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      But The Caution Is Scorned By Thy Captiv...

      But the caution is scorned by thy captive exile . 0 j why art thou still in th y councils divided Who sigh o er your long usurped rights * uarestored ? T tien division stands trembling , abashed , and den ded ; . And shrinks ' neath the gleam of th y conquerer ' s Can thy freedom be purchased ?—Then . COOTtHOt Has that fervour been chilled once so warm on

      \ Ja ' TOiCE raOM : THE OCEAN . JOBS ^ CHEL TO"HIS COTJNTBX " i a /» f hw fathers iHiearLome of my heart ! Oy ^ Jen ^ shall day break oh the night of thy -hen from thy shores , shall oppression depart , lad my teXC 8 cease * ° flow » wnen I tnin ^ on ^ jnorrow ! > r * as in vain that I lov * d thee with frenzied devotion , . ¦ . . ¦ . . And strove to dissever thy blood-reeking chains ;—jjjat i swore to avenge thee , —to make thee a n ^ 00 ' ,. t . \ . - t . * , yor time has but quickened , not lessened thy pains . Bow I hop 6 ** against fete , —for I knew not despair And , in fancy , I saw myself bask in thy smile - M the phantom has fled , with this warding--•• BewareJ

      , thy lips ; Ihat the meteor-bLue of thy Meagher seems lost , In the depths of thine apathy ' s growing eclipse J Thy brightest , and boldest , —the chief of the brave Who had witnessed the cup of thy miseries fill — From their surf circled homestead , a raft on the wave , Shall condemn thee , —and weep , —tho' they cling to thee still !

      For the few who bad burst from then : fetters to guide thee , Are far on the billow , or laid with the dead ; Then frown not my country , tho' thus do 1 chide thee , And point out the path hi which freedom should tread ! Can I love thee the less , tho' thy faults i deplore ; Whose griefs I had shared , and remembers the while;—Tho' my cheeks shall be blanched , on a far distant shore , Unknown , and uncared-for , a homeless exile !

      Ah * ho , my loved country;—thy weeping , and sighing , Shall break on my soul in its deepest repose ;—Which shall echo the curse of thy hungered , and dying , 2 for be hushed till my dream of existence shall close ! Long , long , must the night be , which morn never brightens , And cheerless the heart overburdened with woe . But , cease , not for ever , your quarrels , and fightings , And Erin is more than a match for the toe ! Then , arouse thee Oaeemore > and in hope fix thine anchor , And the prayers shall be thine of the great , and the good . Be , "Union , " thy watchword!—resolve but to conquer ! Then , onward , for Erin ! aid God give thee speed ! Edinburgh . James Easksesb .

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      The Tyoeks Of Francis Babelais. Translat...

      THE TYOEKS OF FRANCIS BABELAIS . Translated from the French . B y - Sir Thomas TJkquhart , and Motteux . "With explanatory notes , & c , & c . A new and revised edition . Two volumes . London : H . G . Bohn , York Street , Covent Garden . A sew edition of the works of Rabelais is an event in the history of literature . Hitherto these works have been limited to the libraries of the few ; now they may find a place on the book- shelves of the many . That Rabelais will be understood and admired b y "the million "

      is , however , not very likely . The subjects which occupied his pen ^ ave lost their interest for all but the student of historyj and the grossness of his ideas and language will certainly not recommend him to the reading and thinking men of the people of this age . Bnt let us here do justice to the great satirist . His style , so offensive to as , was by no means so to his contemporaries—it was the manner of the age in-which he lived ; and we may add , continued to he the manner of authors even until times nearer to our own than to his , —as those can testif y who have read the writings of Swift , Smollett , and many whose works were written -within the last hundred years . It should be added thathis fables , and his buffooneries , were

      necessary guards in his war npon the priests , who assuredl y would have committed him to the flames , had he dared to have uttered , in plainlanguage , one-half of the severe truths he gave expression to through the medium of his fantastic fictions . Taking into account these circumstances , it will be seen how unjust it -would be to try Rabelais by the standard of modern literature . Those able to distinguish the spirit from the letter , will read , and admire his genius , wit , penetration , and love of liberty ; and will do homage to the man who , so far back as the 15 th century , laid bare the corruptions and crimes of the Papacy , and wielded the scourge of satire to inflict justice on hypocritical , persecuting priests , profligate statesmen , and tyrannical Mngs .

      As we have not space to attempt an examination of the wonderful histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel , we shall merely extract a short passage or two from the very brief record of the anther s life .

      A 5 ECD 0 IES OF RABELAIS . A famous author writes , that he was bred up in a convent of Franciscan friars , in the Lower Poictou , and was received into their order . Which convent can be no other than that of routenay-le-Comte , where he proved a great proficient in learning ; insomuch that , of the friars some envied him , some through ignorance thought him a conjuror , and , in short , all hated and misused him . A monk relates that he was put in pace , that is between four walls tout bread and water , in the said convent , for some unlucky action . By tradition it is said that on a day when the country people used to resort to the

      convent church to address their prayers , and pay their offerings to the image of St . Francis , which stood in a place somewhat dark , near the porch , Rabelais , to ridicule their superstition , privately removed the saint ' s image , and placed himself in its room , having first disguised himself , hut at last too much leased with the awkward worship which was paid him , he could sot forbear laughing , and made some motion ; which being observed by his gaping staring worshippers , they cried out ;

      — "A miracle ! my good lord Saint Francis moves I" Upon w ] ucn an 0 hj crafty knave of a friar , who knew stone and the virtue of St . Francis too well to expect this should be true , drawing near , scared our sham saint out of his hole : and , having caused him to be seized , the rest of the fraternity , with their knotty cordson his bare back , soon made him know he was not made of stone , and wish he had been as hard as the image , or senseless as was the saint ; nay , turned into the very image of which he latel y was the representation .

