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AT THE "XEW SHOP" OPPOSITE THE " GREAT eooss nrs , " in chichbsier , from NINE TILL FITE , LYRICS FROM A "SUSSEX FARMER . " NOT OXE HUNDRED MILES FROM GOODWOOD .
" B&OADBHIM , " " solus , " soliloquising . ' < Here are books and baits for flatfish and gudgeons—Well famish you cheap , for 'we ' re deep eormudgeons ; Leave joargdid her * , yoa foals , tis " all my eye , " Oar paper ' s light and soft , and wont hart yoar thigh . Why , what the devil , do yon * . MnV ns cheats ? ( Though , by the bye , w « ou ^ bl to ¦• aw < ep the streets ;"; Enlarge the jail , for rogues tis much too small , •< West Hampnett Union" waald not hold them alL " Babbit-skin Jack * and such , are honest men Compared to others that we all could name : The hairs upon yoar heads we would not hurt , ( Although oar motto ' s " rather rob than work ! " ) Cobbett be d d , and his disciples too ; Hard cibo { and work ) for us will never dofiare we not got Great Wellington and Peel ? The advocates of paper and of steel ?
Consider , too , the toil of getting gold Prom oat the mints—it scarcely can be told—While the " cast-off smock" of a beggar Trench will male Bank notes enough to boy the Dnke ' s estate ; + And the eloat in which her ug ) y brat doth squall Would pay off the black diamond dues , and ail ! ! The parsons tell you not to eovet gold—If you dont heed them , can they saTe yoar soul ? Paper's the thing , ye vagabonds , d'ye doubt it ? What could the " Surrey ploughboy" know about it ? Bow can you dare hi 3 " library' to touch ? -. Bead Malthus , Marcus , Martineaa , and such . The nation ' s overstocked—tis quite a ptst—Hail emigration , and the workhouse test ! . ' What happened in the town the other day ? Why - ' " ' tis a d d afiair , I can but say . "
( As Larder said to the Churchwarden mild , * When he and ethers , met to " eat a child" )—Bat , be assured , 'tis but a nine days' wonder—A penny cracker to a clap of thunder—A little whirlwind to the hurricanes That sometimes sweep the lenjrth and breadth of lands . But don't 1 st paper men hare all the blame , We have " rogues in paper / ' and we have " rogues in grain :: r
( " GOGGT MOOKE , " the billsticker , listening J *« Lay out a trifle , Sir , for I am but poor , Though a descendant of old "Francis iloore ;" We M » ore 1 were neTer noticed for theology , The " forte" of our family ' s asa-ology . I foretold , long ago , amongst my fellows , We should haTe "broken banks" and " watery eel lars " Before the coming year of " forty-two : " And I was right , by dad , my words proTe true : Sing " Ca Ira , " and " Cock-a-doodle-doo !"
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Ribbit-skin Jack , a poor fellow in the jail , confined far p ^ tty iSLtcer . -j . t Duke of Richmond . * Peter Pindar .
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THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , No . 2 and 3 , 44 THE LAND , '' the only remedy for national poverty and mpendin * n « 'on » l nun . How U > get it and how to use it . By Feabgcs O Coskob , Esq . Second Edition . Leeds , J . Bobeon ; Manchester . A , Hey wood ; London , J . Cleave , Shoe-line , Fleet-street . We uej * i to perceive that to valaable tract lu rented a second edition . Mr . O'Connor we 11 UBdmUnci the subject on which he wntes , his reasonings are clear and unanswerable , andhis eonelusions logical » d safasfactorj . We hop * all Chartists will nnite ia giTicg to iho » lett ££ L ¦ OLiy ersal circulation throughout the three Kingdoms .
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The Late Mubdbb . —St . Helen ' s , Thursday afternoon . — Various witnesses having been examined , the inquest was closed , and the jury after about twenty minutes' deliberation returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" agaimt Isaac Jaeques . Robert Woods , and Thomas Moljueux . The prif oners all denied any participation in the crime , but were committed , under the coroner ' s warrant , to take their trial at the next assizes .
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The bxpehces to be incurred ia the christening of the Prince of Wales will exceed , it is Baid , a hundred thousand pounds . This will be bread , and meat too , for ibettarv ' mg millions in tha couutry ! Kins Ernest ' s Hatred of Songs . — Advices from Hanover state that a soisure of a collection of Political songs , tericed "Songs of a Cosmopolite , " has jaBt been made in the capital by order of government . — Galignani . "The maa who hath not music in his edul , Is fit for treason , stratagem , and spoils . " SUakspbabe .
Unexpected Good Fobtone . —A singular idstance cf good fortune has , within the last few days , happened to a poor man named George Peters , with a numerous family , who followed the occupation of a journeyman baker , and resides in an obscure street at Camber well . It appears that a distant relative , residing at Bath , and from whom no expectations "were ever entertained , has recently died , bequeathing to the wife of Peters large funded property amounting to near . £ 50 , 000 . Peters has for some time been working at his trade in this city .
FoBGERIES AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE , BRISTOL , DEC . 17 . —Much anxiety has been felt by the commercial world here in consequence of a gentleman holding a high situation in the Custom-house having absconded , and who it is alleged has committed forgeries to the amount of about £ 8 , 000 or £ 9 , 000 ; about £ 7 , 500 of forged acceptances having been already ascertained , one or two of which , it ib said , are held by the branch of the Bank of England . The individual is very highly connected , and the acceptances , it is said , purport to be those of a distinguished and gallant officer of high rank in the army .
Cork Workhouse . —Influx of poor Irish . — Owing principally , to the influx of paupers brought by the steamer Jupiter , from England , the number ef pauper inmates for whom , by dint of exertionthe creatures lying four and five in a bed—accommodation could be made in our workhouse on Thursday night , was nine hundred and eighty-six ! —a mass of destitution never before crowded within the walls of any Institution in this city . — Cork Reporter . The New York packet-ship , Roscins , which has
arrived at Liverpool , fell in , on the 7 th , with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh , Sump ' . on , master , of Liverpool , homeward bound from Quebec . The wreck was in a sinking state . Mr . Collin ? , the commander of the Roscius , took the master of the Erin go-Bragh , nineteen of the crew , and Mr . J . W . Merrit , a passenger , on board the packet , and conveyed them in safety to Liverpool . So immir ent was the peril , that not an article belonging to any individual was saved from the ship , which sank immediately after the Roscius quitted her .
