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      July 4, 1846. ^^ The Northern Star. - 3

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      pari n . In commencing Part SL of onr " Feast" with the ftllowing stirring poem , we most premise that we think the author is rather hard upon poor Old England . Certainly England ' s past career is open to neavy charges . Gigantic crimes , of which other nations and her own bug-suffering working classes have been the victims , have yet to be atoned for . That atonement , we doubt not , will yet be made , not by the humiliation of England , as some of our good fnends in . "Ireland , Prance , and America , are so fond of predicting ; but by the nation entering upon a course of justice both to its own hitherto oppressed working population , and towards all other nations . Indeed , weTare sanguine that this " atonement" has

      already commenced . The " Condition-of-England Question" is now engaging the anxious thoughts of j the enlightened and philanthropic of all classes . The i legislature is beginning to move in the same direc-i tion , party distinctions are rapidly disappearing , and j nearer and nearer we are approaching the time when ' " measures not men" will 03 the one consideration of the British public in the discussion of all political questions . But the people themselves offer by their progressing intelligence the best surety for the coming " atonement ; " they will emancipate themselves , and achieve for themselves that justice hitherto denied ihcnu As regards "foreign " countries , we perfectly agree with the author of the " Revelations of Russia , " that "lor the first time

      in the bistory of nations , England has , since the last great pacification of Europe , shewn the birth and steady growth of a National Moralitt and Co . v sciKSCE . " If previous to that time neither existed , still England was in that respect no worse than her contemporaries , and it is something that she is now in advance of them- In proof of the existence and growth of this " national conscience , " we point to the national feeling against the wars with China and Afghanistan , the almost total absence of popular excitement or applause on the occasion of the recent " Indian victories , " and the truly national protest against the threatened war with America . Public opinion was strongly fexcited against the " opium war ; " sympathised rather

      more with Aekbar Khan than with the victims of his retributive wrath ; turned with disgust froniihe bloody scenes of Moodkee and Sobraon ; and raised an all bat unanimous shout of indignant horror at the contemplation of the bare possibility of a fratricidal war between this country and America . The doings of the government and legislature may not always have reflected this public opinion , but it must be remembered that governments usually follow not lead the march of the public mind ; in the matter ofthe Oregon question , however , the British government has fully and faithfully represented the " national conscience , " and the brightest glory of

      Sir R . Peel ' s administration is the settlement of the Oregon question without having had recourse to the sword . Throughout the discussion of this question the bte ministry Exhibited an example of forbearance and true dignity which it will be well for mankind if other governments imitate . The last twelve lines ofthe followingpoem express our own hopes of the future , hopes which must be realised when such men as Ernest Jones cast their lot with the people , and generously "devote their talents to the uplifting of those who having created a great nation , will themselves jet be a ormt , because a free and happy people .

      ENGLAND'S GBEATXESS . By Ekszst Joses , Author of " The "Wood Spirit , * "ATy Life , " < fcc . StBl , stai you give your banners to the wind , Send England ' s gallant hosts to sultry Ind , On seas of China bid your yeterans roam . Banish yonr best!—Can you transplant thelrhome ! Pour England o ' er the earth , a fiery tide , £ ed on by avarice and fed by pride ; Scatter your trumpet-blasts across the world , Bid your broad standards o ' er the mountains furled , Like thunderclouds from Himmalaya wave : What marks a triumph designates a grave . J 3 Cd shattered forts and ramparts battered down , Strike in the worthless dust some worthless crown , Depose it at your Indian senate ' s feet , Cry : " Victory !"—and feel it is defeat ! On foreign hordes impose a conqueror ' s yoke ,

      And tell your victims , that their chains are broke . Bind arte of Europe round the Tatar ' s throne , And , while you wreck his realm , destroy your own . Cast forth yonr myriad lives upon the seas , The coin that buy * from hell your victories . Bid them in distant Asia fight and toil , That English blood enrich aforeign soil , And where their noble hearts are mouldering low , Oh ! see how high next year the harvests grow . Or where the desert-spirit ' s sultry hand , Wraps their cold forms in shrouds of burning sand Above the mighty ruin stand and cry : " England is great!—This—this is victory ! "England is great!—Because , to valour true , "Her gallant sons must conquer , and they do " England is great!—Because at powers command "Wealth Soo < Isherpf . rts , thong-fcfamIneKTing 3 her land "England is great!—Because her navies ride "Like floating tombs the plague infected tide 1 "

      Are nations great , because like hordes they roam , And foreign capitals become their borne ? Are nations great , whose power is only planned On Millions' suffering for the few ' s command ? Are nations great , because o ' er Afric ' s waves They free the slave , themselves remaining slaves ? 'Mid whirlwind-blasts of avarice , Pride aud Hate , Pause far one breath ! Think : iVhy is England great » Not—that ye give away your countless dead , And bring a tattered banner home instead ;—2 Tot—that ve bid trade ' s feverish pulses start ,

      Chase nature from your country and jour heart , TiD England , one vast Tenice , scale the skies , Sot proud of palaces , hut factories ; Till million aching forms are ground to dost , That some few money-princes sate their lust , And place their fat upon a Briton ' s hearl ^ That wealth may play the thief in labour ' s mart , And , when a starving people groans for bread , " Bestow hat furnace-ashes in its steid , While dazzling visions open to their ken , Bich in machinery , but poor in men !

      Still they may bid the soldier bend hishead To sleep were not a hand a pillow spread , And , gilding murder with a golden lie , Tell him the nation bids the patriot die;—'Tis not the nation—' tis monopoly ; And every How he strikes on foreign shore , Tightens at home your factory-chains the more , Makes rich more rich , but renders poar more poor ! Drains England ' s blood , till not a pulse shall beat , And foreign victory proves home defeat . Still they may bid the wretched workman toil , And take his labour as the conqueror's spoil , With cloven hoof-stamp blast home ' s happiert scenes , And look on fellow-men as cfteop machines !

