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      " *"" O'COIWOR-CHABTIST SONG . jir _ "I tint t&e British seaman's praise . Te care irorn Blares of Briton ' s Isle , Joist htira of want and sorrow . Who rise each day to half-paid toil , Nor hope for rest to morro-w ; 0 rouse the near extinguith'd flame , Becal your former station , i ? e ? pond to bear the nsnch loT'd name , Dear to a sof&rfog nation .

      cnosrs . Join fcTery heart in unity , To gire the patriot honor , And lift e * ch voice , with three times three , For braTo , for bold © Connor . Long in the gloom of Stygian night , The prey of Whig and Tory , Ye lay , -withont one ray of light , Or thought of ancient glory ; Til ] Feargns rots , that man of men , Who , scorning base detraction , Bearded the lion in his den , And dir'd the pow * r of faction . Join erery heart , dec For Ton , he left hi » natire land ,

      Beskn'd his rani : and station , And join'd the small but honest band , Intent on your salvation . He gave hU talent , time , rnd wealth ;] Spurn'd pleasure , ease , ambition ; And sacrificed both rest and health , To raise your base condition . Join eTery heart , 4 c In Xorth , in South , our friend was found , The E » rt , the West assembled ; Whiie echo caught the cheering sound , And tyrants heard and trembled ; The thonshtles * maw he taught their right , He taa ? ht the coward bravery , And witahis eloquence of might , Pispull'd the mists of knaTery , Join eTery heart , ic

      He bid the Jforihern plsnet blaze , A Star of matchless beauty , Enlightening millions with its rays , Diffusing rights and duty ; Xfce venal press aghast o ' erthrown , Stood trembling , while in wonder , It Iisien'd to the lofty tone Of truth , in Toice of thunder . Join erery heart , 4 c Imprison ed by the bloody crew , He Stan- " * with firm reliance , Biiis eTery honest heart be true , Ac < 1 keep the grand alliance . But s-oon revolving time stall free Of iruth the noble martyr , And with his aid our land shall see , Triumphant rise " The Chatei . " Join eTery heart , &c .

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      TAirs EDINBURGH MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY . The best article in Tait this month is , a letter £ ca Mr . Richard Cobden . the Manchester mannacturer , on the Eastern Qnestion ; which contains fimeh valuable matter of information . Speaking of las Tin ; u > Turkey , Errpt , and Greece , in ihe spring ofl 837 i Mr . Cobtteimts :-" Tm years had elapsed since the complete destroc-* k ° of the janissaries , during -which time the Sultan " * d been , according to popular belief , industriously pecapifcd in effecting the most important amelioration a the social and political institutions of the country-, Jsfige then of my surprise at finding the unanimous opinion of an -with "whom I eoirveraed in Turkey , to be —that tae condition of the maa # of the people had

      ** J& 7 deteriorated subsequently to the fall of that wiwldt bat powerful ™ jwV The Janiasaries formed skiad of nation *! guard , drawn chiefly from the rants w the population of Constantinople ; bat baring their ' aifiations also throughout the pro-rineea- Any *™ e » e act of op * ression , on the part of a minister or ¦ Juwr&inate functionary , was . takes , eogniwnce of by •«* body ; which was , to a © ertaia txtent , a shield « men the goTemment and the people . Had the mas-¦ oe of the janissaries been really followed by those . "Sortms reforms in the publio administration , which 5 e * expected from Sultan Mahmoud , it might haTe I ? fa the tragical precursor of an improT&d state of r ^^ they were the c onBerra trr es of ancient insti - ^ Church and State ; and no essential innuTa-Jf » <* uld haTe been attempted whilst they were w t 0 ifctaia their powerful organization . But

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      the Sultan was wholly vaeqoal to the task of regenerating his country . Instead of possessing the genius of a Peter , or erea a Mebemet All , he ww weak and TaeU lafing ; and the sole act •( vigour which characterised his reign , that of the destrucUon of the jaaixsaries , was planned and executed by Hussein Pasha , and a few daring spirits , almost without the personal interren tion of the soTereigu . That erent left him at liberty to pursue an uninterrupted course of change ; but instead of applying bis mind to such' reforms' as would essen tially alter the character of bis people , and prepare tt > em for important modifications of their institutions , he amused himself with luere externals—he compelled his courtiers to dispense with the turban , and adopt the costume of Franks—to substitute English saddles fur the eld wooden platform of the Turks , with similar innoTations ; whilst all beyond the circle in which he immediately mored remained unchanged . * *

      " The Sultan was amusing himself with the most childish pursuits , whilst the world was giving him credit for bestowing all his thoughts upon the iniprovement of his country . One of hi * propensities wa » the multiplying pf his residence ; . Thirty-two paUce * and kiosks adorned the shores of the Bozphoius , and whilst I was at Constantinople , he was erecting another which gaTe rise to the report that the astrologers ( in whom he implicitly confided ) had predicted , that when he ceased to build he would die . He was passionately addicted to the bottle ; and his face , when I saw him , bore the usuaI eTidescea of deep potatieus : yet , whilst violating in this particular , the precepts of his religion , he lent himself to the must rigid enforcement of its forms upon the people . Whta I was at Constantinople , the populace were actually driTen to the mosques five times a-day by the police with whips , pursuant to an order just before obtained from the Sultan by the ministers of religion . "

      la connection with his statements on the actua conditiou of Turkey , and the policy of our fleets , and m&nyjbeing banished and destroyed on the pretext , 0 / maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , he quietly remarks : — " It is not a little odd that we think it necessary to send forth Commissioners , in Knghvnd , to collect evidence before legislating upon factories or a constabulary force ; but sit down Tery complacently u > the Uii uf ¦ ' maintaining the integrity of tats Ottoman Empire , " in the absence uf any such information . It will be said , probably , that our ambassadors afford sufficient means of supplying the knowledge we stand in ueed of ; bui , being themselves parties w those diplomatic iatrkuti ,

      in which passions aad prejudices become excited , they are the Tery las ; persona to judge coolly upon the facts of the case . Although no friend to Commisiiuus iu general , let me suggest , that if wa are V- > " maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , " it would be well to ascertain the nature and extent ot the undertaking , and the be > t mode vi doing it ; and tais wtfuld be known by taking evidence on the spot ; or , if that be t » o . grtstt an innoTatiun , let the most int ^ Uiytiit residents in Turkey ba brought home to be txainmud before * Cummictee of Inquiry ; and let one of totss witnesses be our highly respecifcU and experienced Consulgeneral , , Mr . C&rtwrigLt , who hja spent a long lif . 4 in the-Levant . "

      Besides thi 3 paper , thara are in thia number a eouiinuatiou of the Burscben Mtlodies , wmch are - . veil enough calcuialea ta exeu « a lauxa iu those who can ttford oue ; * Kicuaid ; uo lleiver" a ^ ain visitf hii JrwiiOa , and enieiuuoa them mm suuur / leais aud frolics ; a smart Lftice ot' the Komaus ot Uiirer Croaiweii ; ten pages of tne Ku ^ lUh Upiusi Eaier ' s rigmarole ; and several other pieces .

