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SOKG OF THE HEilPSEED . BT ELIZA COOK . At scatter me well , * tk & moisUprlnjf day , Wide asd far bs the Hempseed sown ; And bravely 111 stand on the autumn land When the rams hare dropp'd and the winds have blown : Han shall caref nBy gather me np ; His hand shall role , and my form gfrnTi change ; Hot as a mate for the purple of state , If or into anght that is " rich and strange j " Ball Trill coine forth all worm and spnn , With my ine threads eorl'd in serpent length , And the fire wrongbt chain , and the lioa ' s thiek mane , Shall te rivalled by me in mighty strength . I have many a pl&ee in the busy world , 0 / triumph and fear , of sorrow and joy ; I carry the freeman ' s flag anfurl'd ;
I am linked to childhood ' s darling toy : Then scatter me wide , and hackle me -well , For a varied tale tan ttie Benpseed tell Bravely I swing in the anchor ring , Where the foot of the proud mien cometh not , Where the dolphin leaps , and the sea-weed creeps O ' er xte rifted sand and the coral grot . Down , down below-1 merrily go When the huge ship takes her rocking rest ; The waters may chafe , but she dwelleth -as safe
As the young bird in its woodland neat : I -wreathe the spars of that asme fair ship Where the gallant sea-hearts cling about ,. Springing alof z with & song on the lip , Putting their faith in the cordage stont I am true when the blast sways the giant mast , Straining and stretch'd in a nor-we&t gale , I abide with thebaik , in the day And the dark , Lashing the hammock and reefing the salL O , the billows and I right fairly cope , And the wHd tide is stemmed by the cable rope .
Sons of Evil , bad and belJ , Madly ye lire and little ye reck , Till I am noosed in a coiling fold Beady tohng your felon neck . She yarn is smooth ana the knst is sure , I will be firm to the task I take ; Thinly they twine the halter line , Yet when does the halter hitch er break ? My leares are light and my flowers are bright—Pit for -an infant hand to clasp ; Bnt what think ya of me , taeath the gibbet tree , Dangling high in the hangman ' s grasp ? Oh * a terrible thing does the Hempseed seem ^ Twixt the hollow floor anistout crossbeam Tie people rejoice , the banners are spread : There is frolic and ffasting in cottage and hall The festival zhont is echoing out
From trellised porch and Gothic wall ; Jlerry souls his to the belfry tower , Gaily they laugh when I am found j And rare &uejc they make , till the quick peals shake Theivy that wraps the turret round : The Hempseed lives with the old church bell , And helpeth the holiday ding-dong-delL The sunshine falls on -a new-made grave ; The funeral train is long and sad ; The poor man his come to the happiest home , And easiest pillow be ever had . I shall be thereto lower him down Gently into his Barrow bed ; J shall be there , the work to share , To guard Ms feet , and cradle his head . I many be seen on the hillock green ,
FJnsg aside with the 'bleaching stall , While the earth 1 * thrown with worm and bone , Till the sexton has done , and the grave is foIL B&ck to the gloomy vault Pm borae . Xeaving coffin and nail te crumble and rust ; There I am laid with the mattock and spade , jt- Moistened with tsars and clogged with dust : G , the Hempseed eometh in doleful shape , With the mourners * cloak and sable crape . Harvest shall spread with its glittering wheat ; The bam shall be opened , the stack shall be piled
Te shall see the ripe grain shining out from the wain . And the berry stained anns of the gleaner child . Heap os , . heap on , till the waggon-ribs creak ; 7 Ltt the sheaves go towering to the sky ; Up with the shock till the broad wheels roctj Festnot to carry the rich freight high : For I will infold the tottering gold , 1 will fetter the rolling load ; JTot an ear shall escape my binding hold , Gn the furrowed field er jolting road : O , the Bempsefedhaih a fair place to fill , "With the harvest band on the com-crown'd > riU .
My thw »» rt « are set in the heaving net , Out-with the fisher-boy far at sea , While he whistles a tune to the lonely moon , And trusts for bis morrow's bread to me . Toiling away through the dry summer-day , Bound and round I steadily twist . And bring from the cell of the deep old well What is rarely prizsd but sorely mia 3 'd . - In the whirling swing—in the peg-top Btring , There am I , a worshipped slave ; On ocean and earth I ' m a goodly thing : I serve from the pl 3 y-ground to the grave . I have many a place in the basy world , Of triumph and fear , of sorrow and J 07 ; I earry the freeman's flag unfurVd ,
And am linked to childhood's-datiing toy : Then scatter me wide , and hackle me well , And a varied tale jfr ^ P the Hempseed talL New Monthly Magazine
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THE AB . T 1 ZAX , No . IX . London , Simpkin , Marshal ^ Sl Co . This Monthly Journal of the Operative-Arts" is an extremely "well conducted periodical , sn'd well Sited apparently to carry ent the views of the contributors , viz ., that of elevating intellectually and morally the strength and sinews of-Old England , — her toiling , skilfnl , and matchless artizans . We speak thu 3 generally ; for we most say , that in some of the -views Dut forth , and sentiments expressed , there is a sort " of foremanism exhibited , not at all to oar tasie : for we detest the pride that apes aristocracy and that spirit is , we are sorry to say , to be found amongst not a few of the operative classes . Bnt a trace to censure , "Pis not oar forte . We would much rather praise than blame ; and in all Bincerity here is ample room for the most pleasant of criticism , that of awarding approbation where approval is so justly merited .
