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^ - —— - SCBAPS FOB BABICALS . jso . xvn . BT L . I . CiASCT . The SoiaierYBride , or la Heroine de Framadt inbaQ ! to the bride -with a free-born soul fjia mind disdaining base controal ; ty » offer ttiB meed of oar just applasae 5 e ihe Heroine of the holy caose tten aw sweet aiarseille&liyinn TfBB anng , And tbe eask * * ped , W the Tocsin mag , as placed herselfby the tannotfa side , fte fcold ina the heart of the Soldier ' s Bride
Khtl bjtaerJsfcesandtl ; fcemart balls , tmidst the fray her soldier lalla ; she glanced , i £ e sighed , but a moment more Ind her sigh " » as last in the caanon'B roar ; Toise cn 3 the m&tchIrom * " ¦ P&l « ied bind i > iS fired the train-with the deadly ferand , t ^ oBsdins the foe -with the crimson tide jaai fiowedfroni life by the Soldier * Bride roj toe-ewjle-soared to tictory *« wni , And the victors hailed the deeds she'd done 3 fordid she forgetier Boldier brave , But a willow pbjnted o ' er his grave . Tbit blooms -with verdure by the tear Of jeTe , -which she-paya it ev * ry year , ¦ ffinte Use sons of Freedom hail -with pride EseaunpSa ] day of the Soldier's Bride i
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- ^ FAIi OF "WARSAW . svm . ¦ jfij Europe should hsve slumbered Sisns bat the base can tell , T ^ jjjjj Patriots nnnnmbMtd ¦ Xealfl Freedom ' s banner felL 'Sxse -was a &n 9 when Franca "Hlth tricolour unfurled , TFoald u > her aid advance . And staj tte northern world , Bib es £ ie that conld gsza -tfiih dauntless steady eye Cwm tbe suns bright rays , BJinta m the nether sky . Us hers that once conld poor jjg torrent of their slight , jf jj ^ ci » id no t secure TTodd check the Muscovite . R £ yet 3 ie Po' . es may check , Tho ' fprsad in trilds afar , Ye 1 xsayretun ; and -srreck It-eir Tergeanca on the Czir !
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'W THE STEAM KlKG . JT EDWjlRD ? . M £ AD . OF BliiUKGHAM , Basis a Kiag , m 4 a ruthless King , y D-: a Km ? of the pott ' s dream ; Bus s tyrant fell , -whits slaves know "WeH , And that ruthless King is 5 t * sm . He hsth an arm , as iron arm , Aad tSo' h = haih but one , 1 b that mighty ana taere ia 3 charm , Hat ttt ^ '' -s hath undone . Lite the ancient Holoch grim , his sire la Simmon ' s rale that flood , Sabs-ads are of Jrsing fire , And children are Ma food .
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PKAISE TO THE DEITY . 1 Sari ny God "sitfe truth and zaal , TtH is fc&h made my soul to feel Sweet P&esy and Lots . Thst 2 e ncto my mind hath pTen A foretastE of Himstif and Hearen , And joys that reign aboTa On that my f errsnt tongue could tell , Ihs -siiehsry of that charming spell , That prompts me to adore Ksfcnre ' j Srst csuse I the li-ririg God ; "KTxse brath noth bless tie fertile sod , "Kliose throne I kneel before . 1 bl&y him ¦ srith a prayer sincere , That be haia rosde my -roice to cheer
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CHINA :. ITS SCENERY , ARCHITEC 1 LRE , SOCIAL HAH 1 TS , &o ., ILLUSTRATED ! London : Fisheb , Soh , & Co . Area ^ j splendid work ! e-nnoin great enterprise , which we trust will be rewarded with that amount of public appreciation it so richly merits . The work consists of a series of views displaying the scenery , architecture , and social habits of the ancient and exclusiTe Empire of China ; rendered donoiy interesting to nBirom the recent occurrences m that empire -with which we have been so unenviably connected ; and bj the new treaty of amity and peace jost concluded by our GoTernment with a people the most extraordinary and the least Jcnoum of asj upon earth . These Tiews are accompanied with historical and desenpiire notices , which render the TiewB " intelligible to all ; and impart information respecting the habits and customs , the powers and capabilities , of a people who haTe learned how to keep and feed & population « f 300 , OM ) , 0 D 0 without having to deem the working portion of it snrpluB 1 " or to devise plans for" getting rid" of it ! It is published in Monthly parts , in a quarto form ; and each part contains four engraved views , " got up" in the first style of the art . The letter-press accompaniment is also first-rate : it is indeed beautiful ; an excellent specimen of the perfection to which this branch of art has arrived . We cannot transfer to our pages one of the lovely views ' - ' with which this work abounds ; or we would gladly do so : but we can give a specimen of Jhe ° Historical and Descriptive Notices , " which may serve to show , in some part , the nature and scops of the undertaking . We select for this purpose the following account of the
GREAT WAiL OF CHINA . _ " A rude state of soeiety . the wandering habits of uncivilized nations , and a Tn-ong estimate of the quality of vengeance , may have rendered deiensifa military achitecture both necessary atd effectual in the early sges of mankind . Sinipl . earth-works for such objects still survive in many countries , the annalB of whose primitive people have became either confn « ed or extinct , besides , have not the Medes . Sjrians , Egyptians , Romans , Picts , and Welsh , left abiding evidence of the confidence which they placed in mural protection ? Eastward of the Caspian sea a boundary vrtvtt was built by one of the successors of Alexandisr the Great ; and Tamerlane , too , did not despise the security which snch structures afforded- These two latter lines of
separation and dtfence , like the great -wall of the Celestial Empire , w ^ re drawn , to restrain the sudden irruptions of nomade Tartars . In all instances , however , in which the authors of these great recsrds of past time can ba determined -witk certainty , the painful fact is presented , that in the most abject slavery , such strncturfcs had their origin , and ra-inces the investigation to the motive which actuated some barbari ? n conqueror , -who had succedeed in trampling upon the liberties of millions . Toltsire Tiews the Pyramids of Egypt as so many monuments of slavery , under the -weight of which , like the tomb of King Mansolus , the country long continued to groan . And is he not justified in his conclusion , if the story told by Herodotus be true ? ' In one of the
pyramids of Gizth , " fays this ancient historian , ' aTe entombed the bones of Cheops ; in another , of his brother , Cephreues . One hundred thousand men ware exiploytd during tweity years in raisin * the greatest of these enonn' -U 3 works ; and from that period the memory of Cheops has bsen held in the utmost detestation by the ~ Egyptians . ' Such also are the feelings and recollectiens associated with the formation of the Chinese wall . It is said that every third man in the empire was drafted , and obliged to assist in the buildins—that , being scantily supplied with food , four hundred thousand died of hunger , ill-usaze , and excessive
fatigue ; and , the Chinese sentence ¦ which commemorates these miseries , chsracterz-s the work itself as ' anmhilsition of one generation , but the saivationjof a thousand . ' Xor can thts slavery of the E * yp ; iars , in constructing the pyramids , be compi- red wiih tuat of the Qfcjnese in obeying the commanns of their imperial taskmaster , if Ihe quantity of matter raised , and put together by manual labour in fach case , 1 « admitted as tb . 8 criterion : for , * the materials of all the dweHinshouses in G ^ eax Britain , allowing them to average on the whole two thousand cubic feet of masonry , woulti be barely equivalent to the solid contents of the Chinese wall '
