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      _Septembeb 9 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . I i _2 in 7 " '" _TfTiVii ~ _""'~ r' " - " " lg 5 _* - _* _* _- _^ _^ _--- r _** Mi . r _~~ _- _!* _r- _** r ~ .. nm—¦¦ _"

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      THS W 7 BDEBED CHARTIST . BT JUKI XIUZUE _DUBCSH . An epitaph for Inscription npon the tomb of Henry _gaahsrd , a young weaver , who , haring attended a Chartiit meeting , on Sunday , Jane the 4 th , 1848 , in _Bethnatpeea , was attacked by the _pslice , and received blow * which caused his death .

      Come and barken to my dirge , 'lisof a martyr _Iwonldchsnt ; One , who the reign of right did urge—And bade the rale of wrong , _avannt ' The sabbath dawn'd : hi * way he took , To where his brother sen had _presa'd _, There to obey Goo ' * holy hook , And sacred keep tbe day of nit , 4 Tbe better day , tbe better deed : * He and bis fellow glares were wronged , Victims ef tyranny and greed , And for a' better time' they longed . Of live * and rights , protectors paid , What did they oa that holy day t To serve their God »—Gave Justice aid ! Wbo asked it , tbey did maim or slay I Beneath tbeir blows our brother fell :

      An' hone * t man' ha slaughtered lay ; A mart jr * d patriot aa well , And grey-haired aged parents * stay . Tbe murderers were welcome made Within the temple of tbe Lord : Ab ! well may we it * print upbraid , Than Hell fiend more to be abhorred 0 ! let a monument be reared , To tell tbe virtue of the dead ; And vise of bb assassin * seared , Under whose hands big gpirit fled . The Priests and Herod * of his time _.

      This manly youth nave made a martyr , Because be sought the right sublime , Inscribed noon the People ' * Charter .

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      Simmondt's Colonial Magaane. September. ...

      _Simmondt ' s Colonial Magaane . September . London : Simmonds and Co .. Barge-yard , Bucklershury . A farther and spirited exposure of the Vancouver ' s Island job ; and articles on the' Advantages of Perpetual Peace ; * the 'Manufacture of Sugar , and Management of Land in the West Indies ;'« State of Agriculture in the British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca ;* and * Sugar Cultivation in Cuba , ' are amongst the contents of this number of the ' Colonial Magazine . ' From an account of A trip to Adam s Peak , Ceylon / we give the following extract : — adau ' s peak .

      At dawn of day , we started for tbe Peak , and ascending ahouta quarter of a mil a hiaber np the steep acclivity witnessed ona of the most imposing scenes that eye ever taw . In the rear of us , aud far below our position , were seen to an Incalculable distance an ocean of white _molviog clouds , lying over the bills in the back ground , their outlines distinctly defined , and vaulting one above the other in endless succession ; now naif exposing to sight tbe wooden crown of a peak , now qaite concealing others in their fleecy fo'ds as if drowsy nature stiH was _Uutsg on its expansive downy bed . We were here entering tbe very heart of a wilderness , where every step we advanced revealed the trace * of herds of large elephante either in tbe road , bring intersected at intervals cf twenty or thirty yards , by tracks , or in tbe recent

      deposi t * lyiijg in onr way ; just as if tbey bad preceded ns the minute before ; end this , atrange as it may teem , np to within a mile of the very peak . How the * e _unwieltfy moasters can move on the precipitous declivities of these mountain * , !* ta me a matter of astonishment ; bnt yet they do , and that where tbe light frame of a man would find it difficult to raaiatainits gravity . Now the client , solemn majesty of the tell trees , again forming a lofty arcade over onr path , rising still higher and higher ai we advance , impresses one with the idea of these ia . comparable seenes . Aboat two miles farther up . the _enermont height npon which one stands at Nirlehelie , nn the very brink of an abyss which yawns below , and between bim and an adjoining peak , whose rocky cres ; _locta bleached by the vicissitudes of time , would shock

      weak nerves ton-taiga the desire ef locking down far mere than five minutes . A stone thrown from this , may bs beard raiding among tbe trees for gome time , as it gravitates to the bottom , and a _wboep or _cili is re-echoed a _dtsen times by every reek , which seem * to scowl on yoa , and threaten to let loose the genii inhabit log the angry caves . Advancing after tbe short pause here , which gives yoa time to take breath , and with It , U yoa can , a glass of brown stoat , yoa get on stoutly np the tame , and more difficult Interminable heights , till about three miles progress brings yon to _DiebeJima , where , on a pateh of table-land , cerered with beautiful green sward , and eneoapautd with tbe range of bills which frequently are seen from tbe most distant parts of tbe island and at sea , yea now reach tbe

      dilapidated bungalow of that name , from whence , for the first time , is viewed tke widely-worshipped and far . famed Adam ' * Peak . Imagine yoa see before you to tbe east , peering in tbe air , as If nspended between heaven and _aarth , a bare dark rock , whieh faney picture * to bs * ome bsge esgle's neit , and within pistol-shot , bnt in reality at the distance of four _ISogUthmUea from you yet , op a steeper and more ragged path tban ever , barely wide enough for one at a time to pas * , and expressly bow termed in Craghalese , Aakasie Sows , or literally sky league , and _jon can form a pretty fair conception of ti * snbilm * picture . From this yoa dip into the woods again , and lose sight of tbe peak , winding your way down narrow avenues , and natural causeway * . formed of fragments of granite lying in tbe order o '

      stairs till yoa reach _aflst table rock at _aplace called Gettanpsaae _, and after that an immense black marble slab , to tbe full width of a ravine extending at right angle * across your path and called Galpahoore , or stoaeraft . clear streams of water ooalng out of its fissures as if rent in _isveral places by its own _ponderooi weight , or some gnat _eoavulslon of nature . * * Here the actual _escsnt'o tbe Peak commences , by a chain oa the left of yon , to run up a smaH rock , again yon advance a few paces by a slight bend tothe right , end again a few paces more ; yoa stop to look around , smaxed at the fearful elevation oa whieh yoa stand ; a wide , vast vgcuum , whichever way you tarn year sight , present * itself . Tour guide won ' t let yoa * t _» _y—hebarries _joaonlett a blast of wind unexpectedly coming

      might , _inamement , _sweepyoolnto eternity . Ton get on again to a couple of chains more that lead yoa over another slightly elevated rock , and yoa land Just before the iron ladder , on either side of which hangs a bunch of large Iron ehs * _ns , the link * varying in size from six to eight inches in length and proportionally wide . The Udder lies at the north-west face op a perpendicular ascent to nearly forty feet of a bare rock , with nothing more than , a wide gait yawning all around yoa . The step * of the ladder are aboat four inches broad , barely _offideut for the toes to rest on , and about eighteen inches long , closely _rfvettee * te the rock co as to prevent thsdr moving . Tbe chains dangle in groups of ten or twelve , and the wind at times , in sportive mirth , torn * them aboat , and makes tbem clang so tbat yon might

