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      On The Flight Of The S On"Of Sotjlrg The...

      ON THE FLIGHT OF THE S ON " OF SOTJlRg THE % RATE CHIEF OF ^ CIR ^ Sm 8 TO JOIN HIS FATHER AND HIS BROTHERS i * " SATITE MOUNTAINS . Heaven speed thee , son of Schamyl , to thy country in thy Thatftou mayeit aid thy father in his battles for the j ^ alhtn CfcmsiaVpasses - come thundering on the As tad for wolves and vultures let the Muscovites lay low . __ Althoug h when thou wert an infant , thou wert carnedfar rroJSfaear homeiu themonutain ^ towheretheCxar holds sway ; Thoug h he trained theeforhis armies , such treason might not be , ^ The soul of Schamyl ' s son forbade to fighyigarost the free .

      Ihon hast left the Russian ; oh , may nought e ' er stop lhy brave career , Still mayestthon wield the yataghan , and grasp the shining spear ; B to them as their shadow , no rest or ease to know , When they dream they are safest , then work thou their overthrow . Teach thou upon the mountains , to the slaves of Russia ' s Czar , Jhat the cause of right must conquer , when despots go to war . Thoush the snows of many years , may rest upon each hill—Andthouch the years roll on , your land is independent stillf

      Then success attend thee , true one , on the mountain or the plain , Wherever CSrcassia ' s warriors meet , their freedom to maintain ; Be thou always where a son should be—at thy brave father ' s side , And leading on a fiery hand of warriors in their pride . Then success attend thee , true one ; confusion to the Czar , Success to all brave spirits who resist him in the war : May they conquer as brave men should do upon the battle plain , Oh J better far such death to die , than live in Russia ' s chain . AlFBED FEXSEI . L .

      A Dream. After Reading Tie Archbishop's ...

      A DREAM . After reading tie Archbishop ' s prayer to avert famine . Oh the-people were raising their voices on high , And calling an God with a pitiful cry ; Por the fruits of the fields , had been stricken with dearth , And famine was stalking abroad through the earth , And the people were groaning , with hunger and pain , They were kneeling and praying , but kneeling in vain , Till the flag of Rebellion , at len .-th was unfurled , "When ihe thunder of Heaven broke over the world ; And a voice from the clouds , to the peoplabelow , Cried why do ye suffer , from wantand from woe 1 I have poured forth my blessings , with bountiful hand , ( Per the length and the bredth , of King Adam ' s fair land .

      But bad men have blasted , the fruits of the sod , They have famished the people , then charged it oa God , Did I give ye strong arms , to lie idle all day ? Did I give ye broad fields , but to wasteand decay ? Come rise from your kneeling , let every right hand Grasp the sword that brings blessings , the spade till the land , Then the blessings of life wiU abundantly grow , And famine will skulk , to the regions below ; And woe to the man , who , when willing to toil , Withholds from a brother , his right to the soil . M . M . T .

      Acrostic. 05 Wltll&K Howitt The Pateiot ...

      ACROSTIC . 05 Wltll & K HOWITT THE PATEIOT WBITEB . Addressed to thehard-hearted Aristocracy . W ender no more ! ye Tyrant men , I f ' gainst you wieldst the patriot's pen , L ong have you mocked and scourged the poor , L onger their chains , they'le not endure I f regardless yet , of hungers' prayer AII slaves demands will rend the air H aukind , are we ! No felons fare ! 5 ow can you then , their rage appease 0 r try tumults to cairn like these , "W hen the oppressors yoke is dashed aside II in triumph , labour ' s sons should ride , T hen will you quail at liberty T hen shouts resound , we will be free!— J . Shaw 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-r . ad East .

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      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. October. Edinb...

      TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . October . Edinburgh : "V 7- Tait , Princes-street . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co . This month ' s number opens with a continuation of Mrs . Gore ' s new fiction " Temptation and Atonement ; " of course the name of the authoress sutflcientlv proclaims the merit of her work . A delightful artieleon " Trees" we have read with much pleasure . What we suppose we mar consider as the first of a series of " Letters from the West of Ireland , " gives some interesting pictures of Irish life . There is some excellent poetry in this number . A fine stirring ballad is the piece describing the last days and death of the " The Constable De Bourbon ; " we regret , however , that good poetry should be wasted upon a character who though a greit warrior , "The soldier ' s friend , the soldier ' s pride , the child of victory , "

      wasresBv and truly a mighty hris-and , who , if hehad committed the robbery and murder which has immortalised him , on a small , instead of a large scale , would certainly have been hung as a ruffian instead of being deified as a conqueror . Not such are the "heroes" we honour , — "The drying up one tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore . ' "We do not repudiate the sword when drawn in a good cause , nor are we Insensible to the trne ^ glory of such veritable heroes as Leonidas and Washington ,

      " Whose every battle-fieli is bcly ground , Which breathes of nations saved , not worlds undone , " and therefore , we accord our full and hearty approbation to the lines in this number of Tait ( which appeared in last Saturday's Star ) , entitled " The Field of Morat . " Such poetry is worthy of all praise . There is an article in this number of Tait , on "IeigflHunt"by George GilfiHan , which ought to lave a much more searching review than we pan find room for ; we mnst , however , express our views on one portion of the said article , if not fully , at least plainly . We have no fault to find with the praise awarded to Leijrh Hunt , a man who , as a poet , essayist , and critic , has " done the state some service , " only we protest against the praise of Hunt being accompanied by foul , venomous calumny against the mighty ISvronjsnch as we find blacfcenfng this outpouring of Gilfillan ' s .

      We know not whether GilfiHan is connected with the Scottish priesthood , but if he is not a priest , he ought to be , for most assuredly " the lads In black " would find him a worthy brother of their order ; his fiendish malice , his unappeasable hatred towards Bvron , as evidenced by the gall-drops from his pen , whenever he can by any means find a pretext for assailing that glorious poet , proves him , whether or not le wears the dress of one , to be a priest at heart 3 Jone hut a cowl'd inquisitor , cruel , cold-hearted Calvraist , or hypoerital praise-God-Barebones could be his parallel .

      It is not the first or second time , we have had to complain of the disgrace brought upon Mr- Tail ' s magazine , by the lacobrations of this calumniator of Byron . We " tell Mr . Tait that the canting ' moraliry" which Is made the cloak for these hideous and cowardly assaults upon the defenceless dead will not be tolerated on this side of the border ; and we question if it will meet with much toleration even on the other side : the indignation , therefore , which Mr . Tait ' s contributor cannot fail to excite against himself , may be rhared by the magazine . But to the points at issue .