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      Pahisia * Thikteey . —A few nights ago , abou eleven o ' elock , a great number of persons were attracted to the Pont du Carrousel by the exclamations of a man ¦ who said his companion had fallen into the Seine- He called out , ' Edward Edward ! " and presently a Toice was heard to reply "I am here , " "Thank God , " said the man , "he is sot drowned , and maT ye ; be saved ; but how ? we hare no boat . If we had but a , rope ! "' No rope being at hand , the man suggested that a communication might be made with his drowning friend by means of handkerchiefs , and taking his pocket handkerchief and his cravat , he tied them together . The idea was adopted by the crowd , and in a minute or two more than thirty handkerchiefs were lent him for tke purpose . Having them altogether , and with a key at the end to give them weight , the men threw the lice of handkerchiefs in the direction

      from which the voice came ; it was seized , and all who were present were waiting with anxiety to see the drowning man drawa towardB the quay , when the person to wnom the handkerchiefs had been entrusted dropped that which be held . " What a misfortune , " said he ; "but Edward has , I hope . succeeded in reaching this quaj . " He then ran off suddenly , as if to look for his friend . He was » oon lost sight of in the dark , and returned so more ; neither did the handkerchiefs , fur it appears that thej were caught by a confederate who was dinging to the bridge , and who took care to get off at the game time . —Golionani .

      Thb Pocktaih op Power . —All lawful authority , legislative and executive , originates from the people . Power in the people is like the light in the snn—native , original , inherent and unlimited bj any thing haman . In Governors it may be compared to the reflecting light of the moon ; for it is only borrowed , delegated , and limited by the intention of the people , whose it is , and to whom Governors are to consider themselTes as responsible , while the people are answerable only to God ; themstlrei being the losers , if they pursue a false scheme of politics .

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      FKANCE . —The Paris papers are still occupied with no topic oat the fortification question . The debates in botk -Houses of Parliament on the Address in answer to her Majesty ' s Speech from the Throne , have put the Ministerial Journals in better humour with the GoTernment of this country thaa eoald haTe been anticipated . POB . TUGAI * -Lisbon , Jan . 25 .-Tlie Senate " has at last mustered a sufficient number of Members to form a House . The Douro question was accordingly brought under discussion at that Chamber on Saturday ; and as the greatest expedition is used , it is hoped that it will be completely got through today or to-morrow . Thus , as far as it rests with Portugal , the affair may be considered as settled , by the unreserved concession of the point insisted

      upon by Spain . A private letter from Aigarve states that numerous Spanish corps are approaching the frontier , and tbat it is generally reported in that quarter that the 3 d of Feoivi * yy ia the day fixed for marching into Portugal . At Aytmonte alone ( a Spanish town at the month of the Guardiana ) three battalions of infantry had arrived on the 21-t inst ., and more troops were expected . Another circumstance which strongly indicates the expectation of hostilities is , that the impressment , which had slackened considerably , has within the last few days been renewed and carried on with great activity , and that the same impulse seetna to have been given to the equipment of the ships of war , which are now almost ready for sea , and , strange to say , are nearly manned with Tolunteers .

      EGVPT . — The Levant mail has arrived , bringing advices from Constantinople of the 7 ih , Alexandria of the ssme date , Athens of the lUth , and Malta of the 16 th ult . The most facts stated in them are that Admiral Walker , Commodore Napier , Captst ' n Fatikg&tve , aud a 'fuikish officer of nigh rank , were hourly expected to arrive at Alexandria to claim the surrender of the fleet , and to announce to Mehemet All his pardon and restoration to the hereditary government of Egypt— that the plague had broken out at Alexandria and Acre—and that Ibrabam Pacha was still at Dama ? cu ? , awaiting tho issue of the negotiations between Mehemet Alt and the Suha > , and watched by a Tuikish and Syrian force of 15 , 000 men r < 3 dy to enter the city on its being eTacuated by the Egyptians . Tne reports alluded to in the letters from Smyrna and Alexandria , of a great victory obtained by Ibrahim over the Syrian * , is unfounded .

      SWEDEN . —The C > nstitutional Comm ^ -tee appointed by the Swedish Diet , made its report to , the States in tho early part of last mouth . Our readers are not , perhaps , generally aware that great and sweeping ' measures of P * rlumtniary R-.-tbrm have of late occupied the attention of the S-vedish Chambers . The principal changes recommended by the report of the above-mined committee aru the following : —The national representation is no longer to be denominated the s : ates of the kingdom , but the assembly of the kingdom ; the assembly is to meet in future every Becond year in the month of November , instead of everj fifth year , as has hitherto been the practice ; tho representatives shall be paid out of the fumis of the Btite , instead of

      being paid , as hitherto , r . y their constitueuts ; the Speakers to be elected monthly by tho asaemb 2 y instead of being nominated by the King for the whole session ; lastly , the assembly is to t > e composed ot two chambers instead of four . Settlement op the Eastern Question . —The public may be at length congratulated upon the arrangement of the Eastern question . Tins most important and satisfactory intelligence was received by her Majesty ' s Government yesterday in despatches from Sir Kobert Stopford , dated Alarmorice Bay , January 14 . It appears that Commodore Napier , who , we stated yesterday , ltft Marinorice in the Stromboli on the 6 th , arrived at Alexandria on the 8 ih . On t !; e 8 ; h , a . s we a ) sos ; a : ed , Admiral Walker left Marmorico in iho Iscudar , and arrived at Alexandria on the 10 vh . Affairs seem to hsivo been so

      successfully arranged by Commodore Napier , that on the 11 th the Pacha made his complete submission to the Sultan , and gave up the whole of th « Turkish fleet to Admiral Walker . Mehemet an-X-iged to seud Egyptian officers and men to navigate the fleet to Marmorice Bay . It further appears that Ibrahim ' s army was immediately to evacuate Syria and to return to E ^ ypt , and arrangements had been made to send transports to Caiffa , to bring away the women and children , and sick of the army , if they could get to that port . Intelligence has also been receiveu from Paris , that on the 13 ih of January the Sultan sent instructions to his commissioners in E ^ ypt , to inform Mehemet AH that his submission being complete , be would grant him hereditary tenure of the Pachalio of E ^ ypt . —Chronicle , Tuesday .