      _hearitjlamtcld , amileeff . Having gained the summit by these means , yoa light on a sort of terrace enclosed all around by a three feet and a half wall , giving it tbe appearance tf a amall battlement . In the centre of the area stands a block of black marble , about eight feet high aad between twelve and fifteen feet long , the diameter of which again is about eight feet from side to ride . Tbis again _bsarmouuted by a ( mall flat tile covering , sapportsd by four comparatively slender wooden plilsi rasting on a massive rough wooden frame for its base , en the block , forming a sort of canopy over the sacred foot indented ob 1 % The impression is nearly five feet and a half long , and proportionally broad . Old Baddboo woald teem to bars taken the stride northward ; tbe ana is aboat _sivtaty . fiT _« festby thirty in diameter , and

      tuxt to tha block npon whieh tha indentation ft marked , standi _abeUinfpe & ded to a wooden post , about ten feet high ; on tbe block of marble near the bell ia a dirty wooden shrine , besmeared with the oil of ages , that tbe devotees barn during tbe worship ; and nattered near and aboat itmayba seen a few pieces of copper coin _, lavishing so _maeh filthy lucre is to propitiate Samao Devio _, without whoso tutelary protection you couldn ' t for tbe world get to tbe Peak . Oa the sooth-east of the block , and wlthta the wall gtends a long room , built of masonry , and covered with tiles . This Is probably the * beautiful ptgoda' wbich Phllslsthes says formerly stood on the top of tbit bill , and was the abode of Budflhoo ; Ho ' cistern of water raised ur _^ m tvro large gtonea sands ia the midst of tbe plain on the Peak , on one of

      which stones is a footstep / There is but tbe one block of marble in tbe centre , u bob which is tbe natural inden tetion , the greatest piece of absurdity that ever was primed upon human credulity as the memorial of an historical fact , er as the exposition of an extravagant fietion . Things bave been sadly altered at _Ssmmanelle 3 Wpade , ores the Moors call it , _Bawadam-maUe _, er father Adam ' s bill , since _Bsldeeu * and Valentyn wrote , Diego deCoato ' sidea of tbe hW separating into two tops , on one of whieh is tbe sacred footstep , may perhaps " _ee accounted for by another distinct h'll rising _sautb-eatt of Adam ' s Psak _, and oalltd _Kosntdla-parra , which has a woody crtst of its own . but ( lightly inferior in height to tbat of the sacred bill , and forming the adjoining link in tbe range of bright * that extend from north to south , almost in a line with Adam ' s Peak , on

      the north of which stands , Just about the same distance from It as the other , another equally conspicuous summit , _BennehgrBB-cnclle . True , there is an excellent _springof water , so cold tbat it make * yoir teeth ache , _risisg out of tbe crevice * of the rock outride the wall , on the eut aide of tbe Peak ; bnt this sorely never was within the piednct * of It . Ia tbe room j « t mentioned , the priests wbo assemble during tbe great festival * , r = side tUl they are over , and abandon it again tiU tho _nextsesson . * * * Fancy yourself perched upon ths ditzy height , a magnificent prospect at evtry point of tho compass , ex . tending in the south-west till tbe light bine horizon , shaded by a deeper outline , which marks the boundary cftheeoastby the bias watew of the tea , _Iimite the •( tout of yoa * _rision ; and the undulating mountain

      Simmondt's Colonial Magaane. September. ...

      • _eps in the mrth east , extending far beyond the rangs " of _Ambegamowe , where tbe dotted _turfaee _, with light green patch ** , reveal * to tight the coff « e estates that stand in tbat direction ; in the north-west tke lofty height you have _jatt traversed ; and on the east the transcendent beam * of the ran dlffaring their gorgeous light over tbe lesser eminence * as they rise to gild tbe firmament , and you can form but an Imperfect Idea of the grand panorama of natare lying stretched below and before you . Description most ever fall short of the reality . This number cemmences the fifteenth volume ; a fact whieh sufficiently proclaims the well-deserved popularity of this very useful periodical . * epB in the > n _* rth east , extending ft * _borond the ratio * « fl

      The Reosaner. Part Xxviii. London: J. Wa...

      The _Reosaner . Part XXVIII . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Mr Holyoake bas thought our remarks on the part of the' Reasoner * last noticed in these columns worthy a leader * —reply , under his own hand and seal . Of tbat reply we may say , as we personally said to Lord Palmerston , at the close of bis defence at Tiverton—* we are satisfied '—satisfied tbat tbere needs no rejoinder from U 9 . Nevertheless as we entertain sentiments of respect for Mr Holyoake wbich we certainly do not entertain for the Foreign Secretary , we will do the editor of the _Reasoner the courtesy of noticing one or two points inhi 3 ' reply . ' "We quote

      AH EXPLANATION—MESSRS O ' CONNOR AND FOX . The Reasone * bears evidence that Ida not hesitate to object to Ur Fox , where I see broad ground of dissent . I am not tke whaUsale eulogist of tbe member for Oldham , any more tban I am the wholesale cesser of Mr O'Connor . So far from being disinclined to praise Hr O'Connor , I with I could always praite bim , as he exercises great influence over the _wotklng classes --aBd it wonld be better for my order ceuld I oftener approve Ur O'Connor * * leadership ef them . I wish Ur Fox had net remained tiltnt when the Sta * was attacked for what I regard as its courage and liberality , in advertising Paine ' * work * . No man could have castigated that pitiful intolerance better tban Mr Fox .

      We next quote an extract in which it will be seen that Mr Holyoake has misapprehended oar meaning : — The Stab _isyt It U * sorry to gee me coquetting , if not votse , with _Ualthniianism . ' Coquetting ia here used in the tease of politioal pandering . I quote a new writer on _Ualtbuslanism — it cannot be Irons curiosity for information , for refutation , or frcm some partial conviction : It tawt be from insincerity , atd for a venal end . We are inclined to admit tbat the word coquetting was not well chosen , nevertheless we demur to the meaning put upon it by Mr Holyoake—certainly not onr meaning . When we expressed sorrow

      tbat Mr H . was coquetting , if not worse , with Maltbusianism , ' we meant tbat we were sorry to see hira derating whole pages of the Reasoner to the dissemination of doctrines which be knew to be damnable . ' or worse , tbat be bad even become a convert to those doctrines . * Curiosity for information' is certainly a sufficient motive for the reading of any book , but not for public quotation , unless the person who quotes is prepared either to acknowledge bis adoption of the sentiments quoted , or avowedly quotes for the purpose of refuting the arguments in the matter extracted . Now , Mr Holvoake has done neither . He has neither

      declared himself _Maltbusian , nor _Anti-Malthujian . But then there maybe partial conviction . ' That is . he is suspended ( like the tomb of Mahomet ) between two principles . We see our way now ; Mr Holyoake is not so insincere as to be a coquet with regard to Maltbusianism , nor is he warm enough to be a lover of tbat charming ism . He will and be wont . Courage , man , you are too coy . The object of your half-love is either the beauty painted by admirers , or the incarnation of abomination drawn by enemies . If assured of the former , forward witbout faint heart ; but if reflection convinces thee of the latter , backward and renounce partial convictions .