This number is crammed with information of the most valuable kind , to all engaged in the mechanical , « hemical , and fine arts . A mere enumeration of the ¦ varied contents ot the number -would be of noser-Tice to our readers . They will best know , andknowing , appreciate it 3 contents , by purchasing the maga zine for themselves , which we may remark is sold for one shilling ; a price low enough , in all cbnsciene , for the mass of beautifully printed matter it contains , and the illustrations by which it is enriched . The nisi article headed the * ArtizMi ' s Institute , " will be Tead with much interest . It treats of the formation andprogressof a soeiety , established some time before the dose of last year , for the purposeof affording to its members , niutnal and practical
information on the subjects of their respective trades or professions ; and for the purpose of finding employment for its iinempl&yed members in foreign wintriesy ** every channel to employment in this country being already filled np" ! The trades eligible to be admitted into the Institute are arranged under the three great heads of the mechanical arts , the chemical arts , and the fine ari 3 The subscription to the institute is one shilling a month ; but this subscription is returned monthly to © very subscriber , in the form of printed minntes of the proceedings , and other works of utility ; so that in reality there is no subscription , only a trifling monthly purchase . Of coarse the society has some sources of revenue beyond the aboTe . " One of
these Is , ** that every person promoted to a situation by the Instituted instrumentality , shall assign to the Institute the wages of that situation for a certain feme . The period ^ F this assignment varies with the Tame of the sitnation ; ** in the case of a workman , a weeks' wages is the most that 5 b required ; but in the case of foremen or superintendents , situations of Tame , a months' wages may be demanded . " We must refer onr readers to the article itself for farther information . Thi 3 institution is one pi the " signs of the times . " It tells of the determined strnggles of labour to gain its rightful position by the force of united mind ; and thus far it is a sign heart-cheering to those wbo believe with m in the progresaon of the human race , and the future " perfectibility" of my * - It teDs also of the false system of political Government , and social arrange Bents ai present existing whieh has ^ closed up every channel to employment , and driven the
wise of head and cunning of hand to associate together to procure employment in foreign lands I And this is a . sign that saddens us . It tells of the transfer of England ' s greatness to other than onr own native dime , thTft * v * T"T'g tie banks of the Thames with the fete of those of the Euphrates and the Tiber ; toi like causes will produce like eSscls . " It tells us also that the class of operatives represented ia Buch societies as the Institute , have yet ztoch to learn . They hare yet to know that trae patriotism dictates that they should unite to improve their own eonntry , and re-open the channels to employment in their own fatherland , rather ihan ly from it , tftiwVrng only of their own ladvanoement and-personal interest . HFrom an article , entitled "Steam Coaches on Common Eoads , " we take the following opening xemarks , with every sentiment of which we most heartily agree t—
" Wehave adverted , on several occasions , to the evil influences , exerted by railways is this country under their present administration ; and expressed at the PS-ma time , our fervent hope that some antidote would be found against the perpetuation of such injuries . We
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remain as firmly as ever of opinion that the whole railways ef the conntry should be taken Into the hands of the State ; though we should be unwilling to see that measure adopted , unless accompanied by the imposition of snch checks to venality as wonld ' prevent the railway management from degenerating into a manufactory of jobs and places . But pending thiB consummation , we would direct the attention of . ouz readers to a different instrument of locomotion , which appears capable of counteracting , to a great extent , the tyrannies of the railway system . The appliance to which we allude , is the use of steam-power on the common roads—an expediant attempted to be carried into practice many years ago , but which failed to realiS 9 at that time a
successful result , owing to the combined opposition of the furious railway mania , then ep : demio , and the imperfections attaching to the various steam-carriages then brought forward . The present juncture , however , promises greater success , as public feeling , as well as public opinion , is now beginning to run stedfastly against the railway system : in addition to which , we believe we shall be able to give a design for a common road steam coach , which , by its freedom from the vices attendant upon the plans brought forward heretofore , at once removes all difficulty to be apprehended on that Ecore . In short , we are of opinion that the time has arrived when steam coaches on common roads may be employed with success ; and we are anxious to be the herald of that blissful consummation .
" Before , however , we advert to the particular kind of steam < oach we would Tfecommend , we beg to draw attention for a moment to the injuries the railways are inflicting . The tyranny exercised in the transport of the poorer class of passengers , after having first wrought the ruin of all other means of conveyance , we have animadverted upon on other occasions ; bnt we have not yet mentioned the grievouB loss and injury inflicted upon the humbler class of towns in every pert of the kingdom , by depriving them of the traffic which constitnted their wealth , and leaving them in loneliness and desolation- Formerly , thousands of coaches intersected the kingdom in every direction , scattering wealth and
animation in their train . But now the road , with its fragrant hedge-rows and picturesque cottages , is deserted —the inn , where the coach stopped , shut np—the livelihood of thousands disarranged , and fond associations broken for ever . We do not uy , be it observed , that if the balance were stmck between the benefits and is juries of the railway mode of conveyance , tbs benefits would not preponderate , —though neither would we assert that they did . Bat our neutrality would only be afforded on the supposition that railways were managed for the public advantage : and when we come to take railways as they * re , we do say , that , in this conntry , they have bees an injury instead of a benefit . "
The writer then states the obstacles which have heretofore opposed the success of steam carriages on common roads ; shews how those obstables may be surmounted , and eonclndes by describing the sort of carriage which ( according to the writer ) will be found to answer , and triumph over all hitherto insurmountable obstacles . A plate 13 given shewing the form of the coach and nature of its working machinery . The article headed M The water supply of London" is one of the most interfiling and pleasing in the number . To all Londoners it must be a subject of surpassing interest . If ever mankind come to their senses , they will look back with astonishment upon the follies of a race that could expend millions
of money in gaudily decorating the fronts of shrines of profit-mongers ; bHil ding achieves temp V—called a "Royal Stock Exchange ; " erecting such ontrage ^ upon true taste as the Nelson Column , and such disgusting mementos of a nation ' s love of murder , as the [ intended } monuments to the "hero of Waterloo' *; at the same time daily consuming a filthy decoction of putrid matter in the shape of , or rather miscalled , water , to the serious detriment of the health ? , and disgust of the palates , of two millions of human beings ; and wonder that the money so uselessly and viciously expended was not employed in procuring the wholesome springs of water flowing beneath their very feet . The folly of the Pyramids is only repeated in another shape . "We give the conclusion of this interesting article : —
" Geological science and practical experience prove that the greater part of the rain whieh fallB on the surface of sandy or chalky soils is absorbed , and that it descends until it meets with an impervious stratum of clay or rock , to stop its further descent . " In an article on Artesian Wells , in the August Number of the Artiaan , we explained the manner in which the subterranean reservoirs are raised above the levels of the valleys , and foree out the water when bored into ; but we believe the instances are very rare , in this country at least , of Artesian wells being successfully bored into the stratum of chalk . This may be accounted for by the thickness of the chalk formation ; for the lower part , which rests on impervious blue clay , lies so deep , that the immense basin of chalk is jnmcient to hold all the water , without forcing it te rise
above the level of the other strata . - There can ba little guestion , however , that the greater part of the rain which falls on the extended area where the chalk rises to the surface for many miles , is collected beneath in immense quantities , and is saturating the chalk under pressure . To give some notion of the quantity of water to be collected by drainage , we may state , that assuming the depth of rain that f » Hi » annually to be the low average of 24 inches , each acre would yield 500 , 000 gallons ; and the drainage of the county ef Hertford alone wonld afford to supply the demands of twice the whole population of Great Britain ; we may , therefore , safely conclude that the chalk formation under Londen , which receives the drainage ef many extensive counties , is capable of supplying far greater quantities of water than can be required for the U 8 e ef its inhabitants .
