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      OS THE FLIGHT OF THE SOS OF JSCHAMTJ , % _RATE CHIEF OP TH * CmCASST ASS T _£ JJH * HIS FATHER AND HIS BROTHERS I _» HATIVE MOUNTAINS . Heaven speed thee , son of _Scbamyl , to tby country m thy _nJ £ ? _mayes t aid tby father ia bis battlcsfor the _^ _alfJn _CircassiVs . _passes come thundering on the _^ _footfor wolves and vultu res let tbe Musco vites lay low , , , , Although Wben _thOUWCrt an iuftut _, thOU _~ ert _carnedfar _FromTJoearho meinthe monntains _. towheretieCxar _TbougfheSedtheeforbisarmies _. _suchrreason might _Xbesod _' of Schamyl _' _ssou forbade to _figbtXagamst the

      _Uiou hast left the Russian ; oh , may noughteer stop tby brave career . Etfll m ayest thon wield the yataghan , and grasp tbe shining spear ; ¦ _o to them as their shadow , no rest or ease to know , _Tjfhen they dream thej are safest , then work thou tbeir overthrow . Teach thon upon the mountains , to the slaves of Kussia ' s Czar , _jhatthecanse of right must conquer , when despots go to war . _Tbonehthe snows of many years , may rest npon each _hill—4 n 3 " tb _<> u ' rh the years roll on , jour land is independent

      Then success attend thee , true one , on the mountain or Ihe p lain , Wherever ( _Srcassia's warriors meet , their freedom to maintain ; Be thon always where a son should be—at thy brave father ' sside , _\ _nd leading o n a fiery band of warriors in their pnde . Then success attend thee , true one ; confusion te the Car , Success to all brave spirits who Tesist him in tbe war ; Xay t & _sy conquer as brave men should do upon the battle plain , - Chi better far such death to die , than live in Kussia ' s chain . _ALFRED Fessevl .

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

      A DREAM . After reading the Archbishop ' s prayer to avert famine . Oh the people were raising their voices on high , ind calling on God with a pitiful cry ; For the fruits of the fields , had been stricken with dearth , And famine was stalking abroad through the earth _. Ana the people were groaning , with hunger and pain , Shey were kneeling and praying , but kneeling in vain , Blithe flag of Rebellion , at lemth was unfurled , When lhethunder of Heaven broke over the world ; And a voice from tbe clouds , to the _peoplabelow , dried why do ye suffer , from wantand from woe \ I have poured forth my blessings , with bountiful hand _.

      O ' er the length and the bredfh , of Ring Adam ' s fair land _. Bat bad men hare blasted , the fruits of the sod , fhey have famished the people , then charged itoa God , Did I _fiiveye strongarms , to lie idle aH day ? Dial g ive ve broad fields , bnt to waste and decay ? Come rise from your kneeling , let every right hand Grasp tbe sword that brings blessings , the spade _tOl the land , Then the blessings of life wiU abundantly grow , And & mine mD . skulk , to the regions below ; And woe to the man , who , when willing to toil , _Tfithnolusfrom . ahrother , Ms right to the soil . M . M . T .

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      ACROSTIC . OS WnXUX _HOWTTT THB PATBIOT WBITEB . Addressed to _Viehard-heartcd Aristocracy . W onder no more ! ye Tyrant men , I f ' gainst yon wieldst the patriot's pen , I > ong have yon mocked and scourged the poor , 1 onger then : chains , they'le not endure I f regardless yet , of hungers * prayer A 11 slaves demands wUl rend the air II _ankind , are we ! No felons fare ! H ow can yon then , their rage appease 0 r try tumults to ealin like these , "W hen the oppressors yoke is dashed aside 11 ia" triumph , labour's sons should ride , T hen will you quaH at liberty T hen shoutsresound , we wiU be free!— J . Shaw 54 , Gloucester-street , Commej * c 3 al-r .-aa "East .

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      Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. October. Edin...

      TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . October . Edinburgh : W- Tait , Princes-street , London : Simpkin , Marshall & Ge . This month ' s number opens with a continuation of Mrs . Gore ' s new fiction " Temptation and Atonement ; " of eourse the name of the authoress sufficiently proclaims the merit of her -work . A delightmi article on " Trees" we have read with mueh pleasure _. What we snppose we may consider as the first of a series of "Letters from the West of Ireland , " gives some interesting pictures of Irish life . There Is some excellent poetry in this number . Aline _sfirrin-v ballad is tbe piece describing tbe last days and death ofthe " The Constable De Bourbon f we regret , however , that good poetry should be wasted _gpon a character who though a great warrior , "The soldier ' s & iend , the soldier ' s pride , the child of victory "

      was really and truly a mighty brisand , who , if hehad committed the robbery and murder which has immortalised him , on a small , instead ofa large scale , would certainly bave been hnng as a ruffian instead of being deified as a conqueror . Not such are the "heroes" we bononr , — ' The drying np one tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore . " We do not repudiate the sword when drawn in a good cause , nor are we insensible to the true glory of _snch veritable heroes as Leonidas and Washington ,

