court he begged to submit the propriety under such circumstances , of a commutation of the sentence —Mr . Henry replied that no symptom of aberration of mind was manifested during the examination ; and the visiting justices were the , persons to make application to . They would remove him to an asylum should they satisfy themselves that such a course was necessary . —ATr . Reynolds was of opinion that the infliction of a fine would sufficiently answer the ends of justice . —Mr . Henry g aid that the
infliction of a fine in such a case would be nothing short of a mockery of justice , particularly as regarded a person in the position ot Mr . O'Connor , as he had it in his power at once to pay the amount , and the object of the legislature , in conferring such a power , was to apportion the punishment consistent with the position of the offender , so that persons who could command the amount of a fine should not altogether escape unpunished . —Mr . Reynolds said lie had many opportunities of ascertaining the state of liis mind , and altheugh perfectly calm and composed at times , he was decidedly mad when any trouble occurred to him . —Mr . Henry thought , if such was the case , the applicant should have used his influence with friends , and made the usual provision in such cases . —The npplicant said that no time should be lost if the court would kindly alter the decision . —Mr .
Henry said it was quite oit of his power to come to any other decision upon the clearest evidence of three witnesses , and he could not entertain such an application . —Mr . Reynolds : Perhaps your worship has read tho accounts in the newspapers respecting the affairs of Mr . O'Connor before one of the M . istera in Chancery . —Mr . Henry : You have no right to put such a question to me , knowing , as you must , that I can be influenced only by proceedings before me in this court . —Applicant : I put the question with every doference , inasmuch as Mr . O'Connor , when before the Master , decidedly indicated an unsound sta . te of mind ; in addition to which , no gentleman in his senses would exhibit
himself in such a manner at a theatre . —Mr . Henry : Many things are done by gentlemen and others which appear in a police-court to bo indications of insanity ; but there aro exceptions to tho general rule , and if thero were not , such places as police-courts might be dispensed with . —Applicant : What can I , then , do for my friend ?—Mr . Henry : You must take whatever course you think proper . —Applicant : Will Mr . O'Connor be sent to prison in the prison van ?—Mr . Henry : Most certainly , with tho other prisoners . ' — The applicant then retired , and at three o ' clock , when the van drew up to the court door , a considerable crowd collected to see tho hon . member , who was the first to enter the vehicle .
Prison Treatment op Mr . Fearqus O'Connor , M . P . — The hon . member for Nottingham , who was removed , pursuant to his sentence , to Coldbath-fields Prison in the ordinary criminals' van on Monday night , was received by tho officer on duty , and tho charge against him duly entered . Shortly after his entrance the search of his person was commenced ; but offering - somo slight resistance thereto , it was deemed prudent to request the attendance of the governor of the prison to aeo that the ordinary rules of the gaol were complied with . Captain Chesterton was soon in attendance , when Mr . O'Connor said that he was a member of the House of Commons , and that as in York Castle he had beon confined for two years , wHere he had been treated as a gentleman , he should now expect similar treatment , the more so as he had only como there for a week . Mr . Cheaterfcott informed him that there was a great difierenco in the two cases , In York Castle he was confined for a political offence ; in the present case however , the charge was of a criminal nature , he having com
mitted an assault ; on a police-constable whilst engaged in the preservation of tho public peace , and therefore he could make no other allowance to him than the rulos of tho prison required . The search was then proceeded with , and his snuff box was taken from him . The deprivation of his snuff box was a source of great annoyance to him and when at length , finding demands were useless , he begged as a favour " only a single pinch , " it was peremptoril y i ; efuBed . From tho notoriety the conduct of Mr . O'Connor attained by the ense of the Lind Company , considerable doubta existed whether Mr . O'Connor was a responsible agent . for his actions , and it was deemed the safest course at once to transfer him to tho care of the surgeon of the prison until the point of his sanity" was determined , under whose care he at present remains . The only person of importance-who called upon Mr . O'Connor on Tuesday was Mr . Wakley , but whether his visit was professional or not was not ascertained . As Sunday intervenes in the period of the sentence , Mr . O'Connor will bo discharged this day .