Ferocious Brutality . —To the catalogue of daring crimes described in the public prints during the last few months , we have to add the perpetration of an outrage committed a short time since at Cheddar , which , for the atrocity of the act and the savage barbarity with which it was accompanied , surpasses iu extent of wanton cruelty anything which it has for a long time been our effleo to record . A poor woman returning from market , after nightfall , to her home , was suddenly accosted by three footpad ? , who fiercely demanded her money . The poor creature
instantly delivered up the whole of htr little treasure , the produce of her market transactions ; but whether the ruffians were disappointed by the smallness of the amount , and were resolved on rilling all her under-garmeiits , or whether they , were solely influenced by the promptings of diabolical ferocity , we know not , but they literally stripped her of every particle of clothing , and left her , in that state of dreadful destitution , to the chance of casual charity , or to perish by the way tide , under tho complicated agonies of terror , coid , and tortured modesty .
Matrimonial Adventureiis . —At Samarang , the second town in the island of Java , there exists a species of matrimonial lottery , which gives rise to many singular speculations . Orphan children , rich as well ai poor , are all brought up in a public establishment The nest profouad si ence as to the fortunes of these children is eBJoined to every person employed in or about the institution . These fortunes are placed under the management of persons at Batavia , ou whom a similar injunction of secrecy is imposed . The female orphans are kept in the
establishment until their marriage . Every man possessing aii annual income of 730 florins , or two florins a t ! ay , is at liberty to choose a wife from among them , but the amount of her fortune i 3 not made known to him till several days after the marriage . A servant of the military hospital at Samarang lately selected one of these damsels with a fortune of 65 , 060 florius . Since his good lock , the applications for wives from tho asylum have become very urgent ; for a report has got abroad that there is a marriage ' able girl still left , who will bring with her a priza of 200 , 000 florins .
Anti-Malthusian . —The followers of Mr . Malthus must be horror-struck at some recent circumstances in the parish of CnriBtchurch , Hants , where within the lest three weeks two women have been confined with three children each , and within three months , ten women hare each borne twin children . Tb > former are the wife of John Troke , who gave birth to three boy ? , two of whom are living ; and the wife of William Morley , three boys since dead . Execution of Job J . Ward . —The punishment of death was on Monday morning inflicted ou Job John Ward , who was convicted at the last November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested , his illegitimate son , aged only one year and nine months . Tho culprit , who was in the prime of life , his age being only twenty-eight year =, has ever since his condemnation
suffered the most acute mental anguish , and on Sunday , during the condemned sermon , he fainted away in the chapel cf Newgate , and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence . Shortly before eight o ' clock the Reverend Ordinary , the Sheriffs , and other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell . Mr . Carver asked him whether he admitted the justice of his sentence , and he replied , " Oh dear , yes . " Mr . Sheriff Magnay then asked him whether he would now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed ; he replied that the child was lying ia the bed and he struck it with his fist twice ; ka added , that when he did so , he had not the least idea or intention to kill it , and he concluded by declaring positively that he never made use of the hammer . The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated
at the time , to which he replied that he was , and he at the same time said he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink , for that had been the means of placing him iu his present dreadful situation . Upon another occasion he told the Ordinary that it was drink which put the idea of striking the child into his head , and that ho wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day , as it would have prevented the unfortunate occurrence taking place . The Sheriff then asked the prisoner whether it was not possible that the head of the child might have cuiue in contact with the chair or bed-post , but he replied that that could not be , and again repeated , that the only injury inflicted upon the child were thd blows with hi 3 fist , adding that at the time he had not the slightest intention of killing it , but as those blows were the cause of death ,
he acknowledged that he was justly charged with the murder , and he was , therefore , liable to the punishment he was about to suffer . When the prisoner was pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with the Sheriffs and Ordinary , and having done so , he exclaimed " God bless you , I thank you all for your kindness . " The usual hoar , eight o ' clock , having arnvtd the culprit was led to the Ecaffold , with the us-uul procession . He appeared very laint . and wa 3 iupponed by one of the turnkeys and Mr . Holding , one of the surgeons . The appearance of the wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a burst , of cheers , mingled with groans , from the assembled crowd . He appeared to struggle for about a minute before life was extinct . At nine o ' clock the body was cut down , and interred by the side of Blakesley .
Extensive Fraud on the Bank of Engianb at Liverpool . —During the Jast week a fraud to the extent of £ 1 , 330 was committed upon the above establishment , by means of forged checks upon a Belgian bank , known by tho title of " Societe General pour favoriser 1 'lndustrie Rationale . " The pui : ty party is a foreigner named Ranyier , between 35 and 40 years of ate . His height is five feet four inches ; he has a florid complexion , and reddish hair . He speaks bad English , and but indifferent French . He is Buppoi-. ed to have arrived in Liverpool since the 1 st instant , in order to embark for
America . The following is a description of the notes obtained : —One £ 300 , dated the 3 d February , 1841 , No . 47 , 312 ; b ; x £ 100 , dated tho 5 th Februay , 1841 , No . 79 , 366 to No . 29 , 371 ; five £ 50 , da'edthe 6 th of October . 1841 , No . 13 , 363 to No . 13 , 367 ; two £ 40 , dated the 7 th of June . 1841 , No . 40 , 575 and No . 43 . 961 ; five £ 10 , dated the 10 th of September , 1841 , No . 70 010 to No . 70 , 014 ; ten £ 5 , dated the 12 sh oi October , 1841 , No . 74 ^ 837 to No . 14 , 846 . A confederate of iUnyier ' a was supposed to have gone to Leeds on Friday ee ' nnight , and the police-officers were on the alert to secure him . Their efforts , howover , if he did enter the town , were unsmec « eslul .