      Our readers , who may not know the fact , must be informed that , amongst the works of Leigh Hunt is one— " damned to everlasting fame" — entitled '" Lord Byron ami his Contemporaries ; " which work , according to Gilfillan ' s admissions , proves Hunt to lave been guilty of "ingratitude" and " violated confidence " towards his deceased protector , Bvron . GilfiHan acknowledges that Ilvnt " had been treated by Byron with great liberality ;" and that he had been " admitted to his confidence ;" GilfiHan adds z " He had been fed and insulted under the same roof with the noble f oet . And in

      exc-Lanjre for such favours , he was bound to Halter the man when dead , to whom , when living , he had always acted a firm and m anly part ! " No , sir , he was not bound to do anything of ihe sort . He was bound , however , bv every principle of consistency and honestv , either to have repudiated and denounced Byron while living , or having pursued the opposite course , to at least remain silent as regards his friend ' s impcrfectious , when that friend was laid in the grave . If Bvron "fed and insulted Hunt , Hunt should have flung away the feeding , and resented the insults cf Byron at the time , and not , to Quote

      Moore" Fed Oft him living , and foul'd on him dead . " L

      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. October. Edinb...

      lowing fashiop : — " Our quarrel with this book is not so much its treatment of Byron ' s memory , as its general spirit and execution . Its spirit i 3 waspish , its execution feeble . His estimates of contemporary talent are not eminently felicitous , nor , with the exception of his personal friends , particularly candid . " Now if the book is waspish and uneandid , if his estimates of contemporary talent a * e not to be received as gospel , why single out the portions relating to Byron as trustworthy and praiseworthy ? Gilfillau represents Leigh Hunt as now " smiling pity over the dishonoured dust of Bvron ( magnanimous smiler 2 ) and over the insolent but retracted ridicule of Moore . " Moore ' s' « retraction " is new s to us ; one thing is certain that in the latest

      edition of Byron s works Mr . Murray has appended amongst the foot-notes to the " The Vision of JuHg . nient , " Moore ' s castiga'ion of Hunt , which castigatiop . GilfiHan calls 'insolent ridicule . " In mercy to 1 eigh Hunt we will not copy Moore ' s verses , fl - ¦ - ¦ - Leaving the " Pease-blossom" ( why not pease- pudding !?) poet and essayist , we must have a few more words with GilfiHan . This cold-hearted calumniator dares to scoff at the last and most glorious of the acts of Byron—what he calls " his chimerical and insincere expedition to Greece ^; " he adds : " an incident no more deserving moral approbation , | than the conduct of the prodigal , who in his desperation enlists . " He godson : ) " exhausted in intellect and bruised in heart he ' threw himself into the ! Greek cause . "

      The contemplation of the " bruised heart" of Byron seems to afford pleasure to GilfiHan . The reader will judge of the exhausted intellect of the poet by turning to "The Island , " " The Age of Bronze , " and the last five cantos of "Don Juan . " all written within the last fifteen months of his life . On this question we will answer GilfiHan out of the mouth of his own countryman , Byron ' s great" contemporary , Sir Walter'Scott . " " As various in composition as Shakespeare himself ( thiswill be admitted by all who are acquainted with his Don Juan , ) he has embraced every topic of human life , and sounded every string en the divine harp , from its slightest , to its most powerful and heart-astounding tones . * * His genius seemed as prolific as various . The most

      prodigal vse did not exhaust his powers , nag , seemed rather to increase their vigour . Neither " Childe Harolde , " nor any ot the most beautiful of Byron ' s earlier tales , contain more exquisite morsels of poetry , than are to be found scattered through the cantos of'Don Juan , ' amidst verses which the author appears to have thrown off with an effort as spontaneous as that of a tree resigning its leaves to the wind . " Gilfillan ' s scoffing sneers at Byron ' s chivalrous adhesion to the Greek cause , excites our heartfelt disgust and abhorence . No doubt himself incapable of generous and heroic actions , he judges of others by his own standard . We will again quote Sir Walter Scott , who knew Byron something better than GilfiHan can have known him ; that great

      writer after remarking of Byron that" no man had ever a kinder heart for sympathy , or a more open hand for the relief of distress , and n » mind was ever more formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble actions , " concludes with ; these words , " It is a reflection solemn and gratifying , that death found our Byron in no moment of levity , but contributing his fortune and hazarding his life in behalf of a people only endeared to him by their own past glories ' and as fellow-creatures suffering under the yoke of a heathen oppressor . To have fallen in a crusade for Freedem and Humanity , as in olden times it would have been an atonement for the blackest crimes , may , in the present , be allowed to expiate greater follies than ever exaggerated calumny has propagated against Byron . "

      GilfiHan tells his readers that the " public , " after several and opposite changes of opinion , have at last come to the conclusion of writing on Byron ' s bust , — "' A traitor to his own transcendant genius . " GilfiHan himself awards to Byron the doom of " eternal silence . " Modest—very ! We tell him he libels the " public . " Even if he spoke truly of his " public " —ignorant , jealous , and sybarite aristocrats ; thimble-rigging money-jugglers ; tape-measuring , treacle-selling shopocrats ; canting , hypocritical priests ; envious authors , snarling critics , and morality-mongering writers—even if this public , with the potent GilfiHan at their head , were really united to anuihialate the fame of Byron , they would fail . There is another " public" growing , which in Byron ' s dav knew not Byron , but who are now fast

      learning to know him . The People , the hitherto despised , because ignorant , people , are now teaching themselves , and judging for themselves . They will be the masters of the future , and in their hands the fame of Byron is safe . We have done somethingand we know we have not worked in vain—towards assisting some thousands of the young democracy to a proper appreciation of the works of Byron . A glorious future is comingfor the immortal " Childe , " the People will do him justice . As to Gilfillan ' s sentence upon Byron , we will venture to predict—time will decide between usthat ( using a favourite , though somewhat rough expression , of a friend of ours ) the writings , name and fame of Byron will stand , when the poet ' s enemies and their vile calumnies are rotten , dead , and damned !

      Chartist Poems. Br Erxest Joses. Lon Don...

