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      May26 ' 1849 - The Northern Htap." ,

      MAY 26 ' 1849 - THE NORTHERN htap . " ,

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      Hungary. Horbear, Fond, Foolish Lovers O...

      HUNGARY . Horbear , fond , foolish lovers of the Past "Who scornful glances on the Present cast ! - Blind heretics ! the base belief give o ' er That hearts hcroical heat high no more , That greatness rot * vvith buried generations , And History only knows of patriot nations . " Why sbutyour eyes to dream some glorious dreams "While full around the living glory streams ? "Why lavish all your heart on heroes gone , Keep each enamoured verse for Marathon , Deny that Morat yet again may be , And A aseby deemthe world ' s last holy victory ?

      Heaven is more kind . OI now , as then , the Earth Still greatly teems , still hrin ^ cth heroes forth ; Still are there nations despots to defy And mighty souls to dare , and willing hosts to die , Ye , whose fond hearts old heroes entertain And in the distance lear some patriot strain , Go , gather glorious guests from this Strange time ? Go , listen noil' , and catch the sounds sublime ! Ope "wide , cast round your hero-asking eye-Gaze , glut its appetite on Hungary ! There find full answer to your hearts' demand—Behold the Hero-Host I behold the Holy Land !

      O peerless People ! though obscure your story Sot gracious from the glow of world-wide glory , Yet have ye lent this awful , glorious time Its deepest awe , its glory most sublime , The toiling , struggling nations all outwrought , The world-embracing flame most purely caught , "With the deep passion most divinely burned , Alone that lore most rare and loftylearned To yield the sovereign soul the sovereign swav , Sublimely choose anu eagerly obey . " Shall statesmen hid a deathless people die ? " Shall Austria quench the light of Hungary ? " Shall courtiers of its breath a nation cheat "And tread the mighty corpse beneath their feet !" 0 ! eager , burning ear that People lent

      "While Mmined forth her hero eloquent ! See through inspired myriads rush and roll The holy fire that burst from Kossuth ' s soul I Proud nobles the divine devotion learn ; Hude peasants with the flame heroic burn ; God ' s servants raise the holy battle-cry ; "Weak women glow for Hungary to die—Brave Beauty will not from the field be won ; The ranks are rich with many an Amazon ; And skilful chiefs this awful valour guide , And hurl against the foe this fiery tide . Great Captains I peerless Host , ye cannot fail—O ! holy , happy Cause , that must prevail "When such a people joins its awful might "With Bern's tremendous sword , and Kossuth ' s soul of light ;

      Before such foemen Austria needs must yield ; The heroes smite her on each battle-field"With thronged triumphs rings their cattle-cry—They rush from victory to victory . - Behold her now ! imperial Austria see The suppliant of contiguous tyranny ! In base despair she summons to the fight The lata ! forces of tho Muscovite , And woos the crushing aid , the killing care , The dreadful gifts that Russian helpers bear . 02 shall the world's huge Witherer consume Aspiring Hungary ' s heroic bloom , Another noble race make haste to whelm And all unsoul another glorious realm ? Up , Poland ! snatch again thy ravished sword !

      Smite with the foemen of thy butcher-lord—Hark I Hungary calls ! the lord would thee deliver ! To arms ! To arms ! or rot in chains for ever ! Up , Ottomans ! your final hour draws nigh ; "Would ye yet live ? join hosts with Hungary ! O Europe I if with holy fire to burn Transcends thy poorness , vulgar wisdom learn ! A lonely nation dares the Holy War And braves sublime the world's huge "Witherer . "Wilt thou behold unmoved the awful strife , "Watch meekly out heroic Hungary ' s life , Turn from the fighters of thy special fight , And woo thy master in the Muscovite—Repeat thy base assent to Poland's doom , And weep thv sordid guilt o ' er Hungary ' s tomb ?

      land of my love ! dear people of my heart I OI shall your life be quenched ? your life depart ? Shall all the glorious valour be in vain _ . And Russia blast you with her hideous reign ? Must Freedom mourn her slaughtered Hero-Band And Europe miss her withered Holy Land ? O Lord of Hosts ! with this dear hoit remain ! O God of Grace ! the good old Cause maintain ! Grant , grant my soul tho ecstacy to see Thy smile upon triumphant Hungary—The nations ' neath her g lowing soul made bright , And rest and glory for her Sons of light . Birmingham llercury .

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      The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern Histor...

      THE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS , AND MODERN HISTORY OF THE "WORLD . Edited oy K , Montgomery Martin , Esq . Parts IDI . and IV . London : J . andE . Taffis , 100 , St . Jonnstreet . These parts contain maps of the Western Hemisphere , Northern Italy , Southern Italy , and Denmark . It is not possible , in the compass of a few words , to dq justice to the merits of this beautiful and useful work , which must be seen to be appreciated . The maps ( with the accompanying illustrations ) , are superb ; and , altogether , this is one of the cheapest and best publications of the day .

      The History Of Ireland. By T. Weight, Es...