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      HUDDEBSF 1 ELD . —The . Oastler Festival . —Thifl demonstration of public fueling , in behalf of that much-injured and persecuted individual , took place on Monday evening week , at the Philosophical Hall , Huddersiield . As the appointed day drew near , tho demand for tickets increased in a most unexpected manner , and it was found necestary , with much reluctance , to suspend tho Bale of them . Some money , however , was taken at the doors . The hall was laid out with six tables , longitudinally placed ; but from the vast numbers assembled , it was found necessary that only one portion of the assembly could be accommodated at once ; it was , therefore , arranged they should take tea in two or three

      sittings . This gave much satisfaction , as U prevented confusion , and accommodated every one . Upwards of 650 persons assembled on this memorable occasion , fully demonstrating that " King" Richard still lives in the hearts of his subjects at Huddersfieid . We were much pleased to observe , that nothing of party feeling was exhibited on the occasion , and among the company we noticed a very fair attendance of blues , ail anxious to testify the respect which Mr . Oastler still retains in their mind ^ . On the table in front of the chairman , ( Mr . Pitkethly , ) was placed a most excellent bust of the " King of the Factory Children . " The most perfect order , decorum , and good feeling pervaded the company during the evening's amusements , which consisted ot

      speeches from Messrs . Stocks , Pitkethly , Shaw , and masy others ; of recitations delivered in a most excellent style by Mr . Green , & . o ; songs , duets , and glees , by various persons , male and female ; two songs , written expressly for the occasion , were introduced during the evening . Mr . Bond gave "England's own true Blue , " in capital style , and was loudly encored . A niObt excellent band attended , and played almost without intermission , enlivening the company witb overtures , marches , &c . Immediately after tea , the tables were removed , and the saloon cleared for dancing . The orchestra and gallery were completely crowded , and it became necessary to make a temporary accommodation under the gallery , by piling up Forms , to accommodate the vast numbers . A most judicious resolution had been adopted , tbat no intoxicating liquors should be

      introduced . This was most praiseworthy . The entertainments of the evening , principally the " tripping on the light fantastic toe , " continued with great spirit till twelve o ' clock ; when , after a most excellent speech and appeal from Mr . Pitkethly , the business concluded with a new Tersion of "God save the Factory King , " written for the occasion at the hail , during the proceedings ; and the company departed , highly gratified with their entertainment , and not the less so on the consideration that the net proceeds would be appropriated to the assistance of our prisoner "King . " We have reason to believe , when the accounts are settled , that something over £ 25 will be netted for that friendly purpose . A fancy ball also is to take place , for the same purpose , on Wednesday next , at the White Hart . The following address was spoken by the chairman : —

      "There can be no person bnt must be deeply impressed with feelings of admiration , at the long and unparalleled arduous struggles , first for the emancipation of the African slaves in the Colonies , and subsequently for that of the white slaves in our factories at home , and the no less strenuous efforts made to prevent the enforcement of the hideous new Bastile Poor Lavr , the Rural Police , or espionage system , and , in short , the whole of the Melbourne scheme of legalised , wholesale murder and oppression ; and , haTing often listened with delight to the persuasive tones of bis harmonious voice , which never breathed ought but good-will and kindness towards us and ours , and imbibed deeply in our hearts the brilliant effusions of humanity as they flowed from that fountain of Christian

      benevolencehis heart—and , knowing as we do , his pure independence and the disinterestedness of his actions , and philanthropic magnanimity of conduct , bis unquestionable talents and his sterling worth ; knowing as we do , all this and more , we bare Tie wed with astonishment , regret , and sympathy , this great , this good and beneTOlent man , driTen from the happiest of homes by the machinations of his unrelenting enemies , who , stung to madness by the exhibition of Tirtnes thty cannot imitate , by the talents and fortitude they cannot , will not emulate , and by the aid of their minions , whom be had patronised , or had been instrumental in raising to palaces of dignity , and who with the subtlety of the serpent , wound themselTes round fel » master Md deeeimd Am—and like as » ur firtt parents were driTen

      from Paradise , so were he and Mrs . Oastler driTen from their Paradiie , through the world to roam , without a home , without a resting place , and found none , till , after a wearisome , harassing and irksome delay , his late master , who had driTen him from bis resting place , from hiu beloTed home , with bis means wasted and his constitution impaired , provided him with another home ( if home it may be called ) in a darksome cell within the walls of the Fleet Prison . Yes ; hear it posterity ! The champion of humanity , of benevolence , of freedom , is himself a prisoner ! We , therefore , resolTe , not only to mark our abhorrence of such anti-christian conduct , but we pledge ourselves to sustain , support , and bear np " our g » od old King , " nnder hi « unhallowed and undeserved sufferings , inflicted on him by that person

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      whose only feeling * ougb » to bars been those of gratitude . "And now we most earnestly implore that the Ten Hour Bill Committees , of Yorkshire ' -and C&neaahln in particular , and throughout Great Britain in general , may be immediately reorganized ; and we alto appeal to eTerjrlorer of justice and food order from eTery part f the whole ottontry ^ ire appeal to every factory worker-rto every factory child—to every factorjr child ' s mother in the empire , —we call upon all who haTe hearts to feel , and gratituoe t 6 frnjiel them to action , lo floma forward ,, and by their individual and coUecttTe exertions , to supply those means of comfort , which , had be not spent his substance in their defence , and for their redemption , would have been supplied by his own private fortune , and which , h » d he baen a mercenary or

      nnjust steward , he could have amassed In heaps . It is witb regret I add that promises made to him have been either disavowed or broken ; tre therefore call upon his Mends ( Ms real friends ) In particular , and on the community at large , to stand ferward in generous array , and by their United exertions prove that mrtue under persecution * hull never be forgotten or neglected . " Mr . Pitkethly then eat down amidst the most tremendous cheering , followed by three loud cheers for the " good old King . " Mr . Gallimore thea rose and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded by Mr . Shaw , and after a few more words from Mr . Pitkethly in reply , the entertainments concluded with the following new version of "God save the King , " sung in good style , by Mr . and Mra . Gallimore .

      GOD SAVE OUR FACTORY KING God save our Facfry King , Oastler , the brave , we sing , Long live our King , Bend him victorious , Happy and glorious , Long to watch over us , God save our King . O Lord , our God arise , Scatter bis enemies , And uidke them fall . On him our hopes we fix , Confound their politics , And from their knavish tricks , God save ua all . Though in a prison vile , Oastler may dwell awhile ,

      Yet , shall he reign : Deep within every breast , Shall hfs worth ba imprest , And by each tongue confest , Free from all stain . Tby choicest gifts in store , On him be pleased to pour ; God save our King . Oastler will still despise , Whigs , and their treach ' rous lies , While all his friends rejoice , — God save our King . Yet , shall we live to see , Oastler , the brave , set free , Then shall we sing , And © ur triumphant voice , Shall in loud strains rejoice , While echo loud replies , God save our King .

      —The above was written in the Hall during the evening , and sang as a finale . STOCKTON . —Ton bn of Respect to Mr . J . B . Owek . —Mrs . Paleutii'e and Mrs . Holmes were deputed to wait upon Mr . J . B . Owen at Messieurs France and TurubuH'n office , to present him with a Mivor chaiu , as a token of respect from the female Reformers of New c % -. tle-upon-Tyne , which was to have been given to him at t !» e dinner held in Newcastle , where Mr . Owen intended to have been a guest , but was prevented in consequence of the invitation not reaching kirn in time . Mr . Owen wishes through tho medium of our columns to return his sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon him . BRADFORD—Thos . Pawk—On Friday week , p . publio dinner was held at the house of Mr . Win . Goldsboror ^ h , Goodmansend , in commemoration of the birth day of Thomas Paine .

