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      5 E * itKw .-l 0 . U . are the Towels which create ttoj « oisagreMble sensations in the minds efhonert * es i-aan all the rest of the alohabet put toother ft ^ " ^^ I ^ t ^ « " « **¦ «" ii-Vbe BWvl ^ Jv l ^ " ? q ^ e delighted fc theiJS ^ S ^ h 0 Tm the DeW P » T « n «* Tite Ipswich pafeb says th at on Eridav se ' nnight f r ^ "i ? ° ne *? ed mncry-two and the other eigbiy-! l " - ^ fV """ iiDg was excellent , and the £ ^ _> $ * oa bj a nose . " V ; heths » "the bold bad man" had : or had not K- 1 : 0 inrectly or indirectly with the attempted as-• • - - -Triuoon of the Queen , one thin ^ is quite certain—* £ ¦ . * iii ^ assassin was in earnest !

      " xi ow » o toc think the Chinese will relish onr V . a . ci on their coast V asked a member of the U . S o : r . u old Indian officer . " Whv , " was the replv , i-uch the same as Guliiver did the arrows of Lillijr . t- : r ^ bis toes—he fancied something was itching

      OUT A > 'D IS . " V " - 5 ' ? et 0 Dt > ' s rhe C 1 7 ^ at Force begin : - " -- Tories' cry ends with * We can ' t get in i » i - F . IGXBD HiUHiTT is like a . child in the dark - ^ r ; : n . " ^ or whis ; l e 3 to frighten away the ghosts . ; . ' . - ¦ i . ' * sver great , except , in submission to law ; r - -I- w \ h - > , T ^ en he distrusts himself ; never £ ¦ ¦ - • . L-ut ¦ . when obedience triumphs over seli-iadulg --- It : s a fixe v hal 1 ? for on ^ sorrows to see the sunal - '¦ - ¦¦ - ji haopiues . ' breaking out frc-m cloud 3 which fc :, sg hung ova . otnt-rs ^ It nurses our sick hopes —! : •¦ ~« more ; we cni . uo * rejoice to see ethers blee p ed y ,. -.. _ : , ia some son , a . 'arhj ^ in their joy .

      -. - . l PiiocEEDi . NGS o- P . u uament are often reported ir - p . rely technical manv er » so as to convey no t- - — i-iinit-e impression to thu * e no - conversant with Itr - rrus . We pretty oft :. ' ;• ¦> puzzle the innocent obser * sr of the progress o - ^ --iiion , because , considering . the disgraceful e . - ! ii which occasionally take piac * . she phrase 9 ^ - :. rc--U ought to be " kicked out I" ' . ~ \~ more honesty a man has , the leas t'e affects th- r-. r of a saint . The aff ^ tation of sanctify is a bl-t jb on ice face of piety .

      _ ~ :. v , cla * Occubrsncs . —A friend of ours , on a t : . ^ i ' i-lev , neir >' ortiiwiugficid , on Sunday las ; , t . -:.-red a pig very furiously attack a hen with a b - -- - c-i caickena , in a iarin yard in that village , and ©> . ; - i . jteiy worry her . —Derbyshire Chronicle . a ' ¦ ¦ AiLKSiCAS p ap £ r , in giving an acconn ; of the ¦< •• : ¦ . ' -.-o of death passed upon a joung man , says , " : - 5 pptvire 4 to feel nupivasantly . ' - h ; . t jtile Toeies had a hand in preparin / r the b- : r :.- for the diabolical attempt on vhe life of the Q -. r .-, is proved by the fact of their being in the 4-. i--. zs it not possessing the political had . A ^ ag is thk Ttmet , speaking of theDerformances 0 ^ ih - ^ night of Dowton's farewell " benefit , says , B ~ " : : - ~^ rman chorus w as reserved to the end of the

      j £ . hb is a mas in Ycrmon * , who is so tall , that wb ^ erer it rains he gtts nis iiat wet a quarter oi * i . l . ^ -i - before the rain reaches any one else . ¦ Ir is saib and believed that the ball from the ! £ -: ; sin ' s pistol passed within an ace of the Queen . T '/ o 1- tee less surprising , when we reflect that it pr - - ¦ : ied from tie hand of a knave . Ar-issiTB Stamps . —The safest as well . as the pi . i - : esi method of applying the adhesive postage ¦ tasup : « to wet the surface of the letter instead of tik ^ 2- . xinou 3 naatta on the stamp . Keep the pres-« u-- - :: for a few seconds , and the stamp will be iicT ; . - . able . —Morning paper . [ A srill better way is : lo without them . —Courier . ]

      A . iisTAKE Corrected . —An orator holding forth in i . vj-rr of "woman , dear divine woman , " ccn-« l " -c thus ; "Oh , my hearers , depend upon it B .-. ' : - . - -.: beats a pood w : fe . " 4 * I beg your pardon , " rt : ' i une of his auditors , '"' a bad husband dses . " It s stbasge that immediately after the Duchess of i . " uariand has been announced " to have done robing fch ; . ; : " - - en in England she should have gone off to £ >¦ ¦¦ ¦ ::-:. < l , where it is well known her Grace has £ /^ - =- ¦ - . r / tn herself 1 - ~~ ~ fro ha ^ djokslt dressed fcreigners" were had B > . - ay or two back , on the charge of frequenting til- i — . net ' s Theatre , with intent to commit felony . I . i these times , a _ U the "foreigners" were taken cp v > - ;; o attend public places for the purpose of comn . . : . ^ felony , we should speedily have every pruon xl ; r . c metropolis filled to repletion . Thi " coantrj is i-R ^ iiniing with German pickpockets !

      A new STEAMEa jnst launched at Glasgow , is « ai 2 r-. ! , in compliment to the Great Captain , " the Ir : ^ Duke . " The Duke , as everybody knows , is re ^ -k .-ued as hard as iron , while the steamer is actually iron it ^ lf ; there is , therefore , no misnomer in the cuse . A full length effigy of his Grace appears * t the figure head , and though , to oar thinking , he has 3 . 1 least as much brass as iron about him , as a Bscaliic compliment it may not be misplaced . A Cat-o ' -kisk-tail Q , cebt . — Is Major-General Sir E-jward Bowater , jusv appointed one of Prince ^' . r ^ Ti ' s equerries , the officer who once acquired & ** . 3 xging" hunt , by his inhumanity to poor soldiere ? Ii - £ . he will scarcely do much honour to the appoinnaentj thoagh he knows ** how the cat jumps " as vfcli as anybody .

