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O ! THE DAYS OF ROMANCE ARE NOT OTER 01 the days of romance are not over : Though the knight may no more be the loTer , There are bosoms that beat With as ferrent a heat As the shield or the cordet could oover . Thongb the banner , all iatter'd and gory , Bat waves o ' er the host of » story , - There are Selds where the prowess Of strength nay ecdow us "With prouder and holier slory I Though the sullen and savage retainer May not mount "with the lord of the manor , There are bands we may whet , There are foes to be met In the cause of the helpless complainer .
"Where in death the wan father is sleeping , And the young widow ' d mother la weeping , As her ? nftyn *« look up , When they empty the cup , "Where their famishing pittance ~ was steeping OI who would aofc rouse into valonr , When he see * them decline is their * gualor , Tin the infant will die , And the yonng mother ' s eye Glares wild o ' er the wees thai befal her ! Tot where u the heart that is laden With the lore of some gentle-eyed maiden , Can forget that that mother Was the feride ef his brother ; For the bloom of hbr fair cheek was fading . '
Then » trake ! O , awake from your slumber ! . Thou host whom the eja cannot Bomber ; And let the bold brands flash bright in your hands , And shake off the dust of their lumber ! We will turn from the lies that confound us—We will wrench off the chains that have bound us—W » will up to the battle Where the war-missiles rattle , And the death hail comes biasing around us !
Then the chrralrons knight with his pages Shall step from the tinsel of stages , And his arms shall be strong 1 o rescue from wrong , And his lame shall be treasured lei ages . Cork Examiner
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THE "CRT OF THE CHILDREN . " Do ye lear the childran weeping , O , my brothers I Ere the sorrow comes with years ? They a * e leaning their young heads against their mothers . And Vial cannot stop their tears . The young lambs are bleating in the meadows—The yoEns birds are chirping in the nest—The young fawns ara playing with the shadows—The young flowers are blowing from thB " west ; But . the young , young children , O , my brothers ! They are weeping bitterly 1 They are weeping in the playtime of the others , In the eountry of thefree .
Alas I the young children 1 they are seeking X > eatb in life , as best to have ! They are binding up their hearts away from breaking , With ^ cerement from the grave . 03 oat , children , from the joioe and from the city—Sing out , children , as the little thmshn do 1 Pftick your handfuls of the meadow cowslips pretty—Laugh aloud to feel your fingers let them through ! But the children say , ' ¦ Are cowslips of the meadows lake the weeds anear the mine ? Leave u quiet in the dark of our coal-shadows , From your pleasures fair and fine . "Jot O I" « ay the children , " we are weary , And wb cannot run or leap : If we cared for any meadows , it were merely To drop down in them and sleep . Our kraes tremble sorely in the stooping ;
The reddest flower would look as pale as snow ; For , jQ I day ,- we drag onr harden tiring , Through ibe coil-dark underground—Or , all-day , we driTe the wheels of iron In th « factories , round and round . " AD day long , the wheelB are droning , turning—Their wind cornea in cur faces ; Till our hearts turn , and our heads with pulses burning , And the walls turn in their places I Tumi the sky in the high window blank and reeling—Turns the lout light that droppeth down the wall—Turn the black flies that crawl along the eeilinj—All are turning all the day , and we with all J AH day long , the iron wheels are droning , And sometimes we could pray—* 0 , ye wheels { breaking off in a mad meaning ) Stop 1 be jdlentior to day V * ?
Ay ! be tSfeni » let them hear « ch other breathing , Fora moment , month to month ; » let them touch each other ' s bands , in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ; "Let them feel that this cold -metallic motion Is not all the life &od giTeth them to use ; 2 * t them prove tbeir inward souls against the notion That they live in you , © r under you , O wheels J Still , all day , the iron wheeli go onirard , As if ttia in each were stark ! And the cMiarora bc *> 1 s , which God is sailing sunward , Spin os blindly in the dark . Bladneoods Magazine
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TA 1 TS MAGAZINE . We lave here the number for October of the above popular periodical , and a very good number it is . The first article is—what is now unusual with Taitpolitical , « sa '« ie 4 " The < 3 ose of Many Sessions . " I : contains some good matter , reminding us of the time when , with ike erratic Harry Brougham ' s head upon its cover , it did good service in the " cause of lUfonn , " "in our young days , when WilL the Fourth was King . " The writer hit 3 hard at poor Sil Robert ; yet confesssB that the ** do " nothing policy , '" if by him adopted , was not by Mm originated ; but bf fore his reiura to power was faithfully acted np to by ths Whigs : nntU at last—** it is every cay more evident , that upon the present system
tha people eannoilong be kepi quiet , although contentment under legialaiiTe irijosiice , under selfish , ela s GoTerDHSeEt , coclrf be a desirable state For any people easimg themselves free . A dreadful social crisis , or prompt measures of reform , toe bold and sweeping to be seriously entertained either by the present administration or its predecessor , appears ibe only alternative before ihe country . Pnbiic confidence is for the time completely destroyed . Every cla = 3 is uneasy , and either suffering from the acroal pressure of poverty , or from vague Iear 3 of coming dangers and changes . " Speaking of the Premier , the writer says : " he has frittered away the opportunity < of doing the work of reformation ) exacriy as tie Whigr did one more
golden ; and wiih it any reputation for great statesmanship which he ever enjoyed . It is now evident ifl&theis not the ' Coming Man f and as no one can iell where that ptcejix is to be looked for , it is foil time that the people set about working oat tfieir deliverance by their own earn- ** and united efforts , " The writer at the same lime does justice to the Whig fiction- " It wa ? , wnh a few exceptions , from no abstract love of a free and broadly-based lepresentatioii of the people that the Whigs became all at once violent reformers . They longed for power and slice , baited their book with Parliamentary Reform , and having caught tbeir gudgeon , soon showed how very small was the final measure of reform which , they deemed sufficient ., and how identical IB the policy o Whigs and Tories when in power , and their selfish ictere ? t 3 and elementary feelings of caste fit all times . " The-writer adds that
** as Peel has sunk , Russell has not risen in pnblio estimation ; the country is sick of Whiggery . " ^ The Queen ' s visit to Is ace , " is a bit of gosap , which , however , well shews np the cold , heartless , ignorant , txclnsjve spirit of the British Court . " On ft recent occasion , for instance , Gadin , a master and _ commander in the French navy , as well as * ne of the first families in the world , was refused access to the fetes of Buckingham Palace , after enjoying as an honoured guest , those of Louis Philippe , and Nicholas L , on the grounds that he was an artist !! !" We are told too , ** lhat Laadseer , who has enriched the Royal Galkry wiih some of his choicest pictares , passes weeks together at Windsor Castle , witbont farther notice vouchsafed him than to a corporal of Life Guards 1 " We suppose * the Queen is too busy with her pet monkeys , and the Prince with the inmates of his kennels to pay attention to Ben of genius . Well does Beranger sing : —
* Yes make a king , O make * king V Mrs . Gore ' s tale of " The Smuggling Pogs of Qia Belgian frontier" is brought to a conclusion . It will repay perusal . We have read -with much pleasure ° The Roman lyrists , No . 1 , " in which is given * Bhort biographical sketch of Catullus ,, accompanied by transl * - Monsof several of his poems . The working man who has a taste for " immortal verse i" bnt to -whom circumstances has denied the education which would allow hha to read the bards of M other iars" in their natiTe language , will find in these translations a rich treat , second only to that of reading the poet in Hs " classic" costnme . Morrison continues Ms ** Reminiscences of Sir Walter Seott 3 " the principal part of which is taken ^ ap with a gossip abont ghosts . Passing over these R a dows " we quote painfnl" realities . "
" This was the year of the mock rebellion in the West , ladtheakirmlshofBontiymuir . Sir Walter was seriously alarmed .