      The History of Ireland . By T . Weight , Esq ., M . A ., & c , & c . Part XI . London : J . and P . Tallis , 100 , St . John-street . A roRTio : * of the events of the reign of Queen Elizabeth occupy this part , including the murder of Davek , the long-continued rebellion of the Geraldines , the massacre of the Spanish adventurers , the overthrow and tragical deaths of the Earl of Desmond , Sir John of Desmond , and most of the Geraldine leaders j broils and battles , murder and misery—the history of LrelandisatrulyniglitM record . In the wars

      with the Desmonds , Captain Raleigh , afterwards the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh , and Spenser , the poet , are brought before ns as actors in the strife . One of the roost curious and interesting chapters of the History is devoted to an abridged re-production of Spenser ' s treatise on " The State of Ireland . " In the following extract is described one of the principal causes of Irish suffering aud anarchy , which , denounced by Spenser nearly three hundred years ago , has continued , nevertheless , - without amendment to the present hour .

      LASMjOKDS A 5 D TESiSJS . " The lords of land and freehoWers , " we quote the words of Spenser , " do not there use to set out their land in farms , or for a term of years , to their tenants , but only from year to year , and some durin" pleasure , neither indeed will the Irish tenant Or husbandman otherwise take his land than so long as he list himself . The reason hereof mthe tenant is for that the landlords there use most shamefullv to ' rack their tenants , laying upon themcoyne and liverv at pleasure , and exacting of them ( besides his covenants ) what he pleaseth . So that the poor luabandman either dare not bind himself to hun for * lrmm > rti > rm . or thinketu by his continual liberty

      of change to keep his landlord the rather in awe from wronging of him . And the reason why the landlord will no longer covenant with him , is , for that he daily looketh after change and alteration , andhovereth in expectation of new worlds . ^ The result of thw system was naturally enough that the tenant was not encouraged to improve the land , or build upon it , and that it thus became less profitable to the landlord himself . Spenser ¦ observes- " Per what reasonableman will not think that the tenement shall be made much better for the lord ' s behoof , if the tenant may by such good means he drawn" to build himself some handsome iabitation thereon , to ditch and enclose his ground ,

      to manure and husband it as good farmers use f For when his tenant ' s term shall be expired , it will yield him , in the renewing his lease , both a good fine and also a better rent . And also it shall be for the good of the tenant likewise , who bj such buildings and enclosures shall receive many benefits ; first bv the handsomeness of his house he shall take more comfort of his life , more safe dwelling , and a deliffht to keep his said house - neat and cleanly , which now being , as they commonly ar ^ rather swine-sties than houses , is the chiefest cause of his so beasfly manner of life and savage oondition , lying and living together with his . Beast , m one loufe , in one room , in one bed , that is clean straw , Or rather a foul dunghill . "

      We are sorry to say that most of Spenser s projected reforms were merely schemes for establishing the sway of the English government by force and persecution . He recommended the extirpation , by violence , of every vestige of Irish nationality , and a war . of extermination agamsWfeU whofeiled to make immediate submission-to England . This month ' s illustration is a most beautiful engraving , representing Richard Earl of Pemty > ke taking leave of his brother . "We should

      The History Of Ireland. By T. Weight, Es...

      add , that in this part will be found a sketch of the far-famed Grace O'Malley , the Graine-ni-Mhaile ( Grranu Weak ) of Irish legend and song .

      Machensia's Educational Boolcsj Elementa...

      Machensia's Educational Boolcsj Elementary Worts , Catechisms , cj-c ; Murray ' s Grammar i Mackenzie ' s Arithmetical , Commercial , and Artificer ' s Tables . "Wine-office Court London . ' These two works are the commencement of a series of cheap school "books , and elementary scientific works , which must prove a valuable boon to the working man ; for here is given ; in euery respect , as much as is usually sold for one shilling , or , at the lowest—ninepenee , for the small sum of twopence . "We do not know the secrets of the " trade , " hut the reduction seems enormous . How " the trade * ' may benefit by their sale we cannot say ; this we know , the purchaser , whether for his own or his family ' s use , will derive great advantage . The prospectus , in reference to placing the rudiments of scientific knowledge within the reach of all classes , truly says : — "A seed thus scattered may fall on a congenial soil , and result in a fertility gratifying to its possessor ,

      and honourable to our country . " And again : " In the most humble establishments the price will allow every member of a class to possess a copy of the work from which he has to gain instruction . "Where a family is numerous , each child may have tho advantage of its own book , while the parent will not feel the cost a serious item in pecuniary expenditure . The adult , virtuously ambitious of attainments , riot within Ms reach in youth , may also , by a trifling outlay , have the elements of self-instruction at his command . "

      " Murray ' s Grammar" requires not criticism at our hands , the prospectus continues—«* Our belief is that our project will prove more universally useful by not disturbing the present economy of schools , and that many parents more readily aid their children ' s progress by having those works which are familiar to themselves . At the same time the greatest attention and care will be bestowed on emendations rendered necessary by the improvements , discoveries , and truths revealed in the continual p rogress of knowledge . The "Book of Tables" would occupy a page to fully describe the mass ef useful information it contains . The title is : —

      " ! New and correct Commercial , Arithmetical , Miscellaneous and Artificers' Tables , for the use ef Schools , Counting-houses and Workshops . Calculations in Bricklaying , Carpentry , Lathing , Masonry , Paper Hanging , Paving , Planting , Plastering , Slating , Tiling , Well-sinking , Digging , & c , & c . Fractions and Decimals . Forms of Receipts and Bills for the Man of Business . Statistics . Curious and Scientific Calculations on Man , Steam , Railways , Power , Light , Wind , & c . Language and Alphabets . The Calendar of the Church . Scripture Money , to assist those Reading or Teaching the Holy Bible . Principal Foreign Monies and Measures for the Traveller or Merchant . Geographical and Astronomical Tables . The Compass . Miscellaneous Tables , & c , & c . "

