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0 ! THE DAYS OF ROMANCE ARE NOT OVER O ! the days of romance are not © rer : ! Tbongli the Inightmay no more be the lover , There are bosoms that beat With as fervent a heat Ab the Bhield or the corslet could cover . Though the banner , all ta . tter"d and gory , But waves o ' er the host of a story , There are fields -where the prowess Of strength may endow as WI £ b prouder ind holier fjlary J Though the sullen and savage retainer Hay not mount with the lord of the manor , There are bands we ciay whet , There are foes to be met In the erase of the helpless complainer .
Where in death the wan father 1 b sleeping , And the young widpw'd mother is weeping , As her infants look np , "When they « n : pty the cap , Where their famiihing pifcance was steeping 02 who would sot rouse into valour , When he sees them dedina in their squalor , Till the infant will die , And the young mother ' s eye Glares wild o ' er the wees that befal her ! For where is thB heart that is laden "Witii the love of Bome gentlt-ejed maiden , Can forget that that mother Was the bride cf hia brother ; For the feloom of hti fair cheek was fading !
Then awate i O , aware from yoni slnmber ! Thou host whom the eya cannot number ; And let the bold brands Flash bright in your hands , And shake off the dost of their lumber ! We will hum from the lies that confound ns"We wm -wrench off the chains thathaye bound ns—W « will np to the battle Where the war-missiles rattle , And the death hail comes hissing around ns !
IChen the chivairons knight with his pages Shall step from the tinsel of stages , And his arms shall be s-rong 1 o rescne from wrong , And his fame shall be treasured for ages . Cork Examiner
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TEE "CRT OP THE CHILDREN . " DO ye hear the children weeping , O , my brothers ! Ere Hie sorrow comes with years ? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers , And inal cannot stop their tears . The young lambs are bleating in the meadows—! EhB yonng birds are chirping in $ he nest—The young fawns are playing with the shadows—The young flowers axe blowing from the west ; Bnt the young , young children , O , my brothers ! They are weeping bitterly ! . They are weeping in the playtime of the © then , In the country of the free .
Ai *» J the young children J they are seeking Death 3 n lif e , as best to have ! They are binding up their hearts away from breaking , With a cerement from the grave . Cra ont , children , from the ~ snx > e and from the city—Sicg ont , children , ss the little thrushes do . ' Pluck your handfuls of the meadow cowslips pretty-Laugh aloud to feel your-fingers let them through 2 But the children say , "Are cowslips of the meadows Like the weeds anear the mine ? Leave 73 s quiet in the dark of our coal-shadows , From yuur pleasures fair and fine . ' For 0 * say the children , ' we are weary , And we cannot run or leap : If we cared for any meadows , it were merely To drop down in them and sleep . Out tests tremble sorely in the stooping -,
The reddest flower would look as pale as snow ; For , all day , we drag our burden tiring , Through the coal-dark -underground—Or , all day , we drive the wtetis if iron In the factories , round and round . * ' All day long , the wheels are droning , turning—Their wind comes in eur facts ; Till cur hearts tarn , and our heads with pulses burning , And the walls turn in their places 1 Turns the sky in the high window bL-mk and reeling—Turns the long light that droppeth down the wall—Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling—All are turning ail the day , and we with all ! All day long , the iron wheels are droning , And sometimes we could pray—* O , ye wheels { breaking offiB a mad meaning ) Stop . ' 2 » silent for to day ? ' "
Ay - ' be silent J let them hear each other breathing , Fora memeut , nicmh to mouth ; Lst them touch each other's hands , iD a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ; Let them feel ± hit this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God giveth them to nse ; Let them prove tieir inward souls against the notion That they live in you , « r under you , O wheels ' . SUll , all day , the iron wheels ? o onward , As if fate in each wew stark I Anil tfce children ' s souls , wfcieb God is calling son ward , Spin on blindly in the dark- BlacJrwood s Maoazine
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TATPS MAGAZINE . "W e hare lere the number for October of the above popniar periodical , and a very good number it 13 . The first article is—what 13 now nnusaal with Taitpolitical , entitled " The Close of Many Sessions . " It contains some good matter , reminding ns of the iime vrtien , with fee erratic Harry Brougham ' s head upon its cover , it did good service in the " cause of lUfonn / ' "in onr young days , when WilL Jhe Pourtb was King . " The writer hits hard at poor Sir Robert ; yet confesses thai the " do nothing policy , ' if by him adopted , was not by him originated ; but before his return to power waa faithfully acted u ? to by the Whigs : nmil at last— " it is every cay more evident , that upon the present system
the people cannot long be kept qniet , although conientmenmncer legislative -ii . justice , under selfish , cla _ s Government , could bea desirable state for any people calling themselves free . A dreadful soda ) crisis , or prompt measures of reform , too bold and sweeping to be seriously entertained either by the present administration or Its predecessor , appears the oaiy alternative before the cosiitry . Public cotfidiEec- is Tor the time completely de ? : rojed . Every cla > s is nneasy , and either suffariBg from the acinal pressure of poverty , or from Tague ' ears of coming ^ iangers and changes . " Speaking of the Premier , ihs wriur says : " he has friittT » £ iwtj the opportunity ( of doing the work of rt-roTiuation ) exactly-25 the Whigs did one more golden ; * nd wkh it any reputation for great slates-2 Bszt ? hip « h ; ch he ever einoved . It is now evjdeni