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" Although in the confidence of the Tory faction , 1 cannot think that he waa in the aeeret j for he believed the business real His heart weald hava revolted at tha base plot of getting np a mock rebellion in order to support a corrupt ministry at the expense of blood . He lamented the fate of the sufferers ; for in such cases , he foresaw that much innoctnt as well aa guilty blood wenld be shed j nor did be approve of tha execution of Bardie and Baird at Stirling . But the law could not save them , ' said he ; they were taken with arms in their hands , fighting against the king's forces . ' " There is at present a monument a » ont to be built by BubscripHon to their memories , as having died martyrs in the cause of freedom .
•¦ I mentioned the horror which was felt by the people at the execution of the poor , old , half-witted man Wilson , in Glasgow , who was incapable of forming any plot ; that , when apprehended , Wilson waa foncd thatching a housa ; and that the only crime laid to Wb charge was carrying bread and cheese to seme meeting of weavers on the Catbkin hills , in his own neighbourhood . At his execution , he wore the same wooden clogs in which he . was apprebendod . When the hangman was about to fasten the rope round his neck , poor Wilson said It is nopossible : ye can never be in earnest to hang mo that never did ill to ony body ? ' After having hung some time , a person in a mask sprung on the scaffold , and cut off the head , in order that nothing might be wanting to complete the horrible farce . 'It was / said Sir Walter , ' a fearful business , and carried much too far . "
It was indeed a " fearful business ! " bat , " Eternal Justice" be praised , never be it forgotten that a righteous retribution fell npon at least one of the u corrupt ministry , '' the " Never ( eneugh ) lamented Castlereagh , Whose pen-knife slit a goose quill to'ther day ;" the conscience-haunted wretch , who cdt his own thboat at North Cray in Kent . May the only good deed of his whole life be imitated by all like him !
from a very excellent review of u De Custine ' s Empire of the Czar , " we shall hereafter give a few extracts illustrative of life in Rns-ia . The hideous despotism of the Autocrat is exhibited in vivid colours by one who is no friend to democracy . "PuSs and Poeiry"is rich and racy . We wonld fain have transferred the whole article to our columns , but this would be unjust ; wo must , as Tait says , *• whet curiosity , " not attempt to * ' satisfy it . " Take tha following specimens : —
" Some people are foai of exenraiona into the realms of old romance , with their L&uncelots and Guenevers ; their encb&nted castles , their bearded wizards , ' and such odd branches of learning . ' There needs a winged griffin , at the very least , to carry them out of the every day six-and-eightpenny world , or the wbiza of anJExcalibur to startle their drowsy imaginations into life . The beauties and ths wonders of the universe died for them soma centuries ago : they went out with Friar Bacon and the invention ef gunpowder . Praised be Apollo !
Uiis is not our case . There is a smatch of poetry , to our apprehension , in almost everything . We have detected it pushing its petals forth from the curls of a barrister ' s wig , and scented its fragrance even in the columns of the London Gaztitt ' The deep poetic voice That bourij speaks within us ' is never silent Like Signor Benedick , it 'will still be talking . * " What will the advertising world give to secure our services ? Warren ' s bard is
duat—Warren ' s Japan , acd Day and Martin ' s jet , Can trouble him no longer—Bbh's Shelley is , like his lotteries , but a memory . The world Is all before us , and we are before the world . — We are ready to idealize British Brandy , or Grocer's Port to any extent—so we be not asked to drink them . Dust-pans , Balsamic Pill , Jupea , Detector Locks , Sicilian Cream , Mosley ' s Pens , Aerothermlo Stores , Patent Starch—nothing can come amiss to a goose-quill like ours . " You think we are joking—not a bit of us . Assuredly the thing is to be done . ' "Tla as easy as lying . ' A pleasant exercise of the fancy over onr morning ' s coffee will turn you off a panegyric that will get your shelves cleared of your wares , though they were tea times the rubbish they are .
JTPITER XSD IHB IHPIAH ALB . " Take away this clammy nectar !" Said the king pf Gods and men ; " Never , at Olympus' table , Let that trash be served again ! Ho , Ljanus , thou , the beery ! Quick—invent some other drink , Or , in a brace of shakes , thou standest On Cocytus" sulpfary brink 1 " Terror shakes the limbs of Bacchus , Paly grew his pin ; pled nose , And already in his rearward Felt he Jove's tremendous t « es ; When a bright idea struck him—•• Dash my thyrsus ! Ill be ball—For you never were in India—That you know not HODGSON ' S ALE
" Bring it ! " quoth the dond-compeller ; And the wine-god brought the beer" Port and Claret are like water To the noble stuff thaf s here !" And Saturnius drank a- « d nodded , Winking with his lightning eyes ; And amidst the constellations Did the star of Hodgsos rise ! " We feel tempted to make trial of the classical style . It always tells well in advertisements . People like to be flattered by ^ sppeals to their- classical knowledge—or ignorance , -w « droll «>* . « ay wVirfr . l ^ t us see ! We have it—and here goes in the divine stanza oT Goethe " B Bride of Corinth : —
TABQU 1 S A > TJ THE AUGCB . Gingerly Is good king Tarquin shaving , Gently glides the tzz ^ t o ' er his chin , Near him stands a grim Haruspex raving , And with frantic mean he pitches in Church-Extension hints , Till the monarch squints , Snicks bis cheek , and swears—& deadly ain ! " Jove confound thee , thon bare-legged impostor ! From my dressing-table get thee gone ! Dost thou think my flesh is double 6 Ho * ater ? There again ! That cut waa to the bone ! Get ye from my sight , 111 believe you right , When my razor cute that sharping bene I "
Thus spoke Tarqnin with a deal of dryness ; But the Augur , eager for his fees , Answered , — " Try It , your Imperial Highness , Press a little harder , if you please ; There ! Tne-deed is done I " Throngb the solid stone Went the steel as glibly as through cheese . So tha Angnr tonched the tin of Tarquin , Who suspected some celea'dal aid ; But be wrong'd the blameless Gods ; for hearken . ' Ere the monarch ' s bet was rashly laid , With his Marching eye Did the priest espy Rodger ' s name engraved upon the blade . " u Virginia Hams" is capital ; so iB M To persons abont to marry , " and " Paris and Helen . " Bat here comes tha most popular character of the day , " Old Parr . "
" We are almost afraid to trust ourselves among the advertisements of pills and lotions , so infinite be they in their numbers and fascinations . For oui own parts , we cannot conceive why anybody dies in such a world of specifics as that we live in . Our pen hovers over » Mrs . Johnson ' s American Soothin * Syrup . ' Something after the manner of Birry Cornwall wonld be appropriate . But there are ? Kearsley ' a Original Widow Welch ' s Fenme Piiia , ' irresistibly forcing themselves upon us . Widow Welch ! The Original Widow Welch ! The subject is too inviting . We could cover a page with it in the ttyla of Stenie ; tat , as we cannot afford this space , let us see what can be said of
PARR'S LIFE PILLS . Twas in 'be town of Lubeck A hundred years ago , An o * d man walked into the church With beard as -white as snow j Yet were his cneeks not wrinkled , Nor dim hit eagle eye : There ' s many a kn'ght that steps the street Might wonder , should he chance to meet That mien erect and high .
