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AN INVOCATION TO THB SPIRIT OF HOLBERBT . H&Q ! mighty spirit o £ the dead ! Ol fill eadi tyrant hesrt with dresd , And freedom ' s » ons inspire ; That they may gain the glorious causa For which thoa felTst to class-made laws , A sacrifice so dire . Tho * bant thy chains then ' st not forgot , The proud man ' s Boorn—the poor man ' s lot . Freedom thine eye once fired ! Injustice qnail'd before thy gsze ; And monster tyrants stood amazed ; Whilst liberty admired ! In mercy Fore the enHjmons came From high , to quench that noble flame , When justice stood apart ; Thy godlike soul too strait confin'd , For sneh a bold cap 3 cioaa mind , Now animates each heart .
And may it sttil pursue its flight , Dispel the mists and gloom of night , And shine like mid-day ' s enn , Till free-born Britons own thy worth , And shout , ¦ while despots crouch to earth ; Our nation ' s freedom won . Edwix Gill . Rhsfisld .
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CHARTIST SOXG . I said to my father a Chartist I'd be . He said if I vras he would never own me ; " Farewell then , " I cried , " to the old bouse at home , Far awsy o ' er the hilia for the Chatter I'll roam . " I left all my friends , ¦ who now had turn'd foes , I left my dear love for the sate of the causa ; Th = re was never a tear , bat a smile in my eye , For I thought of the Charter and sweet liberty . I spole to cur lads , and I said " come with me , - Yon ' Te been slaves long enough —tia time you were free . " Their eyes scarf d with fire , and it made my blood
warm , So I cried out , at once— " to arms , my lads—arm !'' Oh ( rod , all I asfc , before I do die , Is to strike a good strcke for sweet liberty ; " So come !—who'll be first ?— 'tis time to begin ; CoEe draw your good swords lads—come draw and strife ta . " J . W .
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THE SCOTTISH PATRIOTS INVOCATION TO FREEDOiL 0 come Hie a soft breeze , embalm'd with the breath Of the pine-scented groves of " the land of . the free ;" A garland of heath-flowers onr maidens shall wreath , A tribute , fair daughter , of heaven to thee . 0 come not with war ' s bloody banners unfarled , The grief of the frido-sr and orphan to share ;" To the cast , from his might , let liie tyrant be hurled , Nor sink our fond hopes in the gloom of despair . No flowers of the " -sunny south" garnish our plains , No pals droopin ; lily the rude clif t adorns ; Where nature enthron'd in Hublimity reigns , With the eagle's dark brood in the region of EtCTUlS .
Oar mountains are bleak , and our moorlands are : wild , Wbe % the dun-deer unfettered bounds fearless and free ; But the hands which the bonds of the tyrant have foiled , Shall rear , lovely freedom , an altar to thee , No bugla shall ¦ vrake from ths heath-covered cot , - Th ? . sons of the mountain to carnage and blood ; Bat sof : as the sighs of love ' s vai'ry shall float , The soul-stirriag strain arcusd freedom ' s abode . And fondly our children shall kneel at the shrine , That their fathers had reared * on the soil of the free , And smiling , the love-breathing maiden shall twine , A chaplet , fiir daughter of heaven , to thee . ClXTHA . Alloa , April , 1 S 42 .
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- £ PD > ~^ ASC ? is a sober reality . If men are temf ?» B they will be industrious—if industrious they " * " » e economical—if economical they wiU save * H ^~ H" ^ saTe money they will have a wherej-m . en a rainy day , including economy , industry a reniperaace the exports will always regulate Eseives
" « , -whatever the revenue may be , £ lskore , Sepi . 18 . —The Hhip William , Captain r'Ppen , from Dundee , which cleared cnt here to-day fc ^ T- T 3 Jage frcm Dundee to Narta , picked up , * - « . UncesEas , nine Ecssan sailors , pan of the Vrf . of a Russian ship of the line , who had been ~^ Bg scour at sea for forty-eight hours on logs of C . Tke Captain saw the ' ship at the distance of failles , and observed nine men , who had clamps 4 Tip ibe Eides . A Norwegian steamer was % * g to save the people , but it was probable that ^ great er p art of the men composing the crew -e atownei-flsinJKroi paper .
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HTJDDEKSFIEXJJ . —Cricket . —On Monday last aI iriatch at Cricket came off on the Dalton Ground , "hear Hnddersfield , between the Heckmondwike Commercial and the Huddersfield Britannia Clubs , for ten shillings a man . The following ia a correct statement of the game . Heckmondwike went in first , and scored twenty-fiTe . Huddersfie'd next took the bat and scored fifty-one , when Heckmondwike again took the bat and scored fortyseven , leaving the Britannia twenty-one to get to win , which they did with nine wickets to fall . The day was clondy yet favourable for the game . Only one event happened which tended to mar the pleasures of the day , and it was one of so aggravated a nature that to pass it over unnoticed would add to the crime . The front room of the White Hart
( belonging to Mr . G . Berry ) was occupied by the members of both clubs , to which it was understood no other persons could have access . It further appears that many members of the Britannia bad provided themselves with food for the day , and after the first innings they repaired to the room to partake of the same , but on examining their pockets they found all gone . Who the hungry visitors were could not be ascertained ; yet if none but players had access to the room , the conclusion is inevitable ; if , on the contrary , strangers were allowed , in the absence of any member or members , which was quite possible , then the proprietor of the house was highly culpable for such gross neglect . However , as " experience makes fools wise" more precautionary measures will be taken in fntore . —From a Correspondent .
A Man found drowned . —On Saturday morning , a man named Joseph Bentley was found nsar St . Paul ' s Church , laid on ths ground , with his face in a well of wa' . er . Life was qaite extinct when he was found . An inquest wa 3 held over the body the same day , when a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned . BEADFoED . - Serious Accident . —On Friday an old man of the name of Wiiliam Pyrah , of Clayton was going down his chamber steps when a dhziness took him and he fell headforemost thereby injuring himself ia a shocking nanner . He now lies in a dangerous state . Robbebt . —On Friday night last , the outhonse of Mr . John Riley , farmer , Clayton , was broken into and all the poultry was taken away .
bTTiTiTwQHAM , kkab Stockton-upon-Tee 3 . — The inhabitants of this pleasant little village were thrown into a state of great confusion on Sunday evening last , by the Rev . Gibson , vicar of the parish , being suspended from an ash-trea in his own garden . The Rev . Gentleman read the service , and preached a sermon , in the morning , but seemed at a loss how to proceed ; in short , it was the leading topic of conversation in the parish in the afternoon . He said to some of the inmates of his house , " I havfl taken some pills , therefore , must go out . " This
was about ten o'cloek in the evening ; it , however , appeared clear enough afterwards that it was merely a pretence ; he had not taken any pills . His brothers , in conjunction with his mother and siBter , thonght he was longer than he need be in coming in , they , therefore , went into the garden , and to their surprise and sorrow found him as above stated , quite dead . The jury sat on Monday , and returned a verdict of Insanity . The doctors Bay that the insanity ha 3 been produced by too deep and laborious study , he bsing a man of bat weak intellect . — Correspondent .