      Mr Holyoake says : 'It does not follow tbat tbe propounder of damnable doctrines'is ' cold-blooded . This ' confounding the tendency of principles with the intention of the advocates is tbe besetting sin of the Northern Star . ' The 'besetting sin ' of calling things by their right names is likely to stick to the Northern Star . We had spoken of' the damnable doctrines propounded by the cold-blooded political economist Mill . ' In reply we have been privatel y informed that Mr Mill is in private life a very estimable and truly benevolent man . We have been informed of several instances of his liberality which certainly do bim great honour . Bnt we did not speak of Mr Mill , as a ' cold-blooded' man . Surely Mr

      Holyoake does not require to be taught the difference which is not always , bnt too often , fonad between the public and private characters of men . The teacher of good doctrines may be a ' coldblooded * man ; and a good man may , by propounding 'damnable doctrines , ' prove himself a ' coldblooded' political economist . The Emperor of Russia has the reputation of being an admirable husband and father , and , for anything we know to the contrary , may be in the habit of disbursing large sums in acts of private benevolence ; but will the editor of the _ifearoner require us to enter into proofs of the justice of our denunciation of _Nicholas as a ' coldblooded' tyrant ? So far as we know , Thiers may be

      a very honourable and amiable character ia private life , for we know nothing of his private history ; but , judging bim by bis public career , we must be permitted to bold bim up to execration as an unscrupulous and heartless scoundrel Mr Holyoake prides himself on his anxiety to be just . We believe him ; bnt we also worship Justice , and , therefore , we call a spade a ' spade , ' and a scoundrel a * scoundrel . ' We bave nothing to do with the private characters of public men . We judge them by the effects of their words and acts upon society , and whether they are bookmakers or lawmakers , tyrants or the tools of tyrants , we speak of them as our sense of justice dictates to us .

      Giving an account of a recent visit to Bristol , Mr Holyoake says : — On one night before my lectures were _diliversd , a friend announced tbem in tbe Chutist Hall , when Mr Clark took np the Kobthbbh St » b , and read the notfc * of me to which I replied In the last _Buboksb . 'This , ' said Ur Clark , is the Mr Holyoake , whom we are invited to hear lecture , lnttead of going , let ut subscribe the admission towards De _U'Dooali ' _s defence . ' Tbi * _coutm tbey took . I am not tony that I tbenld be a mesn * of adding to Dr _U'Sonail _' s Defence Fund , bnt I am * orry tbat Chartism , under th * guidance of Mr Clark , has risen no higher in Brlitol tban to hold tbat man disqualified to addreM them wbo has the independence to recommend an improvement in their well-intentioned bnt impotent policy .

      We are sorry tbat Mr Clark took tbe course above stated . If , indeed , a working man , having only twopence to spare , communes with himself as to whether he shall expend tbat twopence in paying to hear a lecturer—not of his own party—or in helping to add to a fund necessary for the defence of a leader of bis own party , whose personal liberty is in peril , we think be acts both justly and rationally if he decides to give bis twopence to the fund for the defence of his imperilled friend . But we are sorry

      tbat anything we have said of Mr Holyoake should induce any of our readers to mark him out for proscription in any sense or form . We cannot agree with him in all things ; we think him sometimes mistaken , and often politically not ' up to tbe mark . ' But we know bim to be an ardent worshipper of truth , and imbued with a sterling sense of honour . In proof of this last _virtae , we quote the following article from the number of the Reasoner published an the 30 th ult .:

      —THB CHABTIIT miOHBB . Late week I refuted two requests to lecture on Uoral Force Reformation in the provinces . Now tbat the government are putting down tbe Chartist * wltb an _nnscropuleu * hand , | l think it only good taste to pause in _enforcingjthe theory ofpertaaiion , as one cannot do it witbout _coadtmntagby Implication those who have _adopted ntaxlmaof force , and they will be assailed with sufficient severity by tbeir entmiet , witbout having the _difficulties of tbeir position augmented by their friends—who agree with tbeir object ( amelioration ) but differ from tbeir meant of seeking it _.

      For the same reason I discountenance at far as I can , tbe holding of Chartist meetings anywhere , unless for tbe defence of tbe imprisoned Polities ! meetings for the furtherance of physical force only increase tbeir danger , and those in favour of moral force add to tbe _obkquy under which they labour . After tbe _raiirepreseatationi by tbe Momine Chiomiclb of the Farringdon Hall meeting , there is good reason to doubt whether _Fusieil ever _ntt * red tbe words which Pobch caricatured , and for whioh Ur _Fuitell ba * been imprisoned . Tbe _Daitr ** _bws has told a * that the Tuaa has put into the mouth of Lord Ashley one half nitre tban be has spoken . And if a lord is sot raspictedby his politioal opponents , the Chartists bave little to hope . Words were ascribed to Ur Ernest Jonas which even the government reporter proved be never said .

      The Uarcheitik News , which enjoyed ubiquity and _gomething more : it appeared not only iu two place * , but in three place * at once . As the _Uakcherbb Sew * it was a Radical journal . And ai soon as that ediion was strack off , a Tory leader waa written , and it appeared ( ill otber matter remaining tbe game ) a * the _UaKcaEHtB _Stabdabd _, a Conservative piper . Thirdly , a local Chartist leader was created to supply tbs _pUcs of the Tory one , sad lo i it was _matamorpheted into tbV 0 i » H ** i , Hswi . T ffh » u 1 waa ta 013 *

      The Reosaner. Part Xxviii. London: J. Wa...

      _•*•*•* . * Ma lBge _\ _doar-ie _*« b * v ' ' ' MO , ll , Ma toi , ~ M * Seorga White , of Bradford h _, 4 _£ •••«» ' - a l * otare in ths _reopte ' s _Inititute'toere the _SvWlay & ? _* ?** , my arrival , and that he had dared the _maglsiratM to arrest _*& i _!! iS . _v _^ _v 0 ttt _?! bn _*" _»; _•*•« _*•»¦»» " Port oi ' . *» _1 _S „ , ] _'t ; i _^ bt , ar e tbe _mBgiiiratss . Having a t ? an , «* * ff-ute to Ur Le . _oh ' s in Manchester the tK _?>? _^ leotnr - ' . ' _* nd convened npon it , I _doabted _tKi » _£ ¦• _W , aBd 1 _«> n * nt » ' White •» 9 ue | - . _t _wST _"SJ _" * tnB _M" _*** _" * " and Leeds H . e _1 _* m _* ? _£ _** » foUa _" 8 Sunday , when 1 found - _« ? ' h 8 tM " _, Wte said was , tbat the rlgbt to arm wat , in hi * opinion , oon » titutlonaI , sad for giving * uch _advloe he could dare the _magUtratei to arreit bim . A very different thing from the senseless bravado ascribed to him . , '' i _« . " - . - --.- -- " ---.- iim ' _-im " ' _Tn V

      _Thi government , In condescending to accept tbe evldence of Powell , degrade themselves . Thi * man join * the Chartists in order to betray tbem , and stimulates tbe treason he charges npon them . Whatever _punlihment they de » erve he cert _. _lnly deaerve * too . In what way are the people to be elevated by example , if the government connive at this treachery and duplicity ? On what principle will you condemn the Chartist * for faUIng upon erroneous means of obtaining their objects , if the government will accept any m » an » , fair or foul , of _lecuring their *! '

      Truth , ' Mid Ernest Jones , in bis letter to Chief Justice Wilde , in one of those fine sentence * which he occarionally _ntter _* , ' _T-ab play * npon an iron harp . ' Thia harp bas been touched oi late by fingers of fierce Misery ; and if It hag produced strange gound _» , most unwelcome to the ears of easy people , let them not Interpret the voice of want into the voice of anarchy . _Lst not juries Und themselves too willingly to those coercive retaliations in which the Bole genius of our _government lies . Lst them remember that political oonceidon , education , and _employmtnt will * et all thing * even , more honourably and permanently tban an ; specie * of imprisonment

      will-Daring my fint tonr in tbe North I saw but one pike blade . I knew wbere it was concealed . On my a eond visit to the North , three week * ago , I went and took il from _ltt hiding place , and purchased it . I wat anxlou * te _poiteii a single specimen of ( be instrument recently propesed to supersede the sylloglim in political advocacy . It was my intention to produce it at my Bhe . torlo Class next _seulons . Have I not ai much right to do a dagger scene at the City Mechanics'Institute , as Edmund Burke in tbe House of Common * f Carefully planted in my carpet bag , and capped with cork to prevent it perforating tht sides , I carried it with me every .

