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      Beauties Of Byron. Ko. Vin. A Byrln Byro...

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON . ko . vin . a Byrln Byron ' s works there will be fonnd , immediately lowin < ilowbg his " English Bards and Scotch Keview , " ( see" ( see the one volume edition ) , a poem entitled ilints Hints from Horace , " intended as a sequel to his iglish ngtish Bards , & c . The Mints were composed at hens , tbens . inlSll , and theauthorbrought them home in jsanue same desk with the two first cantos of "Childe irofcLfcrold . " He intended to have published the Mints it ; brst ; but by accident , or nearly so , the Harold first peareapeared . The reception this wonderful poem met th waith was so flattering to the poet that his bitterness vardswards Jei-fret ami others , whom he had so vigorsly aasly assailed in his "Satire , " and who were the bjccfabjccts of his wrath in the Mints also , evaporated ; id thaui the Hints for the time being was withheld . This is mo / as most fortunate for the poet ; for this production

      is onras one of his very worsts-far below his previous » rk , rork , "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . " rnoxliBO-v , however , held a very different opinion of its eritsaerits , and before the appearance of Clalde Harold , okedooked to the Hints , rather than to theHarold , as the ork rork that was to make him famous . Nine years for titer the time the poem was intended to have been ublisjublished , its author again expressed his wish for its nbh ' onbh ' c appearance . The advice of his friends , howeer iver , prevented its appearance at that time ; and it as nras not until the year 1 S 31 , seven years after the oet '^ oet ' s death , that it was first published . We Wehaveiookedthroughthe "Hints from Horace , " nd fand though there are some vigorous lines where the oet poet praises or vindicates M ttios or Pope , or where e hihe toshes high-life vagabonds , on the whole the piece ! nnis unworthy of his pen . Perhaps the best lines are he tthe thirty-eight , beginning—Behold him Freshman ! forced nomoreto groan

      1 O ' er Virgil ' s devilish rerses and—hisotvn ; but tut we see not anything in the entire poem we can extractractas "Beauties . " HowBTitoxcouldbaveregarded thisthis poem with the partiality he did is astonishing PoePoets , however , are rarely the Best judges of their ownown compositions , as . for instance , Mivtos preferred ** ?! ** Paradise Regained" over "Paradise Lost , " It is wellwell known that in that opinion Milton stands alone ; it iiit is the latter and not the former of these poems that has has made his name universally , as it will doetemally , fan famous . We conclude these few remarks by quoting 2 I < Moore's opinion of the " Hints from Horace " : —

      1 In tracing the fortunes of men , it is not a tittle curious to i to observe how often the course of a whole life has depet peaded on oue single step . Had Lord Byron persisted in his his original purpose of giving' this poem lo the press , in-Ste Stead of Childe Harold , it is more than probable that he wo would have been lost , as a great poet ; to the world . Infer ferior as this paraphrase is , in every respect , to his formi mer satire , and , in some places , eren descending below 4 h < the level of under-graduate versifiers , its failure , there ca can he little doubt , would have been certain and signal ; — —his former assailants , would hare resumed their

      advan-1 a tags over him , and either , " in the bitterness of hismortifi -a -cation , hewouldhaveflung Childe Haroldintotbe fire , or , li had he summoned up sufficient confidence to publish that p poem , its reception , even if sufficient to retrieve him in t the eyes of the public and his own , could never have at i aU resembled that explosion of success , —tbatinstantai neons and universal acclaim of adm * ation , into which , c coming , as it were , fresh from the land of song , he surj prised the world , and in the midst of which he was home , I buoyant and self-assured , along , through a succession of i new triumphs , each more splendid than the last ! Hap-] pita , the better judgment of his friends averted such a

      It is now our happy task to forthwith proceed to Our great poet ' s beautiful and immortal production , " Chiide HjUIOID . " The extracts from which we purpose to give , will really be " Beauties of Byron . " We pass by the Dedication to " Iasthk , " though its beauty strongly tempts as to copy it : we pass by the opening stanzas , almost every line of which teems with beauties ; and here commence our extracts : — Childe Harold had a mother—not forgot . Though parting from that mother he did shun ; A sister whom he loved , but saw her not Before his weary pilgrimage begun If friends he had , he bade adieu to none . Tet deem sot thence his breast a breast of steel :

      Te , who have leuown wh . it ' t is to dote upon A few dear objects , will in sadness feel Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal . His house , Ids home , his heritage , his lands , The laughing dames in whom he did delight , Whose large blue eyes , fair locks , and snowy hands , Slight shake the saintsliip of an anchorite , Aud low ; had fed his youthful appetite ; His goblets brimm'd with every costly wine , And all that mote to luxury invite , Without a sigh he left to cross the brine . And traverse Paymm shores , and pass earth ' s central line . The sails were SUM , and fair ths light winds blew , A glad to waft him from his native home ; And fast the white rocks faded from his view , And soon were lost in circumambient foam :

      And then , it may be , of his wish to roam Repeated he , but in his bosom slept The silent thought , aor from his lips did come One word of wail , whilst others sate and wept And to the reckless gales unmanly moaning kept . But when the sun was slaking in the sea He seized his harp , which he at times couldstring , And strike , albeit with untaught melody ! ¦ When deemed he no strange ear was listening : And now his fingers o ' er it he did fling , And tuned his farewell in the dim twilight . "While flew the vessel on her snowy wing , And fleeting shores receded from his sight , ^ Thus to thf elements he pourM his last " Good Night . " " Adieu , adieu ! my native shore Fades o ' er the waters blue ; The Night winds sigh , the breakers roar ,

      And sshrieks the wild sea-mew . Ton sun that sets upon the sea \ Fe followin his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee , My native Land—Good Xight J "A few short hours and lie will rise To give the morrow birth - , And I shall hail the main and skies , Hut not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall ; J ! y dog howls at the gate . " Come hither , hither , my little page J * TChy dost thou weep and wail T Or dost thou dread the billon ' s rage , Or tremble at the gale ? Bat dash the tear-drop from thine eye ;

      Our ship is swift aud strong : Our fleetest falcon scarce can fly More merrily along . * Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high , I fear not ware nor wind : Tet marvel not . Sir Childe , that I Am sorrowful in mind ; For I have from my father gone , A mother whom 11 kc , And have no friend , » ive these alone , But thee—and One above . * My father bless'd me fervently . Yet did sot much complain ; But sorely will my mother sigh Till I come back again '"Enough , enough , my little lad ! Such tears become thine eye ; If 1 thy guileless bosom had ,