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The Kikg op Hanover , who has recovered from his late attack , left Dasseldorf for his capital on the 16 th . It is said that the Queen and Prince Albert , with the im ' ants , will go to Brighton at the end of October , to remain at the Pavilion for a month or six weeks . A Fire took Place at Whitbread ' s brewery on Wednesday morning , in consequence of the gasometer being overcharged . It was got under after congiderable damage had been done . At the Council at Windsor on Saturday directions were given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest and favourable season . —Standard .
Smoking . —The moment a man takes to a pipe he becomes a phelosifer : it is a poor man ' s friend—it calms the mind , soothes the temper , and makes a man patient under trouble . It has made more good mtn , good husbands , kind masters , indulgent father ? , and hones * fellers , than any otner blessed thing in this universal world . —Sam Sikh . The Ukited States—The packet-ship Independence , Captain Nye t which sailed yesterday for New York , carried out more goods than any of the packetships for some time , yet her freight did nos exceed £ 170 . With passase-money , however , Captain Nye would have nearly £ 1 , 000 ; a large sum , as times go . —Liverpool Albion . We bays heard that the military force in Canada is to be reduced immediately , and that , should the war in China continue , several regiments will proceed from America to the east . —Xaval and Military Gazette .
A Grand Banquet to Sharman Crawford , Esq . M . P ., and Joseph Sturge , Esq , in honour of the principles of complete suffrage , will be held in the City Hall on the 3 rd of October . Several members of Parliament , Mr . Vincent , and other friends of the people , will be present . Mr . Humo has likewise been invited , but no answer has yet been received from him . —Glasgow paper .
Special Commission . —The Rioters . —An official communication was on Sunday received at the Town Hall , from Sir Jame 3 Graham , staling that a special Assize is to be holden at Liverpool for the trial of the prisoners now in custody on charges connected with the late disturbances in the neighbouring portioas of the manufacturing districts . No day is named . —Liverpool Times . The Rail asd the Turf . —A horse belonging to Lord Eglintoun ran at Doncaster on Monday , was transferred to Leicester by the North Midland and Midland Counties Railways , and won a race at the races of that town en Wednesday , and was afterwards transported back to Doncaster to run a third time there on Thursday . —Doncaster Chronicle .
The King of Prussia . —The King of Prussia has had a gold medal struck in his own dominions , for the purpose of presentation to the most distinguished artists who may come under his especial approval . It is of solid gold , weighing 20 dwts ., and is very tasteful in its arrangement . Loss of a Russian Man of War . —A Russian ship of the line , a new 74 , going from Archangel to the Baltic for her stores , was lost last Sunday week , on the Coast of Norway , off Christiaasand , with about 400 men . The wind was a high northerly gale , off the land , and it is not known whether she sprang a leak or was ont of her reckoning .
On Saturday evening last , the cner at Wisbech was employed to annonroe that a certain tradesman in the ton-n had received a quantity of foreign pottedbeef , which he could sell at 4 ^ d . per pound . The crier had no sooner finished his round , than he was engaged by a butcher , to inform the public that he was selling good potted-beef at 2 i-i . per pound . — Stamford Mercury . Four Beautiful Spanish stallions arrived at Windsor orz Wednesday , presents from Isabel ! the Second of Spain : o Victoria of England . They have iar ^ e heads and necks , flowing manes , more than iburtecn inches long , and very large and lorg tail 3 . The queen kept two , a cream-coloured one and a skewbald one ; and gave two to the Prince , a bay and a brown .
The French Papers said lately that the resist at ce of the natives in Algiers was almost entirely subdued ; bnt the last accounts , to the 10 th instant , state that the autumn campaign will be on an extensive scale ; a number of tribes who had made their submission having evinced hostile dispositions since they had secured their crops . Singular Accident . —About half-past eight o ' clock on Thursday night , Henry Maine , a child two years old , whose father is a respectable master baker , and resides at No . 7 , Chichester-place , Gray ' s Innroad , attempted to swa-low a halfpenny , which stuck in his thro 3 t , aud he was seized with violent convulsions , and became bl » vck in the face . It fortunately happened that 2 \ lr . Lister , the surgeon , was passing as Mrs . Mayne , was rushing into the street with the child in her arms , after many attempts , an length succeeded in extracting the halfpenny from the child ' s throat .
Mcrdsr . —On Saturday the village of Hoagley , near Oakham . wa 3 thrown into excitement at the discovery of a murder of the most atrocious description . For some time past an old man , lamed Reynolds , who had no visible means of existence ( but was supposed to have been afarmer in the neighbourhood ) , had resided in the village . His house was observed for several days to bo closed ; at leugth it was thought advisable to enter it , when the poor old man was discovered on the floor of his bed-room literally soaked in his blood . His face was eo beaten as almost to defy recognition . Numerous articles of clothing were lying about the floor .
Desperate Conflict with Poachers . — On Friday morniDg , about one o ' clock , a desperate affray touk place on Lord Gage ' s estate at West Firle , near Lewes , between two of his Lordship ' s gamekeepers and two poachers , named Day and Harvey , living ia two of the adjoining villages . Poaching having been carried on most extensively of late , in the preserves , the keepers had been instructed to keep a sharp look out for the marauders , and at the time named two of them found the poachers in the act of taking game by means of nets . The keepers attempted to take them into custody , but met with a determined resistance from the poachers , who laid about with their bludgeons in such a manner as to disable both the keepers , one of whom , named Turner , has snstained such serious injnry that his life is considered in jeopardy . The poachersjtften made ofi .
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Hail Storm . —A . dreadful hail storm , accompanied by thunder and lightning , visited the neighbourhood of Egglestone , near Middleton-in-Teesdale , on Wednesday last . The electric fluid struck the chimney of the turnpike-gate-house , which it descsnded , and forced out two of the windows . Eight members of the family which inhabited it it were in the room at the time , all of whom escaped unhurt , except a little boyj who was knocked down and suffered a Blight braise on the face . A dog lying , by the fire-side was killed on the spot . Our co-respondent adds that snow , eight or ten inches thick , was lying at the hedge sides at the above place yesterday . —Durham Chronicle .