      where , I wag not far from Ashton when the late _dlstarlance took place . As I ipoko in the ball in whioh Dr _U'DvUsll _epok * tbe night before his address , and on tbe same topic , I bave expected to be confounded by offlolal * not remarkable for discrimination . Had it go happened , what a fine paragraph for tbe TiXBt would have been manufactured , ont of tbe faot that a Uoral Force Lecturer had been seised with a pike ia big carpet bag ! How plausible , and yet how fall * I How true iu faot , and yet how falie In inference ! I believe there are many _pmons . suffering Imprisonment at tbit time on ne better foundation tban would have _ealtted here . 6 . J HOLTOAXB .

      The course adopted by Mr Holyoake , as set forth in the above article , does bim great credit , and we are sure will be appreciated by those Chartists who most differ from him as to the question of' means . ' It is our belief that the next time be visits Bristol he will find tbe Chartists ef that place better disposed towards bim ; willing to listen , and as willing to oppose , in the spirit of free and fair discussion , should he propound doctrines by them believed to be false , or give expression to sentiments hostile to their ideas of justice or propriety .

      The general contents of this part of the Reasoner are more varied than usual , and , perhaps , more interesting . ~ Mr Cooper ' s Orations on the French Revolution deservedly occupy a prominent place . In the articles by Mr Linton in reply to Mr Chilton , on the subject of ' natural rights , ' Mr Linton has decidedly the best of the argument . When MrChilton made hiB Quixotic attack upon 'natural rights' be must bave been' _hard-up' for a subject for bis pen . Of bis arguments it might be remarked , as Byron observed of a similar reasoner , though upon another subject , — ' When _Bltbep Berkeley said there was no matter , It mattered very little what be said . "

      The Republican. September. London: J. Wa...

      The Republican . September . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . This is an excellent number of tbe Republican , containing well-written articles on 'Aristocracy , ' the'People ' s Charter , ' 'Poland , ' 'Italy , ' & c , dec . In our foreign page will be found an' Address of the Polish Emigration' extracted from this number . We quote extracts from a powerful and eloquent article , or oration , by Joseph Mazzini , which originally appeared in his paper , tbe -Italia del Popolo , ' 'Italy of the People / published inMilan until Charles Albert ' s cowardly , if not treacherous , capitulation . The address was intended to be spoken in commemoration of the martyrdom of the brothers Bandiera , murdered by the tyrant of Naples , with the connivance of the British government , in 1844 . 70 ths wxoar or rai _auarrBs or ounu _, * JOLT 25 TB , 1814 .

      When I received from yon , 0 young men ! the oharge to pronounce In tbis temple a few words tiered to the memory of the brothers Bandiera and tbeir martyr com . _panlons at _Cotecis , I _thosgbt that ptratp * tome one ef those who htard me might exolalm with noble indignation , * To what end are these lament * for the dead ! The martyrs of Liberty can only bt worthily honoured by winning ths battle tbey have began . Cosenxs , the had where they died , is a slave ; T _. _nlce , the city which gave tbem birth , hemmed in by _fortigneri . Let us _emancU pat * them , and from this moment no sound be on eur lips , but that of war . ' But another thought arose and said to me , why are set we -notorious 1 Why it It that , wbiie tbe north of Italy combat * for independence , Liberty _periibet in the south ! Why bit that a war which ought to bave leaped with a lion ' s bouad to the Alpi , drop along for four month * ilowly and uncertainly as tbe crawl of a scorpion girt by a circle of fire f Why i *

      it tbat tbe rapid powerful intuition of the _geniat of a Peopleriien again to life ba * tusk into the weary and Incapable fancy of a tlok man turning in big bed ? Ah ! if we all bad risen in the holiness of tbat Wm for wbiob our martyrs died , —U the _Labtxura ef thtir faith bad gene before onr young men In tbeir battle * , — -if with tbat collected unity of life which waa go _powtrful in tbem we bad made of every thought an action , of every action a thought , —if their last wordr , devotedly _harvetttd in _ourminds , had taught a * that liberty and independence are one and the same thing ; that Gad and the People , tbat Country and Humanity are inseparable term * in any undertaking of people wbo with to become a Nation — . that Italy cannot be uriesi she ba One , holy through tbe f quality and love of all ber son * , and great through ber worship of the eternal truth , by her connotation to a high million , to a moral priesthood among the Peoples ot Europe , —> we should today bave _viotory , not war ; _finunza wnnld not ba condemned to venerate in _lecret

      tbe memory of the martyrs ; tbe dread of teeing them profaned by tbs insult * of the foreigner would not withhold Venice from honouring them with a monument ; aad we , assembled here , might without uncertainty at to onr fate , without any cloud of _** dne * i upon oar front , gladly invoke their _aacred name * , and say io _tbote forerunning tool * , _rejoice , because your _brethren hare in . oaroated your ideal , ond are worthy of you ! _JTotyet , 0 young men ! _i * their adored conception re-( _plendent , pure , and perfect , npon your banners . The sublime programme which thty dying bequeathed to tbe B & toent Italian generation , Is not yours _tomutilated and torn to _fragments by falsa dootrlr . es that , elsewhere _.

      overthrown , bave taken refuge among * t ui , I look and tee « n agitation of separate populations ; an alternation of _generoni ragtag aad of unworthy quiet , of free cries and formula * of lerritude , in all pari * of our Peninsula ; but where U the heart ' ef the Peninsula t Where It the unity of this unequal , manifold movement ?—where Is the dominating Word oftbese hundred voice * of ministets of divert counseli , ever _crossieg each other , _mis-Ittditg and _ledacing the multitude ! " I bear talk , usurping the natioaal omnipotence , of a Northern Italy , of a L ° _agoe of States , of a federal Paet among prince *; —bat where Is Italy ! Where Is the oommon country which tbe Bandiera * tainted a * tbe initiator for the tblrd

      time , of an era of Earopetn civilisation t * # » Yon are _twenty-fonr million * of men , _endowed wltb active , _iplenildfaculties ; you have tradition * of glory whioh tbe nations ot Europe envy ; before yoa stand * an immense future ; your eyes beheld the fairest aky whlob i * known to Europe , and around you smiles tha 2 ov ellest nature tbat Europe can admire ; and you are enolrsled by the Alpi , and by tbe tea , tboie outllnet drawn by the finger of God for a giant people . And inch yon ought to be , or else net be at all . Net one single man of these _twenty-four million * ( hall remain ixcluded from the fraternal pact which you frame , net one glance wbich it not free shall be railed to contemplate tbit heaven . Ba

      Rome tbe _tacred ark of your redemption : tbe temple of yeur nation : hat it not already been twice the temple of the dcit niei of Europe f In Borne two extinct world * , tbe Pagan and the world of tbe Popes , He superposed one on the otber like a doable jewel in a diadem . Create a third werld vaster than the two ! Pram Rome , from the Holy City , from the City of Love ( Amor—Boms ) , the _pureit , the wlieita ' mBugityou , elected by tho vote and itrengthened by theinip ' ratlon of a whole _perple , wall dictate tha pact by whioh jou shell be bound at one , and represented In the future alliance of people * . Until then yea have no country , or joa havo it contamlnatad .