      Mine own would not be dry . "Come hither , hither , my sfaunih yeoman , Why dost thou look so pale ? Or dost thou dread a French foeman ? Or shiver at the gale ! 'Daem ' st thou I tremble for my life f Sir Childe , I ' m not so weak ; But thinking on an absent wife Will blanch a faithful cheek . ' My spouse and boys dwell near thy hall Along the bordering lalce . J And when they on their father call , What answer shall she make T "Enough , enough , my yeoman good ,

      Thy grief let none gainsay ; But I who am of lighter mood , Will laugh to flee away . "For who would trust ihe seeming sight Of wife or paramour f f reA fere * will ary the bright Mae eye * We late saw streaming o ' er . For pleasures past I do not grieve , Sor perihi gafberiognear ; ^ J greatest grief is that I leave So thing that claims a tear . " And no w I ' m in the world alone , Cpon the wide , wide sea : But-wh y should I for others groan , When none will sigh for roc ! Perchance my dog will whine in rain . Till fed by stranger hands ; But long ere I come back again

      He'd tear me where he stands . } "' With thee , sry bark , I'H swiftly go Athwart the foaming brine ; 5 care what land thou bear ' st tne to , So not again to mine . Welcome , welcome , ye dark blue waves J And when you fail ray sight , welcoHie , ye deserts , % ud ye caves ! My native land—Good Sight "

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      one nf ? J ' , 1416 pa S " wa » Rl > l > ert Rushton , the son of somuw-I "Wa ' s tenants . " Seeimr that the boy was onw ™! - ~ . «*»««*>!» from his parents , Lord Byron , he IZ * 7 " { f . ^ wltar , seuthim back to England . Tray , ' helsfn . , otlltr ' 'SM 0 W 0 , e lad every kindness , as fatW - ) f ^ fa vonrite - ' He also wrote a letter to the h « nV w '" ;' wh , ch ,, e s :, ' ~ ' 1 have sent Robert 1 W . > - - ase ,, le c < , uattT which I am about to travel for i » 1 S V > U itate w ,: ' eh rc "' lers it unsafe , particularly s ana f ° you ,, ; r - * 3 llow y ° deduct from vour rent fear * , 'wi * , y j ; , undsa-yearf . » r his education Jul-three - Vvouded I do 1 ; . ^ return before that time , aud I

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      desire he may be considered as in my service . * " { See the northern Star of May Ioth , for someinteresting particulars concerning Mr . Rushton , aud his praises of his truly ndbU m £$ , ? 0 MeJ from Wade ' s London Review , for May , 1815 . J . t w llhara Fletcher , the faithful valet ; who , after a ser . vice of twenty years ( during which , " he savs , "his lord , ship was more to Wm than a father" ) , received the Tilgnm ' s last words at Missolonghi , and did not quit his remains until he had seen them deposited in the family vault at Hucknall . In a letter to his mother , the poet says :- " Fletcher is not valiant ; he requires comforts that I can dispense with , and sighs for beer . and beef , and tea , and his wife , and the devil knows what besides . We were one night lost in a thunder storm , and since nearly wrecked . In both eases he was sorely bewildered ; from apprehensions of famine aud banditti in the first , and drowning in the second instance . His eves were a little hurt by the lightning , or crying , I don ' t know which . I did what I could to console him , hut found him incorrigible . He sends six sighs to Sally . I shall settle him in a farm for he has served me faithfully , and Sally is a oood woman . '"

      t Jfewstead Abbey . § Here follows iu the original MS . : — Methinks it would my bosom glad . To change my proud estate , And be again a laughing lad With one beloved playmate . Since youth I scarce have passed an hour Without disgust or pain , Except sometimes in lady ' s boner , Or when the bowl I drain .

      Food For Tiie Poor. Sosg Of The Andoveb ...

      FOOD FOR TIIE POOR . SOSG OF THE ANDOVEB CK 10 S Grind ! Grind!—the air is musical With nature's voices now , The breeze amid the wavy wheat of The bird upon the bough ! The rivers & ow , the cattle low - With music in their tones , Grind on I grind on ! the pauper plays The music of the , bones ! Not as when gamblers stake their souls On hazard of the dwe , Not like ( he midnight melody Of passion and of vice . Not amid storm and strife—Not amid tears and groans , Not like the butcher when his knife Sings slaughter to the bones 1 2 fo , but when butcher-work

      Was dead and done and past , And men had feasted far and wide , And homes had ceased to fast ; And fat and torpid things Were sleeping like the drones , The meat was eaten all away ! The paupers crushed the bones 11 Tes , in the soft sweet air , Under the summer sun , The paupers group'd around their feast—Every—everyone ! . The shreds and patches of putrid flesh Clung to their wliitemmr thrones , . And the marrow oozed with a sickening breath Up from the tainted bones !

      The paupers sat like a ghastly crew After a starving wreck , And they saw the black flesh quiver and reek And the bones wear a plague-like speck . Bat as famine shrilled forth its deadly shriek They leaped to its echoing tones ; And they scratch'd for the carrion brought for the flcsfc , And howl'd for the nmrrowy bones ! Then on—then on fheycrush'd , And on , and on they ground ; As the putrid bones were picked and cleaned , Oh ! for the feast they found ! But the pauper-things were glad , And made no mawkish moans ; For like De & th ' s treat , was the rotting meat , And the marrow of the bones !

      Aud the stench that rose from the pauper-least Grew fearful in the sun . You could ' ut scent the air , the field , The crops , the flowers—not one . ButIhepaupers feasted on , On one of charity ' s loans ; Fruits and flowers were nothing to them , Only meat and bones ! The feast is over aud past . The starver * s battle is o ' er , The terrible bones are crush'd at last ; But hunger haunts their door , Kow with fainting of heart , Now with breaking of stones ; Till the pauper cannot bear to part With the bad meat aud the bones 5—Joe Hitler

      Notice. The Next "Raisr Of The Wets" Wil...

      NOTICE . The next "raisr of the wets" will be holden in the Korthem Starof September 20 th next . Poetical contributions thereto must be at the olfice of this papsr by Saturday , September 13 tb .

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      Wabe's London Review—Adobst. London. G. ...