Dover . —On Saturday last , a large anchor , weighing about nineteen or twenty cwt ., and supposed to be from a Dutch foundry , was brought into Dover harbour . It was found four days before , about fifty miles from this place , in the German Ocean , opposite ( he North Foreland , but at some distance out at sea , by some fishermen , in whose nets it became entangled . Having obtained assistance from some other boats , they lashed a cable to it , and it was finally brought on shore . From its appearance at present , it is thought to have been sunk fora period little short of twenty years . It is , however , still in good preservation , the arms , which are of wood , being apparently as sound as when first cut . —Kentish Observer .
Singular Occurrence . —A few days ago , as a person of the name of Charlesworth , of Darloy Dale , was crossing the moors on his way to Chesterfield , he stopped to rest himself on a heap of stones by the road side , during which time he chanced to cast his eyes on a viper or adder , within a few yards of his resting place , coiled up in folds upon the road . There being something , he imagined , rather singular in the manner of the reptile , he watched its movements for a few minutes . The traveller ' s curiosity had nearly proved of serious consequenoe , for the poisonous vermin , having partially raised itself , darted at him with all its force , though it luckily passed over his shoulder , with only slightly grazing his hat , and afterwards escaped into an adjoining plantation . Tie people of that district of the moors denominate these attacks made by the adders as " adder bolts . " —Doncaster Gazette .
Waterspouts . —Sundebland , Sept . 22 . —Yesterday several waterspouts were seen off this coast about ten or twelve miles from the land . They assumed the appearance of inverted cones , and ultimately burs : ; an immense body of water fell from each ; the lower parts totally disappeared , and the summits amalgamated into a dense body resembling a thick cloud . Thunder-storm . —ThiB city was visited yesterday by a violent thunder-storm , which continued , with some intermission , for about two hours , beginning about half-past twelve oclook , and being accompanied throughout with a tremendous Ml of raiu
and hailstones . Several of the flashes were extremely vivid , and the thunder burst immediately over the city , and at no great distance from the surface . The electric fluid struck a chimney on Summer-hill , and slightly shattered its wall , but . we have not heard of any serious injury inflicted by it . The rain fell with great force , aud some of the hailstones were of enormous size- We trust that the fine weather which we have just passed was taken due advantage of for the business of the harvest , as tho weather would now appear to be effectually broken , and much damage must have been inflicted by the hail and rain of yesterday on any ripe and heavy corn exposed to its fury . —Dublin Freeman ' s Journal of Thursday .
American Packets . —Three American packets , the Cambridge , the Siddons , and the Monongahela , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday . By all these vessels the number of emigrants returning to this country i 3 very great . The Cambridge brought 200 steerage passengers ; the Siddons had 240 in the steerage and S 4 in the cabin ; and the Monongahela had 100 in the steerage . The return of these persons , many of them in a state of great destitution , is sufflcientiy indicative of the prosperity of the United States at tho present moment , or rather the absence of it . The freights , from the same cause , are small in amount and iow in price , the Cambridge having only brought £ 400 on freight , the Siddons £ 420 , and the Monongahela a still more trifling amount .
Death from Hydrophobia . —Yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , an inquest was held at the New BaiJey prison , before Mr . Rutter , the county coroner , touohing the death of William Tankard , of Salford . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was imprisoned for one month for the non-payment of the penalty aud costs for au assault , of which he had been convicted before two magistrates at Heap . On Monday last , whilst washing his hands he was suddenly taken with a shaking and shivering . He was taken into the hospital , and attended by Mr , Barton Stott , surgeon of the prison , whom he informed that ho had been bitten in the hand by a dog about six weeks ago . Mr . Stott ordered a basin of water to be brought , and he was convinced from the shock which the deceased experienced by
the sight of it , that he was affected with hydrophobia . Mr . Stott procured the assistance of Mr . Jordan , and they administered some emetics ta the patient , cupped and blistered him , and used every means in their power to afford him some relief . They visited him frequently , and two of ?* lr . Siott ' s pupils remained up with him all Wednesday night . During that night the patient was perfectly tranquil , and the paroxysms were plight , bat he did net sleep at all . The medicines operated as the physicians wished ; and the patient continued in a composed state till about half-past three on Thursday afternoon , when he was seized wi ; h violent paroxysms . At four o ' clock he was visited by Dr . Hulme and Mr . Thorpe , Mr . Jordan having previously obtained permission of the magistrtes to call them in . Mr . Stott and Mr . Jordan administered more medicine to the
patient after which the attacks became less violent . At a quarter-past twelve o ' clock on Thursday night another severe fit ca-ma on , and be expired immedidiately aftervyards . During Wednesday he took bread soaked in hot water , but could not take it in cold . He also drank ( though with great difficulty ) coffee from a teapot . During some of his severe paroxysms it required six or eight men to hold bico . He stated , before his death , that / the dog that bit him had a chain and part of a rope about his neck . He appeared to have broken loose from his owner , and when the deceased attempted to lay hold of him he bit him in the hand , a little above the second joint of the thumb . The dog barked afterwards at some children in running away from the deceased . Verdict , * Death from hydrophobia , produced by the bite of a dog . "—Manchester Guardian .
Serious Riot in Airdrie . —On Thursday evening , a riot tcok placo in Airdrie , which for a time threatened the most serious consequences . The military , it appears , were withdrawn from the town that forenoon , and during the day more bustlo and excitement were observable in the streets than usual . No disturbance , however , was for a time apprehended , as the colliers in the neighbourhood had partly resumed work , and , as no disposition to outbreak had been manifested by the great body of them , still on strike , since shortly after the commencement of the dispute . Still no breach of the peace had ta&en place , and all might have passed over quietly enough , but on the arrival of five prisoners in the afternoon , on their way to Hamilton gaol , in custody of a party of Sheriff ' s officers , who
had been apprehended at Ballochney for a breach of engagement with their employers , or accused oi intimidation—the story is told both ways—the excitement increased , and the shopkeepers , apprehensive of a riot , shut their shops . At this time a meeting of the idle colliers was being held at the Potteries , in the vicinity of Coatbridge ; Dumbers of them were likewise congregated in various parts of the town of Airdrie ; and it W 43 , from circumstances which had been allowed to transpire , uuderstood that the rescue of the prisoners had been resolved upon . Upon the prisoners being brought to the town , application was made to have them lodged in one of the inns until tfcey could be examined by the authorities , but this , it is saw , the innkeeper refused , from fear of the mob destroyabout
ing his premises . About this time a band of 400 strange colliers , apparently from theeast appeared in the streets , and the officers in charge of the prisoners immediately took them to a public-house adjoining the inn . After some consultation amongst the mob the result was , that a rescue was determined en , and accordingly the houso where the prisoners were confined was attacked , anu , as great re ^ s -3 nce was offered , it was some time before au entrance was effected and the prisoners libeiiteo . The d < -or of the house was torn down , and a ; l tiie glass in the windows broken . The premises were completely gutted , and the liquor , furniture , g . tiss , &c , carried off or destroyed . Before this was accomplished the magistrates met opposite tnepisc- - where the crowd—uiumately amounting to upwarc .