      " Whose every battle-field is hcly ground , ¦ ffhichbreathes of nations saved , not worlds undone , " and therefore , we accord our full and hearty approbation to the lines in this number of Tail ( which appeared in last Safardav'sStar ) , entitled "The Field of Motat" Such poetry is worthy of all praise . There is an article in this number of Tait , on "Leigh Hunt" by George Gilfillan , which ought to have a much more searching review than we can find room for ; we must , however , express our views on one portion ofthe said article , if not fully , at least plainly . We ' haveno fault to find with the praise awarded to Leigh Bunt , a man who , as a poet , essayist , and critic , has " done the state some service , " only we protest against the praise of Hunt being accompanied by foul , venomous calumny against the mighty Byron , such as we find blackening this outpouring of Gufilkn _' s .

      We know not whether Gilfillan is connected with fhe Scottish priesthood , but if he is not a priest , he ought to be , for most assuredly " the lads in black " wonld find him a _worthy brother of tbeir order ; his fiendish malice , his unappeasable hatred towards Byron , as evidenced by the gall-drops from his pen , whenever he can by any means find a pretext for assailing that glorious poet , proves him , whether or not he wears the dress of one , to be a priest at heart . Kone bnt a _cowl'd inquisitor , cruel , cold-hearted _Cahinist , or hypocrital praise-God-Barebones could be his parallel .

      Itis not the first or second time , we have had _ to complain of the disgrace brought npon Mr . Tait ' s magazine , bv thelacubr & fions of this calumniator of Byron . We tell Mr . Tait that tbe canting morality" which is made the cloak for these hideous and cowardly assaults npon tbe defenceless dead will not be tolerated on this side ofthe border ; and we question if it will meet with much toleration even on tbe other side - K tbe indignation , therefore , which Mr . Tait's contributor cannot fail to excite against himself , may be shared by the magazine . But to ihe points at issue .

      _, Our readers , who may not know the fact , must be informed that , amongst the works of Leigh Bfant is one— " damned to everlasting fame " . — entitled ' Lord Byron and his Contemporaries ; " which _'ork , according to GilfiUan ' s admissions , proves Bunt to have been _feuilty of "ingratitude" and " violated confidence" towards his deceased protec tor , Byron . Gilfillan acknowledges that _Hi-nt " bad been treated by Byron with great liberality ;" and that he had been " admitted to his confidence ;" Gilfillan adds : " He had been fed and insulted under the same roof with the noble poet . And in

      exchange for such favours , he was bound to Hatter the man when dead , to whom , when living , hehad always acted a firm and manly part ! " No , sir , he was not bound to do anything of the sort . lie was bound , however , by every principle of consistency and honesty , either to have repudiated and denounced Byron while living , or having pursued the opposite course , to at least remain silent as regards his friend ' s imperfections , when that friend was laid m the grave . If Bvron " fed and insulted Hunt , ilunt should have flung away the feeding , and resented the insults of Byron at die time , and not , to quote

      Moore" Fed on bim _living , and fonl'd on bim dead . Ie . ' gh flont may well exclaim " save me from my friends " when reading the OHtpoarings of bis friend Gilfillan :- Hunt ' s book on Byron , though toothsome t « the _noi"thern critic , as 'far as its abuse of Byron 15 eoncernv ' _-d , is nevertheless damned after the fob

      Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. October. Edin...

      lowing fashion : — " Our quarrel with this book is not so much its treatment of Byron ' s memory , as its generad spirit and execution . Its spirit i 3 waspish , its execution feeble . His estimates of contemporary talent are not eminently felicitous , nor , with the exception of his personal friends , particularly candid . " Now if the book is waspish anil uneandid , if his estimates of contemporary talent a-e not to be received as gospel , why single out the portions relating to Byron as trustworthy and praiseworthy ? Gilfillan represents Leigh Hunt as now "smiling pity over the dishonoured dust of Byron ( magnanimous smiler !) and over the insolent but retracted ridicule of Moore . " Moore ' s " retraction " is news to us ; one thing is certain that in the latest edition of Byron ' s works Mr . Murray has appended amongst the foot-notes to the " The Vision of Judg . ment , " Moore ' s castiga ion of Hunt , which castigation Gilfillan calls 'insolent ridicule . " In mercy to Leigh Hunt we will not copy Moore ' s verses . I