      We pick out the following curious and startling calculations under the head of DlStRlBUIIOJ ? OP TUB SOIL OF GREAT BRITAIN ASD

      IRELAND . There are in Great Britain , 4 , 761 , 091 males twenty years of age and upwards , and according to the foregoing statement , there are 43 , 948 , 000 acres of good land , thus being for every man in England , Scotland , and Wales , 9 acres and 36 4347 perches ; the unimprovable having been deducted . There are in Ireland 1 , 890 , 763 males upwards of twenty years of age ; and there being 19 , 441 , 944 acres fit for cultivation , it gives for the labour of every man 9 acres and 26-36 of a perch . The lowest rental of land in England , ( Wilts ) averages 9 s . per acre , the highest ( Middlesex ) 33 s . 9 d . In Wales the lowest average is 4 s . 8 d . ;

      the highest 19 s . per acre . The average rental of land in all England per acre is 18 s . lOd . ; in all Wales 9 s . 5 d . ;—in England and Wales combined the average is 17 s . Sd . Captain Leigh Lye calculates that land let out at 3 d . per perch , or £ 2 per acre in field gardens , produces a profit to the labourer of £ 20 a year—thus , then , if the present population was sufficient so to cultivate the soil , the rental produced from it in Great Britain -would be £ 87 , 896 , 000 , while the annual profit to the cultivators wouldhe £ 878 , 960 , 000 ; which profit divided would he to every man of twenty years of age and above , £ 184 12 s . 3 Jd . per year , or £ 3 lis . weekly . In Ireland , were there a population large enough to cultivate the land , the would be

      annual rental , at the same estimate , £ 38 , 883 , 888 ; and yield an annual profit to the cultivators of £ 388 , 838 , 830 ; being an annual sum to every man above twenty years of age , in Ireland , if they could manage to work this much land , of JE 205 13 s . annually , or £ 3 19 s . Id . weekly . Since 1801 , 3 , 740 , 528 acres ofthe commons' land have been enclosed by acts of parliament , of which the rental , estimated as before , would be £ 7 , 481 , 056 per vear , and the profit to the labourers , if so let to them , £ 74 , 810 , 560 annually . ¦ There are 14 , 834 , 000 acres of wasteland in Great Britain and Ireland ; this , if let at Captain Lye ' s estimate , would yield a rental of £ 29 , 668 , 000 , and give a profit to the labourers of £ 296 , 680 , 000 .

      What a curious fact to sit down and read a book of tables as an amusement , yet we have done so with advantage . The statistics ofthe European powers , at the present time , is intensely interesting . We sincerely recommend these works to all our readers , on account of excellence , utility , and price .

      A Lbssox For Artisaxs.—I Am A Married Ma...

      A Lbssox FOR Artisaxs . —I am a married man , with a wife and five children , says a correspondent of the Milder , who are dependent upon my exertionsfor their support . Bein g a working mechanic my income is ( when employed ) £ 116 s . per week . My parents , thirty years ago , were similarly situated , with about one-third of this income . From them I learned a lesson of economy . The great question with me is , what quantity and quality of the necessaries of life are most conducive to promote health , strength , and happiness . Guided by the wise in former ages , and by my own experience , I have long since come to the conclusion—that man's real wants are comparatively few . I have found , therefore , in past years , that two-thirds of my income will sufficiently supply myself and family with the necessaries of life ; the one-sixth of the

      same will meet-the casualties of loss of employment ; the other sixth , which is 5 s . per week , or about £ 10 per year , is laid by for sickness or age . This trifling sum ! with interest and compound interest , in a few years will make a poor man comparatively rich . 3 fow , I am persuaded that there are thousands of working men , if they would make an honest statement of what they spend foolishly , the amount so spent would be more than I pretend to save , and they are often laying themselves under the necessity of giving twenty per cent , for pledges of their propertv , when at the same time they might , by resolution and good management , be receiving instead of giving interest for money . . Let these hints be received in the spirit they are given . Let them excite an honest ambition to raise ourselves from that state of degradation m which too manv of us are found . . _ _ ....

      _ . At a village not many miles from Driffield , where the schoolmaster seems " not to be abroad , the office of sexton recently became vacant , and a suct cessor was sought by a notice on the church door , announchigthat " a Saxon was wanted . ^ A wag I 3 cin ff this , wrote underneath it , " Wont a Dane t \ n V ^* A domestic newly engaged presented to his masterone morning a pair of boots / the leg of one of which was much longer than the other . " How comes it , Patrick , that these hoots are not . of the same len g th ?"— "I raly don't know , sir , but what boilers me the mos ^ is , that the pair down stairs in the same fix . " . " . ; -

      are _ ,. ; .. A Sea Ssake . — On Monday an extraordinary spe . cimen ofthe Gymnetrus , which has recently been caught off the coast of Northumberland , to which the apefiation of Gymnetrus Northumbricus has , in consequence , been given , was exhibited at ; the Cosmorama Booms , Begent-street . It is upwards of thir teen feet in length , and bears a striking resemblance , in its principal features , to the sketches and descriptions hitherto given of the great marine monster , to which the title of " sea serpent" has been riven . The Gymnetrus has already been exhibited

      in Newcastle-on-Tyne , where it was inspected by a great number of persons ; and there is little doubt but that the speculation will be equally attractive and successful m this metropolis . Death ot Miss Edoeworth . —Maria Edgewortb , the celebrated Irish novelist , died at Edgeworthstown county of Longford , on the morning of Monday last , after a few hours' illness . She had reached an advanced age , arid the last years of her life were passed in her native village in tranquillity and peace , Lord Gough has sent over £ 70 , 000 for the purchaseof an ancestral estate in Ireland .