      The Sea Skkpest oSce mosk . —This strange letter that has regularly , once a year , made its a-T .-5 s . r < knce in the neighbourhood of Nahant , has tr-.-h " _^ 3 on taken up its residence on the coast of J . ew Jersey . The United Slates Gaxetie publishes a k-iier from Mr . Job Salmon , of Cranmer Town , near iiar . ahawk , dafed April 9 , saying that four or five jhrr ; oii 3 saw his majesty of the great deep on the % "' . * of March , quietly sunning himself on the surface ox the waters in Dinner Point Creek . }¦ s pas as mere m » ney is « mce ? ned , the position of M .-3 Burdett Coutts and Rothschild is ' pretty ir i : h the same . He is the millionaire of fashion , w ..: ^ * be lady is the fas hionable million-keir-eis .

      A Bishop Presetted with a Bible . —Her Ma-3 > .: ty - ? -fe been graciously pleased to beEtow a Bible a p , v \ . r-. ehly bound , on ' tbe clergy who officiated in the v-Tfonnance of the Toyal marriEge ceremony . jj .- ' - ' p Blomfield , being odo of the * e , oi course go- a coy v oi noly writ , and haviiig got it -we trust he will I : " t-tf . il carefullv to read it . This would be the be 3 t n ~ : bt could make of it . ; ---tzb wa 3 there a more obvious misapplication o ! - . : ^ rm than that of calling the Whigs and Radicals 1 > : t * 1 s . Keter was there , in every respect , a more iiiil iral race npon earth ; arid , taking the word in

      i ; : common acceptation , their liberaiiiy consists in thiiuii ^ g only of themselves , regardless of the rl ; - * b 3 ef they may do , and the misery , they may trl-. - : pon others . A ? lacb opt of the Woeld . —A « -a proof that t \ -: -v . 'ing that Dent is a " place out of the ' world , ' i ? : ¦ :: » f ' y correci , we may siate , that a person who 1- t .- ired there thirty Tears , happened to be in Kirkb ; Lo -- ^ la , on Tuesday , when the . First Dta £ .: > 0 bs c-. i ...- : n , and paid they were the first soldiers he had e : ~ ~ een in his life . —Blackburn Standard .

      13 ? . d Isobth . on his brother being appointed { x : o-Uot by Chkrlea II ., ha » ing humbly repre- e i- 'i as his bonnden though painful duty that his , ' t : h--r , though perfectly well intentiooed , was no : ( q :. Iif .-rd by his talents " for so high an office , the ; ] v it- f moEfireh thanked h : m with jnx-at composure , j aii i ' - - d , " be had always kuown that there was one ' ' f . .. ; . ; ^ . ; n g the brother ? ' ; atd he was oblig--d to his j l _ - _ . r : : ;; p for showing him which it was . " —Diary of \ a L xer of Literature : in the Genlieman ' t Magazine . ] L iiD Iscgeat , having complained to a dealer in , pc -: -itanii » that he could not properly fix them to J tci- d-elope , the latter observed— ' * Sir , it is quite ; nup ~ ionable in the Administration to be so negli- ten ; , - ± s they have a much better recipe for sticking , < if thev choose to communicate it to the pnblic . : ! ' ! i ! I ! j j < ; ' , !

      CEMncEirrs , however deeply rooted they may j ar-prar at the time , almost invariably give "Way ; t * . uraih the chauges of circumstances , and tho ^ e ¦ whom we hare known and liked at one time and is | cue place , are but too aoon and too easily supplanted i in aEOther , where new interests spring up daily j before us , shatting out those which formerly adorned j Our path . j Duke FkrdikjJO ) , one of their Serene Highnesses : of Saxe Coburg residing at Paris , had the oil luck i to ha ^ e a bag of jjold , Ae other dav , st « len from his I apartments in the Palais Royal . The " serenity" of bis Highness was cot a little disturbed by this on- j toward event , which , however , can hardly be of much | consequence , seeiag that bags of gold are falling to the share of the Coburgs in all quarters , and one , more or less , cannot be greatly missed . : | ;

      Ab ^ khos o ? Mjkd . —The following is the last instance of absence of mind . A man thinking he jraa at borne » few evenings since , lay down in the park , and put his boots outside the gate to be blacked in the morning . The dats which succeed brSliant entertainments are always melancholy ; but those which follow i days of study are delicious ; we have gained something , we hare acquired some new knowledge , aud we recall the past day , not only without disgust and without regret , but with consummate satisfaction . GAMBUSe . —He that thinks he see 3 another ' s state is a pack of eards , or a box and dice , and Yentnres his own in the pursuit of it , should not repine if be finds himself a beggar in the end . Among masy other evils that a-twnd gaming are these : — Loss of time—loss of reputation—loss of health—Joss of fortune—Jest of temper—ruin of families— defrauding creditors—tad , what is Often the effect of it , *• !•« » nif itooif .

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      LINE 8 . O ! let me tread the mountain path where glare Ne ' er trod : nor the wild din of hydra-headed war Was ever h-ard : where the pure heart and harp were never known to jar ! ^ There let me roam for ever ! yes for aye ! Give to the soulless few the overflowing bowl J On the blue boundless deep , and onmacadamited way Of cloud-topt mountains , where the 8 onl Dwells in celestial majesty and pride , there roll Ye awful thunders , and ye lightninp quiver on ! I'll glory in your wrath ; for from the goal Of tyranny and thraldom ye do come To teach vain man , the tyranny of man to spurn ! _ . Harold . Paislev .

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      SONNET TO KNOWLEDGE . The days ar « pist when tyranny could sway Ita iron sceptre with impunity , The veil is falling from the clouded eye , The shackles of the mind by age decay , And reason ' s brilliant and expanding ray . Tis thy tffidtn > lkht that can set free , The untutored slave—darkness so dire and thee ! Have no communion more than night with day As darkness hid-a its dingy front from morn , And hies unwilling from the approach of light , Holding & dubious fray—tho" rent and torn , With tvri : igat— st' 1 : is soon o ' erpowered by might ; The clouds will soon disperse to lead the way , For all the brightness of uncloudy day . A Devonian .