" Before the Mantchoo Tartars suHogated China Proper , the Great Wail , one of the most gigantic , yet perhaps one of the most senseless conceptions that ever occupied ihe human inttllect , was the northern boundary of th ' e empire ; and it owes its foundation to Chi-Hoang-Ti , tf the fourth Tsin dynasty , who ascended the tLxone t ^ o hundred and thirty-seven years before the birth of Christ and was the first universal njocarch of China . Finding the petty princes of Tartary troublesome to his frontier . subjects , he sent an army against the former , and drove thsm into the recesses of the
mountains , and employed the latter , during this interval cf rest , in building a rampart to txclude all freebooters for the future ! Some C-ninese historians who abhor the memory trf this fierce despot , n 3 eey bim even th « unenviable merit of beiug lbs sola projector of this vast work , asserting that he only built the portion that bounds the province ot Chen-si , the other parts being raised by the different potentates whose respective Innadoms they enclosed . This opinion , however , is not sufficiently supported , and liif tory now concedes to Chi-Hoang-Ti the undisputed authorship of this * wonder of of vhe world . *
* ' It might also be art u-kl , from the general character of this fiery prince , that be was , most probably , the real originator of this collosal project . The quality of his ambition , as well as of the chief actions by which he is remembered , lend an air of probability to the statement . Having put all the Tartar princes of the neighbouring territories , and all their male relatives to a cruel death , with the exception of the king of Tsi , whom he enclosed within a pine grove and left there to perish , be united , their dominions to his own . His next great public acjwaa colenizing of the Japan islands , by Bending th 3 S » r 300 young men and women , under the conduct of * gallant raval efficer , who soon , however , threw eff his allegiance and made
himself sovereign lord of the territory . The construction of the . Great Wall would have been more than sufficient to have pbrpetuated this monarch ' s fame , and most tyrants would have been content with such a stupendous monumfeat : but , sneb was the insatiable ambition of Cbi-HoangTi , that he resolved not only on immortalizing his own name , but on annihilating those of his predecessors . To effect this most ungenerous object by a single blow , he caused xll the books in which the lives and actions of former emperors were recorded , to be committed to the flames , with a degree of infamy unparalleled perhaps in history , except in the instance of the A 1 fX - < T " 1 " ^ library , which th <» Caliph Omar is said to have destroyed in & similar manner .
" The eastern end of Chi-Hoanjj ' s wali extends into the Gulf of . lea ou-tong , in the same latitude nearly as Peking . It consiit 3 of hugh blocks of granite , resting on piles or pedestals supposed to be composed of the baits of shlDS filled with iron , which the emperor caused to be sunk in the sea xs a secure foundation . Extending westward , its fronts are finished with the most perfect accuracy , the workmen having been warned , on pain of death , to close the joints with such exactitude that a nail couid not be driven between th&m . The style of building resembles that exhibited in the walls of Peking , and of other fortified cities , the dimensions , however , being considerably greater . Its average height is twenty feet , including five feet of parapet rising from the platform or rampart , which is
fifteen from the ground-level . The thickness at the base is twenty-five feet , and on the platform fifteen . The structure consists of two front or retaining walls , two feet in thickness , the interval being filled up with earth , robbls-stone , or other loose material . To the height of six feet , the fronts are of hewn granite ; the upper part entirely of sun-dried bricfc of & blue colour . The platform , which is paved with brick , is approached by stairs Gf the same material , or of stone , ascending so gradoaily that horses do not refuBe to tread them . In the province ef Ptcfcli , the wall is terraced , and cased with brick ; as it enters Chensi it begins to be of inferior workmanshiD , sometimes only of earth ; but , on
the Eide of Cha-hou-ieou , to which the Muscovite mtrchants come direct from Sulingiiko in Siberia , it is again of stone and brick , with large and strong towers always garrisoned . From this point southward military posts are erected along the banks of the Heacgho , in which guards are maintained , to keep the boundary ^ between the neighbouring piovinces of Cian-si and Chens-M , and prevent the navigation of the river by hostile tribes . Passing the Hoang-ho into the province of Checsi , the wall is generally of earth , in some places quite obliterated , but , in remarkable passes it is defended by either towers or large towns , where military mandarins , with a strong force , are usually stationed .
" Notwithstanding the frail character of the materials in several places , this great national work , fifteen hundred miles in extent , > . ns undoubtedly endured for two thousand yjars , with but indifferent care and little restoration ; in fact , the union of the countries en different aides of the "wall , under the same dynasty , has rendered its aid no longer necessary , and occasioned , therefore , itB total neglect . There was a time when a million of Bcimetais glittered along its length from east to west , bnt all fear of invasion having subsided , government is now content with guarding the chief
possea that communicate with foreign countries . Wherever a river was to be passed , an arch or arches of solid masonry was thrown across , protected by irongrating , that dipped a little into the waters , and effectually obstructed navigation , or . rather ingress ; where mountains occurred , the wall waa made to climb tiieir most ragged fronts , and in one instance reaches an elevation of five thousand feet above the sea . Wherever the niture of thb ground rendered invasion easy , . there the wall is double , treble , or as manifold as the necessity of the case would appear to demand .
" The principal gates are fortified only on the side of China , and then protected by large flunking towers ; at intervals of every hundred yards along the wali stand embattled towers , forty feet square at the base , thirty at the lieighfc ol Hie platform of the TOll , and having sometimes one , sometimes two stories above it The first gate , or first towards the Bea-termiDetiou of the
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¦ wall , is called Chang-bai-keou . It is beautifully situated on any extensile plain , and memorable in b ? story for the perfidy of its commandant , who was the first to invite the Tartars of Lea-ou-tong to invade hia country . The other remarkable entrances are Hi-fang-keou , Tou-che-keou , Tchang-kia-keou , the two latter the accustomed routes of the Tartars- » ho visit Peking , and Kou-pe-keou , through which the emperor Eang-hi generally passed-to his summer-palace , at Zehol in Tartary , and by which the embassy under Lord Macartney had the g » od fortune cf being conducted to the same imperial residence .
