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GOD HELP THE POOB . GOD help the poor , who on this -wintry morn Come forth of alleys dim , and courts obscure ! God help yon poor , pale girl , who droops forlorn , And meekly her affliction doth endure I God help fee outcast lamb ! she trembling stands , An-wsa her lips , and frezsa red her hands ; Her sunken eyes are modestly downcast ; Her nlght-Uaik hsii streams on the fitful blast ; Her besom , passing fair , is half reveal'd ; And , O ! so cold , the asov lies then congeal'd ; Her feet benumb'd , her shoes all rent and irorn : God help tfcee , outcast lamb , i » ho stands ferlorn God help the x > oor !
God help the poor . ' An infant ' s feeble Trail Comes from jon uanow g&Uwaj- j and , behoia , A female eronching there , so deatkly pale , ' Huddling her child , to screen it from the cold > Her vesture scant , her bonnet crashM and torn ; A thin shawl doth her baby dear enfold : - And there she bides ihe ruthless gale of marn , Which almost to her heart hath sent its cold ! And now she sudden darts a ravening look , As-one with new hot bread comes past the nook JLndj as the tempting load 1 e onward borne , She weeps . God help thee , hapless one forlorn J God ielp tbe poor l
God help the poor » Behold yon famisb'd lad j Ho shoes , nor hose his vroHnded feet protect ; With limping gait , and looks so dreamy sad , He wanders onward , stopping to inspect £% eh TTicdowBtor'a -with articles < -f food . He ^ eama but to enjoy one cheering meal ; O ! to his hungry paiate , " viands rude TVbnld yield a s ^ A the famish"d oniy feel I Be HO"W devona & anst of m ^ n ^ Sy bread ; " With teeth and hands the precious boon is tern , Unmindful of the item -which round his head Impetuous sweeps . God help thee , child forlorn God help the poor !
God help the poor 2 Another have I found , A bow"d and venerable man is he ; His eloochedhat with faded crape Ib bound ; His cost is grey , and threadbare , too , I see ; " The rode winds " seem to " mock his hoary hair "; His shirtless bosom to the Kast is bare . Anon he turns , and casts a wistful eye , And with scant napkin tripes the blinding spray ; And losks again , as if he fain -would spy friends ne £ ta& feasted in bis better" day : Ah . ' acme are dead , and same fears long forborne To know the poor ; snd he is Itft forlorn ! God help the Boor !
God help the poor , -who in lone valleys dwell , Or bj far hills , where "whin and heather grow J Theirs is a story Bad , indeed , to teH ; Yet little cares t *> p iforfd , and less ' twoald iaow , About the toil and want tfcey nndeijja . Tbs -srearjiBg loom must k&VB % hem np at mom ; Ihey work till worn-out nature will ha- ? e deep ; Ihey taste , but are not fed . IThe snow drifts deep Around the SreJess cot , acd blocks the door ; The nighi-storm ho-wls a dirge across the moor . And shall they perish thus , oppress'd and lorn ? Shall toil and famine hopeless still be borne ? If 91 God will jet arise , aud help ihe poob . ! SA ^ ItEX BiilTOKD
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" WHAT ABB REPEALERS ? " Papa 1 * what are Repealers ?• —2 d t So * . Al £ —" Tippsnuy , OP ' Mjllioxs who ' ve giTen their gage , my boy , Fieice warwith oppression to wage , my-boy , Till Erin once more Shall shine as of yore , The land of tht hero and sage , my boy ! Tfee Isnd was all Europe ' s pride , msy boy , Its glory and fame -were wide , my boy ; And Roman and Done , Who oficr * d thB chain , By the sword of its heroes died , my boy 2 Her chiefs wax'd faitbltss and proud , my boy , And discord's hearse Toice grew loud , my bay j And , record of shame , The stranger then came , And liberty laid in her shroud , my boy !
That land red rapine l * ng swept , Hiy boy , And mercy and tenth long slept , my boy ; O J could you but kno ^ Stch tynmta ~ -such woe , Tout young-eyes with mine had wept , my boy But in the detpots' despite , my boy , The millions arise in their might , my boy ; And swr-ar by the tears , And blood of psst years , To wrest from that despot thtir right , my boy They are banded , nnd firm , and trne , my boy , Bssolved t » die or to do , my boy ; " . The young ncd the old In the cause are enxoli'd . And Fve sworn you one of tbem ; too , my boy . '
£ re this tow be unsafe in thy keeping , boy , May your father bemoan tdut-sleeping , boy , "Where green willows wave Above yoar young grave , And none t o couscJe las -s-eeping , my boy J Ration-
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£ * For "Papa" reed Father . Snrely the Editor of lebeSation was in a 2 t of the " lackadasical" when he put such a milksop -cord into tht mouth of his poetic " Ybuag Hannibal" 13
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A POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT , abridged frexa Wiljiam flOTTCTTS work . London : Cleave ^ Shoe-lace , Jleet-street . This is a new ediion of & work which has been some years before the public , and which to our certain knowledge has betn productive of no small amount of good in laying bare the enormities of priestly domination and corruption ; and awakening the too long blinded masses jo the real usiare of a ** craft" -sThieh for ages upon ages has been employed and perperuaied to ktep mankind in igncraiice and slavery .
As is expressed in the title pagp , ibis work is an abridgment of the iamed * 'History cfPriescraft " ¦ written by "William licrsritz , s . Dame which , when ihe history oi ihe present times shall come to be written , most shine esnspicnons c-n the historic page , as that of one of the enliginencrs and benefactors of the immaa race . But though an abriiafcineiiv , ihe publication before us coriains ihe piih and , spirit ol the larger work of WiI 2 am Homu , which from the comparatiTely Ei = a price at which it ivas nececsaxily pnblifihed was placed b ? yoiid the reach of the work- ' . ing classes . All wio can zfford to purchase the larger asd complete work will of coarse do so ; but those who cannot , will fiud in this abridgement an exeeUeci substirutc Tee following extracts will tell a thousand-fold more in fayour of toe wori i than anyibing we coulti pen . i
PAGA 5 PaiXSTCKiTT . 11 When we -recollect over what an immense extent & country , and threats trhat a number of ages , idolatry extended itstli , wiist a terrible turn of miseries jnnst we tee to caye bten itfliCtid tin our race , by the diabolical zsal and cupidity of priestcraft I From the temple of Bucdh and Jafgcniatfi in India , to the stony eircles of DruidiEin is Europe ; from the snowy wastes erf Siberia and Seandii-aTia in the north , to the most southern Isnds in Africa aiid America , " the fires of bloody deiSts ba- ? e rejoiced the demoniac priests , and consumed the people . "
" The mftridled Ben ? nality of the pagan worship added greatly to its attractions and power vt mischief . The Assyrian Baal wss made the Bcape-goat of the sensuality of the piirEts , wLo , under " the pretest of providing a sacrifice cf bfettty to the deity , selected the most lovely women cf the cstic-n for thcmselTes ; a « pedes of detestable deception -which Beems to have keen eai » sd ontoau encrmons extent in ancient times , as the Grecian stories te < tify . Wten the Assyrian was merged A the Babylrcdan empire , ihe ergies of the temple ^ PUylitta , the Babylonian Tenusi were infamous aboTe nil others . Erery troman was bound to present herself before tLe temple once W fb& life , and there submit to proEdtution with whSpfe first choss her . The price cf her thzme was paid into tba treasury , to swell thererecnes of the t-riests . "
" If weturn to Euroj-e , we shall find that whatever ¦ was the name , the language , or the go" ? ernment of the different countries , the religion was eseentiEUy the same- There wa ^ , first , an order of priests ; secondly , an order of military nobles ; thirdly , a subjugated multitcde ; and instiintienB , ibe spirit of which , is tb&tof tiimstiiigthe lower orders from all place and authority , and systematically dooming them to an nnalterablejstate of servile depression . * " The priests of ten united the sacerdotal zndsoTereign power In tbeir own persons ; and "wbets this was not tlia ax , they exercised & power superior to that of idrgB . They itflicted pains and penalties , exacted the most aiject submission , and as the pretended interpreters , of the drrine will , dared eren to demand , in the same of heaves , the blood of kings . This they