of 1 , 500—had collected , and read the Riot Act ; cuas they had no military force at their command , they had just to look passively on during the t : me the disturbance wag going forward , without being able to take a single effective step towards pnttins a stop to the lawless proceedings . Several shots , we are informed , were fired by persons in the crowd during tho progress of the riot ; and before the house was gutted , the Sheriff ' s officers repeatedly nred blank out of the windows to intimidate the riotous assemblage . To this , however , they paid no attention , but proceeded determinedly to effeot their object . While this was going forward , the magis-Police
trates sent expresses for aid to tho Glasgow - office and to Sheriff Alison ; but before the Shenn , accompanied by Captain Miller , arrived , the rioters had dispersed and the town was quiet . The military did not arrive till yesterday morning . We are informed that the secretary of the Colliers' Association was apprehended in his own house late en Thursday night , and committed to gaol , but we have not heard npon what charge . The town wa 3 quiet yesterday . Two of the policemen who assisted the officers in repelling the attacks of the mob were slightly wouaded . The affair , we understand , is undergoing ft most rigid investigation . —Glasgow Courier .
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Conflagration in Rdssia . —St . Petersburgh . Sept . 16 . —We havo received here the melancholy news that th ? greater part of the city of Kasan , has been destroyed by lire . It is stated that 1 , 200 houses ( 400 of which w ^ reof stone ) 12 churches , the extensive magazino , and the university arc reduced to * 9 he ? . The dotailH are not yet onnw to hand . The Second St Petereburgh Insurance Company tea great loser by the fire . The chares which were lately sold at 410 to 415 rubles , are bow sold at 230 rubles . Several houses and forty warehouses , with goods , Ihave been destroyed by tire in the pity of Jaros ? aff . :
Pahis . —It is said that there has not been for mauy years pi « t so few English residents in Paris as during the present summer . The hotel keepers complain bitterlj of the abaenca of their best customer ^ , and many of the shopkeepers have no cause for rejoicing . The improved Facilities for travelling on the Continent cause tourists to explore Germany and the Rhiuc in preference to France , and the ' war fever" caused by M . Thiers has not yet sabsided sufficiently to induce ths English to make Pari 3 their abode as of old . The absence of our countryinen _ is , however , in some degree supplied by the Russians-, of whom there are groat numbers in the French capital . They are not , however , very popular with the Parisians , their habit * and customs being so widely different to those of our gay neighbours . —London paper .
An Uninvited Dinher Party . —A Staffordshire gentleman , or rather his lady , had au unlocked for vi-jit tho other day . When tbe diuner bell rang , some score or niora of unemployed men responded to the call , and tho master of the house being from homo his wifa w % a afraid to dismiss her unexpected guests . Dinner was therefore served up to them , and oon ^ uuvd with an excellent appetite . On the following day . encouraged by their good caeer , they again " answered the bell . " taking with them a number of their f riends , but the husband was now at home , and s < . nt them off without ceremony . —Gateshead Observer .
United States . —The New York paoket-ship Cambridge has arrived and .-brought intelligence to the l ^ t , one day later thau that received last week . The papers contain a message from the President to the House of Representatives , which constitutes a protest against the report of the Cotnmkteo of thirteen on th 8 lato veto . Mr . Tyler says thai ; he hold 3 the Executive Government in trust for the people : he shows that-, however unprecedented the mode iu which ha attained , the chief office , it was in a perfectly regular course , and therefore he had not " usurped" any power ; and be maintains , that however unusual , his exercise of « ho veto was also performed in a regular manner , and ia strict accordance with his s . ense of responsibility for the duties intrusted to him . He sajs , that had he been impeached before the Senate , ho would have met the a ciitatioa with firmness ; but he protests against the unfairness and " unconstitutionally" of Mr . Adams ' s report , adopted by the House . Congress was to re-assemblei iu three months .
A Female Sailor in Cardiff . —On Thursday week , just as the Lady Charlotte was about to sail from Cardiff , attention was drawn to a person iu a sailor's cfress , who was exhibiting money rather carelessly , aijd expressing great anxiety for the sailing of the packet . Perkins , a constable , accosted him , and on refusing to tive any account of how he got the money , or where he came from , took him to the S : ation-house . Mr . Superintendent Stockdale , after asking a few questions , sunpocto . i the apparent sailor boy was a girl , ' and chargea her with being so , which she resolutely denied . A woman was made to search her , and the young sailor turned out to be a pretty looking Welsh girl . Finding disguise to be useless , she gave an account of herself . Her assumed name as the sailor was Edward Williams , but her real one is Mary Divis . She is twenty years of age . She lived with her father , who is a decayed farmer ,
about nine miles from Mevthyr , and between that place and Neath . Having a brother asvay fromI home , she determined to go in search of hira . Sho had received a letter lately from him enclosing £ 5 t and it contained a request that she should come to him ; this letter ^ he had lost , and ao entirely had she forgotten her brother ' s address , that she did not know whether the letter carae from America , Australia , or Ireland . Her purpose iu the present instance was to go to Bristol , and from thence to America .. She was taken every care of at the Statioa-hou . se , and visited by the worthy mayor and the Rev . T . Stacey , who , after hearing her statements , were convinced she was of weak mind . She was directed to bo sent to the , Union House , until her friends could be communicated with , and her money was left in Mr . Stockdale ' s hands . She cannot speak a word of English . —Silurian .
A Cargo of Wild Beasts . —Early on Monday morniug the powerful steamer Monarch arrived at her moorings off the Ciisiom House , London , har decks being almost covered with cages coutaining an extensive collection of wild animals , a trans-shipment from Hull . Among them were a remarkably fine young lion from Zinzabar , a pair of striped hjseaas from India , a very beautiful pair of the Sisin antelopes from the borders of Persia , the horns of the male nearly two feet long , forming a perfect spiral , a most interesting specimen of the gnu anteiope , from ths Cape of Good Hope
called by the Butch boors of South Africa the Baas or Mas ; er , from his great Btrength ; and one of the most formidable of the monkey tribe ever brought to this country . The last animal stands nearly i ' cur feet high , and appeared to be a distant TcAauve of " Happy Jerry , " of departed memory . He inhabits tho mountains of AraDia , and is the Derrias or Wood Baboon , known by the Arabs by the uamo of k > Rtsbah , " or Child of the Suu . The whole of the cat ^ o was Jaiidsd at daylight , and forwarded in vaua to their destined resting-place , after all their wanderings , at the Surrey Zoological Gardens .