      WABE'S LONDON REVIEW—Adobst . London . G . B . Christian , Whitefriars-street , Fleet-street . "W e have in this number a continuation of the poetical Greek tale , " Ambition . " We say " poetical , " for , although the tale is in prose , the luxuriance of the writer ' s imagination and language leaves but little to be desired to make this story a truly poetical production of no mean order . " Leaves torn fr om a record of Life , " introduce us to " The Rival Lovers ; a tale of llindostan ; " apparently the first of a series of similar contributions . This first illustrates the old and universally acknowledged truth that " the course of true love never docs run smooth . " This intimation will be quite sufficient to recommend the story at least to the young . The remaining contents are mostly " Tev-Msws" cS

      networks , the most important ot which is an analyzation and critique of Dr . Pritciurd ' s ' * Natural History of Man . " The article is written with great ability , and will be found very interesting . "While , however , we admit the ability of the writer , we cannot acknowledge ourselves a disciple of his views , as to the " Adam and Eve" origin of mankind . / J ' rue , the reviewer does not argue or insist upon this , but he admits it ; not so much , we fancy , in obedience to his own convictions , as because the admission is a sop to the tender stomach of alarmed ^ orthodoxy . Really there is something exquisitely ridiculous—we had almost said disgusting—in these silly attempts of clever writers to make their researches and theories harmonise with exploded fables . When will the day come when men of mind will be " bold enough to be honest , and honest enough to be bold" 1

      The other " reviews" are much shorter , but all impartially and ably written . The concluding article has "the Drama" for its subject : the praise therein bestowed on the management of the Haymarket and Sadler ' s Wells Theatres is well deserved , and is as worthily given . As a cleverly-conducted periodical , in which ; iWcirit . ' ciM . -i is judiciously combined with a due admixture of light and entertaining reading , we cordially recommend Wade s London Ikview to our readers .

      The Orphan; Or, Memoirs Of Matilda —Br E...

      THE ORPHAN ; or , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA —Br Eugene Sue . Part X . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . The part for August of this singular and wonderful work contains two terrifically interesting chapters , beautifully illustrated by Robert Cbdikshask , We would gladly have given an extract , hut that to do justice to the author we must have taken at least one of his " scenes" entire , and that _ would occupy more space than we can spare . Besides , the work must be read from the beginning to be properly appreciated .

      Cases And Observations On Spinal Deformi...

      CASES AND OBSERVATIONS ON SPINAL DEFORMITY —Br Samcel Hark , Surgeon . London : John Churchill , Princes-street , Soho . This is a cheap and abridged edition of Mr . Hake ' s Taluable work on spinal diseases , which we have twice before noticed in this paper . This cheaper editian contains , too , some more recent cases which have been entrusted to the author ' s hands with signal success . The various disorders of the spine , whether "lateral curvature , " " excurvation , " * 'in ~ ctirvatiori " oran < iulart > rojcction , " areeacb . ' explaine < l ,

      and cases illustrative of each are described , and their progress to complete and happy cures narrated . Eighteen engravings on wood illustrate the work , and add to its value . We believe Mr . Hark has been highly successful in his efforts to relieve the afflicted from the distressing diseases and malforma tions , to the causes and cure of which he has mainly directed his attention , and wc shall be « lad to know that the wide sale of this work has helped to make him still better known to the public at large , tbat thereby the afflicted may come to learn that their sufferings are ( in all probability ) not without a remedy .

      The Life. Writings, And Principles Of Th...

      THE LIFE . WRITINGS , AND PRINCIPLES OF THOMAS SPENCE , Author of the Spencam Svstem , or Agrarian Equality . By Allen Davespobt . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , * ieetstreet . At the present time , when the swhjcct of the Land is occupying so much the attention of the working classes both in Europe and America , it must be interesting to learn something of the man , who , in England , was the first to proclaim the revo lutionarv doctrine that " the Land is the People ' s Farm . " Thomas Spescb was a native ot fcewcastle-upon-Tynea town which has produced many

      , eminent men , and whose inhabitants generally have ever been famous for their patriotism and love of liberty . Spe . vce was born a short time before the American revolutionary war ; his father was a shoemaker , who , though poor , gave his son a fair education . Jn the early part of Ills life , and during h " stay at Newcastle , he kept a school , and it was while thus occupied a remarkable circumstance occurred , described in Mr . DAvexroni ' s pamphlet , which first drew liis ( Spesce's ) attention to the question of propcrtv in land . A short time after , as a member of the Newcastle Philosophical Society , he delivered a lecture to that body " On the Mode of Administering

      The Life. Writings, And Principles Of Th...

      the Landed Estate of the Nation as a Joint-Stock Property , in Parochial Partnerships , by dividing the Rent . " This lecture was at first warmly applauded ; but its publication was speedily followed by the persecution of the author . First his enemies procured his expulsion from the Philosophical Society ; then means were employed to break up his school , by representing him as " a teacher of strange doctrines . " The plottings of his enemies were but too successful , and lie was compelled to retire from Newcastle . Thomas Spence nest repaired to London , where he commenced employing himself as a bookseller . He was too poor to rent a shop , and began by keeping a book-stall at the corner of Chancery-lane , llolborn . He afterwards removed to a small shop in Little Turnstile , llolborn , where he published his celebrated "Pigs' Meat , " which had a great sale . In 1794 , during the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , he was arrested , and was confined in Newgate

      for some time . Ou his liberation he got a small shop , No . 9 , Oxford-street , where he continued publishing his plan in a variety of ways , ono being the striking of copper medals containing inscriptions embodying his principles . In lfOS he was again arrested , under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and confined in the House of Correction , Coldbatli-nclds . In ISOI he was prosecuted tor a political libel by the Attorney-General . He defended himself , but was found guilty , aud sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months in Shrewsbury gaol , to pay a tine ol £ 20 to the King , and to be further imprisoned in default thereof . He was released from the operation of the fine by a subscription amongst his friends . He died suddenly in September , 1814 , at his lodgings in Castle-street , Oxford-street , somewhat more than sixty years of age . He was faithful to the end . His disciples buried his remains ia tho burial ground , Tottcnham-court-road .

      Ihese leading facts of Thomas Spexck ' s career will be found more fully detailed iu the pamphlet before us . At the top of Grey-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , there stands a monument , erected while yet the Reform Bill fever was not altogether extinct ; on the top of that monument is perched a figure of the recently deceased aristocrat Earl Grew His haughty lordship declared upon a memorable occasion that ho would . " stand b his order . " Now , as that " order " is desti ncd to fall—as its destruction is as sure as

      time an d as certain as death , wc may reasonably expect that Lord Gbet yviWfall with his " order , " and the democratic earthquake topple his lordship ' s statue over . Of course the column may stand . For thai a use can be found . It will form a capital support for the statue of tiie ma . y who stood by his " order "Thomas Spence . The Grey monument is at present an eye-sore to every true patriot ; but let our Newcastle friends not despair : a use will yet be found for it , when the max shall take the place of the " Lord , " and Spexce be honoured in the place of Gbet .

      We shall say nothing here of Spexce ' s land system . We hope to have an opportunity of calling attention to his plan shortly ; in the meantime we hope our readers will purchase what few copies of this pamphlet aretobe had , and learn therefrom the principles therein advocated . It is now some years since this little pamphlet ( which wc believe may be had for sixpence ) was published ; but being informed that some f * w copies remain unsold , we have thought it right to give it this

      notice . We should be glad to learn that the demand for this little work was such as to warrant Mr . Davexpobt publishing a revised and larger edition . It would be a concluding act every way worthy of his political life , and we are sure would be undertaken by him as " a labour of love . " It appears to ns that the present time is most propitious for such an undertaking ; and we shall be glad to learn that our Chartist friends show that they are of the same opinion by immediately buying up the copies remaining ol this " Life of Spence . "

      Outlines Of Natural Theology; Or, Eviden...