obfctoecV " ThBgreat and long-hidden continent of America -was , when discovered , found to have been objected to ¥ 2 ie same superstitions , the same dominant spirit of Vttiesthcod , and tte same terrible systems of worship . " : ** Of ibsdj bloody sacri 2 cfs the Spanish writers are fVinl Fear is described to have beenJheBoul of the jj exV * ' Wira * I > - They never approached their altars vithG o * hlood , drawn froin their own bodies . Of all gieii c / feriBgs , and they Trere mrmerous , tmnan sacv ^ fipja -atre deem ed to he tfce most se&epi&He . Every eaptiTe t > ien in war was sacrificed , with horrid cmeltiea , at' J&B temple ; the head and heart being de-Toted to ihe 8 °$ * * ud fhe body appropriated to the wrrior by wLViB the capQ ? e hsd beeo takes , to feast
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himself and his friends . The prevalence of these horrid rites counteractt-cl sll taa humanizing and softsnins effects of all tfleir social iustitactans , and their progress in the arts . Their manners became more ferociouB as they advanced , until the barbarity of their actions greatly exceeded those of the savage state . " " The priest-ridden condition of Egypt is known to all readers of history . Lord Shaf tesbnry calls ifc , the motherland of superstitions . ' So completely had the priesthood here contrived to fix themselves on the shoulders of "the people , so completely to debase and stnpify them with an abundance of foolish veneration , that the coustry swarmed with temples , god 8 , and creatures , which ia themselves most noxious or loathsome , Trere objects of adoration . "
11 The popular theology of Greece , though it had the same origin as other mythologies , assumed , by passing through the glorious misda of Hesiod and Bomer , all thwe characters of grace and beauty which they conferred on their literature , their philosophy , and all the arts and embellishments of life . " But beautiful as the system was made to appear by the embellishments of their immortal pctts , the Grecians celebrated the same mysteries , offered the same human sacrifices , and were contaminated by the same Phallic abominations , as all the other pagan nations . "
" In India , priestcraft assumed its most determined and f sarlt 83 nir . In other lands , it plnced itself ia the first rank of horror and power . In this it -went a step further . Its chains appear to be indissolubly rivetted on the mind of this mighty empire . The perfection of its craft and the selfishness of its spirit- are exhibited in millions on millions bouad in chains of the most slavish and socl-queHiog castes , and tfce jeervility of » Enbtile religious creed . India has its triad of gods , its doctrine of metempsychosis , its practice of the Phallic licentiousness , its horrors ol banian sacrifice and
Bblfimmolatioa . "We need not specify the bloody rites of J&Sgern&th , the ha * ba * ocs burning ot -widow * , or the unnatural Immolation ot children . Throughout continental India , we have an example of prietscraft in its most decided , undisguised , Bubtie , and triunipbaTit character , at once in full Sower and fall frnit ; in that state at which it bos always and evoywfcere aimed , but never attained elsewhere . It has here stamped itself on the heart of a great nation , in its fcreade-s :. and most imperishable style ; in all its avowed despotism , its selfiilmfcss . imperturbable pride , &iid coo ) arrogance of fanatical power . "
" The avarice of the aacerdo ' -al tribe in Indii kept pace with the same passion in the pritsthood of otfeer parts of the world . Immense quantities of -wealth ware made to flow icto thtir ^ coffers . Their pagods 3 were adorned wita tlie richest niclals : the alura and fiaertd vessels of the temp es-were of massy sold ,- and tbeir statues , numerous and lar ^ e , were made of the same material ; or that next to it in value , silver . " " Mr . Orme ( to his History of Hindostanj tells us : — that the Brahmins slumbered in the most luxurious lepose in tbtir splendid patodas , where the numbers accommodated wtre astonishing ; that pilgrims came from ail parts of the Pcnintula to worship at that of Seringbam , but rone without an offering of money ; that a large part of the revenae of the island ia allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit it ; and thai thesp , with thfair families , formerly composed a multitude , not lew in number than forty thousand sonis , supported without labuur , by the liberality of
Euperstition" Having thus se ^ zad the reins of unlimited power , the Priests had waly to command and make an empire of 8 \ avts . And such was tb ^ ir course . Tne Brahmin wielded both the empire and the monarch . He stood in the place of Oeiij ; the will of heaven was thon ^ bt to issue from his lips , and his decision was referenced as the fiat of destiny- In fact , the Indian Govdnrot-iit is justly considered as a tbe&cracy—a theocracy tLe more terrible , becairee the name of God waB perverted to sanction -and support the most dreadful species cf despotism—a despotism wiiicb , not cod tent with fni > jugating the body , tyrannised < over the prostrate faculties of the enslaved mind . " A short chapter on "The Jewish Priesthood " follows , and tben , under the head of " The Poprsh Priesthood , " is given a capi al unmasking of
CHB 1 STIAS PME-TCKA 7 T . from which we can only finu room lor the following extracts : — " Havirg ibus prostrated the human mind , they lorded it over the people with insolent impunity . The Bann was adopted , and its terrors became felt throughout CbriBttndom . Was a king refractory—did be refuse the pontificial demand of money—had he an opinion cf his own—a repngnance to comply with papal irfluenee in his tfFairs ? The thunders of the Vatican were launched against him ; his kingdom was laid under the bann ; all people -were forbidden , on pain of ete £ B& } Jamsatioa , to tr-nie -srilh bis sui'jectS ; all churches Were shut ; the nation was on a sadden depriTed of all txteiior tx-srcises of its religion ; the altars were despoiled of their prnsme s »; the crosses , the
reliques , the images , tad the tstoes of the saints were laid on the ground ; and , as if the air itself might pollute them by its contact , the priests carefully covered them np , even fiom vhtii o-wn sppro&chand veneration . The use of b * lls entirely ceased In the cturcbes ; the bell 3 tleiaselves were rciSfTrd irr-m the steeples , and laid on : he ground , with the etber Bacred utensiis . Mass -5 ^ 33 celebrated with shut doora , and cone but the priests vere admitted to tfca faoly institution . The clergy rtfnted to marry , bnpr-ze , or bnry ; the dead were cast into ditches , or la } i mrefyiBj ; ontuB groutd ; till the superstitions people , 1 --t : Dg on their children who died without baptism , as g-me to pt-r-iition , and trbosa Qtia -wiilioiitChiiBti ^ Ji feu' -. sl , as BKiz-d on by the dfcyil , roBe in rtbeliious fnry and obliged the prince to submit a :. fl tumble liin ^ elf before the proud priest of Rnme . "
" But the rccst- potent and mshtfal engine of the papacy , was tbe Inquisition . Its history is one of tbe most awlul hoiror that can aftrigbt the human soul . Its holy xffice—its / Sets of mercy , astbry were called in that spirit of deviiiih abuse cf Christianity in which they were conceived , -were speedily to be found in various countries of Earope . Asiv , and America , but distinguisLwi most Icarfuilj it S . ^ aic . Tceir horrors have been made famiiiar to tbe public mind by the writers of romance , specially by Mrs . Ratcliffe ; tut all the powers of romance have not been able to overcome tbe reality . Spain has always gloried in the supremacy of her iniquMtion . She has strenuously contended with the Po-pt for it ; and has deemed it so Kreat an honour , as to parade the aulo-da-Je , as one of the most fa ^ cinatiBg spectacles . Her kings , ber queens , her princes .