thai he is nwthe * Coming Man -f asd as no one-can tell where mat p ] teats is to be looked for , it is full time irat 'He people set about working out their deliverance b \ their own earn * st aud united efforts . " The wrrtr at the same lime does justice tv the Whij ; facion . " It wa =, with a few exceptions , from no abstract love of a free and broadly-based ieprescii : aioii of the people that tho Wnigs " became all at once violent reformers . Thej longed for power and i . lace , tailed their hotk with Parliamentary Rtfc-rm , and having caught their gudgeon , soon showed Low Tery small was the final measure of reform nrfcch ihej deemed sufficient , and how identical is tho policy of Whigs and Tories when in power , snd their selfish inzere-ts and elementary feelm « - of caste at all times . " The writer adds that "as Pt ^ l ia » sunk , Russell has not risen in public estimi . ioi- ; the coaniry isack of Whisgery "
*¦ Tf- Qs « -cn ' s visit to Frace , " is a bit of gesap , TrhJch . >> - » fvpr , well shews up the coif ? , heartless , igDorant . r-xclnsire Fpiril of the Briiish Court . ** On a rec-r . v ccca ~ icn , for instance , Gndin , a master and cofflaaicri in the French navy , as well as ene of the £ > - » fami ; es in the tTorid , was refused access to the Ie e- 01 BcekiEgham Palace , afier crjoying as an honon ? . o c -si , those of Louis Philippe , and Nicholas L , on the grounds thai he xeas an . artist 1 ! /" We ar- cii . tco , that Labdrecr , who has enriched the Roj ^ i Gallery with some of his choicest pictnre . s > - > -sr ~ -jfeeks togettfr at Windsor Castle , witmnr . -urther notice vonch ? afed him " than to a corporal of Life Guards V We snppose the Queen is : tcy ta-y -with her ptt moskejs , and the Prince 'with iur mc-aies of Ms kennels to pay attention to men of « jn ; us . Well dots Beranter sine : —
w make a king , O make a king !" Mrs . Gore ' s tele of ** The Smnggling Dogs of th « BtLjian frontier is brought 10 a coiidnsion . It will reiay pern&aL We have read with much pleasure The Roman Lyrists , 2 * 0 . 1 , " in -which is given a short biogra-^ ical sketch of Catnllns , aceompanied by translations of several of his poems . The working man who has a tasfee for immortal verse , " but to whom GTcnmstascea has denied the education which would allow hi m to read the bards of " other days" in iheir naiive language , will find in these translations axich tr *^* , ^ econd onlj to that of reading the poet in his ** c ' assic 5 ' costnme . Morrison continnea his " Raniniscppces of Sir Walter Scott , " the priEcipal part of yrhich is taken Dp with a gos-ip abonr ghosre . Passing over these "shadows" ire qnote psinfnl " realities . "
* ' Tills was the yesr t-f the mock rebellion in the West , snd the skirmish of Boa ^ ymuir . Sir Walter Tsas serioEsly alarmtd .
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"Although in the confidence of the Tory faction , I cannot think that he was in the secret ; for be believed the business reaL Bis heart wonld have revolted at tha base plot of getting npa mock rebellion in order to support a corrnpt ministry at the expense of blood . He lamented the fate of the sufferers ; for in such cases , he foresaw that much innocent as well as guilty blood would be shed ; nor did he approve of the execution of Hard-e and Baird at Stirling . * But the law could not save them , ' said he ; ' they were taken with arms in their hand » , fighting against the king ' s forces . ' * ' There is at present a monument » Vmt to be built by subscription to their memories , as having died martyrs in the cause of freedom . 1 . . — — . ¦
" I mentioned th < s horror which was felt by the people at the execution of the poor , old , half-witted man Wilson , in G-asgow , who was incapable of forming any plot ; that , when apprehtnded , Wilson was fonnd thatching a honse ; and "that the only crime laid to hia charge was carrying bread and cheese to seme meeting of weavers on the C » thkin hills , in his own neighbourhood . At his execution , he wore the same wooden clogs in which he was apprehendod . 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 me that never did ill to ony body ? ' After having hung some time , a person in a maik 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 Kmch too far . "
It was indeed a "fearful business ! " but , " Eternal Justice ' be praised , never be it forgotten that a righteous retribution fell upon at least one of the " corrupt ministry , " the " NeTer ^ enough ) la mented Castlqr . eagh , Whose pen-knife slit a goose qufll tb'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 bo imitated by all like him ! From a very excellent review of w De Custine ' s Empire of the Czar , " we shall hereafter give a few extracts illustrative of life in Russia . The hideous despotism of the Autocrat ia exhibited in vivid colours by one who is no friend to democracy . " Pofis and Poetry" is rich and racy . We wonld fain have transferred the whole arfciole to our columns , but this would be UDJust ; we must , as Tail says , " whet cariosity , " not attempt to " satisfy it . " Take the following specimens : —
" Some people are fond of excursions into the realms of old romance , with their Launcelots and Guenevers ; their enchanted castleB , 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-eigbtpenny world , or the whiza of an Excalibur to startle their drowsy imaginations into life . The beauties and the wonders of the universe died for them some centuries ago : they went out with Friar Bacon and the invention ef gnnpowder . Praised be Apollo !
this is not our case . There is a smatcb 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 Gazette . ' The deep poetic Yofce That hourly speaks within ns * is never silent lake Signor Benedick , it * will still be talking . ' 11 What will the advertising world give to secure onr services ? Warren ' s bard is du 3 t—
Warren's Japan , and Day and Martin ' s jet , Can trouble him no longer—Bish ' s Shelley is , like his lotteries , but a memory . The world is all before ns , and we are before the world . — We are ready to idealize Britiih Brandy , or Grocer's Port to any extent—so we be not asked to drink them . Dnst-pans , Balsamic Pill , Jupea , Detector Locks , Sicilian Cream , Mosley ' s Pens , Aerothermic Stoves , Patent Starch—nothing can come amiss to & goow-quill like ours . " Yon think we are joking—not a bit of ns . Assuredly the thing is to be done . ' Tia as easy as lying . ' A pleasant exercise of the fancy over our morning's coffee will turn you off a panegyric that will get your shelves cleared of your wares , though they were ten times the rubbish they are .