      OUTLINES OF NATURAL THEOLOGY ; or , Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity , Deduced from Nature . London ; . B . i ) . Cousins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-ficlds . We can recommend this little work to our readers for the pleasing information it contains . In this pamphlet , divested of all scientific jargon , the young and uninformed may learn muck of the wonders of their own frames , and not a few of the mysterious and beautiful formation of the animal world at large . As regards the theological argument and intent of tho work , the reader thereof must judge for himself . The author , or compiler—for the work is avowedly a compilation from other writers—uses the old argument of the " watch , " which most of our readers

      must be conversant with . The admirable mechanism of the watch proves that it had an intelligent designer : tUrefore the still more admirable and wonderful mechanism of man , and the universe at large , proves the same . It may be ; but the question will force itself : " If , granting tbat the vfatch must have had a maker , and by the same rule of reasoning that the watch-maker had a maker ; who then made the maker of the watch-maker ; or how came that maker to exist ? " / flic argument employed naturally gives birth to this question , which only the more involves us in inextricable confusion . The fact is , the subject is beyond man ' s comprehension ; and such inquiries and speculations are , and must be , fruitless and useless . As Byron has it : —

      Socrates said , our only knowledge was " To know that nothing could be known ; " a pleasant Science enough , which levels to an ass Each man of wisdom , future , past , or present . Newton ( tbat proverb of the mind } , alas ! Declared , with all his grand discoveries recent , That lie himself feit only " like a youth Picking up shells by the great ocean—Truth . " As we have before said , the anatomical and physiological information contained in this pamphlet " constitutes its worth , and , we may add , entities it to au extensive circulation .

      Disturbances In Fifesi1ire. Klbkaldt, Au...

      DISTURBANCES IN FIFESI 1 IRE . KlBKALDT , AUOUST 21 . On the night between Wednesday and Thursday last the town of Dunfermline and neighbourhood were the scene of outrages indicating the most deliberate conspiracy and the most murderous purpose . Brer since the disgraceful riots of ISiS , a company of soldiers had been stationed in Dunfermline till about four weeks ago , when they were removed by orders from head-quarters , in op . position , we believe , to the earnest and reasonable remonstrances of the local authorities . Those who were best acquainted with the reckless and desperate character of some of the inhabitants , looked on this removal as the signal for an outbreak of the most terrible kind in

      Dunfermline , and people not destitute of sufficient courage became alarmed ; while the fear of being marked out as victims , perhaps , prevented them from cominunicaliiigiii . formation on the subject to the public authorities . Towards nhthtfnlt on Wednesday t \\* siy ^ aiui Dunfermline presented the usual sight of a great number of working people walking and standing in groups , but there was nothing to put tho po ' . fce on the alert , and far less to sug . gest the calling in of any extra force to keep the peace . About nine o'clock , however , a person in disguise began beating a drum at the west end of Golfdrum-street , and soon colketed a large crowd about him—the beating of the drum being evidently a signal that had been expected aud agreed ou .

      The drummer and the crowd , which increased prodigiously as they went along , proceeded around hy llalridge Burr , back of the Dam , and through Foundry-street , Campbell-strtet , down M-: w-row , along Aether-row , and up the New-road , to the premises of Mr . Thoma » Alexander , manufacturer , lo Canmore-street , where they stopped , and with slabs and stones knocked in or smashed to pieces aU the windows in the house , the frames as well as the glass . The magistrates and town police were soon on the spot , but there was no adequate force at hand capable of dispersing tho mob . In these alarming circumstances .

      Frovost RonaUson . with the most commendable couiage , aud perhaps , trusting to the universal respect and esteem in which he and his friends hud reason to believe that he was held by all classes , and hy none more than the working and lower classes , went forward wilh Bailie B , rrpH and Mr . Macdonalil , the fiscal , and attempted to seize the drummer , when a rufliau , with a stick , came behind him and felled him to the ground . On Piorost Konaldson being raised up his head was found to be severely cut , and he was otherwise so much injured thitt It was not till Friday that his medical attendants could report that he was doing well .

      As soon as the tumultuous assembly seemed Batwfled whlrfhe work of demolition on Mr . Alexander ' s property in Caumore-street , the crowd , which might now consist of 2 , 000 persons , proceeded about seven abreast to the dwelling-house of Mr . Jamas Alexander , on his estate nt Balmule , about three and a half miles from Dunfermline . On pas » ing Wclhrood Colliery , we learn that a cnlli » r standing in a group that had turned out on the occasion , encouraged the hearts of the rascals hy calling out to them , "Sou , lads , see and do your waric right at once , an ' no need to b » gaunback again . " On leaving Dunfermline the drummer ceased his beating , and the mob moved on in greatsilence—scarcelya word being spoken . It was about eleven o ' clock when the crowd , ia quietness and in order , reached Baim . u ! e . house , havingoros « ed thp fields to it , in order to come all at onco in a body upon it , instead of walking up the avenue in a line . So voice or sound gave intimation to tho inmates till a shower of stones demolished the window p » nes . The inmates , however , succeeded in closing the shutters within .

      . At this time Mr . aud Mrs . Alexander were asleep In bed , ns well as their five children , the oldest only seven years of age . The other inmates were four women , Tiie crowd , after literally demolishing every pane of glass in all the four sides of tho home , andj above the front door , besides breaking the window-frames , and in some places the pannelimj of the inner shutters , and three of theiron rails at the front of the door , now burst into th » lobby by smashing the door with a large stone , and ths * breaking open the lock . The servants flew up stairs- ft > save themselves , and the rioters now set abou-. their usaa- - derous work with all deliberation and quietness . Tlkere was a screen before the kitchen fire with clothes uyow it , and to these clothes the ruffians set fire , and at tbs-samu time brought in the hats , cloaks , and other astiete in the lobby , and tore them to pieces , andadtbdithrta-i as fuel to the flames . One of the women , hoping , - to divert

      Disturbances In Fifesi1ire. Klbkaldt, Au...