and ber cobles , have assembled with enthusiasm to witness them . So great a treat did the Spaniards formerly consider them , that Uorente states , that on February 25-Ji , 15 C 0 , cue -was celebrated t oy the inquisitors of Toledo , in -which several persons were burnt with some effi ? es , and a great number suhjtcted to penances ; and this tras performed to entertin tbe new qusen El- ' zibeth , daughter of Henry 11 of France , a girl of thirteen yesxs of age , atcustomtd in U-jt own country to brilliant festivals sirttd > o berra ^ k and sge . So complet' -ly may priestcraft brut ^ 'i ¦ ¦ z : ? . nation , and so Completely bss tb' 5 devilish :-:-5 tituti 6 n stamped the Spanish character , naturally ardt-ut and cbivalric , with gloomy honor , tbr . t boih L ;» reute and LlmboTcb represent ladies witnessing tb « agorfz-ng tortures of m « n scd women expiring ia flames , with transports of delight "
" We have not space to detail the atrocities committed by this odiou 3 institution , limboreb has given the following vivid Bummary of its operations ;— ' In countries "where the inquisition has txiBted , the bare ides of its progress damped the most ardent mind . Formidable and ferocious as tie rapacion ? tiger , who from the gloomy thicket surveys fciB unEnspfecting prey , until the favoured moment arrives in which he may plunge forward and conian . nmte its destruction , tbeinquisition meditatss in secret-Ed in silence its horrific projects . In thedtepast seclusion thecalurnma ^ orproponnr ' s his coarse ; witn anxious vigilance the creatures of its power regrrd its unhappy vicuin . Not a whisper is
beard , cr tiie least hint cf irsecurity given , until at the de ; d of night a band of sav ge monsters surround tbe dweilin ? . They demand an entrance . Upon tfce inquiry , by whom is that required ? the answer is the holy office . ' In an instant all tbe ties of nature appear as if dissolved ; and either through tbe complete dominion of Enperatitlon , or the conviction that resistance would be vain , the master , parent husband , is resigned . From the bosom of his family , and bereft of all domestic comforts , he enteis the icquisision house ; its ponderous door ? are closed , aad hnpt-ri excludedperhaps for eTer . Immured in s noisome vaalt , snr-TOUndfcd by imupnetrable TraJl ? he Is Itft done ; a yey to all the sad r = fl : rtioi ; 3 of b xniseraWe cr . cast . If be
veBture to irqaire tha reason of Lib fate , he ia told , that silence and secresy are here inviokibW ' " Let every man wbo hesit :: tts to set his band to tbe destruction of state relicions , l-. ofc on this picture of all enormities that can disgrace our uature , and rt fleet that Ench is the inevitable teef ' -eocy of ail priestcraft . Is it said we sse nothing so bad no-ff 1 And tsbj ? Because man has got the upper tuid of his tyrant , and keeps him in awe—not because tLe nature of prtestcraf f ; is altered ; and yet , let us turn bnt our eyes to Catholic countries , Spain , Portngal , Italy , and the scene is lamentable ; and even m our o > n country , where free institutions check presumption , and the press terrifies many a monster frcm the light of day—we behold things which make our hearts throb with indignation . "
The " Second Part , " and by far the larger portion of ihe work is t&ken up -with an exposure ot the u English Cbnren" . the " Church of Ireland . " This most important portion is far too lengthy for ns to dip into ; we must refer fse reader to the work itself , promising him that he will find such revealations therein as will exhibit in its true light the real character of the self-styled " Poor Man's Chureh" (!) We may observe , that at the commencement the writer denounces all priests because they , are priests ; whereas at the closehe appears to denounce connected with the state
priests only vfhen they are . Tons this appears inconsistent . Waving all questions as to the truths of particular creeas , we proclaim it as our conviction that any body of men set apart for the offices of a priesthood , whether paid b ? the state or by the voluntary offeri ng of their " flocks" ( fit victims for shearers !) , is an evil -a- curse . If men convinced of the troth of their respective creeds wmld pay their adoration as each itought proper , each for limself , not mier . ering with his neighbour , it would be wefl : bnt _ allow of the existence of ft priesthood , bo matter whether
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voluntary or state paid , and you have the oockatricefs egg » -which , in due season will produce its terrible brood of giant crimes aaainst- humanity . All priests must have been originally supported by the voluntary contributions of their dupes ; and man ' s history tells the hideous resulr . The aathor appears too to be greatly in love -mih " American Christianity" where the " voluntary system" flourishes ; but , what is the trnth ? Why that there is more priestcraft in the United States ; that is , that the priests of the several sects have a greater influence over the minds of their followers than even in this country . Even in that land of " civil aad religious liberty , " there have bean " prosecutions for
blasphemy" ! And it is a well kuown fact that no priests are more venal than those of the States , prostituting their powera of mind , and the mighty influence they wield through their " orift" to the upholding of ihat accursed system of slavery , by which the American atmosphere is poisoned , and her boasted liberty rendered a cruel and disgusting mockery in the eyes of all rational nun and true democrats . That ** American churches" are " bulwarks of American slavery" is " as notorious as the Bun at noon-day . " What do we infer from this ] That priestcraft is now what it cwasih the davs of Socrates : and that to destroy
the power of the priest you must anniailate Ins " craft . " Still , dotpite these objections wa can most cordially recommend this work as an excellent one for " young beginners . " Having read it , the reader wiJJ be nearly sure to ask as we have done , when closing the volume : how is it that the priests of all ages have been enabled to acquire and maintain Jheir terribly-used power I" Such question can only be solved by inquiring into tbe systems of belief which under so many names they have expounded . If the reader gets so far , there is no fear bat that he will " progress , " until be understands fully " the History :, of Priestcraft" with all its frauds and falsehoods , horrors aad crimes .
S ^ Owing a press engagements we have beeu uuable even to look at the works noticed last week as received for Rjvicw . We will bring up arrears next week . Publjcatjcss Hecfived— li An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet ; " Temperance Herald , " £ c , $ c .
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PROGRESS OF SOCIAL KEFORVf ON THE CONTINENT—No . it . GERMANY JL . ND SW 1 TZEBLAND . [ Tbe fol ' owing extracts are from a continuation Gf thi « iiiteresline anbj ^ ct , in the New Moral World of Nov . ISth . 1843 1
LBTBER JLXD THE MTO'SIEB ANABAPTISTS ' Germacy bad ber Social Reformers ss early as the Re formation . Soon after Luther had begun to proclaim church reform and to agifcite the people Bgainst spiritual authority , the peasantry of Southern and A 2 ui
every < 5 ay . Ttsey bed no law to protect them , ftnd if they had" they fourvfl nobody to enforce it- Such a Btats contrasted very much -with the communities of early < Christians , ana the cioctr ne- of Christ as laid down in tbe BiWe . The-rcforw they urosa and began a JJM flgainst their lords , which could only be a war ofetHKJ mination . Thomas Munzsr , a preacher , ¦ whom QJifi placed at tbeir head , issued a proclamation , full , of course , of the religioua and superstitious nonsense of theajfe ; but containing also iirnorjj others , principles like these : That according to tke Bible , no Christian is entitled te hold any property whatever exclusively for j himself ; that community of proporty is the only pro- j per state for a society of Christians ; that it is not i allowed to any good Christian , to have authority or
eommand over other Christians , nor to hold any ufike of ; Government or hereditary power , but on the co /< trj , ry i that , as ail men are equal before God , so thoy ought to be on earth also . Theee doctrims were nothing but conclusions drawn from tho Biblo and from Luther's own writing *; put theKeforjntr was not prepared to go ' as far as the paopie did . Notwithstanding tbe courage , be displayed against the spiritual authorities , fce had not freefi hfniEblf from the political and social preju- ' dices of bit age . He believed as firmly iu the right divine of princes and landlords , to trample upon the ' people , as be did in the Bible . Besides this , he ¦ wanted \\> e protect'on of the aristocracy and the
protestant princes ; and thus he wrote a tract against the rioters , disclaiming not only every connectf&n with ' them , but ai « o exhorting tbe aristocracy to put them ' , down wifh the utmost severity , as rebels agai : st the i Ja-ws of God . " K ; il them like doss . '" he exclaimed . The whole tract is written with such an animosity , nay , fury and fanaticism against the peopie , that it will ever form a blst upon Luther ' s character ; it shews that , if he began bis career as a man of the people , be was now i entirely in the service of their oppressors . The insur- \ rection , aft ? r a most bloody civil war . was snppres > ed , and the peasants reaaced to tbeir former serritnfle .