      Some Mholarehavingoccasioned an extraordinary disordermflws citjr of Montpellier , . inthony Duprat , Cardinal , -Archbahopof Sens , then Lord Chancellor entrance , caused the universit y to he deprived of part of its privileges . Upon this none was thought fitter to he sent to Pans to solicit their restitution than our doctor , who by his wit , learning , and eh > guence , as also bj the friends which they had purchased him at court , seemed capable to obtain anything . "When he arrived at Paris , he found it was extremely difficult to gain access to the chancellor , who was so incensed that he refused to hear anything in behalf of the university of MontpeUier . So Babelais . having vainly tried to be admitted , at last pat on his red gown and doctor ' s cap ( some say a green gown and a long grey beard ) and thus

      accoutred , came to the chancellor s palace , on at . Austin ' s & ey , bnt the porter and some other servants mistook him for a . madman : so Babelais having , in a Peremptory tone been sjked who he was , let his ^ pertinent querist know , that he was the gentleman who usually had ~ the honour to flay DuDcalvcs ; and that if he had a mind to be first flayed , 5 ? had lest make haste and strip immediately . A being asked some other qustions , he answered ™ « itin , which the other understanding not , one of we chancellor ' s officers , who could speak that aSP ' was brought , who addressing himself to our » Kv " * Latin was answered by him in Greek , wnieh the other understanding as little as the first GrLv n ' third was fetched who could speak j / £ * ; _ bnthe no sooner spoke in that language to " ^ lais , bnt was answered by him in Hebrew , and

      The Tyoeks Of Francis Babelais. Translat...

      onerwhotmdersteod " Hehrew bemT with ^ Wdiffi * I cutty procured Rabelais 8 poke to . Mm in Bma ?; ' thus having exhausted all thelearning of theS the chmellor who was told that there was a merry f 00 } # fy gate , who had outdone every " one ; not only in languages , but . in smartness of repartees , orderedbuntoSe broughtiu . ItwasaUttlebH dinner . Then Rabelais shifting , the farcical scene toone more serious , addressed himself to the chancellor with much respect , and having first-made his excuse for his forced buffoonery , in a most eloquene and learne d gpeecj lj 80 efiEectiiaily pleaded the cause of the university , that the chancellor , at once ravished and persuaded , not only promised the restitution of the abolished privileges , but made the doctor sit down at table with him , as a particular mark of his esteem .

      These volumes are supplementary to Mr . Bonn ' s well-known " Standard ' Library ;" and like that popular series , are remarkable for neatness and cheapness . Admirabl y engraved portraits of Rabelais and Sir Thomas Ubqtjhabt , add to the value of this edition .

      Literary Institutions: Their Relation To...

      Literary Institutions : their relation to Public Opinion . B y G . J . Holtoake . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Twelve months ago , the London Literary and Scientific Institution offered a prize for the best Essay on the Characteristics and Advantages of Literary and Scientific Institutionstheir claims to the support of society , and the best means of extending their Usefulness . " It was expected that each writer would make the Institution which offered the prize the

      model upon which he would descant . Mr . Holtoake , not considering the model exactly perfect , preferred to take an independent course . Under these circumstances , it is hardl y necessary to add that the prize did not fall to Mr . Holtoake . But the adjudicators , ( Dr . Sotjthwood Smith , George Grote , and James W . Gilbart ) , specified this Essay , in their adjudicatory sentence , among " the very creditable performances exhibiting separate passages which they should be glad to single out for reward . "

      Although not a " prize essay / ' this little work contains many prize truths , as two or three extracts will show : — TVhether we will or not , this Q uestion of popular education is every man ' s business . It takes a cholera to convince us that we have an interest in the purity ef our neighbour ' s habitation , the course of his life , and the state of his health ; but when some profound folly meets with public applause , or some profound charlatan carries away a nation ' s suffrages , we find that a moral , or political cholera prevails , in which we may read our interest in the purity of our neighbour ' s information , and the state of his understanding . But we are slow to recognise this truth , which is the first perfect lesson that civilisation teaches a people .

      Tell the untaught that , without knowledge , though they move in the ranks of gentlemen , that they wear thebadge of the plebian and the fetters of the clown . - That intellectual bondage is worse than physical ; because the physical chain is rivetted by others , the mental by ourselves . That the ignorant man is ever at the mercy of educated opinion . That , to be truly free , we should be in a condition to dare the judgment of the wise . That , while it is deemed honourable in man or woman to war against political tyranny—which is but the vulgar , the serf form of freedom—it must be nobler to war against the despotism of ignorance ; for the sceptre of in-Capacity may wave over a world of slaves , when mitres and thrones have passed away .

      All subjects which promise interest , either in their nature or their treatment , should be admitted into the Institution . Politics are admitted into a few Institutions , and a dignitary of the Church has very properly stepped forward to recommend its more general admission . The time will come when theology also will be recalled . It is impossible that these Institutions should have been popular while excluding the most popular and vital topics which agitate men . Besides , men will not always

      tolerate the . discredvfc it puts upon them , to he told that passion is so strong and reason so weak that they must , -like children , be forbidden certain things—that , in fact , they have not the good sense to consider among themselves the most vital Questions of life . Moreover , while such a subject is excluded the functions of these . Institutions is not fully performed . These institutions ought not to be content to keep men as children , but to aim at converting children into men .

      TVe conclndeiihese extracts with the following charming passage : — How deeply , how gratefully , does the present essayist remember the generous attentions of those who gave their time , the long evenings through , year after year , to communicate to him and other poor youths that knowledge which has made him at peace with himself and the world , and given into his hands , in some measure , his own destiny , and made him a participator in the kingly pleasures of intelligence . These teachers were mostly of the working classes themselves ; bnt being somewhat informed they have since merged into the class of emigrants whom misery annually drafts off into foreign lands as their knowledge made destitution or dependence

      insupportable . Some have since perished amid Canada ' s snows and under Trinidad ' s burning sun , where no kind voice was near to whisper the soothing word , or kind hand to wipe the death damp from the brow ; but memory , more grateful than fate , follows them over the distance of tune and place , and pours over their graves the gratitude which words could not convey for the light which they threw over the chequered paths of his life . Considerable good may be effected by the circulation of this essay , particularly amongst the-members , officers , and patrons of "Literary and Scientific Institutions , " "Mechanics ' Institutions , " and "Mutual Instruction Societies / ' '

      Poems. By John Tatlok. London: . K. - Th...