When silenced was the organ , And hushed the vespers loud , The Sacristan approached the sire , And drew him from the crowd—« ' There ' s something in thy visage On which I dare not look . And when I rang the passing-bell , A tremaur that I dare not tell My very vitals shook- "' " Who art thou , awful stranger T Our ancient annals say , That twice two hundred years ago , Another passed this way , lite thee 1 b face and feature ; And , if th « tale be true , Tij writ that in thia very year Again the stranger shall appear , — Art thoH The Wandering Jew ?"
" The Wandering Jew ! thou dotard ;" The wondrous phantom cried" Tis several centuries ago Since that poor stripling di * d ) He would not « se my noitreiHBSee , shaveling , her * theyawl These put to flight all human ills , IX ««« onquer d * atb—nnfailing pill * I And I ' m the inventor , Pake V * " xhif enclosed in a letter from the sacristan of the bftllsd , wish a statement , that he felt himself growing so much yenns-er every day by the -use of the pillB , that he expecteu ho would Boon have to took out for a nurse to suckle him—wonld tell amazingly before the nsnal « price 13 l ^ d , 23 9 d , and family boxes , lls each . Family boxes < A fireside of Vethuselahs .
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"Wehave hitherto dealt « hUfly in the discmsive and lyrical style : but the epigrammatic might be turned to equal account . This would Bait particularly for advertisements by plain cooks , and housemaids , with a two-years' character from tbeir last place . Take as a specimen : —
A SERIOUS FOOTMAN . Wants a pi age , & lad , who ' s seen Pions life at brother Tesz ! e's , TJBed to cleaning boots , and been Touched with grace and had the measles . " This for the advertisement sheet of the Congregaiionai Magazine . In odd cerners of the Morning Post we occasionally see hints like the following , put in more circuitous language : — Wants a place , as housemaid , or Companion to a bachelor Up in yeaTs , aud who'd prefer A person with no character ; A female , who in this respect Would leave him nothing to object . "
11 Excnrisons in the West-of Ireland" contain some good sketches of real life . We have only room for the following extract , vividly descriptive of the state of things produced by misgovemment in . too many parts of that country : — " The immediate approach to Galway is a reproach to it ; it would be , indeed , to Timbuctso . It winds orez a bleak acd ugly hill , flacked by a dirty pool , which is all mud unless when the tide is full ; and it passes thTougb a long defile of the most wretched and filthy hovels . The inhabitants of this outlet are chiefly fishermen , whose wives and ohildren seeM to have no occupation but to sqnat about the doors in a state of loathsome laziness . The dens consist , for the most part , of a single room of very small dimensions for each
family . Light and air are permitted to come in when the door happens to be open ; but , at all other times , are hermetically excluded . Of furniture they have none ; rarely & table , more rarely still , a chair . The floor on which they sit , and in a corner of which they strew down their ( not ) lonely pillow . " is mud—dry enough in fair weather , but through the winter months of about the same consistency with the street outside ; for although , the light and breath of heaven are skilfully kept out , the rain is not . It comes dripping through the sooty thatch , or flowing in tiny rivulets , enriched by liquid exudations from the doDg heaps . Mo «*» ver , those same heaps are , in all weathers , more priMigal of ammonia than an agricultural economist could at all approve of , or a mere unchemicai fellow , who loves to poke bis nose into
queer odd places , take any pleasure in . The annual rent extorted for one of these tlyes ia forty shillings ; an amount sufficient , with a week ' s labour of the family , to complete the whole building from the foundation . The persons who traffic in this sort of house property are not the lords of the soil . They belong rather to the pave , being generally low meu , who , iu defiance of ihe mtbletling act and its clauses , parcel out . heir leasehold tenements thus for the reception of the poor . But although the landlords do not condescend to deal in such dismal holes , they have provided too many ca didates for them ; the demand having greatly increased with the land-clearing system , which fans been carried on for some years in Irelasd . The outcast population of the fields have been driven into the towns , where starvation and
" Fretting grief , the enomy of life , " make them ready markB for infectious diseases ; and thousands upon thousands have perished , unpitied and unrelieved , in those hovels . " This number has some good notices of the new novels . That of the " Stage Coach" will do aot a little to ensure for it the patronage of the public . In conclusion , we can recommend this number of Tait to you , " gentle reader , " aa an excellent shilling ' s-worth for your shilling .
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THE NE W AGE . Cleave , London . This is the title of a monthly publication , price 2 d . In our last paper appeared an advertisement of the present month ' s number , which contains , among others , articles oo "Association , " "The necessary co-operation of both sexes tor human advancement , " " Too trnth of the Sabbath , " &c , &c . This publication is the organ ( as us Becond name bespeaks—Concordium Gazette J of a small but " sacred band " of practical philosophers who by " association " , or co-operation of united labour and equal enjoyments , areiabouring to convince the old world of its errors in perpetuating its cannibal system of divided and
competitive interests . It is in this sense we use the woTd practical as applied to onr friendB ; for with some of their practical views we bj no means coincide ; very likely because we don ' t understand them . Be that as it may , we have no hesitation in wishing them success , and in calling on the public to road their Gaxetle and judge for themselves . M Provo all things , hold faBt that which is good , " pay we . We should mention an article headed "Fruit Rooms " which recommends the establishment in London of Refectories where fruit could be supplied for the refreshment of the public . The article thus concludes : —
" In sober and practical verity , we do believe that Frnit Booms , if opened by prudent and competent persons , in the neigbourhood of the Bank or of Charing Cross , would be as beneficial to those who opened them as healthful and delightful to thige who frequented them . Ths capital necessary to establish one would not be large . Periodicals and newspapers might be enjoyed as comfortably and elegantly in these arbours of Po « iima as in a cigar divan , a coffee-room , or a West End Clnb . They w » u ) d be more fragrant and becoming resorts for ladies than the shops of the restaurateurs . Their business need not to be conflaed to the summer or autumn months . Winter supplies foreign fruits , orunges , figs , grapes , limes , all that
' By frugal storing firmness gains To nourish , and superfluous moist consumes . Here is a suggestion we should like to see taken ud , and which we have no doubt will yet be done . The man who has made it is a public benefactor , though thepublic may not be aware of it . To our readers we say " buy the book , " and do all yoH can to help on the New Age , when oppression and war , and ignorai . ee and crime , and all the miseries of the present system shall be known no more .