      BIRMINGHAM . —Tho Total Abstinence Society held its weekly meeting at Lundy ' s Coffee House , No . 17 , Little Charles-street , when a discussion took place on the propriety of establishing co-operative stores . A meeting will be held on Thursday , the 11 th of February , to take into consideration the illtreatment of Mr . O'Connor , the well known and tried friend of the poor . At the conclusion three cheers were given for the Charter . CAJUUISUi :. — Unjust Arrfst ov Joseph Bbooh Hansom , aud Hknrt Bowman , ( two of tub Leading Chartist * , ) fob an alleged Libel . —On Tuesday , tbe 26 th instant , the above-named individuals were arrested by Mr . Graham , superintendant of police , on a warrant granted by Georre Saul , Esq ., one of the borough magistrates , at the instance of Air . William Carrijk , Whi « coroner for the eastern division of the county of Cumberland , on a charge of being concerned in the publication of

      a pamphlet entitled "Grosa Injustice Exposed ; or , a Warning to the Public ; " in which unfair dealing and dishonourable transactions are attributed to the said Mr . Carrick , coroner , and who is also a solicitor in the said county . How far the statements set forth in the pamphlet aro correct , we knovr not ; bnt it appeared from tho cross-examination of the only evidence , ( Mr . William Robinson , printer , Wilton , ) by Mr . Bowman , tbat he ( Bowman ) was engaged by another party to copy the manuscript of the pamphlet and to get it printed . We shall refrain * C present entering into any particulars , as the matter is to be brought before a higher tribunal ; but we cannot , at the same time , help observing , that the conduct of tbe magistrates was most extraordinary . Mr . Saul grants a warrant to Mr . Carrick for the apprehension of Messrs Hanson and Bowman , on the plea that Mr . Carrick could not get hiB evidence ready to prefer a bill of indictment at the sessions , which had intervened between the time of Mr . Carrick

      receivmg tbe two copies of the pamphlet , ( which it appears were the only two that have been circulated , ) and the time of prefering the charge before the magistrates . This appears the moro singular , as Mr . Carrick only produces the printer ( Robinson ) whom he could have commanded at any time . The defendants objected to this mode of procedure as irregular and unjust , but they were overruled in their objection by Mr . Saul . To show the gross partiality of this same magistrate , we have only to observe , that on Saturday last , Mr . Arthur , bookseller , applied for a similar warrant against Mr . James Steele , editor and proprietor of the Carlisle Journal , for a libel on his ( Mr . Arthur ' s ) character as a tradesman , in which be denounced Mr . Arthur as a person " not overburtheaed with thia world's goods , —man of show . " &o . Though there is not the slightest doubt

      of this being a gross and malicious libel , Mr . Saul would not grant a warrant in this case , alleging as his reason , that too long ' a period had elapsed since the publication of the libel ; though one portion was written bo recently as November last . Thus it ap ~ Stars , how partially justice is administered by the orough Magistrates of Carlisle . Mr . Arthur said ho would still be at liberty to prefer a bill of indictment at the Sessions We shall have a more fitting opportunity of exposing the whole of this most strange proceeding . The Coal Miners of Heahlet have recently struck work for an advance of wages ot' 3 s . a score , or thirty baskets , or seven and a half tons , as they have hitherto not earned more on the average than 10 s . in the Hearley mine . The colliers beg for aid from all friends of humanity , and invite the co-operation of the coal-miners generally m their neighbourhood , as they will then be certain of sucoess .

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      Thk severe frost in December disabled one hundred and fifty of tho metropolitan police in one night . Another Member of the French National Convention , M . Bouchtreau , died on the 26 th ult ., at Chauny , iu the 85 th year of hid age . Emigration . —The spirit for emigration seems to be upon tbe increase , owing no doubt to the want of employment and low rate of wages ; on Thursday , the 28 th ult ., as many as twenty families left Nottingham as emigrants to Australia .

      Morpeth . —it is currently reported that the Hon . Captain Howard is to be appointed to the command of a ship of war almost immediately , and will consequently be compelled to resign the representation of the borough of Morpeth . —Newcastle Journal . Fatal Accident . —Last week , as six young men were going down a coal-pit in the neighbourhood of Llangollen , to their work , the chain broke , precipitating them to the bottom ; the shaft being about 80 yarrfs deep , they were all killed on the spot . — Chester Chronicle .

      John Haslock , the clerk who recently absconded from his employers , Messrs . Whitworth , the bankers of this town , with upwards of £ 800 , is in custody . He was arrested by the French authorities at Tours , for travelling under a feigned name . —Northampton Mercury . " StRtits" of Workmen at Glossop , —A " itrike " has taken place here amongst the workmen employed by Messrs . Wood and Sumner , against an abatement of wages . Many families are suffering in consequence eevere privations , as the bopkeepera refuse to giTe them credit .

      O'Connell at Belfast . —O ' Connell tried to address the people of Belfast on Tuesday week , bat all to no purpose . They would not bear him ; about 30 , 000 people were present . He attended a soiree in the Music Hall , in the cTening ; the excitement was terrific , and the windows of tbe place of meeting were broken . A Dead "Nap . "—On the morning of Sunday Thomas Lees , of Wilford , a married man with five children , went into tke Bagged Staff , public bouse , Nottingham , where he soon fell fast asleep ; some adept in the art of abstracting contrived , whilst Lee was refreshing himself with his nap , to pick his pocket of sixuseu shillings , being nearly the whole of bis week's m * gfx . —Kotimeham Rtout * .

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      A New Pavmeot . -- A patent ha * actual !/ been taken out for paving the streets of London with India-rubber , » nd many icientiflo persons are sanguine as to its anoceiB . There iB to be a substratum of wood . ^ u which is to be put a facing of caoutchouc mixed with iron filings aud sawdust to a depth of several inches . This , it is cafcolated , wili resist the ill influence of all weathers , and make the most delightful and durable pavement . . FiMi . r-r . Oii Monday morning , a few minutes before five o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises ot Mr . Bartram , pawnbroker and silversmith , PrmceB-street , Soho , which destroyed the back parlour and furniture . By the prompt arrival of the fire-engines , the valuable stock of pU ( e , jewellery , and other property iu the shop and premises , was saved .