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      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OP THE NINETEENTH CENTURY , BT THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter VIII . Poverty hath a sharp and goading power To wring the torture cry , and fill the breath With frantic curses or despairing sighs ; But her cold withering grasp is deepest felt By the fine spirit that endures in silence , And trembles lest his shallow purse be sounded By the sleek friends about him—him who dreads The taunting mockery that ever waits On sensibility , unwarranted by wealth .

      * . . . * # He does not show The vagrant's rags , and tell the whining tale Of doleful falsehood . He has never learnt To shape his language in beseeching tone , And stand a mendicant beneath the roof Of some rich kin , vrho gives auch good advice To qualify the charitable gold , That proud and honourable palms shrink back , And rather grapple with the spectre hand Of famine , than accept the boon so granted . Eliza Cook .

      lis eve , and Arthur Morton has once more returned to his lodgings after another day of fruitless application for employment , —his last shilling is expended , —every available article of clothing has been disposed of , and no resource suggests itself to his racked , imagination save an application to his uncle . Pride , which lingers long in the human bosom—which often proves stronger than love of life—forbade his approach to his uncle's doors , but conscience whispered , and hunger echoed the whisper , that it was a crime to die of starvation while such a resource remained open to him , and , ere he slept , he determined to avail himself of this last barrier between himself and famine .

      Early next morning found him at his uncles residence , where he was informed by a young girl ( the ancient dame had been discharged , ) that Mr . and Mrs . Morton were gone into the country for a fortnight . Arthur , notwithstanding his pride , could scarce avoid tears as this last hope was rent from him ; he , however , explained his relationship , and was kindly asked into the house and invited to partake of the . girl's homel y fare ( she was on board wages ) . Arthur , melted into weakness by her apparent kindness , explained to her his distressed situation , and felt relieved by the audible vents thus given to his feelings ; the poor girl sympathised with him , and insisted upon his taking the remainder of the loaf and cheese , and , unknown to him ,

      wrapped up a shilling with it . Kind-hearted Sally , it was thy only shilling , and will be needed before thy master ' s return , but truly thou rcasonest , that thou hast a shelter , and the' reflection of thy master ' s credit will enable thee to obtain credit also , and never could thy woman ' s heart hear talcs of distress and not , if it was in thy power , relieve it . Type art thou of thy class ! would that those calling themselves tho middle and upper classes would profit by thy example . Honour to the working men and women of England ! poor and unable to provide against the future as are the many ; careless and improvident as arc the few ; never does distress fall with a heavy hand upon a brother or sister of their acquaintance , hut out of their poverty they give with a nobleness of heart that redeems a thousand errors , and outweighs a host of vulgarities . Oftentimes their method of rendering assistance may be expensive and ill-judged—as benefits at

      theatres , balls , concerts , tea parties , lotteries , raffles , < fcc ; butamongwhatotherclassof societyissuch active and devoted benevolence seen ? And though the political economist , buttoning up his pockets as though there was any danger of the money leaving them , may assure us that indiscriminate charity is both vicious and impolitic , yet it is a vice so near akin to virtue , that the working classes will be excused by all but the said economists for indulging in it . And well does experience teach , not only the professional beggar , but the really distressed , that it is not at our west-end palaces , nor at our merchant ' s counters , or from our shopkeeper ' s tills , that they will receive the dole of charity , but at tho residences of those who are but one remove from themselves , and whom the caprice of a master , a change in trade , and many other causes , may speedily place in as bad a condition . But Arthur , inexperienced in these matters , thought not of appealing to charity , or thought of it only as a last

      resource . Tired of pacing the crowded streets of London , where , to his eyes , all seemed busy , all occupied , and he alone an unwilling idler , he turned his steps towards tho northern suburbs , in the faint hope that the country would prove more fortunate to him than the metropolis had been . Hour after hour did he travel through the suburbs , inquiring for employment at every printer ' s , until the shades of evening came o ' er him as he ascended the famous Highgate Hill , where , seating himself by the roadside , he undid his packet of bread and cheese , and was astonished at the sight of the shilling , —this was indeed atreasuretohim . Oh ! how he blessed the kindness of that noor srirl . Those who have never felt the

      pangs of poverty , who have never been in a similar condition to our hero , cannot imagine the feeling of joy with which he gazed on that piece of silver , 'twas a mine of wealth that would enable him to reach Birmingham , where he hoped his wanderings would cease . With new vigour he arose and pursued his journey until nightfall , when taking advantage of a kindly haystack , adjacent to the roadside , ( the shilling was too great a treasure to be spent for lodging , ) he speedily fell asleep and dreamt of mines of gold , and steam presses , and newspapers printed with gold and silver type . Oh ! what a blessing is sleep to the poor and needy . The beggar under its gentle spell can be as completely blessed during half the hours of his existence as he who