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      air . ( Virc U Rui . ) Swearing death to tyrant King , Heaven tfuards the patriot heart j Join'd in band and htnrt we'll sing , Vive la Charts , Vive la Ciiarte . Rnin seize t ; e tyrant knave , Can slarery , or woe impart ; Augut of i > lea < urs to the brave , Vive la Charte , Vive la Cl'artf . Bear our conquering standard : ; irfi , Terror strikes ea .. h miscreant heart ; Cnvrard ! « i : ll our battle cry , Vive la G \ arte , Vivo la Ci : arte . Raise the brand of libtry . Dare the foe . brave the smart ; Swell the ctiurus loud and high , Vive la Charte , Y ; vo la Ciiarte . ¦ ? ¦

      CAMBRIA . Cambria : my native Laid , to thee Sweet ifthe anthem of the free ; Since from thy br-ezy mountains came The Britons of undyinj : name ; Who stemm'd the might of Roman pow " r , And bade Irs eagles droop an hour ? Who here the noblest rampart shoWd Of naked ijnns that never bowd , Against fam'd Ugiona emperor led , Plated , and steel'd , and helraeted . Where still through centurieiof strife , The spirit straggled , and had life ; And still through waves and tempests wild , Hath sternly rear'd ita head , and smiled ; Tta ! to thi « hour , that spirit dwellfl , Fair country in tliy shady dtils ;

      Sweeps o'er thy bill tops , down thy vales , And triumphs on tiiy healthy gales . H liberty on Sno'wdon wake . Lift up her voles , her standard shake ; ¦ On Liiunon ^ s brow it will not stop , But echo south to Skyrrid ' s top ; And Barium ' ^ mount -will not be slack , To shsut a gallant answer back . Till rallied evYy mine and cave , ~ \ Till rous'd : he warrior in his grace , >¦ To snatch beside him bis cold glare . J While ev ' ry Cumru ' s b < 3 som booida , And English plains shall bear the sounds ; As if high Heaven ' s electric fire , Had swept the land , as bard his lyre ; Nor yet the less if Albion ' s plain , Or Scotland's sons , the strife maintain :

      Or o er the sea , from Erin ' s strand . The sounds of freedom strike the land . Cambrians . ' our siren that spirit drew , UnbolLB Jed , * cd bequeathed to you ; Cambria ! thy bards the spirit sung , With inspiration on their tongne ; Cambria : upon to ^ wings of time , There comes a voice with songs sublime There rides a form of giant force , That burst oppression in ins course ; That drives the train of falsehood far , Before his conq'ring chining car ;

      Bel there to build the guest a home , In evTy brea * t the noblest dome ; Be thine the beacon to display , To -welcome first tbe rising day . And if some wily serpent glide , To restle at the lion ' s Side ; And if a meaner bird a-osnmes , To rob her nest , the eagle ' s plumes ; Oh ! never on the page of fam -, May the wretch bear a Cambrian ' s name . ASVERIM Newport , April 1 st , 1340 .

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      Tact ajjd Talent . —Talent is something , but tact is everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave and respectable ; tact is all that , and more too . It is not a seventh sense , but it is the life of all the five . It is the open eye , the quick ear , the judging taste , the keen smell , and the lively touch ! it is the interpreter of all riddles—the surmounter of all difficulties—the remover of all obstacles . It is useful in all places , and at all times ; it is useful in solitude , for it shows a man his way into the warld ; it is useful in society , for it shows him his way through the world . Talent is power—tact is skill : talent is weight—tact is momentum : talent knows what to do—tact kuows how

      to do it : —talent makes a man respectable—tact will make him respected : talent is wtaith—tact is ready money . For all the practical purposes of life , tact carries it against talent—ten to one . Take them to the theatre , and talent shall produce you a tragedy that will scarcely live loug enougk to be damned , while tact keeps the house in a roar , night after night , with its successful laic- * . Tyke them to the | bar—talent-speaks learned and logically ; tact , tri-¦ umphantly . Talent makes the wond wonder that it ; gets on no faster—tact excites astouishment that i : i geU on so fast ; and the secret is , that it has no I weight to carry ; it makes no false steps ; it hits the 1 right nail on the head ; it loses no time ; it takes all i hints ; and , by keeping its eye on the weathercock , iB

      j \ i | ready to take advantage of every wind that blows . i Take them into the church . Talent may obtain j a living—tact will make one . Talent gets a good ; name ^—tact a great one : talent convinces—tact con-| verts : talent is an honour to the profession—tact I gains honour from the profession . Take them to i court . Talent feels its weight—tact finds its way : talent commands—tact is obeyed : talent is honoured ! with approbation , and taci is blessed by preferment . I Place them in the Senate . Talent has the ear of the ' Hou . Be , bnt xact wins its heart , and bus its votes . j Talent i 3 fit ior employment—but tact is fitted for it : ! it has a knack of slipping into place with a sweei ; silence and gibness of movement , as a billiard-bail ! insinuates iisclt into ihe pocket : it seems to kuow

      every thing , without learning any thing . Taleut it , i certainly , a very fine thing to talk about—a very good thiug to be- proud of—a very glorious eminence ti > look down from : but tact is useful , portable , applicable , always alive , always alert , alwayB marketable ; it is Hie taieut of talents—the avaikbkness of resources— the applicability of power—the eye of discrimination—the right hand of intellect . Pt . fasvrk . —It is difficult to say what pleasure means . Pleasure bears a different sense to every different person . Pleasure to acountry Hiss , just come out , meaiis a race ball , an 4 so many partners that she is danced till she can hardly stand ! Pleasure to an aspirant after fashion , meanB a card for Devonsinre-honse , or a nod from Lady ! Plea-¦ sure to a schoolboy means tying a string to his schoolfellow ' s toe when he is asleep , aud pulling it till he awakes him ! Pleasure to a man of an inquiring mind means a toad inside a stone , -or a beetle running with his head off ! Pleasure to a man of taste means a first-rate artitte and a good dinner !

      Pleasure to a labouring man means doing nothing ! Pleasure to a fine lady means having something to do to drive away time ! Pleasure to an antiquarian mean an eligible inscription ! Pleasure to a connoisseur means a dark , invisible , very fine picture ! Pleasure to philosopher—a modern philosophermeans liking nothing , despising every thing , and ? roving every one a simpleton except himself ! 'leaiure to a beggar means % sovereign by mistake , instead of a shilling ! Pleasure to a sailor , a fresh breeze and sight of land ! Pleasure to the afflicted , a Uar ! Pleasure to the sweetest of all tempers , the last word in an argument ! Pleasure to the social " tho human face divine ! " Pleasure to the morose , w I shan't see a sool for the next six months P Pleasure to an author , the last page of bis manuscript—bliasinexpressible ! Finis . Pleasure to all , to every one in their own way , and that way a different one !