Tinmeivs Strike . —A general strike for new prices , has taken place among the tin-plate workers in this town . We have not yet been able to make ourselves so fully sensible of the merhs of the contending parties as we could have wished . Jt appears , however , that , in 1825 , there was a general strike , in consequeuce of wiiich a list was drawn up and agreed to by the men and masters . Sicce that period many new articles , not inoluded in the list , have been made , and , it is said , a considerable depression in the trade has existed . We are informed that , there being no list prioo for these articles , some masters have paid for their manufacture at a higher rate than others , and all the workmen now claim the same price . Many of the masters do not consider themselves justified in signing the now list , aud consequently , their men remain out . A similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . — Staffordshire
Ex-. Accident by Lightning . —Duriug the severe i . hunaer-storai on Thursday afternoon a serious docident occurred at the Great Weston Cotton Works , St . Philip's , Bristol . At about twenty minutes before five o ' clock the electric fluid struck the meter-houso , and completely destroyed the large # a 3 meter , the erection of which had just boen completed by the company at a cost of £ 130 . The iron face of " the meter was split in pieces , and iho gas which was in the cylinder ( fortunately it was turned off at the main ) being ignited by the electric fluid exploded , aud large pieces of iron , one of them weighing above lOO . 'b ., were thrown with such
violence againsc a wall twenty-five- feet , distant as to produce considerable indentations in portions of the masonry . The meter house is erected iu front of the weaving-room , in which between 500 and 600 girls were at work at tho time . The main gas-pipe , whicu is attached to the meter , passes through the trail , and descends beneath the floor oi this room , and as a lar ^ e portion of it was blown off it seems almost a miracle that no lives were lost . As might brf expected , the utmost consternation was produced ; several of the girls fell fainting on the floor , others rushed to the door to escape from the factory , and all was confusion and alarm . We are happy to Btate , however , thiE no one was hurt .
Unrolling of an Egypiian Mummy . —On Thursday a tcinaie mummy , presented , to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury by the la * e Dr . Butler , was unrolled in the presence of about two hundred Jij ^ hi . v respectable spectators , a great part of whom were iadies , it having besu stated that there would be nothing whatever indelicate in the interesting operation . Mr . Birch , trom the British Museum , superintended the uurollmg of the mummy , previous to which he described tho process of onibalming among the Egyptians . The outer coffin in which tht ) present rcruaiiis were deposited announced that it contained Cne body oi' " Tennor-en-Rhons , Priests of , Araon , '' who was " dedicated to Osiris , Presidium in the West , Lord of Abydos , that he \ vou !< i give GfL-riiigs for the sake of the deceased . '' Tho lecturer begun at the ieot of the corpse to untie the linen bandages which enveloped it . These cona .-ied of several hundred pieces , of the hue of washleather , but capi : ai ! y woven cloth , and in some parts
not much tfifcoioured , and pretty strong . Uii one of the pieces was an inscription ttating " ita ago to be twenty-one years . On unlappJBg the bandages round the neck , the head fell off , and was found quite perfect , several of tho teeth in front being still fixed in their sockets * one of them loose . Thecartiliasts of the ears were perfect , the dried flesh having the semblance of dark gingerbread . The body wa- disclosed with a vast deal more difficulty than the head , the embalmers having dipped it into the bitumen so long and so frequently as to destroy the flesh and render the skin and its envelope one mass . Gradually , however , the toes appeared , all perfect , except tliO nails , the feet being small and very attenuated . The muscles and the skin of the leg * , aud the cap of the knee next beoame visible , and the hands , crossed on the abdomen , were traced af Jer great labour . The hip bones , fhe shoulders , and the ribs , were exDOsed one after another , till at last thefuily developed feme of a human being , 3 , 000 ypar 3 old , lay exposed to the gaze of the company . Upwards of three hours were occupied in the process .
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Death of the Mabquis of Wellesley . —This event took place at his Lordship ' s residence , Kingston-house , Brompton , between three and four o ' clock on Monday morning . Early . Rising . —In the will of the late Mr . Jas . Bryan , of tho borough of . Leicester , ia the following singular clause ; t- ' » As my nephews are fond of indulging themselves ia bed in a morning , and as I wish them to prove to the satisfaction of my executors that they have got ont of bed in the morning , ind either employed themselves in business or taken exercise in the open air , from five till eight o'clock
every morning , from tho 5 th of April to the 10 th of October , being three hours each day ; and from seven tUl nine o ' clock in the morning from the 10 th of October to the 5 th of April , being two hours every morning ; thi 3 is to be done for some years ; during the first seven years to the satisfaction of my executors , who may excuse them in case of illness , but the task must be made up when they are well : and if they will not do this , they shall not receivo any share of my property . Temperanee makes tho faculties clear , and exercise make . i them vigorous . It is temperance and exercise united that can alone insure the fittest state for mental or bodily exertion . "
Tralee . —A firo broke out ; in Mr . Walpolo ' s hotel on Wednesday night week , bv which a gentleman stopping at the hotel has snffeved severe personal injury , Mr . Richard Walter Agar , solicitor , of Killarney , who arrived that eveniug . Tho family of the house had all retired to rest , and in the middle of the night , between one and two o ' clock , Mr . Walpole was roused from sleep by loud screams . He at once jumped out of bed , and ran in the direction of the screams , which he found to proceed from the room occupied by Mr . Agar . The door being locked on the inside , Mr . Walpole burst it in , and by the force of the concision knocked down Mr . Agar , who , it would appear , was unable , through fri « ht , to unlock the door . Mr . Walpole found the bed , tho curtains , the chairs , and all the furnifcnre in the room enveloped in flames . Mr . Agar has suffered severe injury by the fire , his chest , face , arms , and hands being extensively burned , but there ia no apprehension of fatal consequences ensuing .
The BLESSiNGi of Peel ' s Income Tax—According to the Aot of Parliament , strict ; secrecy i 3 enjoined on the commissioners and subordinates appointed under this inquisitorial law . A striking illustration is afforded by the knowledge that the " West end" collectors are to be heard freely canvassing the returns of tho " city" merchants , instancing that a weil-kuown firm have returned their profits as £ 60 , 000 a year ; two others at £ 40 , 000 ; and several more at £ 30 , 000 ; also , that a highly influential body havo stated their average
profits to bo upwards of half a million annually!—So much for secreoy . Another practical illustration ia given , by the fact that a& old and respected inhabitant of Pimlico has very recently broken up bis establishment , dismissed his servants , and sold off his household furniture , alleging , as the sole reason , the cruel operation of Peel ' s odious income tax . His income ranges to nearly £ 200 per annum ; and he is now compelled to retire to furnished lodgings , with his family , and to debar himself of mauy comforts which he had previously onjoyed .