      heaps gold in his iron chest ; yea , more so , for no pandering to a pampered appetite will bring visions ofnightmaretohis couch , —no fear of robbers at Ms treasured store cloud the brightness of his dreams . Despots of the earth ! Mammon worshippers ! who coin our blood and sinews into gold , thanks he to God , ye have no power in the realm of imagination , in dreams at least we are free ; in the visions of the ni g ht wo can for a while lose sight of the harsh realities of the day . So it was with Arthur ; he was no longer a poor friendless outcast , with a haystack for his bed , his bundle for a pillow , and the damp dews of night for his curiam , but an eastern monarch , sm-rounded with gold and silver ore , which his slaves around were casting

      into dazzling type . The rising sun saw Arthur again resume his journey , and thus passed several days during which time he lived on bread and water , and the heavens were his nightly canopy , but cheered by that bright phantom , Hope , he at length reached Birmingham . Reader hast thou ever visited this mighty emporium of iron a nd steel , worked into every pattern , shape , and device that human ingenuity can suggest Here is the metal forged that the warrior wields triumphant in the battle's desperate strife ; here the thimble , emblem of industry , worn even to the wearer ' s hone in the still harder conflict of female industry against the Jewocracy of the world ; Woave wroucht the ornaments which glitter on

      the dressing table of the wealthiest lady m the land ; and here , also , every instrument , every tool that the professional man , the mechanic , or the agriculturist can require . Happy union of elegance and utility—of the arts of war and peace . Long has the versatility of thy trades saved thee from the extremes of indigence , too often felt by thy sisters , Manchester and Liverpool , Dublin and Glasgow . Long hast thou been the world s mart for all the devices of Tubal Cain , from the plaything of the child to the weapon of the man ! Look well to thyself thou city of swarth-facod and hare-armed artisans-thou parent of Cheap Johns and mock auctions-or thy rivals in Saxony will beat thee not only out of the world ' s market , but even out ot + T , ftan nf thine own land , and thy fame will only be

      a dream of the past . Such is the sure result of the policy of partial Free Trade , which thy merchants , thv shopkeepers have assisted to bring about , and in which too many of thy artisans have suicidally acquiesced . But we are not writing _ a political essay , and therefore must discontinue this theme , but Birmingham and politics were at the period ot our tale almost synommous . The lron-handedmen of Birmingham , armed to the teeth by the Whig press , and arrayed in martial columns , were the ma"ic which hurled Toryism from its throne , — cowed the most gallant aristocracy m the world , — cave the nation a delusive benefit in the shape of a Reform Bill , —and a real injury in ra : sing to place and nav the Whig conjurors , for whose especial teVofthiTp hantaWria oithe Birmingham revolution was brought into existence . . SeveJyears hadpassed since that eventful period inSd ' s history . The . men of Birmingfiam-Ken of England-had discovered they had been tne

      made tools in the hands ot wmgaana *«*" EraeS supporters , and defrauded of all share of the spoils ofthe dead carcass of Toryism ; and in order to obtain from Whig fear , what justice and altitude should have immediately granted , they Baa banded together from north to south-from John o'Groat ' s to Land ' s End-in one jastcombination , to agitate for their political rights , and had embodied those rights in a document called the We's Charter . They had also elected forty-nine delegates to sit in London and enforce upon Parlm mentthe adoption of these views . It was at this tiincture that our hero arrived in Birmingham ; ortune befriended him in procuring immediate employment in a printing establishment , whose pronrietor was a strong advocate of Chartist principles . fc >™» was a vast field of speculation open to Arthur , f Pinnate lover of liberty , as embodied to him in ? h ! SS aSLpoet ,-the musings ofthe philoso-JheS ? the motley garb ofthe historian ; he had never Considered the details necessary to eneureand ? eS X » ce ofthe bright goddess . Has had

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      heretofore been a dreamy worship offered at the £ w ° L ? Deity ^ eloped in d im but glorious shadow , whose outline was too vast for contemplation , and whose features ever appeared to vary with the varying imagination . A study of the principles pf Chartism gave form , proportion , and colour to the shadow of his imagination , and arrayed it in the garb ot right , reason , and justice . A close and enthusiastic study of the subject soon made him perceive that a love for liberty in name only , without a careful application of its principles , was vain and delusive . Stern truth is there in the words of Algernon Sydney , •« Britons have died in defence of Liberty without knowing what Liberty was " Precious blood ! lavishly , but uselesslyshed . They

      , chased a goddess , but embraced a fiend . Heart and soul did Arthur Morton enter into the hi gh wrought feelings which then characterised political agitation . Young , and enthusiastic , having no other ties to distract his imagination , he mentally vowed to dedicate every energy of his mind and body to the furtherance of these , to him , novel yet glorious principles . Tho dreams of his youth were awakening intoi realities ; tho seeds of ambition were springing forth in the genial soil into which thoy had been thrown ; who shall say , whether to be blighted by evil passions , crushed by despotic rule , or ripen to wholesome fruition ? Happy youth i the perils of the past

      were forgotten , or remembered only with pleasure , as obstacles surmounted . - The void in his bosom was occupied . His yearning for the pm ^ and beautiful was gratified . " Chartism , the foul fiend of mischief and anarchy , " was tho pure divinity of his soul , and all that tended to increase her worship was holy in his imagination . Bright and pleasing vision ! too soon wilt thou awake and discover that " her altar is bedewed with tears . of blood ; that her worshi ppers are the contemned of the world , —the discontented and wrotchod outcasts of society ; that to avow yourself a Chartist is to court persecution , transportation and death !" ( To he continued . )

      The Darley Main Colliery Explosion. Rep0...