MODERN COMMUNISTS . —WEITLING ., It wan among tbe workinij class of Germany tbat Social Re-orm has be « jn of late niwio again a topic of discussion . G iniany having cumparative > y little manufacturing industry , the mass of the working classes ia made up by handicraftsmen , who previous to their establishing themselves as little masters , travel for s-nie years over Germany , Switzerland , and very often over France blso . A great number of German workman is thus continually going to and from PutiB , and must of coarse , tbero become acquainted witty the political and social movements of tbe French worki' -g classes . One of these men , William Weitliog , & native of Madgeburg in Prussia , and a simple journeymen tailor , resolved to establish communities in his own country . ;
This man , who is to be considered as the founder of German Communism , after a few years' stay in Paris , - went to Switzerland ; and , whilst be was working in some tailor ' s fchop in Geneva , preached his new gospel to his fellow-worfcraen . He formed Cominunitt As-ociatioiis iu all the towns and cities on tbe Swisa side of the lake of Geneva , most . * f the Germans who worked there becoming favourable to his views . Having thns prepared a public mind , he issued a periodical , toe Yoxauj Generation , for a more extensive agitation oi the connwy . This paper , althongij written for workins men only , and by a working man , has from its Leginning . betn superior to most of the French
C-tnmiuiist publications , even to Father Cabei ' s Fopu . uire . It shows that its ei'itor must have worked vtry bard , to obtain ihat knowledge of history ami politics , which a public writer cannot do without , and which a ueg . lected education had Itft bim deprived of . It shows , at the same time , that Weitlicg was always stru ^ gliug to unite his various idfcas acd thoughts on society into a complete system of Communism . The You / iff Genera tion was first published in 18-tl ; in tha following je « r Writing published a work : Guarantees of Harmony and Liberty , in -which be gave a review of the old social syatem and the outlines of a new one . I shall , perhaps , some time give a few extracts from this bonk ,
Having thus estaohshed the nucleus cf 3 Communist party in Geneva and its neighbourhood , he went to Zurich , where , as in other towns of Northern Switzerland , some of his friends had already commenced to operate upon tLe minda of the working men . He row began to organize his party in these towns . Under the name of Singing Clubs , associatioas wete formed- for tha discussion of Social re-organization . At the same tiniu W 6 itl'iDg advertised his intention t <> publish a book , — The Gospel of Ihe Poor Sinners . Bat here the police interfered with the prote 6 dinRU .
ARREST OF "WEITL 1 NG—PERSECUTION AND PROGRESS . In Jane l&at , Weitling was taken into custody , his papers and bio boufc were seized , before ifc left the press . Thfe Executive of the- Republic appointed a committee to investigate the matter , and to report to the < 3-rami Council , tbe representatives of tbe people . This report has been printed a few monihs since . It appears from it , tbat a great mvaj Communist associations existed in every part of Switzerland , consisting mostly of German working men ; that Wcit ' . ing was considerbd as tae leader of the parly , and reciiived from ^ Une to time repor ts of progress ; that he was in cortMHfcden . ee with similar associations of Germans in PaHjBSd London : and that all these societies , being composed of men who very often changed their residence , were so many
seminaries of " dangerous and Utopian doctrines , sending eut their elder members to Germany , Huugaiia , and Italy , and imbuing with their spirit every workman who came within tbair reach . The report was drawn up by Dr . Biuntschli , a man of aristocratic and fanatically chrUtian opinions ; and the whole of it therefore is written more like a paity denunciation , than like a calm , official report . Communism ia denounced as a doctrine dangerous in tbe extreme , subversive of . all existing order , and destroy ing all the sacred bonds of society . Tbe picas doctor besides , is at a loss for words sufficiently strong to express his feelings as to the frivolous blasphemy with whieb those infamous and ignorant people try to justify their wicked and revolutionory doctrines , by passages from the Holy scriptures . Weitling and his party are , in this respect , just like the lcarlans in France , and contend tbat Christianity is Communism .
The xesnlt of Weitllng ' a trial aid very little to satisfy tbe anticipations ef this Zwich Government . Although Weitling and his friends were sometimes very incautious in their expressions , yet the charge of high treason and censpiracy against him could not be maintained ; tbe criminal eourt sentenced bio t 9 BIS montba' imprisonment , and eternal Danisnment from Switzerland ; tbe members of the Zurich associations were expebed the Canton ; tho report -was communicated to tbe Governments of the other Cantons and to the foreign amb&saeB ; bnt the Communists in other parts ot Swit-
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serJ&nd were very little interfered with . The prosecn tion came too late , and was too little assisted by tbe other Cantors ; it did nothing at a i for the destruction of Communism , and was even favourable to it , by the great interest it produced in all countries of tht Oarman tongue . Gammunism was almost unkuowu in Germany , but became by this an oMecc of general attention . PHILOSOP jHrCAt COUMVNISH . Besides this party there exists another in Germany , which advocates Commaoisnn The former , being thoroughly a popular sarty , will no doubt very soon unite all the working classes of Germany . The parts vrbicb I now refer to , is a philosophical one , unconnected in its origin with eithsr French or English Communists , and arising from that philosophy which , for the last fifty years , Germany has been so proud of .
THE H £ G ££ Iv » KS . ' The political revolution of France was accompanied by a philosophical revolution in Garnuny . Kant began it by overthrowing the system of Leiboitztan metaphysics , which at the end of last century was introduced in all Universities of the Continent . Flchte and Sohelling commenced rebuilding , and Hesel completed the r , ei » system . * * The Young Hegelians of 1842 . were decided A-theiste ami Rspubheaua ; the perioiiical oi the party , the " German Annals , " was more radical and open than before ; a political paper was esta-Wished , and very soon the whoie of the Geiman liberal press was entirely in out hands . We had friends iu almost every considerable town of Germany ; we provided all the liberal papers with the necessary ittivUer , ard . by this means mado them oui prjiaiiS ; we , inundated the country with pamphlets , and soon governed public opinion upon every question . A temporary relaxation of the censorship of the prtsa of
added a great deal to tlae ejier ^ y tbe im > vea > erit , quite UQYel to a considera' 1 b part ot the Gamjan pubiic . Papets , published under tbe authorization ol a g * veiumbnt censor , contained thiogs which , even in France , would have been puuished as high treueyu ; und other thines which could not havo betin pronounced in Ensland , without a trial for blasphemy being the confluence of it . The movement was so sudden , so rapid , so energetically pursued , that tht go ^ etnjasDt as wtll aa . the public were dragged along ¦ with it for some time . But , this violent character oi the agitation proved that it was not fuumieri upon a strong party among the pubiic , and tbat its powei was produced by the aurpmo and consternation only of its opponent ? . The governments , covering theii Senses , put & atop to it by a most despotic oppression of the liberty of spweb . Pamphlets , newspapars . periodicals , scientific worts were suppressed by diz ^ ns , and the a ^ ituted state of ibe country suua subsided .