*• The depth to which it would be necessary to penetrate in order to procure a never-failing supply may be ascertained with tolerable accuracy , from the results of experience . The ckalk is reached at a depth of 280 feet below the level © f the river ; bat to insure an abundant supply , it wouM be necessary to sink 100 feet into ths chalk , and to drive adits to some distance , in various directions , to collect the watsr . A well was sunk for a brewery at Chelsea , to a depth of 39 * feet , in which the water rose to a height of 200 feet from the bottom ; from which it might bs assumed that the standing reservoir In the chalk had been reached , and that the water waa under pressure . At Mortlake , in Surrey , an Artesian well was bored 375 feet , 80 feet of which was alto through chalk , when the boring tool fell into a mass of soft calcareous earth , and the water then rose sradually to the surface . Now , if the
standing level of the water , in the chalk formation , be reached at those depths under London , there can be no question about the supply , and one large well would be snfBeient . The next consideration would be , the means of raising the requisite quantities of water from the wells . Twenty millions of gallons per diem , for the supply of half the consumption of london , is four times the quantity of water raised from any one of the mines in Cornwall by their large pumping engines ; but the depth of the latter is so much greater duty , that the amount of engine duly would not exceed that of the Consolidated Mines . One of the eleven pumps attached to the Mammoth engine now constructing in Cornwall , for the purpose of groining the lake of Haarlem , would deliver twice the quantity of water required to be lifted ; therefore the amount of engine power to lift twenty millions of gallons from a depth of 300 feet , need not be » serious obstacle to snch a plan .
" The importance of the object to be attained should never be lost sight of ; and when it is considered that the enterprising capitalists of New York House expended £ 2 , 500 , 000 in distributing a supply of pure , drinkable water through that city , from a distance of thirty-eight mUes , the inhabitants ef London ought net to rest satisfled with the muddy , and almost loathsome , liquid with which they are at present furnished by the water companies , whilst an exbaustless reservoir of the purest water lies under their feet . " But the Artisan has poetry as well aB prose . Here is the sentimental " outpouring" of one A . Gbat , who writes from the Hills of Braemar ; and although hiB poetry is not quits iquu . to Byron ' s , yet we have seen many worse imitations . Here is A . 6 / s version of
LACHIN Y GAIR . A wat with the town and its dark cluster'd houses ! Pm s ) ck of its toilsome , monotonous life ; I hatfa the wild laughter where folly carouses , And turn in disgust from its dissonant strife . Hurrah i through my owa native glens I am roaming 2 Hark i the pibroch complains to the spirits of air ; Whilb daylight gives place to the pale hues of gloaming , And above me frowns sullenly Lachin y Gair . Ah . ' well may this spot wake the chord of deep feelings , For here were the days of myinfancy pass'd ; And here flist I drew love ' s enchanting revealings From my own Highland Maxy—my first love—my last . And here too we parted—0 hour dark with sorrow ! But youth has too ^ sanguine a bosom for care ; From the gloom of to-day augurs bliss for to-morrow , So I turned with a light heart from Lachin y Gair .
With the wide world before me I walk'd on elated , Though homeless , and , ay , nearly penniless too ; Tot 1 fed on the hopes which my love had created , Ana knew the grand secret—To will is U do . So I swore in that hour , it that Providence spare me , With health and with strength , I win never despair ; And toil late and early lor sake 0 ! my Mary , And soon sought my bride at dear Lachin y Gair . Now Lachto y < Jait , I am on « e more reposing On thy biath-ecTered « We , -when I lay when a boy ; And the eyelida of life , aa of day , are fart doring , Yet my heart , young as ever , throbs wildly with Though many fond fancies of boyhood have perish'd j Like the forms which now melt in the soft evening
; Yet fondly through weal and through woe have I eherish'd Bemembrance of thee , my own Lachin y Gair . With pleasure we recommend "The Artizan" to the attention of all artizans . It ib well deserving of their support .
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CAHXiZSUB . —Impobtant and Dangerous Legal Decision . —A few days ago , a case of an unctmmon and singular character was brought before the sitting magistrates , John Pixon and John Fawcett , Esquires , at the Town Hall , Carlisle , which excited great interest , inasmuch as it involved a point of law of the greatest importance to tradesmen in particular , and the public generally . James Bell , of the Wellington Inn , Carlisle , auctioneer , was charged with having , on Saturday evening , October 7 th , feloniously taken away , from the shop of Mr . Henry Cohen , grocer , a cheese and sugar loaf , value £ 111 s . 3 d ., his property . Mr . John Saul , solicitor ,
conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . Sibson , solicitor , defended the prisoner . Mr . Cohen was about to be examined by Mr . Saul , when Mr . Sibson rose and inquired if the witness was a Jew ? Witness—Yes , but I believe in the New Testament and our Saviour . The witneBB then deposed as follows : —The prisoner , James Bell , came to my shop between nine and ten o ' clock eu Saturday night last . I was at the Spread Eagle Inn at the time , when my shop-boy came for me . The prisoner asked me if I had any good cheese ; I said I bad , and tried two for him , when he aiked the price . I told him 6 d . per lb . He said I might take a halfpenny less for cash ; I told him I would not , and he agreed to take one at the
price . My boy weighed the cheese in question , which was 2 oilbs ., and came to 12 s . dd . He then asked me if I had any nice loaf sugar ? I said I had , and inquired if he liked dark or fine . He said he did { not like it too fine or too dark . I then shewed him a sample , and he agreed to take one at 9 £ d . per lb ., which came to 19 j . He then told me to make oat a bill for the amount , and I told my boy to do so , which he did in James Bell's name . The prisoner then pnt his hand into his pocket , and jingled some silver , » a if he were going to pay me j and I waa about receipting the bill , and had wrote ¦ « October " upon it , when some one came into the Bkop , and I
looked np to see who it was , when the prisoner took , the goods off the counter , along with the bill , and laying down a piece of paper , said" Here ia pay for them . " ( The paper was here pat in , and was to the following effect : — I , W . Sibson , do authorize Mr . James Bell , of the Wellington Inn , to-buy goods forme , not exceeding ten ponads . To Mr . Cohen . " ) The prisoner then ran out of my shop with the goods . I followed him , and gave him in charge to a watchman . The prisoner never bought anything at my shop before ; nor did he . ever mention Mr . Sibson ' s name , bat said whea b * bid down the paper , — - Here's
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pay for the goods . " It appeared from a tedious and irrelevant cross-examination of the witness oa ' * ° e P a « of Mr . Sibson—that the witness owed a Mr . Sibson , draper , the sum pi tea pouuds , and he being apprehensive , that the witness was aooui to make an assignment , he went to witness's shop , and wished to have goods to the amount of his aooount ; but thia the witness refHsed to do , saying ne 1 would pay him in cash . Mr . Sibson , however , not oeme satisfied , prevailed upon the prisoner to go to Cohen b shop , and endeavour to get some goods tor him , which he did in the manner related iu the evidence—believing , no doubfc , he waa acting a proper part , having had the advioe of a solicitor of some eminence . It also appeared , that other parties
naa got , and attempted to get , goods from Mr . Unen ma similar-way . Mr . Saul argued the / case Uf . reat length , and showed , that aa tha prisoner Well had obtained the goods in a fraudulent and deceptive manner , by never having mentioned Mr . b | ° n s name at all , and by taking the goods out ot Mr . Cohen ' s shop without his consent , he had Been guilty of a felony to all intentB and purposes . Mr . haul quoted several cases in support of his ar-« un } en \ Mr . Sibsou , oh behalf of the prisoner , contended thwre could be no fdonious intention on the pan 0 } his client , as he had acted on authority , and had also given up the property he obtained from
Mr . Cohen to Mr . Sibson , who had given Cohen credit for it . Tfre magistrates consulted together tor a short time , after which Mr . Dixon , addressing the prisoner , spoke as follows : — We do not think there is sufficient evidence to sustain a case of felony , bo that we dismiss the charge—at the same time , we must observe , that you have aoted with gr ^ afc imprudence ; and , if the evidence we have heard be strictl y correct , there has clearly been a felonious intention , made out ; but , taking all the circumstances into consideration , we discharge you with a caution , that you never again act in a similar manner . "
Murder . —A young woman , named Elizibeth Hetherington , has been committed to prison , charged with the wilful murder of her new born child . She was servant at the London Tavern , English-street . The child was found in an ash-pit . No doubt waa entertained by the Coroner and Jury of the guilt of the ' wretched woman .