      CHARTIST POEMS . Br Erxest Joses . Lon don : M'Gowan and Co ., Great Windmill Street . It is almost superfluous to say a word in favour of these poems , most of them having previously appeared in this paper ; whera their appearance sufficiently proclaimed our approval , and where they have earned for their author the admiration of thousands . In a neat f orm we have here twelve of Mr . Jones ' s poems , published for threepence ; that the sale will be extensive we cannot doubt . By the by , we may mention that Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , now commencing their tour , will be able to supply our country friends with copies , free of any cost or trouble of carriage . These poems consist of , first , " The Better Hope , " the concluding verses of which have been so often repeated by Mr . O'Connor : —

      Oh ! then I looted back for my cold quiet home , As the hell-bound looks back for the grave ; But I heard my soul cry—who but cowards can fly ; While a tyrant yet tramplss a slave 1 Then I bound on my armour to face the rough world , And I ' m going to march with the rest , Against tyrants to fight—for the sake of the right , And , if baffled , to fall with the best . The whole poem is a noble effusion . Second , third , fourth , and fifth , namely , " Our Sumraons ;" "Our Rally ; " " Our Warning ; " and " Our Destiny . " may be classed together aa stirrin ^? d truly poetical appeals to the millions , which . TTSst command the responses of the mighty multitude . From one only of these poems we reprint the following lines : —

      And were it death awaits ye , On I Death Ss liberty . Then quails the power that hates ye , When freemen dare to die . lie shall not be a Briton , Who brooks to be a slave : — An alien to the country . And a mockery to ( he brave . Down with the cup , untasted 1 Its draught is not for thee : Its generous strength were wasted On all , but on the free . —' Turn from the altar , bondsman ! Nor touch a British bride . ¦ Wha t ? Wouldst thou bear her blushing For thee , at thine own side ! Back from the Church-door , Craven ; The great dead sleep beneath , And liberty is graven

      On every sculptured wreath I For whom shall lips of beauty , And history ' s glories be ! Por whom the pledge of Friendship ? T or the Fi eel ilte Free ' . the Free I Sixth . — * The Two Races" well contrasts the actual with ihe ideal aristocracy . Seventh . — " Labour ' s History" reminds us of some of the poetic outbursts of " the Abbe de Lammenais , in "The Words of a Believer ; " mark the conclusion : — King ' s have cheated—Priests have lied—Break the sword on Slavery ' s knee , And become , in manhood ' s pride . That which God intended , —FnEE !

      8 tk— "Isalivelv | Chait ' st thorns . " 0 th . —" Blackstone Edge "is no dishonour to the air to which it is written— " The Battle of Ilohcidiuden . " Tenth . — " 0 'Connorville"isa vision of the future , which the friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Scheme will cherish . Eleventh . — " The Coming Day " is a poem to match with some of the best of Charles Mackat ' s . Twelfth and last . — " Onward and Upward" has recently appeared in these columns . Wc ho-, c to sre more than one series of these poems ; indeed we do not £ dcspair of seeing these pages extend to a volume numbering ten times sixteen .

      The Reasoker. Part Iv. Edited Bv G. J. H...

      THE REASOKER . Part IV . Edited bv G . J . Holvoake . London : Watson , 3 , Queen ' s llead Passage , Paternoster Row . The friends to free inquiry will find some interesting articles in this number . We may specially single out a letter from . Mr . Ilowitt , in reply to a series of letters addressed to that gentleman by . Mr . llolyoake . We agree with the editor of the Jicttsoner , that * ' The independent enunciation of the principle of free discussion without limitation of topics , the fearless

      avowal that' when opinions on any subject sre thrown before the public every man has a ri }; ht to attach and discu-s and call themin question as seems proper to him , '—and the affirmation that ' no op inions , no statements , are not worth anything that will not bear this sivthis !'—are sentiments which do Mr . Ilowitt great credit , and entitle his views to the most respectful consideration . " Another article on " Methodists and Missions , " extracted from an old number of the Edinburgh Review , claims our notice . Although not agreeing with all things said by the writer in the Edhihargh . Iteeiew , wedo heartily " asree with him in this , that "If the choice rested with us , we should

      The Reasoker. Part Iv. Edited Bv G. J. H...

      say , —give us back our wolves a gain , —restore our Danish invaders , —curse us with any evil , but the evil of a canting , deluded , and Methodistical populace . Wherever Methodism extends its baneful influence , the character of the English people is constantly changed by it . Boldness and rough honesty are broken down into meanness , prevarication , and fraud . " The following extract introducing the lines of a poet honoured by the readers of the Northern Star , may appropriately find a place in our columns : —

      ' GIVE BACK THE MONEY . ' A FAHILUE HOWL IN THE M 0 KTH , Another reading of the text , ' Peace on earth and good-will towards men . ' [ When the disruption in the Scotch Church took place , deputations from the Free Church went to the United States ( as also to England and other places ) , to raise subscriptions . In the United States money was accepted from the slave as well as from the free states . In Scotland a demand was made to ' send back the money ' to the slave states , which has grown into a national cry . The Glasgmo Examiner says—'" Send back the money , " meets the eye of the traveller in every part of the city . It seems to be quite fashionable to couple the " send back" with names of ministers and elders , and even ladies are not exempted from-the unenviable notoriety . "Send back the money , John Thomson , "" Send back the money , Mrs . Jameson , " * - Send back the money , Dr . Caven

      dish , " flourish at every corner . ' But amid all this furor against receiving black slaveearningsfor the churches , no one seems topeint out the inconsistencyof accepting white slave wages . Yet what else are the contributions , wrung by mean piety in every possible way , from our credulous and religious poor , by the collecting agents 01 Church and Dissenting , Missionary and Bible confederacies t In many of the manufactories of England the work people are compelled to leave something for the 'Missionary Box' or they become marked men . And in Scotland , as the poet records , the last farthing of the pauper is eagerly carried away . The view of the ' Send Back' question taken in the * Familiar Howl' is as just as it i * striking and appropriate . The lines were written by request for ajpopular and influentlaljpaper , * which however , taking a somewhat different view of the subject from the poet , they were not inserted . But inssmuch as they express valued sentiments , I solicited , and was favoured by Mr . Thorn with them , They now for the first time appear—En . l

      Another gnst—another jet Spurts from the yellow tide ; Dividing yet—devising yet Howyet they may divide . 'Give back the money ! ' well , give it back , The last blood mingled mite ; Or be it scourged from a slaving black , — Or wrung of a starving white . Heaven wills it not , His altar stained By the wretch ' s narrowed share ; What , from hungering heart all strained , Had never welcome there . 0 , we have seen of labour wan , Yon solemn croucher seek The lonely dole of a withering man , Abr care for his sunken cheek .