The Birmingham Railway Church . —A church , fho first of the kind in connexion with railways , is to be erected on a site of ground near the London and Birmingham Railway , for the religious instruction of tho servants connected with the company and the neighbouring population rouud their central station at Wolverton . The proposition was first made at a general meeting of tho shareholders in 1840 , when it was resolved to establish a Churoh of England chapel at Wolverton , so soou as the sum of £ 4 000 . required to erect it , should be raised . Within £ 300 of that amount has already been subscribed , including £ 1000 from the Railway
Company , with an annual endowment for the minister ; £ 2 i ) 00 from the Radcliffe trn-itees , and sundry other suni 3 . A temporary reading-room , capable of holding 200 persons , licensed by the Bishop of London , has been opened until such time as the church shall be erected , which it is expected will tako place early in the spring . It is to bo built in a plain , substantial &ty ! e , and to contain 600 sittings . There ia to ba a burial erouud , with a house for the residence of the Rev . George Wright , the minister , who has been . appointed to officiate as Chaplain . Mr . Glyn , the chairman of the railway , has presented the trustees with a handsome communion service of plate .
Dreadful Death . —We regret to learn that an aggra-vatad and fatal case of assault , if not a case of murder , took placo in Calton of Glasgow on Wednesday last . It appears tha , t on the day in question two men , named Robert Campbell and William Smith in the employment of Mr . Neil , nailor , in Main-street , Calton , had had some difference or quarrel , when Campbell seized the red-hot rod of iron with which ho was working , and by thrusting it against the abdomen of Smith inflicted several suvere wounds or burns . In consequonoe of this assault the unfortunate man died on Thursday afternoou . Campbell has been apprehended . —Caledonian Mercury .
Astronomical Clock . —After four years labour the repairs of the astronomical clock at Strasburg-i arc o-mpletod , and it will be set in motion on the meeting of the Scientific Congress on tho 28 th . Iu this curious piece of mechanism the rovolu ' . ions of the sun , the moon , and the planets are marked down with scientific exactness . Seven figures represent the seven days in the week , each appearing on its turn on the day allotted to it . The four a # es come forward to strikes the quarters , and the skeleton 1 ) dwh strikes the hours . At noon the twelve Apoaties advance in succession to bend down before the figure of our Saviour , who gives them the benediction . At the same moment a cock claps its wings and crows three times . It ia said to bo one of the most curious pieces of clock-work in Europe .
Destructive Flood at Aberystwith . —A few days ago this town was visited by a terific flood . At eleven o ' clock in the foreuoon , a noise was h « ard resembling that of distant thunder , and the inhabitants were soon apprized of the cause by a tremendous body of water rolling several fe-et above the wateis of the river Rhydol , carrying with it casts , wheelbarrows , forks , rakes , and various implements of husbandry . On its reaching the harbour , the force was so powerful as to raise the shipping which were lying aground , and dash thtm on each other with such fmy as to smash the masts , yards , aud bowsprits of several of them to splinters ; others suuk to their anchors , and were nearly covered ; several boats were instantly dashed to tha bottom and hurled to the oceau . The waters continued to increase , for
upwards of two hours , stripping the fields adjoining the bed of the river , of hay , wheat , oats , and barley ; and although the waters were increasing and coming down , dashing and foaming headlong , yet the children in Trefechan were to be seen up to their middies in tho midst of the stream , endeavouring to catch the epoii borne on the bosom of the apparently infuriated element . The most singular circumstance connected with this phenomenon was , that . although- the wind was blowing west , with a tremendous hoavy sea , yet tho waters-of the river forced the ocean back to the apparent distance of a mile , filling the bay extending from Graiglas point to the pier with fresh wafer , and for upwards of eight hours no amalRUH-ation or the fresh and briny elements tcok piace , tho bay remaining as free from salt as if it bad been a mountain lake *—Hereford paper .
Belpeb . —Death frobi Fighting — We have ti . i-i week to record the awful death of auotb . es : victim sacrificed at the shrine of drunkenness and ptigi . ' i-m , who has been suddenly eent before his God , loa ^ inic to penury an industrious wife and several childrei ,-. The persons examined at the inquest Were Martha Stone , J . Green , John Walker , Matthew Hunt , a ad John Spencer , who deposed to the following : —T / at on Saturday night last , George Mills , the deceaFed , and James Troth , were drinking together at tha Maltsters' Arms , at tho Gutter , Helper , with several ofchoia . Some angry words having passed between them , about half-psst eleven o ' clock deceased got up and went towards his homo ( which is at the Whitemoor Hall , near . Bslper ) , aud when he had proceeded about 150 yards , James Troth came up and & ; ruck
at deceased , but hit one of the witnesses , Martha Stone , in the face ; he afterwards procured a stone , and , it was supposed , struck deceased with it , which caused a fight to enBue in a channel kading from a gutter to the Derby road , acd afterwards in a , field near that place , belonging to Mr . Litchfield , called tho Home Close . About thirty or forty rounds i were fought , and the manner of fighting was this , ! James Troth for the most part , butting with his head , j at the same time usir : ;* hid-fists ,-and always , ( until r . he three last rounds ) having tho risinggr&und . Tha j deceased fell several times with the back part of ; his head on the ground . After : he figkt had con- . j tiuued about an hour deceased was butted down with ; great violence , and was taken up insensible . Moans j were , resorted to to restore ' animation for more than i
three hour 3 , but to no purpose , aud about four o ' clock he died . A post mortem exa-ninition of tho body was made on Monday morning , by Mr . Eraus , sur-{ ibou , of Belper , and several ounces of coagulated blood were found upon the braiu ; and nearly a pint of blood in the back part of ths head , which was stated to bo the cause of death . Mr . Evans sifted that he believsd the repeated knocks down the deceased met with enlarged and filled the bioodveBPt-ls of the head , until at last they burst , and insensibility and death would immediately ensue . The man being in a state of intoxication at the time materially facilitated the fatal event . After a very
careful inquiry and patient investigation , a verdict of manslaughter was returned against James Troth as principal and Edward Troth and Jcffcry Jowett as seconds . Four othtrs , named Samuel Parkin , John Robinson , Edward Ford , and Samuel Lander , were proved to have assisted , and will be prosecuted for trespass . George Mills , the deceased , was in general a hard-working man , a . ' . id bose a good character , bat being overtaken in liquor , he has paid his lite as a forfeit for his indiscretion . The principal , Jamss Troth , has absconded , and the other two were committed to Derby County Gaol , and will take their trial at the next March a-s&izia . —Nottingham Review .