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ELECTION NEWsT ~ " -ORramoB Etscnow .-The nomination of candidates to represent the borough of Greenwich , in the present 11 liament . took place in front of Greenwioh church ThA proceedings commenced at ten o ' clook . The friends of both candidates mustered strongly , the partisans of Mr Chambers , decorated with brown and blue ribbons and those of his opponent , Alderman Stewart , with navy blue . Mr . Laing proposed , and Mr . Knott , of Deptford seconded , the nomination of Mr . Montague Chambers . Mr . Pontifex proposad , and Mr . Jolly , of Woolwich , se < conded . the nomination of Admiral Stowart . ,, 7 ; . Tr : -.
Mr . M . Chambers , in addressing the electors said he was in favour of the ballot , and he was sure they were . He was ia favour of voting for the removal of the Jewish disabilities , and the discontinuance of the Maynooth grant . He was deoidedly opposed to the continuance of the Maynooth grant , which was no longer neoessary , and which was productive of much , evil ; and when he saw the Bums that were contributed by the Roman Catholics for magnificent cathedrals , ho thoughtthey were themselves able to support colleges for their priests . ( Cheers . ) If they returnod him , they would find him acting with perfect independence ; and , if he did not , they would soon have a dissolution of parliament , and then , when he came before them again , they could reject him . ( Cheers . ) . Admiral Stewart then addressed the electors . He avowed himself a member of the government . He was in favour of purity of election , but he had been in America
and other countries , and he was of opinion that the ballot would neither put an end to secreBy nor lessen corruption , and , therefore , he was opposed to the ballot . He was a reformer by blood and practice , and for the truth of that statement he could appeal to their present member , Alderman Salomons . He was in favour of the Maynooth grant because it was a fixed bargain between Ireland and Great Britain . As far as bread and cheese was concerned , he was as independent as his opponent . It would not do for him , as a sailor , to measure purses with a lawyer , but he would measure principles with Mr . Chambers . ( Cheers . ) They had already seventy-eight lawyers in the house , and they ought to send another sailor or two in order to check the lawyers , ( Cheers . ) Would they then have a lawyer or akailot ? Let them make their selection . ( Cheers . ) A show of hands was then taken , and tho returning officer declared the majority to be in favour of Mr , Chambers .
A poll was then demanded for Admiral Stewart . The polling commenced on Tuesday morning , when the friends of tho respective candidates assembled in strong force . The several towns presented the usual appearance of . \ contested eleotion , but the moat perfect good feeling prevailed throughout the entire morning , and beyond the parade of bands of musio , with a few flags of the colours of the candidates , and occasional cheering and counter-cheering as the voters presented themselves at the hustings , there was no strong ebullition of feeling on either side . At the close of the poll the numbers were , for Admiral Stewart , 2 , 064 ; for Mr . Chambers , 1 , 249 ; Majority for Admiral Stewart , 1 , 715 . At the close of the business , Captain Galloway and Mr . Pontifex endeavoured to address the people , but their observations were not listened to , and Admiral Stewart made an equally unsuccessful attempt to speak from the -window of the White Hart Hotel . His voice was drowned by tho clamour of the multitude , who seemed determined to avenge the cause of the defeated candidate .
NoRXHAMrroK . —On Monday tho Right Hon . Robert Vernon Smith , the newly-appointed Seoretary-at-War , was elected for the borough of Northampton by a large majority . Caruslb Cut . —The "Carlisle Patriot" states that a kind of covert canvass of the electors of Carlisle has been begun in favour of Mr . Howard . Tarious parties are engagod in it , Roman Catholics being among the most aotive . Newport ( Isie o * Wight . )—A pubMo meeting of the inhabitants of the borough washeld on the 6 th inst ., at the Queen ' s Rooms , for the purpose of meeting Mr , William Biggs , of Leicester , one of the candidates for the representation of Newport in the next parliament , and hearing him . deliver a general exposition of his political opir nions .