" Two views of the Great Wall have been carefully taken by European travellers : the one at Koo-pe-koo , ( Kou-pe-keou , ) which is given in the accompanying illustration ; the other by the draughtsmen who attended the Dutch embassay under Iabrand Ydea in the year 1705 . TheBe embassies , representing different foreign courts , could not have conspired to deceive their respective countries in describing their colossal labour and , even if they had , we have still the evidence of the French mif ^ onaries , who brought home a sketch of the whole line | i > Tallation . Thii mass of evidence , this concurring testimony of different men in different oges , is mere than snfficient to overturn the vain suspicions of some literary sceptics , who would conclude , from Marco Polo ' s silencs , that no such work as the Great Wall of China evtr had a real existence . Bnt the
following extract , from an ambassadorial journal , tffords an a priori proof that Marce Polo ' s Bilsnce is not to be ascribed to the non-existence of the wall , but to a very different cause—his never having travelled so far north , * A copy of Marco Polo ' s ronte to China , taken from the Doge ' s library at Venice , is sufficient to decide this question . By this route it appears that this traveller did not pas 3 through Tartary to Ptkiu , but that after having followed the usual track of the caravans as far to the eastward from Europe as Samarcand and CashgaT , he bent Mb course south-east across the river Ganges to Bengal ; and , keeping to the southward of the Thibet mountains , reached the Chinese piovince of Chen-si , and through the adjoining province of Chan-si to the capital , withont interfering with the lice of the Great Wall . '"
Most heartily do we commend this work to the favour of the public , it is deserving of au extensive patronage . We trust it will receive it ; and bave no doubt but that such will be the fact , if it maintains the character imparted to it by the first four numbers now published . We shall notice the other parts as thf y appear .
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tions , and saying a great deal more that we could not understand . We learned from her that the men were bur-ting upon the surrounding mountains , and aftsr a great deal of shouting and calling , in which the lady joined , ( though not till she had made me repeat several times that I was not on enemy , ) we heard an answering shont from a hill top ; , all waa . then silent again for Boma time , and , as we felt assured that the blacks were reoonnoitering , we concealed our only guns in the grass ; and assuming as unwarllke an appearance aa possible , we sat down upon the ground beside our kotees . We had not remained long thus , when we were roused by a sudden shout upon the mountain aide , and as we got upon our feet , two men , armed , but perfectly naked , came into view , over ; tb . e B&aulder ef the hillabout
, one hundred and fifty yards above us . Oae of them , a large , finely-proportioned man , immediately eteod forward , and waving one arm in the direction of the river , in a most undaunted and uncompromising manner , told us to be gone . I called cut to bim that our intentions were friendly , that we were unarmed , and that I wanted to speak with him—but ; he talked so loudly himself , that he could not hear me . He also spoke so rapidly that I could but partial . y understand what he said , which was , however , something to this effect : ' Begone , begone ! and take away your horses—Why do you come hither among the mountains to disturb us t Return to your houses in the valley , —you have the river and the open country , and you ought to be content , and leave the mountains to the black
people . Go back—keep the plains , and leave us the bills . Go—go—begone ! —with a great deal more in the same strain . Having at l ength induced him to attend , 1 advanced some distance towards him ,: and after again assuring bim that my intentions were net hostile , an' \ calling upon bim to observe that t was not armed , I said , ' Lay down your weapons and approach me . ' He regarded me for a moment , and then , with great deliberation , threw from him hia spears and his boomerang , and came forward a few paces , retaining hia parrial ( or wallaby-stick ) in his hand . I told him to put that down also—ho did bo with some reluctance , but would not consent to come any lower down the hilL I therefore slowly ascended to wards him , keeping a sienriy watch upon his movements . As I approached ,
he seemed uneaBy , and went behind a tree , byt , as if ashamed of this , he soon stood out again . By this time I was near enough to distinguish his features ; and feeling satisfied from bis bold and open expression , that ha might be trusted , I walked straight up to bim and took hira by the hand . He asked , ' Are we friends V and again I assured him that we had none but friendly intentions towards him . He nppeared much delighted at finding me speaking his own language , and sooa became quite at his ease . His companion , who had till this tijne remained some ^ ktance in the r « ar , now threw down bis weapons , and joined us . They , however , still showed great fear of the horses , anrl would , on no account , consent to tbeir being brought near ; my brother , tbertfore , fastened them to a tree , and came up
the hill , carrying in his hand a tomahawk that we h'd brought with us , and which we presented to our tall frit-nd , whoae name we found to be ToolbiHibam : he was overjoyed at theg'ft , ami leaped aud shouted with delight We were now upon the beat terms possible , and ToolbiHibam betran to about loudly for the rest of hia tribe , he saw , who were upon the surrounding mountains , to conic in hdiI see us . 1 now aeked him if ha knew anything of Pundooo . At heating the name hia countenance brighteried , and . with tjreat earnestness of manner , he told mo that he was the boy ' s second father , or uncle , and that the father w . js at hsMl amongst his companions , to bring him to me , he now redoubled his shouting . In a short time five of them made their appearance , running along the mountain side towards us . Toolbillibum called out to thuin , t- 'lling them how matters stood—and they itistautly
threw their weapons out of the \ t hun < is . He pointed out one ot them as Pundoon'fe fither , calttns ; him by his name of Pundoonhan . The old fellow , upon ToolbilHbam calling out to him that he had news of his Bon , c . ime running down , with outstretched arras , and coming first 4 o my brother , gave him the full benefit of a most literally aweut embrace , as the old gentleman had evidently dined upon honey—aud for want of a spoon , had usrd bia flngera , beajilea having smeared hia face and bfard a stood deal nioro th .: n was pleasant . He luked many questions about his son , much more quickiy thsn they coulrt be answerwl ; and . upon learning that he lived in a house , and ato bread , and wore clotbea 1 ike ourselves , and that we wcu ' . d soon bring him back to the river , and that be ' should see him , the old fellow s joy was unbounded . Hiving , by this time , eight or nine of the blacks about us , we told them to sit down in a row , and m . vle them a , roku ' ar harunKue .