      Poems . By John Tatlok . London : . K . - Thompson , Little James-street , Gray ' s-innlane . " The New Poor Law forms the subject of a poem " in four books . " A shorter production , intituled " The Heroine of Rochester , " celebrates the bravery of a young girl , who risked her own life to save that of an infant who had fallen into a well sixty-three feet deep . The following are favourable specimens of the author ' s poetry : —

      Let riches' minions riot on their spoil , -Whilst England ' s nobler sons are doomed to toil , But ' tis not Nature ' s doom , as Byron says , But man ' s , that will not tread in Nature ' s ways . The reckoning day will come - nor distant far—When they shall mount in great Beilona ' s car : . TJnsheath their swords , and bind their sabres round , And war re-echo back the dreadful sound . " Vengeance is ours ! " aloud they'll raise the cry , As each oppressor ' s number'd days draw nigh . From fallen despots this sad warning take , That those have died , who did prepare the stake And seal the warrant for another ' s doom— . They ' ve paid the forfeit in their own dark tomb . Behold the g iant poise his dreadful lance , In civil war—with grim and motley chance , Divide the spoil a nation has for years

      Amass'd by old men ' s blood and children ' s tears . And see the strong , athletic , idle thrown , Through children ' s labour , and the mother ' s groan Then fierce rebellion stalks with rapid strides , And revolution on the whirlwind rides—The whirlwind of the people ' s passions rise , And shouts of starving mortals fill the skies"When hungry famine opes its yarning jaws , And fierce starvation , with its thousand claws , Fixes its deadly fangs fast on its prey—Then death with all its horrors rules the day . For empires greater far than England ' s been Have sunk to nought—no vestige now is seen Of all their greatness—but , in tracing through Hisfry ' s pages , on the fali ' n tyrants brow Is written there , in language chili and deep , Oppressors with the once-oppressed sleep .

      Woman , thy virtues who hath yet defined . Or known the depth of thy maternal mind , That is so true to nature ' s impulse giv ' n Earth ' s brightest ornament , a star m heav ' n ; Whose lustre far eclipses all the rest , When -virtue shines supremel y in the breast , Of purest worth that angels veil to see The love that mores thy bosom , kind and free Without a cloud to shade one single ray , ' That perfect shines in clear meridian day , To guide the steps of strong—oft-erring man When join'd with " Thee" in matrimonial ban

      That sacred tie , which brings a world of love On virtue ' s wings—that sweet celestial dove , That hovers round the matrimonial pair , With all a guardian angel's heav ' nly care . Beautv hath charms , but virtue yet hath mere , The one soon fades , the . other still in store Renews , till death shall close on beauty ' s strife'Tis virtue ' s charms that do adorn the wife , In youthful years , or age ' s graver span'Tis only virtue makes her blest to man . Beauty may please , but virtue bears the palm , Beauty hath storms , but virtue dwells in calm . 'Tis man s to prize those virtues dear to all—

      Poems. By John Tatlok. London: . K. - Th...

      In beauty ' s trainXa man may sudden fall ™ - * - —•—•• A victim to a charm that often leads " . / . ; His mind astray , and sinks in darker deeds ' His soui ; ' which should have chose that nobler part Where virtue blends with beauty—both impart i The charms that sink the deepest in tbe heart . : ' Mr . Taylor is evidentl y' a man of feeling heart and generous patriotism ; but we imagine that he would be able to express his very laudable sentiments with more effect in prose than in poetry . ' ¦

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      Colosseum. ; This Gigantic Exhibition.Ha...

      COLOSSEUM . ; This gigantic exhibition . has , put forth new attractions . The public interest manifested in the fate of Sir J . Franklin has induced the production of a scene in the Polar regions ; which , though on a small scale , is highly effective . The icy monotony of the landscape is relieved by Esquimaux halting to rest the reindeer which have been drawing them over the slippery tract in a sled ge , polar bears , a wolf-dog , and other indigenous animals ; skilfully introduced and grouped . The sky displays the beautiful evening tints peculiar to those latitudes while the distant hills are tipped with a scarlet hue , reflected from above . This tableau will eive man y

      a , spectator a more cheerful notion of these inhospitable regions than they have been accustomed to associate with them . In pleasing contrast to this is a picture giving ' , a vivid notion of Chinese river life . It is . a view of Tchin-shan , or the Golden Island , which-rises out of the Yang-tse-kiang , the grandest stream of the whole Eastern hemisphere . The bustle of this scene presents a contrast to the comparative solitude of that we have just noticed . Life in every form of activity is here seen , iln the foreground is an imperial messenger halting to be ferried across the : water ; boatmen , mandarins , hawkers , crowd the shore , whfle the river is covered with / boats of all sorts , their crews in active employment The island itself , with a splendid pagoda capping an eminence , adds materially to the gorgeous variety of the scene . . . •; ,

      There is a third view , Netley Abbey , which also has its attractions . All these are the-production of Messrs . Danson and Son . Lastly , there-is a model of a silver mine ; the miners in motion , and the different operations going on in a manner that gives a good insight into that sort of underground labour . . r ¦ ' ¦ The other exhibitions are still seen to as great advantage as ever . The view of Pans by moonlight —a marvel of panorama ; painting and mechanical deception—the stalactite caverns , the grand sculpture saloon , ; the Arabesque Aviary ; the Swiss Cottage , and Alpine Landscape , with the mountain torrent ,. which is more real than simulated—for the water is genuine West Middlesex—ahdthe Conservatory , form an array of exhibitions which cannot fail to attract every new comer to London ;; for surely nearly every inhabitant and habitual visitor to the metropolis must have already had a delightful lounge in the Colosseum again and again !

      :¦'¦ ¦ : New Strand Theatre. The Perform...

      : ¦'¦ ¦ : NEW STRAND THEATRE . The performances at this house have lately gained much interest from , the circumstance that Mrs . Glover will take her farewell of . the' stage , on the termination of her present engagement , and that she is therefore " going through a series of her favourite characters . One of these is the Widow / Green ; in Mr . Sheridan Knowles ' s Zotte Chate , which she still enlivens with all that force and freshness which the employed when she first created the part . The senile gallantry and confidence of Sir William Fondlove are admirably represented by Mr . W . Farren , for whom the character was originally written .

      though it was fi >« t played by the late Mr . Strickland . The gay Neighbour Constance allows Mrs .. Stirling to put forth all her point and vivacity ; and ; Mr . Henry Farren , who does not lack substance ; though he might gain in culture , represents with much effect the rustic heartiness of Wildrake . The cast is completed by Mrs . Leigh Murray and Mr . W . Farren , jun ., who ably sustain the more serious characters ofLydiaand Master Waller . The style in which this lively comedy is dressed and mounted might serve as a lesson to establishments of greater size and pretensions than the little " band-box" of the Strand . .

      Royal Polytechmc Institution. Br. Bachho...