Reprbsbktation op Shbpfiblb . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Sheffield , convened by requisition to the mayor , and held on Monday , Mr . Joshua Toulmin Smith waB invited to address the eleotors of Sheffield , in explanation of his political principles , with a view to nominating him as candidate in the ensuing election , if his principles should meet general approval . West Khkt . —The " MaidstonB Gazette" cautions the liberal electors against placing reliance on certain rumours whioh have beon circulated as to the probable retirement Of Mr . Hodges , and announces that that gentleman is quite propared again to oontest West Kent on the part of the Liberal eleotors . BoROUon of Portsmouth . —Sir George Staunton has announced his intention to retire from the representation of the borough of Portsmouth at the close of the present parliament .
Hereford Coun ty .. —Two new candidates ( says the " Heroford Timas" ) have offered their services to the elec tors of Herefordshire , at the dissolution of the present parliament . Mr . Hanbury and Mr . King have both oome forward upon tho principle of protection . Mr . Booker , at the recent agricultural dinner , emphatically announced his intention of again soliciting the honour of representing us in parliament ; and Mr . Cornewall Lewis intends to solioit the suffrages of the electors when the present parliament expires . Mr . Wegg Prosser has formally announced his intention of retiring , Mohmobth . —We have heard it stated in Monmouth ( says the " Monmouthshiro Merlin ) that the county gentlemen will have enough to do shortly , without devoting their time and energies to opposing Mr . Lindsay ; as an opposition will speedily be commenced to return one of a princely firm of morohants , largely interested in the district , as tho reform ropresentativo of the county in the House of Commons .
Cheltenham . —It is rumoured ( says tho "Bedford Timoa" ) that at the next oleetion a Conservative candidate will offer himself for the representation of Cheltenham , in the person of Mr . Packer Butt , a resident of the town . Dartmouth . —Tho Protectionists of this borough , headed by Sir H . Sealo , who some time ago joined their rankB , have at last fixed a oandidate to their mind . Sir Thomas Herbert is tfeo gontleman . The gallant officor has issued an address to the electors , in whioh he states that his political opinions are essentially Conservative .
PsnTH . —The nomination of candidates to supply the vacancy in the representation of this city , occasioned by the appointment of the Right Hon . Pox Maule to the Presidency of the Board of Control , took plaoo on Monday . The hon . gentleman was opposed by Charles Gilpin , Eiq ., who strongly advooated tho ballot , but who declined going to the poll , although the show of hands was declared to be in his favour . The right hon . Fox Maulo was thereupon declared duly elected . Lobd Pamierbton and tub Borough op Tivbrtoh , — Lord Palmerston has address 9 d a letter to one of his constituents , in which he s * ys that , " He has had intimation from somo large constituencies that the leading persons among them would wish him to be their representative at the next general election , but his reply has invariably been that so long as his present constituents at Tiverton choose to have him aa a member ho shall never wish to go elsewhere . "
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EXECUTION OF AN ASSERTED AGENT OF KUSSUTH . The " Austrian Lloyd" states that Maurice Pataclri , the Hungarian who was arrested at Rendsburg on a charge of attempting to seduce some Hungarian regiments from their allegiance to the Emperor , and of being an agent of Kossnth and Mazzini , and who ,. upon these charges had been sentenced to death by an Austrian court-martini on the 30 th ult . , was executed on the 5 th inst . The ' Vienna Gazette " contains the official inculpation of the unfortunate man , and , according to the custom of similar German documents , enters into the history of his life . According to this partial authority , Patacki was twenty-nine years of age , and a native of the county of Presburg , in Hungary . Before the Revolution of 1848 he was an advocate and fiscal at Pestb .