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ON THE PROPRIETY OF THE WORKING CLASSES JOINING- THE CORN LAW REPEALERS ASA MEANS OF
OBTAINING THE CHARTER . Morvbray . —Is this proceeding just and honourable ? Westmoreland . —Ia your asaambly sat York . —Will you thus break faith ?¦ Lancaster . —I pawned you none . Second Part , Henry IF . Sir , —When men h ^ vo a great object to attain , it is usual for them to endeavour to obtain that object by whatever means preaeni themselves ; and , although it may be more consonant with the better and higher feelings of humanity to uso Kono but those which are strictly honourable , still , if . tha parti es with whom wo have to do keep no measuta of faith ; if they resort to anything or everything , no matter how tricky or base , to prevent ua obtaining our just ends ; 1 think the end would sanctify the means , even if we did return the contents of the poisoDed chalice to their own li ^ , and hoist them from their unjust position by meaus of their own petard . ¦
Such , I contend , is the situation of the working classes in regard to the two ^ reat , faoiions which , at present , rule over the destinies of this country . Let them disagree upon whatever else they may , they always agree upon tho great point oi' insulting and trampling upon that class which produces all the wealth in which they wallow . If the working class attemp ; to reason with them , aud tell them that God his made all equa ] , aim that therefore they havo a ri ^ ht to have a , voice in the making the laws by w iich they arc to be governed , one of the factions lauKh in their face , tell them at once there iano right but that of conquest , and , with all ihe modesty imaginable , point to the bullet a : ; d bayonet as the tenure -of their authority . If not satisfied with this , they tell them that , at least , as they have
produced all the food , they have a right to what will keep body and . soul together in sickness or in age ; the other ' 'feutien ,-more wily , but not less deadly , with aii the canting hypoorisy of a Maworm , tells them that " Mixture ' s table iB full , " and that" none have a ri ^ ht to food but those who have got patents for it ; " that " they must practice moral restraint ; " that " they must take care and not breed faster than capital has occasion for them ; '' audthat they will , by those means , prevent the over-stocking of the labour market ; but that above all ihings they muse " practice frugality , " and'' accumulate as much in health as will maintain them in sicknosn ov age ; " and that by those means
they-will become ' independent labourers " and that when they have become more " educated , " and cou-8 equent ; ly more ' ini-e-lligent , '\ they will be fully competent to undeiViiml these sublime discoveries of political economy which prove that misappropriated machinery causes more labour , and consequently better wages ^ that taxes , although they take a third of his earnings , return in fructifying showers ; aud that a repeal of the corn laws would make a complete paradise of tHi-s country . But let tho working class once appear to doubt these beautiful theories , and talk about having controul over the products of their own labour , this hypooritical faction point with evident gusto at tho bullet , and the bay ouet , as the last reason in their politicnl economy .
Such being trie situation of the working classes , and it being evident that the middle classes will not assist the working classes to obtain that voice in the making of the laws which alono can permanently better their condition , . until they , tho middle classes , become alarmed for their own situation , I contend that it is the duty of the working classes to endeavour by all means within their power to bring about a consummation so devoutly to ba wished . And I contend that one of the greatest of thoso moans , which would make the middle classes alarmed for their own situation , would be the repeal of the Corn Laws ; as it ia their own pet measure—as they expect
from it to bavo prosperity for ages—as they hope by it to get their test permanently upon our nocks , aud as it will ( I a \ n as certain of it as I am that fire burns ) assuredly tru ' udle them iuto the streete—let us by a ! l means . assi 3 fc them to obtain it . By that course we should obtain one of two good things ; either tho thing would be set at rest , or , which is more probable , ( as in my opinion the Repealers are not aiucere , they , knowing tco well what would be tho rebult ) they would give up the agitation at ouce , terrified at their owa prospect of success ; and thus we should put them to a test which would settle the matter either ono way or the other .
But you w ; li say how could the Chartist assist the Repeaicr ; or how could wo advise them to it , seeing ihat both tho Chartists and we have repeatedly denounced the agitation ! It is true that you both have denounced it when proposed as % measure which was to bring effectual relief . But I advise tho Chartists to assist the Repealers as a measure which would either test the Repealers , or which would itrtatly add to the mass of ruin and discontent . To the ruin of ihe manufacturers there is not tbe slightest doubt-but it would add the ruin and oii-ci'iitent of tho agriculturalists . Therefore , although v . u may bs satisfied , that ihe repaal of the Corn Laws' would completely fail as a remedy for ournntioaul difficulties , still that doea not prevent the ( . 'hart ins-asking , or you from advising them , to asslHi , the agitiuioH , provided that you be convinced that it wo'iH ! either test one set of enemies , OK HARASS BOTH OKTHEJI .
But it will be said , that it would be unjust to the agriculturist to rep ' oal the Corn Laws with the present amount of taxation . 1 grant that it would be uiijuat , if the taxation was at all necessary to the eecunr . y of the country , or it the present debt had been incurred for the service of the people . But what are tbe facts ? For what , or how , was the debt contracted I The only ObLensible object for which it wouiJ be . intended- to be contracted was the protection of \ , ^ oorty . Thus it is decidedly unjust to tax a v /! ,. ' .:.: community for the paying of that debt which ivas avowedly contracted for the benefit of a few . h foreign produce can be brought into the market a ; hulf the present price in England , that would cans ? ? jriet : s here to fall to the Continental price ; that would cause tho farmer to be unable to pay their present amount of rent , wages , and taxes , which would ruin the farmer , humble the aristocracy , and add vastly to the mass of discontent ,, and coas . quoutly cause all to cry aloud for the 'Chanur .,
But I shall very probably bs" told hero that the repeal would givo such an impetus to trado that it would cause our eapif . aiists and labourers to be content with theirsi ' . uation ; in short , as one of them faid to the writer , " it would destroy all agitation tor the suffrage , by causing us to have prosperity for ages . " Never was idea more fallacious ! How could it cause an i : ; cveasu in the consumption of manufactured nrticLs ? It is cisay to talk in loose and general terms in this way ; but will they tell us how it is fo effect this ? By cu . usinjs ; the prices of all articles of consumption to fall , say fifty per cent ., it , would canr . e Uio receivers of taxes to receive double- the am ^ nat of goods which they now receive , for tho fastir ; nominal amount of taxes ; but how ths deuco that i ? to bo a benefit exceeds my
comprehension . ' But still this is not telling us how this repeal is to caus-i an incriaje of the consumption of inahutM ' -. ircd articles as a , whole . This still remains , to be wovud . I ghal ! 1 >»? told , in loose term ? , tl-jrt ; h--ro will b . > a vest quantity more corn i : ; ipnrt 3 d ,- r- \ A that they * will take pay in ^ oode . T :: is . even , is contrary to fact :, iiO-. Ycv .-i- pretty iii theory : for the Repealers iiii ( --mst ; tv . js-iitvc ' cos-. j - ilaiiied tha' the cs . uso of our difficulties has bi : c-n th . it . - 've had to pay the foreignera for . their ' wheat , in- « o ! d . But , however , I will admit the fact , tiat fhey would take pay in goods , for the sake of comma fairly at ths argument . Then now should t : e- Rt-peai cause us to want an extra quantity of r . rr- \ Suppose that we had been ycariyreceiving- '' a uv . ' . mu quarters to make np our deficiency , hew v .-o ::: < i ; be Repeal cause us t- > waufc a
greater quuniitv \' . ; . u' huppene that we import even two , ' million . quartern , O ! v / hat foreign trade it would create ; b \ r fihvuia v . e not vvant one million less fv . omLt . be home tfro -.. er 1 And suppose that we ha . ye . bma exchanging a yard of cloth for a bushel of whea ( , aiid that wtJhad boon in tho habit of givng one million yards oi cloth for tho one million , bushels of wheat which *• c got from ^ h « home grower ; and suppose that , b y way of " extending our commerce " wegctour . oiiliiou bushel * o ' , I'orn from thb foreigner , for whuii we K . iv . u him the cne million yard 3 of cloth we haa used to give to the h '^ rno grower , how , pray , in this case , had wo iucieased our commerce Ah ! tho whole , tkhis ; is iV-1 ' ici-. us from begining to end . Tho tbiug ' vvaii : ' . ' produce nothing but misery , and cor . sequeiitiy discouleafc , as long aB the present taxes remain .