The Armstrong Liver Pius are reoommendr . d as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indiaeatios , or from an in . active liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Norther 7 i Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters- , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , " in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very xni ' id aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen ^ agriculturists , men of business , naval and militarv men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , tor reaV . aintindieU
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Enviable Subscribers . — The Tipperary Free Press in a " commercial and monetary article , " makts the following classification of its readers : — Mark , we do not complain of having a limited number of readers— onr complaint is that we have too many { The superabundant number may be placed under three heads . First , the shate begging , or penny an hour readers , in Clonmel ( we except those who cannot afford to subscribe ) { secondly , those who haunt our subscribers' houses ia order to * borrow the paper , ' and they are a most numerous class of robbers . But the greatest scoundrels are those who subscribe and never pay—these fellows should be transported for taking property' under false pretences V "
Artificial Ice for Skating . —Out readers will doubtlees utter a note of admiration ,: signifying absolute incredulity in regard to the Import of these words—nevertheless ' tis true ; and true It ia , without any occasion for pity , that a new marvellous feat of science is . added to those by which this era has been already distinguished , in the discovery of a chemical compound having all the appearance of ice—capable of being deposited in the sheet , and offering to-the skater a surface much more agreeable for the purposes of his graceful exercise than that ordinarily supplied by the winter operations of nature upon our park waters . The gentleman who has achieved this victory over the dements of chemistry , Mr . Henry Kirk , now exhibits the results of his some five years ' labour to that end at a building on the grounds of Mr . Jenkins , ia the New-road , near to Dorset-square . Thfloor
e of the apartment , 24 feet by 14 , is covered with an apparent icy integument—not quite as clear as crystal , but like congelation after a white frost , upon which a considerable number of members of the skating club indulged in their evolutions , and fully tested its pretensions . This substance , seveneighths of an inch thick , in this instance , lies close upon the floor of the robni i and cannot be broken by any concussion short of that by a sledge-hammer , and its endurance under the abrasion of the skate is also most remarkable . Heat up to 100 degrees has also no effect upon it . In a word , it can be created and used as readily in summer as m winter , and we may therefore make up our minds to have as « ood skating ia the dog-davs as at Christmas . Mr . Kirk projects an extensive ice-ground , surrounded by and set off with scenes of winter , executed by the best artists in that line .
The Prince op Waies . —Rational beings , or persons capable of tho slightest pretence to rationality , cannot reid the Gazette which proclaims the patent creation of Prince of Wales , without surprise that such Gothic barbarities and absurdities should be still persevered in . A child of a few weeks old is created Prince of Wales , and yet as ho is not' born' Princft of Wales , his elevation to the rank might as well be postponed until he is able to comprehend what it means , and to understand even what nominal functions he has to perform or execute . Prpced-nt is the plea for these torn-fooleries ; but the age has arrivea when we are to estimate precedents by their rationality and utility , and not by their antiquity . The older the precedent thn greater
is the presumption that it is absurd , ridiculous , or pernicious . If our barbarous , ignorant , suporstitious , and priest-ridden ancestors made fools of themselves , is that any reason why we should follow their example t There must be an end to stupid precedents at one time or another : they are not eternal , and we are just as capable of destroying them now as our successors can be . This infant in its long clothes , upon being created Princo of Wales ( what a quiz upon poor Taffy ) , is girt with a sword , which he cannot distinguish from a spoon , bodkin , or iwccz . r ; he has then a coronet placed on his head , a gold ring put on his finger , and a gold rod put in his hand , in order that he may direct and defend those parts" tho borders of England and Wales , there
having been no such bordors to defend since the reign of Queen Elizabeth , when border warfare ceased , and a baby in long clothes not being exactly the most fit peroon to enter into border warfare . It is quite time that such disgraceful nonsense should be removed irom the sight of a' rational people . The bishops , always most prominent where ceremonies are the most disgraceful , are aotive on this occasion , and it is a bishop that begirts the baby with the aword . By a parity or consistency it ought to be a general or an admiral that places the mitre on the head , and tho crosier in the hand of a bishop at his Episcopal creation . After this comes a worship proclamation , from the Queen , as " defender of tho faith . " May we not inquire what faith is meant I The British Empire comprises every faith under tho
sun , and as a Sovereign is in theory and in principle , an impartial and equal defender of all parties , it follows that our Queen is not the defender of ihe faith ; whatever it may be , but the defender of all faiths . Though , if a faith cannot defend itself , it is not worth defending . Well , her Majesty , as defender of the faith , forsooth , orders a new edition of the prayer-book , and in which we freeborn and rational Englishmen are ordered to pray for the Prince of Wales , after Prince Albert . Falstaff would not have even reason on compulsion ; nor do we like prayers upon rojal command . We would pray for ths Prince of Wales after or before Princo Albert , or pray for only one or neither , as it suited us , and in no case would pray upon compulsion . If the present Priuce of Waks should be like the last Prince of Wales , we would heartily pray for his happiness , its locality being in the other world .
The Boy Jones . —This extraordinary lad , whose repeated visits to Buckingham Palace caused so much alarm some time ago , and who after being released from prison was sent out to sea in a merchant ship , has lately returned to England , and in now at Liverpool . His case is likely to come under the notice of the authorities , for it appears he was sent away without the concurrence of his father , an old man of good character , who is living in Bellyard , York-street , Westminster , and who , not knowing tne destination of his son , was labouring under great anxiety about him until he received a letter from him a few day * ago , stating that the ship in which he had been induced to leave England had returned to Liverpool , and that he had been
subjected to much ill-usage on board . There appears to have been some irregularity in the mode of getting rid of this troublesome lad , and a good deal of money unnecessarily expended by a tradesman named James , residingin Westminster , andaThames Police inspector , named Evans , who , after travelling about with him in England and Ireland for a month , eventually procured him a berth in a Liverpool ship , and not at Cork , as was stated some time ago . The lad is anxious to return to London , and has written to his father for the means of doing so ; but his father is too poor to defray the necessary expences of providing him with a passage to London . Several of his neighbours have promised to assist him . and there is no doubt he will soon reach home .
His father states that there is no reason for believing that his son will ever repeat the foolish freaks ho has been guilty of , and that long before he was sent out of the country he repentod of his conduct , and was anxious to obtain employment , which waseffered him by several persons , who found the lad to be very intelligent . It appears that after the boy ' s liberation from the Westminster Bridewell he was taken in hand by Mr . James , his father s landlord , who keeps the Bell public-house , in Bell-yard , Yorkstreet , Westminster , and James Christopher Evans , jun ., an Inspeotor of Thames Police , who acted from instructions conveyed from the Home-ufSce . Evans represented himself to the father and his son as the agent of a ship in the London Docks , who would , on
the recommendation of Mr . James , provide young Jones with a berth on board the Diamond , the 'Captain of which was stated to be a triend of Mr . James . The Diamond had , however , left the London Docks when the parties arrived there , and Mr . James , the Police Inspector , and the boy hastened to Cork ; but for reasons stated in a letter from the boy to his father , be was not shipped . After visiting Plymouth and several other places * during which the lad was treated with the greatest kindness , he was ultimately conveyed to Liverpool , and there shipped , upon what voyage has not heen ascertained , nor has the boy in his letters mentioned the name of the vessel or the voyage . The affair has been badly managed ; for the boy , after all the
expense and trouble which has been taken , about him , i 3 again in England , after a five months' absence , and heartily sick of a seafaring life , for which , it appears , he never entertained a predileetion . The same money , judiciously expended , would have procured him a good situation , and paid h » passage to a distant colony , to which his father would not have objected , and where he could have given no more uneasiness to the authorities here . On . Saturday , in consequence of its having come to th » knowledge of the father of the boy Jones that the Hew Police had something to do with the shipment , © f his son , he attended at the Thanes Police Court for the purpose of waiting upon tho Magistrate , and obtaining information on the subject . He saw Evans , jun .,
whom he recognised as the very , person who was introduced to him six months ag » as the agent of a ship in whioh his son was to be seat to Bea . Evans said he was tht agent of a particular ship at that time , and aH that had been dose for his son was done for hia benefit . Mr . Jones expressed his surprise that a polioe officer should represent himself as the agtmt of a Bhip , and said that he ought to have bees consulted on the subject , and informed of the destination of the boy previous to his leaving the country . Evans said the toy ' s interests would have been materially affected if his destination had been made known , and spoke in high terms of the boy s intelligence and cood conduct while he was with
him . Mr . Jones then said he wished to speak to the Magistrate on the subject , and was afraid hia boy would be trepanned and sent away to sea again without his concurrence ; but he was informed the Magistrate would not be able to interfere in the matter , and after some further conversation he left the Court . The poor man is labouring under great anxiety about his son , and has been unable to follow his usual occupation during the last week , owing to his distress of mind . He intends to communicate with the authorities at Liverpool , and request them not to allow his eon to be trepanned into another voyage , which there is reason to fear may be attempted .