      EXPECIASCB OTP SOCIETT FEOM ITS MKlfBKRfl . — No father can transmit to his son the right of being useless to his fellow creatures . In a state of society , where every man must be necessarily maintained at the expense of the community , he certainly owes the state so much labour as will pay for biB subsistence , and this without exception of rank or person , rich or poor , strong or weak , every idle citizen is a knave . The man who earns not his subsistence , but eats the bread of idleness , is no better than a thief , aad a pensioner who is paid by the State for doing nothing , differs little from a robber , who is supported by the plunder he makes on the highway . —ftoussenu .

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      Thb Powbb or Machinjbet . —It is calculated that two hundred arms , with machines , now manufacture as much cotton , as twenty millions of arms were able to manufacture without machines forty years ago ; and that the cotton now manufactuied in the course of a year , in Great Britain , would require , without machines , aixteen millions of workmen with single wheels . It is further calculated , that the quantity of manufactures of all sorts at present produced by British workmen with the aid ot machines , is so great that it would require , without the assistance of machinery , , the labour of four hundred millions of workmen . At some of the cotton mills in Manchester , yarn has been tspun bo fane as to require 350 hanks to weigh one pound avoiroupoise . The perimeter of the common reel being one yard and a half , eighty threads or revolutions would measure 120 yards , and one hank 6 even times as much , or 840 yards , multiplied by 350 , gives 294 , 000 yards , or 167 1-22 miles . . v ^ lA ^^ P ^^^ " -T ?* *¦ calculated

      The English and French . —Within the space of my residence here , there have been several duels ( one fatal ) among the English , but I can only hear of one that has taken place amongst the French , the soldiers excepted . And for the general morale of this nation , 1 would appeal to a class of pwaons who may be termed the very lees of society—I mean the people concerned in the fish-trade—the Billingsgate population of France ; and also the boatmen . It has twice been my lot to be in a situation of Bome peril on the sea within the lastjtwo years—once , in a French open boat , the other time in an English one . And mark the conduct of the crews 1 The only exelamation I heard by the former was "fort" or " vite , " so much as to bay , " pull away stroug

      , my boys , " as they saw a wave threatening to overwhelm us ; whereas , with the latter , a blasphemous oath may be said to have accompanied " nearly each stroke of the oar ! Theu the fishermen on this coast , and especially of this town , are remarkable fjr their religious observances , carrying them indeed to tho extreme of superstitious fears : but , as has been already said , the wildest notions of religion aro better than none at all ; and I much fear that Dover boatmen are as deficient in that respect as it is possible for them to be . Still , as Goldsmith observes , foreigners , although shocked at scenes such as I have htre described , bo unlike what they are familiar with in their own countries , must not form their opinion of the Euglish from the virtues and vices

      practised among the vulgar , inasmuch as they at ouce present to a stranger all their faults , and keep thoir virtues for the inquiring eye of a philosopher . ' But he states one failing in his countrymen -which cannot bo disputed . Foreigners visiting England meet with ftw of those triflii . g civilities bo frequent elsewhere , which are instances of mutual goodwill , without previous acquaintance , and are thus apt to return home to characterise England as the legion of spleen , insolence , and ill-humour . This it certaiuly is not , although the naivete vivace of the French is not a leading characteristic . It is a great treat to me to see two Frenchmen in a rage with each other . Forbidden by the laws to strike , or , as we say , to see which is the best man , they have nothing for it but the tongue , accompanied with

      gestures the most ridiculous that can be conceived . I once saw an attempt at a turn-up between two French workmen , who set about it with no small parade . Nut a blow passed that would have made a child ' s nose bleed ; and in the fourth round , one of the combatants ran with his head full butt against his opponent ' s stomach , which " settled the-hash , " and they instantly embraced each other . I should observe both were a little tipsy : but it was a truly laughable affair . There have been two or three pitched battles for money , between the Nottingham lace-weavers here , at which many French of their grade in life were present , and they did not fail in giving it as their opinion that they were great fools to get knocked about , especially so when one must lose both the battle aud his money . —Nimrod in France .

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      LETTER XIII . My Friends , —I havebotn in Yorkshire ! Yes , since I last wrote to you , I havo once mow breathed the air—I have stood upon the soil of my native county ! Thank God , I have , for the present , gob rid of the nausea necessarily accompanying the recollection Of the

      scene I laat described to you , —the scene in the dining room of Calverley vicarage ! where , for the last time , I hope , till the day of judgment , I saw , in human forms , two objects of compassion , and of unutterable disgust ! Not one word more , at present , about that scene , about those ; yeu cannot name them , nor can I . Let us forget them , till their hideous forma again present themselves , as sure enough they will , in the regular coarse of my n&rr&tive .

      I have been to Yorkshire , friends ! and it is fitting that I told you all , how , and about it ; and that I related to yon some of my adventures . Well , then , to begin . Jlr . Thornhill does not yet go to Fixby ; so I determined that Mrs . Oustler and my adopted child should once more visit that lovely spot Oh , bow I wish that he may just look in at that place whilst they are there He will there see two females ( in whose hearts he has attempted to plant thorns ) rising above the power of his malice—daring to visit the hall of his fathers , from which he lately drove them ! Choosing , as place of recreation , the spot where , if justice smiled on his deeds , its very recollection would be mental

      torture to them ! Be could then see the wife and daughter of his defamed , but not degraded , though banished and cast-off Steward , without a guard of rural police , enjeying , recreating themselves , in the bosom of bis tenants , in the very heart of his estate ; nay , in the old patrimonial residence of bis sires ! lie would there see them , regaling on the smiles of his tenants : honoured , esteemed , beloved in poverty , by those who were wont to look up to them for help , when fortune hmiled on them . That sight would teach the Squire a valuable lesson . It would prove to him the worthlessness of mere wealth , when unaccompanied by worth , it would make him feel that

      Yorkshiremen were not dazzled by the glitter of gold , but that you know how to honour virtue , though she is shining through poverty—though she is despised by him ! "Wfculd that he might visit Fixby now ; then , ( if the fangs of the law did not shut me up in the Fleet ) then would I also meet him there , in your presence , and ask him , in hearing of yours&lves , why he had defamed me ? Oh ! how I pant for that meeting ! But , te my tale . Many invitations pressed on them from Yorkshire , one more pressing than the rest from Fixby ; so I resolved , as I expected every day to receive "another notice of trial , " as I supposed that this time it Would be a real go , and , as I

      fancy , that before a London Jury , I ahall have preeious little chance of a verdict , ( because I know that it will be utterly impossible to make them understand the question at issue Between Mr . ThoinhiU and myself . ) I anticipated a residence in the Fleet , a » a matter of course , and I wished that my wife and daughter should not , when I was shut up by the Squire , bo left here amongst strangers , and have to take a lonely dolorous journey to Yorkshire , leaving me in quod . I determined , therefore , to accompany them to yow coast , and to place them in your bands , sot doubting , that amongst you

      they woald be happy , being also sure that the knowledge of their happiness would disarm the malicious Squire of the power to torment me . I am now ready for the worst Thornhill may now throw his poisoned shafts at pleasure—they are pointless ! The imps which advise him may bow ( I know that they are at this moment seeking for materials , ) mix up the hottest caldron of malice and revenge . I will smile at all their sataoic efforts . My wife and daughter know that I cannot suffer harm—when they we safe and welL This is why they are at Fixby , — that I may sleep the sounder in the Fleet !