      Bat there ' s a power , that heaves against their thrall , And claims for all the heritage of all , From God derived , nor sold to tricks of state , The People ' s power , that makes the nations great ! England £ s great—because she numbers still The men , who dare to claim the land they till ; England « great—because the need not roam To seek afar , the strength she has at home ; England t * great—because her People know , Tis ihey who made , and they , who keep her so ; England is great—since labour ' s wakinp son Will notlet wealth undo what toil has done ! Pull oft , alas J ' neatli Fate ' s unbending thrall To save the multitude , the few must fall : But 'tis a thing to nature ' s laws untrue , The mass should fall , to benefit the few ! Hamnstead , 18 th Jane , 1846 . Onr friend , Allen Davenport , sends us the fc lowing : —

      Bkotheb . TJEMOCB . A . T , —I have sent yon . the " Iron God , " as a contribution to the "Poet ' s feast , " which , if it will not do for the "feast , " will come in well for the " dessert . ' I am like the Israelites in the wilderness ; I likea God that we can see , and that will gobefore as to point out the way to the promised land ; and no God could direct us as well as the Iron God ! We ought to sub . scribe all praise , honour , and glory to the omnipotent , omniscient , and omnipresent "Iron God "—the all revolutionary , world redeeming , and paradise creatingprintingpress ! It must , and will ultimately , subdue the world to itself , and make the earth worth living on . THE IRON GOD .

      BY ALLEN DAVE . VFGBT . llail ! glorious offspring of the human mind , Thou great regenerator of mankind ; With thee the march of intellect began , To thee we owe the moral power of man , Which like the current of the mighty Thames ; Swells as it rolls fed by a thousand streams ; That moral power , which tyrants now must feel . Cannot be bound by chains or crushed with steel !' What greater gift to man could genius give ? What greater favour conld mankind receive ? From thee all languages the live and dead , Receive the stamp which makes them read ; From thee the mental treasures of the soul , ' Receive their wings , and fly from pole to pole - WhataretteiWiMMttfltbe , who hold the rod , Compared with thee , thou mighty Iron God >

      'lis thou , omnipotent ! must set us free , What miracles have not been wrought by thee ! alleges are on , all hopes are in the press ; Let that he free—and tclo can doubt success ? Armed with the scales of justice , and the rod , It lashes folly , tyranny , and fraud ; R' pels oppression with the might of Jove , And causes human systems to improve ; Stamps immortality on honest fame , And brands the villain with eternal shame ! The genius of fhe press shall jet prevail , And conquer where the boldest armies fail ; Por despots , though united , feel distress , And tremble when the thunder of the press , Bolls through their kingdoms in the civil storm , Proclaiming justice , freedom , and reform . June , 1840 .

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      Excellent ! Will our friends remember that the writer of the above noble lines is one ofthe " Veteran Patriots" for whom repeated appeals have been raade through the columns of this journal . Allen Davenport is seventy-one years of age , too old to gain more than the most- trifling aid towards aubsistenccby the pursuit of his traile—shoemaking . His talents are sufficiently vouched for by the above lines ; his services in the canse of human progress are known to the LondonDemocrats , and recorded inhisautobiography noticed in our last number , fle has worked and suffered for the people , and in spite of old age , poverty , and disappointment , he still hop es and

      struggles for the advancement of that cause , whose coming triumph he continues to sing . It is the people ' s duty , we humbly submit , to make some return to a man of this stamp . And there are others . Smart , of Leicester , who was one of our veterans even in the time of the first Chartist Convention ( 1839 ) and one ofthe best of men who sat in that assembly . And a still older patriot . Thomas Preston , the link which unites the Chartism of 181 C to the Radicalism of 1816 ; and we believe we might go further back and add the " Jacobinism" of 1706 . Here is a man who , fiftvyearsago , paid his adoration to Liberty , at a time when

      " It was treason to love her , and death to defend and from that time to the present he has never faltered . In the unhappy times when Sidmouth , Castlereagh , and their vile confederates ruled the land , poor Pbeston encountered many changes , and only narrowl y escaped the fate 01 rmsTiawoop . Even now , when too infirm to take part in public agitation , his thoughts are ever directed towards the < reat object of his youth ' s devotion . Richards of the Potteries , is another of those who have " borne the burden and heat of the day , " aud by whose labours the people have profited , and whose sacrifices the people should gratefully compensate . We shall watch events ; and if we see cause , we shall return to this subject in the course of a week or two . One thing we promise , "no lying , slanueking , axo evil sr-EiKiso , " shall render us unmindful of the claims of the Yeteran Patriots , and the duty we owe to them .

      In the Star of June 20 th , under the head of " Songs for the People , " appeared some lines on "The Chartist Exiles" *—the following is by the same author : —

      SONG . I . et princes and potentates talk of their grandeur , Of fops and of fools , and of heaven knows what ! Let sycophants base be content for to pander , To " His lordship of this , " and " His Lordship of that . " Let factions divide , and remain disunited , For corn-lord and cotton-lord ne ' er shall agree ; Let them quarrel—let them fight , though OUT aid ie invited , We'll stand by ourselves , and resolve to be free ! Let them boast of their wealth , and their will to support us , — They feed us , they clothe us , they get not , they give , — But away with their stuff . ' we ' ve been starred long enough ; And I think its high time we were learning to live .

      Though peer , p riest , and prelate , unite to enthral us , Th * attempt shall he empry , and futile , and rain : We , too , shall combine , and whate ' er may befal us , We'll measure their doom by the length of our chain ! Too long we ' ve been plundered—well stand it no longer ! Oppression has bounds that it cannot Surpass ; We'll marshal our troops , —we'll get stronger and stronger , And shatter onr fetters , though welded of brass ! Let them jest , let them jibe , let them jeer , and deride us ' We ' re " base , " and we ' re "brutal , "—we ' re " bloodthirsty" elves ! But no more of their stuff ! we ' ve been fool'd long enough , And I think it ' s high time for to govern ourselves . Edinburgh , June 22 nd , 1846 . J . Habkness .