      Beyond the Alpi , beyond the sea , _stend other peoples fighting , or making _teady to fight with yen , the secred battles of Independence , of Nationality , of Liberty ; other peoples who tend by difftrent ways to the self-same end —perfectibility , _asiociatlon , the foundation of aa authorlty which shall put an end to moral anarchy , which ¦ hall re . ftnit earth and Heaven , and which men may

      * Coseoza In Tbe Kingdom Of Naples Where...

      * Coseoza in tbe kingdom of Naples where the B < n die-as were murdered .

      * Coseoza In Tbe Kingdom Of Naples Where...

      SSSS : tu tCr own _"'^ aU ° * Wltb _^' tell tbem that th « if " , 7 _"" ' ° _»»* I _« W > I t > ut _ZS * - _« , _^ l , _(^ t to _-Wk _» for a _twrtble _2 lil « lltMdblW ' ' . _^ tbst at that * ? our you will be with all who advance under the tame _banker , » , _Wratu , pride , _ambltloa , the desire of material prosparity , are weaponi common to both peoples and tbeir oppressors ; and _besldea should you by their aid conquer to-day , you would fall baok again to-morrow . But _raiHCirui belong to the people alone , and their op . preHor * will not fiad arms wherewith to oppose tbem . Reverence enthusiasm ! Adore the dreamt of tbe virgin ion ! , and the virion * of the first day * ef youth , became these dream * of earliest youth are the fragrance of paradlse , whleh the soul retains in issuing from the hands T vrn _~ - _^—

      of its Creator . Bespeot , before all things , your own conscience ; hire on your lip * tbe truth which God has placed In your heart ; and harmoniously uniting in all that tend * to the emancipation of our soil , evia with _fX" _? S nt from J ' •""• _" _m ereot your banner , and boWl _ypromolgato your faith . -Im _« H ° _» 0 , oun _8 , nen ! th ' e * nM _* J" of Cosenzs * T « JhI , ! ° ' J ™' they 8 tlU lvlD * < _W J ™* - A <* M : _„„« . f _*?*••»»• _tavt . ked by our love , tbeir holy _aoula are appeased I caU opon you to Mfldw them _^ 2 _iKtin " " ? * " _* - _«*« eB ,. against storm _, which -till await u . , but whioh , with the name , of the martyr * upon our lip , , _» nd their names within our heart * , we shall yet overcome . God be with yon and bless our _Italj ! July 25 th , 1818 . _Jasaw _Maaaiai .

      The Family Herald. Part Lxiv. London: G....

      The Family Herald . Part LXIV . London : G . _Briggs , 421 , Strand . The lovers of the romantic and mysterious will find a rare treat in the story of' The Black Cabinet , ' in course of publication , in tbis periodical . The other contents are of the usual character—diversified and entertaining . Pressed for room , we can only give the two following extracts : —

      EPIGRAM . irom t ? i « French of Rousseau . The werld i * but a eomio play , Whir * men their varied part * essay . In drew dramatic , on the boards Strut bishops , minister * , and lore ' s ; While we poor people Bit below , Despised , though paying for the ihow , For wbich we are allowed to bits , _Whent'er the faree _isplaved amiss :

      IMPROMPTU , ON SEEING THE 'HELEN OF CANOVA . ' ( Attributed to Byron ) In this beloved marble view , Abore tbe works and thought * of man , What Nature could but would not do , And beauty and Canora can , Beyond Imagination ' * power—Bryond the bard ' * defeated art , With Immortality her dower , _Btihold the Helen of the heart !

      The Illustrated Song Book. Nob. I., Ii.,...

      The Illustrated Song Book . Nob . I ., II ., III . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage . This bids fair to make the neatest song-book we remember to have seen . Each number contains a careful selection of songs , duets , and glees '; with an appropriate toast or sentiment attached to each . An illustration , neatly executed , heads the first song in each number . The printer bas done his work well .

      Publications Received . —Birch ' s Philosophy and Religion of Shakspeare . Holyoake ' 8 Logic of Facts . Peerage Jobbery . Gray ' s Lectures on the Nature and Use of Money . The Ethnological Journal . Emigrant ' s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope .

      The Late Mr Councillor Briggs, Of Sheffi...

      THE LATE MR COUNCILLOR BRIGGS , OF SHEFFIELD . We ara requested to publish the following correspondence between Mr Councillor Ironside , of Sheffield , aud the Poor Law CommL'sioners , respecting the medical treatment of the late Mr Thonm Briggs , while in the insane ward of the Sheffield workhouse : — Sheffield , July 8 tb 18 t & . _Gebtumss , —On the 18 th ult . Mr Thomas B . lggi . an _esteemtd frlead of mine , and a brother member of the Town Council , esblblted-ymp ' - oms ef Initnlty , wat token to the insane ward at the Shiffield workhouse iu the evtsing ef that day , and died at time o'olock in the morning of the 20 th . I only ascertained tbat be wa * there on the 19 ; h and wished to sec bim , but it was

      thought better not . The inquest wat held in the afternoon of tbe 20 th . I _attanded . The evidence given by the medical men was ef a general nature a * to bit treatment . I wished to put tamo question * at to tbe particular mode in which he . bad been treated , but refrained from a wish not to appear publloly at _que » tle :. _ing tbe mode adopted by the medloal men , Oa the 28 th alt . I wrote to the Board of Guardian * , n questing them to be good enough to let m * bave a copy of the medloal treatment ef my friend , after bis arrival at the workboose . Not baring received any answer _wbatenr , I tbit day waited on one of the guardians to inquire , aad he informed me ( non-ornolally ) that my application waa not acceded to .

      May 1 _thtrtfore beg of you to get me tha information I want , if you bave the power io . to de . I bave urgem reason * for making thi * request . Tour * , faithfully , llJUO Ibohsipb . Tha Poor Law _Oommlttlontrs . Poor Law Board , _Somtriet Houie _, July 18 th , 1848 . Sta , —I am directed by the Poor Law Board to acksowledge therecelptof your letter of the 8 th Init ., in whioh you date that you are _deilrou * of obtaining Information at to tbe medieal treatment ef tbe late Ut Thomas Brlggs , who died on the 20 th _ult .,. in the insane ward , at Ihe Sheffield wotkb . OB . se . The Board will communicate with the Guardian , ef the _Sbtfntld Union oa the _tuV }* ct ot your application . I am . atsV _VQur _obtdlent _ttrvant Tf . G , Low JT , _AsiUtsnt-Seo . ToMr Isaac Ironside . Ihtmeld .

      Poor Law Beard , Somenat House , lst August , 1848 Sib— I am dlreeted by the Poor Law Board , wltb refeeencetoyour letter of tbe 8 th ultimo , to Inform yon that they have communicated with the _Guardlint of the _Shtfield Union on the inbjeot of it ; aad haviag Uarnt from them , that Mr * Brlgg * Is quite _iBtltfitd with the treatment wMoh her deceaied buiband , Mr Thomas _Briggi , received at the Sheffield Workhouse , tbe Board are ot opinion that any further Inquiry is _unneoestaiy . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Essikqtom , Secretary . To Mr Itaao Irondde , Sheffield .