      My friends , I went yesterday , as usual , to church Many of you have tften heard me say , 'tis there I put my armour on— 'tis there I brighten it ! See what the Church then armed me with to meet the coming struggle . 14 th day , Morning Prayer , Pa . 71 . " In thee , O Lord , have I put my trust , let me never be put to confusion : but aid me , and deliver me , in thy righteousness : incline thine ear unto me , and save me . Be thou my strong hold , whereunto I may alway resort : thou hast promised to help me , for thou art my bouse of defence , and my castle . Deliver me , O my God , out of the hand of the ungodly : out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel men . For thou , O Lord God , art the thing that I long for : thou

      art my hope , even from my youth . Through thee have 1 been holden up ever since I was born : thou art he that took me « ut of my mother ' s womb ; my praise shall be always of thee . I am become as it were a monster unto many : but my sure trust is hi thee . O let sit month be filled with thy praise : that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long . Cast me not away in the time of age : forsake me not when my strength faileth me . For mine enemies speak against me , and they that lay wait for my aoul take their counsel together , saying : God bath forsaken him j persecute him , and take him , for there is none to deliver him . Go not far from me , O God : my God haste thee to help me . "

      Thus am I prepared for the coming conflict . Oh , It was refreshing to my very soul , my friends ! I went to the house of God for comfort and for strength , and it was frem his Holy Word that I received it . Hear again : —

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      " Oh what great troubles and a 4 Tewi « es hut tw showed me ! and yet didst tbtfHurn and refresh me ; yea , and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again . " " He shall keep the simple folk by their right : defend the children of the poor , and punish the wrong doer . " "Heshall deliver the poor when he crieth ; the needy also , and him that hath no helper . He shall be favourable to the simple and needy ! and shall preserve the souls of the poor . He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong ; and dear shall their bl ( M ) dbeinhis 8 ight . " ' Oh what tro and * d * i « ri «« . W t ^ ou

      Would that I could communicate to your minds the feelings of my heart , while the Church poured such comfort there ! Let others teach you to revile that Church—my chief honour , in all circumstances , shall be this : —by precept and example , too , 1 have urged you to frequent her courts—to worship at her altar , under her sacred roof . Whatever crimes may disgrace some of her ministers , one thing you are sure there to hear—the whole will and word-of God ! That they dare not hide ! Often should I think my case a hard one if I were untutored by the Church , when I see my malignant opponents " prosper in the world , and have riches in possession . " I could not " understand this "it would "be too hard for me ; " but when I go " into the sanctuary of God : " then understand I the end of these men .

      My friends , I make no apology for this apparent digression . You know that I love you—that I would raise you from your abject and degraded state— 'tis philosophy that has sunk you there . ' If you are delivered from her bondage , it must be by the powerful influences of Christianity ! You know , my friends , that my troubles are manifold—that my enemies are numerous and powerful—it Is right , then , that I told you of my comforts also , and whero and how I find them . Try , my friends , try to throw yourselves into the arms of the Highest—you will find Him waiting upon you hi His House—in His Word !

      I am now sitting all alone in my third floor study : you will , however , perceive that I am not lonely-i-that I am net disheartened—that I am ready for the coming fight Now then for our voyage : — On Tuesday morning , the Oth inst , at eight o ' clocV , we were on board the Gazelle steamer . She is a safe , easy vessel—not so showy and speedy aa some of lier rivals . Her captain is very watchful , and always good humoured and obliging . All her crew and her attendants are of the right sort The usual sounds of " go on "— " case her "— " stop her "— " go a head , " &c , soon told us that we had commenced our voyage . You may judge of our feelings—I cannot describe them—we were moving toxvards Yorkshire . We had about a hundred and fifty passengers , and , as far as I beard , only one that was sick . The aea was as smooth as the Serpentine . From London to Hull we had Bcarcely a waft of wind . We are always happy , everywhere . My principal employment was romping , and chattering , and boxing , wito , the lovely children who were our fellow passengers . I always came off with the worst ; and not unfrequently I was laid sprawling on the deck , very much tt the satisfaction of the little

      Samsonsmy . antagonists . The " Queen" enjoyed herself amazingly . At one time , I saw her busily engaged with her Bible and ^ two young Cantabs . As for our child , she is always merry and happy ; so when she knew that every time the paddle revolved we were nearer Fixby , it was not likely that she should be gloomy . Wo bad a very pleasant company—nothing to annoy—everything to charm , edify , and exhilirate . At twelve o ' clock on Wednesday noon , we were at Hull , alongside the pier . It was our intention to have remained altogether iu Hull till next morning ; but , just as we were about to land , a steamer laid herself close

      to ours , and I heard " Selby "— " York" pronounced several times . She was the " City of York , " I instanly put the question to Mrs . O . — " Will you go ? " " Yea , " was the reidy ' anawer ; so I transferred tbeir luggage instantly , and banded them on board " The City o / York . " 'Twos a moment of hurry and bustle , leaving us only just time , each to say to the other , " God bless you ! " Had I not arranged with my dear and never flinching friend , Parson Bull , to meet him in Hull , I would have seen them to Leeds . They were , however , in Yorkshire , and I had no fears ; I was sure that they would meet with friends .

      Mrs . O . arrived that night at Huddersfleld , all safe and hearty ; found " her friends well , and glad to see her . " But the young ene was so anxious to reach Fixby , that niamiua " could not restrain her from walking up Bradley Lane ( three miles ) by herself . " Hear that , old Squire ! She required no Rural Police to guard her , although it must have been late in the evening . I have not heard of her safe arrival . I am , however , quite easy—no one would harm her there . " A very gentlemanly man took much interest In them , on board ' The City of York , ' and kindly took charge of them and their luggage . By his attention , they were enabled to get off , by the first train , for Leeds , else they could not have reached Huddersfield and Fixby

      that night" I wish I knew who that gentleman was , that I might thank him . " The coachman from Leeds to Huddersfield , found out that he had the care of ¦ tbo Queen ; ' he was delighted to see her , and was most solicitous in his enquiries about ' the old King . ''' My friends , these little incidents are very cheering to me—they will not be tiresome to you—I know they will not . Remember , it was the wife and the child of the defamed , cast-off , banished Steward ! They were journeying to the ancestral hall of the defaming , persecuting Squire 1 Note that , friends . Remember it , Mr . Thornhill ! and therein learn a lesson—an useful lesson . It is not wealth—it is wobth , which gains the hearts of Yorkshiremen !!