XCPITEB . ASD THE ISIUAS ALE . " Take away this clammy nectar 1 " Said the king of G * ds and men ; " Never , at Olympus' table , Let that truh be served again 1 Ho , Ljseans , thon , the beery . ' Quick—invent some other drink , . Or , in a brace of shakes , thou standest On Cocy tus * sulphry brink !" Terror Bhakes the limbs of Bacchus , Paly grew his pimpled nose , And already in his rearward Felt he Jove ' s tremendons tees ; When a bright idea struck him" Dash my thyrsus J 111 be baDFor you never were in India—That you know not HODGSON ' S ALE 1
" Bring it V quoth the cloud-compeller ; And the wine-god bronght the beer" Port and Clartt are like water To the noble stuff that ' s here 1 " And Sa ; urnius drank a-d nodded , Winking with his lightning eyes ; And arrriv ' st the conEtt-llations Did ibe star of Hodgson rise 1 " We feel tempted to make trial of the classical style . It always tells trell in advertisements . People like to be flattered by ^ appeals to their classical knowledge—or ignorance , we shall not say which . Let us see ! We have it—and here goes in the diviu 6 stacza of Goethe ' s Bride of Corinth : —
TABQD 1 H ASD THE ATJ 6 TIB . Gingerly is good king Tarquin shaving , Gently glides the tszit o ' er his chin , Near him stands a grim H&rutpex raving , And with frantic mean he pitches in Church-Extension hints , Till the monarch sqninta , Snicks his cheek , and swears—a deadly sin ! " Jove confound thee , tbou bare-legged impostei From my dressing-table get tbee gone ! Dost thon think my flesh is double Qlo'ster ? There again i That cut was to the bone ! Get ye from my sight , 111 believe yon right , When my razor cuts that sharping bone I " Thus spoke Tarquin with a deal of dryness ; But the Ausrar , eager for his fees ,
Answered , — " Try it , yonr Imperial Highness , Press a little harder , if you please ; There ! The deed iadone !" Through the solid stone Went the steel as glibly as through cheese . So the Angur tonched the tin of Tarqnin , Who suspected some celestial aid ; But he wrong'd the blameless Gods ; for hearken ! Ere the monarch ' s bet was rashly laid , With his 83 arching eye Did the priest espy Rodger ' s name engraved upon the blade , " M Virginia Hams" is capital ; so is " To persons afcont to marry / ' and " Paris and Helen . " But here comes lhe 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 cumbers and fascinations . For our own parts , ws cannot conceive wh . 7 anybody dies in such a world of rpec-fics as that we live in . Our pen hovers over lira . Johnson ' s Amtriean Soothing Syrup . ' Something aft . r the manner of Barry Cornwall would be appropriate . Bat there are ' Xearsley's Original Widow Welch's Female Pills , * irresistibly forcing themselves upon na . Widow Welch . ' The Original Widow Welch ' . The subject ia too inviting . We could cover a page with it in the style cf Sterne ; ¥ ut , ss we cacnot 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 oid man walked imo the chnreh With beard as -white as snow ; Yet were his cneeks not wrinkled , Jf or dim his eagle eye : There ' s many a knight that steps the street iliaht wonder , shonld he chance to meet
That mien erect and high . When silenced was the organ , And hushed the vespers loud , Ths 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 tremenr that 1 dare not tell . My v&ry vitals shook . "'
" Who art thou , awful stranger ? Our ateient annals say , That trrice two hundred jesrs ago , Anothtr passed this way , Likethee in face and feature ; And , if the tale bo true , Tis writ that in this very year Again the stranger shall appear , — Art thou 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 ' use my nostmmBSee , shaveling , here they are 1 These put to flight all human ills , These conquer death—unfailing pills ! And I ' m the inventor , PaSB I' 3 " This—enclcned in a letter from the sacristan of the ballad , with a statement , that he felt himself growing so much younger every day by the use of the piliB , that he expecU d he would soon have to leok out for a nurse to snckle him—would tell amszingly before the usnal ' price Is l . U , 2 s 9 J , and family boxes , lls each . ' Family loses ! a fireside of Methuselahs .
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"Wehave hilherto dealtchkfly in the discursive an ^ lyrical style : but the epigrammatic might be turned to equal account . This would suit particularly for advertisements by plain cooks , and housemaids , with a two-years' character from their last place . Take as a specimen : — A SERIOUS FOOTMAN . Wants a place , a lad , who ' s Been Pious life at brother Teszle ' s , Used to cleaning boots , and been Touched with grace aud had , the measles . " This for the advertisement sheet of the Congregational Magazine . In odd csrnera of the Morning Post we occasionally see hints like the following , pu ; in more circuitous language : — - " - « ¦ ' ~ " '
Wants a place , as housemaid , or Companion to a bachelor Up in years , and who'd prefer A person with no character ; A female , who in this respect Wonld leave him nothing to object . " " Excnri 8 ons 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 : —
11 The immediate approach to ( Jalway is a reproach to it ; it would be , indeed , to Timbuctoo . It winds over a bleak and ugly bill , flanked by a dirty pool , which is all mud unless when the tide ia full ; and it passes through a long defile of the most wretched and filthy hovela The inhabitants of this outlet are chiefly fishermen , whose wives and children seem to have no occupation but to squat about the doors in a state of loathsome laziness . The dens consist , for the most part , of a single iroom of Very email dimensions for each family . Light and air are permitted to come in when the door happens te be open ; but , at all other times , are hermetically excluded . Of furniture they have none ; rarely a table , more rarely still , a chair . The
floor on which they Bit , 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 j enriched by liquid exudations from the dung heaps . Moreover , those same heaps are , in all weatbers , more prodigal of ammonia than an agricultural economist could at all approve of , or & mere unchemical fellow , who loves to poke his nose into queer odd places , take any pleasure in . The annual rent extorted for one of these slyes is forty shillings ;
an amount snffieient , 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 men , who , in defiance of the subletting act and its clauses , parcel out their leasehold tenements thus for the receptien of the poor . But although the landlords do not condescend to deal in such dismal holes , they have provided too many candidates for them ; the demand having greatly increased with the land-clearing system , which has been carried on for some years In Ireland . The outcast population of the fields have been driven into the towns , where starvation and
" Fretting grief , the enemy of life , " make them ready marks 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 not a little to ensure for it the patronage of the public . In conclusion , we can recommend this number of Tail to you , " gentle Teader , " as an excellent shilling ' s-worth for jonr shilling . THE NEW AGE . CleaTe , London .