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CAR 1 . ISUB . —Important Decision in the Revision op the Carlisle Burgess List . —After the passing of the Municipal Reform Ace , the Whig party , who were then popular is the country , teok every means to make the Cargess lists as extensive as possible , by placing all occupiers of houses upon the rate-books ; so that the overseer , in making out the bnrgess list , might not overlook those occupiers whose landlords paid the poor-rate . Thus a very popular franchise was established ; but no sooner was it exercised against the Whig party , than they wished , and actually gft about curtailing the very franchise which they had pTeviouBly established . We shall give an example as an illustration of what we have been stating . In Botohergate Ward , the
Bnrgess list , immediately after the passing of the Municipal Reform Aot , contained upwards of six hundred names ; bnt no sooner was the franchise exercised against the Whig party , than the list was reduced to the incredible small number of about one hundred . This was certainly done by the overseer ; but we have little doubt , that it was either ordered , or suggested , by the Whig party ; however , it was done ; and cad . the people not resisted this inroad , the Whigs , as a party , would have had it in their power , to return , as councillors ' , whoever they thought proper . The ground on which the overseer acted , was , that all persons sot paying rates directly , had no right to have their names placed upon the rate-book ; consequently , would not be put upon the Burgess List . Now as many landlords of property
pay the poor-rate for their tenants , and recaire it back in the shape of rent ; those tenants according to this rule laid down by the sapient overseer , were to be deprived of the right conferred upon them by the legislature . It has been decided , however , that exoept the overseer place all the names of the occupiers of a property upon the rate-book , that the rate is an illegal rata and 'mat / be successfully appealed agatnst . This we consider a most important deoi-^ Bion , and if acted npoa will greatly enlarge the Burgess lists in different parts of the country . Let any occupier of a house or tenement , whose name is not npon the rate-book , claim to have his name inserted ; and , if the overseer neglect ^ or refuse , let him appeal to the mayor and assessors who must consider his claim the same as if his name was there .
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Daniel O'Connell . —Mr . O'Connell was bom in the year 1776 . in height the learned gentleman measures about 6 fe » t 9 inches , f Repeai Ballads —Three Repeal ballad singers were apprehended the other day in Athlone . for singing a ditty to the air of " 88 " notoriety , " Sban Von V » cht ;" but were disckargod on engaging not to repeat the offence . ' , ? iM ' * UShted every eveniug by 13 , 000 lamps of which 6 894 are supplied with gas , and 7 , 321 with oil . COMPASSION to OTHEB 8 . —If a mao be compassionate towards the afflictions of others , itshowa that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives tke balm .- Lord Bacon .
A Lady ' s Letter—George Selwyn once affirmed in company that no woman ever wrote a letter without a postscript . •¦ My next letter shall refute you , said Lady G— . Selwyn soon after received a letter f . om her Ladyship , when after her signature stood— " P . S . Who was right now , you or I ? " Earthquake . —The Gazette des Pofesles states , that the shock of an earthquuke waa felt at Carlsud on the 14 th nit ; fortunately no injury was sustained . DUKAmtvh Fibe . —The village of Oberegeor ffental , says a Vienna journal , wa s ^ j . early , destroyed by fire on the 23 rd ulL Out of 200 houses , of which the village consisted , 160 were burned to the ground .
Taste . —The Courtier Francois says , that a young Englishwoman , who to yet' to b& Married , purchased for 50 f ., at the auction of the Glandier , the glass in which Madame Lnfifarge Rave her husband his drink . The weather in France The weather is extremely inciement at Paris at the present ; it cansas great apprehensions , tbe vintage being now near at hand . . History —Documents , relative to the flight of Louia XVI , to Vareanes , have been lately discovered ia the RegiBter-offlce of the Court Royale of Orleans They are composed of all the papers used at the triul of M . ML
de BouiUe , de KUBglia , de Cboiaeul , de Dama . le Goguelat , and others , which took place at Orleans . This vast collection of papers consist of letters , examinations , and depositions , and is calculated to throw a , new liplit on tlie historical facts of that ( toy . ODD Fellowship . —Accredited nvwborot nwiubers , 400 , 000 ; capital invested in government securities , £ 200 , 000 ; floating capital , £ 20 , 000 exclusive of buildings j printing machinery , foundry , library , &o . £ 10 , 000 . SOME of the ?• Dkad Weiquis —fhe number of soldiers receiving pensions from 6 d . and flJ . to Is . per diem is upwards of 50 , 000 .
A sYounq Bride . —Some time ago a marriage was about to be celebrated between a man of eighty -seven years of age , and a woman of seventy-seven . On reaching the ckurcb , however , the lady unexpectedly refused to go through the ceremony on the ground , "that her inkeutled bridegroom waa much too old for her . " A Professional Man—The keeper of a Scotch ale " houae , having on his Bign , after hia name , ' HDF KS '' & physician asfeed him flow be presum&il to affix these lttU'ra to bis name . " Why , sir , " said the publican , " I Lave as good right to it as you have . " " VVh : it do you mean , you scoundrel J" replied the doctor . •• I mean eir , ' returned the other , " that I was Drum Major of the Kjyal Scots FusiJeera . "
Lashed to the Helm—A gentleman once said be should like to see a boat full of ladies adrift on the ocean to see what course they would steer . A lady in tbe room replied "That's soon told—they Wvuld steer to the Isle of Man to be sure . '' Liberality of Landlords (?)—At the Dufce of Bnecleaach ' a recent rent audtt for tbe district of Eskdale , bis Grace's chamberlain returned a discount of 10 per cent to all the tenants ; Sir Alexander Johnston , of Carnsallacb , returned 15 per cent . ; Mr . David Welsh , of ColIJn , 20 per cent ; and Captain M'In ray , of Arnbill KincArdinesbire , 10 per cent ; and this when the harvest is most abundant . Can there be a doubt that these tenants are over-rented , and ought not their rents to be at once equitably reduced ?
" Up in the housing ' s no' for bb . " - " Why on earth don't you get up earlier , my sou ? ' * said an anxious father to . his sluggard boy , " don't you see the flowers even spring out of their beds at the early h < ur of dawn 1 " " Yta , father , " aald the boy , " I eee they do , and I would de the same , if I bad as dirty a bed as they have . Very Accommodating . —Dr . A . Teste waa passing on Tuesday night , about eleven o ' clock , by tbe Rue Notre-Dame-dea-Champs , whan he was attached by two men who demanded hia money . Tho doctor very coolly drawing forth a pistol , presented it at one of them , declaring that for the moment he had nothing efce to offer them . They were not prepared for this demonstration , and took to flight . Age of Louib Philippe— King Louia Philippe , beini * born on tbe 6 th of October , 1773 , has now entered his 71 st year . His Majesty ia the first of hi * race who has reached so ndvauced an age .