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BoOKOLeoT . —The printed books in the British museum library occupy ten miles of shelf ? Manners— " Never judge from manners , " says Lord Byron , for I once had tuy pocket picked by the civitest gentleman I ever met with . '' CKIPPLEGATE Ward—Mr . ChalUs , the victualler , is elected Alderman of Cripplegate , in reom of the late Sir M . Wood . Murder . —Arthur Merrions , of Tullow , Carlow , was murdered on Sunday , and a man named Waynard Is committed to Wexford gaol for the murder . The Water CURE . ^ -Dr . O'Connor is testing the " Water cure" on the patients in the hospital of the Cork woikfeouBe . Butter to their Rolls—The Master of the Rolls has made a reduction of 10 per cent , to his tenantry in Meath .
" , Professionals . "—The usual export troops of light fingered gentry attended professionally the great fair of BalHnaslee , where , amongst other sufferers , a gentleman from this city had his pocket picked of £ 20 in bank notes . Duelling—Mr . Wilkinson , a magistrate of Surrey , aad Mr . Eatwistle , an East India merchant , were bound to keep the peace at Union Hall in order to prevent a duel , after a blow had been struck . Fatal Accident—A labouring man fell from the scaffolding of the Rsv . Dr . Henderson ' s new church , at Glasgow , last week , and was killed . The MiNEite Fate . —It is stated in the Mining Journal , that fourteen hundred lives are annually sacrificed by what are termed " mine accMents . " Embezzlement—Two confidential clerks of respectable houses at Manchester , namely , —Abel Burke , and E . Armitage , are committed for large embezzlements .
( swindling—Mr . W . J . Barnard , clerk of the Howe , and late of tha Ocean , is committed from Rochester , for swindling several tradesmen of services of plate and jewellery , which he had ordered tot ships of war at Sheerness and Chatham . GaRrich / S CON temporary—There Is only one person now living who performed on the same stage with Gtarrick . —Byrne , the celebrated harlequin in his time , and father of Oscar Byrne . He Is now in hiB eightysecond year , walks as uprightly aa in hfs best days , and is in possession of all his faculties— Dramatical and Musical Review . Metaphysics , —A Scotch political economist , being asked the meaning of metaphysics , explained it thus" When the party Who listens dinna ken what the party who speaks mean , and the party who speaks dinna ken what be means himself— -that ' s just metaphysics . " :
A Gentleman (?)—Mr . JAlfred Waring , a gentleman of property , was fined by the Oroydon magistrates £ 5 , and £ 5 138 . costs , for amusing himself by throwing detonating balls among the crowd and in the faces of the performers in the booths at Croydon fair , and beating the policemen who remonstrated with him . Supposed Murder . —On tho evening of the 31 st instaut , a newly-made grave was discovered on the Curragh of Kildare , ia which was interred the body of a woman at present unknown , whose death it would appear was caused by a deep wound in her neck . His Excellency haa offered a reward of £ 80 for the apprehension and conviction of ' all , and proportionately for one or more of the persons concerned .
Outrage—A most wanton and disgraceful outrage was committed last Friday , in the Catholic grave-yard of Newtonards , by some unprincipled and irreligious ruffians , who , during the darkuess of the evening , entered the hallowed precincts , and smashed to pieces all the grave stonea / carrying away two of them altogether ! A reward is about to be offered for the discovery of the offenders . " Wonders op the Deep . "— On Friday last , a large cod-fish , weighing 251 b ., was caught near Ballachulish . The captors , on opening it , imagined they bad found a museum . A fishing-hook and ten yards of line , the ivory handle of a pen-knife , a small silver toothpick , and a brass breast-pin , were all found in its stomach . The fishermen refuged 7 s . fid . for the fish and articles . — Ross-ihire Advertiser .
Marshal Souli . —A private letter from Toulouse states that Marshal Soult is suffering greatly from ill health , and that is the reason he was prevented from going to En . The Marshal , it is said , is impressed with tbe idea that he will not outlive the year , and he is almost daily occupied In putting his affairs in order , and in superintending tbe execution of the mausoleum which is to be placed over bis tomb . —National . Education . — " The education of our children , " said John Adams to his wife , "is never out of mind . Train them to virtue . Habituate them to industry , activity , and spirit . Make them consider every vice as shameful and unmanly . Fire them with ambition to be useful . . Make them disdain ; to be destitute of any useful or ornamental knowledge . "—John Adams on Edueation .
The Polish Press . —The Official Gazette of War ' saWyOt the 23 rd alt ., contains a new law regulating the censorship . It is divided into two sections ; one relates to books , engravings ; and lithographies published in the country ; the other relates to works imported from foreign countries . The Sage and the Simpleton . —As the late Professor Hamilton was one day walking near Aberdeen , he met a well-known individual of weak intellect . " Pray , " said the Professor , accosting him , " bow long can a person live without brains ? " " I dinna ken , , " replied Jemmy , scratching his head : " how auld are ye yootBel 1 " Pon ' i you wish you may get hih ?—The editor of the Florence Enfuirer ( Ameri < : air v < paper ! gives the following notice to one of his friends : — " The gentleman who took out of our library the number of Graham ' s Magazine , is respectfully invited to call again in about two weeks , and get the number for August . "
A Portrait I—When a certain lady , who bad been charmed by his writings , but had never seenhia person , wrote to Mirabesu , saying how much she longed to see him , and begging that be would describe himself to her , he complied with the wish of the fair enthusiast , in these brief and Bell-adulatory terms : " Figure to yourself a tiger that has had the small-pox ' . " A Proof of Civilization . —After having walked eleven hours -without discovering the print of a human foot , to my great comfort and delight I saw a man hanging upon a gibbet : my pleasure at this cheering prospect was inexpressible , for it convinced me that I was now at length in a civilized country . —Modern Traveller .