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Interesting Anatomical ExaiUiwation of a Female Chimpafzeb . —In July lass a very fine pair of chimpanzees were purchased by the Committee of the Bristol : and Clifton Zoological Gardens , they having been brought direct from Africa to this port . ¦ During the summer and autnmn these rare animals attracted the attention of . visitors from all parts . From the circumstance of no specimen having been preserved in this country for a longer period than a few months , as they have generally died of consumption , more than ordinary care and attention were bestowed upon them by tho keeper ; for as they were a pair—a very unusual thing—the Committee set a very high value npon them : but it was of no avail , as far as relates to the female , for she oied on the
5 th instant , though not ( as it has subsequently been found ) of the U 3 ual disease , consumption , but of dysentery , to which Bhe had , in fact , been subject on her voyage , and continued to Buffer from it jill her death . Indeed , there was no remedy , ' for it was found impossible to administer any medicine . ' The keeper was in the habit of masticating her food , and feeding her from his month ; but the moment any kind of medicine was attempted to be introduced she rejected it , and even after it had been torced down her throat she woald throw it off her stomach . The body having been presented to the Bristol Philosophic Institution , was opened by Dr . Fairbrdther , in the presence of some of the members . On being anatomically examined , its great similarity to the human frame was surprisingly apparent . The brain , lungs , heart , Stomach , liver , spleen , kidaejs , intestines , &c , were in form and shape almost ; exactly
the counterpart of . those in a human being ; the iietfrt , in particular , presented a peculiarity never found in any other of the monkey tribe—that is , it had nearly the same obliquity and rested or the midriff in the same manner as in the human body ; indeed , the only striking exception was in the organs of the voice , there being on the upper part of the ventricles of the larynx two small membranous bags or sacks , ihto which part of the air must pass from the lun ^ s during respiration ; so that the column of air is divided and diminished , and , consequently , the vibrations produced by its passage through the glottis are weakened , and the voice becomes inarticulate . If it were not for this singular provision , it is supposed that the chimpanzee would bo capable of giving utterance to its feelings and wants in the same manner that man does . —Bristol Standard . Four Vessels Run Down at Sea —Within the last two or three days the underwriters at Lloyd ' s have received intelligence of four vessels having been run down during tho late dreadful sales from the north-west , unhappily attended with Joss of life . The vessels in question are the schooner Eliza , belonging to Ipswich , the Defiance , of Greenwich , the schooner Nancy , belonging to Yarmouth , and the brig Queen , of Newcastle . It appears that the Eliz » , which-was a fast-sailing vessel , was run down on the night of the 5 th hist ., between ten aud eleven , near Harwich , by a brig called tho Conudon , of Stockton , and it was a miracle that tho crew , many of whom were asleep in their berths , were not carried down with the vessel , for she sank in a few minutes
after the collision . Fortuately they got on beard of the brig , but were not able to save any property . The vessel is supposed to be insured . The Nancy was lost on the same night , and the account given of her Io 38 is , that she was in the roads off the eastern coast , making for Yarmouth , when tha Jean and Mary , of Whitby , came athwart her bows with such tremendous violence that she almost immediately sank , and it was with tho utmost difficulty that the other vessel was prevented from sinking , her starboard quarter being completely driven in . The master , Mr . Todd , and the crew saved themselves by jumping into the long boat , and landed the following morning at Yarmouth very much exhausted . The Jean and Mary has since been run ashore to save
her . Both vessels are insured . As regards the Defiance , she was lost on the 10 th inst ., off Cromer Lighthouse . She was at anchor at the time , and the vessel that caused her destruction was the schooner Alert , of Whitby . Tho master , who is the owner of the vessel , is unfortunately not insured . On the morning of the 11 th , Saturday week , the Queen , on her voyage to London from Shields , laden deeply with coals , when off Scarborough , was run down by a barque , name unknown , and three of the crew sank with the Bhip . The remaining portion of the crew sprang into the iollyboat just as she was sinking , and were picked up about four hours after by a fishing smack , and lauded at Flamboroagh . The vessel was valued at £ 2 . 000 .
Dreadful Earthquake . —The following account has been received from a resident at San Jose , Costa Rica , on the Isthmus of Darien , dated September 14 , 1841 : — " We have had lately some shocks of earthquake which hare caused great consternation , but happily , in this place , have not been attended with fatal effects . A little after six in the morning of the 2 nd instant 'he first shock took plaoe . I was dressing at the moment , and immediately rushed to the door , some woodwork from the top of which , falling down , smashed to atoms my washhandbasin , and gave me a slight blow on the leg . However , I soon found my way to tho square , where I encountered a motley assemblage , some en chemise , others with blankets round their shoulders , women screaming , dogs howling , and every sign of confusion and dismay . This was an awful moment . The houses though much shaken , had not fallen , and wo were every instant exoecting another shock . The
next was less violent , aud fortunately did no damage ; but for nine days and nights we were kept in continual alarm by slighter tremblings of the earth . We passed the nights in our clothea , with the doors open to the street , to favour our escape , if it should be necessary . My house is so much damaged that I have not ventured to sleep in it since , and I understand it will be taken down . I have probably mentioned in my firmer letters that the houses here aro ouly from twelve to fifteen feet in heigbi , as some precaution against the danger of earthquakes ; but , aa I live opposite to a church , I did not view , without apprehension , the tower , which is one hundred feet high . In Cartago , five league ; hence , the effects were dreadful in the extreme . In less time than I can write it , a city of ten thousand souls was laid in ruins . What are all the evils of war compared to such tremendous devastation ? It seems wonderful how so few lives should be lost .