" We said that we ha . i made war upon them , because they had ktiled white poople , but that aow our aiiger was gous , and tfcut we wished to liv . in peace with them ; that we wanted mnhinf ? in th . ir country but the grass , and would leavo them their ka garoos , their opposoums , ana Iheir fish . Tootbillibsm here interposed , to know if we Wtultl not ieavo them the honey also . We assured hiifl that it was quite at hia service , and Jthat he might make himself perfectly easy about rata , baniiicoots , grubs , and all other small game . AH this appeared extremely satisfactory to our audience . Wo told them that if they would not rob er injure our people , nor kill our sheep , thai no person would harnl them ; but on tho contrary , would give them bread when they came to the stations ;
; md we promised , that if they conducted themselves peaceably for a time , that we would give each of them a tow-hawk . We pointed oat to them the direction of all our stations , and told thorn when , they visited them , aot to sieuk from tteu to tree , but to Wiilk up openly , and call out to give notice cf their approach , and to j ) ut their weapona out of their hands—all this they promised to attend to . Tiie sun waa now sinkingtherefore , after distributing amongst them cur pocketknives , our handkerchiefs , and such articles Of our dresa aa we could spare , we told them we must go . They all rose , and accompanied ua to the camp , which lay in our route—Toolbiliibam walked before , and , with much care , parted the long grass with his hands , and cleared away all obstacles from our path .
" Before parting with our wild-looking friends , we remained a few moments to examine their household Soods and utensils , which were in the camp . Hanging near each fire was a large bag . abent the a ze of a twobushel sack , very ingeniously fabricated of grass or rushes woven toptther ,. wLkh appeared to contain all their property . Some spiiars were piled against the trees , and clubs , boomerangs , and shields , were scattered about . Of opposautn cloaks they appear to have a very scanty aupply , as I saw none but very old and well-worn ont-3 ; but , as a kind of aubstitute , they had
iarge bunches of the skins of flying-squirrels' tails tied together , which they use as a covering at night . The blacks appeared uneasy at our tubing bo much notice of their valuables ; we , therefere , having in vain attempted to perauade Bom e of them to sccompa : y ua home , took our leave . Toolbilliham , who was evidently tbe head of hia tribe , again preceded us , clearing our path as before , until he had conducted us aa far from his camp as was consistent with his notions of politeness . None of the 6 e people could speak or understand a single word of English , and some had possibly sever seen a white man before . "
The above extract gives ua a tolerable idea of the customs , habits , and dispositions of this injured race . And , a . 3 tho writer in tlio Magazine truly observes , it is an incontestible proof also of their amiable and forgiving character ; for near the 6 Cene ot this interview many of . the friynda and relatives of tho " savages" had been slain by the civilized " white men" not many months before ! In another article , " Our Embarrassments—a surplus Population : our Remedies , in Fisheries and in Colonies , " some valuable information respecting the diff- rent Fisheries connected with England is given ; and some hints and recommendations thrown out and enforced that are worthy of deep and serious consideration . We say this , irrespective of the
writer ' s peculiar notions on Political Economy ; or of his considering his hints and recommendations as remedial means to restore us once more to " prosperity . " The questions of encouraging the Fisheries , and the use of iish as a staple article of human food , arc questions tba , will bear discussing on their own grounds . We believe it wculd tend much to : our advantage to do both . Fish is a wholesome artiele of diet when occasionally used . Its extensive use adds to our other staple f vods . Variety in diet is necessary to health and manly vigour . Keep , the strongest man you can find ujvon the strongest description of food continuously ; let him have nothing else 1 and he will pine away , aud becanw feeble aud Fp ritless . But let him havo variety ; let him have
coarse food with good ; and yu will preserve his bodily vigour aud physical capabilities , if you do not even add to them . O :-. e meana of promoting a change or variety in the diet of our people when they were in a position to afford to purchase a comparatively fair share of the comforts of iifo , we have often reflected on , and much regretted its discontinuance . We mean the practice enjoined by the Roman Church , of eating fish ovi Fridays and other Fasts . This practice was founded in good policy . It caused the encouragement of Fisheries ou our coasts , and the making and keeping-up of large Fishponds inland . By this means it added to the amount of national wealth , by adding to the stock of human food . Oae dinner , at least , out of every seven , of
fish , by all the people , saved the beef and the toutton by one seventh : and ihe custom promoted the health and strength of the people . It ia clear that it was not deemed the best of food ; for the people vreTc taught to past oil it : and we need Only this one fact to prove to us that the people then lived far better than the people live now : for hundreds of thousands in our day would like to have Ihe opportunity of being condemned to fast on a dinner of fUh three or fourtimcB a week , inBtead of only once . Por these reasons and considerations , v ? e certainly think , with the writer in the Magazine , that much good would accrue to us from an encouragement of our Fisheries and the use of fish as an occasional article of diet .
There are several other articles in the Magazine which wo have not spao < i to , particularise ; but which will amply repay perusal . We must , however ,: linger a moment over sn instructive paper "On Colonial Architecture , " by Alfred Bartholomew , E : q ., architect . It evinces correct taste , aud a thorough appreciation of the useful . Showy gingerbread erections , such as our degenerate age delights in , sflVrd not pleasure to the writer : and
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it is refreshing to find a practical { man like this , doing his best to restore the architectural knowledge and taste which designed and formedjthe buildings of a former age , and which remain in pur day but as monuments of our degeneracy both in mind to conceive and povrer to execute . Tho following extract will serve to show something of the scope and nature of the article wo have dwelt on with much pleasure : — | " But upon one subject we most earnestly request the assistance of our transmarine friends , viz ., the best aspects for buildinga , which ean alone ) be ascerta ined by the local courses of the prevailing winds and rains : from negligence . Jn this particular even in the highly and artificially-citiiised land of Britain , so many
ptr-80 ns are fidgeted into the desire of quitting tbeir habitations as soon as they have taken up their abode within them ; aud set to the account of an unwholesome climate merely the falae placing of their residence , which , if planned properly , wculd have afford ? d health , comfort , and recreation . In all the plans which we propose bringing under the reader ' s notice , every side will be adapted correctly to the particular aspect : on the cojd , windy aide , the apertures wih be few ; ind narrow ; on the moist , rainy side , the kitchen and other chimneys constantly or frequently ! in use will invariably be paced , so aa to ! keep a ' . w ^ ja dry such walls aa weuld otherwise be moist , and thus cause the adjacent apartments to be unwholesome . In designs for not climates , we anall afford all possible