What s ' in a Name ?—Two paupers , bearing the illustrious names of John Milton and Walter Scott , were ; brought up from the Strand Union workhouse , charged with refusing to perform the allotted quantity of -work required of them . Tue offence being proved , they were seat to prison for fouxteen days . Ible of ARRAN—Lord Roasmore haa been able to complete such arrangements as will enable bis Lordship to proceed immediately with the intended new town and batbour at Catacol , in the Island of Arran . Tbe splendid sites which this island affords for small marine and bathing villas will prove most desirable and advantageous for the inhabitants of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Paisley , fcc .
Saying Grach—L'Eattange , In hia MS ., " Merry Pftstimesand Jests , " sajfa that Lady Hobart , everyone being set at table , and nobody blessing it , but gazing one upon another ia expectation who should be chaplain i » id , "Well , ItUnii I mujBt say as ohb did in a like caBe , 'God be thankea , nobody mill say grace . "' Sheridan ' s words will be remembered , when unex * pectedly called upon to say grace at a public dinner , ' What r no clergyman present ? Thank God for all things . " AaTBsuN Well . —M . Arago hM annonnoea the intention of the Frenoh Government to make an Artesian ; well in the Jatdin des Plantes , of a depth of 900 metees , namely , 200 metres more than that of Grenelle . Th / j water from the Artesian WeU of the Jardin des Kantes will , it is supposed , be of a temperature of 31 degrees Centigrade , and will be employed t * serve to heat the hot-houses of th » gardens , end supply the hospitals , of La Pitie and La Salpctrlcre , andthtu effect a great ecenomy aa to fo « l .
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Repeal—Three hah ' -p ^ . y officers have been struck ofi tbe fist for attenrlinn R-p ^ itl tneftUn ^ s . Awn ?! Mueder akd Suicide . —A few dayaago a man , named Lascaux , of tbe yiilage of Auriac ( Carres ( exasperated at seeing his fatfioi' wasting hia fortune in debaucheiy , shot him dead with a pistol , and then killed himself . : He left a letter , stating the motives of his crime . j Representation of Kilkenst Cocnty . —It " is said that the eldest son of Colonel Butler will come forward on the liberal interest to solicit the suffrages of tho Kilkenny county electors—a vacancy io tho representation having been caused by tbe death © f Major Bryan . [
CuRiorrs Notice , —On Saturday Taat , one of the Stirling town criers made a proclamation to the following efftct : —That there- is a travelling woman named Mary Harginning , of Harkuess , wfafcb . three children , one ra ; ber arms , snd two at hex feet , tbe eldest of whom was selling pincushions , who- has been about tbe town and neighbourhood for some day ' s , and who may yet be not far off , for whose nae the sum of £ 30 has been sent to town from Ireland . It would therefore be an ' set of charity in any one who may see thiB . poor woman to inform her of what awaits her .
An Economist . —The following enrious Instance of ecouomy is related by the UoMteur Parisieni—A . cooper , named De pfcante . residing at Pont-a-Racbea , near Donai , having received money to take a bory of four years of age home to his parents , in Paris , instead of taking places in a diligence for himself apd his charge , took a wheelbarrow , and , patting the child into it , set oat for hi » destination . He finished the journey in this manner , and returned to his village with the wheelbarrovr . jund 50 f . in bis pocket , which he had saved by the trip ;
Death of JJohn Fortes , Esq . —John Foster , Esq , whose ablp essays and other literary produc tions are so well-known to the public , died on Sunday morning , at Stapleton , his residence , near Bristol . Mr . Foster waa seventy-thr . ee years of age . A Prize Fight , ending , in thb Death of on . b op the Parties . — A most disgraceful battle was fought at Rolpton , in the pariah of Ban well , on Monday Ootober 9 ihj between Sylvester Williams , farmer , and John ] Foster , labourer , for the trifling waeer of ten shillings . The combatants stood their ground during 130 rounds , when Foster was fatally
struck in the head and never spoke afterwards . Williams was taken from the ring almost in a lifeless state , and is now in his bed in a hopeless condition , under the ohaTge of a constable . Mr . Ashford , the coroner for the county , held an inquest on Wedueaday , and a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Sylvester Williams , as principal , and ' Joseph Pool , Sbadrach Beaoham , and Henry Avery , accessories . Warrants were issued previous to the assembling of thefjury , b y H . F . Emery , Esq ., magistrate , for the apprehension of the delinquents , two of whom are bailed , and the others have absconded .
Condition op , the Labourers in Wales . —It had been supposed that the peasantry of Ireland were the most miserable in the world ; but facts have come to light in Wales to show too plainly that here too misery holds [ its court in tbe labourer ' s cabin . The reporter of the Times being on bis way to New * eastle-in-Emlyn , | says , " I entered several farm labourers ' cottages by the road side , eutof curiosity to see the actual condition of the people , and found them in mud hovels , the floors of mud and full ofholes , without chairs or tables , generally half filled with peat packed up in every comer , the only articles of furniture being a wretched sort of bedstead and a kettle . Beds there were none ; nothing but loose straw and filthyjrugs upon them . Peat fires on the floors in a corner , filling the cottages with smoke , and three or four children huddled around them .
Nearly all the cottages were the same . In the most miserable parts of St , Giles ' s , in no parts of England did I ever witness such abject poverty . Yet , according to some opinions , this state of misery ought to be one of happiness and content . Were it so the people would deserve their fate . Content' to live like swine they would befidy treated aa such . But the people ^ to their honour be it said , are not content with this . Having the attributes of humanity they aspire to live Like human beings ; and hence their discontent with their present hard condition . " What has civil : zatien done for these wretched inhabitants ! Of what value is the boast of England ' s wealth to them ? And with what face can our senators ! get up and talk about the happiness and contentment of the people of theae realms —Brighton Herald .