THE C 0 MMUKJS 1 S . The princes and tillers of Germany , at the very moment when thty believed to have put down for ever , Republicanism , kiw the iiso of Curnmuniiim from tbe ashes of political agitation ; anrt this new doctrine appears tO them GVetl mote jlanEerons and formul-Hb ' . B th ; tu that in Whose apparent destruction they rejoiced . As uirly as autumn , 1812 , some of the party contended for the insufficiency of political change , an 4 declared their opinion ro be , tbat a Social revolution based upon common property , was ttiu only state of tUHCkincl agreeing with tht > ir ar-str&ct principles . But even the leaders of the pnrty , such as Dr Bruno Baner , Dr . Fiuerbach , and Dr . Ruge , were not then prepared for tbi 3 decided step . Tbb political paper of the party , the Rhenish Gazette , published some paptri
advocating Communism , but without tha wi-he-i-fur effect . Communism , h » wevei ' , waa such a necessary consequence of New Hegelian philosophy , that no oppue- ' - tton could Keep it down ; and , in tbe course of thiu present year , the originators of it had the satisfaction Of seeing one republican after the other join their ranks . Besides Dr . Hess , one of the editors of the now suppressed Rhenish Gazelle ^ and who was , in fact , the first Communist of the party , there are now a great many others ; as " Dr . Huge , editur of German Annah , the Scientific periodical of the Yuun . g Heye . ' ans , which has been suppressed by resolution of the Germua Di « t ; Dr . Marx , another of the editors of the . Rhenish Gazelle ; Gsorge Herwegh , the poet , whose letter to the K ' ng of Prussia was translated , last winter , by moat of the English papers , and others : f . xvi we hope that the remainder of the Republican party will , by-and-by , come over too .
CHARACTER OF IHE GERMANS . . The Germans two : i Vory diain ' . urested nation . If in Get many principle comes into collision with interest , principle will almost always sikoce . the claims ut interest . The eame love of abstract prmciple , the same disretiard of rtnlity aad self-interest , wbicfa Lave brought tho Germans to a state of political nonentity ; thesu vtry same qualities guaraute « the success of philosophical Communism in that country , it will appeal very singular to Englishmen , tbat a p'u ty which aims at the destruction of private property , is chit fly matie up by those who havo property ; a . id yet thia is the case in G- ' / many .
PB 0 ORE 9 S OP COMMUNISM . Thus , philosophical Communism nitiy b considered for ever established in Germany , notwittifctnadiDa the efforts of the governments to keep it down . They have annihilated the press in their dominions , but to notffect ; the progress patty profit by tbe free press of Swilzorland nnd France , and their publications are ae extensively circulated in Germany , as if they wsre printed in that country itself . All persecutions anil prohibitions have proved ineffectual , and will ever do 60 ; the flerraanii ar « a .- philosophical nation , and will not , cannot abandon Communism , its so > u as it ia founded upon sonnet philosophical principles ; Chi ' fly if it la deprived as an unavoidable conclusion from their own philosophy .
Notwithstanding the persecutions of the G ' * man governments ( I understand that , in Berlin , Mr . E igar Bftuor is prosecuted for a Communist publ oal ' . on ; and in Suttgatt another gentleman hns been comtBittert for the novel crime of " Communist corresponiience I ') notwithstanding this , I say , every necessary step is taken to bring about a successful agitation for Social Reform ; to establish a new periodical ; and to secure che circulation of all publications advocating Communism , j
"A NIGHT WITH BURNS . " The following under the above head is from Ainsworth ' s Magazine . A cortain Andrew Horner of Carlisle , took it into his head tl . at he was a poor . He wrote , and he would print . To carry hU laudable design into execution , ho took a j » imiey . to Glasgow , and agreed wiih a priutor ana publisher . Iii returning from Glasgow he found himself upon an evening in the ancient town of Ayr , and in the common room of the inn he Forgathered with some halfdozan " ranting , roaring , dashing young fellows , fond of their glass and their joke . " " Tne night drave on with song and' clatter ; ' and at labfc Andrew wag induced to lay a wager that , be woald beat a " poet lad" vrlo iived nerr by . The poet lad wa ^ introduced , and—but we wiii kt the writer rcll tLe rest : —•
" An epigram was tho subject chosen , because , as Andrew internally argued , ' it is ihe sht > rtedC ot all poems . ' In compliment to him , the company resolved tbat his own merits should supply &he theme . " He commcaoed' In seventeen hunder thretty nine 'and bn paused . He then said , * Ye see , I was bora ill 1739 , [ ihe real date was some years eariu r ] so 1 m ; ik ' " that the comoiencemenV ¦ " He then took pen in hand , folded his paper with a conscious air of authorship , squared himself to the table , like one who considered it no trifle even to write a letter , and slowly put ( town in # ooa round bond , as if he had been making out a bill of parcels , the linpl Ia seventeen hunder thretty-nine ;' but btyond this , after repeated attempts , he was unable to advance . The second lino was tha Poibjcon he could not pass .
•* At last , when \ udrow Horner reluctantly admitted that ho was not . quite iu the voift , the pen , ink , and paper , were banded to his aatagonist . By him they were reacted , for he iastantJy gave tho followiug , viva voce : — 1 In seventeen hunder thretty-nine , The Dail gat stuff to mak' a swine , And pit it in a corner ; But , Bhortly after , changed his plan , Made it to something like a man . And called it Andrew Horner .
: * ' Tho subjoot of this stinging stanzi had the good sense not to be offjuded with its satire , cheerfully paid tho wager , sot to for a night ' s revelry with his new friends , and thrust his poems between tho bars of the grate , when ' the sma' hours' came on to four in the caorning , As his poetic rival then kindly rolled up the hearthrug , in a quiet corner of the room , to serve as a pillow for tho vanquished rhyme-& ' . er—then literally a carpet knight—ihe old man , ( better prophet than poet , exolaiiaed , Hoot , mon , but yo'll bo a greater poet yet !' " Aiiswer . O nations , whether the prediction waa
fulfilled ? Ia a few months afcer , a volume of poems waa published from the press ot John Wilson , of Kilmarnock—the author was a paasant by birth , a poet by inspiration . Coarse was the paper on which these poems were printed , and worn was the type . But the poems themselves were of that rare ojass which the world does not willingly let die . The fame of their author has flown , far and wide , throughout the world . His genius and his fate have become * at once the glory and ihe reproach of Soot-Iaao . ' That author was the same who , in a sportive mood , made an epigram upon poar Andrew Horner . His name was ROBERT BURNS . "
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Progress of Literatore is Italy . —During the year 1842 there have been printed in Italy 3 , 042 bookB ( the number printed in 1841 was 2 , 999 ) : of these 3 , 042 1769 , or about three-fifths , were published in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; of the remainder ^ 508 appeared in Piedmont , ; 235 in the grand duohy of Tiwc ; iny ; 216 in the papal states ; 174 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies ; 19 in the duchy of Motiena , and 11 in the state of Lucca . Of these works a considerable portion vrexe translations .