      ROYAL POLYTECHMC INSTITUTION . Br . Bachhoifner has just commenced his second lecture on scientific recreation . This gentleman commenced . by explaining the laws of nature governingmany curious phenomena , and involved in many of bur riiost common and every day amusements . The boy ' s nicker is made at once a p hilosophical instrument ; and the experiments brought forward . to explain and exhibit the . manner of its action , were of the highest importance and value . Taking ad vantage of the same law , the doctor perforata some singular experiments , at first sight seemingly the very acme of " conjuring dexterity , " which , however , upon explanation , resolved themselves into the most simple contrivances , dependent

      upon their action by the same principle as the "nicker" of our boyhood ; the " atmospheric pressure , " which , in fact , by the bye , tends remarkably to show the misnomer of " nicker , " as applied to this peculiar contrivance . The , experiments in elucidition of the laws governing the sensations of heat and cold , were most remarkable ; in some instances , the results were trul y startling . The burden of many a wager was here introduced ' , " placing a kettle of boiling water on the hand , " and the causes of such accomplishment fully explained . The most peculiar , experiment was one we will endeavour to describe . A small apparatus having two cylinders connected by means et a handle , was placed upon the table , and a small quantity of cold water introduced in each ; the covers being

      screwed down , the machine was handed for inspection , and to the astonishment of all present , one ot the vessels had become so exceedingly hot as to prevent its being retained in the hand , while the other was so cold as to become in a like manner equally uncomfortable . A result , so peculiar , seemed to be , at first sight , beyond the power even of magic , and curious beyond the boiling point of water , while its neighbour , in connexion , and distant only two or three inches , had become so intensely cold as to freeze the moisture of the room upon its surface like hoar frost . In these experiments the learned professor explained he had taken advantage of the facilities offered b y the patented aparatus of Mr . Masters , Regent-street , that gentleman having applied the principle to a number of useful contrivances exhibited on the entire table .

      Fobihcomtsq Ministerial Concessions.—Rum...

      FOBIHCOMTSQ MINISTERIAL CONCESSIONS . —Rumoura as to ministerial activity during the session are multiplied and repeated ; but we do not discern anything very new , or any thing of greater mark . than the rate-paying suffrage . Ministers are going to supersede every sort of agitation—with an imitation of each : the Charters , big and little , are to be superseded by a sort , of new Whig charter ; the Law Amendment Society is to see its work done—or shelved—by official hands , the Keeper of the Great Seal consenting , perhaps as the only hope of being allowed to keep that great seal ; the Society for the Reform of Colonial Government is to be outdone b y concessions of local independence to colonies that will purchase it by undertaking- to pay their own way ; the Financial Reformers are to be baulked by

      a spontaneous reduction of the army—a dozen or so of regiments clipped at the ends ; the scandal of Rajah Brooke is to be smothered under a measure for discontinuing the desperately inemvenient practice of giving lavish head-money for the capture of pirates . Mr . Villiers is to move the address in the Commons—a sign , some say , that the Clarendon influence is in the ascendant among ministers ; while others interpret it to be a sort of rebuff to Mr . Cobden and his new agitations . Ministers "drawthe line" at Charles Villiers . Sir James Duke , the late Lord Mayor , whose popularity will not easily be outshone—the creditable and goodnatured colleague of Lord John Russell in the representation of the City—is to second the address . Thus it would seem that ministers are decidedly making ready for a popularity hunt . May it meet what success it deserves . —Spectator . Foreign Provisions . —The severity of the frost

      and the general inclement weather during tne greater part of the last week , and particularly in the earlier portion of it have caused the arrival of cattle and provisions of all kinds from the central and other states of Europe , usually supplying us with cattle and provisions of various kinds , to be of the most limited possible character . The usually numerous arrivals on Thursdays were limited last week on that day to one from Holland , which was from Maasluys , by the steamer Sir Robert Pee ! , usually trading to and from Harlingen and Rotterdam ; and , on the following day , generally also a busy one , there were no arrivals of the kind . ^ Ihe steamer from Ostend on that day was freighted unusually heavy with general merchandise , as the port of Antwerp had become closed , in consequence of which it was subsequently announced that the steamer usually running to and from Antwerp being detained there by the frost , the usual departure from London on Sunday morning could not take

      place . As Affection of the Liver and Kidneis cubed ¦ HoiioWAT's PlliS , AT SlDKEY , NEW SoDTH WALES . — Extract of a letter from J . K . Heydon , of Sydney , dated Sept . 30 th , 1848 . " To Professor Holloway , —Sir , —I nave the jleasure to inform you that Stuart A . Donaldson , fcsq ., an eminent merchant and agriculturist , also a ^ magistrate of this town , purchased of me fourteen pou « ds worth or your raeiicine * . to forward to his sheep stations in jxew England , in consequence of an extraordinary cure effected by your Pills in ten dais on one ef his overseers ox an atfectien of the Uver and kidneys , after the best medical advice , followed fcr months , had failed . —( Signed ) J . It . Bc tdox . ? ¦ ¦ :

      - The Meeting In The Evening Took Place ...

      - The meeting in the evening took place in : the saloon ofthe Music-hall , a spacious , lofty and elegant room , capable of accommodating from 1 , 500 to 2 . 000 persons . It is the largest room in the town that could be obtained . and as it was felt that the number of peirsb ' iis who ; desired to , be present would far exceed the limits of the building , it had been arranged that a price should be affixed _ to ; the tickets of admission ; for tbe ' purpose of . " giving thei commit , tee some control over the matter . For this purpose a charge of sixpence was ' affixed for entrance to the

      r"r ~~^ MRi » COBDEN » AT-SHEFFIELD . ; - > rt' ' : ~ Mr . Cbb'den " arrived " here ^ on ^ Tuesday on a visit tothe constiiuent j freeholders of the West . Riding at Sheffieldand its- neighbourhoodiiHis ' moriiing , and was received everywhere with the most cordial and enthusiastic greetings . It was half-past ' twelve when the train entered the station at Sheffield , ' and the company" assembled to receive him included Edward Smith ; Esq . ) of Fir Vale , Richard Solly , Esq ., and Messrs . Thomas dates , Thomas Tucker , Yeomansland Broadhead . The bells of the iqld parish church of St . Peter rung forth a , merry peal at th ? moment id honour of the event , arid > ome ladies a &_ well a & gentlemen were at the statlon'to gel a si ght of the hon , gentlemany Mr . Cobden spent the remairider of this day at Fir Yale . '

      body of the saloon , of a shilling to the platform jor orchestra , where Mr . Cobden and ' his friends were to'be seated ; and of threepence each to the gallery occupying'jfie ' ; . ^ further end of the galoon . " / This management , prevented much of the crush arid con . fusion of an ordinary meeting , but still a > the tickets bad / all been disposed of so early as ten o ' clock this morning , and the committee of management had been induced to make a slight further issue to meet the pressing anxiety and demands of influential friends subsequently applying for admission , the saloon was exceedingly crowded . ; . I