The inhabitants wire indebted for their preservation to their early rising . All tho houses were levelled to the ground , and not more than forty or fifty persons killed and wounded . You may imagine the distress of the survivors , without a roof to shelter them , and exposed to the mercy of the element ? . They havo pitched their tents in the streets and squares—miserable huts roofed with hides or leaves , a very slender protection when the rain is coming down in torrents for eight or ten hours successively . Many of them will , no doubt , perish from ; evers . The poor will suffer much from the dearness of food ,
the chief article , maize , having been much damaged by the cattle getting into the fields , the enclosures having been destroyed by the earthquake . The cause of all these calamities has been an eruption of a volcano three leagues beyond Cartago . The last earthquake took place in the year 1822 , but the mischief was then confined to the destruction of a few houses . The people have , as you may suppose , conducted themselves like good Catholics . Images of saints were earried in procession through the streets , public prayers were offered daily , and women wtre walking abeut . doing penance , by carrying huge stones on their heads . "
Borough Court of Requests , Saturday . —The Dustman ' s Christening . —Joseph . Brown , a regular dustman , summoned Charles Norton , a gentleman in the same line of business , for £ 1 2 s 6 d . Although the parties-were in humble life , the case created no little def ^ rea of interest , aumerona gent / emer * being present with their " fantail shallows , " accompanied by their wives and darters , to hear , as one of the young ladies expressed herself , the result of tbe inwegiatation .. " Complainant—it ' s rather a long Btory , but I shall keep to the main pinto of it . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner—Thank you ; " Brevity is the soul of wit . " Complainant—You ar * werry right , Sir ; my eldest darter larnt that at school . ( Laughter . ) But to come to the pint , as I said afore ,
my old . homan was confined with a boy the same day as her Majesty —( load laughter)—and me and Sal agreed as tiow we'd christen him Albert on the same day as . the Piince of Wales . I looked Wery day into the Gaurt Circular , to fiod out venthe hinteresting ceccmOBy was to be performed , but , finding the affair- was not to come off tilr Februrary , raa t nd my vif » had a consultation , aad , finally , ve agreed as our first boy should be ahristened last Monday . ( Laughter . ) I inwited a snug party to > have some supper and spend the hevening . I gav my old homan a suvereign and a half wot I haa saved up ; she bought two ribs of beef , which wm sent to the bakehouse , and a lot of taters under it i besides , we had two bam and veal piss , a piece of the buttocks oi beefv&o . ; 1 got infous gallons of heavy wet , two bottles of gin , a drop of brandy , and lots of pipes and tobacco . The defendant was iawited , with his eld homan . and five otker pate ; we all made a capital
supper , except Bill Saunders , who . bappered rathe * fresh when he first , come . ArUr the cloth was . cleared , the usual toyal toasts w « r » given and don * due honour to , and Mrs . Norton sang the " light •>' other days" —( laKghter)—and Jem Roberts tie " Storm "—daughter . )—But lhtle did I think a storm was brewing . ( Laughter . ) Joe SmUbers then proposed tie health of Master Halbeft Bsown , vich was abost to be given from the cheer * when the defendant got up , and said as I belonged to the Aristoerotifl party , and ke would not drink the toast ; I , as eheermas , rose to demand an hexplanation , whea he ( defendant ) says , " I'll fight any man in the room for five bob . " I got up to put him out of the room , when he seised me , and tore my toeltteteen jacket all ta pieces , and that ' s vot I summon him for . ( Roars of laughter . ) Defendant—I don't deny it , Mr . Commissioaer , but I hates royalty , even by the name . I did not wish to injure Mr . Brown ; but if he had not given his boy such a crack jaw
word , this hero affair could never have took place The defendant then paid the amount , and thd gen tlemen left the court .
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Singular Cieotmstance . —There is at present in the possession of Mr . Robert Lyon , Cop Hall , Sessay , in the North Riding , a hen which hae for six successive years changed the colour of its . plumage ; it is one year beautifully speckled , then the ensuing year completely white . . r Travelling Extraordinary . —Two wiseaores , residents of Petersfield , ware last week neatly gulled by a man calling himself a sailor . He stated to those greenhorns that he bad about seventy pounds prize money to receive , and that he had drawn tea pounds at Portsmouth to convey him-and pay hia expenses to London , but which lie had unfortunately lost ; the remainder he was to receive at Somerset
House immediatel y on his arriving there , his papers for which he had forwarded 4 o his sister at Ratcfiffohighway . He very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London ineome vehicle , which they did , and were to pay ali travelling expenses . The money was to be paid immediately on their arrival in London . The party lived gloriously on the road , sparing no expense , but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt , leaving ; his companions to travel back to Petersfield , and to bewail their unlucky fate iu having to pay the piper out of their own pockets , instead of grasping twenty pounds for so slight a service tendered . —Hampshire Independent . ¦ ¦ -. '
Dubluh-Cruel Tbbaimekt op the Poor . —Th » board of guardians for the Cork union intend retaliating upon the English Poor Law authorities for transmilting to Cork a number of paupers who were properly chargeable upon that or other Irish unions , but not upon an English union , A number of the paupers , brought over in the ship Jupiter , applied for admission . The first applicant was a woman with , three . children . She was a native of Cork , but her husband was " a Welshman . Mr . Cantillor ( according to the Cork Constitution ) said that , although the woman had no claim on the union , they could not tnrn her out upon the streets—Mr . M'Carthy Out with her—out with her—she is an Englishwoman . —Mr . Cantillor : Oh , oh ! What will become of her ?—Mr . M'Carthy : Let her die in the streets—Mr . Hackett : Oh , not so 'tost .- ? -Yes ; she is an Englishwoman . Let her die in the streets —it is merely a return for their kindness to our
' poor . iCries of " Shame ! shame J' )—The paupers were ordered to be turned out of the house , though the mother protested that she and her infants , one of whom was seven , another five , and the third three years of age , had no means of procuring shelter or a morsel of food . Several men , women , and children , were turned out of doors , even though th « y were natiyea of Ireland , becaese they had lived some years in England , and were considered by the guardians , as properly chargeable upon English unions ; The proceedings of the guardians ^ in reference to : thi 3 matter , were long and stormy . Thfy ultimately decided upon applying to his excellency Earl de Grey , praying bis interference with the secretary of state tor the home department to prevent the immense influx of paupers from the port of London to the port of Cork , without reference to tho immediate union in Ireland to which the said paupers may belong ; and further observing , that the transmission of Irish paupers from London t © Cork was illegal .