Robert Dale Owen , son of Mr . Robert Owen , the philanthropist , has been elected m&mber of the United States Congress for the first congressional district of Indiana . Mr . Owen waa elected by a majority of 577 votes over his opponent . The numbers being for R D . Owen , 6 . 659 ; John W > Payne , 6 , 082 . The Wild JesTrcs of Revenge . "—Tho Frankfort Journal states , that in the comitat of Zilade , in Hungary , the partisans of those who pay no taxes and tlioee who do pay had come to blows , aud nine individuals bad loat their lives , victims of their political opinions . The nobles— -that is the party who do not pay taxes—killed a married man , the father of five children . When this fact was known to the peasants they pursued the aggressors , and having overtaken them ufc a village they murdered them alL
French Sensibility .. —The National ie indwmvnt that tbe Spanish telegraph should talk ef " the King ' s ( Louis Philippe's ) navy . " Jt says : — "We know of two navies , one merchant , and the other military ; but , in fact , we know of bo ' King's navy" except the Royal Yaahti" And then the \ National condemns these '' Feudal , or rather Britannic phrases , which art * incompatible with the spirit of our institutions" Oar institutional" Are the walla of Paris among them ? Are the forts and bastilles " the King's , " or the people ' s ? 1 Certainly , — -according to the spirit of their institutions—intended for the people!—Punch .
DkstructiveFirb . —OnSaturday morning , between twelve and one o'clock , a most alarming fire broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr . Long ( late Keateh ' a ) . Pearl-street , Spitalfields , need as a iucifer-matob manufactory and storehouse for those article ? . The fire originated in a room on the . ground-floor , at the dwelling-bouse , ia which there were in stock dome hundreds of boxes of lucifer-matches , besides boxes , labels , fcc . A plentiful supply of wnter being obtained from a spaclous tank , on the premises , tbe fire waa speedily checked , and its violence was confined to the
storeroom and tbe upper part of the premises , which are burnt extensively , but owing to the confusion it was impossible to ascertain the exact amount ef the damage . Fire in Holborn . —On Sunday night between six and seven o'clock , an extensive fire broke out in the lower part of the Monaroh Coffee R ^ onis , corner of L <> atber-lane . Holborn . In a few minutes , two of the brigade eugin < s from Furringdon-street , with several flrumen , arrived , when the flro was arrested in its progross , not , however , until the contents af tho lower part of tbe premises were consumed .
Who Can Beat ThisI—A correspondent of the Eastern Sentinel boasts &hu 8 : —As I hive often read in the papers of great men being praised for their great tl ^ eds , &c . I rhink 1 have a right to tell what I have done . First , I was five years a seamster ; three years a constable ; nine years justice of the peace ; seventeen summers I was a lime-burner ; nineteen winters I tauvht school ; twenty-seveu years a commissioned officer , from lieutenant to major ; thirteen years I was iock-tender on the Lehigh Canal , lock No . ^ 6 ; aud I am lather of sixteen children , namely , ten sons aud six daughters ; and the best of my story in . that I have quit drinking liquor . I was born in 1789 . My name is Hope , aud 1 have : faith , and show charity .
Rebecca in 1727 ^— " About the latter end of February , 1726 7 , a petition was sent to Parlinment complaining of the badness of the roads about this city ( Bristol ) , and praying for relief , and provision for keeping them in good repair . In consequence of this , an Act of Parliament , 13 Geo . I ., 1727 , was obtained , and turnpikes wer « first erected hore about Midsummer , and toils collected for many days . But the country people showed a violent hostility to the measure , and great disturbances ensued , and the gates were soon out down and demolished ,
chiefly by the colliers , who would not suffer coal to be brought here , whereupon the Mayor had the city supplied from Swansea , which , whon tho ool'iers perceived , they brought their coals as usual . Soldiers assisted at the gates to take the toll , but the next nij ; ht , after the soldiers wt-ro withdrawn , the « ates were a ] 1 cut down a second tinaa , by persons disguised iu woman ' s apparel , and high-crowned hats . "—Memoirs of Bristol and ha NeiKhbourhood , by the Rev . Samuel Sever , Bristol . — London , 1823 , 4 to . Vol . 2 . p . 575 .
WoSDERvm ip Tkub . —The Cincinnati Chronicle reports that in digging oue of the salt welh o ! Kanawha , a vein of carburetted hydrogen ( it ¦ flammable gas ) waa struck , and that the gas comes up in large quantities , mixed with the salt wa * er . The proprietor has contrived to separate the gaa from the water , and while the water is conveyed into the boilers through oue set of pipes , the gas is conveyed in another set under the boilers , where it is inflamed , arid evaporatos the water . ;
CERITO . Cerito ;! Ceri | o 1 bow sylph-like thy form , What aerial grace thy light movements display , Thou seem ' st mid thw legion , of sorrow aud storm , Ad emigrant bright from the laud of the T » y . I have ; faith in the Metempsychosis of lowers Whein , 1 gate , fair Gerito , on thee , Of the sweetest that bloom in Italy's bowers Th' incarnation thou seemest to be ! The Charm of perennial youth wears tby faoe And radiant with beauty it glows , And unrivalled is tby Terpisohorean grace , Aa its peers are surpassed by tho rose .
Beautiful figurante ! Long may ' st thou shine , 0 / thy heart tho most dating and gloriouB star , And oh ! shonld thy health prematurely decline Seek : an antidote iu the Pills of Old Parr .
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The Common Salt of Paris is adulterated , some part with impure carbonate of soda , other part with iodine , and three specimens have been found containing small crystals of a bait of copper . Winter an » Sitmmeb , —At Rugeley , Warwicks hire , an old man of the name of Martin , of Longdon , aged aoventy-six , some ti me ago appeared at the altar with , a girl oVie » venteen aa hia intended bridb ; while her iister , two years older , was led thither by Martin's grandson ^ aged nineteen . Thus the old man has a brother in a grand ^ ou , and a sister ia his wife ; his spouse must submit to the vouerable epithet of grandmother from her elder sister , and the young man may address the damsel of seventeen as his grandmother or sister at pleasure ; while his wife may claita as her jusfc ri ^ ht , by reason of mature age , the submission of her sister , or may be ca'ied upon to exercise all ; the respectful docility ot a granddaughter towards her .
Russian Spies . —rTheve are Russian ambassadors at some courts who em ? oy spi"s in th ^ home oi ' the English minister , who can neiihtr receive a friend nor giye a ( limier without a cert ainty that some of the servants will report eve . y word that has passed on the occasion . Nor is it always to needy lacqueys that thesej yendemen trust for information . Pt r . sous who from ihdr profession and stauding in society ought to be j above such treachery , are often dragged in this base traffic . No Eu ^ lisliman would
stoop so low ; but ; there are foreiguers in English pay who carry tales from the table tin y < noe at . Iu addition to such auxiliaries , ihe Emperor has his regular bands of iwoll salaried scout ? , men aad women , Russian and native , in cvtry capital of Europe , whose duty it is to at-certain the sentiments of the leading men towards Russia , aad to keep the ambassador on the spot , or the political police at St . Petersburgh , acquainted with all that mav concern the views or wishes of the Emperor . —Bremner ' s Russia .