      Longevity . —A female pauper named Whiffen , expired on Friday , in the Workhouse of St . Luke ' s , Chelsea , Arihurstreet , King's-jr » ad , having attained the extraordinary age « f 107 3 ears . She used to describe Chelsea as » quiet , secluded village . Physical FoRCE . —It is currently reported that the Royal Marines—the first to be in the fight , the last to be out of it—will be rendered still more efficient by being armed with the percussion musket , thus making their already destructive fire more rapid and less failing . —Woolwich Gaxetie . Normal Schools . —Every Protestant canton in Switzerland has a Normal school ; Prussia has 45 ; Germany , 50 ; France , 76 . In Holland , the schools of eTery large town are so organised , with resppot to the instruction of young teachers , as almost to form a Normal school in each town . What have we done in England {

      The National Dbbt has been increased about £ 7 , 000 , 000 since tho accession oof the Whigs to office , and this without taking into account the West India Loaa of £ 20 , 01 ) 0 , 000 , or the war expences in China , Afghanistan , and Syria , which must amount to several millions more . —Newcastle Journal . " Physical Force . "—New War Steamers . —Of the five new war steamers of a large class , which have been built in her Majesty ' s dock yards , and are to be immediately fitted for active servioe , the first has arrived in the Mrst . She is a most majestic vessel , of the same clas 3 as the Cyclops and Gorgou . lately found so effective in active service . She ia to be fitted with two engines of 140 horse power each , and her tonage is about 1 , 400 .

      Fire . —On Thursday morning , about three , a fire of most destructive character broke out on the premises of Mr . Bundv , trunk-maker , adjoining the Weekly Dispatch office , Fleet-street . The firo was first discovered by the policeman on duty , who observed smoke issuing from behind the shutters ; he lost no time in arousing the inmates , who all escaped with safety . We are happy to say tnaJ , owing to the speedy arrival of the engines and a a plentiful supply of water , at four o ' clock all danger had ceased —Weekly Chronicle .

      A Fibe . —About four o ' clock , on Friday morning , the 29 ih ult ., a fire broke out in the extensive tool manufactory of Mr . Rowland Amelia , situated in the Almonry , near Westminster Abbey . By the prompt arrival of the engines , the saw-mills , engine-house , and timber yard adjoining were saved , but the manufactory was destroyed . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 1 , 51 ) 0 . During the fire the " frail fair " * who reside near the spot , assisted at the engines , and exerted themselves to tho utmost to extinguish the flames .

      Good Fortune . —An inquest was held last week on the body of an old mau , named Hall , who resided at Lambeth , who was found dead in his bed . He was attended by a nurse named Kirkbald , whom he had promised to marry . A verdict of "Natural death" was returned . Mr . Hall , jun ., informed the jury that the nurse Kirkball , on the day prior to his father ' s death , had come into possession of property to the amount of £ 50 , 000 . Detention of an English Steam-Ship .- —One of

      the General Steam Navigation Company ' s ships , the James Watt , has been detained at Havre , by the French authorises , » 8 security for the amount of loss that may be awarded to the owners of a French ship , the Phonix , for injury done to that vessel by the Britannia , another of the company ' s ships . The captain and crew have also been detained . A representation ot the affair has been made to the English Government , and the Steam Navigation Company protest against the proceedings as illegal and without precedent .

      Railways in France . —New efforts are making to raise France from us sad inferiority in railroad enterprise . A considerable number of deputies of the departments of the north , cast , and south-east , propose to have a meeting , in order to concert definitively in favour of a system of railways , respecting which the chamber will be consequently called upon by some of its members to declare itself . It is proposed to form several lines , composing by their junction , or by the aid of rivers connected with them , a grand line from one extremity of France to the other .

      Ovthaqs by a Married Man on his Female Servant . —A master tailor , named Hawthorn , of Brick-lane , SpitalfioUls , was brought up to Worshipstreet Police Office , lately , for an outrage upon hia female servant , it appeared in evidence , that the pro 8 ecutrix , a comely , modest looking girl of seventeen , slept with another female servant , in a separate bed , but in the same room with the prisoner and his wife and children ! The prisoner got into bed to her at midnight , a few evenings ago , and wan endeavouring to effect his purposes , when she awoke and gave the alarm . The prisoner was ordered to enter into his own recognizances in £ 40 ; and to find two sureties of £ 30 each , to answer the charge at the sessions .

      Distress of the Working Classes at Nottingham . —Some idea may be formed as to the distress in this town , when it is computed by persons competent to the task , that the amount coming into Nottingham from the proceeds of the sale of hosiery and lace id little short of a million and a half less in 1840 than in 1836 . The Nottingham Review adds , that many of the frames in the silk cut-up trade mate three hose at once ; which , together with tho extension of the practice to the silk-glove trade , is likely to lead to the most injurious effects to the interests of the town . The silk knotted hands are yet in a very depressed condition for want of employment . Full frame-rent is much complained of in this and other branches , when the workmen have only half work . A practice now prevails of dividing the work amongst a great number of hands for the sake of extra frame rent ; many houses gaining large weekly sums by this pitiful practice .

      Ashton Turn-Out . —On Friday , four sawyers charged with being concerned in the murder of Benjamin Cooper , sawyer , at Ashton-under-Lyne , wore brought up at the Court-house , in that town , for final examination . Two of the prisoners , John Williams and John Hulme , were charged with murder , and two attempts at murder ; and tho others , Henry and Samuel Hardmck , were charged with being accessories before the fact . The principal witness was Edward Daviey . oue of the prisoners liberated from Kirkdale on bail , but afterwards

      recommitted . His appearance , as a witness , produced a great sensation in court . He related what occurred at various meetings of the parties . The magistrates determined on committing Williams for trial for the murder and two attenipta at murder , and remanded the other prisoners to a future day . [ Uuline has since been committed for the two attempts at murder and tor the murder itsvlf . Davies and the two Hardwicks have also been committed . William Shaw , another prisoner , charged with attempt at murder n » 3 also been committed . ]

      Justices' Justice . —We hope , if the following case comes under the notice of Lord Normanby , tbat he will at once dismiss the Honourable and Reverend William Capel from the commission of the peace . He has clearly acted arbitrarily and illegally , and in direct opposition to the precepts inculcated by the lowly Jesus > , his acknowledged master . If the act of tbi 3 Reverend Divine be a specimen of Church Christianity , we can only say that real Christianity is greatly abused : —On Monday morning , a lad named Evans , the son of a labouring man , was placed in the stocks at Watford , uuder lather peculiar circumstances . It appears that about seven o ' clock on Sunday ev « aing , Evans , the lad in auestion , was walking down the

      Highstreet , Watford , with four wild rabbits in his hand , when he met the Reverend Mr . Capelj a county justice , who asked him some questions about the rabbits , and he told him he was going to take them to a person in the town . Mr . Capel then charged him with offering them for sale , and laid hold of him , and called for a constable and ordered him to take him to the cage and lock him up , and the officer did so , and he remained all night in the cage , with nothing but seme 6 traw to he upon . The next morning he was taken to the private Office of Mr . Pugh , wh * r « the Reverend Mr . Capel attended . »» d , upon hia own view , convicted the defendant in the pen * lty of 5 s ., for following his worldly calling on a Sunday , and , in default , ordered that he should be put into the stocks . The boy said thai he would trr And net the monev . and the officer accompanied

      him for that purpose ; but being nnsuccessfuL he was eventually placed in tne stocks , and ; remained therefor two hour * on Monday morning , before he was released . The father of the boy has , fora great inany years , been employed in the establishment of the Earl of Essex , and his mother in tn % t of Lord Clarendon , and UddeBnot appear'that ho was ever before charged with any offence . _ Law 13 an expensive commodity , and therefore the father of tho boy is thrown without tke pale ot justice , and tho sou himself must put up with the degradation and insult offered in the person of a purse-proud parson . We hope the Reverend Mr . Capel , in future , when he addresses bia flock horn the pulpit , will never preach up mercy as a virtue of inet ' timable value , for assuredly he possesses none him&elf . — fftek ^ f Diepatch .