      We'v marked the wake of a whining few , Their prim and pious look , Stride off with a very farthing too From pauper in his nook . Ah ! then—all this , yea more and more ,-Tbe groan-earned sin give back ; 'Tis murder ' s wages , 0 ! restore To the white slave as to the black . But who have sundered the sister ' s heart , Bade parent fondness cease , — . And all life ' s loveliness depart Our lowly homes of peace ?

      Did Bethlehem ' s star bode strife below , Yon night the saraph sung ?—Or spake its ray of want and woe , In Mammon ' s poisoned tongue ? Give back you may—or you may keep , — 'Tis mockery evermore ; The jewels ' rsaved from hearts that weep , Ye never may restore . Divide , and haste ye , —broken ice Melts faster being small , 'Till waxing * beautifull y less ' We find no ice at all .

      Then , be the altar , House or Hill , The only priests shall be—Truth , Light , Reason , and Good-will , The one Church and the free . "Wm . Thosi ,

      * Query.—Was Fear Of The Raillocracy, Th...

      * Query . —Was fear of the raillocracy , the cause of the non-appearance of Mr . Thorn ' s lines in the " popular and influential paper ?"

      Habthill's Monthly: Telegraph, Or Railwa...

      Habthill ' s Monthly : Telegraph , or Railway , Coach , and Steam-boat Guide to all the Conveyances connected with Scotland ; together with the principal time-tables for England , Ireland , and foreign parts . Edinburgh : J . Harthill and Son . Travellers and tourists will find this a useful compilation , similar to " Bradshaw ' s Railway Guide , " but two-pence cheaper .

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      grWant of room compels us to postpone till next veek notices of " The Westminster and Foreign iuarterly Review , " " The Colonial Magazine , " " The People ' s JournaWiIIolyoake ' s Hand- book ef grammar , " " The People ' s Family Journal , " and ither publications .

      Beauties Of Byros

      BEAUTIES OF BYROS

      The Vision Of Judgment. In The Article O...

      THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . In the article on Leigh Hunt in Tail ' s Magazine , noticed in another column , the writer of that article fiercely assails Byron ' s Vision of Judgment as " a lampoon , the blasphemy of which reduces the Satan of Milton to a driveller , and leaves even the Mcphistophiles of Goethe limping behind . " This sort of censure , remembering too whom it comes from is really praise . Of course , Mr . GilfiHan , in abusing Byron , has not a word to say in condemnation of that truly blasphemous and imbecile performance , Southey ' s " Vision of Judgment , '' on which Byron ' s parody is founded . We will , this week , give but two brief specimens from Southey ' s trash . He describes the King ( George III . ) as having awakened from the sleep of death , and accosting by the spirit of Spencer Pereival , he ( the king ) asks" What course by the Prince hath been followed V Pereival

      answers-Bight in his father ' s steps hath the Regent trod , Firm hath he proved , and wise , at a time when weakness or error Would have sunk us in shame , and to ruin have hurried us headlong , True to himself hath he been , and heaven has rewarded his counsels . This is said of that bloated beast , " the Regent , " afterwards George IV . " A Charles to his country , a Harry to his wife , " the brute who thanked the Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry for slaughtering , the people at Peterloo . After some canting trash in abuse of Napoleon , the stupid old king wants to know something about the dreadful radicals , so asks—Is the spirit Quell'd which hath troubled the land ? and the multitude freed from delusion , Know they their blessings at last ? and are they contented and thankful ?

      Pereival answers-Still is that fierce and restlers spirit at work , Still it deceiveth the weak , and inflameth the rash and desperate . Even now , I ween , some dreadful deed is preparing ; For the souls of the wicked are loose , and the Powers of Evil Move on the wing alert . Some nascent horror they look for , Be sure ; some [ accursed concep tion of filth and darkness , Itipe for its monstrous birth . It is some relief to turn from this abominable trash of the " rancorous renegade , " to the racy } satire ef the glorious Byron . St . Peter sat by the celestial gate , His keys were rusty and the lock was dull , So little trouble had been given of late

      Not that the place by any means was full , But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight " ' * The devils have ta ' cn a longer , stronger pull And " a pull altogether , " as they say At sea , which drew most souls another way . The angels all were singing out of tune , And hoarse with having little else to do , Excepting to wind up the sun and moon , Or curb a lunaway young star or two , Or wild colt of a comet , which too soon Broke out of bounds o ' er the ethereal blue , Splitting some planet with its playful tail , As boats arc sometimes by a wanton whale .

      The guardian seraphs had retired on high , Finding their charges past all care below ; Terrestrial business fill'd nought in the sky Save the recording angel ' s black bureau ! Who found , indeed , the facts to multiply With such rapidity of vice and woe , That he had stripp'd off botli his wings in quills , And yet was in arrear of human ills . His business so augmented of late years , That he was forced , against his will , no doubt , ( Just liko those cherubs , earthly ministers , ) For some resource to turn himself about And claim the help of his celestial peers ,

      To aid him ere he should be quite worn out Bj the increased demand for his remarks ; Six angels and twelve saints were mimed bis clerks

      The Vision Of Judgment. In The Article O...