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MURKAiN .-fln the northern circuits a virulent and j fa * ni diswiBL exists among the cattle . One farmer has ) loal nineteen milch cows and a tine ball . Th « aiMase ' is iiflimmatioa of the heart , of which the cattle die witirin eij ? bt hours after they are attacked . * The camES of horsa ' and sbeep stealing have been : considerably on the increase lately in Suas&x , and saveral \ farmers have been great snfFsrers . Chinese Language is France—With a prompt ' wisaom and ready foresight a royal ordoan&nce has besn : issued in France , establishing a profesiorsbip of tie
Chinese language la the school of the living oriental , tongues , and appointing M . Buzia to tbe chair ^ Surely ] tbe study of tho Chinese ought to ba sedulously ¦; ur- 1 sued in England . Toung mon intended for mercantile pursuits would ! do well to think of It . j Kmztiko and shirtikg— It ia ia contemplation ' to estabiisb societies for the distribution of prizes to farmers' wives land daughters , for proficiency in thirt ' , making and stocking knitting , and ot&wf accomplish-. raents more useful than priz . d in those de ^ eutrate i dava . j
HORSE Manure . —Mr . Whitlsy , a writer on the ' application of geology to agriculture , states that a car- ' case of a horse ! is equal to at leas * ten times its weight of farm yard imanure , &n < l wouli ! prove much more ' valuable to the } fft ? utc-r , if con ^ ert « iti into * compost , than if sold for ; the kennel . Ratafii—deiived from res rain fi-j . 1 : let the matter be ratified . When , th ^ arcients concluded a bargain , they were In the habk of opening the btat wine in the cellar , and as they quunvd tLe nectar , of pronouncing the words ; tpe last two of which , with a tr fling change , are new used to deaignato a liquiure composed of brandy , susar , ami fruHs .
LEAD MINE .- ' —A valuable Icart mine has lately bee-n discovered on the est ^ e uf Mr . Cole Hamilion , 0 ' . > ui . ? -y Tyrone . We have fci : e « a specimen of the ore , ¦ w& ijj is rhe sulphuretof teati , and may produce , p * r !) ips , seventy per cent , of t'o « i purt metal . This is much ¦ : • Jva the usual average , and we hope that it may prov ^ a mine ef wealth to t&o country as woii as to the poagesat / r — Dublin Literary Journal . MOTHERS . —4 . How -itiio uo wo appreciate a mother ' s tenderness whilo living ! Haw heedless are we in childhood of alt her anxieties and kindness . But when she is dead and gone ; when the cores aud coMnvss of the world come withering on our hearts ; when we learn how bard it is to flud truo sympathy , how few love us for ourst ^ - * -, how tew will befri end us in our misfortune ;; iLeu it in We tQiafc of th « mother wo ha , v « lost . i
Glasgow TJt < lTERSITY . —The el ctiun of Loni R rto « for the Griumiow Universfty took plsce ou Wednesday . Lord Egiintou Mid Mr . Fox Maula v ? tre the candilates . The lattbr mps elected by a large mnjojlty . THE AmehiJcaw havy consists of tea ships ef the line , all built ind nearly finished , fourteen frigaita ct the firat-class , t ^ fo of the 3 pcond , seventeen sloops , eight brigs , nine achdonecs , and sis 8 ttamsia r , ( war cafyiiig immensely long ^ uns . Jacks th ; e Lad !"— I left my old friend twisting his bemp ( wbojtaautj u \ c a bow at parting that would have done no flisereait to the Court of Louis le . Gran ^ t
aiid strolled again to the harbour , where I snw Li Feine Ametw-f-the i leasure yacht of the Qi eu of Prance—a beautiful Jittle fchoonsr of most elt ^ ant sh ^ pe , all satinwoori pud gilding , manned by some of tbe finest and -pros ' , sailor ¦ ' . ike looking Miuws I cvijr saw . Ono of her ct » . v calltid out to aa E .- ^ lish aaiior , on tbe quay , who v ; ax eyeing the craft with a critical and somewhat j contemptuous sir . " 1 say , me ^ sta ' re , you Quin , baR ^ she a ship ' s Hkesees ? " "MyQ : o : a ?' sad J < tck , ' Vy , I shid he pshawed of her \ I Jn-ty if shed spit in such <» th \ i < g : f—A Trip to Havre ' de Grace— Hlwniriuted Mwrtz < ne .
To Pretknjt Beek fkom BEINQ TURNED in Thunder . —Having ascertained that it is perfactly good , draw off ] entirely in pint pots . Theu having collected an equal nuuiher of railway navigators , distribute accordingly . Ths wili a . swer in the hottest summer . —Puneft . WAR . —In « i Hpfceth of a Becbuano chief , hesaya—What is war ? [ War builds no tewns—plants no cardens—raiaesno Children—h * s no j"J * What is war ? It is tbe world ' s dee :: ucUon—it breaks in pieces the hearts of mothers , and causes the orphan to mourn .
Prejudice-j-I rerueubtr n man coming to me with a doloful countenance , putting himself into many lamentable postures , gaping us -wide as be could , and pointing to his mouth , as tbougfi he wculd say he could not speak . I enquired of hi « companion what was the matter ? And was informed , he had fallen into the hands of the Turks , wao had used him in a barbarous manner , and cut out bis tongue by tbe roots . ' 1 believad him . fiut when the man had hari a cfiaerful cup , he could [ find hia tongue as -w- ^ ll n . 3 another . I rt fkcted , bow is it I c ^' . iM so readily btiiitve that tale ? Tbe answer was ; easy— ' beoause it waa told of a Turk . " — John Wesley . \
l wo Children Bur > t to DEATir . —Mr . Payne , City Coroner , hpld two Iaquesta on Saturday , in the beard-room of | St . Bartholomew ' s Hr . ipital , on tiie bodies of two children , of the respective ages of three aud four years , | w ^ o met their deaths by accidental burning , duvingrtbe temporary absence cf their parents from home . Verdict , " Accidental deitli . " Nunnery . —Jht-C ' -t ' dolica are about to establish a . nunnery in Ndttiugh < iji , and havo taken spacious premises in Parliiment-streut for tho purpose Tbe nuns are to bt of the | order of the " Siaters of Cuarity , " and several of them jure shortly expected from the neighbourhood of Birmingham . MlIBOROUGli TRIILOK , THE MURDKRESS . —This uuhappy woma . i , on whom sentence of deaih was pasaed by MT . jtmi . iod e skiuo , at tfae Hereford Summer Assizaa , i& 42 . for the murder of ner mfm . i iiiia had her sentence corniiiu ' red to transpoi tatiofi for 1 fe .