      Other contributors will find their favours noticed in our " answers to correspondents . " We last week quoted the beautiful poetry and poetical prose of William Howitfc , we should like to have quoted in our present number specimens of the not less beautiful poetry et Mary JJowitt ; but " cribb'd , cabin'd , and confined" we cannot do so at oresent . But if we cannot find room for any of Mary Howitt ' s original compositions , we will make room for something the next best . Our readers are familiar with the poetry of the noble German poet Freiligrath , several of whose most beautiful productions have appeared in this journal ; they will therefore welcome the following lines from that gifted minstrel ' s pen . The piece is translated by Mary Hewitt , and of course contains something of her own inspiration as well as that ofthe poet she translates : —

      EEQJJIESCAT . BY FEBDINASD FBEILIGKATn . ( Written expressly for the People ' s Journal . ) TRANSLATED BY . IfABY HOWITT . Whoe ' er the ponderous hammer wields ; Whoe ' er compels tho earth to flourish ; Or reaps the golden harvest-fields . A wife and little ones to nourish : Whoerer guides the laden bark ; Or , where the mazy wheels are turning , Toils at the loom , till after dark , Food far his white-hairM children earning ; To him be honour and renown ! Honour to handicraft and tillage ; To every sweat-drop falling down In crowded mills or lonesome village ! All honour to the plodding swain Who holds the plough!—Be't too awarded To him who works with head and brain ,

      And starves ! Pass him not unregarded ; " Whether in chambers close and small 'MIA musty losaes he fancy smothers j Or , of the trade the bondaged thrall , He dramas writes and songs for others ; Or , whether he , for wretched pay , Translate the trash which he despises j Or , learning ' s serf , puts , day by day Dunce-corps through classic exercises ; He also is a prey to care , To him 'tis said , " starve thou or borrow Srey grows betimes his raven hair , And to the grave pursues him sorrow ! With hard compulsion and with need , He , like the rest , must strive untiring , And his young children ' s cry for bread Maims his free spirit ' s glad aspiring ! Ah , such a one to me was known !

      With heavenward aim his course ascended : Tet deep in dust and darkness prone , Care , sordid care , his life attended . An exile , aad with bleeding breast He groaned in his severest trial ; Want goaded him to long unrest , And scourged to bitterest self-denial . Thus , heart-sick , wrote he line on line , With hollow cheek and eye of sadness ; While hyacinth and leafy vine Were fluttering in the morning ' s gladness . The throstle sung and nightingale , The soaring lark hymned joy unending , Whilst thought ' s day-labourer , worn and pale , Over his weary book was bending . Tet though his heart sent forth a cry , Still strove he for the great ideal ; "For this , " said he , " is poesy ,

      And human life this fierce ordeal ;" And when his courage left him quite , One thought kept hope his heart alive in , " I have preserved my honour bright ; And for my dear ones I am striving !" At length his spirit was subdued 1 The power to combat and endeavour Was gone , and his heroic mood Came only fitfully , like fever ! The muses' kiss sometimes at night Would sat his pulses wildly beating ; Anl his high soul soared towards the light When night from morning was retreating ! He long has lain the turf beneath , The wild winds through the grass are sighing ; Xo stone is there , no mourning wreath , To mark tbe spot wheie he is lying . Their fac : s swoln with weeping , forth

      His wife and children went , —God save them Young paupers , heirs to nought on earth , Save the pure name their father gave them ! All honour to the plodding sw : iin That holds the plough ! Be it too awarded To him who works with bead and brain , And starves ! Pass him not unregarded ! To toil , all honour and renown ! Honour to handicraft and tillage ! To every sweat-drop falling down In crowded mills and lonely village !

      This Fourth day of July is the anniversary of the glorious "Declaration of American Independence , when the founders of the Western Republic proclaimed for the first time in the history of mankind , that " All Men are Born Free and Equal . It must be admitted that as yet this declaration 01 a great principle has not been fully carried out even amongst the people who pride themselves upon having given birth to that declaration , nevertheless t ^ P ^ ff 68 ; sive changes whieh have taken place since the 4 th ol Jurv , 7 G . in the old world as well as ' . in the new , inspire us with the liveliest faith that that principle will yet be universally acknowledged and practically acted upon . This , then , is a fitting occasion for us to give publicity in our columns to certain patriotic lyrics in high repute amongst our American brethren . We will , however , premise with the following beautiful lines by an English lady : — -

      WASHINGTON . Land of the West , though passing brief the record of thine age , Thou hast a name that darkens all on history ' s wide page . Let all the blastsj of fame ring out—thine shall be loudest far ; Let others boast their satellites—thou basttheplanet star .

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      Thouhastaname whose characters of light shall ne ' er depart ; 'Tis stamped upon the dullest brain , and warms the . coldest heart . A war-cry fit for any land where freedom ' s to be won ; Land of ihe West ! it stands alone—it is thy Washington ! Borne had its Csesar , great and brave ; but stain was on his wreatli ; He liv'd the heartless conqueror , and died the tyrant ' s death .

      France had its eagle ; but its wings , though lofty they might soar , Were spread in false ambition ' s flight , and dipp'd in murder ' s gore . Those hero-gods , whose mighty sway would fain have ehain'd the waves ; Who flesh'd their blades with tiger zeal , to make a world of slaves ; Who . though their kindred barr'd the path , still fiercely waded on ; Oh ! where shall be their " glory" by the side of Washington ?

      He fought , but not with love of strife ; he struck but to defend ; And ere he turn'd a people ' s foe , he sought to be a friend . He strove to keep his country ' s right by reason ' s gentle word , And sighed when fell injustice threw the challengesword to sword ; He stood for Liberty and Truth , and dauntlessly led on , 'Till shouts of victory gave forth the name of Washinoton .

      No car of triumph bore him through a city fill'd with grief ; Ho groaning captives at the wheels proclaim'd him victor chief ; He broke tho gyves of slavery with strong and high disdain , And cast no sceptre from t ! : e links when he had crushed the chain . He saved his land ; but did not lay his soldier trappings down , To change them for the regal vest , and " don " a kingly crown . Earns was too earnest in her joy—too ' proud of such a son—To let a robe and title mark a noble Washington !