      This was a handsome board—at least for heaven And yet they had e ' en then enough to do , ' So many conquerors' cars were daily driven , So many kingdoms fitted up anew ; Bach day too slew its thousands six or seven , Till at the crowning carnage , Waterloo , They throw their pens down in divine disgust—The page was so besmeared with blood and dust . This b y the way ; 'tis not mine to record What angels shrink from : even the very devil On this occasion bis own work abhorr'd , So surfeited with the infernal revel ; Though he himself had sharpen'd every sword , It almost quenched his innate thirst of evil . Here Satan ' s sole good work deserves insertion'Tis , that he has both generals in reversion , lei's skip a few short years of hollow peace ,

      Which peopled earth no bettor , hell as wont , And heaven none—tliey form'd the tyrant ' s lease With nothing but new names subscrib'd upon't ; 'Twill one day finish : meantime they increase , " With seven heads and ten horns" and all in front , Like St . John ' s foretold beast ; but ours are horn less formidable in the head than horn . In the first year of freedom's second dawn Died George the Third ; although no tyrant , one Who shielded tyrants , till each sense withdrawn Left him nor mental nor external sun : A better farmer ne ' er brushed dew from lawn , A worse king never left a realm undone 1 He died—but left his subjects still behind , One half as mad—and I ' other no less blind . He died !_ his death made no great stir on earth ; His burial made some pomp ; there was profusion Of velvet , gilding , brass , and no great dearth

      Of auglit but tears—save those shed by collusion ; For these things may be bought at their true worth Of elegy there was the due infusion—Bought also ; and the torches , cloaks , and banners , Heralds , and relics of old Gothic manners , Form'd a sepulchural melo-drame . Of all The fools who rlock'd to swell or see the show , Who cared about the corpse J The funeral Made the attraction , and the black the woe , There throbbed not there a thought which pierced the pall And when tho gorgeous coffin was laid low , It seem'd the mockery of hell to fold The rottenness of eighty years in gold . So mix his body with the dust ! It might Return to what it must far sooner , wera The natural compound left alone to fight Its way back into earth , and fire , and air ; But the unnatural balsams merely blight

      What nature made him at his birth , as bare As the mere million ' s base unmummied clay-Yet alt his spices but prolong delay . He s dead—and upper earth with him has done He ' s buried ; save the undertaker ' s bill , Or lapidary ecrawl , the world is gone For him , unless he left a German will ; But where ' s the proctor who will ask his son S In whom his qualities are reigning still , Except that household virtue , most uncommon , Of constancy to a bad , ugly woman .

      " God save the king ! ' It is a large economy In God to save the like ; but if be will Be saving , all the better ; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still : I hardly know , too , if not quite alone am I In this small hope of bettering future ill By circumscribing , with some slight restriction , The eternity of hell's hot jurisdiction . I know this is unpopular ; I know 'Tis blasphemous ; I know one may be damn'd For hoping no one else may e ' er be so ; I know my catechism ; I know we are cramm'd With the best doctrines till we quite o ' crflow ; I know that all save England ' s church have shamm'd , And that the other twice two hundred churches And synagogues have made a damn ' d bad purchase . God help us all ! God help me too ! I am

      God knows , as helpless as the devil cm wish , And not a whit more difficult to damn Than is to bring to land a late hook'd fish . Or to the butchers to purvey the lamb ; Not that I ' m fit for such a noble dish As one day will be that immortal fry Of almost everybody born to die . Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate And nodded o ' er his keys ; when lo ! there came A woud'rous noise he had not heard of late—> A rushing sound of wind , and stream and flame ; In short , a roar of things extremely great , Which would have made aught save a saint , ex claim ; But he , with first a start , and then a wink , Said , " There ' s another star gone out , I think !" But ere he could return to his reposo , A cherub Happed his tight wing o ' er his eyes— . At which St . Peter yawn'd and rubb'd his nose :

      " Saint porter , " said the Angel , " prithee rise !" Waving a goodly wing , which glow'd , as glows An earthly peacock ' s tail , with heavenly dyes : To which the Saint replied , " Well , what ' s tho matter ! Is Lucifer come back with all this clatter 1 " "No , " quoth the cherub ; "George the Third is dead . " " And who is George the Third ! " replied the Apostle ; What George , what thiud ? " The King of England , " said The Angel . " Well ! he won't find kings to jostle Him on his way ; but does he wear his head { Because the last wc saw here had a tussle , And ne ' er would have got into heaven ' s good graces , Hud he not flung his head in all our faces . He was , if I remember , king of France :

      That head of his which could not keep a crown On earth , yet ventured in my face to advance A elaim to those of martyrs—like my own : If I had had my sword , as I had Once When I cut ears off , I had cut him down ! But having but my keys , and not my brand , I only knocked his head from out his hand . And then he set up such a headless howl , That all the saints came out , and took him in ; And there he sits by St . Paul , clieek by jowl , That fellow Paul—the parvenu ? The akin Of St . Bartholomew , which makes his cowl In heaven , and upon earth redeein'd his sin So as to make a martyr , never sped Better then did this weak and wooden head . But had it come up here , upon its shoulders , There would have been a different tale to tell : The fellow-feeling in the saints beholders

      Seems to have acted on them like a spell , And so this very foolish head heaven soldiers Back on its trunk ; it may be very well , And seems the custom here , to overthrow Whatever has been wisely done below . The Angel answered , "Peter 1 do not pout ; The king who conies has bead and all entire , And never knew much what it was about—He did as doth the puppet—by its wire , And will be judged like all the rest , no doubt ; My business and your own is not to enquire Into such matters , but to mind our cue—Which is to act as we are bid to do . " While thus they spake , the angelic caravan , . Arriving like a rush of mighty wind , Cleaving the fields of space , as doth tho swan

      Some silver stream ( say Ganges . Nile , or Inde , Or Thames , or Teed ) and midst them an old man With an old soul , and both extremely blind , Halted before the gale : and in his shroud Seated their fellow traveller on a cloud . ( To be continued . J

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      ALLEN DAVENPORT . ( From the Rcasoner of October 21 st . ) For Allev Davesi'Diit . —E . J . J . and friends £ 16 s . Gd . ; W . G . Begg , J . Thornburn , J . Thompson , and friend , 2 s .: Emma Dyer Is .: Mr . Ashurst , 3 s . : J . W . 0 . Is .: Mr . Coltman , piano-forte tuner , Leicester , Is . Gd .: John Alexander and friends , Oa . —Mr . F . Hall , of Finsbnry Hall , GO , Bunhill Row , desires his name inserted as one who will receive subscriptions . Ic is pleasant to answer the sympathising enquiries of friends concerning Mr . Davenport . On Saturday a relapse came , which threatened the worst consequences , but on Monday lie revived a little . All copies of the Life by himself , which we recently announced , have been sold—but their remains about 100 of Mr . Davenport ' s Life , Writings , and Principles of Spcnce , the advocate of Agrarian Equality , which can be had at our publisher ' s , ( Mr . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s ITcad-passsige , Paternostci ' -row ) and at Mr . Wheeler ' s , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho—price threepence .

      23-fhe readers of tho Northern Star will note that the * ' Life of Spencc , " noticed in last week ' s Star , is now ready . Friends , send your orders .