      Sheffield , August 2 nd , 1818 . _GaBniKtir—I am in due receipt ef your letter of the lit lnitant , as alto that of the II h _u't . Mr Brlggs wai highly beloved by the poor of Sheffield , and _deservedly ¦ o . Knowing the great pr < jadlo * that exists _imongit the people Bgainit the _pauptr _mtd-bou _** , I purposely refrained from putting any question al the Inquest whioh might have the leatt tendency to txolte suspicion that tbe treatment was improper . I even _ttated tbat T belitved all bad done what they thought to be the beet ia tha oaie . I did sot dream for a moment thatmy application for to simple a thing a * a copy of his , medical treatment , would be to _aacourteeusly treated at not to be noticed , and ultimately refused . A * It i * « o , my oplnien with , mpect to hi * treatment 1 * now changed It wa * not for any private pnrpote that r made the application—it wa * wltb a view to the public good , I ia . tended to have tent a copy ef tbe treatment to Dr Corielli * of Wakefield , and one or two others , and to request their oplnloa upon it .

      What an the facts ! A man Ii pursuing his ordinary avocation * ou the 8 atutd » j—taken on Sunday afternoon to the _workhoaie _, and dies early on Tuesday morning If all was right in bis _tregtmtnt , why io muoh trouble in keeping it back ? I will tell yoa . I . am _Informid that toon after he was admitted , an opiate of double strength wat given him ( to a man labouring under Inflammation ef the brain ; , and It tent bim to sleep . Ia th * morning he awoke and had tome _breakfait , and then : went to sleep again in a _letbarglo state . In tbe courie of tbe day he was bled ! pretty profusely for a man In bit itate , and died In a few hour * from sheer _exbauitlon . Of conne ! Thi * li wby tbe treatment is kept back , In my opinion . It will not bear the light . I look npon the oe &\ b of Vi Brlggt a * the natural remit of hi * treatment by the workhouse authorities . God preserve me and mine from the' _authoritlei '

      Of course neither yoa nor tht Sbifibld Board oan now complain of any steps I may tako with reference to giving publicity to the case , aud using _tuoh comments bb may appear necessary . Yours _faithfaUy , To the Poor Law Board . Isaac Ibomsidb .

      Imcbndiabi Fire In Nottingham.—On Sunday...

      Imcbndiabi Fire in Nottingham . —On Sunday morning , soon after one o ' olook , a fire broke out in a stackyard situated in the Sand-fields , ona of tbe gutrarbs of this borough , and which has resulted in the almost total destruction of two stacks of excellent hay , one weighing upwards of twenty tons , the Eropeny of . Mr William Sinclair , and the other elonging to Mr Humphrey Page , whioh weighed more than three tons , No sooner were the _flamea perceived than the police on duty In various parts of the town ran to the scene of the disaster , and the

      fire brigade , under the command of Inspector Meldrum , having conveyed thither two of tbeir best engines , great efforts were made to prevent the extension of the fire , but notwithstanding their exer tions a very small portion only of the hay wa * reseued from the flames . The police have learned sufficient to convince them that the fire was caused by an incendiary , and they are now in pursuit of the guilty party _, with a good prospect of effecting his capture . The damage ( upwards of £ 100 ) is covered by an insurance in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire _FireoffiW .

      Ifhe Incurable Inoapables.. '¦• (Frorajo...

      ifHE INCURABLE INOAPABLES . . '¦• ( FroraJo _- _mBa * /) K _/ PSio ass thrho _^ _xstt him amidst his shrimps and _^ _SfiftWb _^ _-SS two-headed Oorberos of the gates of another Ace hope at Jast that the Houae i , not to it fb ? fi whole _Parhatnent without _oncerising ; T 1 MM 8 npj ? J _ments are preparing for a holiday , so is _everybody ui 7 _v _^ 8 uffara from lon g _Bpeechffl late _. _dehberahoDs ; newsmen are grateful , and tbe country breathes . ' Whatever may be said of the proceeding ! of - its _,

      Par Li _^ f * . _^"" _ns firat cine montha * _Bittiog , no oomplamt at least can be made of its inactivity during the last week . Join Bull ( not we , the other John ) gratefully acknowledges the addition of two millions to the burden-whioh . our unfortunate namesake already bears on his broad and _oapacious back . Jobn is a atrange fellow , lie growls and _grnolblesat a trifle , awl he _willapeDd his _whftlft fortune upon a hobby . It suits hia fancy to _havelfcAWhigs in office , and he does not mind in these the ? hardest times , spending twice ten hundred thousand pounds to giatify the whim . .. That the desire is a me ; ¦ - » him . and nothing else , anybody may ascertain b , , ing to inquire at _tha . next street . Nobody be' -a Whig opmpetenoy . Everybody feelB indign > Ministerial feebleneas . The other day it wf fashion to

      Bay that the WhigB are no _Boanciero . n other _reepects a very sensible , useful sort c ' . ' ' Now tbey get credit for nothing at all . Tl bungle everything . Try them on any g * oun _> i » d they oannot get on . If they touch sugar , , th < , * tlck like flies in treacle ; if thejr think of sanitary reform , Lord Morpeth gets knee deep in the _sewew , until Mr Henley or somebody else takes pity on the sufferer and hauls him up ; if they propose to reform corrupt , practices in naughty boroughs ; they entreat the House of Lords to save them from the consequences of their own _advica ; and if they ask indemnity from Parliament for breaking a law , they profess themselves unable to say why they broke it , or if oalled upon to amend the law ao broken , swear that though they read the

      indemnity , yet the law has been safe irom any infraction whatever . _ . How long matters are to proceed in the present lively fashion , it is impossible to predict . It is vastly pleasant and profitable , no doubt , to the parties con * oerned , for a Whig family to take the aff * irs of the nation into their hands , bnt if the nation submits to theconstitutionoftbefirQ . it has at least the right to have its business well done , and its affairs kept out of confusion . There is one great disadvantage in a happy family . ' It may be seen in the happy family exhibited in a cage at the corner of _Trafalgar-square . The animals are eo perfectly happy , that they are positively fast asleep . Rats lie on the bosoms of oats , and singing birds roost on duddv does'noses . The

      _etirringap of the exhibitor ' s pole has no more effect on the _blissful creatures ' repose , than Disraeli ' s bri » k practice will have upon the equanimity of our friends . The one » efc of animals get their meat and sleep , the other share the publio contribution !* , and think tbey do enough for the publio in condescending to accept it . Whilst tho publio are satisfied that all wisdom and virtue dwell in Whig abode } , Ministers are hardly to blame for indulging the notion . Probably when tbe ten millions added by the _governaent to the national debt in the short space of two years , shall , in tho course of the next two years , amount to twenty , the pablio will arrive at a different opinion . Meanwhile , hurrah for taxation ! Mr Disraeli charged the government the other

      day with not taking the initiative in » _ny practical and necessary moasure , or when they did take the initiative , with submitting their views in so crude a state that Parliament war obliged either to remodel tbem with great pains , and at great lass of time , or to reject them altogether . Lord John Russell met tbe accusation by denying the necessity of his Intro _daoing any measures at all to tbe bouse , and by _referring , for his justification , to Sir Robert Walpole , the father of William Pitt , and to somebody elee whose name we forget . Why did the Prem er not go at once back to the enviable and irresponsible times of . Canute . the Great ;? A policeman mightju _* t a * well excuse himself for not taking a midnight housebreaker into custody on the plea tbat it had