      England , my heart is truly thine , my loved , my native earth ! The land that holds a mother ' s grave , and gave that mother birth . Oh keenly sad would be the fate that thrust me from thy shore . And faltering my Breath that sighed , "farewell for ever more . " But did I meet such adverse lot , I would not sci-k to dwell Where olden heroes wrought the deeds for Homer ' s songs to tell . Away , thou gallant ship ! I'd cry , and bear me swiftly on ; But bear me from my own fair laud to that of

      Washington , .. Some time ago we expressed a wish that some one of our American friends would favour us with two or three cf the best of their national songs . This wish has been responded to by our old friend Mr . Devyr ( formerly of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ) , editor of the Anti-Renter , who , in a late number of that journal , kindly reprinted the three songs -which we next give successively . The first is the

      far-famed—STAB-SPANGLED BANNER . BY S . F . KEY . 0 ! say , can you see by the dawn ' s early light , What so proudly we hoil'd at the twilight ' s last gleaming , Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the peril . ous fight , O ' er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming ? And the rockets' red glare , the bombs bursting in air , Give proof through the night that our flag was still there ; O ! say , does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave O ' er the land of the free and the home of the brave ?

      On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Wher . ; the foe ' s haughty host in dread silence re-• poses , What is that which the breeze , o ' er the towering steep , As it fitfully blows , half conceals , half discloses ? Nowit catches the sleam of the morning ' s first beam , In full glory reflected now shines on the stream'Tis the Star-spangled Banner . 0 ! long may it wave O'er the land ofthe free and the home of the brave . And where is the band , who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle ' s confusion , A home and a country should leave us no more ? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps'

      pollution , No refuge could save the hireling and slave , From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave O ' er the land ofthe free and the home of the brave . § 0 ! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand , Between their lov'd home and the war ' s desolation , Blest with vict ' ry and peace may the Heaven-rescu'd land , Praise the Power that hath made and preserv'd ub a nation ! Then conquer we must ; when our cause it is just , And this he our motto— " In God is our trust : " And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph doth wave O ' er the land of the free and the home of the brave .

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      THE AMERICAN STAR . Tune— • 'JTuaors of Glen . " Came strike the hold anthem , the war-dogs are howling , Already they snuff up their prey ; The red cloud of war o ' er our forests is scowling , Soft peace spreads her wings , and flies weeping away ; The infants affrighted , eling close to their mothers , The youths grasp their swords , for the combat prepare ; While beauty weeps , fathers and lovers and brothers , Who rush to display the American Star . Come blow the shrill bugle , the loud drum awaken , The dread rifle seize—let the cannon deep roar ; No heart with pale fear , or faint doublings be shaken , No slave ' s hostile foot shall e ' er tread our shore ; Shall mothers , wives , daughters , and sistersleft weeping , Insulted by ruffians , be dragg'd to despair ; Oh no , from the hills the proud eagle comes swooping , And waves to thebrave the American Star .

      The spirits of Washington , Warren , Montgomery , Look down from the clouds , with bright aspect serene , Come , soldiers , a tear and a toast to their memory , Rejoicing they'll see us , as they once have been ; To us the high boon by the gods has been granted , To spread the glad tidings of liberty far , Let millions invade us , we'll meet them undaunted , And conquer or die by the American Star . Tour hands then , dear comrades ) , round liberty ' s altar , United , we swear by the souls ofthe brave ! Not one , from the strong resolution shall falter , To live independent or sink in the grave , Then freemen fill up—Lo!—the striped banner ' s flying , The high bird of liberty screams through the air , Beneath her oppression and tyranny dying-Success to the beaming American Star .

      Ode.—For The Fourth Of July. To The Sage...

      ODE . —FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY . To the sages who spoke—to the heroes who bled—To the day , and the deed—strike the harpstrings of glory Let the song oi the ransom'd remember the dead , And the tongue of the eloquent hallow the story . O ' er the bones of the bold , Be that story long told , And on Fame ' s golden tablets their triumphs enroll'd , Who on freedom ' s green hills freedom ' s banner unfurl'd , And the beacon-fire rais'd that gave light to the world . 'Twas for us and our children , to conquer or die , Undaunted they stood where the war-storm burst o ' er them ; Each blade drew a thunderbolt down from the sky , Till the foeman turn'd pale , and was withered before ' them . Then from liberty ' s band ,

      Went a shout thro' the land , As the rainbow of peace their fair heritage spann'd ; Where the banner of freedom in pride was unfurl'd , And the beacon-fire rose that gave light to the world . They are gone—mighty men ! and they sleep in their fame ; Shall we ever forget them , Oh , never ! no , never !—Let our sons learn from us to embalm each great name , And the anthem send down Independence for ever . ' Wake , wake , heart and tongue ! Keep the theme ever young—Let their deeds thro' the long line of ages be sung , When on freedom ' s green hills freedom's banner unfurl'd And the beacon fire rais'd that gave light to the world . The true poetic lire breathes in every line of these enthusiastic songs , which fitly represent the sentiments of a people ardent in their defence of liberty , and who have had to win that liberty bv the fierce aids

      of strife and war . Thus viewed , we greatly admire the above songg still we do not think that either of them isworthy of being recognised as " the national song" of the Americans . This honour is we believe , generally conceded to " The Star Spangled Banner , " which contains , however , too much of the " glory " of war , for us to desire to regard it as the lyrical representative of the American people . But the American nation , besides passing through a fiery ordeal at its birth , is but young yet , and nations , like men , need experience to guide them to wisdom . Thus far the Star Spangled Banner" has been not an unworthy national song , hut as the day is fast coming when our stupid " God Save the Queen , " will be abandoned , and our " Rule Britannia" reformed—and a few amendments would make it a truly noble hymn—so we are persuaded will the Americans produce a songmore worthy of their advanced state , which while doing justice to American greatness and not repudiating the sword when necessary

      Ode.—For The Fourth Of July. To The Sage...

      for the defence of freedom , will prefer the fraternity of mankind to the egotism of a single nation , and tnetnumphs of peace over those of war . \ We think we may here appropriately introduce the following lines by a celebrated American poet ,

      THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD . Bt HENRY W . MNGFEHOW .. This is the Arsenal . From floor to ceiling , Like a huge organ , rise the burnished arms ; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealing Startles the villages with strange alarms . Ah ! what abound will rise , how wild and dreary , When the Death-Angle touches those swift keys I What loud lament and dismal Misery Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus , The cries of agony , the endless groan—Which , through the ages that have gone before us , In long reverberations reach our own . On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer , Through Cimbric forest roars the Norseman ' s song , And loud amid the universal clamour , O ' er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong . I hear the Florentine , who from his palace

      Wheels out his battle-bcll with dreadful din , And Aztec priests upon their teocallis , Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent ' s skin . The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout , that every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage , The wail of famine in beleagured towns I The bursting shell , the gateway rent asunder , The rattling musketry , the clashing blade ; Ann ever and anon , in tones of thunder , The diapson of the cannonade . Is it , oh man , with such discordant noises , With such accursed instruments as these , Thou drownest nature ' s sweet and kindly voices , And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror , Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts , Given to redeem the human mind from error , There were no need of arsenals and forts .