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      Sunday a carnage in the train from Liverpool to London , which had had its wheel on fire , and was constantly pumped on all the way from Liverpool to Birmingham , broke down about four miles from tho latter place , imminently endangering the immense train . Upwards of an hour classed bol ' ore assistance could be procured , and tho carriage taken off , so us to allow the train to proceed , A most malicious attempt to overthrow a train was made on t ! ie Eastern Counties line last Sunday night , On the train which left Chelmsford at S in the evening ncaring Ingatestono Station , a slight obstruction upon the rail was felt , and upon examina . tion it was found that an iron chair had been wilfully placed across it , but was fortunately Ci'Ushod by the weight of tho engine . A porter took the precaution to examine the rails some little distance upwards , when he found several other chairs similarly placed with the liko villainous intention .

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      At the weekly meeting of the board of directors and guardians of St . Marylebone parish , on Friday , the confirmation of the minute of the previous meeting , to the effect that the dietary of 1843 be restored , was rejected by a majority of 11 to G—majority against reverting to the former dietary , 5 . At a meeting of the Marylebone vestry , held on Saturday , a resolution was passed unanimously for the appointment of a committee to investigate the numerous complaints of the inefficiency of the police in this parish , In consequence of the long-continucd rains the whole of the marshes and low lands on the banks of the River Lea , extending from Hackney to Tottenham , with those on the Essex side , are under water .

      m Norwich Police Court , a youth , named Ficderick Gutting , was remanded on a charge of havin « set lire to his father ' s premises . The cause of this desperate act was anger at having been compelled to be at home at an early hour in the evening He would not obey , and remained from home on the Monday , luesday , and Wednesday ni ghts . On the 1 hursday night he spent nearly his last half ' ponnv in purchasing a box of lucifers , with which he set fire to the out-door premises . Daring BuKOLAnv . —A robbery was committed on the premises of Mr . Little , draper , Oxford-street Gloucester , on Sunday evening last . The whole of the family had left the house to attend chape ) , leaving thedoors , it was thought , securely locked . During their absence , however , the door was opened by means of picklocks , and the . house ransacked from top to bottom , desks and boxes broke open , drawn turned out , and even a bed searched as if they were

      , apparently aware that there was money in the house though ignorant of its place of deposit . The mo ^ t singular part of the affair remains to be related . The thieves had ransacked two out of three drawers in the kitchen dresser , but left the third untouched . In this drawer was £ 70 in cash , which thus escaped their clutches . The robbers carried off a Quantity of property , valued together at about £ 20 . On Saturday mornbg . an accident occurred at tho Camden lown Railway Station , to a carman named J . Mills . The unfortunate man , with others was engaged in moving luggage , < fcc . at the station ' , and whilst so employed , he by some unaccountable means got jammed between two trucks , and received such injuries as to render his immediate removal to the hospital necessary . It was ascertained that the unfortunate victim had sustained a severe injury in the abdomen , besides other internal injuries , so as to render his recovery doubtful .

      Wholesalh Poaching . —The trains of the Whitehaven Junction between Workington and Harrington destroy numbers of hares , Which get upon the line from the adjoining preserves of Mr . Henry Curwen , thus enabling the gatekeepers to participate in the luxury of an occasional dish of hare soup . — Whitehaven Herald . The Shorx-timb System . —The mill operatives of the various manufacturing districts , after submitting to Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., at Manchester , the present position of their trade , have determined to work short time , and at a meeting of delegates held last Sunday , a memorial on the subject to the employers was agreed upon . Great Bkitain . —It is said that Captain Hosken is a proprietor to the extent of £ 30 , 000 , and therefore the underwriters , under the idea that ho will leave no means untried to save the vessel , will not interfere with his management ,

      More Convicts f or Van Diemen ' b Land . —The Arabian , Government transport has refitted atDeptford Victualling-yard , and is ordered to drop down to her Majesty ' s Dockyard , Woolwich , to receive 300 ot these unfortunate beings on board , who will be sent down from the Penitentiary , for a passage to Van Diemen ' s Land . No less than 300 informations were laid last week against the owners of tenements in Liverpool , for cellars which were either defective as respects ventilation or were of insufficient size for human dwellings . It was proposed to dispose of this formidable array by hearing 50 summonses per diem . Naval Promotion —It is stated , that a great naval promotion will take place early next month , which will have the effect of removing a great number of officers from the service upon the retired lull-pay list , and of giving promotion to others , many of whom have been upwards of twenty years without being raised a step in rank in the Royal Navy .

      Anecdote of Bishop Lbighto . v . —When the bishop was one day lost in meditation in his own sequestered walk at Dunblane , a widow came up to him , and told him that it was ordered that he should marry her , for that she had dreamed three times that she was married to him . The Bishop answered very well , whenever he should dream thrice that he was married to her , he would Jet her know , and then the union would take place . —Mrs . Grant ' s Letters , Propeedings have been adopted against several gas inspectors in consequence of their being shareholders and inspectors in the same company , and lor which they incur a penalty of £ 50 . The Gazette of the 13 th instant contains the names of 323 soldiers of the GOth and 8 Gth European regiments , who died in the East Indies the month of June last .

      Fire at Newisgton , — On Sunday evening a fire broke out in the private residence of Mr . Thome , Church Place , St . Mary ' s , Newington . The discovery was made by the inmates by hearing a loud crackling noise , and upon proceeding to the secondfloor one of the rooms was found completely enveloped in flame . An instant attempt was made to extinguish the fire by pouring buckets of water upon it ; whilst so engaged a cry was heard to proceed from one of the beds . A young man , at great risk , rushed forward , and succeeded in rescuing an infant , about four months old , dreadfully burnt about the head , face , and arms . It was found that the injuries were of such a nature that little hopes are entertained of recovery . The fire was short ! v extinguished , and the damage done is very considerable .

      Suicidr . —On Saturday night Mr . Mills held an inquest on the body of Mr . Wm . Wheeler . The evidence proved that the deceased , who was a man of very regular habits , had latfceerly become depressed in spirits . About a week ago he failed in some business contract into which he had entered , and the circumstance preyed so heavily on his mind as to increase his lowness of spirits . Soon after ten o ' clock on Friday morning he entered the room in which were his wife and child , and called for some shavitnr water . In a few minutes after he seized hold of the razor and inflicted a tremendous wound in the throat , in fact , nearly severing the head from the body . Death was almost instantaneous . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanit y .