Caution to Young Females . —On Sunday se ' nnight the following adverctstment appeared in the dolmnna of The Dispatch : — " To Young Ladies .. ^—Wanted , a respeetjioio yoaniz femala , botweea sfxteeu aud twenty fiye years ot age , as companion to a lady residing in a ! retired village about 100 miles from Loudou . Salary £ 50 per annual . \ ddressy post-paid , stating full particulars , to B . H . W ., Postoffice , Barnes , Surrey . '' Such notice was calculated to attract great attention , and many were mo applicants for a i-ituation which seemed to offer more than ordinary advantages in these times ot competition and depression . One lady , a Mrs . W—— :, answered the advertisement wiinout delay , and the ruffianly advertiser sent the following letter in return :
— " B . H . W . ia sorry to state that the situation for which Mrs . W ' . — applied is filled up . At the same time B . H W . trusts the will not be offended at the liberty he takes in making her tho following offer . He will make her an ai / imal allowance sufficient to live respeotjably on , if she will place herself under his protection , assuring her that the utmost stCHtcy and honojjh ffiay bo relied on . B . H . W . is a young inau tw < mty-fi > e years of age . Should Mrs . W . feel inclined to accept this offer , the following advertisement j put into The Morning Herald , will be immediately attended to : ' S . W . accepts the offer of B . H . W . iWrite to appoint an interview . '" The conduct of this scoundrel reminds us of tbe doings of a fellow who , some time ago , endeavoured
to inveigle young girls into bis house at Chelsea , on pretence of requiring assistance in tke education of his daughters ; but whoso real object was the destruction of those yortBg . oxeatures who sought a situation at his hands . The-miscreant who advertised in The Dispatch tues the terms " honour" and ? ' seorecy . " What a misapplication of the former i What honour can bo expected ft-ona a fellow who protended that he required the services of a young female in the capacity of companion to a young lady ; but whose subjeot was to sacrifice tho first girl or woman who miuht fall into his hands at tne shrine of lust ! We have thought it worth while to allude to this
advertisement , seeeiug , that ere this , he may have secured a victim , and in that case , to acquaint tho friends of the unfortunate creature , if she have any , the deplorablo situation she ! must be placed in , so that they may take immediate steps to rescue her from ruin , and bring the adyertisiwg scoundrel to exposure and punishment . It ia impossible to guard against the insertion of such jadvertiseoaents an these , when , upon their face every thing appears fair and honourable ; but we shall never 'ail to denounce the authors as villains when wo-find th » ir object is to rob virtue of its brightest roward , or when a descent upon the public is iutonded , tvith a view to speciously mfliot a robbery . — Weekly Dispatch .
Mr . Gheqory Ajyp thk Lettbiis . —Thd London police investigationjinto tbe charge brought by Mr . Thomas Wentworth Beaumont ' s cast-off mistress , against Mr . Baruard Grrgory , of the Satirist , of . keeping sundry boxos of letters for the purpose o ; extorting money , has terminated in Mr . Gregory , being ordered to pay £ 7 , the value of the boxes and some French coiu ? which they contained . The letters , thorefore , j wiil iv > t bo restored . Mr . Valr lance , the solicitor Ifor Miss Burgess , the prosuoutrix , had stated that Mi \ Gregory had demanded £ 2 000 for the ransoca of the letters ; but there was not a shadow of proof produced to sustain this allegation , j
Abatement of Rent . —Thomas R . Burnes , Esq ., has cunsi' 1 'jratply givpn d-rtc ions to hia a ^ snt , John Hutchinson , E ? q ., iof Ciiurch Jerpoint , 10 make an abatement of fifteen per cnt . to his tenantry on the lands of Baw-kea , j Ktikfwuy , diiriug the continuance of the present aepr s ^' -on in the prices of agricultural produce . ;
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en ' . incl , which produced the utmost horror aimng Iht crowd . Mian Mair * va « born five weeks aftar the daftfh of bis fatoer . His mother having married again , he left tbe paternal ctwpllir . % at nins yesra otaga His mother , thinking he was lut :, advertised him in the newspapers of the day , the knowledge of which affrrwBrris reached him , but did not bring bira home . He bad sjona . to England at that early age , where he rein ' iiued , employed as a dtover , for twenty-five years . He waa n ^ -x * em * ployed to conduct 160 merino sheep , nelonginsr f o the Earl of Selkirk , to his settlement upon the RM R 7 « r , in North America , For thie job bereeeiwd 160 ^ ubraa . After remaining therefor a few weeks , he nvule his way to Naw York , where he got into the « mp !<>? Hi-6 ii %
of Mr . Lloyd , an exteniivo doalar and shipgar . He xras employed b 7 him principally- in buying grain to bs ground into fluctr . Here lie wbs doing well , -anti K-tviag n » oney , and getting every day more intathe & ¦ r i ^ 1 ? nce of his master . He was then placed on unipti . ' .: f , fa one of Mr . Lloyd ' s ships , as supercargo . Tt ' . ' . < vessel traded regularly between New York and E '" - ' ? - ' . a In Jamaica . He continued in tbe trade upwards < , f f > ut years , when , by Bonae meati « , ha lrarusd 'hat Uis motbar was engaged in a law plea . Ha thon ret-. » nad . to Scotland , bringing with him 2 00 O guineas . * ' ! i ; c& all went to the lawyers ia & very short time , wbicb it seems , while it directed bis mind to litigation =. t tho same time rendered him sour , aud perhaps b < - --tu 'vhafc misanthropic .
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PUNCH AND THE SHEFFIELD FORK GRINDERS . Man , in his present social atate , may be renr - r ,: ed by bis fork . Look at it with philosophic <*>» -., > t ; s nil typa—his very self—the visible and tangible sivu n hia worldly worth . What an outcast ; is "he wli < * < ui « no fork 1 Wiiat a Pariah—what a raertJ uriiiu ; . ' ^ ho picks bis fitful meal , not with threa prong * , * v . x ten fingers ! And , then , bow great the ari « i > '' ¦ av . y of prongs ! How very different tfce metal and ' tf-o workmanship . Consider , too , tlie hypocrisy of fork ^ ., nd deny , if you can , that the said bypoorby has m u- the spirit of the times .
We repeat it ; as with forks , so with m ^ . Tha screeching vice of our day—a vice V . ai bc ; -w io heaven—is for every man to appear at least so ; ¦• . ilvcr to his neighbour ; and , so that the app * &r :- * ncf t * p euccessfully put en , ths real worth of tbe metal if- of Uttie matter . Tens of thousands of men—of men of preci- > -. « metal as they seem—what are they but Britannia ( Bt ! a fu-sa ? What thi'ir daily labour behind th « counter , " pon the mart , and in th « highways , but to rub r . nd puii _ u ibim * selves into a silver lock ! Nowcome we to tun plain , unsophisticated , h- u-vbold instrument , the plebeian of forks—the fork of ixoa . ' . ' -hat a terrible history may haDg about it J Of all tbe JiraUjr of forks , how wretched !