During the revolutionary period he served as a national guard . He became afterwards a sub-officer in the Hunyady battalion , and finally an officer of General Bern ' 8 staff , in which capacity he served until the termination of the war . In 1849 he travelled to Hamburg , and thence by Brussels and Paris to London . Here it is charged against him , he entered into communication with Kossutb , and entered into the plans and views of the emigrants and of the anti-Austrian party , who proposed as their aim the overthrow of the imperial monarchy . In attempting to carry out the plans of Kos 9 Uth and Mazzini , he undertook a journey to Hamburg in the beginning of November , 1851 , provided with the necessary instructions , plans , and proclamations intending to act uppn the minds of soldiers of the Imperial army corps
stationed at Hamburg and in its environ . Here it is alleged he attempted to gain over a number of men , formerly Honvetls , and on the 17 ih of November went to Rendsburg , in order to bring " about an understanding between the 19 th regiment , and the leaders o £ the agitation . Here H is added he prepared a statement of the strength of the army corps in Hohtein , and drew up a list of officers whose aid might be depended on by his principals , ia case of an outbreak , both of which he addressed to Kossuth . Having done this it was his intention to travel through the cities of the empire , and especially to work for his cause in Vienna . He wbb next to go to Croatia , Dalmatia , and Slavonia , find out
everywhere the friends of Kossuth , and acquaint them with the general plan of the outbreak . Such is the accusation against the unfortunate man . -How many of its statements are true , or how far they are coloured , will probably never be known , for this , which for the honour of the government should have been a solemn public trial , was transacted , not in North Germany , where Patacki was apprehended , but in Vienna , whither he was hurried , far from witnesses who might have vouched for his innocence , in a cloiiely . guardea fortress , with soldiers for judges . The " Gazette" of the same day contains the report of a court-martial upon a person named Goslar , who was executed on the 5 th inst ., for endeavouring to prepare the poDu ' ation for the next revolution .
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Query . —What is tbe difference between water and time ! —¦ Water finds its own lovel , while time levels everything CfSfi * Practice flows from principle ; for , aa a man thinks , so will he act . Flowbrs are the alphabets of . angels , wherewith the wr » e on hills and plains mysterious truths . vJruJ" ?? tlie French penal settlement , is a marshy , unwMt ? L aild { n Sou'h America , populated by only 2 , 000 j ?' ando . 000 negroes . whoh £ S ? . ° nietinies only a clfongo of pain . A man down to ru the « ° ut Mnlw he feels first-rate when he gets Happ ti 8 m a Rftin . practice onf « '"" ' ; onJy real happiness consists in the rationTt eXC E Oleuoe - and only real glory is the admi-Spanfard ? o& ° - " ~ : rhore is a MtY savin e which the EX'Koira Were wont t 0 engrave on their Toledo me without honour i " without iema ' > never sheath
Plain Speaking A « , < . „ v . n . » words around di . ? j u n s on never P a fenCQ ° f gtaThim * W hearing 1 T ™ , ma - who would otherwise ruggedSnclosure . g > lack resolutiof t to " wer such a A Poet Puizikd . —A celebratpd Vn » r i . ,. j vertised that he would suppk »§ £ , »* p 0 Bt . OIlc . ? ad / fisherman sought him . hASJ after " ami X ^ T - , A enough to catch a porpoise . ' aateda lme ltrm S Idleness and PRiDE .-Old Mr . Worthy saya he likes in see youns ladies walking the street on Sunday in fheir ilk ? with holes m their stockings , as it proves they « « S attentive to things above than bolow . y are more Double Rule of Thrkk .-A western editor asks thP following qaestion : " If a fellow has nothing when he seta married , and the girl has nothing , is her things his ' n , or his things hern ? " ' "
_ Red Noseb in Italy . —The wearing of anything red is at present prohibited in northern Italy , as indicating revolutionary tendencies . To such an extent is this oarried that even a red nose is regarded as rather suspicious . Ibxan Mariuaoks . — Local politics run high in the western country . A candidate for county clerk in Texas ottered to register marriages for nothing . His opponent , undismayed , promised to do the same , and throw in a cradle . An InisHisH .-. « See there ' . " exclaimed a returned Iilsh soiuier to a gaping crowd , as he exhibited with some prida his tall hat , with a bullet-hole in it . "Look at that hole , li ! uV y u see that if it had been a tou / -crowned bat I should have been killed outright !" < u . « Sn F £ £ P «™» .-Mr . Seydell , naval architect at atettin , and Mr . Ruthven . an V . n ( rliali « nir ; iu » hava nnn .