      Whilst I am writing , I have received a letter from my child . It is dated " Fixby HalL" I will not break the seal of friendship , by ~ telling you of her meeting with her friends there . Of her evening's walk , she says : " / did indeed , papa , enjoy my walk , up the long lane of Bradley . It was a lovely evening , and the birds were singing so sweetly , and the ' green fields' looked most beautiful . Oh , that you had been with me !—and then , when I reached the park , I was still more delighted . i But — -. there was a melancholy feeling came over me , the nearer 1 advanced to the hall .

      The remembrance of former years , the sight of our once happy dwelling , aud the knowledge of the absence of that loved one * who is now no more , caused that cloud of gloom ; which was alone removed , by a flood of tears , and the remembrance , that « all is uxU' "

      Now to myself , left all alone , on board the Gazelle . A porter took charge of my ** bits of traps . " I followed him—and , oh , how I was disgusted ! No sooner did I step onshore , but I beheld " two policemen" , stationed , ( as in France , ) to note one ' s arrival ! I never see those foreigneis , ( they are not English , ) but I think on fires and ossaasinat ' ons ! It cannot be wise in our governors , thus to force such dreadful , horrifying thoughts upon the English mind ! I passed on , entered the Fittoria f a most excellent inn , where you will find every thiag and every body inducing you to feel comfortable . My dear and faithful friend was not arrived ,

      so , after a good wash , &c , I strolled out into the town . As I was walking in the Market-place , I heard a new , and utterly unusual sound . I never heard it before ! It wm the sound of military , marching-men , but there was no " beat of drum , to give warning of the approach or vicinity of the troops ! " I turned round , and then I beheld , for tho first time in ray life , a band of " reptiles , " ( that is Lord John Russell ' s own name for them , ) marching in a column up the Market-place ! They were " the police , " not trailing by ones and twos and threes , as I had seen them heretofore ; but arranged and marshaled and marching like " the standing army , '

      but silent as death ! No word of command—no music no " beat of drum" ! The sight , the dull rumbling of their treadings , resembled , or at least reminded me again of a band of bloody assassins preparing to strike " the freedom of England" with a death blow . I involuntarily exclaimed , at which an old woman at a stall seemed startled , " Ah ! my Lord John Russell , would that you were here , that I might shew you the reptile' which is really dangerous , without a tattla to give warning of its approach or Ticinity , marching without the beat of drum—the ' standing army , " which ,

      if not destroyed by the spirit of Englishmen , will most assuredly , as you have predicted , ' destroy the freedom of England ! '" ( See Lord John Russell ' s Essay on the English Government and Coristitution , p . p . 379 and 880 . ) I would have given a trifle to have had Lord JohnRussell , his own book , and his pet police force , all together in Hull Market-place , at tliat moment AssassinationB and burnings flitted before my vision in crowds as numerous as the " reptiles" marching there ! I walked sorrowing back to my inn , exclaiming , aa I moved along , ¦• ' cursed philosophy!—tyrannical Ref » rm ! where will your your mischiefs end ? "

      Do I tire you , friends ? Bear with me . I do not often visit Yorkshire . My sights and thoughts may perchance

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      be useful , if not amusing ; bear with me for the love I feel towards you . Yon can leave off aad tun * t ° something more edifying for a while ; and then return vtiPi me to the Fittoria , where I soon met your friend and m ^ friend , Parson Bull . The sight of that face , the warmtfi" # * that hand , the faithful , friendly beatings of that heart , before I heard the well-remembered voice , banished all so ^ ow . and , for a while , 1 forgot that I had only just tefore aeen the Silent , prowling " reptiles , " the " destroyed of the freedom of England !" be usefuL if not : bear with m « tnr « , «

      Bull and I walked out together ; we mt >\ t an old friend of his , Mr . John Lee S / nWt , who pressed us much to domicile with him at Button . My parson friend , who is , you know , always full of engagements , was obliged to leave early next morning , so we were forced to decline . We spent a pleasant , profitable evening together , communing sometimes about yourselves .

      Somehow It got wind that I was in Hull I was waited upon by a gentleman who said , "that the people wished to have a meeting , and to present me with an address . " I thanked him , but assured him , " that , much as I might rejoice at addressing my fellow Yorksbiremen , the time was not yet come . " I accompanied him to an inn , where I found many friends . I returned them my hearty and grateful acknowledgments for their intendod kindess .

      I did not part from them without encouraging a hope that soon we might met * again . My friends , I felt the kindness of these good people . I felt it in tho very core of my heart In the morning I lost my friend Bull . I was writing in the forenoon in my own room ; a young gentleman came in , presented me with a letter , and walked out again . I laid it down till I had finished writing . It was directed te me . I did not know the hand-writing . I opened it ; it contained a Hull five pounds note , but not a word inside the letter . I rung for the waiter ; I asked him " if the young gentleman who had given

      me that letter was in the house ? " " No , Sir , " was the reply . " Do you know him ? " " No , Sir , " was again the waiter ' s answer . Shewing him the letter— " Do yon know that hand-writing ? " "No , Sir , " a third time , was his rejoinder . I thanked God , and , then , I thanked my unknown friend , or friends . I could then no more . I could now say much ; my heart fills with gratitude ; I will , however , be content to think and feel . I know that ¦ ' it is more blessed to give than to receive ; " but I know also No , I will be silent . as far as man is concerned—to God I will " say my say . " May He bless the men and w < men of Hull !

      On Thursday evening , I heard of the horrible , the atrocious , the cowardly attempt t * assassinate the lovely , youthful , interesting Queen of England . I was struck with horror . I could not get the " reptile ' - police oat of my mind . I rejoiced that the cowardly villain had been disappointed—that Heaveo had preserved our Queen ; and r prayed , " that her Majesty ' s Ministers would , at last , be induced to discountenance assassination , by restoring our ancient institutions of local government , and , at once , abandoning the system

      of centralization , which can only be maintained in England , by the system of centralized police—a force which must , in its very nature , establish a counter system of assassination and revenge ! Such were my thoughts , my friends , when I heard of the Meody attempt upon the life of our blooming Queen . Would that I could convey those thoughts to her Majesty ' s ears . I will send the Queen a copy of the Northern Star , and I will make a mark at this place . The man who keeps it from her Majesty will be a traitor .