      On entering the ' saloon of the Music-hall about seven o ' clock , the hon . member for the . West Riding of Yorkshire was received with the heartiest arid irip U' / enthuBia ^ The chair Was taken by Edward Smith , Esq ., of Fir Yale , and Mr . Cobden occupied a seat at his right hand . ' . The Chairman reminded the meeting that . the object of it was to receive the horii arid ' distinguished member for the West Riding , and . to express sympathy with him in his patriotic and p hilantropic object ' s , especially . in regard to financial reform , ' the extension of the suffrage , the land arid building society raoveraent , and the maintenance of peace . ' : Hecericludedby calling ;

      unon—Thomas Birks , Esq ., Mayor of Sheffield , who moved the first resolution : —* That this meeting con . sideritto be one of the most important duties j ' of the House of Commons to enforce the strictest economy in the public expenditure , so as to reduce the oppressive burden of taxation as far as possible ; and that the efforts of the financial reformers in parliament to obtain such reduction deserves the energetic support of the nation . * Thomas Dunn , " Esq ., alderman , seconded the motion ,: which was carried with , loud cheering .

      William Fisher ,. Esq ., merchant , moved the second resolution ;— ' That , in the judgment of this meeting , a large extension of the elective franchise is desirable , arid , might ,, with true . wisdom , be granted by ¦ the legislature ; and that ,. meanwhile , well construed and ; prudently managed societies for facilitating the purchase by the industrious classes of forty shilling freeholds ' in land or buildings , are likely to ] be attended with great advantage , both social and political , to the country . ' Alderman Thos / Rawson Barker , the late mayor of Sheffield , seconded the resolution , and it was also agreed to with loud cheers .

      Richard Cobden ,. Esq ., M . P ., was then introduced by the chairman , and on presentingbimself in front of the orchestra , was welcomed with the most enthusiastic plaudits , Tbe hon , member spoke for an hoar and forty minutes , and . his speech was frequently interrupted by bursts of cheering . Richard Solly , Esq ., then moved a vote of confidence in the hon . member , couched in the following terms : — ' That this . meeting would express its strong and grateful sense of the invaluable services of Richard Cobden , Esq ., in the cause of . free trade , of public economy , of peace , and of financial , parliamentary , and colonial reform : and tjjat it resolves to spare no exertions-to maintain him in the representation of the West Riding , a post which he has filled so much . to the . satisfaction of hit constituents . '

      This resolution having been seconded , was received , as the previous ones had been by the meeting , with the utmost enthusiasm , and carried without a dissentient voice . — -The business concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman , and the meeting concluded at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock .

      Parliamentary And Financial Reform. Lynn...

      PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM . Lynn . —A meeting ; was held on , Monday evening at the Temperance Hall , Lynn , to discuss the principles and objects of the National Reform Association . . The chair was taken by Mr . Miles . Mr . M'Enteer explained the principles of the National Reform Association , and on referring to the abuses which their labours contemplated removing from the statute book of England , said , look to our court , supported in profuse and grotesque extravagance , not to sustain the , true dignity of the sovereign , but to afford places to the aristocracy . Look to the cost of our ., executive , amounting to £ 1 , 686 , 735 , and compare it with the American executive , which is £ 16 , 885 , and say if the superiority

      of eur system of government is proportionate to the difference of cost . Look to our colonies in a state of universal and just discontent ; kept in that state at an enormous expense to this country , that Down , ing-street may furnish aristocratic governors to peop le who would gladly pay all expenses of self-government , if permitted to do so . Look at our fighting establishments ; that since 1815 cost the country nearly £ 500 , 000 , 000 ; and that since 1688 have caused Great Britain an expenditure in . taxes and loans of two thousand millions , which , according to the income tax estimate of the value of landed and other property ,. would pay a twenty-five years' purchase for the whole island of Great Britain . Look to our church . establishment costing . ten millions annually , not including the Irish Church , while the cost of all the Christian churches of all

      denominations throughout the . world amounts to only £ 9 , 949 , 000 . In reference to the cry for / protection , he said , the protectionists say they and the farmers are in the same boat . True ; but thef & rmers do all the work to keep the craft afloat , while the landlords get all the rations and pocket' all the pay . Let the farmers get a free trade in' land , to which they are fully entitled , as well as ' a free trade in corn , and then , and not till then ^ will they get a fair chance by being put on a fair footing with the other interests in the country . As for the cry of restoring protection , they might , as well invite last . Christmas to spend a pleasant , week with next as to ask the legislature of this country again to impose a tax on the food of the people .... ; - .-.. -. ,

      Arrangements were entered into for establishing a Financial and- Parliamentary Reform Association fa'Lynnr . ' /

      The Arctic Expedition.—Capt. Manby Recen...

      The Arctic Expedition . —Capt . Manby recently suggested to Sir James Ross such an addition to the steamboats employed in the Arctic . Expedition as would enable them to be used alternately as steamboats or sledges . This the captain proposes to do by means of broad-rimmed wheels , so constructed as to admit of their being substituted for the paddle boxes when required ., Sir James Ross replied to Capt . Manby ' : — " Capt . Collinson is to command the expedition , and does not intend to take . with him the steam-launches" In : coHBeajicnce , we learn , Capt . Manby having confidence in the practicability of his plan , j has resolved to construct a model of such a vessel as he recommended ; and he purposes to submit ' the same , together with . some

      new projects for saving the lives of sailors , to the commissioners appointed for the promotion and exhibition of the works of art of all nations , in 1851 . Protection ; of Buckingham , Palace from-Lightning . —The many awful examples of the effect of lightning in the destruction of ships and buildings , and more especially in the examplerecently ' afforded atOsborne , where the portion of the building unprotected sustained damage , whilst that portion to which Sir William Snowr Harris ' s conductors were applied entirely escaped ,: have induced a royal summons to the celebrated inventor of the lightning conductors to consult the architect of the

      Buckingham Palace , improvements on the best ' mode of insuring the safety of that extensive pile' of buildings from visitations of that destructive element .: Fibes w London . during , 1840 . —The annual report of the Fire Brigades , of the outbreak of conflagrations in the metropolis and its suburbs , during the past year , was issued on Monday by its superintendent . The total number appears to have been 835 , involving the destruction of between 400 and 500 houses . Although an increase oyer the previous years , the loss of property , in the aggregate , has not been so great . It states that twenty persons lost their lives at the fixes . - '

      -..-Extensiyejiobberies In-Leeds:' -R ^'...