™ . » u wbich is impelled neither by wind , oars , nor steam , out by retro-active h ydraulic power . The eu&y they have made is 8 a , d to have entirely succeeded . ™ L » u ^ u , HoMB } -A crust of bread , a pitcher of ! 'f ' Jjatchad roof , a » d love ; there is happiness for you , Skin , £ be , rainyor 8 unnv - Ik is the ^ art th £ * Hnll . r ' 7 > etUor tho ey Q rest 8 01 » a Potato patch or ^ SISSS ,. ^! 1111 " home Pr cious , anditis the . '»» ' L l ° BAIL - " - "Whatcana man do ? " oBked a green , un , when a sheriff s-officor was seen coming up to him with arnfflV" << a ha . -r " Apply the remedy , " said another , " ft "" App i the remed 7 ! what kind of remedy rweei-ing ( emedy , you goose-run like arace-horae . " « fv l T 1 [ CIP ^' . pLEASURES - ~ plea 5 Ure owes u * greatest zesuo anticipation . The promise of a shilling fiddle will Keep a achool-boy in happiness for a year . The fun connected with its possession will expire in an hour . Now wbat is true of school-boys is equally true of men . All they differ ia is the price of their fiddles .
Australian Diamonds . —For some time precious atones have been supposed to exist in this district . One , the other day , was forwarded by Mr . Hardy , the commissioner , to the colonial secretary . It has since been inspected by a Sydney lapidary , who pronounced it a diamond of the first water , value £ 2 a . — £ athurst Free Press .
EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH . lnuis Napolbon ' s Motto . —Your money and your life ! A Distinction and a DiFFBB . ENCB .-Tne Emperor of Kussia is an autocrat ; but Mr . Louis Napoleon is a-Naughtocr&t * A Small Shot .-I ? the " calibre" of the British Army ia no better than its muskets , the sooner both are discharged the better . n b Thb Homeopathic Minister . — " You see , Mr . John Bull , large doses of Reform are bad for your constitution . But here is a Globule , or Infinitesimal Bill , which , ' . L-c . < L-c .
Two Celebrated E 9 camothubs . —There is one in Paris , and the other in London . The latter is the celebrated Kobin ; and the former , Louis Napoleon , who has been lately robbm -the estates of the Orleans family . The Truth to a Haib . —Everyone is asking , rather anxiously just now , in what does the strength of the British Lion consist ? Our answer is decisive . The strength of tho British Lion is in the Main .
• ? t Na- te - —We understand that the reason assigned by the Admiralty authorities for continuilly cutting our new ships to piecos , is tho impression their Lordships are under that by dividing one ship frequently into two , the strength of the navy must be eventually doubled . Natal Intelligence . —Our readers will be delighted to near that Lngland has made a naval demonstration , in Mis very face of the French President . At tho ball at tha Tuilenes , Lord Adolphus , Fitzclarence appeared in " his full uniform of Post Captain . " We breathe again ! " England expects that every man will dance his polka !"
The Lords ( Tom Noddies ) or the Admiralty . —The fleet is in the Tagus when it is wanted to guard tbe English coast . But this was sure to bo the case with the Admiralty . how could it be expected when they havesucb . an awful mess with the " preserved meats" of the navy , that they would be any more successful in preserving tbe Chops of the Channel s The Red-hot Halfpenny . —We once heard of a mischievous tnck played upon a poor OTgan boy . There was thrown to him a red-hot halfpenny from a window into the mud . He tried to pick it up , but—burnt his fingers . Louis Napoleon would seem to be in the like dilemma , with this difference that—he deserves his reward . By the indignation of public opinion , tho Orlean 3 properly has become even as the red-hot half-penny .