Dreadful Accident . —On Saturday evening an inquMst was hold at tbe sign of tho Greer . Gate , in the City-road , before Mr . Burier and n jury 1 ' roiu the neighbourhood , on the body of James Hurren , aged 67 , who carried on buainets as a wholesale clothier ia Wormwood-street , Bishopii ^ 'te , As James Harrod , porter to Metsro C itor and Woods , lir . endrapers on Finsbury pavement , was ^ atandin ^ at hia employers' door , at half-paRt eight o'clock on Friday evening , he- saw a curt laden with two t"v . a of brewer ' s grains , aud drawn by Lwo horses , who Wtto in a gallop , coming at a rapid pact from the City-ro . id tuwards Chisvrell-iitreet , f « iilawed in the rear , at thy distance of eight or ten yards , by tlw driver , 'who vr ; va endeavouring to overtake it . At tiiid moment ' the deceased was crossing the end of Gliiowell-btreet for F . n 3 bury-8 quaie , when tbe horses turned Bharpiy jinto tho street ; tho deceased , seeinsr them coming agdinst Lim , 1 esitat-crf , aa if about to turn buck , and litdd up his ha : ds to stop the horses ; but he
w .: s inasantly knocked down , aud tho near whtel went over the miUrtlejof his ba'ly , crashing in his ribs . ¦ B ( £ was raised fronl the ground by the witness and other persons and carried into the shop of Mr Alfred Middlctou , a surgeon in Fins'iury-plnce , on his pa ^ ago to J wbich bo ra . > vad ; slightly , but expired the moment be ; got thferts . R . cbnrd Gobhy , tho drivor , in tbe net-vies of < Mr Diwia , a covfkaeper in Hosier- ! ano , Smitha ^ ld , now came up . and wr . a takea ini ? custody , by poiipjman Haince , 155 Q , the hor . ^ os ? . nd car t bain ^ s ^ ppafi and ; ttikun to tite groeuyarU . Gjb' ^ y subsequently underwent an examination at V * 6 rj ? h p-3 tre 6 t Poiicfe-courfe , on the charge of manslaughter , bat an inquest not having been held on the ; body and tho evidence not being com- plete against hirji , fct > - ^ .-. n rcmundoii for further cxamination . After several otber witn&a--e- ' < Lad bean f-xamiaed , the Coroner charged the juiy , act after fea'f an hour's deliberation tb « y returned a veidic . of " Accidental deatb , caused by tL « c . > r : g- ' -ing over the deceasari ; but that there was no evki (; .. ce to allow how tb&t cart wbb
put ih motion , i Civilisation I of the Grfkks — The Times having assi'i-wa that " the tiic- ? ki nad made more rai * id progress in education , civil-r-utiun , aud wealth , tnan could have bebn rea ^ oaabiy expected , " a correspondent , who spent the moaihs oj February and March last in that country , confirms the assertion .: — " I can especially bear witness to taair progrisss in education , and their extractiiaary love of leaguing . I shall never forget hearing Piofe&aor Oaopius ' s Itotura . on Grecian anliquitiea , in Geek , nad to Greeks , in the university of Athens . Not that 1 undsrstwd much of what he said but it w&a the u -ep and o :: % qt attention of the imnrenee audience of aa ages au < 4 ¦ clasaeB , old and younfl ; , from the veteran warrior with bis whits
moustache , dowii to mere boys—rich , and poor ; from j gentlemen of themodern school , and chiefiainfl in their ' picturesque dresses , down to the bare-footed peusantmany taking notes , and all intelligently listening—it was that which { surprised and delighted me . And I . was told that this was the case with all the public I lectures , which : ave open to evuty body gratuitously . [ f it be a G rman professor lecturing , of dsuisd in Greek on German metaybyaics , it is junt the same— , there they all are tsk : u notes , and doicg their utmost to get something from it . I venture to say , tut -th « y will soon be onejof the best educitsd people in Earope , taking them as a ; body . T /; ero are several bookseUers ( shops in Athens ; full ot the cliasicsanda rising m ^ dein ' literature . They have magEZ'nes and several news- papers admirably conducted . " . 1
The Dog . —Tho dogs by the INilo drink whil « running , to escape tho crocodiles . When thoaa ot ' New Orleans wish 10 cross the Mississippi , they bark 1 at the river ' s edge to attract the alligators , who are no ' eooner drawn from their scattered baunta aad > concentrated onj the spot , than the dog 3 eet off at full j speed , and plunge in the water higher up the stream . I An Esquimaux ; dog , that was brought to this coaatry , was given to artifices which are tarely seen in the native Europeans , whose subsistence does not depend on their own resources—strewing flis food round him , and . feisni »§ sleep , in order to allure fowls and rats . Which ke never failed to add to his store . —Blair's History of the Dog . .
i MARATHON . i " Great king xemembet AtuenB l" From tbia day ! Thy crouching slaves , each morn , shall seed no more ' To bid thee think of her . By the seashore ' Of Marathontlie flashing sunbeams play On golden arms , tho pomp of thy army , The gorgeous ranks that Datis leads to war . * ! Hark ! drowning in thcic battle shout the roar ' ' Of tbe -K , » aiii , fiercely to the fray , ; Witb fiery speed . iosh , t'W&rds tteu- gKtterlng toe , The iron ranks of Athens : on they pour j Like ocean ' s billows when the north wirnls blow . ; Thy PersianB . ilike \ te \ x foam , ats swept before ' The charge . Rejoice , thou everlastiii ^ sea , Ye heavens lift up your voioe , i tho earth ia free .
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A Whale t . \ the D (» w > s . v-D-.. •»«• the last >? efc oue of these mon ^ tei -s of tuu deep twd ^ een visitin . our cdos ' . in soarcb . of herrings , its fav . nrt'e food , air I wa 3 distinctly aeon on Sai day morning in the Dowaa , radius up its natural fountains . Yesterday it was see 1 one D > ver from the shore , and sotna mon wa , o were ia a boat , jast as it was approaching , bml b narrow > - > szpe cfa .-iup ' -et ; but they luckily got «> i » board a ga l'iot , wbica was passing ftt 'he time , ant ; 8 * ved thocw : res from a watery s > ravs . Cbe tlany giant is soppa .- ¦ to b ) upwards of sixty feec in length . £ aa hitting 6 ' ^ erf Is prosere-siDg very slowly on thU part of the C&a - - - — Dover Telegraph .
Instant Deatii from Swallowing k Pr . x . — On Taesiiay last , the jutiabitants of Kirtcalady ^ era tnrown into" a state of extreme excitement by a r port that Anne Henderson , a flno girl of about six J ^ rs o £ a % e , was eufficated by swallowing -a pea- It aj ^ an that she was playing with her class-in = « tes , and w ilsfe running romewhat smartly had thrown a pea int hot mouth , wtijch . unfortucately entered the ¦ winrfj-ipe . Every assistance was rendered , but it became-tuu ' ; vident that the tide of life w . w ebbins f ! 'st , and thatt" - ia-8 'guiflcant pea wis not too insignificant to prove ths instrument of deatb . Her distracted p . rents were si .-a . veiy on tbe spot ere nha jwbu waa only five mir . uies <; - '' ore all lifts and harmless jrlee was nnmhered with tbe 'i-. ^ ad . Dra . Siiiitb and Touiig arrived on the spot not : ong ivfter the occurrence , but coald do notiiici ? . The i "itet gentleman yesterday made an incision ia the wimi ip 8 » and found the fatal pea had lodg-sl tbeve ; it hu < not degc ^ nded very d «* fep . It was a boiled oae , ant ; -f a vary small sza . —Scotsman .
Economy . —Econoruy should be ^ rictised i all thirst ; ' ! , but more particularly in matters of m-: d ne . Tha restoration to heakh has gen- rilly bo en ir-Ormcd at a costly pri / ie ; and onrriinly if h- ith could not bo procured at any oth < r rate , a c ' > y price sbcu ' . d not bo a ^ oSj ? ct of y-rupl' :. ' - '' -it whe-ro is the wisdom , vrhere is the economy : n Sf 'idin ^ vasi suras on a pby ? ician ' s attendance , » * . ea sound health and loug life may bo ensured by iho cheap , saf <> , and simple remetiy of Pair ' s Life . ils . Robbsrt at Halstead Chubch . —On Thur-Jay tnorninK gome persons nroko imo Halstbad Chu uh , and broke open several boxes containing c-oiall .- ims ofmoDfy , which they took away . A panel a' ho back ot the altar was also forced downbyii ra , their search fating evidently for the comma ioa plate .