      On Thursday , I received a letter from Mr . Bobson , Northern Star office . He wished me to go to Leeds , and , then , on Monday , to go with him , and to my " loyal subject , " Pitkethly , to York Castle , there to shake hands with poor O'Connor . I was grieved , that it could not be . I was forced to return here , because I expected tilt Squire ' s " notice of trial . " I was , indeed , grieved . I should have liked to have seen , with my own eyes , and to have beard with my own ears , what the O'Connell Government , by ther tools , the Yorkshire magistrates , are doing with that man . It could not , however , be ; so I was forced to decline Hobson ' s kind invitation .

      One part of his letter to me requires some observation . I cannot understand it I want to know what the " Reformers" have been doing with the laws of England , while the people have been asleep ? Hobson says : — " So anxious are they to burke his ( O'Connor ' s ) complaiuts , that I was not permitted to Beu him yesterday , until I promised not to print what ho might say to me !!! on pain of never being admitted to see him again if I did so !! !!" I say , Yorkshiremen , I do not understand this ! ' Is our Castle tp ^ become a transcript of the old French Bastile ? If bo , we have brought our " Reform "' eggs to a sorry market ! I do not understand it : do you ? Again , Hobson says : —

      •« They have intercepted his ( O'Connor ' s ) letters to Sergeant Talfourd . "

      I really cannot understand it ! Why , Sergeant Talfourd is the man who presented O'Connor ' s petition to the House of Commons ! It would seem that the " Reformed" Castle of York is to be closed against , any communication with the " Reformed" House of Commons ! I am in a mist—I caunot make it out ! I know how to blow that mist away . I will wait a little , and see if it will quietly subside—assuring you , Yorkshiremen , that York Castle shall not long be closed against the constitutional principles of England ! No , no , our £ 200 , 000 were not intended to make a French Bastile in York for the amusement of " visiting magistrates , " or of tyrannical , cowardly Ministers . We must and we will know all , how , and about it ; or very soon we will make such a noise as will awake the slumbering giant !

      My new friend , Mr . Smith , kindly pressed me to spend Thursday evening with him . I was very wishful to get really into Yorkshire ( you know that Hull is a county to itself ) , so I availed myself of his kind invitation , and resolved to partake of his hospitality . Mr . Smith ' s residence is at Sutton , a village about three mile 3 from Hull , very pleasantly situated on an eminence , commanding ( for that part of the country ) nn extensive view . You do not know how pleased I was once more to feast upon the air of Yorkshire , and to

      regale myself with , looking another time upon her green fields 1 There was only one drawback from my pleasure —it was the sight of the new cotton mill which has been introduced into that district by a company of speculators , who , it would seem , envied the " prosperity" (!) of the Lancashire cotton lords . I made many inquiries about the " concern , " and I comforted myself with the hope , that it could not long maintain a successful competition with its cunning , clever , avaricious rivals iu Lancashire .

      My moments , at Svtton , glided away most rapidly . I there found kind friends , hospitality of the tni 9 Yorkshire stamp . There , was found every thing to convince a Yorkshireinan that he was at home . It was rather odd , but so it was , my host had formerly been the pupil of my friend the Vicar of Calverley—Redhead by name—by practice , no , I will be silent On Friday morning Mr . Smith drove me to Hull . I presently arranged my little matters at the VittorU . On my way to the packet , I met several persons watching for me , wishing to shake me by the hand , and give me

      their blessing ; amongst the rest , a well-known voice saluted my ear—it was poor Mrs . Grasby , formerly of Elland . Truly , my friends , these proofs of Yorkshire kindness towards the " Old King" made his heart Teel —his eyes were forced to speak for him ! Again I boarded the Gazelle , and was not long before the gr « wling , grumbling , smoking engine , set us ail a-moving towards the ocean , from my native county . I feasted my eyes on Yorkshire ' s coast some hours ; when sight could no longer reach your shores , I made myself " at home" on board a Yorkshire Steamer .

      You will naturally expect some little account of my voyage . I am warned by space that I must be brief . We had about 160 passengers , men , cattle , and hones , for Van Diemen ' s Land . Suwly , thought I , we hare no beef to spare , just now , when Englishmen , Yorkshiremen , ate " dying of starvation , raving mad ! " We bad all night a very lively land-breeze , so that I had the pleasure to be , seTeral times , covered yr itix th * briny spray ; and many of my comrades were pained With dreadful sickness . Many interesting , pleasing , and painful incidents occurred . The recital of one or two will not offend you .

      We bad on board three convicts . Their keepers were humane . The poor unhappy men were kindly allowed to mix amongst the passengers . Their conduct warranted the liberty thus granted . I marked their extreme sensitive anxiety to cover the badges of their " Order , " ( an iron ring around their wrist ) which they were very watchful always to conceal . You maybe

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      sure I wanted to know an about them . Ddui forbad that I should ask ; by asking tbejwoiild ]? known that I was aware what they were . The ¦ * feeling seemed to silence all on board . After dinner , on Saturday , I was lolling on the «* in the cabin ; three gentlemen were earnestly taguL in conversation , about " Slavery in the United SW » One of them was " a friend , " on his way fron , j to London , to attend the " Anti-Slavery ConTenUov He is a Terr respectable , scientific man . I did not rt cognise him ; though , afterwards , I found , that , form eriy , 1 had known him . I know not if he kaew . ^ I heard him say , in the course of his argument , "i well aware that it is a most difficult thing to aacerUh ___ . ___ . . „ .

      the real condition and character of any large class cl society . I have resided twenty-four yeara in Leads ; i have not been a eareless observer of the factory-chihW in the woollen mills there i and if I were asked t » give an opinion of their condition , it would be Ten different to tbat of --, the gentlemen in the Sotfe of England , and of many , also , In the North . I ghouH say , that , if you stood at the corner of any lane « street , and selected , as they might by chance pass , fifty of those children , and then , in the sam « Way , fifty agricultural children , and compared them , as to health vigour , and strength—that the factory children wo ^ y be more robust , and hare the advantage orer the otoej . every way !"