      -..-EXTENSIYEJIOBBERIES IN-LEEDS : ' -r ^' ^ T . ' ^ y . 'Of ib ^ asan ^ beth . ' an d W . Greeh . of . Hiinbver-st ' reeti Walworth th ' e ^ txo . prisoners apprehended . / in . Lohdonj ' -ahd in whose houses » ' ' quantity of platoY cloth , / aria other stolen property were found , underwent an examination before the Leeds justice , on Friday and Saturday last . , ; They had been given up bf'the * / magistrates ; of . Lambeth ; Police . Office ,, andibrought to Leeds by Inspector jChild of the Leeds polieo , and Sergeant Goff of , the , Lambeth police . In addition ' to these prisoners , six others , apprehended in Leeds , viz ., Joseph Kit chin , Matthew Sellers , John Akeroyd , William Rhodes , ¦ ¦ Benjamin Wooller , and Christopher Petler , were at the same time charged

      with being concerned in' several robberies which have recently taken place'in Leeds . [ The ; examination was continued throughput ; the whb ! e ; of Friday and Saturday , the evidence tiiken against the prisoners being of ; a very voluminous description . Three separate charges were entered into , ' with tho view of showing that one or other of the . prisoners were implicated in theiri , either , of the " actual thieves , or . as receivers of the stolen property . ; ' - The first was the robbery ; from the house of Mr . William Wood , of Chapel Alerton , which took placo on the afternoon j of Sunday , the 16 th of January . Mr ; and Mrs . Wood had attended church that afternoon , after which they called at the house of Mr . Shiers , a relative : but at five / o ' clock Mri . Wood

      called at his , owh house , ' , to see If all was right , and when he left to return to his : relative ' s / house / he desired Mr . Henderson ,. a neighbour , to » look to his house . About half-past six o ' clock Mr ! Henderson heawlsome one breaking up the kitchen fire , arid on his shouting "holloa , "he heard the heavy footsteps of two persons descending the staircase , arid on going outside saw a light suddenly withdrawn from the back bedroom , he then ran round to the front door , and found it opeii . Mr ; ' Wood was / sent for , and it was found that from a tin box placed in a drawer in the back bedroom the ; following articles of silver had been stolen : —five table spoons , six t ^ a spoons , one pair of . sugar tongs , and a butter knife with a pearl handle . :

      The second case gone into , was the robbery of . the warehouse of Mr . . James'Jackson , " a" commission agent for woollen cloths , situate in Bishopsgatestreet . This warehouse was entered by means of skeleton keys ; between : Saturday , the 6 th , and Monday , the 8 lh of : October last , and three ends of riflegreen and three ends of black woollen cloth , worth about £ 50 , stolen . The third charge had reference to the robbery . of cloth from the warehouse , of Mr . Benjamin Barker , cloth merchant and manufacturer at Quebec . Between'Saturday afternoon , Dec ; 22 nd , and Mondaymorning , Pec , 24 th , the warehouse was entered by means of Skeleton . keys , and oh examining the stock it was found that twelve ends of woollen cloth , worth £ 120 , had been stolen . \

      v . , Mr . Read , chief ^ constable , produced all the articles found upon tho prisoner Kay , and in his house ; and also about twenty yards , . of woollen cloth , cut up into short lengths of about two yards , which had been found in tne house of the prisoner Green , arid then the examination proceeded ; . As to the robbery of plate' from Mr .- Wood ' s bouse , no evidence was adduced to implicate the prisoners William Green and Benjamin Wooller . It seems that Mr . Read , having obtained information of stolen property having ; been . sent to London , reguested , the superintendent of the Midland station , in Leeds , to inform him of any parcel which might be left for transmission to the address of Thomas Kay , Thomas Wright , or William Green , in London . Tkia l * ifl 4 *\ 4 l \ A jl < k 4 .. iv . 4 i . i . i . il 4-Iia n . Mnl « jt *» l .. : « : « .. & 19 6 UVf tiVUMVU ut vui

      UJU VUB . U ^ > uc pm . uuuiiitllliug plate on tho night of , Friday last , which was addressed to Mr . -Thomas Wright ,. Pleasant-place , West-square , Walworth . This parcel , on being opened , was found to contain all the plate , stolen from Mr . . , Wood ' s house , soldered up in along small tin case . This parcel was forwarded by the . early train on Saturday morning , delivered to Kay , and then taken by the police as stated above . ¦ When Kay was taken into custody he said the parcel belonged to a lodger of his , but he neither produced or gave any . other information respecting him . The large . sum of money found in Kay ' s house was found in a woman ' s pocket , placed on the top shelf of a cupboard , against the . door of which , the bedhead was thrust so as to render it inaccessible . This was the principal evidence adduced against Kay . A boy named Henry Tiil , of Chapel Allerton ,

      swore positively to have seen the prisoners / Rhodes and Akeroyd and another man loitering about Mr . Wood ' s house from half . past two till after four o ' clock on the afternoon on which the robbery was committed , and one of them watched into the passage leading to Mr . Wood ' s house door . . "• . The evidence agairist the prisoner Sellers was that of Mr . Woo . dlock , the parcel clerk at the Mid- ; land Railway station , who identified him as the man who had brought the parcel containing the stolen place to be conveyed toj London , when , he . was very particular in inquiring when it would arrive in town , and when it would be delivered .- Then , as to the . prisoner Kitchen , it was proved that he and Kay were acquainted with each other , and that the latter

      had frequently visited the Rising Sun Inn , kept by Kitchen ' s father . In addition to this the name of Richard Kitchen was written upon"tho outside cover of the parcel containing the stolen plate ; and a letter carrier , named Stewart Smith , stated that he had frequently delivered letters addressed for the prisoner Kay , to the care of Mr . Kitchen , Rising Sun Inn , Marsh-lane , Leeds . Be particularly remembered two letters which he delivered about Christmas Day , both having the Walworth postmark on , the one being directed "Thomas Kay , " and the other "T . Kay" only . On one of these occasions he saw the prisoner Kay at the Rising Sun Inn . The onl y further evidence adduced against Kitchen was that given by Mr . W . James ,

      superintendent 01 tne . Lecas ponce , who stated that on Mr . Read and himself going to apprehend Kitchen on Sunday morning , at his house in Stbney Rock , they met with him in company with Sellers , the man who took the parcel to the railway station . The Mayor then charged the prisoners . Seller admitted that he had delivered a parcel on . the Friday at the railway station , but he said it had been given him to carry by a gentleman he met near the Griffin Inn , Boar-lane . As to the robbery he could call witnesses to prove he was elsewhere at the time it was committed . Rhodes and Akeroyd also said they could prove an alibi ; and Kitchin said he knew nothing at all about the transaction . The two cloth robberies were next gone , into ;