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      Bow Sntn , Saturday . —Hekrt Vikcrnt . —John Minikin , the keeper of a coffee-home is Great Haw wll- « treet , Covent-garden , and Richard Cameron , » braee-maker , in Clerkenwell , offered themselves u bail for three year 3 for Henry Vincent , the Chartist , now in prison in Oakham Gaol . Mr . Hall said he would receive their bail , which was , that Henry Vincent keep the peace for three years , and rhen appear at the sessions to answer such charge as shall be brought against him . A certificate of the bail having been put in was forwarded to the Homeoffice , and it was expected that the Secretary of State would send down the prisoner ' s discharge by ibe post on Saturday evening . Pobt of Southampton . —If anything were wonting to prove the rapidly growing trade of this port , we need only state that the increase of the Customs duties / or the last two years has been upwards of £ 30 , 000 . —Hampshire Independent .

      Accident on the Brighton Railway . —On Saturday last , a boy who was driving tho horses employed to wind up the excavated earth , at Clayton Tunnel , shaft No . S , was so injured by the shifting of the drum , or revolving cylinder round which the rope passes , rhat his cate ia deemed hopeless . The drum was thrown out of its position by the breaking of th # rope to which the sandbox was attached . LiTERPoe . L and Manchester Railwat . —The halfyearly meeting of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was held on Wednesday week , at Liverpool .- The average traffic for the last six months- has been lees by £ 4 , € GQ in the merchandise

      than the previous half-year , yet the Bet profits have increased £ 7 , 608 . The total receipts , for- the lasi half-year amount to £ 139 , 323 ; and , after deducting all disbursements , there is a net profit to the shareholders of £ 70 , 623 , This affords a dividend of £ * per share , being to the full extent of ten per cent , per annum , as allowed by Act of Parliament , and £ 2 , per Bbare on the half-year , by way of bonuv Af in payment of the dividends , there will remain £ 8 , 772 batar . ee of profit t « be carried to the next account .. During the last twelve months , 1 , 052 , 000 persons have been conveyed on this line , and with but one accident ; attributed entirely to the reckless ness of the individual , who brought it on himself by jumpingout of a second-class carriage when a * fall speed .

      Beggarly Econohy . —A letter has been addressed to the officers ' of the different court * of law , by " J . R . M'CuDoch , Controller , " stating that the Lordi of the Treasury aro desirous that the almanack frames , calendars , directories , array and navy lists , casks , and . bottles for holding ink , pens , and penknives , &c , should be gathered together , tbat som « may be sold , and others used again , in order that waste may be avoided , and due economy introduced into the public expenditure ! Is this extraordinary saving upon old peas and almanack frames instituted to buy the little Princess some baby Jiuen , or is it to enable the Government to make up Princ * Albert ' s £ 30 , » 00 with ? It ' s pitiful economy , after all 1

      Sia Robert Peel in a New Character . —Sir Robert Peel is now trying a new part , which , so far aa ho has ^ one , he performs totenbly well ; it is that of popular lecturer . In his inaugural'address , at the opening of the Tamworth Library and Reading Room , he took acivai . tago of the admission of some working men into the Committee of Maiiagfment , to say- — " i cannot help thiuking , that by bringing together , in an institution of this kind , intelligent men of all cia ^ st-s and all conditions in life—by uniting together , as we have united , iu the Commute *) of this institution , the gentlemen of ancient family and great landed possessions , with the skilful mechanic and artificer of good character—I cannot help thinking that we are all establishing a bond of

      social connexion that will derive more than common strength from tho pure motives that influence ua , and from the cause in which we are engaged . ( Applause . ) I cannot help believing that we are harmonising the gradations of society , and binding men tojjether by a new bond ; which , as I said before , will have more than ordinary strength on account of the object which unites us . " ( Loud applause . ) Ho vindicated the admission of femalet to equal power and influence in the management of the institution" with males—• ' We propose that th # institution shall be open to the female as well as the male portion of the population of this town and neighbourhood ? because we consider tbat we should have done great injustice to the well-educated and

      vircuous women of this town and neighbourhood , if we . h&d supposed that they were less capable than their husbands or their brothers of benefiting by the instruction which we hope to give , or if we bad supposed that they wero less interested in tbe causa of rational recreatiou and intellectual improvement . We propose , also , thai they shall have equal power and equal influence in the management of this institution with others ; being we-1 assured that the influence which a virtuous woman can hold ( if it ba necessary to call it into action ) will always be exercised in favour of whatever is sound and profitable in respeot to knowledge , and whatever U decorous and exemplary in respect to conduct . "—

      The Spectator rtmaiks upon this and other passages as follows : — " And all the while he was advising hit auditors to keep a jealous eye upon ecclesiastical functionaries ( for a majority of three-fifths of the people would be entitled , according to hia principle , to prevent clergymen taking part in public business ); advocating a Universal Suffrage beyond what ii demanded by the Chartist ( admitting females , and all above fourteen years of age , to participnte in the franchise ); declaring that the advanced state of society demands a higher education for all ; expatiating upon the advantages of arithmetic , in a way that would charm Mr . Hume himself ; in short , doing everything in his power to sap and undermina the glorious structure of Church and State . "