      THE DARLEY MAIN COLLIERY EXPLOSION . REP 0 RI TO THE secketart of state . The official report of Mr . Seymour Tremcnheore , Inspector of Mines , to the Secretary of State , on the explosion in the Darley Main Colliery , near Barnsley , on tho 24 th of January last , has been published . Our readers are aware that Mr . Tremenheere ' s office does not , properly , authorise him to take cognisance of such events—that his powers are derived , in ordinary cases , from the statute commonly called " Lord Ashley ' s Act , " passed in 1842 , 5 & 0 Vic , c . 99 , prohibiting the employment of women and girls in mines ; and that his official duties , in fact , only include the carrying ofthe provisions of that act into effect , and reporting annually to the Secretary of State on the condition ofthe mining population . Since tho passing of that act ,

      however , the subject of explosions in collieries has been gradually forcing itself upon public attention . And the practical question raised by tho present report is—Whether it is not expedient to appoint an Inspector of Mines , particularly with reference to collieries , who shall be expressly authorised to examine and report upon their condition with reference to ventilation and other particulars , neglect of wliich has been repeatedly proved to be the cause of such dreadful adcidents as that now particularly adverted to . By the Darley Main explosion seventy-five lives were lost ; and Mr . Warrington Smyth ( mining engineer to the Geological Survey ) was deputed by the government to act with Mr . Tremenheere in the investigation of its causes , An explosion had

      occurred in the same cohiery in February , 1847 , by which six lives were lost . And on the 5 th of March , 1847 , at the Ardsley Main Colliery , about two miles off , soventy-three persons were killed by a similar explosion ; making one hundred and fifty-four deaths from the same cause , and in the same neighbourhood , within two years . Not that the Barnsley colliers have a monopoly of such accidents—for in January , 1846 , upwards of forty persons were killed by an explosion in a colliery at Risca , near Newport , in Monmouthshire—in July , 1845 , forty persons were killed at the Jarrow Colliery—and in September , 1844 , no less than ninety-four persons were killed at the Haswell Colliery . Professor Faraday and Mr . Ly ell reported upon the Haswell affair ; Dr . Lyon Playfairupon that at Jarrow ; and Sir H . De la BSche upon that at Risca . We have also reports by Sir II . Do la BSche and Mr . W . Smyth on an explosion at Oldbury , in Staffordshire ,

      in December , 184 d , and another at Coppul , in Lancashire , in January , 1847 . And when we place these several reports in juxtaposition with that of Mr . Tremenheere , now published , ' and observe the remarkable agreement of all these gentlemen , on all these various examinations , as to the cause of the loss of life , we must admit that , adverse as we are to the interference of the government in the affairs of individuals , we regard his proposition of the appointment of an " Inspectoivof Mines , " duly qualified . and authorised to examine periodically , and point out the defects in the underground management of collieries , as one well worthy of favourable consideration . We . have had eight explosions more or less extensively destructive of life , and as many scientific reports upon their causes , within less than four years ; and it Is now suggested that we should modify our mode of dealing with such events by making examination before instead of after the occurrence of the mischief .

      The colliery viewers in the north have already , more than once , expressed a strong desire to have the collieries submitted to the periodical inspection of a government officer ; and this wish was reiterated by the witnesses on the present occasion , and embodied in the verdict of the jury . Mr . Tremenheero favours the proposition—avowing his owh want of practical ability to undertake such an office —but urging in corroboration of his opinion the practice in France and Belgium , wliich he had occasion to investigate last year , under instructions

      from Sir George Grey . The example is a good one . It involves no corivpulsory powers on the part of the inspector . Though the laws and regulations relating to mining inspection in those countries date from the decrees ofthe National Assembly of 1791 , modified by subsequent decrees of Napoleon , and although all mining property belongs virtually to the government , and no person can work a mine without its permission , so that the method of working may be defined as by the proprietor , instances of compulsion on the part of the government are rare . Mr .

      Tremenheere observes : — " I state in my report which was laid before parliament last year as follows : — ' The law has most carefully abstained from investing the inspectors with any direct authority . ' The nature of their interposition is best described by M . Regnaud , in his exposition of the motives for tho project of law presented to the legislature of France in April , 1810 : —* The corps of engineers of mines will diffuse everywhere its intelligence and counsels , without imposing directions , without exercising any constraint wnatevcr upon the mode of managing the works . They will enlighten the proprietors and the administration ; they will examine and establish facts , but in no case will they give directions . ' Again , M . Regnaud states that the object ofthe administration will be * to use the ascendancy of enlightenment , not the influence of authority : to