This is the title of a monthly publication , price 2 d . In our last paper appeared an advertisement of the present months number , which contains , among others , articles on "Association , " " The necessary co-operation of both Bexes for human advancement , ' " The truth of the Sabbath , " &c , &c . This publication is the organ ( as its second name bespeaks—Concordium Gazette J of a small but * ' sacred band " of practical philosophers who by " association " , or co-operation of united labour and rqual enjoyments , are labouring to convince the old world of its errors in perpetuating it 9 cannibal system of divided and
competitive interests . It is in this sense we use the word practical as applied to our friends ; for with some of their practical views we by 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 read their Gazette and judge for themselves . " Prove all things , hold fast that which is good , " say 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 Fruit Rooms , if opened by prudent and competent persons , in tfav sfcigbotiihooa of the Bank or of Charing Cross , wonld be as beneficial to those who opened them as healthful and delightful to thase who frequented them . Toe capital necessary to establish one would not be large . Periodicals and newspapers might be enjoyed as comfortably and elegantly in these arbours of Pomona as in a cigar divan , a coffee-room , or a West-End Club . They would be more fragrant and becoming resorts for ladies than the shops of the restaurateurs . Their business need not to be confined to the summer or autumn months . Winter supplies foreign fruits , oranges , fiea , trapes , limes , all that
' By frugal storing firmness gains To nourish , aud superfluous moist consumes . ' " Here is a suggestion we should like to see taken up , and which we have no doubt will yet be done . The man who has made it is a public benefactor , though the public may not be aware of it . To our readers we say " buy the book , " and do all yoa can to help on the New Ajje , when oppression and war , and ignorance and crime , and all tho miseries of the present system shall be known no more . The ENGLISH NON-IN TRUSIONIST ; OB Northern Lights on Souhhern Latitudes .
This is a publication , as its name betokens , devoted to the Non-Intrnsioa cause . It ia also anti-Puseyite . Of tho former it is the staunch defender , and of the latter the fierce opponent . It is a publication that , in the present excited stale o ) ' the religious world oh tht-fie questions , will , no doubt , command the attention of a large number of readers . It ia published by Thomas Hodgson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , aud Simpkin and Marshall , London .
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CARLISLE . —Important Decision in the Revision of thk Carlisle Burgess List . —After the passing ol the Municipal Reform Act , the Whig party , who were then popular in the country , teok every means to make the Curge ? s lists as extensive & 3 possible , by placing all occupiers of houses upon the rate-books ; so that the overseer , in making out the burgess 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 set about curtailing the very franchise which they had previously established . We shall give an -example as an illustration of what we have been stating . In Botchergate Ward , the
Burgess list , immediately alter the passing of the Municipal Reform Act , contained upwards of six hundred names ; but 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 had the people not resisted this inroad , the Whigs , as a party , would have had it in their power , to : ret'irn , as councillors , whoever they thought proper . ! The ground on which the overseer acted , was , that all persons not 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 receive 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 haf been decided , however , that except the overseer place all the names of the occupiers of a property npon the rate-book , that the rate is an illegal rate , end may be successfully appealed against . This we consider a most important deoision , and if acted upon will greatly enlarge the Burgefs lists in different parts of the country . Let any occupier of a house or tenement , whose name is not upon 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 born in the year 1775 . In height the learned gentleman measures about 5 feet 9 inches . Repeal Ballads—Three Repeal ballad singers were apprehended the other day ia Athlone . for singiujj a ditty to the air of " 98 " notoriety , Shan Von Vocht ;" but were discbargod on engaging not to repeat the offence . Paris is lighted avery evening by 13 , 000 lamps of which 5 , 894 are supplied with gas , and 7 , 321 with oil . Compassion to Others—If a man be compassionate towards the afflictions of others , it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that ia wounded itself when It gives tko balm . — Lord Bacon . ' ' '" ^ — ~ ¦ ' „ . ¦ ¦ ¦
A Lady ' s Letter— George Salwyn ones offlrmed in company that no woman ever wrote a letter without a postscript . " My next letter shall refute you , said Lady G— . Selwyn soen after received a letter from her Ladyship , when after her signature stood— " P . S . Who was right nojv , you or I ? " Earthquake . —The Gazette cfes Poiestes states , that the shock of an earthquake was felt at Carlstad on the 14 th ult ; fortunately no injury was sustained . Dreadful Fire . —The villageof O&eregeo * « ental , says a Vienna journal , was nearly destroyed by fire on the 23 rd ult Out of 200 houses , of which the village consisted , 160 were burned to the ground . Taste . —The Courtier Francais says , that a young Englishwoman , who is yet to ba married , purchased for 50 f ., at the auction of the Glandler , the glass in which Madame Laffarge cave her husband his drink .
The weather in France , —The weather is extremely . inclement at Paris at the present ; it causes great apprehensions , the vintage being now near at hand . History—Documents , relative to the flight of Louia XVI , to Varennes , have been lately discovered in the Register-office of the Court Royale of Orleans . They are composed of all the papers used at the trial of ftl . M . de Bouille , de Klinglin , de Choiseul , de Dauia , 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 light on the historical facts of that day .
Odd Fellowship . —Accredited number of members , 400 , 000 ; capital invested in government securities , £ 200 , 000 ; floating capital , £ 20 , 000 exclusive of buildings ; printing machinery , foundry , library , &c . £ 10 , 000 . Some of the ' ' D * ad Weights . —The number of soldiers receiving pensions from 6 d . and 9 J . to Is . per diem is upwards of 50 , 090 . A Young Bride . —Some time ago ^ a marriage was about to be celebrated betwefcn a man of cigbty-eeveu years of age , and a woman of seventy-seven . Oa reaching the ; ckurch , however , the lady unexpectedly refused to go through the ceremony on the ground , " that her intended bridegroom was much too old for her . "
A Professional Man—The keeper of a Scotch ale " house , having on bis sign , after bis name , " M . DFB S ' a physician asfeed him how he presumed to affix these letters to his name . " Why , air , " said the publican , " 1 have as good right to it us you have . " " What do you mean , you scoundrel ? " replied the doctor . " I mean sir , ' returned the other , " that I was Drum Major of the Royal Soots Fusileers . " Lashed to the Helm—A gentleman once said he should like to see a boat full of ladies adrift on the ocean to see what coarse they would steer . A lady in the room replied " That's Boon told—they would steer to the Isle of Man to be sure . ' *
Liberality of Landlords (?)—At the Duke of Buccleauch's recent rent audit for the district of Eskdale , his Grace ' s chamberlain returned a discount of 16 per cent to all the tenants ; Sir Alexander Johnston , of Carnsallach , returned 15 per cent . ; Mr . David Welsh , of Collin , 20 per cent ; and Captain M'Inray , of Arnhill Kincardineahire , 10 per ceut ; 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 tub morning ' s no'for me . "— " Wby on earth don't you get up earlier , my son ?'' 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 ? " " Yts , father , " said the boy , "I see they do , and I would do the same , if I had as dirty a bed as they have .