      Shocking Occurrence . —Soon after eleven 0 clock on Tuesday , the 26 th , Thomas Walsh , late bookkeeper and cashier to T . Cotton , Esq .. committed suicide , by shooting himself at hia house , Bowstreet , Bolton . Some discrepancy in his account ! was the canse of his removal from his office , aud this led to the committal of suicide . The Colliebs' Tubn-out , Bolton . —The turnout has been renewed with increased vigour and determination . On Thursday ( says ^ be Do / ton Fret PressJ , Peter Simmons and twelve other cellien were brought before the Magistrates at the borough court . Mr . Taylor . conducted the prosecution oa behalf of Messrs . Doming . He stated that , about eighteen months ago , Messrs , Doming , compelled to

      follow the example of others , made a reduction ia the wages of their colliers . The highest price they had ever paid was 6 s . 6 d . per load of three tons , and eo mu « h per yard , which had been reduced to 5 s . l ( Jd ., and was considerably more than gome employers were paying . The men # are notice , with the rent of the colliers , for an advance , and Messrs . Doming agreed to give them 6 V 6 'd ., the original price , and 3 d . per yard , which the men agreed to accept , and the . defendants commenced working at that rate on Tuesday last , aud contracted to give a month ' s notice before they again left work . They continued at work all day on Tuesday , and had not been to the works since . They alleged as a reason for it , that some strange men had been to their

      houses * on Tuesday night , ' and threatened to kill them if they went to their work before the rest of the colliers did . Mr . H . Doming said he had assured them of ample protection , Tho colliers had made a demand for Is . 8 d . per load of three tons , aud Cd . per yard , which demand MeBsrs . Doming had refused to comply with . A paper , of which the following is a copy , h « d been sent in to Messrs . Ebrning : — " January 31 , 1841 . —It is unanimously decided upon that we , as workmen , are solely depending upon the decision of you , as good masters , as to the advancement of la . 8 d . per load for thre « tons to tho load , and 6 d . per yard . When you will unanimously say this i 8 done , we go to work ^ one and allon every condition of obedience . " —rThe

      , document bore neither private nor official mark , and no notioe was-taken of it . After some discussion , defendants all agreed , though several of them did * o with great reluctance , to liga a submission , expressing their sorrow for their couduct ; to return lo work , and pay the expences . One of ibe defendants caused much laughter by asking , with simplicity , and iir a rueful tone , if-they " must put up the submissions theirfieU !"—John Thornley , collier , Darcy L « ver , was also brought up for breach of a contract into whioh he had entered to get a quantity of coal for Messrs . John Euowlei and partners . The contract in writing beiug produced and prored ,. the defendant was offered the samo terms m the defendants in the ease just disposed ofwhich he refused to

      , accept . He would " soin his bout to no pappnr , ' and he therefore / was committed for one month . —X )« Saturday , the colliers of Oldham , Rochdale , Middleton , Ac ., discontinued working in consequence of their employers declining to advance their wage * sixpence , and at some places tenpence per quarter , on the amount of coal wrought . On Monday and Tuesday , the turn-out miners might be seen loitering in the streets , but on Wednesday , our correspondent informs us , the hands at most of the eoliienea commenced working at the advanVsed price * . Inth * district , tbe matter * Kenerally , had agreed to grre ai advance of 8 i . and lQd . on the load of three tons , and many of the mien were » ati « fied with that , » n 4 commenced working at the adTaneed ¦ taio : ' Other * commenced working at the adTaneed rate . ' Others

      held out for the Is . 8 d . advance per Ioa 4 ; « nd th » occasioned the second turnout . The eMplojen declare they will not give iherls ; * d : jtig | M | e , ao * l the men thenuolTes are divided on tbeipBiiTJI MH {\ ¦ ¦ - ¦ •'¦ "''¦ ¦ ' '•¦ •¦•¦¦ ; - ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " 'CjfjBi * - ' A __ ¦ Blindness . —We beg to refer -, lajeJOWft / iati afflioted with therdMtressing'malady ofi *® jR ^ P >' ^< T \ to Mr . Baxter ' s , adverfa ' sarnent ; foj { j » ha « W * l « J , ^> \ the trouble to inquire into the mem&Mxai ? wi * tin ~ ~ ~^; \ Q \ cases , and found that which Mrjftategggtai f * fc > H \) be perfectly true ,. We have 'W # i ^^ MMteM ;; Ctj ^ j under bis care ; his method appifcaKa ^ PHwp-Ii li ^ ii / ^ y quickly perfected , and far from beMraWnprAi ^ U 7 > T y patients whoso cases are alluded to \ spt 3 eu £ B ! t 0 J ^ meat are all in humble life , and apnear jpfWu ! , w > —^ Mr . B . for hia care and attention . OfrVwMRn&AClM institute inquiries , whioh will , no doubt , ptwYQ fc&fcMfactory . —LuierpoifJ StandsirsL

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      BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY . "Merrie England in the Olden Time" exhibits an extraordicar / share of pains- t&kmg research amongst musty records and old archives . The paper abounds with droll anecdotes and quaint humour , both verse and prose . M Guy Fawkesr ^ ' exhibits again , and a precious Gny it is . The "Pop Visit ' is a humorou 3 portrayal of low Cockney life . " Irish Superstitions" is a successful effort to make a threadbare eubj-ict interesting . " Sydney" is a stupid and mischitvouE piece of foolery , evidently written by one who knows nothing of what he was writing about .

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      BLACKWOOD . ** Ten Thousand a Year" is gating stupidly prolix and tiresome . It is very evident that the writer of this endless story is paid by the yard , and we think it" ten thousand puies" that any publisher should nauiea ' . e tbe readers of a periodical with such a tissue of " stale , flat , and unprofitable stuff " as this fifteenth tail of Mr . Warren ' s nondescript . ' * Memoirs of S : rombeck" furnish some amusing anecdotes of courily manners under Jeromo ol Westphalia- " Secret Societies of Iudia" is another hash of Thujjgism , which has supplied provender for literary hack ? , ad libitum , for the last four or five years . The "Disinterment" is a tolerable poem by Mrs . Simmons . On the whole , Blaekwood is scarcely bearable this month .

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      THE NORTHERN STAB . 3

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      ? HE PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED . By J . N . Bailey . Lfeds : Joshua Hobson , Market-street . 5 o one of ordinary capacity will call in question ihe pleasures and advantages of literature and philosophy . How few are there , however , who , admitting this as ac abstract tru . h , permit it to influence their lives , and devote themselves with ardour and pleasore to literary pursuits or scientific research ! To such , and wall , indeed , a well digested , wellarranged view of the pleasures and advantages of fiientnre and philosophy , will do good ; inasmuch

      as h presents , in all their pow ^ r , their vancus bearinjp , their beauty , and their paramount and immediate importance , the claims of literature and philo-• ojhy upon them , which will awaken in the uninformed , and quicken to new life in the partially mdifierent and indelent , a strong and fresh love for literary and scientific pursuits . The work before us 13 such a one a 3 we have just earned . It comprises a survey of several of tbe ciences—Astronomy , Pneumatics , Chemistry , Electricity , aad Geology ; a brief , wifresimg , and euceinct ' ontline of each of waich is given in tarn . We extract the opening passage as a specimen of the style of the work . " —