Death in the Quksn s Bench Prison . —On Thursday Mr Le Pipre held an inquest in the Qieen ' s Bench prison on the body of David Wild , aged 71 , a prisoner confined for debt , and formerly a linen draper . The jury consisted , as asual , of twelve prisoners , six being rulers . Mr . Samuel Cooper , surgeon , said that he was first called to see deceased on . Monday afternoon last , and found him in his room , labouring under oppression of the chest , and having a very troublesome cough and pain in the region of the heart . He wore a plaster on the chest , whion showed that it had been affected for some time . Witness offered to take him into the infirmary , but deceased preferred his own room . Witness
prescribed for him , and the next day , being urged t 6 do so , deceased consented to go into the infirmary , ' ia which he died on Wednesday last . Deceased bad applied too late for medical succour ; if he bad applied sooner , he might have been bled , and received other treatment , which probably would have prolonged his life . Deceased said to a prisoner , on coming into tho prison , that his heart was broken , and that a creditor had taken his propeity from him , and then cast him into prison . Deceased was per / ecti'r sane , _ but his circumstances most have preyed upon his mind He had been in prison a fortnight . He died of disease of the heart , combined with an affection of the chest . Charlotte
Harris—I had been the deceaseds housekeeper for the last seven years He was subject to gout , and had a long illness last Christmas . Deceased told me confinement wonld break his heart . He had no children , and had never been in prison before . The amount of the debt for which he was confined was about £ 40 . Verdict—'' Died of disease of the heart , which was greatly accelerated by deceased ' s having been imprisoned at such an advanced age . " Accident bt Lightotno . —On Friday , during s storm of hail and thunder , which raged about one o ' clock , an alarming accident happened at the new printing and dying works erected for Messrs . Higginbotbam and Co ., near Little Govan . Mr . Fleming , cashier of the works , and Mr . Bow , contractor for the brick building , were standing In one of the flats of the new mil ] , looking at the large stalk , and conversing as to the propriety of keeping
an a fire to dry it , when Mr . Fleming observed & ball of flime striko the south-west side of the stalk , and darting forwards , the concussion having occasioned a noise like the explosion of a gun . Immediately after , it was observed that the stalk was shattered , and rent for the space of about twenty or thirty yards . A labourer , who was employed in working limp at the foot of the stalk , was struck with the thunderbolt , and precipitated into a hole near to the place on which he was standing . On being lifted up . his arms and legs were powerless , and he appeared altogether debilitated for dome time , when he regained the use of his limbs , except one leg , the power of which , it is feared , he will not recover . The wall of a building erecting adjacent was also struck and broken . The stalk , which was recently finished , is 220 feet in height , and it measures seven feet in diameter at the top . — Glasgow Herald .
FltlGHTPBt AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THB LONDON and Birhinshah Railway . —On Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature , and whioh terminated fatally , took place on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway , at a place called ChigiDgton , a few miles below AyJesbury . The up- third class , or goods'train , had arrived within a short distance of the station , ana the train had not yet stopped , when a man named William Gilley , foreman of the plate-layers of that division of the line , and who had come up as a passenger , imprudently jumped out of the train . The unfortunate fellow , not being aware that anything else was approaching , instead of jumping off on the same side as the station , did so on that next the road , at which moment the York passenger train was coming up at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour . Before poor Gilley could reach the ground he was caught in the back by the buffar of the engiae by which the York train was beinir
drawn , and with such tearful violence was the-shock that his body was seen by the guards of the goods train apparently tony to the extent of between thirty aad forty yards . It had sot ? reached the ground thesecond time before his body ? was again caught and hurled forward by the front of ths < ngine , the driver of which endeavoured to stop the speed , but was wholly unable to do so before tho entire train , consisting of nearly thirty carriages , had passed over him . The-guards of the goods' train instantly-ran to the spot , at least sixty yards from tho- plaes where the-poor fallow had jumped out , and notwithr standing the dreadfully shattered appearance of bis body in every part , lilo was not quite then extinct , and be breathed for a few seconds after . r Sb » body of the unfortunate man , who was twentyeifcht yea » of age , and single , was conveyed by the goods' train on to Aylesbury , where k awaits a Coroner ' s inquest .
The Fobokd Excuk % ber Bill Asfair .. —Tb « veil that was drawn over this atrocioas business ia beginning to be Been through , aad the mystery which hang about it toAe gradually giving way to > the enquiring eyes of the , few . It is now rendered pretty evident that Besomont Smith ie not the priucipal ia the affair , although he has avowed himtalf to bes * ; he is the scs ^ e-goat for the greater , store exalted knaves ; and his declaration of being " whoily and solely gjittty , " was to throw dust ia the eyes of the public as . to the detection of the real eulprite . It is a joggle between the officers of the Growu and jtistioe , and i » to be " bushed up" with as littlo noise as possible . Saalh will not bo . transported , or if ho i » . will be sent oat on a voyage of pleasure , to New
Sooth Wales , and re-shipped after ashoritimefor th » European Continent , where he will pasa hia life iniuxury , provided for him by Jie greater rascals in the business . Iiis a juggle , we Bay , to gull that jfrekasa John Bull ; and all tha parade of legal bigwigs at Smith ' &trial , and th » affected solemnity of the proceedings ,, was of the &shion of t ^ e . Cardigan jtigglein the Bouse of Lord * . It waa known very well to the j « dg « and the counsel on bath sides , that Smith w » a M > . piea . d guilty , and Rapall » was to be let out of the bagia time enough to afford Mm thefacility of escape tofore any new mock proceedings were , got up agai&st him . If Rapallo were brought to trial he could , and perhaps would , implicate partiea in the fraud at whom the finger of suspicion has not yet poUled ; more than one noblntan ia said to rest
under the imputation of having a knowledge of the affair , and of having participated in the profits of the forgery . Of ooarse the noblemen , being on the " morality" side of the question , would out a stain upon the jugglers who now direct the whirlwind of affaire and float in the political storm between place and perdition . The matter must be " hushted up , " tho public defrauded , and the culprits shielded . Smith , we Bay , will be handsomel y provided forwill be secured a provision for life ; and this for taking upon himself the guilt of more devout rascals —men who will pass to the grave in > monumental pride , " bat who , if there existed an equitable administration of justice , would be paraied before tha world in all the deformity of titled delinqaeney and " moral" and political degradatioDv-Satiruf . •¦ ¦ ¦•¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦• : ! i
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PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY ; or , Treasury of Knowledge , Enteitainmer . t , and Delight . Vol . 1 . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Flett Street ; HobsoD , Leeds . Parley's Penny Library has been published in weekly numbers , and the first volume , neatly bound in doth , has just been completed . We gave a favourable notice of the work , at an early period of its issue , and , en the completion of the first volume , it gives us pleasure to be able to say that the hopes held out by the spirited projectors have been more than realised , though a slight deviation from the plan marked out in their original address , ha « been
made . There is perhaps less ef historical and classical lore ; bnt the OHrtaiment does not injure the volume or militate against its interest , for by it greater scope has been given for an analysis of the w > rks of Charles Dickens , from whence the pith has been extracted , with such explanations , in a brief , witty , aud conversational style , as tend not only to amuse , but to instruct those for whom the wo-k is more immediately intended . All fclasseB , however , onght to possess Peter Parley , We give the following interesting extract from the Memoirs of Henry Masers de la Tude , a prisoner , for the long period of thirty years , in the French bastile , in order to show the capacities of that despised animal—the
rat : — The dungeons ef the B&stUe are octagonal ; the one in which I was now conSned had a loop-hole two feet and a half above the floor . On the inside it was two feet long , and about eighteen inches wide ; but it gradually diminished towards tha exterior , so tbat on the outside ¦ wall it scarcely exceeded three inches in size . From this loop-hole I derived the only light and air I was permitted to enjoy ; the stone which formed the basis of it served me also for chair and table . When tired of rsdinins on a foul and infected palUt , I dragged myself to the loop-hole to enjoy a little fresh air ; to lighten the -weight of my chains , I rested my elbews and arms on this horizontal stone . Being one day in this attitnde , J saw a large rat appear at the other extremity of the loop-hole ; I called to him : ha looked
at me witoouJ manifesting any symptoms of fear ; I gently threw him a piece of bread , taking care not to frighten him by any violent action . He approachedtook the bread—went to a little distance to eat it , and appeared to solicit a second piece . I Sung him another , bat at a less distance ; a third , still nt&rer ; and so on by degrees . This continued as long as I had bread to give him ; for , after satisfying his appetite ' , he carried off to a hole the fragment * which he bad not been able to devour . The following day he came again . I treated him with the same generosity , and added even a morsel of meat , which he appeared to find more palatable than the bread ; for this time he ate near to me , which before he had not done . The third day be became sufficiently fav » SH * T to take what I offered him from my fingers .
I had no idea where his dwelling-place was before , bat he appeared inclined to change it , to approach nearer to me . He discovered on each side of the window a hole sufficiently large for his purpose ; he examined them both , and fixed his abodo in the one to tiie rignt , w&iGh appeared to him tLe most convenient . 00 the fifth day , for the firtt time , he came to sleep there . The following morning he paid me a very early visit ; I gave him his breakfast : when he had eaten heartily he left me , and I saw him no more till the next day , wh&n he came , according to his custom , 1 saw , as Boen as he issued from his hole , that he was not alone . 1 observed a female rat peeping from it , and apparently watching our proceedings . I tried to eniice her
ouJ by throwing her bread and meat ; she seemed much more timid than the other , and for some time refused to take them : however , at length she ventured out of ths hole by degrees , and seized what I threw halfway towards her . Sometimes ihe quarrelled with the male ; and when she proved eiihtr stronger or more skilful , ran back to the hols , carrying -with her "what she had taken . When this happened , the mala tat cr ^ pt close to me for consolation ; and , to revenge himself on the other , ate what I gave him too far from the holo for her to venture to dispute : t with him , bnt always pretending to exhibit his prze as if in bravado . He would then set himself on his haunches , holding the bread or meat between his fore paws iike a monkey , and nibbling i ; frith an air of dtfiancs .
One day the pride of the female conquered her shyness ; she sprang out , and seized between her teeth the morsel which the other irss beginning to munch . > ' « itber would let go , and they rolled over eacli otaer to the bole , irto which the female , who was nearest to it , dragged the male after her . This extraordinary spectacle relieved by contrast the monotony of my ordinary sufferings and recollections . In the bustle of the worla , it is difficult to conceive the pleasure I derived from such a trifling source ; bat there are sensitive minds who will readily understand it .
When my dinner was brought in , I called my companions ; the male ran to me immediately , the female , according to custom , came a ] owl 7 and timidly , bnt at length approached close to ae , and ventured to tike what I offered her from my band . Some time after , a third appeared , which was much less ceremonious than my first acquaintances . After his second visit , he constituted himself one of the family , and made himself so perfectly at home , tha * he resolved to introduce his comrades . The nut day he came , accompanied by two others , who , in the course of the week , brought five more ; and thus , in less than a fortnight , our family circle consisted of ten large rats and myself . I gave each of them names , which they learned to distinguish . When I called them , they came to eat wita me from
the dish , or off the plate ; but I found this unpleasant , aad was soon forced to nod them a dish for themselves , on account of their slovenly habits . They became so tame as to allow me to scratch their necks , and appeared pleased when I did so ; but they would never permit me to touch them on the back . Sometimes I amused myself by making them play , and joined in tlieir gambols . Occasionally I threw them a piece of meat scalding hot : the most eager ran to seize it , burned themselves , cried out , and left it ; whilst the less greedy , who had waited patiently , took it when it was cold , and escaped into a comer , where they divided their prise . Sometimes I made them jump up by holding a piece of meat or bread -suspended in the air .
There was among them a female whom I had christened Rapiito-HirmdeUe , on account of her agility ; I took great pleasure in making her jump , and so conscious was she of her superiority over all the others , that she never condescended to take what I held up for them , She placed herself in the attitnde of ft dog pointing game—allowe-J one of the rats to spring at the Bcond morsel offered to him—and , at t ^ e moment when he seized it , -would dart forward and snatch it out of his mouth . It was unlucky for him if she missed her spring , for then she invariably seized him by the neck with her teeth as sharp as needles ; the other , yelling with pain , would leave his prey st the mercy of liapino-HirondelU , and creep into a corner to cure the wound she had inflicted on nim .