Very Accommodating . —Dr . A . Teste was passing on Tuesday night , about eleven o'clock ) by the Rue Notre-Djme-des-Cbampa , when he was attacked by two men who demanded his money . The doctor very coolly drawing forth a pistol , presented it at one of them , declaring that for the moment he bad nothing else to offer them . They were not prepared for this demonstration , and took to flight . Age of Louis Philippe—King Louis Philippe , being born on the 6 th of October , 1773 , has now entered his 71 st year . Bis Majesty is the first of hia race who has reached so advanced an age . Robert Dale Owen , son of Mr . Robert Owen , the philanthropist , has been elected member of the United States Congress for tbe first congressional district of Indiana . Mr . Owen was 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 Justice op Revenge . "—The Frankfort Journal states , that in the comitat of Zvlade , in Hungary , the partisans of those who pay no taxes aud those 'who do pay bad come to blows , and nine individuals had lost 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 at a village they murdered them all . French Sensibility . —The National Is indignant
that the Spanish telegraph should talk ef " the King ' s ( Louia Philippe ' s ) navy . " It says : — "We know of two navies , one merchant , and the other military , but , in fact , we know of no ' King ' s navy' except the Itoyal Yacht . " And then the National condemns these " Feudal , or rather Britannic phrases , which are incompiitible with the spirit of our institutions" "Our institutions J" Are the walls of Paris among them ? Are the forts and bastilles " the King ' s , " or the people ' s ? Certainly , —according to the spirit of thuir institutions—intended for the people !—Punch .
Destructive Fire . —On Saturday morning , between twelve aud one o ' clock , a most alarming fire broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr . Long ( late Keatch ' s ) , Pehrl-street , Spitalfieliia , used as a lucifer-match manufactory and storehouse for those articles . Tho fire originated in a room on the ground floor , at the dwelling-bouse , in which there were in stock * ome hundreds of boxes of lucifer-matches , besides boxss , labels , fee . A plentiful supply of water being obtained from a spacious tank on the premises , the fire was speedily checked , and its violence "' Was confined to the
storeroom arid the upper part of . the premises , which are burnt extensively , but owing I to the confusion it was impossible to ascertain the exact amount of the damage . Fire in Holdorn . —On Sunday night between six and seven o ' clock , an extensive fire broke out in the lower part of the Monarch Coffee Rsoms , corner of Leather-Jane , Holborn . In a few minutes , two of th 9 brigade euginea from Furringdon-street , with several firemen , arrived , when the fire was arrested in its pro . gress , not , however , until the contents ef the lower part of tho premises ¦ "ere consumed .
Who Can Beat This 1—A correspondent of the Eastern Sentinel boasts thus : —As I have often read in the papers of great men : being praised for their great deeds . &o . I think I have a right to tell what I have done ! First , I was five years a eeamster ; three years a constable ; nine years justice of the peace ; seventeen summers I was a lime-burner ; nineteen winters I taught school ; twenty-seven ytar 3 a conrmissioned officer , from lieutenant to major ; thirteen years I was 2 ock-tender oa ( he Lehigh Canal , lock No . 6 ; and I am father of sixteen children , namely ; ten sons and six daughters ; and t ^ o best of my story 13 . that I have quit drinking liquor . I was born in 1789 . My name is Hope , and I have faith , and show charity .
Rebecca in 1727 . —" About the latter end of February , 1726 7 , a petition was sent to Parliament complaining of the badness of the roads about this city I 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 were first erected here about Midsummer , and tolls collected for many days . ( But the country people showed a violent hostility to the measure , and great disturbances ensued , and the gates were soon cut 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 , when the colliers perceived , they brought their coals aa usual . Soldierd assisted at the gates to take the toll , but the next night , after the soldiers were withdrawn , the gates wero all cut down a second time , by persons disguised in woman's apparel , and high-crowned hats . "—Memoirs of Bristol and its Neighbourhood , by the Rev . Samuel Sever , Bristol . —London , 1823 , 4 to . Vol . 2 . p . 575 .
WoNDERFi'L if True . —The Cincinnati Chronicle reponathat in digging one of the salt wells ol Kanawha , a vein of carbu retted hydrogen ( inflammable gas ) was struck , and that the gas comes up in large quantities , mixed with the salt wa * er . The proprietor has contrived to separate the gas from the water , and while the water is conveyed into the boilera through ope sot of pipes , the gas is conveyed iu another get under the boilers , where it is inflamed , and evaporates the water .
CERITO . Cerito ! Cento ! how sylph-like thy form , What aerial grace thy light movements display , Thou seem ' st mid this region of sorrow and storm , An emigrant bright from the laud of the Tay . I have faith in the Metempsychosis of flowers When I gaze , fair Cerito , on thee , Of the sweetest tbat bloom in Italy ' s bowers Th' incarnation thou seemest to be . ' The Charm of perennial youth wears thy faoe And radiant with beauty it glows , And unrivalled is thy Terpischorean grace , Aa its peers are surpassed by the rose . Beautiful figurante ! Long may ' sfc thou shine , Of thy heart the most dazzling aud glorions star , And oh i should thy health prematurely decline Seek an antidote in the Pills of Old Parr .
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The Cosim-im Salt of Pari-i is adulterated , some part with toipure carbonate of soda , other part with iodine , and three specimens have been found containing small cryaial ^ of a salt of copper . Winter and Summer . —At Rugeley , Warwickshire , an old man of the name of Martin , of Longdon , aged seventy-six , some time ago appeared at the altar with a girl of seventeen as his intended bride ; while her aister , two : years older , was led thither by Martin ' s grandson , aged nineteen . Thus the old man has a brother inia grandson , and a sister in his wife ; his spouse must submit to the venerable epithet of grandmotherjfrom her elder sister , and the young roan may aidress the damsel of seventeen as his grandmother or ( sister at pleasure ; while his , wife may claim as her just right , by reason of mature age , the submission of her sister , or may be called upon , to exercise all the respectful docility of a granddaughter towards her . «*' W-V A * . Ju . ¦ i i _ . . . _ . — .