But it will } be said tha-f we are inconsistent i that we are making a-, sacrifice of pm-cipleB ; that we have pledged our ^ lvek to- " tho-Charu-r , tbe whole Charter , and . notking tut the Ceirtai . " . True , ~ we have ; and I woulti s : ami ii > ik&t . pirdge , name and all . Bat what then 2 Ayo we ijouiiU to follow one course ia order to pjuerm rhat pledge ? Can wo make no bye-play ? Are wt to make no diversion in favour of our objees ; or cv . jn are we not to take advantage of diversion ? when mtulv by oilier parties ? Let us not pls . y such o- foolish pars ; bnt let us rather take advantage of the mine thcxnsalves have sprung , and by it blow both factions at the moon .
Then if they should conitnenco an agitation again , let us push them on to the obt ' liniiii , oi' the measure , or compel tbein to recede , terriiie . 'i as the prospect of their own success , Iiut let u ~ iiot give up our own agitation : ¦ Jet us persevere wiih that in order that we may form a public opinion , to be always ready v / htn the tiay of trial comes iu order that we may be able to take advantage of every circumstance which offers in our favour . If anything is said in answer to this , let it be argument , aud not abu-= e . W . P .
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THE LADIES' HAND BOOK OF KNITTING , NETIING , AND CROTCHET , containing plain directions by which to become proficient in these branches of usefnl and ornamental employment . By tke author of " The Ladies ' Ha > t > Bock cp Faxct IS-eedlswobk a > d Embsoidebirg . " ~ London : H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , uld Bailey , 1842 . Thi 3 little maual is a worthy suc 3 essor to it 3 companion , the Ladies' Hand Book of Fancy Needlework , and promises to be of vas-i utiiiry . The former work has ^ already reached its second thousand , though is has not been much more than one month before the public , and we doubt not but that the Hand Book of Knitting , &c , will 2 nd an cquaJiv favourable reception . Tbe plan is one well
calculated to effect the desired object , and the directions for the various kinds of work , plain , concise , and forcible . The introduction aaid the first chapter are also highly interesting for the amount of general information they contain , and will be read with interest , not only by those for whose use the book is specially intended , but fay others in more advanced Etsges of life . One feature in these little works is peculiar ; the author considers that all accomplishments should be directed to the attainment of tome moral end , and in accordanca with this view of the snbjec ; he has introduced here and there moral reflestions of an highly interesting character . The following extract will be read with interest by every parent who is at sll anxious for the improvement of onr race , and its advancement to a state vf moral excellence .
" But there is yet a higher kind of use to which we Trould apply them . We -would have the young lady who ia becoming erpert and clever at her needle , to nfiict , as the beautiful fabric grows beneath her forming taad , that her -work , and the power and skill to plan and execute it , is an emanation of the immortal mind ; of that mind , -whose creative powers are a faint , but legible transcript of the omiiipoteEt wisdom of the 3 > si : y . This thought gives a permanency to -what would , ia any other light , be only transitory as the summer cloud . V : is omnipotent ¦ wisdom and power , which f t "" contrived and executed all the beautiful wonders of
c ; ana that wisdom and power were called into activity by omnipotent love . We wish to Impress this EnKime truth upon the rnrnd cf our young readers , bsracse we -vrish them to place their Heavenly Father before them , as their pattern and example , in all that they tsie in hand ; and , to remeaiber , that as He formed the univfcrse by wisdom , from love , bo all their actions and elegant contrivances should be ths result oJ judgment , gnined by affection , that they may-thus become like their Father -who is in Heaven . Icde « d , it is only , when accomplishments are ren-Q « d subservient ta the development of moral eoodaess , that they become pcrEUits at all worthy of an
jcconstable being . We -were not sent into this world » cutter through life like the gaudy butterfly , only to be ^ seen and admired . We were designed to be * sful to our I ' eilow-beiBgs , and to mate all our powers Bd capabilities in gems way or other conducive to the appkea and -Sfclfare of our co-jonmeyers on the path « time . To this end -ve wish cur fair country women io devote tbxir best attention , and in its attainment ~ ex £ rt eTery energy -which they posstES . We wish « -an to maie all the kco-sriedge which they may scqairs subserve some noble pnrpose , which will outjr re the present honr , and to do this the well-spring of J-5 purest affections must be ooened in the soul : and i
^ e fclegsBt pro-Sections of taste and genius become i visaed and animated by the spirit cf love . Thus , j j ~ " ^ ^ y . can the occupations of a leisure hoar , j « converted into efficient ministers of go ^ od , and such ^ J / iml ftsscrcdiy be fo und , if practised from right i "Jd-res , and plated in due sntoroination to the richt ^ fes <* more imp ortant duties . Lettben the young ^ y Sa c * ti ® needle , of drawing , er of mnsie , ever - « ul amd , that the time employed in those pursuits 1 j / v'l ^ OB ted losiorimprovidbjthe impartial Judge - ** i , jast in proportion as they have bten made to ' Jr ^^ - P'axtases of ezISSq . gratificraun , or to minister £ . ! T arr = PS £ fit of an elevated moral character , ^ . rrc u ana -s-sia affcetions , acd tbe cultivation cf £ xe virtues , -which as esjertkis of tbe Christian cha-. ra r * outlive the ravages of time . , and qualify * -- soal izi all the beatitude * of a coming eternity . "
rr i 5 e Wcrks are got np in an elegant style , and will t ? 0 aPprcpriate presents as tokens ef affection and :. 5 : "e wish them all the success which their -. raac valne merits .
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