8 belter to the eunny eidea of our proppaed dwellings , and shall endeavour to court the bret zi in all possible ways , to attemper the enervating effect of such cliin . itt s , which , by their scorching sevtrity , render habitation scarcely bearable ; upou all these essentials we shall be moat scrupulous , knowing , by fatal experience , that nothing is more common than for houses to De marred , in moist climates , by having large bay-windows opening to the prevailing rain , and , in warm climates , b ? the heating tfftct of ehiiuntys added to the meridian rays of a torrid sun . When we see a faomely-app » aring house , deatituto of the tightest exhibition of tff rt after taste , but correct in all these particulars , we-eat ' .-em it highly ; and indeed we never have a thorough contempt for any piece of buUuinc , unlesa it be suchaii i'iie
as is dizened out with au exotic ait ^ iay of sittai : L >* . ii unnecessary finery—such aa gabuls witliOut u ^ c ; mukitudinoiia breaks to no purpose , and nut the natural result of confurmtitiun of plan ; or face-work pivtchei ! upon tiid other materials with the eole motive of ornament , ami without : entering into and funuln ^ U . e eoijs . ' ruction itsMf We are no friends to lacirj ; a na&unry or brick b nit house with fcary ( .-boards , wLucfo are a constant souite of espsBseto repair auilpiiiit ; oi uiu o m frtc-wi \ l we should indeeit uevet stucco a building , tscept it wtr-.- f < . ok ! as to bu incapable of repair in any ottiGr manner ; ? ve should rather aave tbe pert smartness ; of p » inti : g a houeo ail over , aud bestow tne price , of it upon too interior in socie work of skill , sonic painting of artistship , or iu some serits of voluin a ; our must ef-tef-mc-ri
itifcxnn is so to build that edifices may us intuh aspo > sit >' e take care of themselves , and , even amid eom / juraiive external nei / liict . still remain sound , habitable , uiul tc / io ' esome : in Hot , wla ^ n we s&u a man in a kind of fever to remove from the ouini'ie of his frail mean , plaster * - ; habitation , evtry ravu-spot , moat-tint , or litcheu-s ^ iin , we iire invariably led to itiuginc tsow ridiculous would appear St . Paul ' s Cathedral or Windsor Castle , or the Tn-Tci of Lo ; : d ' . jn , if painted ail over with out ; inrfoi'iu hui ^ of oii-colour ; indeed , tbe m m who is for ever s ; uccoing , cleaning , painting , aud colouring the outaidd of his hsouao , gtaorally starves , as it wore , his library , defrauds himself of pictures , atvl uthtr xcotk * of art , und is made unlnppy by a hail-storm or a ah - > w-. r of rain . The fancied blemishes which : ho remove /? , from the Vtry embroidery in which ttie artist dulij { ht 9 . "
Iu concluding this notice , we must accord our commeudaiion both to tho manner and maiter ot this Magaz . ne . Its matter is not of an ephemeral nature ; and the manner of pmtin ^ "it before the reader evinces talent arid jtiu '^ menc . To all who . re interested in Colonial affairs , it is a work almost indispfcnsible .
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the Charter were then the constant subjects of bis eulogy . No ¦ wonder that O'Coanor was enamoured of the enthusiastic Quaker . " That election was lost ; there , however , O'Connor and Sturge were brought into friendly union—thus one great point was gained . It also succeeded in deluding the Nottingham masses , and thus gave promise cf a successful general diversion in favour of the Leaguers . " These two points having been secured , the Leaguers were in high spirits . True , the Nottingham contest had drawn largely from their funds ; but having succeeded in entangling O'Connor in their net , they hoped , without much difficulty , to be able to strangle him . Having made a lodgment amongst the English masses , they expected soon to secure tbeir undivided support ; , and thus arm the League with the popuf .-ir icflaence which they so much courted . Thus tht-7 ceased to regret the lavish expenses of that contest , aud entirely congratulated themselves on . their success .
" Now , all their cunning was employed , all their ( ffnta were used , to secure the ground they had gai . cd . O'Connor must begot rid of , ' the people must be bewildered , aud . in that mist , O'Conneil reinstated as ' Counsel of the English Working Classes . " " O'Connor is as offensive to the Leaguers as the Corn Lawa themselves;—rather tnan acknowledge him as a leader , they wouM retain tbe Corn Lawg with all their fancied herroxa . OConutll , not O Connor , is the ' man of their choice . " " Theae new circumstances required another solemn consultation . It waa n < Id .
" The Leaguers vrerp a . rare that a meeting of Chartist delegates waa uiiveitidvii to be holden in Manchester on some given day in Au » ust last . They knew that O'Connor had pledged Liiustlf to atjend that meeting " , and that many of ih < : Chartist leadens 1 ' . he five composing the Ex . cutive Cout . ciI among tfce rest ) would be there . Thfy than resolved to induce a turn out among tbeir workpeople just previous to tbo Chartist meeting of deleg-ites in MaccL -i « .-r . ' ¦ It- was : csolvfc' . i that il .-. r wages of some mills should , be lo . vtrcii , and thai aa ut ivtrsal reduction of wages ( and that frtqn \ - tlyi shcuiii b < . - threatened . Three lowerings btfore Q . rist -as were announced . "Some of tbe m > < emuusiastic AsLton Chartists w vu engaged by tut Lr-: < jui ; st > traverse Lancashire and Yorkshire , in order ty xoi . > ihr mintts of tho workng cl-isses agaiast the rcmtj > n of wagea . One of the Leaguers % vas name'l ua Ituuor of the Asbtoa ' turn-outs * upou M ; mchej '« r .
" it was hoped , by * ' . . means , that such consternation niyht be crevn-i s thould induce Ministers to c ; dl P . irllament ! --. v : Ls « . r in a fright , and instantly repeal the Corn luas . If that failed , it was expected that the Cha'ti ^ ' . ir '«;* . ats woul 1 during the disturbatict . s hifeBUQert t . i K > .-. uted , pl < ± 2 e ttittnaelves in Buch a position as to bt < ¦ ¦ ¦• .. p partie 3 to ibe insurrection , aad this , si all eves '* * , o Connor and hs nusi influential friends would bt go ; r , d of by a Government prosecutiou . A detpeif , a liujre dastardly plot , was never cone cted . ' Tue ineurri < tion did fail . OConnor ami his friecda vxre se : Zi : u , and , far awtule , ttie Lea > juers ¦ were satisSe .-i .
• Ihe Leaijuers however , soon ascertained that it w ; •• ii'it posiibiti ili . it OOonior and his friends ccuiQ be tri-ju vvnhouttha exposure of tiieir own guilt . They Li : * -w that if the C'h-i ' .-sf delsw . tfS were guilty of edition , they ( the Letiyuiisj had i-seu guilty of treason ; This they knew wouiu l-e proven on the trial ; so by fouia nitilis , known t » i yourself and not hi ( id an ft ) VO me , the trial of O'Conr . or and the Chartist delegates hta b . < n poatpoUJM . It was now e ? : re ted , that vbenbvvr it might tike place , even ) f found guilty , tbe j . uuiahment wuul I only be nominal . The Leayuers hav .-j therefore Been ob ; iced to resort to other means iu order to bivuk up the Chartist body , and get tid ot Fcar ^ us O Connor .