      persuade , not to constrain . ' Other statements with negard to the intention of the law are to the same effect . And as respects its working , all authorities in both countries connected with tho subject , namely , the ministers of public works , tho engineers or inspectors in chief , and the local inspectors in all the districts I visited , concurred that the law was carried out entirely in that spirit . " This system , it will be observed , contrasts most favourably with any yet urged in tho House of Commons . In June , 1847 , soon after the presentation of a petition purporting to express tho opinion of 00 , 000 colliers , Messrs . Duncombe , Bernal , and Aglionby brought in a bill by which they proposed to empower an inspector to direct the owner of a colliery to alter his system of ventilation as the inspector might deem advisable , under a penalty of £ 100 for e ^ ch act of disobedience . But this was too much for even tho most ardent advocates of

      government interference who happened to know anything of collieries . So the bill was withdrawn , and another brought in , with an additional sponsor in the person of Mr . Hume , which , had it passed , would have compelled the use of Davy lamps for a limited time , whether needed-or not ; and would also have empowered ( and , in effect , required ) the Secretary ot State to order the doing of certain things relating to the internal management of mines , neglect of which-would have been a misdemeanor if damage did not ensue , and felony if it did . This bill also was withdrawn ; and in the autumn following Sir G . Grey directed the inquiry into the French and Belgian regulations , the results of which were laid before parliament last session . . According to the census of 1841 , the number of persons then employed in mines of all descriptions in Great Britain was 193 , 825 , of which in 118 , 233 were in coal , and 10 , 449 in iron mines . But as the

      miners of iron arid coal easily change occupations , and in 1841 the iron trade was much depressed and the coal trade in full activity , perhaps tho number in the latter rather exceeded the average . They might now , however , safely be taken at 130 , 000 , and as representing a population of half a million . Mr . Tremenheere is of opinion " that a sufficient system of colliery inspection might ho established at about one-third of the cost of factories , namely , for between £ 3 , 500 and £ 4 , 000 a year , or much less than it costs in Belgium . " We presume this estimate applies to Great Britain . The larger sum , tiken as the cost of partially ensuring the safety of 130 , 000 men , would represent a payment of about 7 d ; per head per annum . The continental , systems suggest that this outlay , might also bo made useful in promoting the scientific instruction and examination of the managers of the cofliei'ics j bu £ this is a part of the subject our space will not permit us at present to enter upon .

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      Doctmse op Passive Obedience . —The doctrine of passive obedience is so repugnant to the genuine feelings of human nature , that ft can never be completely acted on . A secret dread that popular vengeance will awake , and nature asfiert her rights , imposes a restraint which the most determined despotism is not able to shake off . The rude reason of the multitude may be perplexed ; but the sentiments ofthe heart are not easily perverted , —Jiobcrt Hall .

      An Irish clergyman , having gone to visit the portraits of the Scottish kings in Holyrood House , observed one of the monarchs of a very youthful appearance , whilst his son was depicted with a long board , and wove the traits of extreme old ago . "SanctaMaria ! " exclaimed the good Hibernian , "isit possible that this gentleman was an old man when his father ivas bom . " Spots on hie Sux . —There is at the present time in the centre of the sun's , disc a collection of spots of such extent that tho whole may be seen as one spot , without the aid of magnifying power , by merely protecting the eye by a dark glass . With a good telescope the spots present a very curious appearance .

      SUXDAY IN SCOTLAND .. If e ' er to Scotland I should go , I hope I never may Fall ill upon a Sunday from a doctor ' s far away ; For Sunday trains Scotch Pharisees forbid to run , and I , Ere on Monday the physician came , might comfortably—die . —Punch . Shrewd Thought op a Patriot . —Eighteen years since , I used to walk by the New Exchange-gate , where stood an overgrown porter with his gown and staff , which gave him a semblance of authority .

      It was his business to regulate the coachmen before the entrance , and he would make nothing of lifting a coachman off his box , boating him ,. and then throwing him into his box again . I have several times looked up at this tall mastering follow , and put the case : — " Suppose this conqueror should take me up under his arm . like a gizzard and run away with me , am I his subject 1 " " No , ' ' thought I , "I am my own man , and not . his ; and having thus invaded me , if I could not otherwise rescue myself from him , I would smite him under the fifth rib . " From that time I have had a clear idea of a

      conquest . —Rev . Samuel Johnson . Jicmaris on the Pastoral Letter , 1689 . Longevity is the Fens . —Three widow ladies ( sisters ) mot together at Fiskerton , on Wednesday , the 2 nd instant , to celebrate the birth-day of tlie second sister , over a cup of their favourite beverage ; the united ages of the venerable trio amounted to 238 years . There arc brother and two sisters of the same family , whose united ages make 205 years ; a total ofi 43 years for six individuals . —Lincolnshire Chronicle .

      The North-East Wind . —The north-easter was still blowing , parching the earth and chilling the very souls of men . Mr . Spread could not help thinking , as he buttoned himself up to the throat , of Barker ' s perverse fancy for the rascalliest wind that blows . Boreas is a ruffian and a bully , but the north-east is a rascal . iEoluslms not such a vicious ill-conditioned blast in his puffy bags . It withers like an evil eye—it blights like a parent ' s curseunkinder than ingratitude—more biting than forgotten benefits . It comes with sickness on its wings , and rejoices the doctor and the sexton . When Charon hoists his sail , it'is the north-east that swells it , it purveys for famine , and caters for pestilence . From the savage realms of of the Czars it comes with a desolating sweep , laden with moans from the Siberian mines , and sounding like echoes ofthe knout ; but not a fragrant breath brings it from the rosaries of Persia , so destitute is it of grace and charity .