      tfct fury of the mob from theirintended victim , said , that if i * . was Mr . Alexander they wanted , they could not find him . as he had left that morning for Edinburgh ; on wWfchoneof the ringleaders , with a horrid oath , called her a har , anu - said timt he had SMn M ] % AlcxanflDr H ) at day , *» nd thathe knew he was then in the house . T ! ie , y had two watchwords— "Fire , " which seemed to mean , " There is danger ; " and "White , " which seemed to mean , " There is no danger . " When a few servants appeared from a neighbouring farm , the word "Fire " was given by the scout about the lodge . When they were knovn to be only servants , "White" wasvoeiferated . It is now believed that there were tiie strictest injunctions ; given to utter no names , under the penalty of death . -

      Mr . Alexs-nder escaped to the roof of his house , where he hid himsei f , having wrapped himself in a blanket , ami there he remained till after the crowd dispersed , in which state he was nearly suffocated b y the smoke . In the mean time the servant-girl , by direction of Sirs . Alexander , told the mob they were at liberty to take what they rleasedfrom tflt ' house , if tlicy would grant her and her family their lives . But anything so innocent as housebreaking and robbery seemed far from their hearts . Mrs . Alexander , iu her nightgown , and her children in

      the same condition , had now descended , and were making their escape . About the dow she lost the slippers she had on her feet , and some of the rioters dragged her across the gravel-walk , now thickly strewed with the window-glass of the house . One or two of tht crowd , it is said , used her roughly . Wi ) 3 jt be believed that in the present day , in a highly civilised country , a motfier and he * five children had to cross the Selds ut midnight in a state of nakedness , to save themselves from befog murdered by a bloodthirsty mob of ruffians ? Mrs . Alesandcr and her children took refuge at Balmule-farm .

      On the alarm being beard in Dunfermline , Mr . Sheriff Shireif , Mr . Macdonald , procurator fecal , and Mr . E * 1 I , Inspector of County Police , drove off'in a drosky for Itfal-( iiule-house , but ths mob had left and dispersed , and all was quiet before they couid reach the place . A despatch was immediately sent oft" to Edinburgh to Mr . SheriffMontcith , and to Pievshall barracks for military , and the sheritf arrived on Thursday with a troop of the 4 th Dragoon Guards ( Irish ) , commanded by Captain Arkwright , who were soon landed at Quecnsfciry , and rode into Dunfermline at a sharp trot by ten or eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The cause of this dreadful riot appears to be an alleged breach of faith of the Messrs . Alexander with the other manufacturers in not adhering to the table of prices agreed on hy the manufacturers in 18 * 3 or 1 SH . It is reported , however , that ihe Messrs . Alexander never signed that agreement with the rest of the manufacturers .

      Numerouspai'tiesharebeen ( Wednesday ) apprehended , and are being examined b y Sheriffs Monteith and Shireif , and the other authorities . The Dragoon Guards arc to leave Dunfermline this day ( Thursday , Aug . 21 ) , being , at the same time , replaced by a detachment of infantry . On Monday the justices of the Dunfermline district met in the town-house , and resolved to memorialise Government on the necessity of making Dunfermline a permanent military station , and having barracks built for the accommodation of the men . — 'Times . KuiKcALDv , August 23 .

      During Thursday a proclamation was issued from the Provost and magistrates of Dunfermline and the Sheriffs , intimating that if the evil-disposed inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood should again assemble after nightfall in a lawless and tumultuous manner , the civil authorities are prepared to suppress such an attempt , and , if need be , with the aid of the military ; requesting all the respectable inhabitants of Dunfermline to stop within doors after nightfall , and not to assemble in groups in the street ; and intimating that if they'fail to give htcd to this warning , they will have themselves to blame for the consequences .

      Since Thursday morning Mr . Sheriff Monteith , Mr . Sheriff Shircff , and the other authorities , have been constantly engaged in examinations connected with these outrages . Since Mr . Monteith left , Mr . Sheriff Shircff and Mr . Macdonald , the fiscal , have been indefatigably employed from morning to night in examining the parties brought in hy the police , and at the time we write these labours are still continued . We are glad to believe that the result of these laborious investigations will be the conviction of some of the leaders , notwithstanding the secrcsy and mystery in which their crimes are involved , and the evident fear of being marked out for vengeance felt by those who may know the circumstances .

      On Thursday evening great numbers of persons were seen in the streets , but they were soen dispersed by the police . It was rumoured that an attack was meditated on the property of some individuals in the employment ot ' the Messrs . Alexander . However , the exertions of the police were such as to prevent any assembling , and Dunfermline since the riot has remained perfectly tranquil . On visiting Balmule-house ou Saturday morning , we found that every particle of wood in the kitchen had been deliberately and separately set fire to , including the least bar or stick . A salt-box placed in a niche iu the wall is reduced to a box of charcoal . An old clock , of very hard wood , is charred from top to bottom , the dial-plate and hours being blistered with the flames . Tho kitchen , howover , is a chamber of solid stone , though the painting bad

      concealed this from the incendiaries , and to this circumstance it is owing that the house of lialmule is not now II heap of ashes , mingled , it might have been , with the remains of the unfortunate inmates . To prevent even the possibility of deliverance , the rioters tore down tho two water casks at the back of the house from the stones on which they were jdaced , and rolled them an ay in the shrubbery , breaking the hoops and the leaden pipes . The work that we have described was the work of half an hour , and about this time the mob , as cowardly as they were cruel , were alarmed at the appearance of some servants coming from Craigduekie . Tho watch-words "FiwS' and " Home , home , " were given , and the whole hody-, « bok to flight , one of them , it is said , being heard to cxfiaiin that it was beyond the power of man to save tho house from the flam ** .

      On Thursday forenoon Mr . and Mrs . James Alexnnder , who were so barbarously maltreated on the night in question , and their family , crossed to Edinburgh . Nor is it wondered at that a mother who had witnessed the deeds of that night should resolve for the rest of her life to keep the waters of the Frith of Forth between her children and a district where sutii atrocities were committed . Prom the details which we have given , it is impossible to come to any other conclusion than that there is in the town of Dunfermline a regular band of conspirators , organised and disciplined with watchwords and signals , bound together under obligations of secrecy , and with hearts to conceive and heads to execute any crimes , however atrocious . We need not say that such afearful state of things must he met by tho authorities with the utmost vigilance , and that Dunfermline requires the constant protection of the military .

      There are other circumstances which will in future maka this protection still more indispensably necessary than it is at present . In addition to the unquiet population of Dunfermline , and of the disorderly inhabitants of Crossgates , Halheath , and Hell's Kitchen , and the numerous collieries around Dunfermline , we have now before us the prospect of a new village of 2000 or 8000 inhabitants , arising at once at the great iron-works about to be opened at Oakley ; and between this new population and the strangers whom the demand for railway labourers will bring into Fife , it is to he fviwcd that the prevalence of peaceful and moral habits , and of good order and security to person and property , will not be in proportion to the increase of the census . — 'timet .

      Tiie Bury Manslaughter. Liverpool , Tiiu...