With these simple and innocent occupations , I continued for two years to divert my mind frim constantly brooding over my miseries ; and now and thtn I surprised mysalf in a sensation of positive enjoyment- I myself in the midst cf a fan ; ily tvuo loved and interested me ; why then should I wish to transport myself into another hemisphere , where I had met with nothing but assassins and executioners ? One day when my straw had been changed , I found among what had been newly brought a piec-e of elder , which had helped to tie it . Tiiis discoveiy caused an emotion I cannot describe . I conceited the idea of
converting it into a flageolet , and the thought transported me . Hitherto I had heard no sounds ¦ within my dungeon bat those of bolts and chains ; I could now vary tkem by a sweet and toHching melody , and thus accelerate , in some degree , the tardy steps of tune . What a fertiie source of consolation ! But how could I construct tbib fligeolet ? My hands were confined within two iron-rings , fixed to a bar of the same metal ; I could only move tbem by a most painful exertion , and I bad no inBtrujupDt to assist me . My saolers -would have refused me even a morsel of wood , had I been able to offer them treasures in exchanga
1 contrived to take off the buckle which confined the waistband of my small-clothes , I used ths irons on my legs to prepare it . and to bend tbe fort into a kind of small chisel ; but it proved so ineffective , that it was with tbe utmost difficulty I conld cut the branch of elder , take out the pith , and shape it as I required . At last , after many attempts , and several months' labour , I had the happiness to succeed . 1 call it hippiness , for it truly WM so ; I enjoy it to this hour -sritb increasing interest . Thirty-four years have elapsed since I oonstruttrd this little instrument , and during that time it has never been a moment out of my possession . It formerly served to dissipate my cares , it now enhances my enjoyments .
The time occupied by these important labours in tome degree distracted me from my domestic cart-s , and caused me to neglect my little family ; during this interval , it had considerably augmented , and in le&s than a year it amounted to twenty-six . I was not certain there were no strangers among them ; those -who attempted to gain admittanca were received with boitmty , and compelled to fight witb the first who encountered them . Theae battles afforded me a most amusing spectacle . Aa soon as the two champions placed themselTes in praitioa , they appeared at once to estimate their respective force before a Wow vru struck-Thi stronger gnashed his teeth , -while the weaker uttered
cries , and retreated slowly without turning his back , as if fearful lest his adversary should spring upon him and destroy him On the other hand , the Btronger never attacks is front , which would expose him to the danger of baring bia eye * torn out ! the method he adopts is flingu ' -ar and amuaing : he places bia head between bis fore paws , and rolla head ovtr neelfl two or three times , until he comes in contact with hi » enemy's nose . Tee latter attempts to fly ; tlie former eelects that moment to seise him ; he grasps him at once , and sometimes they fight most Iorionsly . If any other raU are present , they remain passive spectators of the combat , and vs + ix jein two against one .
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THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TRADES UNIONS . By G . Jacob Holyoaks . Pablished by request . London : J . Cleave ; Hobson , LcedB ; Hcywood ; Manchester ; and all Booksellers . This little work contains much important matter , which should be known and deeply considered by jJL When working men . can accumulate by small payments such enormous snjrs as have been worse than wasted in unsuccf ssfnl contests with capital , it is quite clear that their praiseworthy efforts have not yet received a right direction . We think no one can read ibis little tract without feeling convinced that the working classes cannot be prosperous until they get the power to use the land lor iheir own beneai and that of the whole commonwealth .
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CLASS LEGISLATION EXPOSED . OR PRACTICAL ATHEISM IDENTIFIED WITH THE ADVOCATES OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , FOR LEGISLATIVE ENFRANCHISEMENT . By R . T . Morsison . London , John Green , 121 , Newgate-&treet ; Heywoad , Manchester ; and T . Kirk , Nottingham , 1841 . This is an exceedingly clever tnrniBg of tbe tables apon ihe advocatea of oppression and misrule . These
gentry , whenever tney hear an honest man advocate equality of rights immediately cry out infideL -Mr . Morrison has certainly proved the claim of these socalled Christians , to the unenviable title they are on all occasions so ready to bestow . We sinctrely hope the dose be has administered will work envctnaliy . To fisd themselves practically denying the existence of a God and the immortality of the soul , mast afford singular satisfaction to the saintly hypocrites of the present day .
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mLV . C-OMM 0 NW EALTHSMAN or CHARTIST ADVOCATE , Nos . 1 and 2 , published by Tnoa . Cooper , 11 , Church-gate , Leicester . Thi 3 is a new Chartist print containing some good uncles . It is both amusing and instructive , and we think calculated to effect much good .
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REASONS FOR A NEW EDITION OF SHAKSPERE'S WORKS ; containing notices of the defects of . former impressions , and pointing out the latest acquired means of illustrating the Slays , poems , and biography af the Poet , by . Patkb Colltkb , Esq- F . S . A . London : Whitaker and Co ., Ave Maria Lane , 1841 . Considering the many editions and corrections of the text of Shakspere , which have appeared , many
of them by men of eminent learning and ability , it appeared almost hopeless to expect ' any considerable improvement from the labours of future commentators : the pamphlet before ns , however , gives ample proof of such a supposition being unfounded ; and shonld the promises held out by Mr . CoJlier be realized , the admireiB of the bard of Avon will have the satisfaction of beholding him in a more correct xai original form than any in which he has hitherto been presented to their notice .
The pamphlet i 3 well written , displaying a close -acquaintance with the subject , and contains much Talnable aid interesting information . The author has had access to tbe Invaluable collections of various editions of the works of our great dramatist in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire , Lord Francis £ gertoB . and a large circle of private friends . We trust the work will be a valuable addition to our dramatic literature .
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LESSONS ON WORDS AND OBJECTS ; or a First Book for Children : arranged for the Dorposes of Object Teaching , for the . use ef Private Families , or Schools , by Johtt Ellis . Second Edition . London : Effiaebam Wilson , 13 . Bishopgate-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Manchester , A . Hcywood ; Glasgow , Paton and Lore , Nelson-street ; Leeds , J , Hobson . This edition is improved in many respects ; and if the teacher attends to the hintB gixen in the preface it may be made exceedingly useful in making first impressions both agreeable and permanent . In a third edition , the author , if so disposed , may still farther improve his labours .
GOVERNESSES ; OR , MODERN EDUCATION By Madame B . Riorhet , Authoress of " Private Ecucation . " Nov ., December , 1841 . Lotdon , poWished for , and to be bad or , the Authoress , 22 , Newman-street , Oxford-street . This wo ^ k , as far as we can judge of it , from the portions which we have seen , appears calculated to threw important light upon subjects connected with female education . Wo have only seen two or three Bumbers of tbe work , and this prevents ns irom forming a judgment upon it as a whole . Tbe nnmberB now before ns contain some English articles of considerable interest . Two on the subject of obedience are of jjre&t- merit , and cannot fail to excite the most serious attention of those parents and instructors who are really desirous of promotuig the interest of thoBecommitted to their charge . Besides those , there are excellent essays upon style , and also in reference to exercise . We sincerely hope the iair . amkoresa will receive that encouragement to which ber important labours gives her bo just a
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