Kkal Her--ism . — An extraordinary ir . ^ tan- of ' presence- of iniud , kt ^ ly oecui-rt-d a- the qnarri ; n the Roes of M : ; ll , Ar ^ yk ' ishire , now wrought for : he pier in connexion with the Skeiryvore Jighti use by thi Cooimissisiners of Northern L'g hthouaes . On the 17 ih uit as Mr . Charles Barclay , theforem .-: ¦ of the quarries , was engaged in removing a splin : of stone from the face of a block of ten tons w r it , which lay on aa inclined iedgo above h'ln , the {> ' ok slid forward and onolosed his left hand , which vas bruisod in tuch a mauner that two of his m : J Io fing' rs were destroyed , and the sharp points of r . ck came in contact at the palm of thvs hand , so th-- it was held complexly fast , a 3 in a vice . T n f . iia dreadful situation , Mr . Barclay ' s great presenc of
mind and strength oi' n « rves proved the mean of saving his life and those of the men that were a '^ ng with him . The first impulse of the men wa = to fetch a lever to raise the s : one and liberate fch 9 ;> risoner ; and had Mr . Barclay ' s presence of m ad < fi"Sf-ned him , or had he fainted under tho ex . : uciating torture be endured , fhis rash purpose w ^ i : ld have be < u executed , and tbo stone would l ~ < ve launched him forward and crushed him and hiscotn raoert beneath its mass . He , however , was enaihd to direot their proceedings with a wonderful de ^ : >» of composure , and , after fruitless attempts to ra ae tho b ! ock . Mr . Barclay resolved to cut out the su > 10
round his hand as lha only means of escape . T ifl painful ooeration occupied aboac twenty minut- . g , duriug which time tho tortures he endured did ' . ot prevent his working with the remaining hand ia effecting his libsrali > u from his exraoraiuary captivity . Mr . Barclay afterwards walked without assistance to the neighbouring village of Bunesf a « , two miles off , where Dr . Diarmid , a gentleman w !» had lately returned from the Arctic expedition under Ross , removed the shattered bonea . Hext day Dr . Campbell , who acts as surgeoa to die Serryvore works , arrived from Tyree , and convey ) d his patient to the barracks at Hynish Workyard , where he is fast recovering .
A Muprain . —As a proof of the alarming nature of th « disease among cattle and of its extent in - ir neighbourhood , we may state—and we have :-ie statement on unquestionaWe authority—that , in a district of efgto or ten miles round Derby , the loss of cattle from this cause has beon something li : ce £ 2 , 000 within the last year or fifteen months . Of course , the whole loss cannot be ascertained ; but we have seen a list of 227 head of cattle lost by the disease during this time , belonging to farmers residing near us , which , valued at £ 8 each , is prf . ty nearly this Bum . —Derby Mercury .
Wonderful Delivery . —A man , named Mitch' 1 , who resides at Ilmiustcr , having been auspsetea » t ! stealing some geese , at Chillington , the constablss j were despatched to search his houao , having gain d : admittance , they found Mrs . Mitchell , according "o 1 her own account , in a very delicate condition , a ; fact , on the evo of confinement . Medical assistance in this case , as in all similar cas 9 s , was ' requirsd and , of course , soon obtained . Oa the arrival of the doctor the good lady was assisted to tunt out a nd I stand up , -when , as if by ma ^ , aad to the astomsl-, mant of all present , not excepting the doctor , ' ha j was delivered of two v « ry clean picked geese . Tne ; busiaess was soon over , and the patient immediat ' y bscami convalescent , and was enabled oa Monday 1 ( prepared , we presume , for another eonSnemmt i though of a very different nature , in company with her husband ) , to pay a visit to the honourable bench of magiserates at Chard , to receive their congratula .-; tions on this wonderful delivery . —Sherborne Jourruit .
War Against Knowledge . ' —Serial publications of a literary and scientific nature cannot now be seat by post , without the full charge , even if stamped . An experiment was recently made which seta the question at resf . A new literary periodical , printed on a stamped sheet , similar to the regular newspapers , passed through the po 3 t office for two eucce&sive weeks , when its transmission was interdicted , the Postmaster-General conceiving that i \\ q privilege derivable from the stamp is to be considered as applicable only to newspapers . "— [ A . wise and jast Government would aid the circulation of knowledge , and the eonkequent mental culture of the people by evgry means at its command . Onr Government ia neith r ; hence it trammels by stamp acs , poat-offiea regulations , &c , the circulation of mind ' s productions . But we
! | 1 ' ! I " Will war With all wbo < ror with , thought ;" and to the best of-our power aid in the annihilating of a " system" wnich > c loveth darkness rather than ; light , " aud keeps in igaoranee the enslaved " many , " as the only means of uphoi ling the " privileges" of the tyrant * ' faft . *'—E . N . S . ] ! The Queen's Visit to Sib R . Peel . —It is her I Ma j ' Sty ' ts intention to honour Sir Robert Peel with 1 a visit at his residence at Drayton Manor on Tuesi rfay , the 28 rh inst . Her Majesty will proceed from I Windsor Castle to Watford , and thence by railway 1 to Drayton Manor , to remain Mi Friday , the 1 st of i Decemberwhen her Majesty will on a visit
, go ! ta his Grace the Duke of Devonshire . On I Monday , the 4 th of December , the Queen : will honour tho Duke of Rutland with a visit at Belvoir Castle , and return to Windsor Gastlo on the 7 th . Her Majesty will be accom-! panied by his Royal Highness Prinoe Albert ; and ! we learn that her Majesty the Queen Dowager haa ! signified to Sir Robert Peel her intention to join the Royal party at Drayton Manor on the 295 h inst . ; so that the Premier will have the distinguished honour of receiving ia his house at the same time his Sovereign and her illastrions Consort , and her Majesty the Quoea Dowager , with their respective suites and attendants . —Standard .
A Brace of Fools —Duei ^ A hostile meeting took place on the sand near Haverfordwesfc , on Tuesday se ' nnight between Captain B > y , an uffisL-r who very gallantly distinguished himself in ; the wars in Aff ^ haaiatan . aad Soinde , aad a Mr , T , J 3 , in consequence of some language spoken L > y the latter highly derogatory to the most illustrious personage in the realm , iu the presence of the capUin , who resented it by a personal attack upon tho disloyal subject , and a meeting ensued , iaiwhich , Mr . J s was very severely injured , so much so , tbat uis life is dispaired of .
Melancholy Affair . —On Tuesday , a rumour obtained extensive circulation in Marylebone that Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., had on Monday made an attempt to commit suicide , by precipitating himself from one of the windows of hia residence , Bryanstonfquare . Daring the latter part of that day and the whole of yesterday the honse of the Hdnoarabla Member was literally besieged by the calls of his poiiticai as well as personal iriendB . The ramour , as regards Mr . Home himself , proved errdBeoas ; but au occurreace hatf taken place of an equally serious and afflicting character to the Honourable Gentleman ' s son-in-law ^ Mr . Charles GnbbinSj who ia the brother of her Grace the present Duchess of St . Aibatt ' s . On Monday morning , shortly before five o ' clock , the eoreams of Mrs : Gubbins awoke
Mr . Joseph Hume and his family , and it was then discovered that the unfortunate gentleman had thrown himself from hfe bed-room frindoifj on tha third floor , on to the pavement . Haying l > een eonveyed into the bouse in an insensible state , Dr . Arnott , of Bedford-square , Mr . Liston , and several other eminent members of the medical profession , were stntfor , and promptly amyed , when it was discovered that Mr . Gubbins has sustained a compound fracture of one of his thighs in two places , and that his ovher l < g was broken . Mr . Gubbins ivas piait ^ ti two or threa times throughput ye&terdaj by his medical attendants , and but very faint hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . The Bftd event has thrown the family of Mr . Hume and his Grace the Duke of St . Aiban's into a state of great affliction . J 4
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct980/page/3/
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