      TIIE BURY MANSLAUGHTER . Liverpool , Tiiuiisdav , Arc . 21 . ( Before Mr . Baron Holfc . J FnEwmicK Harris was indicted for having at Bury , ou the 20 th of May last , killed and slain one John Sugden . Mr . Gn . MSGT . n and Mr , Fny conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Wh . ki . vs . Mr . RoiiEnis , known as "the Miners' Attorney-General , " was attorney lor the prosecution . A great number of witnesses were called to establish the case against the prisoner . Their statements varied in some minute respects , though detailing generally pretty much the Wline facts . In substance the account which thev gave of the matter

      was as follows : —In the month of May the town of Bury was in a state of excitement , and some alarm was felt in consequence of a very extensive turn-out among the sawyeta , spinners , ami those ol" other occupations . In gome of these trades a number of persons notconnceted with the union , had taken the places of those who had abandoned their work , and were inconsequence the object of great disliko among the turn-outs , being followed in the streets when going to and from their work , called "black sheep " and " Knobsticks , " and threatened with violence ; so much so that it became necessarv to have the police to escort thtm to and from their work . The town o f Bury was " picketed , " that is , posts of the turn-outs were established in the outskirtswhose

      , object was to prevent any persons coming into the town to take work at the various factories where the turn-outs had been employed . Several of the witnesses called for the prosecution had been employed on this service ; and they alleged that the sole object of these " pickets" was to look out for "tramps / ' who were taken to the " club-houses " of the union , received some food and monev , and were sent on their way ; and they denied that violence was used to any who might refuse to accede to this arrangement . Among the works at which "knobsticks" had been employed was the foundry of the Messrs . Walker , and the prisoner was in their empty . On the evening of the 20 th of May lie , with several

      otherssimilarly circumstanced , was at a beerhouse kept by a person of the name of Charleston , in Rochdale New-road , nearly opposite the Messrs . Walkers works . A crowd was assembled before the door , consisting in a considerable proportion of women nnd children , but including a great number of young men . rimy were hooting at the " knobsticks . " - A person ot the name of Richard Ashwovth Ra & rVifFe , who was called as a witness , stated , while ibis was going on he saw the prisoner in the yard ' of the public-house in company with the others , *» d thsit at that time he had m lnsJi . t ml a thick vrflowswordstfsfc- Me partly drew the sword fvon- ^ ho slick , ami said he-would take- some one ' s life More he slept . jSa odwr pcrsQssj iittwefw , though luanv we ? v said

      to have been present on the occasion , was called to corroborate this fact , or the expression saidtohaie accompanied it . Shortly after , according to RadclifFe ' s statement , the prisoner and his companions came out of the front door , and proceeded out _ of Rochdale New-road into Chapel-street , where they lodged at the house of a person of the name of Turton . They were received with hootings , and the crowd followed and pressed upon them sis they went down the street , ltadcliife followed , and on coming near to Turton ' s door , where the prisoner and his companions had arrived immediately before , he saw the prisoner beating some boys with the same yellow stick which ho had had in liis hand in the yard of the beer-house .

      Another witness , Rothwell , stated that he went up and took the prisoner by the collar , desiring him to give over , and go into the house . The prisoner struck over the witness ' s shoulder twice or thrice , and some one cried out that the prisoner had stabbed two men . He afterwards went up the steps in Turton ' s house . From the testimony of other witnesses , it would appear that ! the deceased had received the injury which resulted in his death before Rothiiell came up . It was said that in comingdown the street the prisoner was waving to the crowd which followed , as it calling them to come on . lie was at that time apparently in good humour . The crowd was pushing the little boys against him . On reaching Tuvton ' s deorhe went up two of the steps , and then either

      eamedown again or was pulled down , and a cry was raised that there was a dagger in the stick , and that it should be taken from him . He then struck about him several times with the stick , and in a few seconds the sword it contained was seen to be out of the scaio & ard , '; but as to whether the prisoner drew it , or wh « ther it flew off while striking , or was pulled off by the crowd in the struggle , did not exactly appear . The deceased was in the crowd at some little distance from the prisoner when he first came up to Turton ' s door , and \ y » 9 leaping up to look over the heads ol those in front , and see what was going on . While the struggle for the atiefc was proceeding the prisoner was forced some yards from the door towards the CDWier of Chapel-street and Butcher stvect , and in the change which took place in the position of th & crowd the deceased came oppesite to nim and received a thrust from the sword in the pit of the stomach . There was , as was to be anticipated

      some hltle confusion as to what took place at the time the wound was inflicted . Some said the deceased was close to him , and that he merely thrust out his arm at the moment ; others , that he rushed some steps towards the deceased and stabbed him . lie then struck at another , who alleged that his waistcoat was cut by the stroke , and in making a further thrust the sword came in contact with the wall and was broken . The prisoner then retreated into the house , taking with him the remains of the swordcane , the scabbard portion being left in the street . The deceased was taken to seek medical aid , aud the prisoner was shortly after apprehended by the police . On being pointed out to the officer , who asked him if he was the person , he said , "I am the man they say has stabbed him . " The remains of the sword-cane which the prisoner took with him into the house have not been found . Thopiisonersaid he had left it in the street .

      These were the main facts of the occurrence , but the witnesses varied in many minute particulars , which it would be uninteresting to detail . They all , or nearly all , were cither of the turn-out party , or connected with it , and their evidence generally seemed to be more or less coloured in consequence . On the deceased being taken to a doctor , it was found he had received a wound in front near the pit of thestomach , which was bleeding n little . There was a swelling near the part , for which the medical man could not account , and shortly after he vomited a . great quantity of blood , showing that some of the blood-vessels of the stomach were wounded . He sank

      rapidly , and died from loss of blood . On a post mortem examination , the surgeon found in the body a large portion of the sword-cane , which had broken off . It had transfixed the stomach , and penetrated nearly an inch into the cartilage between two of the bones of the spine . The other extremity produced the apparent swelling for which the medical man had been unable to account . This being the case for the prosecution , Mr , WiMUN's addressed the jury for the defence . He said it most clearly appeared that Bury was , for some time before this occurrence , in a state of great disturbance , calculated to produce the greatest alarm in the minds of the peaceably disposed , who , by taking service at the works wliieii the tttrii-oiite had

      left had rendered themselves obnoxious to that party . He , tho learned counsel , trusted that the working classes , availing themselves of the increased means of knowledge within their reach , would ere long learn to have more regard for their own welfare , and a better appreciation of their rail interests , than to be led into such courses by the advice and at the instigation of interested men , who made them the instrument of their own sordid ends . . He , the learned counsel , had inquired into many particulars apparently not very closely connected with the trailsaction , but which would be fonnd not to be unimportant or irrelevant . _ lie had inquired into the wages which had been paid to th * several witnesses who had been called , and who belonged to the party of tho