      been the invariable practice of ancient Charlies to retire to their boxes for the night , the very moment tbe parish clock struck eleven . Ns man _knetvs better than Lord John _RubsbII that we live in very dif ferent times to those which he points out for bis imitation and model . The _Parliament of England is not the same assembly ; the people of England are not the same peop ' a Tho Minuter who carried the Reform Bill , must carry bis vision forward from that event , not backward . If he baa renounced the _doot In * of fii ality , he cannot surel y ask us to be bound by rules and customs actuating Ministers livinn _wlei Reform was not , when the peop ' e were a nullity , and Whig Ministers more Conservative than Tories of to-day . Society has not stood still ; wants have not diminished ; the necessity of moulding the powers we have oalled into being , and of regulating the machinery whioh we have set in motion , grows hourly more imminent . We bave done too much to

      let thingB take th _* ir course . We have opened the eyes of tbe people far too wide , if light is not to be granted now for direction and self-government . We oannot halt _midffav in our progress . We have uprooted interest ! , trifled with the Constitution , legislated , and . legislated again , with unwearying pertinacity _. Better had we sat with our hands _bsfore us and done nothing ; but having moved , ' we _dara not stop . Great and enlightened measures for tbe maintenance ot the country ' s prosperity , for the education and happiness of the people , must be _gobaitted to tbe country without rauoh loss of time . Constituted as we are , suoh measures must emanate frora the government , or not at all . Talk not , great Minister of Reform , of what Sir Robert Walpole did , but do . what you are bound to do . my lord , in the midst of the difficulty and confusion into which the tinkering propensities , tbe wilful and _misohievous practioe _, of you and your associates have finally conducted us . Do it , or place the helm in firmer hands t

      Trades, Delegate Meeting.—-On Thursday N...

      Trades , Delegate Meeting . — -On Thursday night a meeting of delegates , appointed by the Metropolitan Trade Societies , was held at the Craven ' s Head , Drury-lane , for the purpose ef receiving the report of the committee elected to draw up a constitution for the trades of London . — Mr James 0 ' Leary in the chair . —The secretary read the report , of which the following are the principal features : —That it is deemed necessary to establish a 'Trades' Association , ' in order to work out an amelioration in the condition of the people by legal and constitutional means ; that parliamentary approbation be requested for the rules ; that the land ought not to be _possessed exclusively by a fractional portion of the community ; that the laws

      which fir , tbe price of gold , and restrict its expansion , Bhould be repealed , and a representative currency issued ; that machinery should be taxed for revenue purposes , and foreign manufactures equalised in price to our own in the home market ; that education and _employment be provided by the government for the people . It then goes on to recommend that home colonies should be established on the waste lands in the United Kingdom , and that the elective franchise be given to every man 21 years of age , and concludes by suggesting a graduated property tax , in lieu of other imposts . The latter part of the document merely contained rules for the formation of the association . The further consideration of the report was adjourned to a future meeting .

      Thk CoLUKaY Explosion at Leith . —The inquest on the _^ unfortunate men killed by tbis calamity , terminated in a verdict of 'Accidental Death . ' It bas often been attempted to be shown that the neglect to use Davy lamps by the colliers , is not fairly attributable to the men themselves , but is indirectly at the suggestion of the employers , although to save themselves from odium they have them on the premises ; but in this case no ground for surmising such a course seems to have originated . It is to be Iamented rbowerer , that the use of the lamps is so constantly neglected

      . Committal vor Murder . —Mrs Mary Ligbtfobt , wife of Henry Lightfoot , of Quarry , bank , near Dudley , has just been committed by the district coroner , Mr T . M . Philips , on a cbarge . of administering arsenic to her husband , which caused his death . It was proved on the inquest that the prisoner had been seen in familiar intercourse with a man not her husband , during his illness . Arsenic was found in the body of the deceased on apost mortem examination being made , and altogether the circumstances were of so suspicious a character , that , after an adjournment , the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against the wife , who has been committed to take ber trial on the charge , at the next Staffordshire assizes . On Lightfoot ' a death bis wife obtained a sum of £ 4 . for his burial from an Odd Fellows' club , of which her husband was a member . —Banbury Guardian .

      Mr John Lynch , solicitor , formerly clerk to tbe Tralee Savings' Bank , has been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation , for . embezzling . the sum o _// 20 , 000 , the property of the bank , ; .. During a trial at Newcastle a publican gave it as his opinion that an old man was not drunk , because , though he had had drink , he was qualified to call for liquor and pay for it . ' An Ecclesiastical Drover . — 'We hear , on very good authority , ' says the Tablet , ' that Dr Ullathrone 1 ms arrived iu London with the bulls from Rome I '

      Mt& Mil Mimw.

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      'We Cull The Choicest.' A Corrupt Parlia...

      'We cull the choicest . ' A CORRUPT PARLIAMENT . Are they fit to be tbe _legis ' ators of a whole people who _therrmlves know not whatlaw , wbsrj reason , what right * ad wrong , what crooked and straight , what licit and Hlijcit nutans ; who think tbat _aH power consists in ou & age , aJl dignity in tbe parade _ofinso . fence ; who negfcet every other consideration tot tho oorrupt _gratifioatfwof tbeir friendships ,- er the- prr > o-n « u _.- f the V e 3 tntmeB < 8- who _disperaethW fL , _* i , t i l 0 CB _rf « _« _W 8 through the provinces ; nl _* ftS _? ° 7 ***** WDfl-oMlng goodsmen , for the neater port , moat _nrofliirate and vib » ..

      _wno ouy up tor _taemeelves what _tbev nretend to « _po , e tor sale , who thence collect an Stan ? mass of wealth , which they fraudulently divwt from through the oountry , and to » m oment emowo from penury and rags , to a stato ef apleSh Br and wealth 1 Who could endure such thievish' _^ servants , _« _uS * _* J £ ! and the patrons of a banditti could be the _proner _fiu ° K 1 , bert J or wh 0 would "Wow tCC houW ever be made one hair more free by such a set of publio functionaries ( though they miehc amount to five hundred , elected ia this manner from the counties and boroughs ) when among them wh « are the very guardians of liberty , and to whose _ous . tody it is committed , there must be so many , who Know not either how to use or to enjoy liberty , who neither understand the principles nor merit thews _, session ?—Milton . *

      THE _BOURGEOIS'S . Edmund Burke had a rooted contempt for theoba . raoterand profession of a merchant . 'Do not talk to me , ' said he once in the House of Common " , ' o f the liberality and patriotism of a _meiobant : hia Go i is his gold ; his country hfti invoice ; hi * desk hi altar ; _hu ledger his Bible ; his church hi » exchange and he bas faith in none but his banker . ' When he made a speeoh , whioh was well received from _« he hustings of Bristol , at the time of the ran . ture between this country and America , poor 0 -. who was one of the candidates , was standing by hia side . Equally avene with Mr Burke to the American contest , but master of no other language than the short vocabulary of the _countinu-bouse , ha cried , 'I say ditto to Mr Burke ; I say _rfiwo to Mr Burke /

      THE LITTLE SEED , A . little teed , at random thrown . Upon , tho world , ono day A moment up In air wbb blown , Tben gently borne anay Unto a desert , drear and wide , Close by a mountain liJe . Tho seed lay there for msny days , Unnoticed and aUne , Amid _tbos * cold and ragged way * , By briar * overgrown ; Tetraln from heaven , and balmy air , And sunbeam * _ohser'd it tbere _.