" Friend Sturge . was again put in requisition . He was directed to c . til n Parliament of the middle and wort ing ciassija , to fee iMdbmbled in Birmingham , for ( he ostensible purpose of obtaining Complete Suffrage , lu ; , f it the real object of betraying O'Connor , repiaeinii O'Connefl . carryicg the total repeal of the Corn Li-ps , and reinstating the Wlii ' js in office . Lecturers / . o » t the Chartist ruriki were immediately engagt d , at vsiy Ligh salaries , iaeir object w » i to prove to the Chartists that Complete SjfFr : ige was Universal Sutfrdge ,
— tLat tho name was o ; iiy changed to catch the middle classes , who had t-. ken oft ' eace at tbe violence of some of tho Chartists . Whsthur the lecturers intended 01 : ot , tbe rt , > u ; t of thur labours was a great disunion .-nd bicbevina ; amongst the CnarUata . Their l » jaders w ^ re accused of many . crimes ; and juat previous to the meeting of the Complete Suffrage Parliament , it was more than probable that Churtism would die by the han < J- < cf its apostles . Tbe Leayuers were delighted with that disunion anions tht Cbartists—they impatiently awaited the meeUng of tli « SturgeiU ) Conference . to of
" Everything was arxan ^ yd secure defeat the Chartists in thht assembly . A list of the obnoxious members was ara , wn up by Sturge and bis Committee , for the purpose of fcxciudiug the most sincere Chartists before the Conference entered upon business . Special orders wire given to Sturge , that 'ii he could not secure the rejection of lhi > se members , and of the People ' s Charter , ' he aud his puity must instantly Kipar&te from tLe reat , and continue the movement on their own account . " Jn h 7 $ a % ^ WM $ A fa 3 B& £ & 8 succfutled in defsaiine tint iJiMttists .
" Teat Parliajnuit met . u Cornell , in a letter to the President , expres&cU his willingness to attend , if they wuaiil promise to be civil , it ouded ia ttte total overthrow of the section v . f the Leaguers—it exhibited to-, the working ciafctea the implacable tyranny , the un' rivalled duplicity of the Complete Suffrage faction . : Never btfore w « ve sutli unreasonable , such unaccountable propositions made to a deliberate assembly , aa thos ^ j which were there proposed by the organs of the Leayuers . One of tbiiui , more honest than the rtst , let 1 out tnc Leaguers' secret . We want to get rid of the Chartist leaaer . i , " i-x ^ imed one of the Sturgeites , pointing direct ]/ at 0 Connor .
: ** The meeting of tbafc Parliament served to demon * strai-e to the masses that the Leaguers and the Complete ' cfurtragiiits are ail one aud the same party , seemingly divided , but merely ao to enable them the more easily : to botruy their expected dupes , tne working classes of i Euiflin J . O'Concor ap peara to have gained , O'Con-! uei I to have lost , by tuis expensive exhibition at I Birmingham . j *• Nothing could exceed the disappointment which I was felt anrt expressed by the Leaguers at the de * j piorablti failure of their friends in Birmingham . I They remembered how they bad been nrged by i their parliamentary leaders to get the masses excited
I ami pressed luto action before the next session of Parliament—they had spent large sums of money in tbe Nottingham election , tbe insurrection , the Complete Suffrage lectures , and the Birmingham Conference Every arrangement was marts to hold publio meetings , , uneter tbb auspices of Disu ' U O"Conneil , for Complete Suffrage and Cliwip Bread—O'Connor ' s political coffin was iiiiidt : —CC uneli waa engaged to officiate at his 1 funeral , when \ o ! the Btu . dy working men in the 1 Sturgfcite Pailiasnent , without hesitation or ceremony , I < ii 8 i > eUed ail these pfen& \ ng visAonB of success , and forced the Lewjuers ouco more to fall back on their ovm I resources .
" Agun solemn deliberation was resorted to , Now for tbe kernel of my nut . " They resolved for the present to abandon the plan of public meetings , and j ; tt their petitions signed at ao much a tbouaaiui in private , asbtfire ; while , by the ii . fl ience of a popular on ? an in tne press , ( aided by a r ., v 5- Chartist lecturers , ) ; hey hope , in time , to remove ihe clouds irom Lbe ejt-s of the ignorant masses , and tuns inuuca them at length to foilow in the wake of OCounell and Liio Liugveis . " You aro acquainted with Mr . Frauds Place . You know that whan you were among the Whigs , it waa tbeir custom to apply for his assistance whenever they wished to ootain tbe uup ^ ori of the masses . I need not 1-emitul you on how many occasions they ha 7 e sought his uiri . Tne last time that his services were brought intonqiKiition was when I was annoying them so tuuch by my tflvrta to obtain the repeal of the odious an ' -i accursed Mew Poor Law . " Oa that occasion be snrceeded in establishing the Chartist movement , i ^ f which Mr . Feargus O'Connor bfcame the grtat champion . I was expelled from my home , banished , and imprisoned—tbe Anti-Netr-Poor-Law agitation web c&ecked ; and the masses , finding they were unible to cuange- the obnoxious law , very naturally sought t *> ch&oge the law inakers—hence the aj » it : uio : i for the Charter . Lot others blame the working classes , I caact . " Be the Chart . at movement right or wrong , it has sucee&iicd in eut . rdv lciuoving the masses from the guidance of the Wai ;;* . "Vv' . ; li , then , the Leaguers , who , like yourself , ate stsuiy Wni ^ a at heart , having been totally routed by tbe C ' aaitista in the Birmingham P . iriiatsont , very naturally applied to their old friend Place , aad cotsEu ' ned . with nbu as to the best means of regaining the favour of tho uiasaes . "
Next week we shall have other extracts from the succeeding Fleeter , upon this subject . At the pre&eut our space is full .
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THE COLONIAL MAGAZINE , for February . London : Fishes , Sok , aud Co . V > e much regret that we have not been able to make au earlier and more extensive acquaintance with this cleverly conducted Monthly advocate for the " regeneration ot our domestic trade , " and the opening-up of " new markets ior our manufactures , " by means of a liberal and enlightened policy towards our Colonies and Colonists : for it abounds with useful information , and is a jndiciou ^ Iyarranged miscellany of intelligence and interest respecting that most important portion of British enterprise—our Colonial possessions .