      turnouts , that the jury might see the animus with which these parties came into the box . They were getting good wages , they had no ground of complaint against their masters , and yet they threw themselves but of employment , and exposed themselves to poverty and privation , to further the great turn-out , from which they expected some extraordinary bench't . When they made such sacrifices for the cause , it was not to be expected they would be unbiassed witnesses against one who had committed the crime of claiming in this free country the liberty of disposing of his labour as he pleased , and who , in conccqucncc , had conic within the ban of those who attend public meetings for the purpose of organising these unions , and throw up their cans in honour of those who preach to them

      of liberty , while they themselves arc acting as the most reckless of tyrants . The learned counsel then went minutely through the details of the evidence , contending that tho whole of it , so far as they could see through the contradictions by which it was surrounded , and the evident bias on the part of the witnesses , was consistent with the case , that the prisoner was set upon by the mob , and pulled down the steps of his house ; that he struck with the stick to defend himself ; that the sheath was pulled from the sword in the scuffle ; and that while he was holding the sword to keep off the crowd , from whose violence he might well suppose his life was in danger , the deceased was pushed upon it by the crowd behind , and thus came bv his death , lie complained that a great number

      of the witnesses called before the coroner had not been examined on this trial ; and contended , that though then called by the prisoner , the prosecutor should have tlicm called on this occasion , the object of the coroner s inquest being , for the sake of tho public , to ascertain the cause of the death < .-f one of her Majesty ' s subjects . A Iter some further observations , the learned counsel concluded with a strong appeal on behalf of the prisoner , a poor man , and without the means of procuring the attendance of witnesses to meet the statements of those whom he had made his enemies merely by seeking honestly to earn his daily bread . Mr . Baron Rout , summed up , leaving it to the jury to say whether the prisoner took away the life of the deceased by his intentional act . If it was a mere accident , he would , of course , be entitled to be

      acquitted , though for that hypothesis he { the learned Judge ) did not see any reasonable ground . If it was intentional , the act would be manslaughter , unless done in seif-defence—in defence of life or limb . A party , there is no doubt , may , when assailed , repel force by force ; but there must be some proportion between the force offered and the force vsed in resitting it , A good deal of inquiry had been made into the state of the town of Bury at this period , with a view lo show that the party might reasonablyapprchend such violence as to be justified in supposing that life or limb was in danger when so assailed ; but it ivoidd be a dangerous thing , without the strongest evidence , to come to the conclusion that the state of society at that time was such as to justify a man in using a sword-stick and running through the body any one who might attempt to take it from him . His lordship then minutely recapitulated the evidtnee .

      The Jury , after a lew minutes deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty , hut with a recommendation to mercy . Sentence deferred till the next morning . On ths following morning Frederick Harris was brought tip to receive sentence . His lordship remembered that he had delayed sentencing the prisoner in order to consider whether the recommendation of the jury to mercy could be attended to ; 1 ml the circumstance of the prisoner being armed with a deadly tveapon was wholly inconsistent veith tftat flcommendation . 11 k must dk iiussmKD *»» rwmr ikabs .

      Tjw Rsbecwitb Cosvjcts.—Actn* Measures A...

      Tjw Rsbecwitb Cosvjcts . —ActN * measures are now in progress in the town of Neatffc , for the purpose of petitioning bcr Majesty , praying for » remission , or at least an amelioration , of the p »» i »» nn >» now being undergone by the individuals who were engaged in the Rebeccaite disturfetinces . —Wehlman . A Paipabh ! Reason . —Is th * Duko of Richmond president of the Agricultural Association and a fce 4 cr of fat cattle ? Yes . —Then why does he alkwbia fcrotber , Lord Arthur , to take office under a Free Trade Government ? Because Lord Arthur is a Jean-oar , and place is very likely to fottcn him . —Am Mller .

      A Macic Cube bt IIouoway ' s Pius and Oint- j > tm \—bane Forsyth , residing >» t " Calton , Glasgow , had been a cripple from her youth with a contraction in the knee , occasioned by a fall , which produced fifteen abscesses in different-parts of the leg and thigh ; it need scarcely be said that she nail had the advice ofmcdir . il men of the greatest eminence , but failed to nironl tho least velicl ' , but she may now be seen walking about Glasgow , prrleetly cured , the flbstcises healed , ami the iirob quite sound , and flu ' s after every other » eftas bad feiied , by only using these WiideifniinciJieiisM ,

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      Punch's 1.E-5enct. Introdl Ctlok, The On...

      PUNCH ' S 1 . E-5 ENCT . INTRODl CTlOK , The only man of any n . ark In ' aU the town remaining , I sauntered in St . James ' s Park , Aud watched the daylight waning . " The Speaker ' s lips , " I said , " are sealed , They ' re shut up hoth the Houses ;

      Sir Robert ' s gone to T rn bout field , Sir James to shoot he grouses . The Qucew ;\ wl all the Co irt are out In Germany and Pk nd . rs , And , happy midst his i at ' reJL-rattt , My princely Albert wa iders . No more the dumpy Vs la e arch The royal standard gr ices ; Alone , upon his lonely ni neh , The yawning sentr p ces . " Dciieatli an elm-tree , n a bank ,

      I mused , ( for tirod my hunch was , ) And there in . "lumber soft I sank , And this the dream of Punch was . THE DJTEA . V . I dreamed it was a ciuiir o . ' gold , The grassy bank I sat o t ; I dveaiwcd Saint Edwaiu ' s sceptre old I wielded for a baton . Men crowded to my thnne , t io elm , In reverend allegiance ; And i ' ltiwft was pubiish'd through the realm , The jolliest of llegents . Back came the ministerial rout From touring and can using ; Back came Sir Hob from Turnabout , And back Sir James fjoro grousing . I turn'd upon a scornful he 1 ,

      When Graham asli'd n ) y favour ; I sternly lsanish'd Bob ! y Peel To Turnabout for e- er . To courtly Aberdeen , I sent A mission influent al , To serve the Yankee Pr sident As Flunky Confid ntinl . lord Brougham and Yuux in banishment I order'd to Old Richie , And Stanley to New Zealand went Ambassador to Ilehi . And Kelly , whom the world assails , Mut whom the bar takes fame Iroin , I made Lord Yiscoum A ow South Wales lHiere poor John Tuweit came from . And then I asked his Grace , the Duke , What ministers to go to , On which he generously took The Cabinet in ( 0 ( 0 .