The New Military Cap . —We have heard the most contradictory descriptions of the New Military Regulation Cap , for which the British Infantry , we understand , is indebted to the inventive genius of Field-Marshal , Prince Albert . One of our informants—for we have not had tbe good fortune to see the phenomenon ourselves—assures us that it bears the closest possible resemblance to a flower-pot turned upside down in a saucer ; another tells us that it is not unlike the extinguisher of a bed-candlestick ; while a third is decidedly of opinion that it looks jusc like the church-spire in Langham-place . All parties , however , agree in thinking that the illastrioua inveator must have had in his eye the cap worn by Mr . Wai lack ia the Brigand , just at
the moment when he is making a forcible entrance at midnight through the wash-house window of a respectable Italian gentleman ' s country villa , and throwing the scullion into fits of mingled laughter and fear at the grotesque horrors of bis castor . We trust that this incomparable tile will be soon in geueral adoption among our infantry ; and that the Duke of Wellington , in compliment to Prince Albert , . will make a point of wearing it at the next revitw of the Foot Guards in Hyde Park . Imagination cannot conceive i& more picturesque and prepossessing figure than his Grace would cut in suob a castor ; those who may happen to remember the headdress worn by Mother Goose in tbe pa&lomime , can alone have any adequate notion of it . As several
bodies of infantry are just now preparing to set out for Ireland , we do most earnestly hope that they will be supplied with an Albert cap ; for conceive the inextinguishable laughter that they would occasion among all ranks and classes of Repeal Agitators All fears of collision would be at once put an end to ; for what body of Irishmen could seriously think of charging such a pack of Saxon scare-crows , looking as if each man among them had just eloped in a hurry from a corn-field ? The very appearance of such comical warriors would be enough to set Pat ' s sides aching with laughter ; in the huge extacy of the moment he would forget all his wrongs ; and ten to one , the Repeal agitation would die away in a Horse-laugh !—The Sun .
Thb Ibish Spy-System . —There is a branch of the police force called the " Detective Force "—the" men belonging to which do not appear in uniform , but go about in all sorts Of disguises—as Jews , sailors , countrymen , and 60 forth . The peculiar avocation of these " detective force men" is to ferret out crime ; and as they are rewarded and thought much of by the commissioners in proportion to the extent and number of offences they bring to light , it repeatedly happens that when offences against the law do not occur numerously and quickly enough to give full employment to the " detectives" they have recourse to the abominable expedient of tempting their victims to perpetuate offences . For example a "detective "
disguised as a " sailor , " will offer some contraband tobacco for sale , and having seduced Mb victim into making a purchase , pounces upon him with an information , and thus profits by his treachery . A ease occurred a few days ago , where one of thes " detectives" sent his own wife into an improper bouse where Bpirituous liquors it is said were sold . She induced the inmates to dispose of some , and was then brought forward by her amiable husband to prove his charge , j Such are the villainous expedients 10 which the Commissioners of police permit the force to have recourse . It is needless to say , that a surer mode of spreading demoralization in the fotee could not be resorted to . —Dublin Monitor .
Thb Pig a PHiLosoPHEB— " Philosopher ! , We call him filthy , ugly names ; brand him as afoul and doltish thing . It j is like the hurried ignorance of men . I look upon' the pig , sir , as the philosopher of brutes—yea , the Diogenes of four-legged creatures . Consider , sir . Contemplate the doings of a hog-Sea him , sir , with his frank stupidity ; or what , to skin-deep thinkers , seemeth stupidity . Mark him wallowing in gutter-mud ; see him in the haunts of men , even where jfever comes , sometimes * alas ! as kindest handmaid to poverty . See him , with his broad , quivering shout snuffing , at the threshhold of very beggars . With what gust will he munch- a cabbage stalk ! With what a grunt of gratitude will he take unto himself the leaving of the veriest
poor . There is nought that tooth can pieroe » that aoodman hog will ! turn aside from , He will get £ af flavour from a dunghill ; nay , in hopeful diecoTety shove his snout into a oindar heap . TheBe are bad habits : nasty , foul , degrading practices . And- yet , sir , what comes of it i Why , this jar—this j" and the hermit struck ' the flat of his knife on a huge wedge of brawn . ] "' Your philosopher considers , and ; takea experience of man ; and only as heiscurioas in all the doings , from noblest to basest of the animal , is he , the said philosopher , worthy of his gown . He elaborates and refines his experience , gathered from highway and alley , and hovel , and cellar ; and then eutof tho very juices of this digested wisdom , ihe leaves an oral system , or & written scroll . Now , sir , what the brawn ia to the
hog , is Plato ' s boek to Plato ? a sweet and nnctious lump , drawn and rarified . aad elaborated , from even the foulest doings of the world for the world ' s better wisdom . Whea the lady sees Mastw -Rjj munching and wallowing ina ditch » she curia kfir nose and lifts her shoulders at his nastiness . And lo ! when the same pig ' s leg , fragrant with sage and patriarchal onion , smokes on the board—the same lady sendett * her plate thr . ee times . It is even so with pniloaar . pherB . andthe trie men of the world . They have lived and died despised in alleys ; and are afterwards fed upon ia tapestried chambers . I never look / upon a hog , even , in his : foulest plight , bat I consider aim tenderly , affectionately , as thtf living pauper laboratory from which in due season mea may carve moat toothsome sweets . It is in this spirit , I—as I [ takeit—judicousiyclaeBphilosopher , and pig , —///«• [ minatcd Maga * ine % ¦ I
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Mb . Macheady . —Letters have been received from Mr . Manready , announcing his safe arrival at New York , after a very setere passage . The YEOMASRYV—The Government seems to bs determined to have the whole force of the empire , both regular and irregular , in readines 3 , to meet any disturbances which may occur amongst the repealers , either in Ireland or England ; in consequence of its recent proceeding ? , and ia pursuance of this determination , notice was given to the officers aad men belonging to the Cheshire Yeomanry on Friday last , to hold themselves ready fo ? active service at an hour's notice . — -Liverpool Time ? .
French Opinion's op the Virtues op Roast Beef . —In the gaol of Riom Cdepartment of the Puy-de-Dome ) the prisoners are employed in polishing glass , and the overseers of the works some years ago conceived the idea of obtaining from them a larger amount of productive labour by increasing their allowance of food , and had the most complete success . A substantial nourishment appears to be the principal cause of the superiority of the English workmen over ours . One of our most distingaished political eeonomists , referring to this subject ^ said that the Eaglish consider it as a point of honour to eat more besf than we ; and have , he adds , national songs , in which they pompansly and seriously ;
celebrate the " Roast beef of Old England . " The interest of manufacturers , therefore , who feed their workmen , if praperly understood , will be evidently to nourish them- welJ . This interest will also taacn them not to oppress their labourers with too great an amount of daily fatigue . Of thi 3 the same economist gives a remarkable example—it was that of the celebrated cotton = manufactory of Wesserling : — since the 1 st of January , 1843 > 8 he workmen ' s hours of labour have been reduced baif an hour daily ia ths spinning department , and the produce , so far from diminishing in- proportion ,, eontrary to all expectations , appears , from the testimony of the managers of the establishment , to have increased one twenty-fourth .- ^ -Mz ^ a » in Pittoresgtte .