The Number before us open 3 with an interesting article on "The Aborigines of Australasia , " aboandiug with important particulars respc-ctint iheir numbers , their habits , their dispositions , and their practices . It al > o reveals to the Englishman at home , the atrocities that have been committed upon this " ignorant" and " savase" people , by tho .-e of our countrymen , who have " settled" down in the lands of the natives , and tried to extirpate the former and rightful owners ; atrocities that make humanity sicken , and drive back the aspiring hope thai the time will surely arrive when " Peace , good-will , and social love "Will reign in every clisie . ' ' The writer truly remarks : —
" The aborigines of these new countries—upon which we have intruded our redundant population , to which ¦ we have sent wealthy speculators , in aearcb of higher interest for their capital than cou ! d be obtained in their native land ; needy adventurers , to search for labour and existence ; and criminr . la , "whose presence "was effensive to our nice sense of justice—are at least entitled to the protection of their lives and preservation of their freedom , fmni us in return . " Wore we to look back upon the history of conquered countries , we
should find that where the principle of humanity was Jost sight ot by the invaders , a day of retaliation has inevitably arrived ; and although the plea for neglect of the Australian Aborigines is * insignificance of character and paucity of numbers , ' they might , in the hands of more civiHzid enemies , be made apt instrument 8 of mischie ? . Hatred of Spanish cruelty was as « iven in the memory of the Mexicans at the period of tho last revolution , as if the burning , torturing , and butchering of their innocent progenitors had only recently occurred .
" Where the Romans colonised , they instituted a code for the protection of the dispossessed , as well as for the regulation of the settlers ; tbe Americans found it politic to pursue similar arrangements , and ultimately , found it more profitable and happy to treat with the Indians Amicably for an exchange of lands , than to exterminate the tribes , and se-za their country . Algiers -was not a barbarous state without a form ol Government ; the comparison therefore is less appropriate ; bnt the triVtea beyond it are seini-baTbarons , and with tbeso France bas determined upon incorporating her colonixts by mea ^ a tbe beat calculated to ensure repose , and tbe least lively to kindle those vindictive feelings , which the semi-Eavrges of North Africn consider it noble toprfserve and fulfil , no matter how distant the opportunity . Why then shonld British subjects , traintd in a religion of meekness , forgiveness , and charity , be more cruel , uriTrateful , and UDjuat , than those of nations -which they sffect to contemn ?
" We have alluded to the beniouaneaaof the Spaniard in extirpating the Peruvian and the Mexican races , but we have tbe publio declaration of Australian journalist * —themselves British-born , and themselves enjoying the blessings of wealth and social happiness , in the land which the Supreme Being had conferred upan the plundered Aborigines—we have their solemn averment , that Spanish cruelty has never exceeded the atrocities committed upon the native population of Australasia Had cui enemies pouTed forth the « tale of calumny ' auainst our national character , what a burst of indignation would have met and repelled it ! Yet with how much calmness and indifference is the intelligence of murders , manslaughters , and spoliations committed upon those guiltless creatures , aud on their native soil , received both by the colonial txecutive , and the supreme povemnient itself ! When is a change to come over this inhuman policy ! How can prosperity bless tbe efforts of a government or a people bo insensible to the claims of justice and the solicitations of mercy !"
From another portion of the article we give the following interestingly simple narrative of au interview with the Abobigi : < es , by a settler on the banks of the Clarence R'ver . It shows that even " savages" are not proof against a well-direced kindly sympathy ; while it condemns , with a most heavy condemnation , thote who , with hearts more " savage , " and dispositions more brutish , have committed iheir " murders , manslaughters , and spoliations upon these guiltless creatnres and their native soil . " " I am induced to send yon an account of a rather interesting interview which 1 had some days ago with a party of the aborigines upon tbe upper part of this river , bfcing of opinion that tbe insertion of the particulars in tbe columns of your widely circulated paper may be productive of some good results , as far as may tend to remove the belief that these people are an utterly irreclaimable and ferocious aet of beiDgs aud throw light upon their real character and disposition—a subject very little known er understood .
" Since the hostile encounters with the blacks , which took place upon this river abont a year ago , in consequence t « f the murdtrs committed by them , they bave rarely shown themselves , but have feept among tbe mountains , and avoided all intercourse , alwayamaking off as fast as possible , if accidentally se * n , though they have occasionally crepi unobserved upon the huts , on < l carried off the shepherds' blankets acd txas . I had previously several times tried to find and brieg them to a parley , to endeavour to establish a better understanding between them and ourselves , but always without euc-6 eS 3 , until upon tbe occasion ab .. ve mentioned , when having seen a smoke rising amongst the bills soma miles distant , my brother and msEelf mounted our horses , and set out to make another attempt . After
clambering about the bills for some time , we enteiea 3 narrow valley , which we had not explored far , when we suddenly came in Bight of a camp situated upon a small flat , surreunded on three sides by a creek , and backed by a mountain . Instantly setting spurs to our horses , we galloped across the creek inte the eanip ; we found it untenanted , however , except by a woman with an infant at the breast , and a child apparently about four or five ye ^ rs old . On our approach , they fltd up the mountain , the woman currying her child astride upon her neck . As we neared them , they cried out in fear , and upon our coming close , the weman took the infant from her shoulders , and clasping it to her boEom , threw heisulf upon her knees , and bowed her face to the ground , thus corcealing and protecting her little one with her body ; the other child crouched at her Bide , and bid ita face in the grass . They now uttered no sound , but their long-drawn respirations showed that they were in great terror . I dismounted ,
and taking the child ty the shoulders , raised her face from the ground , but she set up such a terrible squalling , that I let go again , when she dropped quite stiff and stark into her former position , and was again silent . I sat down near them , and having some knowledge of t iieir language , which I gained from a young boy named Pundoon , -who was taken in one of the beforementioned encounters , and who has since remained with me I addressed the woman , telling her not to fear , as wo had no hostile intentions , and -wonld not harm her , 4 c io . After a time she lifted herliead , and looking stedfastly at me for a little while , resumed her former position , but she seemed to have been re-assured by the scrutiny , for she presently raised herself and began to speak . She first asked if we were hostile or angry , and being again assured that we were not , she said that she wsa afraid of the horses , ai . d asked if they would uot bite her . We told . her that they were harmless , and lived npon grass ; upon which she seemed to lose all fear , and became quite chatty , answering all eur ques *
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Tue FLEET PAPERS . London : Cleaver , Bakcr- » T .: ct , Partma , u-square ; and Pavl'v , Holywell-sfcroet , Ssraad . For some weeks wo havo neglected our usual notices of ' the King ' s" Little Fieercr 3 , which , with an industry as untiring as hi ^ spirit id indomitable , Mr . Oj > tioi' continues to lay before the " Powers
ihst be , " as well as before the publicigeneraUy , by whom they are road with an avidsiy t ' uut shows how much a good man , even in bonds , i . s respected . Tne " Fleet-era" are now addressed to Sir Jatuca Graham , Her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary oi S ; ate for the iloine Department , aii'i , truly , tyranny whether in high places or low , is laid btfore the muiUter in all its odious enormity . In a recent ' number the doings of iho League" have been brought under notice , and their desire to " get rid of fcVargus" is i ^ owu iu palpable colours . Afttr enumerating the shifts to which the " Lea ^ uo" have bewi pat , and described the mode resorted to to obtain positions , " said to emanate from the people , " but , which they themselves have got up , he thud proceeds : —
" I ¦ now recall these facts to your attention , begging yon , at taesarae time , to remember , that although the wetkiBg clsL ?§? s had the wisdom to Ues . piae the tffortsof this Leayuers , arcf to turn a < fcaf ear to nil th « ir clusterings , Sir K ^ bort Peel seemed either to be woq ovw by their sophistry , or nlarjmed by their menaces ; ami , availing Intmeli of tbe droweinwa of his supporters , succeeded in persuading theni , that where there was so much sound , tners must bo snine cause of alarm—were so much smoke some fire . Then followed the hop . skip , and jump towards Free Trade , by the Corn Law and the Tu . riS \
" Tne subsequent insurrection you cannot have forgotten ; its origin you are also acquainted with . Y > u know that it was planned b 7 tbe Leaguers I and carried on by their fuDds . You aleo know tbut , for some reason or other , you have suffered the rich and guilty authors to escape , whilst you bave punished without mercy , aye , with vindictive cruelty , manyiof their poor deluded dupes . f 41 bo much you know There are other important matters ' of which you are not cognizant . You shall not luig remain ittuoTiint .