Russian Spies . —There are Russian ambassadors at some courts who ! employ spies in the house of the English minister , who can neither receive a friend nor give a dihner without a certainty that some ef the servants Will report every word that has passed on the occasion . Nor is it always to needy lacqueys that these gentlemen trust for information . Persons who from th ^ ir profession and standing in society ought to be above such treachery , are often dragged in this base traffic . No Englishman would
stoop so low ; but there ar 9 foreigners in English pay who carry tales from the table they dine at . Iu addition to such auxiliaries , the Emperor has his regular bands of well-salariad scouts , men and women , Russian and native , in every capital of Europe , whose duty ' it is to ascertain the sentiments of the leading men towards Russia , and to keep the ambassador on the spot , or the political police at St . Petersburg )} , acquainted with all chat may concern the views or wishes of the Emperor . —Bremner's Russia . i
Caution to Yodng Females . —On Sunday se ' n » night the following advertisement appeared in the columns of The Dispatch : — " To Young Ladies . — Wanted , a respectable young female , between sixteen and twenty five years of age , as companion ta a lady residing in a retired village about 100 miles from London . Salary « £ 50 per annum . Address , post-paid , stating full particulars , to B . H . W ., Postoffice , Barnes , Surrey . ' Such notice was calculated to attract great attention , and many were the applicants fora t-ituation which seemed to offer more than ordinary advantages j in these times of competition and depression . Orie lady , a Mrs . W , answeredithe advertisement without delay , and the ruffianly advertiser sent ; the following letter in return :
— " H . H . W , i 3 sorry to state that the situation for which Mrs . W ~ applied is filled up . At the same time B . H W . \ trusts e he will not be offended at the liberty he takes in making her the following offer . He will make her an annual allowance sufficient to live respectably on , if she will placo herself under his protection , ! asf unng her that the utmost sacBECr and howoub may be relied on . B . H . W . is a young man twenty-fi ^ e years of age . Should Mrs . W . feel inclined to accept this offer , the following advertisement put into The Morning Herald , will be immediately attended to : ' S . W . accepts tho offer of B . H . W . Write to appoint an interview . '" The conduct of this ! scoundrel reminds us of the doings of a fellow who , some time ago , endeavoured
to inveigle young girls into his house at Chelsea , on pretence of requiring iassistance in the education of his daughters ; but whose real object was the destruction of those young creatures who sought a situation at his hands . The miscreant who advertised in The Dispatch uses the terms " honour" and ' secrecy . " What a misapplication of the former . ' What honour can be expected frota a fellow who pretended that he required the services of a young female in the capaoity of companion to a young lady ; but whose subject was to sacrifice the first girl or woman who might fall into his hands at tne shrine of lust ! We have thought it worth while to allude to this
advertisement , seeeing , that ere this , he may have secured a victim , and in that case , to acquaint the friends of the unfortunate creature , if she have any , the deplorable situation she must be placed in , so that they may take immediate ! steps to rescue her from ruin , and bring the advertising scoundrel to exposure and punishment . It is impossible to guard against tho insertion of such advertisements as these , when , upon their face everything appears fair and honourable ; but we shall never tail to denounce the authors a > villains when wo find their object is to rob virtue of its Drightest reward , or when a descent upon the public is iuteuded , with a view to speciously infliot a robbery . — Weekly Dispatch .
Mr . Gregory and the Letters . —The London police investigation into the charge brought by Mr . Tnomas Wentworth | Beaumont's ca 3 t-off mistress , against Mr . Barnard Gregory , of the Satirist , of keeping sundry boxeis of letters for the purpose of extorting money , has terminated in Mr . Gregory , being ordered to pay ; £ 7 , the value of the boxes and some French coins { which they contained . The letters , therefore , will not be restored . Mr . Vallance , the solicitor for Miss Bargess , the pxosecu-• trix , had stated that Mr . Gregory had demanded £ 2 , 000 for the ransom of the letters ; but there wa 3 not a shadow of proof produced to sustain this allegation . I
Abatement of Rent . —Thomas R . Barnes , Esq ., ha 9 considerately given directions to his agent , John Hutchinson , Esq ., of Church Jerpoint , to make an abatement of fiftecnlper cent , to his tenantry on the lands of Baw-kea , Kilkenny , during tho continuance of the present { depression in the prices of agricultural produce . :,
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r * & . > * ^» - _ 1 ]>¦ *« tj - ^^• s gsgggapc HEgrergj ^ aacjaa ^^ j- ^ s extinct , ichicTi produced the u ' MOit Horror among the crowd . Alian Mair was born five weefea after toe death of his father . His mother having married again , lie left the paternal dwelling at nine yeara of age . His mother , thinking he was lost , advertised him in the newspapers of the day , the knowledge of which afterwords reaehed him , but did not bring him borne . He bad gone to England at tbat early age , where he remained , employed as a drover , for twenty-five years , fie was next employed to conduct 160 merino sheep , belonging ter the Earl of Selkirk , to bis settlement upon the Bad Biver , in North America . For this job herocelvsd 160 guineas After remaining therefor a few . weeks , he made hi » way to New York , where be got into the employment tA . . . i it , » ,-nf , » .- '' "I" - ! "" 1 * - i •*• " > - r ~ l - || iiii i *• " *
of Mr . Lloyd , an extensive dealer and shipper . He was employed by him principally in buying grain te b « ground into flour . Here he was doing well , and saving money , and getting every day more into the confidence of his master . He was then placed on shipboard , ia one of Mr . Lloyd ' s Bhips , as supercargo . This vessel traded regularly between New Yoik and Kingston in Jamaica . He continued in the trade upwards of four years , when , by some meaus , he learned that his mother was eng&ged in a law plea . He then returned to Scotland , bringing with him 2 , 000 guineas , which all went to the lawyers in a very short time , which ife seems , while it directed his mind to litigation , at the same time rendered him sour , and perhaps somewhat misanthropic
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fcUNCH AND THE SHEFFIELD FORK GRINDERS . Man . in bis present social state , may be represented by bia fork . Look at it with philosophic eye , it is hi * type—his very self—the visible aud tangible sign of hi 3 worldly worth . What an outcast ; is he who has no fork 1 What a Pariah—what a mere animal—who picks his fitful meal , not with threo prongs , but tea fingers ! And , then , how great the aristocracy of pvonga 1 How very different the metal and the workmanship ! Consider , too , the hypocrisy of forks ; and deny , if you can , that the said hypocrisy has in it the spirit of the times . We repeat it ; as with forks , so with men . The screeching vice of our day—a vice that screams to heaven—is for every man to appear at least solid silver to his neighbour ; and , so that the appearance be successfully put en , the real worth of tbe metal is of little matter .