Curious , if True . — " Two woikmen , " says the Monileur Parisien , " employed at the fortifications near Sc . Ouen , occupied the same lodging and the same bed in order to lessen their individual expense . One night last week one of them rouoed up the other and requested him to go fora midwife . His comrade considered it but a poor joke to-wake him out of ilia sleep to ask him to go on so unnecessary an errand , and grumbled exceedingly as be turned round to go to sleep again . The other entreated him to do as he was asked , for that tbe person who then spoke was a woman , and , what waa-worse , was on tha point of lying-in . The other jumped np in a great fright , and huriied off as he was desired . It waa fully eight months that those two workmen had slept together . The female's object was to gain higher wages , women being but indifferently paid . Though enciente t she was always considered a firstrate workman . "
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 16 th . — During the past week , tha arrivals of all Grain up to oar market , were on a very moderate scale , and by no means of superior quality . We received rather & scanty supply of Wheat of home produce , arising chiefly from the farmers being actively occupied in sowing . The stands being scantily filled , the demand for all descriptions of English Wheat was firm , at an advance in the currencies obtained oa Monday last , of quite Is per qr . wbilea few transactions were concluded at a rise of 2 a . ; and scarcely
any parcels were left over for Wednesday . Of free Foreign Wheat , particularly for that of fine quality , the sale was active , and some large quantities were disposed of , at an improvement of Is per qr . There was a very Bcanty show of English Barley , in consequence of which the inquiry for it was firm , and the quotations had an upward tendency . In Malt , ; a better trade was doing , and late rates were steadily supported . As the receipts of Oats from all parts were small , the sale for them was active , at an enhancement of 6 d per qr . Beans , Peaa , and Flour moved off steadily , at late quotations .
London Shithfield Cattle Market ; Mondat , Oct . 16 th . —Compared with those received on this day 8 e ' nnight the supplies of Beasts tip to our market were considerably on the decrease—the faling orf in number exceeding 600 , yet the supply was fully equal to meet the wants of the butchers , whose attendance was rather numerous * The weather being very favourable to slaughtering , and the dead markets by no means heavily stocked with any kind of meat , we have to report a decided improvement in the Beef trade to-day , and in most transac tions the quotations were enhanced over those of last week quite 2 d per 8 lbs , at which improveirient a good clearance was effected . Although a few very superior Scots may have produced" 4 g per 81 bsV * he
more general currency for that kind did not exceed 3 a lOd . No serious cases of the epidemic were observed , while the weighing qualities of the beasts were better than we havebid occasion to notice for some time past . From Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , we received about 2 , 280 short-horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex / and Cambridgeshire , 150 Scots , homebreds , and runts ; from the western and midland districts , 300 runts , Devons , Herefords , Durhams , &o . ; from Yorkshire , 50 runts ; from other parts of England , 250 of various breeds ; from Scotland , by steamers , 150 horned aad polled Scots , with about 50 via Liverpool , from Dublin . The imports of live stock from abroad ,
during the past week , have not exceeded 3 d beasts from Hamburgh , five of which were on sale here to-dsy in very poor condition . Tbe numbers-of sheep , though less than on Monday last , were seasonably good . The same causes which operated in favour of the beef trade aoted upon that of mutton , most kinds of which were 2 d per 8 ibs higher than last quoted . At the close of the market a very small number was turned out unsold . The supply of calves was good , both as to numbers and quality , yet the sale for them w « s firm , and theircurrencieshad an upward tendency . Notwithstanding the numbers of pigs were rather large , the pork trade was active , at an advance of 2 d per 8 ! bs . From Ireland nearly 360 were received .
Wool Markets . —In the past week the imports of Wool have been chiefly composed of 593 . bales from Port Phillip , 89 do . from Mogadore , and 136 do . from Hamburgh . The supply of wool on offer is still large , yet the demand is active , and prices may bo considered tha turn higher . Borough Hop Market . —The supply of really fine Hops being scarce , most of the growers are demanding advanced rates for them . In the middling and inferior kinds a fair business is doing at fall prices . The duty is called only £ 130 , 000 .- Annexed are present rates -. —Weald of Kent pockets , £ 5 123 to £ 6 6 s ; Mid Kent do ., £ 5 10 s to £ 9 ; East Kent , £ 6 to £ 6 103 ; choice do ., £ 8 to £ 11 ; Sussex do ., £ 5 53 . to £ 5 IG 3 ; yearling Keats , £ 5 io £ 5 > 8 a ; do . Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 .
Borough and Spitalfielb **—Tbere have been fair time of year arrivals of Potatoes from the Channel Islands , Essex , and Kent , up to our market since Monday last ; but from other quarters the receipts have been rather scanty . The demand may be considered active , and prices have an upward tendency . Devons , £ 83 to 633 j Kent and Essex Whites , 40 s to 55 s ; Guernsey and Jersey , 38 s to' 40 s per ton . Tallow . —Throughout the past weefcthis market has been rather firm , prices being maintained , by the non-arrival of the ships from St . Petersburgh . The letters received thence thiB morning state that the demand was slow . There had been shipped oft 102 , 046 casks , against 78 , 400 at the same time last year . There are now about 9 , 000 casks oa this side of the Sound , and 10 , 000 beyond it .
Manchester Corn Market ; SAnrauuy , Oct . 14 . —At our market this morning holders of Wheat firmly demanded the quotations of this day se'nnight , and a moderate extent of business , was done . For Flour there was rather a better demand at a redaction of fully Is per sack b « low our previous currency ; and both old and new Oatmeal meet a-fair sale at a decline of 6 d per load ,. In Oats no alteration was observable . Liverpool Cattle . Mark s * , S * rp . Ri > iT , Od . 14 —We have had a otaoh smallei 1 supply of Cattle at market to-day than last week , with an advance in price from our last week ' s quotations . Beef 4 idta 5 Ad , Mutton 4 Ad to * id per ib .
LjvEREOOL CoRtfc Market , Mondat , Oct . 16 . — Since this day se ' nnight we have had a fair supply of Irish Wheat * Oats , Flou * and Oatmeal . 3 , 130 qrs . of Wheat nave arrived from , the Continent of Europe , 2 . 330 bsjs of Flour from the United States , and 2 . 950 brls from Canada . T&a new Canadian Act having come into operation on . the 10 th inst , the . duties on Wheat , the produae of , and on Floor manufaoturedvai Canada , are , permanently fixed at Is per qr aad Tid respectively . On Tuesday last new Wheafc , was offering , it priftfis rather below the reduced rates noted in our last week's reports , but a fair amount of business was . transacted , several parcels of Irish kiln-dried having been taken tojield over . The importers haw Biabe shown more firmness , aadi at Friday ' s market * upon a further demand from speculators , aad . rattier a free sale to the
millers and dealers an advance of fall * 2 d per bushel wb £ established for tiut grain : the finer rung of Irish red brought 6 a 9 d to 7 s per 701 bs . Foreiga fem Wheat TOs ^ aJso « W « n rather betfewiams ^ Saofc-Flour ^ has had * moderate vend onlj ^ ai abo « t pWtionsrates ; both , States and Canadian havgsold slowly ; without change as to -value , There has boea ft fair demand for Oats , bat it has been freely met , and prices ten *^ further given iwy faUy W . per bushel ; 2 s 4 d to 2 s 4 Jd par 451 bs are now the _ top quotations for the best samples of-Irish new . QatmeaVinuaJk also be quoted 6 d to Is per load eneaper , but at this decline Bev 6 * al parcelsi b . ave W ** buyers on speculation . Barleys-Beans wd ^ eas . are without alkr » tioni «* ner a ^ to yalae or jdemMd . Betweenfoar and fite thousandbrls . of mMWO - imported Flour have changed bawta m Mfttt « A 3 per 196 lbs .