      The warrior ' s name would be a name abhorred ! . And every uation that should lift again Its hand against a brother , on the forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future , through dark generations , The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease ; And like a bell , with solemn , sweet vibrations I hear once more the voice of Christ say > Peace . ' Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shake the skies ; But beautiful as the songs of the immortals , The holy melodies of Love arise .

      A cheer for our American brethren this fourth of July . A cheer for the memories of Washington , Jefferson , and their immortal brother heroes and sagos , who , on this day , kindled a light which shall yet set the world in a blaze . " A cheer , an unirersal chorus of fraternal thanksgiving to the brave good men who , on the other side of the Atlantic have aided the brave good men on this side in preserving the peaceful union of the two countries so lately threatened by the mad promptings ot the demons of

      pride , ignorance and war . Hurrah for the glorious victory which both nations have gained in the settlement ofthcOregon question , the glorious victory of love over hate , friendship over fratricide , humanity over cruelty civilisation over barbarism , progression over retrogression , in short peace over war . " ail men . are born fuse amd equal . " Tea , and they shall so live That consummation so "devoutly to be wished , " will be best accelerated by the fraternal and peaceful aid which Britons and Americans must and will afford each other .

      We lately had occasion to find fault with some poetry of Charles Mackay ' s , but the following piece by the same author commands and has our applause : —

      FRANCE AND ENGLAND . BY CUARLESMACKAT . Wc make no boast of Waterloo ; Its name excites no pride in us ; Wuhavo no hatred ofthe French , No scorn of Yankee or of Russ . The glory that our fathers gained In bloody warfare years agone , And which they talk of o ' er their cups , Gives us no joy to think upon . Aud in this year of " forty-six , " We rising men in life ' s young prime , Are men who think the French have done The world good service in their time . And for their sakes , and for our own , And freedom ' s sake all o ' er the earth , We'd rather let old feuds expire , And , cling to something better worth . To be at strife , however just ,

      Has no attraction to our mind ; And as for nations fond of war , We think them pests of humankind . Still—if there " must" be rivalry Betwixt us and the French , —why then Let earth behold us , while we show Which of the two are better men , We'll try the rivalry of Arts , -v Of Science , Learning , Freedom , Fame— S * * We'll try who first shall li ght the world With Charity ' s divinest flame—Who best shall elevate the poor , And teach the wealthy to he true—We want no rivalry of arms , Wo want no boast of Waterloo . We conclude with the following magnificent piece from the pen of the same author : —

      THE THREE MtEACHEUS . Bv Charles Maoeav . There are three preachers , ever preaching , Each with eloquence and power—One is old , with locks of white , Skinny as an anchorite ; And he preaches every hour , With a shrill fanatic voice , And a bigot ' s fiery scorn : — "Backwards , ye presumptuous nations ! if an to misery is born—Born to drudge , and sweat , and suffer—Born to labour , and to pray . Priests and kings are God ' s vicegerents ; Man must worship aud obey , Backwards , ye presumptuous nations ! Back ! be humble , and obey !"

      The second is a milder preacher ; Soft he talks , as if he sung . Sleek and slothful is his look ; And his rords , as from a book , Issue glibly from his tongue . With an aif-or self-content , High he lifts his fair , white hands ;—" Stand ye still , ye restless nations ; And be happy all ye lands ! Earth was made by one Almighty ; And to meddle is to mar , Change is rash , and ever was so—We are happy as we are . Stand ye still , ye restless nations , And be happy as ye are !"

      Mightier is the younger preacher ; Genius flashes from his eyes , And the crowds who hear his voice Give him , while their souls rejoice , Throbbing bosoms for replies . Awed they listen , yet elated , While his stirring accents full : — "Forward ! ye deluded nations ; Progress is the rule of all . Man was made for healthful effort ; Tyranny has crush'd him long ; He shall march from good to better , Nor be patient under wrong . Forward ! ye awaken'd nations , And do battle with tho wrong . " Standing still is childish folly-Going backward is a crime , None should patiently endure Any ill that he can cure ,

      Onward ! keep the march of Time-Onward , while a wrong remains To be conquer'd by the right-While Oppression lifts a finger To affront us by his might ; While an error clouds the reason ; While a sorrow gnaws the heart ; While a slave awaits his freedom , Action is the wise man ' s part : Forward ; ye awaken'd nations 1 Action is the people's part . " Onward ! there are ills to conquer—Ills that on yourselves you ' ve brought , There is wisdom to discern , There is temperance to learn , And enfranchisement for thought . Hopeless poverty i'nd toil

      May bo conquer'd , if you try . Vice , and wretchedness , and famine Give beneficence the lie , Onward ! onward ! and subdue them ! Root them out—their day haspass'd ; Goodness is alone immortal ; Evil was not made to last Forward ! ye awahen'd people ! And your sorrow shall not last . " And the preaching of this preacher Stirs the pulses of the world , Tyranny has curb'd its pride ; Errors that were deified Into darknets have beeu hurl'd . Slavery and liberty , And the wrong and right have met , To decide their ancient quarrel .

      Onward , preacher ! onward yet ! There are pens to tell your progress ; There are eyes that pine to read ; There arc hearts teat burn to aid you ; There are arms in hour of need . Onward , preacher I onward nations ! Will must ripen into Dees .

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      The Electric Teleobaph.—Monday, Shortly ...