_ Never Satisfied , —Lately , as a gentleman was examiu * ing an old desk , which had stood in an old out-building for a long time , be found a small bag , which he thought was a shot-bag ; but on taking it up the bottom came out , and , to his surprise , out rolled 500 spade-ace guineas . After counting them , he said he was sorry that he had not found them twent y years sooner , that he might have had the interest on them also during that period . Small Beginnings . —It is tho hardest part of success to Ram a little ; this Mule once gained , more will easily follow .
uespiscnot ,. then , the small beginings of education . Franklin had but little when he began ; yet look at what he be . comes , and how he is reverenced . Fergusson , feeding Ilia sheep on the hills of Scotland , picked up merely the rudiments of learning , but subsequently rose to be one of the first astronomers of Europe . Herschel , the great astronomor , was in . his youth a drummer-boy to a marching regiment ; but hUname 13 now associated withtha brightest discoveries of science , and is borne by the planet which Ms zeal discovered .
PsoTESTANTism in France . —It is said that all Protestants are to be excluded from the French Senate . It appears that all persons professing the reformed religion are looked upon oy Louis Napoleon with a horror worthy of M . do Montalembert himself . It is not , however . in consequence of any newly-acquired zeal in favour of Catholicism that the fol" } wors of Luther and Calvin have fallen into disgrace at the Elysee , but because they have shown themselves enemies to usurpation . What Literature Does . —The man of letters , when compared with one that is illiterate , exhibits nearly the same contrast as that which exists between a blind man and one that can see ; and if we consider how much literature enlarges the mind , and how much it multiplies , adjusts , rectifies , and arranges the ideas , it may ' well be reckoned equivalent to an additional sense . It affords pleasure which wealth cannot procure , arid whioh poverty cannot entirely take away .
Impbotbment op the Flax Fibre . —It seems that the ingenious discovery of Chevalier Claussen is a re-discovery . His results were achieved some eighty years ago by an English peeress . At a recent lecture , the autograph " letters o £ Lady Moira were produced by Professor Solly from the bound records of the Society of Arts itself , describing a chemical process b y which she converted tho refuse tow of the ffax fibre into cotton fibre , just as is now done by the proces 3 of . the Chevalier . Her ladyship ' s lamentations at the obstinacy of the manufacturers in opposing her plan , were at once amusing as history , and suggestive of modern parallel in « stances .
Etymology op the Word Bankrupt . —The establishment of the first traders in exchange who dealt in open market places , is said to have consisted in a bare bench or counter ( bemcus , Lat ., banca , Ital . ); which bench , wo are told , in , case of the trader ' s failure , was broken up , byway of public Btigraa . Hence tbe name of banker or benoher , and hence , as some presume , the etymology of the term Bankrupt . Ghosts .- " Do you believe in ghosts , Mrs . Partington ?" was ashed of the old lad y , somewhat timidly .- " To be sure 1 do , replied she , " &s much as I believo that bright fulminary there will rise in the yeast to-morrow momineif we
, live and nothing happens Two apprehensions have sartinly appeared in our family . Why , I saw my dear Paul , a fortnight before he died , with my own eyes , jest as plain as I see you now , and though it turned out ar terwards to be a rose-bush with a nightcap on it , I shall alwa ys think , to the day of my desolation , that it was . a forerunner sent to me . 'Tother ono came in the night when we were asleep , and carried away three candles and ' a pint of spirits that we kept in the house for an embarka tion . Believe in ghosts , indeed ! I guess I do , and he must be a dreadful styptio aa doesn't . "
Parisus Manufactures . — The following are a few . facts lately pointed out by M . Blanquj in his last lecture on political economy . Parisian industry produces annually fron fourteen to fifteen hundred Millions of francs' worth . o ( goods of various kinds . There are 325 principal branchea of industry ; 64 , 000 patented masters ; 342 , 530 workpeolpe , of whom 20 : 1 , 000 are men , 112 , 000 women , and 20 , 530 children . The wages vary among this immense population of workpeople from 20 centimes ( 2 d . ) a day , to from 35 franca to 40 francs ( from 2 Ss . to 32 s . ) . The average wa ° e ia 3 francs 80 centimes ( 3 s . 2 d . ) a day for a man , andior a woman 1 franc 65 centimes ( Is . 4 * cl . ) . —U itonitew ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1665/page/3/
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