      O then ! all other rtij ns which same Upon our page domestic , Were mean and dim compared to mine , That Itegenry tniijesoc . And ajjes hence the Fi glisli realm Shall tell the woi pi legend Otl ' mich , when at tit n ition ' s helm , Her -Majesty ' s High Be ^ nt . Around my empire ' s wide frontier No greedy bully swaggered , Nor swindling Yankee buccaneer , Nov savage Gallic braggart . Por threats and arms were ilung aride , And war-ships tinned to traders , And all our ports wei c opened wide To welcome the invaders .

      At home the cottier coursed Ins hare , Beside the Duke his neighbour ; The weaver got his livi .: g ( air For his ten hours of l :: l oar . And every man without employ Got beef—not hones—to feed on , And every little working boy Hispagcofi ' HHc / i could read on . And Irishmen learned common sense , And prudence brought them riches ; Repeal censed pilfering for pence In ruddy ' s mended breeches . Qld Dan was grown too rich to beg , And in a Union jolly I United Mae Hale with Tiesluim Gvegg And Bemford vviih Crollv .

      Then gentlemen might earn their bread , And think there was no shame in ' t ; Anil at my court mi ght hold their head Like any Duke or Dame in 't . A Duchess mid a governess The same quadrille 1 elautin ; I asked old Wellington to mess , And meet a half-hay Captain . The Bar and Press 1 vtconciicd ( They thanked we one and all for ' i ) , Benignantly the Thunderer smiled On Mr . Serjeant Ta ' = fourd * * *

      I know not where my fancy strayed , My dronm grew wilder—bolder- * When suddenly ft hand was laid Full roughly on my shoulder . It was the Guardian of the Park , — The sun was sunk in Heaven ; " Git up , " says he , " it ' s after dark , We shuts at halt-past seven . " And so 1 rose and shook myself , And , sntiutus luili , Resigned the crown to Royal Guclph , Aud went to tea to Judy . —i ' uacft .

      Miutakv Justick . —There have been several revolting c .-iscs of military Hogging at Wincueste ? -. We propose that Die classical injure of Justice be altered for the especial tine of tiie army . The sword should be taken from her , as an instrument r . ot cu tintr deep enough , and the eat-o ' -iiino-tatls put into her hand itii-tcad . The bandage over Iter eyes should remain the same ; for it would never do for Jmticc to see the uudties that are practised in the army under her sacred name . —/ Wri . l'nociiKSS i » Sciesce . —Science is genoraly represented with a lighted torch in her hand . This will account lor some of the atrocities that li ivis lately followed from the so-called scientific expidhiou of tho French into the interior of Algiers . —A > Y .

      Wbil womii th ? . Moxrcr . — «' c learn i ' nm the late debate on ihe Estimates , that sonic ot the d > orkeepers of the House of Commons rcrcivc as nuck as £ 500 a year . Far from thinking this Nihiiy too much , wc consider the functionaries are uudeipiid , if tliey have to remove ail the dirty things , both veal and imaginary , that people lay at the door of the House of Commons . —JW . "The TiiKASfiiKs ok tiik Dkkp . "—The following intelligence—q «« t « d from the Hampshire Telegraph- * conies from free-hearted , liherty-luving America : — " By » private letter which has reached us from Gibraltar , we arc informed , upon good authority , that

      20 , 000 slave shackles , fur men , women , and children , —in alllburteen cart-loads—have been fished up fn-ia the wreck of the American war-steamer Mismm , lately burnt at that port . " Now , as tho timber and other relics of our Roya l George have been worked into boxes aud nick-nacks , we propose to Americans —the traders of the human shambles , tho mot , eyseeking breeders of * ' God ' s likeness in ebony "—that they should turn the penny with these 20 , 00 ( 1 slave shackles . If wrought into utcnsiis for domestic u e , or ¦» hat would still be better , turned into on auienu for tho women of America , they would endear to * them that sweet principi „ ¦ which coins money from the " marrow and the bunes of man . " Some of thus

      shackles might also bo manufactured into steel clasps for the bihles of the very religious breeders , of the black . —Ibid . A Very Good Excuse . —We havo been n-ssmed , on the be » t authority , that the absence of the Si n is attributable solely to tbe fact , that since lie ha .- a > quired so much fame by his photogenic pictures , ha has been keeping out of the way for fear lie should be made Pretidentof the lioyal Academy . —Ibid . Railway Retuuxs . —Tliu profits annually rett rnrd on railways arc something enormous ; but the 1 ; rg . 'sfc item in railway returns bids fair to be the list i f the killed and wounded . —Ibid .

      Tub Moons . —The members arc on the Moor ? , a ul it may be said that the JJovte has gone to the Orovsi The season began well , or , as the limes has it , was ushered in "by a lino dry bracing morning . "—The ? fact of its being a bracing mornin g ; accounts pirhaps for the bagging of Fox Alaule of 10 ( 5 iruce . ' Tiiafc / o . r knows how to maid ' em is the natural ejaculation of our sporting readers . —Ri \ L ArruEHEssioN op the I ' rimb Mimstrh . —Peel , the other night in the house , said he was anxious tho country should appieheml him . \ ie hope the : wuntry will take the hint . —Ibid .

      Ewjcact ov Absolution . — "When the infiimoiMt Toman , a Doniinican Monk , and the 1 ' ope ' s : gent , was retailing indulgence * in Germany { 43 . i 518 ) , and had collected a grea » suin of money by . the sale of thorn at l ^ ipsie , a gentleman of that city applied to him for an indulgence to mmntic aceir tii ' ncrimo without specifying what it w * . Tcutzel consented , received his fee , and granied the indulgence in due form . Soon after , the gentleman wayjaid Teutzel on his departure from the city , cudgelled him ou idly , and robbed him of all his money , telling hi n , at parting , that tM » -was the crime for which hi had purchased absolution . George , Duke . of Saxo iy , a zealous friend to the sco of Home , when he , card of the robbery , was highly indignant at first , Utwhen

      he learned all the circumstances , he laughed hca-tily ^ and pardoned the offender . — Jortin ' s Life of Jfeaxmu * . Bwlical Comment . —At thecommenceimiitofthe late war , an hottest farmer , who read his liib ' e every Sunday , went to his rector and as-ked Jiiw wh : ther lie did not think the contest would go very 1 aril with the French ? The rector replied that , if it pleased God , he hoped it would . " Nay , " said the farmer , " I am sure it will then ; for lie savs by the prophet Ezcjviol ( xxxv . 1 , 2 , 3 ) , 'Sonot man , ant uiy lace against Mount Sci ; : ' Now my wife , who is a better scholar than 1 am , says this can bo nothing but ilounsccr , the FitHchman . ; and in almost the next vcr » c it is still s-tronger , for there the pnmlu !• adds , ' 0 , 3 / 'j ? t )) t Stir , 1 am against thee , and 1 wj 1 make thee most desolate ! '" "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30081845/page/3/