      One of the gentlemen , ( who , it afterwards appeared , had formerly been a Leeds factory master , ) expressed great astonishment at this declaration . "I do uot wonder at thy surprise , " rejoined the Friend , '" as » stranger , it is natural But , if I were asked to gire a physiological reason , why the woollen-factory children should be more robust than the others , I should ban no difficulty in doing-so . " Well , thought I , this is very strange . The man is a sincere hater of slavery , else , he would not leave bit home , so many miles , to help to extinguish it all over ihe world . The man is not » fool , but evidently a very

      dever fellow . He is no noviee in the business ; " fe has watched the system twenty-four long years" in my arrrn native town . " How ean this be ? " thought I , ' that nature was so many thousand years at bay , and could not find out the way to real robust health , until the woollen factories were erected in Leeds 1 " I was in a maze , friends . I said nothing . I left the cabin , smoked a pipe on deck , and ruraiaating on the phyd ological wisdom of man over tbat of God ! Such ton the Qnakwr ' s position . I wished tbat I bad been oat of the party that I might , without offence , have pot in a ward or two . I returned to the cabin determined

      if possible , to edge in one or two questions . Tb » " Friendy" was gone on deck . The two gentlemen , who know me , ( I did not kn « w them ) , asked " how I could remain aflent ? " I explained , and toM them " I had returned for the purpose of saying a word or two / Whilst we were talking , our " Friend" ' atood behind me . When I discovered him , I said , " I listened , Sir , with great attention to what you have just said about the factory children . I believe that yon are sincere In your opinioa , but I am sure that that opinion is not founded in experience , it is the result of ignorance . " " I am glad that thou givest me credit for sincerity" w-

      plied theFriend , " but I really cannot talk to thee now , 017 wife require * my attention . " " I shall be sorry , Sir , to detain you , it shall not be for long , but , after what you have said , I am sure you will excuse- the liberty I take in asking you a question or two . " " I cannot stop just now . " " I will be very brief . You say yoa have lived ia Leeds twenty-four yeara ? " "Yes . " ' You must know the General Infirmary there ? " "I do . " "The-rules of that Infirmary formerly allowed the surgeons to order , out of Us funds , iron frames to support the distorted bodies of factory children , when Vieir spines and legs were so bent and weakened , by

      ejxesxive labour in the milts , thai they could scarcely stand or walk . The cases , however , of such weakness and distortion , from such excessive labour , at last became so very ttnmerous , that it was found that the funds of the institution could no longer afford to pay for those iron frames . They are now found by private subscription , there being a ride in the Leeds General Infirmary , to prohibit their purchase out of the funds of the establishment . Now , Sir , tell me , can you find any infirmary , in the agricultural districts , whew

      such a rule is required ? " The Friend said " There is no such printed rule . " I replied , " There is such a rule in the book" I then gave him the case of poor Joseph Habergham , who , after having been " worked up , " ( his spine and legs being crippled , ) was absolutely kicked out ef a woollen factory and sent about his business ! This boy was sent to the Leeds Infirmary , and I , with others , begged the money to bay his iron-frame ! He is now in London . I offered to introduce " the Friend" to Joseph , &c , &c . He declined the offer .

      I told him , " that his proposed plan of taking children indiscriminately , and examining , measuring , and weighing them , had already been adopted , in the Sunday schools of Manchester , Leeds , fcc , &c , and that the result was invariably an average in height , weight , and appearance , against the factory children . " This fact , he was not aware of . Then , I asked him , " if h » knew three eminent surgeons in Leeds , ( whom I named , ) and , if he thought that they were capable of giving a just and wise opinion , on th » question of ihe comparative healthiness of factory and agricultural , labcurer ? Those highly talented surgeons , having stated their opnions , openly and decidedly , to be exactly the contrary of his own ! " His answer was indeed a very curious one . I d « not think tbat I have a right to tell you it

      Now , my friends , the above conversation is very important This , gentleman is of very high respectability —of greati talent—he is a philanthropist . He has lived twenty-four years in Leeds—he thought that he had taken some pains to examine into the question of Yorkshire slavery—he proved that , in reality , he knew nothing about it But he was on his way to London to extinguish slavery all over the world . Such good me » as he ( without intending it ) do incalculable injiiry to the very cause which they wish to serve— ' to the canst of humanity !! We had on board a Jolly Jack Tar . He told the fallowing tale . True or false I know not In earnest or in jest I was not wise enough to guess . He

      told it , so I tell you . " He had been ia Russia—he had fought a Russian and beaten him . The quarrel was , because the Russian had boasted that their Emperor would have our Queen shot , and then that he would land an enemy ia England , and make slaves of us all . " That is what the sailor said . I did not invent it As I received it , so I give it to you . Take it for what it is worth—make what you can of it He continued— " I fled from Russia because I expected , if I were taken , I should have a seven years of it in Siberia . I passed eighty line of battle Russian ships—I counted them . I would not need pressing to help to take them for our Queen , " * & So much for this real jolly tar .

      We were now nearing the mouth of the Thames . The wind was hushed ; the sea was without a rippie ; the sun . shone most splendidly . We " steamed" away through fleets of becalmed colliers . Space f » rbids that I should land in this letter . We had still 80 nie incidents . Tears were to flow-hearts wero to heave—cursings and blessings were ' atul unuttered—though they were hatching amidst a scene so pleasing , peaceful , calm , aud sunny . I will tell yott

      all about these things in my next We are now eff the Wore . Good night I will row you on shore in my next letter . Truly , my friends , I am , in very deed , yours , ( else I would not at this trying moment have confided to your care my heart ' s treasures ) RICHABD OASTLBB . 108 , Sloane-street , Chelsea , June 15 th , 1840 .

      P . S . I have no room for what I intended . I b ** reserved this "P . S . " for a communication to you abort a little twopenny weekly paper , which , if you will help me , I have thoughts of starting . " The title vul be " Oastleb's Twopek nt Lbttbb-Bao . " I « an conduct it in " the Fleet , " so never mind . I want five thousand weekly subscribers , canyon find them for me ? If not , my literary bantling cannot «• daylight More in my next , which maybe , for aught I know r care , from "the Fuse * " n ' A . O .

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      Country Juiue 8 .-Iu the West tf England a cause was tried , and tho judge , finding the casa be quite clear in favour of we defendant . air «<^ the jury to find their verdict accordingly ; «»!¦¦*»? Burprisa , after a short consultation , they n ®*!™* verdict for the plaintiff . On demanding «« -ex ? j *| £ tion of this opposition to what he had airec-e >» " ? foreman said , " Plaze , Zur , l ' xa the plajn tire , mo * could not give » verdict against myself '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2689/page/6/