      Robbery of a Banker ' s Clerk . —On Friday a clerk belonging to the London and Westminster Bank , in Lothbury , was robbed of his case , it is said , whilst proceeding down one of the alleys leading from Corniiill to Lombard-street . Although the extent of the loss is said to be comparatively inconsiderable , the only really available part of the contents of tho case being a £ 40 Bank of England note , yet there appears to have been some blame attachable at head quarters in not insisting uponithat most indispensable precaution , viz ,, the carrying , upon all occasions , of the guard chain , securely attached to the case . The purloined case contained also some railway scrip , said to be of the value of about £ 180 . It is well known , that at those seasons of the year when the dividends are in course of paymentj the crack men of the light-fingerd fraternity are upon the qui vivo and lurking about in all directions for their victims .

      A meeting of the tenant farmers of Norfolk , was held at Norwich , on Saturday to adopt means for securing a total repeal of the malt tax . It was attended by a deputation from the Central Society . Mr . Northouse in a speech of considerable length , traced the quantities of malt consumed and the amount of duty paid from the year 1730 to the present time . He stated , that in 1730 , when there was a population of only 5 , 678 , 993 , the consumption was 23 , 410 , 421 bushels , the duty being then only Gd . per bushel , aud the consumption five bushels per head on

      the whole population . In 1780 the duty was Is . ii . per bushel ; the population , 7 , 8 U , S 27 ; the consumption , 30 , 805 , 100 bushels , or four bushels per head . In 1828 the population was 13 , 249 , 508 ; duty , 2 s . 7 d ; and consumption , per head , two bushels two gallons ; while in 1815 , with a population of 10 , 711 , 72 . 5 , the entire consumption was only 30 , 508 , 8-10 buehels , or only 1 bushel G gallons 2-3 ils per head . It was resolved : — " That this meeting form itself into a committee with power to add to its nnmbes , as a branch district of Anti-Malt Tax Association .

      I he people oi Wigan complain of their bread being advanced to 2 d . per pound , and of its its inferior quality , owing to its being adulterated with an excessive quantity of India meal and potatoes . Typhus lever is very rife in the town , and seems on the increase , and some precaution is necessary to prevent the disease from spreading amongst dense localities , but there can be little hope whilst the staple food t h « population is mixed with diseased ingredients . It is said in tho neighbourhood of Wigan , that S 0 I 110 of the corn law repealers have bought up large quantities of American flour , as speculations likely to turn out profitable .

      A Correspondent of the Times puts the following question to tha bakers o f the metropolis . " How is it that the price of bread is now 10 d , the -lib . loaf , when the average price of wheat by which the duty is regulated is only 5 ' 3 s . * kl . per quarter , while on the 30 fcli of April , 1812 , it was DJd . with wheat at 59 i . Id . per quarter ?" The Board of Works have just completed several new gravel and footpaths across Hyde Park . One now path connects the entrance in Piccadilly with the Victoria-gate ; another , the Victoria with tho Grosvcnor-gatc ; a third , tho Hyde-park Terracegate with the bridge over the Serpentine . All these were much wanted , as was proved by the footways which tho public made for themselves . Miss Marliiip . au is about to proceed , in company with some friends , to Egypt , where she proposes t ' n spend tho winter . Two UiK ^ age trains passed by tho Rugby station on Saturday last , on the London and North Western

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      Railway , one of which consisted of ninety-six car " riages , containing nearly 400 tons of goods , impelled by one of Step henson ' s six-ffheel engines , and two others ; the other train consisted of eighty-fo carnages , and contained 384 tons of merchandize *> ., drawn likewise by three engines . The length or tne first train was upwards of a quarter of a mil * . urciimstances are understood to have transpired $ it ^ T ? ° , dou bt that erc , on R the lar 8 amount of property stolen from the banking-house of Messrs . ote n l , t ° - r " lb « recovered . That the whole of the notes , to the amount of £ 4 . 0 , 000 are still in existencj ) , has been satisfactoril y proved by tho fact that few since

      a days a £ 1 note , the number of which does net appe „ in the printed Jiafe published and circulated , but which was stolen at the time" was forwarded to the banking-house , the party sending it requesting the receipt ofittobe acknowled ged in the newspapers , and stating the whole of the notes would be restored upon the payment of £ 10 , 000 , the acknowledgment to be to"U . F . " This request waa accordingly complied with ; but , as to the compromise , that has not been entertained ; and irom a variety of circumstances which have transpired , b ut which it would be at present highly injudicious to notice , further that the mere assertion , no doubts are now entertained but that the whole of the stolen

      notes will be recovered , and at the same time ^ such evidence will be adduced as to lead to the conviction of the offender . Paragraphs has occasionally appeared , stating that some o the stolen notes have been circulated on the continent . This is incorrect , for the steps taken by the solicitor for the prosecution , who sent over to the continent a mest intelligent gentleman , who visited every banker , monpyebatiA'er , hotel , and cafe between this country and Russia , render the negotiation of them impossible , and it is , therefore , well known that tho whole of the stolen notes are at the period secreted in tha metropolis . A few days or weeks may , in all probability , elucidate this extraordinary and hitherto mysterious robbery . —Globe . Princk Albert has bestowed the vacant brotherhood in the Charter-house on Mr . Cornelly * Wobbe , This is the second nomination of literary men which his Royal Highness has made to the same charitable foundation .

      It is said that a new company is about to be started for the purpose of establishing electric telegraphs along the streets of the metropolis . As Lcscnss are at present sonjeit'hat scarce in this country , it has been proposed to import them into England from Madras , by the overland route , or even round the Cape . [ There is no necessity for going so far about for " leeches , " as plenty may be found at the Banksand Stock Exchange in Cornhill . ] Mr . William Graham , late house surgeon of the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum , is in custody , charged with stealing a gold watch from the institution , and * 20 from the cash-box of the matron . It is said that Mr . Graham is the son of an Irish clergymen , afid that . US has two brothers in the church .