      " An acquaintance irith philosophy and literature ha ? as obvious tendency to refine the paulocs , expand tbe mind , and eJtrate man in tbe scale of true dignity and moral worth . The tm&qvUlilasamma , tor tranquil ¦ ool , ) the arntsv risepertvrbaii »? ic , tor mind without perturbation , ) to which Seneca so repeatedly refers , as tie greatest of temporal bleasing 3 , can be obtained mare easily by studying philosophy , than , by any other method . The rational exercise of th » faculties is at all times a pleasing task ; bat more especially so , when Ussy happen to be exercised in inquiring into the philosophy of nature . The most minute of natural objects , as -well as the most gigantic ; the atoms of dart -we crush beneath oar feet , as well as the

      ponderous -worlds -which sparkle on tbe canopy of Heaven , are in-rested -with a splendour -which , to the nDobaervtng mxUdtade , is seldom obserrable . The true philosopher alone perceiTes the beauty of physical and moral pbraomeaa , and do-ire * b « th instruction aod delight bom the contemplation ol their properties , causes , aud e&eU . The earth , tbe air , and the ocean , offer to his oiserTsnee a host of wonders , -which Berre to exciUi ha admiration and astonishment , and call into a state ef healthful actiTity the loftier powers of hia nature . The magnitndes , densities , and velocities , of those BiigitT -worlds -which roll through the trackless fields rf jpaee ; tie laws "which regnlate and goTern their

      varied movements ; the nnxnerons continents , kicgdoms , rrrers , and islands , which diTenify the a » pect of onr placet ; the atmosphere , -which , like a tennons garnsat , Bcrrcmnds the globe , ministering to the support Of animal and Tegetable life , and acting as the medium through -which Ve become sensible of the melody of cssie , sad the tlnrndtrs of heaTeD ; tbe myriads of liriiig beings ihat -wander over the earth , sport throngh the air , and inhabit the ocean , along wiih the curious phenomena of the human organization , are some of the t ^ jscii to which tbe philosopher derotes his attention , aid from the contemplation of "which he deriTes his bwpintsi

      " The studies of mankind , boireTer , may be infinitely mibL It is sot accessary tint they should be c-on-& £ d to those department * of learning , -which , for the sake of distinctness , -we will term purely scientific ds field of phDosopbie inquiry is as illimitable as the MiTerse , embracing a boundless range of physical , Benl , and intellectual phenomena . Tbe manners , easterns , history , and antiquities of different aatioDJ ; file soaring fiigb-ts of poetry ; and eTen the raTings * sd wonders of romance , may occupy a measure of our > totjon , and add to one literary gratifications the adfii&mal charm of Tariety . The study of poetry and of T * i » of fiction , -will form an agreeable diversion for ds mind , in its hours of relaxation from nobler and

      ¦ srerer labours ; and will tend to giTe eleTation te- the ^ Estnuecta it may entertain , and refinement to the F"aons of -which it may be tbe subject . " From the foregoing passage , the reader may form sptte idea of the general merits of Mr . Bailey s pubbcation as regards style . Possessing an extended * cgsaiEtancesb . ip with science , and the learning of tie scholar , wkbout M 3 pedantry , the writer has * w > the command of a clear , fiaent , chaste , and wxpent style , which confers an agreeable and Jlfiismg tone to hia productions . If we might , aint a fault" in the present number , it wonld be , «« it is almost too scientific for the nnlearaed , ^ ferjday reader ; though eTen here , the variety and flaeral quality of the matter in the text , aided by « e copious and interesting notes at the end , embraeiBjj moral , scientific , mythological , and theo-* ° gieil topics , amply compensates for what may PWTe beyond tbe comprehension of tbe ordinary reader .

      , W » must not close our notice without bearing teshoobj to the great taste and neatness displayed in " » Ut « r-press ; which may safely challenge oom-!* rkon wuh any out of the metropolis .

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      MONTHLY CHRONICLE . "French and English Alliance , " is continued from the last fto ., ana is , on the whole , not bad . Its poiac of controversy is , thai the hostile spirit , snppvsed to exist in France , is not to be attributed jo , Decanse not entertained by , the French people ; beinx merely the blusier of " scattered p&rtiea , who are » v war with each other . " Tbe wrher insists tbat the Paris press does not represent the feeling ot ihe people . " lJJiuirauons oi Dartmoor , " a poem , by Mr . R ^ ade , !* flowing andsomuwhat fine iu style , but W&UU 113 a > > iri ; . 'New Zialaud" supplied historical luivrmiiton resptcting that colony , which will doubtless be deemed in 1 creating , ' ine following euricas anecdote furnishes tearful evidence ot the state of Eocu'ty under tbe rule of anarchy in France , h is irom ** lnedned Facvs respecting ihe French Revolution of 1789 : "—

      ' Politics and cupidity -were not the only evil passions which sent their Tictims to Uie rcvulutiouarj- scafibM . All tbe baser feelings uf human nature furnLuiod their contingent , ' enTy , hatred , malice , and all uacharitiblenes £ , ' jealousy , sensuality , and even the -wounded pride of b&d potts aad -wrttcbed acton . The following anecdote is related fcy Htron , private secretary of Fonquier TinviUe , the public accuser . On tbe gxih or seventh thtjrmidor [ two or three days before the full of Bubespierre ) one of Heron ' s friends called upon him at the bar of the tribunal , for Fouquier had scarcely any other domicile , taking his ratals and his rest at the bar , so urgent was the -Wurk of destruction |; and hia secretary was compelled to show as much activity as himself . His college friend , then , came ap to Heron , robbing

      bis bands , and a chuckling smile upon his lips . ' Bravo ! citiaen Heron ! ' said be , ' bravo ! tne work goes bnnreiy on ; fifry-four to-day ; Eh ; Tell me , have you as many for to-morrow ?'— Not quite , ' replied Heron , 'but nearly- '— ' is your list complete ? t * ll me , is it signed fey citisen Focquier ?'— 'Xot yet ; but why do you a » k ? have you any aristocrat , federalist , fanatic ,- or any other to denonnee ?— ' Unfortunately no -, but I have a small favour to ask of you , my friend , for you are my friend , are yon nut ? Oblige me by putting my wife ' s name on the list . "— ' Tour wife . ' ridiculous ! yon are joking !'— ' Upon my honour , I am in eiroest ; and I assure you , it will bn doing me a signal service- '— ' Inipoasible , " rejoined Heron ; why , it -was but last Duodi we dined together , and you then seemed

      delighted witb the ciloyenne . ' '— ' Never mind ; my opinion of her is altered . '— ' But she is an excellent santcidotte V— ' Not at ail , " replied the husband , ' she is » ji aristocrat , aud I can prove iV— ' You are mad , ' said Heron ; ' she is a got / d wife , and you would quickly repent it . '— ' Not at all ; listen to me ; once , twice , ¦ will you guilotine my wife for me V— ' Certainly , not , ' tiid Htron ; ' 111 have nothing to do with it . "—• Thus it ii to place any reliance upon college friends , ' exclaimed tbe visitor as he withdrew , as angry with Heron as if the latter had refused to lend him an astigticuii for a hundred francs , or to sign a certificate of his ciTUm . The cream of the story is , that they continued to live lovingly together for thirty years ; and that the wife never entertained the slightest suspicion of hei husband's summary attempt to get rid of her . "

      There are besid&s these several minor articles of some interest .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct535/page/3/