      The Electric Teleobaph . —Monday , shortly after two o clock , a message was received at the terminus ofthe Eastern Counties Railway , at Shoreditch , per electric telegraph , that a lady had her pocket picked in the refreshment room at Cambridge , and the suspected party had just left by the up train for London ; then a full description followed by the same rapid mode of communication ; and , on the arrival ofthe train , the alleged culprit was consigned to custody . A watch with the initials E . A . B ., and £ 218 s . in cash were found on his

      person . Strange h act— An enormous solan-goose , measuring six teot from tip to tip of the wines across the back was caught upon a haddock line last week by Mr George Taylor , fisherman , Newton-green . It had dived to the depth of forty feet for a fish which it caught in its gullet ; but in rising to the surface again the hook adjoining the line on which it found its prey got hold of its wing in such a secure manner that it was easily dragged into the boat . The bird is pure white , with black tipped wings and was sent to us alive by the captor . —Ayr Observer .

      A Novel Newspaper Carrier . — At the present time a little black bull-headed terrior , belonging to Mr . Powell , carpet manufacturer , ofthe Cross comes to Deighton ' s library every evening of publication of the Journal , without an attendant , ami fetches the paper , which it duly conveys with all punctualit y and despatch to its master . If the [> iibli"ation lias notcommonced it will leave the premises and return ; and on one or two occasions has unfortunately dropped the paper in the street , when it immediately started back to the shop , and would not leave until furnished with a second copy . —Worcester Journal .

      Shocking Murder . —Wc are informed bv a correspondent from Saintfield , that upon St . John ' s-day a most distressing outrage was committed in the streets of that village . In the evening , when a lodge of Freemasons had returned from NewtonHreda , a man in a state of great excitement from drunkenness appeared in the main street , with a sword in his hand , swearing in a frightful manner that he would take the life of some person before night . A short time afterwards a young lad happening to cross his path , upon whom he dealt most unmerciful blows with his naked sword . The infuriated man , after wounding the helplcss boy in many p laces , afterwards thrust his weapon into the belly oi his victim , who writhed

      in agony for nearly half an hour , when he expir-rd . According to our correspondent the name of the murderer in Shaw M'Geeau , a publican in Saintfield . — Belfast News Letter . sugar-making in France —The number of houses for making domestic sugar in France , in . work since the commencement of tke season to the end of May , was 30 ( 3 ; the quantity made 32 , 351 , 754 kiiioarnmmes ( about 800 , 000 cwt . ) , and the consumption 32 , 770 , 305 kiliogrammes being an augmentation on the corresponding period of 1845 of twelve refiners . 3 , 833 , 720 kiliogrammes of produce , ' and 3 , 212 , 515 on the consumed . The amount of duty raised in 1845 was 8 , 000 , 141 francs , against 5 , 442 , 22 f ' r . in 1845 .

      Freak of Fortune . —Pictorial Times . —Mrs . Jane Rutherford , of Scdgefield , tho fortunate lady who obtained the prize of £ 1 , 000 , by purchasing a subscriber ' s ticket from the IHctorial Times , last week received the amount of that sum from the proprietors of that journal . Fearful Calamity by Lightning . —On Thursday , a building at Itobcrt-toim was struck with lightning , and almost completely demolished , while there were thirty-six girls at work occupied in card-making . All of them were move or less scorched by the electric fluid , and the lives of several are considered in great danger . We cannot too vividly depict the horror of the scene which ensued , nor the consternation which was the result of so fearful calamity . ( Coal Pit Explosion . —On Tuesday last , an explosion of fire-damp took place in the coal pits at Madgley ; a miner , named Richard Ripley , was burnt to death ; the rest of the workmen escaped without injury . —Leeds Intelligencer .

      A Flock of Sheep Killed by Lightning . —A very remarkable event has just occurred at Mendip Hill , which startled all in that rural district by its great and astounding singularity . Henry Davis , Esq ., who resides near Hunter ' a Lodge , was greatly alarmed on Satin day evening , owing to the terrific effect produced by the thunder storm among his flocks , the lightning having struck seventy-four two-teeth sheep dead nearly at one flash . As our correspondent wrote , the farm servants were removing ihe bodies in waggons and carts . With the exception of five or six , they had all , at the moment of the storm , been standing in a row under a wall when they were struck deadmany falling over one another at the same instant of time .

      Sowing Halfpence for Corn . —Last evening a moretlianmodcrately eccentric citizen of Salisbury evinced his enthusiasm at the passing of the Corn Bill by parading the streets , and scattering halfpence broad-cast amongst the mob , who of course accompanied him in large numbers . This generous bidding for popularity was enhanced by the fact , that the patriotic individual had been busily engaged during the day in collecting from his free trade neighbours " the browns " necessary for the exhibition . — Salisbury Herald . . Singular Suicide . —On Friday evening , an elderly female , named Webber , seventy-five year * of age , committed suicide in a most determined manner , by cutting her throat with a razor , under a clump of trees in Bonner ' s fields , within a hundred yards of the chief entrance gate into Victoria Park .

      The Moon in Lord Rosse ' s Telescope . —With respect to the moon , every object on its surface of the height of one hundred feet was now distinctly to be seen ; and , he had no doubt , that under very favourable circumstances , it would be so with objects sixty feet in height . On its surface were craters of extinct volcanoes , rocks , and masses of stones almost innumerable . lie had no doubt whatever that if such a building as he was then in were upon the surface of the moon , it would be rendered distinctly visible by these instruments . But there were no signs of habitations such as ours—no vestiges of architectural remains to show that the moon is or ever was inhabited by a race of mortals similar to ours . It presented no appearance which could lead to the supposition that it contained anything like the greon fields and lovely verdure of this beautiful world of ours . There was no water visible—not a sea , or a river , or even the measure of a reservoir for supplying town or factory ; all seemed desolate . Hence would arise the reflection in the mind of the

      Christian philosopher—Why had this devastation been ? It might be further inquired—Was it a lost world ? Had it suffered for its transgressions ? Analogy might suggest the question—Had it met with the fate which Scripture told us was reserved for our world ? It was obvious that all this was mysterious conjecture . —Dr . Scoreshj , Novel Punishment . —Major-General Sir Charles Napier , to punish the captain of a Queen ' s regiment for allowing a native court martial , of which he was president , to pass an illegal sentence , ordered him to write out , with his own hands , the articles of

      war . A Cahd Plaver Asleep . —A Cumberland schoolmaster , weary and worn out with the labours of the week , sat himself down , a few Saturday nights ago , to a quiet game at cards , and stuck to the amusement till the clock struck twelve . On the following morning he went to church—and then went to sleep . In the middle of the sermon , the congregation were startled by a loud thump in the pedagogue ' s pew , and a louder cry of— " Spades is trumps , ami I'll stand 1 " The parson came to a stand . His hearers tittered . _ The " miserable sinner" woke up ; and encountering wicked glances on every side , would gladly have vanished through the roof , or sunk through the floor .