      While it reigns , no fire heats , no raiment comforts , no walls protect—cold without bracing—scorching without warmth . It deflowers the earth , and it wans the sky . The ghastliest of hues overspreads the face of things , and collapsing nature seems expiring ofthe cholera . —The Bachelor of the Albany , Human Maladies . —John Abernethy , the eminent surgeon , used to tell his scholars that all human maladies proceeded from two causes—stuffing and fretting . True Policy of Kings . —It is wisdom in him that sits at the helm of a settled state , to demean himself toward his subjects at all times so that upon any evil accident tney may be ready to serve his occasion . Ho that is gracious only at the approach of a danger , will be in danger when he expects deliverance . —Francis Quarle ' s Enchiridion , 1648 . The Persians have a saying that " ten measures of talk were sent down upon the earth , and the women took nine . "

      The matrimonial blacksmith at Gretna Green , being asked why old women were so fond of matrimony , replied , " You know that old wood catches five in an instant . " An omnibus conductor said to the driver " Full inside , Beb ! We have two Swans , one Ship , one Red Lion , two White Horses , one Telegraph , four Elephants , one Crown and Sceptre , and a George the Fourth . " Old customs are not all extinct . The Western Times narrates of Teignmouth—May-day was kept up gaily ; the lasses who sigh for beauty were up with the sun to dip in the dew , according to the old verso : — The fair maid who , the first of May , Goes to the fields at break of day . And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree , Will ever after handsome be .

      There was scarcely one fair maid who did not try the charm . Annual Parliaments . — As to parliaments , I adored the wisdom of that Gothic institution which makes them ANNUAL ; and was confident our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation , until that ancient law was restored among us . For , who sees not , that wlule such assemblies are permitted to have a longer duration , there grows up a commerce of corruption between the minister and the deputies , wherein they both find their accounts , to the manifest danger of liberty ? which traffic would neither answer the design nor expense , if parliaments met once a-year . —Dean Swift ' s Letters to Pope .

      One ofthe bricks brought from the ruins of Nimroud , besides the letter inscribed on it , is marked with the footsteps of a weasel , which must have run over the brick before it had dried , so that tho little animal and the mighty Assyrian king have stamped a record of their existence on the same piece of clay . A ship to navigate the air has been invented at Boston , and the patentee declares that three days will suffice to carry passengers thence to California , Natural Advantages of a Republic—In a wellconstituted republic , nothing of soldering , praising , and pitying , can take place ; the representation being equal throughout the country , and complete in itself , however it may be arranged into legislative and executive , they have all one and the same

      natural source . The parts are not foreigners to each other , like democracy , aristocracy , and monarchy . As there are no discordant distinctions , there . is nothing to corrupt by compromise , nor confound by contrivance . Public measures appeal of themselves to the understanding of the nation , and , resting on their own merits , disown anv flattering application to vanity . The continual whine of lamenting the burthen of taxes , however successfully it may be practised in mixed governments , is inconsistent with the sense and spirit of a republic . If taxes are necessary , they of course are advantageous ; but if they require an apology , the apology itself implies an impeachment . Why then is man thus imposed upon , or why docs he impose upon himself?—Paine ' s Rights of Man .

      Romantic Incident . —The Bev . Dr . Stonard , rector of Aldingham , near Ulverston , who died tho other day , has left £ 30 , 000 , the reversionary right to £ 1 , 000 a year more , with a valuable mansion and other property , to a youth , named Schulic , whom he hired as a footboy seven or eight years ago , but whom he subesquently promoted to the rank of friend and companion . An Irishman who was talking in rather ambiguous terms about the sudden death of his paternal relative , was asked if he had lived high ? " Well , I can't say he did , " said Terence , "but he died high . " " Why , what do you mean ? " " Faith , I mean that , like the Habeus Corpus Act , he was suspended . "

      "My dear , don't say tale , say narrative , " said a modest lady to her little son , who was relating a very interesting " tale" he had just read in the newspaper , while the little fellow was thinking of his mistake , the old house dog walked in , shaking his tail and looking quite familiarly attheboy , when he exclaimed , "Ma , make Sancho quit shaking his narrative . ! ' . A Fsmalb M . P . —We . have just learned a most extraordinary fact , and one which , however amazing it may appear , is , we are assured , literally true . A person was recently buried some few miles from Edinburgh under very singular circumstances . The death and attendant ceremonies were duly chronicled in our paper . The individual had sat for some time as amember of Parliament for an English burgh , and was well known as a highly respectable wouia

      landed gentleman , now , « appear , in consequence of certain disputes among the heirs at law , that the title of the party to" the male character is doubted , and that , notwithstanding the difficulties connected with the peculiar kind of interment chosen by the deceased , the body is to be disinterred , in order to prove the sex of the defunct M . P , We are familiar with cases of females acting as sailors , navvies , and in other employments , but the case of a female member of parliament is , in common phrase , " altogether ' unprecedented . '—Edinburgh News . —[ Wherefore should our contemporary affect a mystery as to the name , in a case which presents mystery enough in its nature ? He alludes to William Henry Miller , of Craigintinny , Esq ., late M . P . for Newcastle-under-Lyne . For our own part we never saw a man -who looked so little like a woman , —Morning Poit . ]

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26051849/page/3/