Glorious is the fork of gold , doing iU dainty uoik at royal and noble tables . Comfortable—yen , v .: i < - comfortable—th&fork of solid silver , visiting tbe " . m" M of ease aud competence . Well to do , enur&h » tnort- it 'Udful fork *—forks of all imaginable metals th * t a . «\ msa for silver I But , sometimes , sad indeed the fatv . <• : ' torJc of iron ! Sad in tho scanty food it picks from -us the poor man ' s dish . ! Ss . d in its long solitude , rur . i u , ia cupboard t Here are two forks—silver and iron . A vjil-aiid healthy artificer waa he who made tke pi-tclou .- ' tk ; and it was sold into some goott man ' s family—a jo . d , probperous , easy , well-feeding man . . This eiW :. furk hath smacked its prongs at a thousand Iueui' ' It knows the fat of venison—can tell what groust > :. •¦ rjida of!—has bad the ruby gravy gush from the surloia beneath its claws . V « al , lamb , and muttoo r ..- « its constant acquaintances , ia all their vapid variety . The silver fork could write a cookery book , ducouidag practically .
What says the fork of iron ? Why , It came into -he worid as death's weapon ; and such was its fate - it fell into the hands of the poor—aud scarcely kwwe the fcisfce of meat . How vras it made , a ^ d w bat s » - ' - -Mis did the said iron fork award to its maker ? Or . Oaj v ,. rz Holland shall tell us . A bo- *—a terrible book—called The Vital St > xasties of Sheffield— teas just been published , iu whicii tt : « tragic history of the won forfe-sfltinrter may be read by th » * ona and daughters of the Silver Fork with some profit , perhaps . Dr . Holland eaya : —
•• Fork-grinding is always performed on s dry stnr-e ; and in this consists tbe peculiarly destructive en j'ictar of tbe branch . In tbe room in which it is carried on there are generally Irom eight to ten individus ;! . ' at work ; and tha dust which is created , composed < x the ae particles of s one and mstal , rises in clouds ar ..-t ¦ . ¦ ¦ er-Jades the atmosphere to which they are confined . The * just which is thus every moment inhaled , gradually un" trmiuea the vigour of the constitution , and produces P ermanent disease of the lungs , accompanied by a > J >< : My ° f breathing , covs . h and a u-astbtg of the aniuuU fru . iie , often at the early aye of Ivstmty-fioe /" Here are thoutuits that might sometimes spoil a good man's dinner . Dr . Holland
proceeds"It is found , on examination , that among ninotyseven men , about thirty at this moment are suiSsriti ? , in various degrees , from the disease peculiar to this < kk * hpation , and which ia known , by the name—gtr-dirV asthma . The dieeasa is seated in the lungs and the atrpausa / es , and the progress of it is accompanied with ths gradual dtsorganizition of these important organ- * . In its advanced stases , it admits neither of cure nor of any material alleviation . In the early '* stages , trie » T ! iy tflioietit remtitty is thtj withdrawal from the irflu ^ oot ; at the exciting cause ; but hvw is this to be < fi cc « d by men who depend from day to day upon ttieir lab > ur . jud whoss industry , from early life , bas been cor . fic !« ri to -. aQ particular branch ? Here , then , is tha melancbolj Xwh —that neaHy one third of this class of artisans , in addition to th » poverty and Y » etchediKiss common ta the whole , is in a stats of actual disease—and disease tuhick no art can curt . "
" . ooo death * of persons above twenty jaars of a « re , the proportion between twenty and twerity-n * n » years , in England and Wales , is annually ISO , la Sheffield , 18 i ; but among the fork-grinders , the prpt > - > rtion is the appalling number 475 : so that between these two perVofo , three in this trade die to one in tho kingdom generally . " Such is the history ot tbe Iron Forte It is De . th ' a most bandy wea ^ o . i J Upon the very threshold oi i ; fe it sUbs men in tbe lungs ; deals a wound which adapts of neither cure nor alleviation , but sands them couf , bitig ia their grave * at twenty-five 2
Oh , reader ! tnou m&yest be a Gold Fork ; t ! ' ~ n mayeat be solid Silver ; nay , Britannia M *" . a »—• tju ^ n ' a Metal—Gorman Silver—British Plate ! Yet , wini-- ? , t
thon art , us tbe daily fork visits tby month , BonmLiiuoa think ot the Fork of Iron—of the deatti it a ^ ar . i- , ' jj maker—of the scanty meal it helps to thousands ! T v r k of this ; and though tbe thought may somutitnt- > -, ¦ U a tootksonie morsel , 'twin fill thee with thank * io < v y exemption , and teach the © tenderness towarae tb « t . fi « re . r . Teiriblw is tue s « rmoa preached to other F > ¦ a - . . j tho Fork of Iroa ! - Punch . - ¦¦ ¦ - ~~ ~~ ' - ... _ , „
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct S— i \ e demand for all kuids of English Wheat was rath . jt duli , and the factors were compelled to give way ia their drimanda aboiic Is per qr . For Foreign Wheat at an abatement of 4 a per qr . In grain ucdir lo' ^ s nothing doing . Eir ^ lish and Foreign Barley at fj ; : l currencies ; th «» value of all other kinds was wivi d fficahy supported . In Malt no variation to no :: ' :, Iu Irish Oita tho rates ruled easier . Beans , Fidl ,
and Flour as last noted . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Mont . kv , Oct- 9 th . —Tao Beef irade wasinastateofcoop . ' . ' e'a stagnation , the oxfreme figure for the very ' -best S : v , a did hoc exceed 3 n 10 d per 81 b . ; all other quu .-. n-s suffered an abalt-ment of fully 2 d per 81 b . 5 > tj'je { , » - prime old Dow . is from 4 s to 4 i 4 d per 8 tb , o ' S :-kinds as an abatement of quite 2 d per 816 . V . Ll quit < - 2 d per 8 ib louver than on Monday last . Pora at late rates .
Borough Hop Market . —We have received a very large quantity of new Hops for our markka since this day se ' oi » : gh' ; still y however , the deoi £ i > 1 for most kinds id to .-rably active , at full prices . Tua duty is not estimated at more than £ 135 , 000 . ' Borough and Spitalfiblds . —For Potatoes th ? demand is tolerably active , at from £ 3 5 ^ £ 5 10 s pec ton . Wooi , Markets —By private contract a sfcw ? 7 business is doir . ^ in most descriptions , aad prev&S rates are freely supported . * TAixow .-There is but little alteration to nonca in our remarks on . tha Tallow Market thia Oiiv Ihc maikei is firm , with but little dome .