      Ihe Richmond Star says another relic ofthe classic ages was found in that city , being a dog ' s collar , supposed to belong to ' Julius Ciosar , from the fact of having his name engraved upon it . Victoria Park . —During the present summer the progress of the works has attracted a great attendance of fashionable visitors . It was visited recently by Sir Robert and Lady Peel , the former of whom expressed his approbation of the manner in which the park was laid out , as well as at the numerous and orderly attendance . A Helmet , similar to that worn by the Prussian army , is to be adopted by the British army , in place ofthe late chaco , which is universally disliked . One of the Handles of the coffin of Mary , Queen of Scots , was sold among the late Mr . Upcott ' s collection of curiosities for two guineas .

      The Latter Day Saints . — These people are making great efforts just now to get up the steam by out-of-door preaching , by placarding the walls with large bills about "the Midni g ht Cry , " and by importing fresh Americans to assist them in the dissemination of their delusions . On Friday evening last Brother Dealtry held forth on the Hoe , but the Right Worshipful sent one of the blues to warn him off , when the preacher very knowingly said , that he had finished his discourse . On Sunday evening the Hoe was like a fair , for Dealtry was there , mounted on a small stand in the middle of the field belonging to the Ordnance , preaching away like a man bereft of his reason . ^ Near him was a man standing with a pole , on which were a number of figures of naked beings , so coloured as to represent some of the strange characters described by the prophet Daniel .

      Dealtry himself was dressed like some of the Divines as we see them portrayed in old works on theologyhe had a small black skull cap on and a peculiar kind of black gown , like that of a regular clergyman in its shape , only made to sit close to tho body , and as it was tied round the waist , Dealtry looked very slender and somewhat dandyish . This , together with his excited and wild gesticulation , gave him a very strange appearance . His discourse teemed with his usual urgent appeals and warnings , and at the close he made various announcements . Some laughter was occasioned by the speaker suddenly exclaiming that it had been generally rumoured that Dealtry had prophesied that there would be no more rain . This , he said , was a lie—a downwrigho lie—and was only a report by those who wished to bring him into disrepute . —Plymouth Journal ,

      The Electric Teleobaph.—Monday, Shortly ...

      Ghkat Stoppage . —We learn that a large wanufaeturing firm lias stopped during the week , and that its liabilities amount to . 70 , 000 £ ., even the bank ^ ae count having been overdrawn by 7 , OOOi . A meeting of creditors was summoned for yesterday , but we have not heard the result of their proceedings . — -Ldcester Chronicle . Sir R . Peel . —A furlher proof of the kind . ' consideration t « lt by Sir Robert Peel for the afflicted family ofthe late Mr . Haydon , has to be recorded . Not content with the prompt pecuniary assistance extended to that lamented artist in the last hours o £ his life , nor with the liberal sum transmitted to his bereaved widow and orphans , the Premier lias made permanent provision for a son of the deceased bv appointing him to the situation of landing-waiter in the Customs .

      Official Changes . —It ia stated that Mr , Dean has resigned the Chairmanship ofthe Board of CiiHloms , and that he is to be succeeded by Sir Thomas Freemantle , the present Deputy Chairman , further , that the Right Hon . George R . Dawson , who has for some time been a member of the Board of Customs , is to be appointed Deputy Chairman iu tha place of Sir Thoraas Freemantle . Extensive Robbery at Messrs . Ackermasm ' 8 to r iiB Strand . — Apprkhe . nsiom of the Tuiti-. —Por a considerable time past serious robberies have been

      committed at Messrs . AcKermann ' s , and the individual supposed to be implicated was taken at a late hour on Monday . He has been in tile servite of the tirorabout nine years , and on Monday niuht ,. front suspicion entertained , ho was locked in a back room of the shop in the Strand , till a police oiiioer could be called in , He , however , managed to jump wit of the window , and escaped till he arrived at his lodgings in Pciitonville , on Monday night , when he was taken into custody . Several valuable prints have . been found at his lodgings . The prisoner was conveyed to bow-street station-house .

      Goal-Pit Explosion . —Oa Tuesday hist an explosion of fire-damp took place in the cuaUpita at Midgiey . A miner , named Richard Ripley , was burnt to death ; the rest of the workmen scaped without injury . —Doncasler . Gazette . Atmospheric Phenomenon . —Between one and two o ' clock on Thursday morning last a ball , about the size of an orange / apparently fire , was aoticed at Woodbiidge , moving through the air from the west to south-east , with a long train of light after it . It greatly illuminated the atmosphere during its transit , but disappeared in a few seconds . —Burn Post ,

      i < OKERAL OP A IIlGHLASD PlPES . — On Sunday tha funeral . ' of Joseph Lassie , formerly a well known piper , took place in the following order : —Preceding tho mutes , walked an aged piper dressed "in the garb of old jGaul , " and bearing a wand . Upos the coffin were" placed the pipes belonging to deceased , and immediately following was the widow , supported by the piper to the Earl of Aberdeen , and two other pipers in full Scottish costume . These were followed by the other mourners , the rear b . iug brought up by pipers dressed in the tartaus of the various clans " to which they belonued .

      Manslaughter by an Ekgine-Driver . — A man named George Hocker , engine-driver at the Grace Mary Colliery , Rowley Regis , has been committed to lake liis trial lor manslaughter , in causing- ti : s ueath , of a eolliei' through , his negligence on Monday last . It appears that the deceased was being drawn up from the pit , and Hocker having neglected to slacken the engine , the skip struck with great violence against the pulley of the pit-frame , and the deceased was jerked out of the skip , fell heavily on the ground and was killed . Pigeons in South Carolixa . —A correspondent writes from Camden that a flock of pigeons passed over that eiiy , at least a mile in length aud half a mile in width ! Enomjh to make a pie for all creation , says an American editor .