      Mr . Jackson identified four of the pieces of cloth found at Green ' s house , as part of that which had been stolen from his warehouse , , and his testimony was confirmed by Mr . Thoraos Gamble , of Furnley , the maker of the . cloth . Other- pieces were also identified as a part of what had been stolen from Mr . Barker ' s warehouse , being sworn to by Mr . Barker , and Mr . Hawksly his assistant ; Mr . Jas . Wade , a cloth dresser , and Mr . Hargreave , a cloth drawer in the employment of Mr . Wm . Avens , by whom the cloth had been finished . . . ; " Sergeant Goff , who found part of the cloth at Greens house , stated that the prisoner said he had had it in his possession for six months . He also stated that in a drawer in one of the bedrooms of

      the house he found a letter bearing the Marsh-line , Leeds , post-mark , and written by a person who signed " Yours respectfull y , Barney , " This Barney Green said was a lodger of his , and that the portmanteau in which the cloth was found belonged to him . In the course of the proceedings Mr . Ferns app lied to the bench to order part of the money found m K ay ' s house to be given up to him for the purpose of paying a quarter ' s rent or his house , now due , of supporting his wife and two children while he was in prison , and of paying the expenses of his defence . He thought , as he would-have to remain some months in prison , forty pounds would be necessary .

      The Mayor conferred with the justices , and then said that they should order thirty pounds to be paid to him . out . of the gold in Mr . Read's possession . Sergeant Kinnibr , of the Kennington police force , stated , that , on the 12 th inst ., ne searched the house of Green at Walworth .. Green had then been taken into custody ; but bis wife was in the house at the time . He found , in one of the drawers in the bedroom , four short lengths of woollen cloth , three black coats , and nine pairs of trowsers , which Mrs . Green said belonged to a lodger , whom : she called . " Barney . " Witness said ho knew Barney well , and had often seen him in London , in company with Green . He had also seen Kay and Green together frequently . :

      At the close of the examination , on Saturday , the MaTor said the evidence did not reach the prisoners Wobller and Petler ; and , therefore , they must be discharged . As to the prisoner Kitchin ; the evidence was also very slight , arid he would be discharged out of custody , on entering into his own recognizances in the sum of ; £ 50 , to appear at . ariy time when called for . All the other prisoners ^ Kay , Green , Sellers , Akeroyd , and Rhodes , he should remand for further examination . Leeds , Monday . —At the Leeds Court House , this day , Thomas Kay , William Green , Matthew Sellers , John Akeroyd ^ and William Rhodes were : brought up for final examination . No further witnesses , beyond what were examined on Friday and

      Saturday last , were called . The prisoners said nothing whatever in answer to the charges made against therii . Mr . Ferns , solicitor , applied to ? tho bench to order the large sum of riioney , the rings , watches , and other articles of value , found in the possession of the prisoner Kay , to be given up to ; him , with the exception of the propertv identified as having been stolen . The Mayor sa ' id the ' , magistrates would take the application into consideration , ' and he would mention their decision another day . All the five prisoners were then committed for trial at the next Yorkshire Assizes , Akeroy d and Rhodes on the charge of having .- stolen the plate from Mr . Wood a house at Chapel Allerton , and the . others ^ with having feloniously received the said plate , ' and also a quantity of cloth , stolen- ' from the warehouses ' . of Mr . Jackson and Mr . Barker , of Leeds . ; . s ;• j

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      ' Govbrnmbnt;—The 'Art'of Rulihg-Has' Be...

      ' Govbrnmbnt ;—The art ' of rulihg-has' been a craft rather . than a science ; for thejmost p art an enormous -iiriposture' rather than a substantial or genuine reality . Potentates have too often been nioristers or fools in ermine and : snarlet ;' their , sceptres have been the wand of a juggler ; their pioneers or viziers have proved selfish satellites , glorying more or less' in the sable livery of Satan ; constitutional assemblies / have : been cunningly contrived' machineries for fleecing and peeling an enlightened gaping . public ; so that , through nearly . the whole of this notable . process , verv little else has been necessary than felicity of fortune , dexterity of hand , some personal courage , and much matchless impuj j' ¦ i ( i haB * " and worn the venerable * ? . dignmed appellation of government in the page of hlstory .-i- £ cZectic Review . ' - ' - >

      The Biter Bit . — -Mr . Curran one day inquiring his master ' s age from a horse-jockey ' s servant , found it almost impossible to extract an answer . " Come , come friend , has he not lost his teeth ?" , f' / Doyou think , " retortedthe fellow , " that I know his age as he does his horses , by the mark of his mouth !" The laugh was against Curran ; but he instantly recovered— " You were very right not to try , friend , for ' you know your master ' s a great bite ; r ; i ¦ „ : ; .:....: / .:.. / ,:: ; ::. / .. Baron " Closcurut and Blankets . —He says the old gentleman was successful in the banking and woollen business- ;—read blanketting . Soon after-he became Lord he happened to witness some pantomime of "Don Quixote , " in the Dublin . Theatre , and attracted notice by the stentorian peals of . his laughter when Sancho was tossed in the blanket . Next morning the newspapers produced these rhymes i-i "Cloncurry ! Cloncurry ! -.,.