Tens of thousands of men—of men of precious metal as they seem—what are they but Britannia metal forks ? What their daily labour behind the counter , upon the mart , and in the highways , but to rub and polish themselves into a silver look I Now come we to the plain , unsophisticated , household instrument , the plebeian of forks—the fork of iron . What a terrible history may bang about it ! Of all the family of forks , how wretched f Glorions is the fork of gold , doing its dainty work ab royal and noble tables . Comfortable—yea , most comfortable—tbe fork of solid silver , visiting the mouth of ease and competence . Well to do , enough , those fraudfui forks—forks of all imaginable metals that may pass for silver ! But , sometimes , sad indeed the fate of fork of Iron I Sad in the scaaty food it picks from out the poor man's dish ! Sad in its long solitude , rusting ia cupboard !
Here are two forks—silver aud iron . A well-paid healthy artificer was be who made the precious fork ; and it was sold into some good man's family—a good , prosperous , easy , well-feeding man . This silver fork hath smacked its prongs at a thousand luxuries I it knows the fat of venison—cm tall what grouse is made of!—has bad the ruby gravy gusb from the sirloin beneath its claws . Veal , lamb , and mutton are its constant acquaintances , iu all their vapid variety . The silver fork could write a cookery book , discoursing practically . What says the fork of iron ? Why , it came into the world as death ' s weapon ; and such was its fate—it fell into the hands of the poor—and scarcely knows the taste of meat How was it made , and what good gifts did tbe said iron fork award to its maker ? Dr . Calvebt Holland shall tell us .
A book—a terrible book—called The rital Statistics of Sheffield—has just been published , in which the tragic history of the iron fork-grinder may be read by the sous and daughters of the SUvtr Fotk with Bome profit , perhaps . Dr . Holland says : — " Foi'k-grinding is always performed on a dry stone ; and in this consists the peculiarly destructive character of the branch . In the room ia which it is carried on there are generally from eight to tea individuals at work ; and tho dust which is created , composed of the tie particles of atone and motal , rises in clouds and pervades the atmoapbere to which they are confined . The " , ust which is thus every moment inhaled , gradually un" ermines the vigour of the constitution , and produces P ermanent disease of the lungs , accompanied by difficulty ° f breathmg , cough , and a wasting of the animal frame , often at the early age of iu < enty-Jlve !" Here are thoughts that might sometimes spoil a good man ' s dinner . Dr . Holland
proceeds" It is found , on examination , that among ninetyseven men , about thirty at this moment are suffering , ia various degrees , -from the disease peculiar to this occupation , and which ia known by the name—gtindera ' asthma . The diaeass is seated in the lungs and the airpassages , and the progress of it is accompanied with the gradual disorganSsition of tbeae important organs . In its advanced stages , it admits neither of cure nor of any material alleviation , la the early stages , the oniy efficient remedy is the withdrawal from the influence of the exciting cause ; but h « w is this to be effected by men who depend from day to day upon their labour , and whose industry , from early life , has been confined to one particular branch ? Here , then , is the melancholy truth —that nearly one-third of this class of artisans , xn addition to th « poverty and wretchedness common to the whole , is in s state of actual disease—and disease which no art can cure . "
" In 1 , 000 deaths of persons above twenty years of age , the proportion between twenty and twenty-nina years , in England and Wales , is annually 160 . Iu Sheffield , 184 ; but among the fork-grinders , the proportion is the appalling number 475 : so that between these two periods , three in this trade die to one in tbe kingdom generally . " Sucb is tae history of the Iron Fork . 16 is Death ' s most handy weapon ) Upon the very threshold of life it stabs men in the lungs ; deals a wound which admits of neither cure nor alleviation , but sends them coughing to their graves at twenty-five I
Oh , reader ! thou mayeat be a Gold Fork ; thou mayest be solid Silver ; nay , Britannia Metal—Queen ' s Metal—German Silver—British Plate ! Yet , whatever thou art , as the daily fork visits thy mouth , sometimes think of the Fork of Iron—of the death it awards its maker—of the scanty meal it helps to thousands ! Think of this ; and though the thought may sometimes spoil a toothsome morsel , 'twill fill thee with thanks for thy exemption , and teach thee tenderness towards tbe snff erer . Terrible is the sermon preached to other Forks by th « Fork of Iroa !— Punch .
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 9 . —The demand for all kinds of English Wheat was rather dull , and the factors were compelled to give way in their demands about Is per qr . For Foreign . Wheat at an abatement of 43 per qr . In grain under lock nothing doing . English and Foreign Barley at full curreucies ; the value of all other kinds was with difficulty supported . In Malt no variation to notice . In Irish Oats the rates ruled easier . Beans , Pea 3 , and Flour as last noted .
Loxdos Smithfield Cattle Market , Mondat , Oct . 9 m . —The Beef trade was in a state of complete stagnation , the extreme figure for the very best Scots did not exceed 3 s 10 d per 8 ib . ; all other qualities suffered an abatement of fully 2 d per 81 b . bheepprime old Downs from 4 s to 43 4 d per 81 b , other kinds at an abatement of quite 2 d per 81 b . Veal quite 2 d per 81 b lower than on Monday last . Pork at late rates . Borough Hop Market . —We have received a very large quantity of new Hops for our markets since this day se ' nnight ; still , however , the demand for most kinds is tolerably active , at full prices . The duty is not estimated at more than £ 135 , 000 .
Borough and Spitalfields . —For Potatoes the demand 13 tolerably active , at from £ 3 53 £ 5 10 a per ton . Wool Markets . —By private contract a steady business is doing in most descriptions , and previous rates are freely supported . Tallow . —There is but little alteration to notice in our remarks on the Tallow Market this day . The market is firm , with but little doing .