      TURHS-OUT OH THE LANCASTER AM > CARLISLE RAIL WAY . —TllO masons on the railway near Kendal have struck for an advance of wages—asking 5 s . 6 d . per day ; and the wallers , both on the line and those working on buildings in the town and neighbourhood , have also struck for an advance , from 4 s , 6 d . to 6 s , per day . JS'o agreement has as yet been come to , so that the men remain out , and the works are at a stand-still . Troops for the Hudson ' s Bat Territory . —The second battalion ofthe Cth Royal Regiment , at present only 300 rank and lile , under the command of M ;> jor Crol ' ton , embarked at Cork , on 1 'YuUy , on board Her Majesty ' s ship Crocodile and Liienfceim transport , for Fort York , Hudson ' s Bay ,

      Death of a Centenarian . —Dieu on tho loth inst ., at tiraigenne , parish of Holycross , in this county , Michael Carrol I , at the venerable age of 103 years . This man as I can learn , ' was in good health and could speak distinctly until about half an hour before his death , and was never known to be a day on tho bed until yesterday ( Monday ) . Curious Circumstance . —A very inferos ! in < r . fact in natural history has taken place at Feiryiield , a passage on the Tay . Some time ago , a pair of " water wag-tails" built their nest under the bow of the ferry boat , in whirli may be seen at present four young ones , attended by the female with the greatest care , nutwithscatiding the bustle and notee of the passengers crossing and reerossing the ferry . If the male bird arrives with food for his mate when the

      boat . is on the passage , he follows and perches on tbe nest , and feeds her without the least appearance of fear . Mr . Eaird , the tacksman of tho ferry , has given orders that they be as little molested as possible . In February last an English Coachman , named Pye , in the service of Mrs . Maxwell , ; having in the Bois do Boulogne unbridled his horse , and the animal being suddenly frightened by the smacking of a carter ' s whip it became restive , and struck an old man named Bergounieux , with such violence that he died . Pye was tried on Saturday lor his negligence , and sentenced to six days ' - imprisonment , and to pay 300 fr , a year tu ' the Widow Bcrgounioux for her life . Mrs . Maxwell was declared by the Tribunal to be responsible for this payment .

      A Robin ' s Nest in as Organ . —On Sunday last , during divine service in St . Michael ' s Church , in this town , the organist found some obstruction in the organ that prevented him playing , and on searching lor the cause after the congregation were dismissed , discovered to his no small astonishment a tobin ' g neat , with three young ones in it . They were not disturbed in their singular retreat , but were left to take their flight , which they will be able to do in a fevr days . —Shropshire Conservative . Accident on thk Geeat Western Railway . —An accident occurred to the engine of the passenger train which left Padding ton at three-quarters past four o'clock on Monday afternoon , between West Drayton and the Slouyh station . The machinery on one side sfthc engine having become disabled , and the train

      having been brought toafuli stop , considerable fears were entertained by the passengers , in consequence of the express train being shortly expected from Paddington on the same line of rails . A messenger was instantly despatched up the line to notify the accident to the engine driver of the express train ; the passengers by the train with fee disabled engine in the mean time , leaving the carriages , and taking refuge iu the fields . The express train , however , shortly after arrived , and the engine being of sufficient power , propelled the other train onwards to Slough , were another engine was attached , which , proceeded with the nassengers to Bristol .

      Eagles . —A great number ol eagles' nests havoap * peared on the estate of Applccross this season , and , notwithstanding the exertions of the gamekeeper to get the birds destroyed , they seem to increase . It is singular that game is increasing very rapidly in tho immediate vicinity of these eyries , and it would appear that the eagle will not molest game if it can obtain carrion . Applccross abounds naturally to a very great degree with vermin , and it is nevertheless as well stocked with game as any estate in the Highlands . A number of corn fields c lose to the villages were perfectly destroyed last harvest by herds of red deer which invaded them . —Inverness Conner .

      The Nkvt Mudkl Prison , Clbrkenwbll . —ring building , intended as a place of confinement for persons undergoing examinations at the different- police offices , a-. i well as for persons waiting for trial , is very fast approachins completion . It consists of four buildings , each one containing 250 cells , aud each cell furnished with water , convenience for washing , & c . ; and it is intended that from the time a person enters the pr ' wou till he leaves it , he shall hold no communication with any other prisoner . Moxstku Train . — 'fhe Eastern Counties Railway Company had an excursion train from Yarmouth and Norwich on Monday last . Upon tlm arrival of the train at the Shoreditch Station , it consisted of 51 carriages , all quite full , drawn by two of the most powerful engines o : the company . The number of passengers ( exclu live of children under three years of age , amounting to about 200 , who travelled tree , ) was 1 , 871 , making & total of more than two thousand

      persons . The Following Extraordinary Communication was made to the Academic Royale des Sciences de Paris , at its est meeting , by a Greek Physiologist , a M . Eseltja , who asserts that by the assistance of electric light , he has been enabled to see throayhilw human body , and thus to detect the existence of deepseated visceral disease . He has followed the operations of digestion and of circulation . He has seen the nerves in motion . M . Eseltja has impo-sod the name of " Anthropascope" on his extraordinary discovery ( . ?) Tub Cholera . —Letters from Persia state that this dreadful disease is making frightful ravages in the interior of Asia . This scourge , which has travelled through Cabul , has already penetrated nearly as far as Teheran

      . Temperance Convention . —A conference ol the promoters of the temperance movement , consisting of delegates from various societies , will be held in London on the 4 th of August . On the 7-h »/ Ausj » t there will bo a public meeting in Govent uatuen Theatre , which has been engaged for the purpose . The Elkctric TMMiiApn .-The eleetno telegraph from Rugby to Leeds wasi eorapletei 1 on Wednesday week . From Leeds to RBg « V . J distance of 122 miles , intelligence of any . important event may be communicated through theinstrumentality ofthe telegraph iu the short space of three minutes .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04071846/page/3/