Manchester Corn Market , Satubdat , Oct 7 —There was only a limited inquiry for Wheat a& our market this moruiusr , and the beat qualifies of English and Irish must be quoted fully 2 d pet 7 olb lower thau on this day week . Of Fiour tber ^ was a more plaatii ' u ! show of sampl 93 than for som * time pa » t , and in -he Bale 3 made , fetors were cr » apelledto submit to a decline of 61 to Is per 280 ..= ? . Oats were Id yer 4 Sib , aud Oatmeal ( both old aa . <* new ) 6 J per 250 ib cheaper . Liv «; bpool Corn Mabkst , Mondat , Oct . 9 Since this day se ' nnight we have had jtarga impon-jr tionB of Wheat , coas t wise and from Ireland , w *» i liberal supplies of Irish Oats and Oatmeal , and a fair quantiw of Floor . There are also report- d 6 144
qra of Wheat * ud 17 , 600 barrels of Piour froa abroad . With the increased supply of faish ne ^ Wheat , and only a moderate demand , wa have a quote a decline oi 6 d a buihel tot our prices for tnat gram- At Friday ' s market the best runs ef rod would not exceed 6 s lOd per bushel cheaper . Ficur has goue off lew freely , though oflferad on r&ikte easier terms . Oats have continued ; to / meet alimited sate . Oatmeal , has also moved ^ slowly . 'Choice mealing qualities of-the former have been disposed of at 2 i 5 h < i per 45 ! iw , and 21 s par lead is an extreuui pnoe for new Meal—a reduction of lhd . pvr bu&i / el aud lb psr load respectively from * . the > ratfts ot last weak . Tiie trau 3 actaons in either Barley ^ Beav . a Or Peas , have been quite in retail s and as rather Itm money .
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The Pjctorial Spelling Book , and First Book op Toys fob Childbkn . By John Ellis . Cl « ave , London . These are well arrauged little books ; the former , price 3 J-, the latter , 2 d ., well calculated to make "the child the father of the man . "
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Several publications , including : " The Artixin " " Philanthropist , " " Errors of Emigrants ^ ' £ o ., we must defer noticing till our nexc .
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THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . No . 7 , Vol . 2 , is almost h ' . led with an account of FathiJ MathevV ' s visit to rhe M
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The ENGLISH NON-IN TRUSTONIST ; ob Nob-THBBN LlOHTS ON SoDHHKRN LATITUDES . This is a publication , as its name betokens , devoted to the Non-Intrusion cause . It is also anti-Puseyite . Of the form ** it is th © Ptauuch defender j and ot the latter the fierce opponent . It is a publication that , in the present exoited state of the religious world on these questions , will , no doubt , command the attention of a large number of readers . It is published by Thomas Hodj ^ on , Newcastle-upon-Tyue , and Simpkin and Marshall , London .
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MURDER ACCORDING TO LAW ! I Execution op I Allan Maib . —Oh Wednesday , tha 4-b Inst ., Allan | Malr , who w » a convicted at la « it Circuit Court at Stirling o' murdering an old woman , S 5 years of age , b ^ reputed wife , underwent the extreme penalty of the ; law in tbe above town . We tike the following particulars ( abritigud ) from a Scotch paper : — j After the trial , the utmost effort waa made by the authorities of the town to obtain n remission of the sentence , and a petition wns forwarded to the Secretary of Sfcvte fov that pmpose . bnt tlie answer returned waa that the " law must take its course , which was immediately communicated to the unfortunate man , who manifested no degree of fp ^ lirg until tho
day and hour were mentioned , when he was quite overcome , and gave vent to his feelings in a tow burst of crying triid lamentation Limg hcfo * e tht * time tppointed for fiu execution the front of the Court House was crowded by an immense mot ) , am « ni » whom wr-re many women with children in their arms . On eiHenug the cell in to « gaol where the culprit was con ' naui ] , we found the R" » . Messrs . Leitch ' and Starfe in earnost pra 7 er with him . At twelve minutes pust eight o ' clock , the Bjv . Mr . Ltitch caton int 6 tb > " < -mrt-roorn . arid wan followed hy fcho prisoner , half carried- by the Rev Mr . Stark , and the man who had been guarding hint ull niyhl . At this moment the spectacle ** us most tiaiuiliatiruj—a hoaty old man , in his 83 d or 8 HA year , dent together with age ¦
and menial suffering ' an . l oppressed wish ttve mouths ' imprisonment his whole appearance indiccttitig the utmost deg ) ee of human frailty borne down with the intense idea of gn ' e / , struggling to bear up against what he considered the greatest injustice . ! . On it » e ext-cutiont-r making hia appearance . au < t comjnenciufi : to pimon the prisoner's aim * , the poor creature said— ' ¦ You need not do it very t'Shlly , as I intend to make rio resistance . My only wish is to have it soon over . ' ' At this nmu hu was a # <> . od de . il affected , aud tears were tiowing . We now thousjlxt that the idea of a speech up « n the scaffold had-ioft him , but we were mistaken ; for b < " hed bw-n making up bis mind to this lust ; r > ortive trT rt for vintiletting his innocence . ¦
He wos then condnct ^ d the RCBffoId between two officers , being half carried , and quite bent , as when brought into tbo court-roo ; i . Bsii > g placed upon the drop , he was accommodated wiih a chair , uron which he was no sooner pla < jtd . than ha bes ; an the contemplated speech , ¦ which ciintinu » d nearly ten minutes . From the hollow , sepulchral tone iu which he expressed himself in the court-room we wer « apprehensive that not a word of what he * aid would have been understood by the people ;) but we wera mistaken , for , when he got to the fresh air , antf felt himsof » t case upon the chair , and saw the immense crowd gathered thick together , he assumed : a courage greater thin we thought his advanced aga alone could b- ve allowed to remain , to say nothing of the other circumstances in which he was placed . As he advanced " , in his harangue , be got more and more antrajito'l , hurlino ; flre aud brimsioae , death and damnation , both . temporal and eteraui , upon i
all , with th © exception of the Jiki ^ b a ; U Jury , who b * d any part In his appreu « n 8 i"ii , cx . tnunu < a' :-ou , an . ! trial . Scott ' s Meg Memlies , breaking the Wind of peace in tha presence of Qoiifr ^ y B « itram , aud denouncing against him the heatiesc enrsba , or even SliokHpeie ' g Margaret of A'ljin , when personated by Mrs . Siudons , would be but poor imitations of the burning earnestness with which Allan Mair , upon the usaff-rid , devoted his victims to everlasting destruction . Not & net ve quivered . nor did bis eye blench , while his arms , pinioned as tkey were , obeyed tho Indignart fire within , and told to those who could not hear , that denunciation and not prayer was actuating hia mind . He asserted his innocence most solemnly ;! charged ttse minister of his parish with framing falsehoods against him ; stated that he had not been allowed to bring up witnesses on hia trial , who could have clearly substantiated bis innocence .-,, an'i that he was not allowed to write letters to nis wituesaas
He charged other parties with being guilty of the crime for which he was to Buffer . " Ha was , " he said , " no murderer . He neverj committed murder , and he said thttse things as ft dyiag wan , just passing into the presence of God . But he was condemned as a murderer by the lies of the minister , by the injustice of a sheriff and fiscal , and by the perjury of toe witnesses and he trusted that for this : conduct all these parties would be overtaken by the vengeance of God , and sent into everlasting damnation ! When the executioner was adjust ' ing tke while cap aniiho rope , lie again gave audible vent to his pent-up jedings ' \
There was much paint given to hit heavy denunciations by their being jittered in au antiquated Swntish dialect , now fast dyinp out . Precisely at aeten minutes to nine o ' ciock the signal waB given , the drop feil and the unhappy man wais launched into eternity . There were , however , several , convulsive struggle * before life was
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct672/page/3/
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