" When Sir Robert Peel was engaged in persuading his followers that something must be done to appease the Leaguers , tbp representatives of that body ia ' tbe Huuae , ' feeling the weakness of their pavtjr in tbe country , were constantly urging upon their constituents , whom they met in the lobby and its purlieus , 4 that all their tfforts would be unavailing—that Neither long debates , wearisome speeches , raging disse : ling ministers , bawling matrons , simpering misses , no , not even the almost interminable lint of names attached to tbeir thousand and one petitions , were of any Usu unless the masses cou'd be induced to join in the movement and , by their numerous assemblages at public luee ' wgs , prove to the aristocracy thai they really were in earnest in this demand for Free Trade . "
" Such were the grumblings of the Parliamentary leaders of the League . II was of n > use reuiic-iii . t ; them of the immense cumber of signatures to the p-.-t--tions , to prove that the people were united on this question . ' Pooh , pooh , * exclaimed they , do not build upon them ; the enemy knows how they * have been obtained as well as ourselves . We must have public meetings , or we shall be beaten . ' " 1 need not remind you , Sir , how tb <> se numerous names w « re obtai ' . cd to tho acti-Gorn Liw petitions . You bave bten Ion , ? enough amongst t ; jvj LiberuLi to know all tbeir delusive tricks with regard ; to petitions and signatures .
" Evtory eff . / rt was marie , every subterfuge resorted to , iu order to arouse tue masses dunnglthe sesaiu . i , but they would not move ; they w ^ re Lent on ' tbe Charter "—nothing less would satisfy them . 4 Tbe Charter" was dreaded by none ao much as by th . Leayuers — ' To give their siavi-s voti ^ s wouitl be t j U ' . stroy their own monupoly . ' What was to be d < iu ;? t-olemn councils were held—many plans suggested . 41 They had lingering hopes , notwithstanding tbe dogged obstinacy of the English operatives , who bp . d rejected the proffered services of O ' Conve )] , -when it had been expected he wouM have been able to wbetrtle himself again into tbeir favour ( I allude to tne gr . ? at Laeas Anti-Corn-Law meeting , in Mr . Mart . uali's huge mill ) , — I s ;; y , , the Leaguers still fondly cluny to tLe hope that , in the end , they cuuld caj Ie th ^ rra ? ses— indv . ee them to shake off O'Connor , und enee more marshal ! themselves under the ' moral' force banner of ' The
Death ' s Head and Cross Bones . ' It was , howtver , tLey well knew , of no use to attempt another direct overture . So , in this new move , Daniel was very prudently fcept in tbe back ground , and it was resolved jtbat frifnd tJLurge ( who , having very opportunely just HecVared t . ia conversion to Chartism , under another name ) , should tafee the lead of a great n :: tiynal movement , avowed ' y in favour of Complete Siiffrnje , which was tbe very name adopted by O'Connoll himself for Universal Suffrage , with the express purpose of breakii g up thold Charter Union , and thus displacing O'Connor , Tois little circumstance exposed tbe cloven-foot , and led to the suspicion ' that Sturge was , whether knowingly or not , the mere puppet of the Leaguers , employed by them to reinstate O'Connell at tbe head of tho English operatives . O'Connell ' K tetter to Sturge , tbje President of the Birmingham Parliament , has uicce proved that that suspicion was founded on truth . .
" Nothing could have been mote unlucky than the ndoption by Sturge of OConnell's term , ! Complete Suffrage . ' Under it O'Connell had previously endeavoured to rally bis party against the English Chartists , whom he bad endeavoured to bully into ! submission —against whom he had levelled every abusive epithet which could be furnished by Vke dames of Billingsgate , As the leader of the Complete Suffrage party , he had poured out every invective against the } Cbartists . " The Old Irish Gentleman bad , however , made a (( reat mistake—the so much reviled Chartists were English , not Irish . His anathema was despised by the slandered millions , aud bis torrents of abuse fell— ! ' Like dew-drops from the Lion ' s mane . ' When the meek Joseph assayed to provei'the fierce Daniel's armour , it was unlikely that victory should crown his efforts . Fortune , however , in the onset , seemed to smile on him . ' ;
" The Nottingham election was eagerly se ' zed upon to entrap the masses , and to afford Sturge the opportunity , after kiseing O'Connor , to betray him . There , Sturge said little about Free-Trade—toe five points of
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Daring Attempts at Assassination . —Thursday ' s Government Police Gazette contains information of tho three following dariug and desperato attempts at assassination having bc < n made in the counties of York and Derby within the previous fourteen days . On the night of the 21 st ult ., at Spondon , in in the county of Derby , some evil-disposed persons feloniously aad maliciously fired a shot frem a
fowling-piece or pistol at Joseph Field , the constable of that place . Between oae and two o'clock in the morning of the . Svsnd , ult ., the farmhouse of Mr . Thomas Carr , called Hall moor , near Skelton , Yorkshire , was feloniously broken and entered by some persons unknown , who fired several shots at the said Thomas Carr , with intent to kill him . About half-past six o ' clock on ihe evening of the 23 rd nit .-, as Mr . Richard Thompson , butcher , of Lookton , in the North Riding of tho county at York , was returning from Pickering market , an attempt waa made by two Ken to stop bm , when one of them shot at him . Art-ward of £ bO is offered in each ol the ctses for the discovery and apprehension of the viilaias .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct637/page/3/
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