      Why in such a hurry , To laugh at this comical squire ? Though he is toss'd high , You cannot deny _ That blankets have toss'd yourself higher . " ~ Qiiarttrly , Review . ' ., ' ¦ , , It wAs'tne ' laudable ambition of Cotton Mather to say ; " He did riot know of any person in the world whoihad done him any ill office , but he had'dbne him a good one for it . " 1 The true sign of a great-poet , or of any great author , is , not that he is without faults , but that he makes you love his faults in spite of yourself . . " ... Tab spell of royalty has been broken . , None ; can feel , themselves equal to the execution of a great design who have not once witnessed with firmness and equanimity its failure . " iuiriuuLUH ui

      . um u « mo muse .. Binning greau g enius is , that nobod y can see or divine how it comes by its knowledge . ; , . A man used to books , and really well-read , < can ; find : oiit the pith of a book without reading it . through page by page . He knows where the'tooyelties / will be , just as a good fisherman knows where . the ; trout or salmon lie , and goes there , whilst a novice is splashing and thrashing where there never was a fish since the Creation . ^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ There is brie' department in which the female judgment-is far superior to that of the male , and that- is in judging- olordinary character . " They .. 'do this by an unfailing instinct or ^ intuition ; and that Provide . nce should so privilege them is easily to be accburited . fori ' . They especially need this safeguard . It is . therefore , a maxim with me always to tal & the female opinion of character , when given without

      passion or pique . THB PEASANT ' S'EPITAPH . Hard by lieth Timothy Clow ; ¦¦ " .. ' Confirmed was his fontal vow ! Alway : to his " pastors , " and eke to his " masters , " Through life he made , "duly , " his bow . At ten , with plough and with wain , - He worked on the shelterless plain , 'Mid rain and sleet , till his hands and feet , Were covered with boil and Main !

      At twenty , Love ' s pleasing smart Throbbed keen through his simple heart , So he married—and , then , went whistling again O ' er the hill , with his humdrum cart . At thirty , when sorely rack'd With rheum , and his childrenlack'd Both raiment and food , his " pastor" so good , For charity , gave him—a tract . ' < AtYorfy—lo ' .. dull decay , Came on , and his locks grew grey ; So his ' * master , " at length , in whose service his strenth

      ' HeI had wasted—turned him away ! At fifty , when sorrow gave To Death the poor worn-out slave , For his worth they allowed him—a Sastile shroud ! For his bones—a parish grave ! ,. Cooper s Journal , v-Wjlua )* " Jones , Cause of National Misery . —If men ; : consider the happiness of others , or their own ; in fewer words , if they were wise , ho state would be depopulated , no city pillaged , not a village would be laid

      in ashes , not a farm deserted . But there always have been , and always will be , men about the despot , who persuade him that terror is better than esteem ;• that no one ' knows whether he is reverenced Ok * not , but that he who is dreaded has indubitable proofs of it , and is regarded by mortals as a god . By pampering this foible in the prince , they are permitted to come closer and closer to him , and from the indulgence of his corrupted humours they derive their wealth and influence—W . T . Landor .

      Tithes . —Ah artful rector said once to a man who occupied his own land— "Iu my opinion , farmer , were you to remove the stones from this ground , drain it , dung it well , and thoroughly plough it , you might raise much better crops . " True , sir , " said the farmer , " you are quite right ; and if you will take this ground off me , and do all you recommend , I'll ask no rent—I shall . be satisfied if you will give me the tithes . "—Truster ' s Memoirs , Rich and Poor . —The rich must be convinced

      that while they live sumptuously , and while the poor are fed with a few of the scanty crimibs which fall frorii their table , they act quite contrary to the tenor of that gospel which they say they believe . It is not in nature or reason to say that on & man should destroy twenty-thousand a year , and another should be left without the common necessaries of life . No ; every creature which nature has formed with a mouth and digestive powers , has an equal right to participate of her blessings : — Candid Philosopher . What is the best definition of a " mean man

      ?"—A man who values everything higher than he does his own honour and character , which he values at nothing , The Marriage Ring is placed on the left hand because it is much less used than the right , and therefore the ring was less liable to be bruised ' or broken . For the same reason , the fourth finger was chosen , which is not only less used than either of the restj but is more capable of preserving a ring from bruises ; having this one quality peculiar to itself , that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger , whereas the rest may be singly stretched out to the full length and

      straigbtness . \ Causbs o Wxn . —It is apparent , that lust of power , and the senseless quarrels of princes , are generally the causes of war , and of the devastations and slaughter of their subjects attending them . About a hundred years ago , the King of Pegu made war against the Sing of Siam , with an army of above one million of foot , two hundred thousand horse , five thousand elephants , three thousand camels , Ac . The cause of this war was to take two white elephants from the King of Siam ; and to do the like from the King of Pegu , the Kings , ; of Arrican and Tonga waged war with him .

      Solomon ' s Seal . —There is a plant in old-fashioned gardens , of which the vulgar name is " Solomon ' s Seal , " its virtue is , that a leaf of it applied to a "black eye" takes away the discolouration sooner than any other " recipe . " How it got the name of "Solomon ' s Seal , " Heaven knows . But as " Solomon ' s Seal ' ' was potent in curing the outbreaks of " malignant spirits , " or outrageous genii , it does not sort so ill . Good fame is like fire . When you have kindled it , you may easily preserve it ; but if you once extinguish it , you wdl not easily kindle it again ; at least not make it burn as brightly as it did . — Plutarch .

      Birds , when in contact with man , soon understand their mutual relations wonderfully well . That they soon arrive at a knowledge of a gun and its perilous qualities is generally admitted . But I am sure'they go beyond this . In many situations I am convinced wild birds know Sunday , and feel secure that they will not be shot at nor disturbed on ^ hat day . It was only after long observation I admitted the possibility of this ; but I could not resist the constant evidence of my own eyes .. Tins remark may be only , perhaps , true of the itortf . of England , where Sunday , is kept like a fast day , and where even angling or a g ame at football — which m the southwq thought nothing of — are ! accounted an outrage on public decorum .

      The Hindoo Religion . — The Hindoo religion probably spread over tho whole earth . There are signs of it in every northern country ; and in almost every system of worship . In England it is obvious ; Stonehengo is evidently one of the temples ot Boodh ; and the arithmetic , astronomy , astrology the holidays , games , names of the stars and figures of the constellations ; the'ancieht monuments , laws , and coins ; the languages of the different nations , bear the strongest marks of the same orig inal . The Brahmins of the sect of Brahma wero the true authors of the Ptolemaic system ; the Boodhists , followers- of Budhay the authors of the Copernican system , ' as well as of the doctrine of attraction ; and probably the established religion of tho Greeks , and theEleusiriian mysteries , wereonly varieties or the two different sects . —Forbes' Qrienta *^^'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26011850/page/3/