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THE HULL LITERA . RY AND PHILOSOPHICAL MISCELLANY . Dibb and Co . Hull . "We have here a new monthly candidate for public patrunage ; the first number of which ( for Ootober ) is now before as . A very cursory glance at its contents enables us to speak well jof it , though in future numbers , improvements , whioh the judgment of its conductors will dictate , may with advantage be introduced . From a clever written article on " Meteorology" we give the following extract : — " Whilst a mean nniformity of distance , and of general influence , ( I usa tbe term with reference to a known and demonstrated power , ) has been maintaineci iu tbe planetary system from tbe day of creation , tbe
investigation of geologists have shown that this earth has undergona mutations of temperature and humidity so extensive aa no longer to be adapted to the exigencies of the same organic nature . Entire genera and species have been swept away ; fresh and perfectly distinct successions of animated natnre have been from time to time created , and in their turn have been deatroyed by tbe varying and important conditions of the earth and its atmosphere : even tho elementary constitution of the atmosphere itself has been apparently reconstructed . During the deposition of part of tho secondary formation of the earth's surfacu , it was Inhabited by various species of the Saurian or Li » ird tribe ; from an anatomical and physiological investigation into their
sttucture these reptiles differ essentially from birds , and the mammalia , in the less active performance of the respiratory function , and in a lower and simpler structure of the lungs and heart , whereby they become lesa dependent on the oxygen of the atmosphere for existence . From this and the subsequent extinction of & vast portion of tha reptilian class , the physiologist is led to conjecture that the atmosphere had not then undergone those changes which a subsequent consolidation and coueeiitratioB of certain of its ^ elements may have occasioned . And again , from considerations of tbe peculiar features of the extinct Flora recurring in the same formation , the botanist has been led to suspect that the atmosphere of this globe formerly contained more carbon , and lesa oxygen , than at
present ; yet amidst these important and vital changes , affecting not merely the wall being , but the very existence of plants and animals , lunar and planetary motions have been going on in one continuous cycle , the mean distances preserved unaltered , and their conjunctions , oppositions , and other aspects occurring periodically as at present , and we may be assured that whatever future modifications of the atmeBphere may be in reserve , whether arising from astronomical , geological , or magnetic causes , that the same planetary and lunar configurations will be continued , ineffective , however , either to promote or retard the great transition : and that when perverted to the purposes of meterological , or judicial predictions , their only effect is to astonish the ignorant , and mislead the credulous . "
Here is a specimen of the poetry from some lines on "The Humber Wolds : " — " Sweet hillB of beauty I from your towering brows What lovely landscapes burst upon the sight In rich variety ! Afar I afar ! Oar vision stretches o ' er a mingled mass Of lull , dale , water , meadow , corn field , wood . In brightness blending . —At your base lie Plains rich in rural elegance , and fraught With sylvan loveliness . Fair villages , Cots , hamlets , farmB iu sweet confusion gleam ;
Here Welton hides beneath her sylvan shades , And rural Elloughton 'mid towering trees , And Brantingbam with Us romantic dale , — From your first rising nigh the Humbet's shore , Where Bessie lifts her village spite on high , To where , with bolder eminence , ye turn At Cave , laid hidden in its hollow dell , And sweep away in undulating line Far to the north , what beauties ye enclose Betwixt your summits and the water ' s marge ! A poet's world ! * * *
" Is there a portion of the British isles Where nature in more rich profusion casts The choicest of bet treasures ? Where she crowds All her mild beauties in so small a space ? It seems a spot where she has deigned to bind Her fairest wreath of aight-deligbting flowers ; Her richest temple , where she would display The winning softness of her gentle smile , And chain all hearts in admiration's bonds . " Sweet hills of beauty ! be it oft my lot
To wander o ' er ye , when the light of mom With yellow lustre gilds your loveliness ; When noon-tide radiance pours its silver tide Of keen refulgence , making all things seem The brighter visions of a fairy world;—But chief when eve with her unnumbered tints , Her rainbow dyes , her sky-descended hues , Paints every landscape , aud brings oat to view Sweet lights and shades inimitably soft , Supremely delicate , intensely fair . ''
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THE PHILANTHROPIST . This , as its title expresses is " A monthly journal , devoted to local , political , and moral reform . " Us formis that' of the Spectator ; its price is 6 d . ; and four numbers h&ve appeared . Its principles are those of the Miall , Cob den , and Stur # e school ; t . e , it advocates " Separation of Church and State , " *• Corn-Law Repeal , " and " Complete Suffrage . " 11 is withal a inost strenuous assertorof tbe virtues (!) talents (?) and patriotism (!) of the middle classes It has , however , little of the sectarianism exhibited by other publications , and is decidedly the most talented of its class ; being well , in some casea eloquently , written . From a sensible article ia No . 3 , on " The Repeal Movement , " we give the following truthful and eloquent extract : —
" It is a great sight to see a whole nation struggling Against wrong , even though their cry for justice find an articulate -voice in the person of one man only ; but it is more truly cheering to watch the movements , irregular and conflicting , and frequently misguided though they be , of a people roused Into action by the workings of their own thoughts ; and such movements , however often they may foil to accomplish the ends which they propose , are the manifestation of stronger intellectuality , and indicative of surer progress . In the one picture we have Repeal—the other is Chartism The one marching onwards with gigantic strides , im < pelted by & keen sense of approaching victory—dubious , indeed , though it be ; the other broken and prostrate , and self-divided , yet containing within itself tbe
elements of truer progress ; for it may well be that Repeal shall pass away aud be known no more but as a thing that has been , or that it may he accomplished and Ireland yet be xmregeaerated ; but the spirit of Chartism is a creature of hardier growth . Born hi trouble , nursed ia contention , fed by the conflict and dissension of opinions , it has henceforth a necessary existence , and its cry cannot be stifled . Its nature is sacb that it will secure the progress of the people , even if destined to be continually defeated ; for its existence is at once the result and the stimulus of intellectual activity , and each successive struggle will necessarily involve the development of new , and the reiteration of old , truths—of truths which cannot die , but must fructify to tbe end of time .
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We must again defer noticing " The Errors of Emigrants . " It shall have oht first consideration next week . Publications Received . — " The History of Ireland and the Irish People ;" and a number oi Works and papers on Phonagraphy .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct952/page/3/
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