Manchester Corn Market , Saturdaz , Oct . 7 . —There was only a limited inquiry for Whsat at our market this moraing , and the best qualities of English and Irish must be quoted fully 2 d per 701 b lower than on this day week . Of Flour there was a more plentiful show of samples than for some time past , and ia the sales made , factors were compelled to submit to a decline of 6 d to Is per 286 ib 3 . Oats were Id per 44 ib , and Oatmeal ( both aid and new ) 6 d per 2501 b cheaper .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Oct . 9- — Since this day se ' nnight we have had large importations of Wheat , coastwise and from Ireland , with liberal supplies of Irish Oats and Oatmeal , and a fair quantity of Flour . There are a , lsp reported 6 , 144 qrs of Wheat and 17 , 600 barrels of Flour from abroad . With the increased supply of Irish , new Wheat , and only a moderate demand h to quote a decline of 6 d a bushel grain- At Friday ' s market would not exceed 6 s 10 d per has gone off Ie 33 freely , thougl easier terms . Oats have continued sale . Oatmeal has also mealing qualities of the former of at 2 s 5 ^ d per 451 b 3 , and 2 treme price for new Meal—a bushel and 13 per load respectively last week . The transactions in or Peas , have been quite in money .
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THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . No . 7 , Vol . 2 , is aimost fa ' iled with an account of Father Mathew ' a v ' u-it to tbe Metropolis ; of whom a portrait is given . A portrait is also given of William Dupe , aged 95 , who is st 11 living at St . Aldates , Oxford , strong and hearty ; which is accounted for by shewing that he has never been the dupe of the "jolly god . " May all water-drinkers live as long ! say we . The Pictorial Spelling-Bock , and First Book of Toys for Children . By John Ellis . Cleave , London . The e are well arranged little books ; the former , price 3 d ., the latter , 2 d ., well calculated to make V 1 the child the father of the man . "
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Several publications , including " The Artizan , " "Philanthropist" ' ¦ '' Errors of Emigrants , " § c , we must defer noticing till our next .
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MURDER ACCORDING TO LAW ! Execution of Allan Mair . —Ou Wednesday , the 4 ' . b inst , Allan Mair , who was convicted at last Circuit Court at Stirling of murdering an old woman , 85 years of age , h's reputed wife , underwent the extreme penalty of the law in the above town . We take the following particulars ( abridged ) from a Scotch paper : — i v After the trial , the utmost effort was made by the authorities of the town to obtain a remission of the sentence , and a petition was forwarded to the Secretary of State for that purpose , but the answer returned was tbat the law must take its course , which was immediately communicated to the unfortunate man , who manifested ] no degree of feeling until the
day and hour were mentioned , when he was quite overcome , and gave vent to his feelings in a lot * burst of crying and lamentation . Long before the time appointed for the execution the front of the Court House was crowded by an immense mob , » m » ng whom were many women with children in theiriarms . On entering the cell in the gaol where the culprit was confined , we found the RdV . Messrs . Leitcfa and Stark in earnest prayer with him . At twelve minutes past eight o ' clock , the Rev . Mr . Leitch came into the court-room , and was followed by the prisoner , half carried by the Rev Mr . Stark , anH the man who had been guarding him all night . At this moment the spectacle I was moat buniilintinj?—a hoaty old man , in his 83 d or \ % ith year , bent together with aye
and mental suffering . and oppressed with five months ' imprisonment , his whole appearance indicating the utmost degree of human frailty , borne down with the intense idea of grief , struggling to bear up against what he considered the greatest injustice , j Oa tbe tsecutioner making his appearance , and commencing to pinion the prisoner's arms , the poor creature said— " You need not do it very tightly , as I intend to make no resistance . My only wish is to have it soon over ; . " At this time be was a good deal affected , and tears were flowing . We now thought that tbe idea of a spjeech upon tbe ecsffold had left him , but wo were mistaken ; for he had been making up his mind to this last abortive effort for vindicating his innocence .
He was thtn conducted to the scaffold between two officerB . being half carried , and quite bent , as when brought into the court-room . Bsmg placed upon the drop , he was accommodated with a chair , npon which he was no sooner placed , than he began the contemplated speech , which ; continued nearly ten minutes . From tbe hollow , sepulchral tone in which he expressed himself in tbe court-room , we were apprehensive that not a word of what he said would have been understood by the people ; but we were mistaken , for , when he got to the fresh air . j and felt himso . f at case upon the chair , and Baw the immense crowd gathered thick together ^ he assumed ajcourage greater than we thought his advanced age alone could have allowed to remain , to say nothing of the JDthet circumstances in which ha
was placed . As he advanced in his harangue , he got more and more animated , hurling fire and brimstone , death and damnation , J x ) th ' -temporal and eternal , upon a'l , with the exception ; of the Judge and Jury , who had any part in his apprehension , examiniuation , anrt trial . Scott ' s Meg Merrilies . j breaking the wand of peaca in tbe presence of Godfrey Bertram , and denouncing against him the heaviest curses , or even Shakspere ' B Margaret of Anj'm , when personated by Mrs . Siddons , would be but poor imitations of the burning earnestness with which Allan Mair , upon the ssaflMd , devoted his victims to everlasting destruction . Not a nerve quivered , nor did his eye blench , while his arms , pinioned as they were , obeyed the indignant fire within , and told to those who could not ; hear , that denunciation and not prayer was actuating his mind . He asserted his
innocence most solemnly ; charged the minister of his parish with framing falsehoods against him ; stated that be had not been allowed to bring up witnesses on his trial , who could have clearly ; substantiated bis innocence , ami taat he was not allowed to wtita letterB to his ¦ witnesses . He charged other parties with being guilty of the crime for which he was to suffer . "He was , " he said , "np murd « rer . He never committed murder , and he said these things as a dying man ,, 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 the witnesses ; and he trusted tbat for this conduct all these parties would be overtaken by the vi » nReauc « of God , and sent into everlasting damnation , j When the executUner was adjusting the white cap and the rope , he again gave audible vent to his pent-up feelings . I
There was much peint givtn to hia heavy denunciations by their being uttered in an ant ' quated Scottish dialect , now fast dying ! out Precisely at seven minutes to nine o ' clook the sigcal was given , the drop foil , and the unhappy man Wasr launched into eternity . There were , however , several convulsive struggles 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-ncseproduct951/page/3/
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