      Sir George Mackenzie , of Coul , according to the Kelso Chronicle , has instructed the tenants on his estate todeduct from their Martinmas rents the proportion due for the land they may have had in potatoes . Employment on Railroads . —It is computed that there are 200 , 000 navigators employed on railroads ; an aggregate that shows the immense quantity of employment which railroads afford , especially to a class of men who would either be a burthern to their respective parishes , or , by competition in labour ,

      deprive others of the means of living . Mr . Bhaham , the vocalist , is anid to be about lo retire from professional life ; thungh , previous to doing so , he will make a tour of tho provinces . The death of his daughter ' s husband , the Earl of Waldegrave , without issue , rentiers it no longer necessary that be should ynrsue his lnbr-nrs .. ¦ Among the persons Api » rih-.-id « d fisi fui . wiiflf . ¦ - ' . ' " Hie recent bread riots ii ! Paris arc i \? o yuing women , who weredisguiscd in irud © attire . Ti . eHC girM wade themselves remarkable for the virulence with which they excited tho mob .

      i . ~ The King op Prussia , it is said , intends to devote the sura of £ 120 , 000 , out of his ownpri rate purse , to the formation of a covered garden , of extensive dimensions , in the centre of Berlin , to serve as r . public promenade in the winter season . The visiters will there breathe the atmosphere perfumed by the vegetation of the tropics , the temperature being maintained at spring warmth , while without are all the rigours of winter . The most distinguished architects and botanists of Germany have been summoned to mature the plan of the garden , and to superintend its execution . There are 18 . 000 windmills in Holland , averasing a force of 90 , 000 hor » s' power , of which 00 , 000 are required to keep the country above water .

      The Epithets applied to the principal cities of Italy are as follows : —Rome the holy , Naples thenoble , Florence the beauiiful , Genoa the superb , Venice the rich , Padua the learned , Bologna the fat , Milan the grand , Ravenna the antique , Leghorn the mercantile , Verona the charming , and Lucca the polished . Causk and tiFFECT . —'' This is George the Fourth , " said an exhibitor of waxwork for the million , at a penny per head , pointing to a very slim figure with a theatrical crown on bis head , " I thought he was a very stout man , " observed a spectator . " Werry likely , " replied the man sharply , not approving of the comment of his visiter ; " but if you'd .-t been here without wittles half as long as he has , you'd be twice as thin . "

      Victoria Park . —Since the accession of Lord Morpeth to office , as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , some important changes have been made in the plans for the completion of the park . Amongst others , two portions of about twelve acres at either end arc to be appropriated as cricket grounds , with which a gymnasium is to be connected . A plan for the erection of a museum is also under the consideration of the commissioners . The utmost vi gour is now shown in the preparations for p lanting , which will , it is expected , be completed in the ensuing spring , The Fleet Ditch . —The removal of the houses in Mutton-hill , Clerkenwell , which fell down from their foundations , being undermined by the heavy rains in August , lias disclosed to view a large portion of the Fleet-ditch still uncovered . The district through which it runs is one of the most thickly-populated and unhealthy of any even in this part of the metropolis .

      Another Rise in- the Price op Bread . —On Tuesday the bakers in the metropolis again advanced the prick of the 41 b . loaf one halfpenny . The price of what is termed the best bread is now by most of the full-priced bakers charged at lid . per loaf of-lib . though some charge but lOd . ; the lowest price is 9 d . These prices are upwards of one fourth higher than twelve months since . Mr . Rowland Hill , the promoter of our postal reform , is at present in 'Paris , and was at a dinner given him by the Society of Economists on the 11 th instant .

      Travelwxo ron the Miixion . —The Joint Stock Omnibus Conveyance Association commenced operations on Wednesday . Three of their vehicles run from the Hero of Maida , Maida-hill , to the Bank .. Tile fare , 2 d ; and the carriages are so constructed as to carry more persons than the other omnibuses . The LATU Galks . —The high winds and dreadfully boisterous weather which have lately prevailed at se % are now no longer occurrences of uncertainty or doubt . Accounts from all quarters but too certainly and positively attest the violence of the tempest and its terrific effects on the numerous vessels which were unfortunate enough to be at the time in a position , more or less exposed to its merciless ravages , and an

      official list of arrivals before us recount m numerous instances of portions of the cargoes ( especially of vessels from the North American States , laden with wood and other goods ) having been washed overboard by the sea , or having been , as a requisite and desperate resource , cast away to li g hten the vessels , and better enable them to withstand the fury of the tempest . The strong visitations which have been so frequent , or rather continuous and disastrous , on the broad Atlantic , have been scarcely less so on our own coasts , and such of the vessels as have weathered the storm and effected their voyages between the continental parts and the Thames in safety , have had to contend with as great difficulties and dangers as are within the oldest mariner ' s remembrance .

      The Floods in Warwickshire . —So incessant has been the rain in the neighbourhood of Rugby that the river overflowed its banks to such an extent on Sunday evening , as to completely flood the meadows , whilst the turnpike road was flooded to such a depth at St . Thomas ' s Cross , as to render travelling a matter of considerable danger . Mineral Wealth ok this Country— In the course of a lecture delivered to the general classes of King ' s College , by Mr . Tennant , on mineralogical geology , the lecturer stated that the annual value of the mineral produce of this country amounts to about twentyfive millions . Of this , . £ 0 , 100 , 000 is from coals , £ 8 , 100 , 000 from iron , £ 1 , 200 , 000 from copper , £ 020 . 000 from lead , £ 100 , 000 forsalt , £ 390 , 000 from tin . . £ 60 , 000 from manganese , £ 35 , 000 from silver , £ 33 , 000 from alum , . £ 8 , 000 from zinc , and £ 25 , 000 from the various other metals , as antimons , bismuth , arsenic , «& c .

      Joint-stock . Companies . —By a return to Parliament some information is given respecting , joint stock companies . Before September , 18-11 , when the act 7 and S Victoria , cap . 110 , to regulate joint-stock companies was passed , there were 091 companies in existence ; and from November , 1 S-1-1 , to June last , as manv as " 1 , 033 companies were provisionally registered . " Hailwavs form the princ ipal feature ill the provisionally reg istered companies . Such companics arc required to be comp leted and registered within 12 months , and it appears that ot tho 1 , W * companies called into existence only Ho were completed . , ., , Coach Accidbsts . -LmI week , as tho mail coach was proceeding from Kendal to Lancaster , the axletrso broke , and the coach was thrown over , precipi . tating the outside passengers to the ground . One gentleman , was severely hurt . The coachman was also a good deal ' bruised . A day or two before this , an accident b ? fel the Whitehaven mail near Ambleside , owhnr to the wheel breakin " .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24101846/page/3/