      It rooted in tbe solid ground , Put forth it * item and leaf , And , throwing tendril * _rouus and round , It grew beyond belief ; An * , wat _; ng stronger every hour , Brought forth a _lortly fl mtr . It _bloitom'd tbere so sweetly mild That « ong-bird « stay ' d tbiir flight , In wonder tbat the desert wild Produced to fair a sigh : The briar * envying all tbe while Ic * perfume and it * smile _. But winter came with * orm and snowt Tbe floweret droop'd It * bead ; And tbe brUrs daih'd it to aud fro Until they _dt-m'd ie dead ; Laughing , as rounu tbem day by day , Its soatter ' d _seedlets lay .

      _Dlsmay'd were tbey wben spring appeared , And , _ctowntd with myrlaa flowers , Eaob stem , in liveliness _upresr'd , Defied their rugged power * . Iu vain thty strove ; for every _ipring Brought forth it * _bloisomlng . The flower * now climb the mountain tide , And on tho _sammlt smite ; Whilst < A > r tbe pUln in modest pride Tbey bloom for _rasny a mile ; And not oae _tbora now meets tbe view , Wbere late tbe briars grew .

      And thus a thought may live and grow , Though oast on deaert soil , And o ' er the earth its beauty throw By long and patient toil ; Though Xnvy'a frown will oft etsay To take its light away . Yes I it will smile aud sptead its flowers , . Despite the fisrcoit storm ; Aad mid tbe _tempnt and the shower * Uprear it * lovelj form ; Like many a truth whlob _umiles serene Amid life ' * darkest scene . Thus , breathing to the world around Its sweets through many day , It bbbU adorn tbe _bnmblest ground , And bless tbe _looe'i * t way ; Whilst tbey wbo _ahunn'd tbe budding flower Shall praite it in it * blooming bour . fUmmi _Ttetiale

      _UBSRTT . Tha 4 ue-ono % crt ; of liberty is Bevar raised under certain auspices but to cover the designs of slavery . BISTORT . History is a Ions and gradual ascent , where great aotions and characters in time leave borrowed pomp behind , atd at an immeasurable distance below them . _srupioirr . Stupidity has its advantages as well as wit . If a man strikes his hand _agiicst wood or stone , be him * self will ba the sufferer .

      _UiMHlID Mankind , above _a'l things , hate to be made tho _dnpea of doubtful professions ol wisdom and benevolence . THE OBBAT AND THB _LIIItK . The political struggles of a great character art for the future rather tban the present , at tho petty equabbles of party are for the present and never for the future . _—Foster ' t Lives of British Statesmen .

      _HtRIK-ANTOlNEnR . From her first arrival tn France , at the age of flfteet , Marie . Antoinette bad te « n ah alj ct of dislike both to tbe _Ooart and to tbe people . Even' tbe mind of hag young husband was so _paiioned _againtt ber , tbat until ioms time after he _aieended the tbrone , he refrain ** * from _sll marital _interoaurao with ber . She was conti * nually accused both of criminal levity , and of intrigues in the interest of _Auitria . _Duriag tbe first years ol her _marrlBge she lived in great _unhappineas and _ra * _ttralot . The Impatience ( be manifested at tbe _strlot etiquette obiervcd lu the Court of France , which _awpped her at every step sue m ° . de , assisted also to _tendur hw diataiteful to the forma'itta who filled it . Thia etiquette wa * of an incredible minutencii , and enthralled

      ber from her rising in the morning till her getting into bed at night . Tne following _quotation from Madame Campan may glv « * ome Idea of it : — ' The dreialng of the _Priuoea * wa * tho very pink of etiquotte ; _everything lo it iwa * strictly regulated . Tbe L » dy of Honour and the Lady of ihe \ fardrobe , both , if thty w _< ro _treient to . _gether , _aiaiated by tbs fir » t attendant and two ordinary attendant * , performed the prlnolpal _servics ; tut there were dUtltcdon * _between tbem . Tbe Lsdy of _> h 9 Wardrobe handed th * petticoat and the gown . Ths _Lidy of Honour p _> uved out water to _waah tho band * , and put on the cbemlie . When a Princea * of tie Royal Family wa * preient at the _dreaalng _, the Lidy of Honour yielded to her the latter function , but did not yield il dlreotly tothe _Prlnee »« ea of the blood ; ia suoh _caae the chemlae to the _flrai

      Lsdy of Honour returned tbo femmu _de-chambrt , who delivered It to the Prlnc » _e of th _» blood . Eaob of theie lsdles _scrupulously obierved these uiag / t , a * having the character of right * . It b _> ppened one winter ' * mwnlng that tbe _dauphinea * wa * waiting to receive her _cb-imV , which I held teady unfolded , when the Lady of Honour entered , _ha-tenad to take off her _glovea , and took tbe chemise from my hand * . At thi * moment a knock t * heard at the door ; it _i » opined , and the Duche ** of Orleans enter * . She removes ber gl ow * , and advance * to t » b » the chemlae j but tbe Lady of Honour mu _* t not deliver It to her . Sbe return * it to me , and I present It to the Duche ** . A _< _alx n knoek la heard ; it it Madame , the _Counteaa of Prover . _ot : the _Dncheee of _Orlean * _turrendera to her the chem _' , All

      tbi * time the Queen 1 * _aianaing . wtth bet _aropa _crosasd upen her breast _ablverlng with cold . Madame _percelvea her _unpleaggnt position ; and _contentin * h . raelfwith throwing _Bslde her ha * 4 keroMef , aad ra _« ainlng her glovea , she puts on the chemi * e „ _and as _sbedues as , knocks down the Q * e » n ' _* hea « dre »* . The latter _amiled to _diagulae her vexatlou . _bat « be mmteved * evir » l time * between her teeth , Detestab'e ! How ttV « om «/' -V « l . i . pp . 97 , 98 Ib tbe following page , M _. _deme Campan very « en . ibly remark * , ' Thi * etlguetto . which , in the domeatio life ef our _PrlnetBis * , ha * led them toh _» vo _ih _^ _tnaelye . treated a . _dlvlnltiea , made th . m in tMr publio life v c . timsofanyd . _lualon . Io the palace ot V reailloB , U-tle . Anto _i nette found mnttlinde of _eatabUabe" and revered ues ' ge * which appeared to ker _inaufferable . '

      Mbmohablt ; satino of _Koeciusko . —When tha brave Poles arrived at Craoow , wbere the revolution oomm enoed , he made tho lictle band of patriots under hia _command the following _hearUtirring speech-. — 'We arc not strong _enough in number to be viotorious , but we are strong enough to am with honour in defending our count' }'!' JuD 0 _E 8 .-v 7 h _&' . _auenferxau is that upon the pench in Jiurcown , _» nd hur pelt , and bur black cap ? Why marry ( quoth Morgan hur ia an o d woman tha- takes her nap u „ 0 n bur cushion , and then hur tells ihe _ahawry bur _tream team .- A Lean * DUuriatm _uptm Old rYotren . . .

      _Rruember Tbis .-One hour -per t in soberly Uking into -U » rights of things is moie like _* _*•» $ men aot -with good sense , and wuh eff-ot than wLc . o years spent in clamorous railing .- Cobbett .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09091848/page/3/