      Leaving the " Pease-blossom" ( why not pease-pudding |?) poet and essayist , we must have a few more words with Gilfillan . This cold-hearted caluminator dares to scoff at the last and most glorious of the acts of Byron—what he calls "bis chimerical and insincere expedition to Greece !; " he adds : " an incident no more deserving moral approbation _. _jthan the conduct ofthe prodigal , who in his desperation _etdists . " He go ? s on : | " exhausted in intellect and bruised in heart be ' threw himself into the _^ Greek cause . " The contemplation of the "bruised heart" of Byron seems to afford pleasure to Gilfillan : The reader will judge of the exhausted intellect of the poet by turning to " The Island , " "The Age of Bronze , " and the last five cantos of "Don Juan . " all written

      within the last fifteen months of his life . On this question we will answer Gilfillan out of the mouth of his own countryman , Byron's great" contemporary , Sir _Walter'Scott . " " . 'As various in composition as Shakespeare himself ( this will be admitted by all who are acquainted with his Don Juan , ) he has embraced every topic of human life , and sounded every string en the divine harp , from its slightest , to its most powerful and heart-astounding tones . * * His genius seemed as prolific as various . The most prodigal use did not exhaust his powers , nay , seemed rather to increase their vigour . Neither " Childe Harolde , " nor any of the most beautiful of Byron ' s earlier tales , contain more exquisite morsels of poetry , than are to be found scattered through the cantos of' Don Juan , ' amidst verses which the author appears to have thrown off with an effort as spontaneous as that of a tree resigning its leaves to the wind . " GilfiUan's scoffing sneers at Byron's

      chivalrous adhesion to the Greek cause , excites our heartfelt disgust and abhorence . No doubt himself incapable of generous and heroic actions , he judges of others by his ' own standard . We will again quote Sir Walter Scott , who knew Byron something better than Gilfillan can have known him ; that great writer after remarking of Byron that" no man had ever a kinder heart for sympathy , or a more open hand for the relief of distress , and no mind was ever more formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble actions , " concludes with these words , " It is a reflection solemn and gratifying , that death found onr Byron in no moment of levity , but contributing his fortune and hazarding his life in behalf of a people only endeared to him by their own past glories ' and as fellow-creatures suffering under the yoke ofa heathen oppressor . To have fallen in a crusade for Freedom and Humanity , as in olden times it wonld have been an atonement for the blackest

      crimes , may , in the present , be allowed to expiate greater follies than ever exaggerated calumny has propagated against Byron . " Gilfillan fells his readers that the " public , " after several and opposite changes of opinion , have at last come to the conclusion of writing on Byron's bust , — 'A traitor to . his own transcendant genius . " Gilfillan himself awards to Byron the doom of " eternal silence , " Modest—very ! We tell him he libels the " public . " Even if he spoke truly of his " public " —ignorant , jealous , and sybarite aristocrats ; thimble-rigging money-jugglers ; _^ tape-measuring , treacle-selling _shopocrats ; canting , hypocritical priests ; envious authors , snarling critics , and morality-raongering writers—even if this public , with the potent Gilfillan at their head , were really united to annihialate the fame of Byron , tbey would fail . There is another " public" growing , which in

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

      Chartist Poems. Bt Erxest Jones. Lon Don...

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

      Oh ! then I looked back for my cold quiet home , As tbe hell-bound looks back for the grave ; But I beard my soul cry—who but cowards can fly ; While a tyrant yet tramples a slave t Then I bound on my armour to face the rough world , And I ' m going to march with the rest , Against tyrants to fight—for tbe sake ofthe right , And , if bafiled , to fall with the best . The whole poem is a noble _effasion . Second , third , fourth , and fifth , namely , " Our _^ Summons ;" "Our Rally ; " "Our Warning ; " and "Our Destiny , " maybe classed together as stirrin , _^ = rd truly poetical appeals to the millions , which _uiZit command the responses of the mighty multitude . From one only of these poems we reprint the following lines : —

      And were it death _asraits ye , On ! Death is liberty . Then quails the power that hates ye , When freemen dare to die . He shall not be a Briton , "Who brooks to be a slave : — An alien to the country . And a mockery to the brave . Down with the cup _. untasttd ! Its draught is not for thee : Its generous strength were wasted On all , but on the free . —' Turn worn the altar , bondsman ! Nor touch a British bride . What f Wouldstthou bear her blushing For thee , at thine own side 1 Back from the Church-door , Craven ; Tbe great dead sleep beneath , And liberty i 8 graven

      On every sculptured -wreath ! For whom shall lips of beauty , And history ' s glories be ? For whom the pledge of Friendship ? For Me . Free ! the Free ' , the Free I Sixth . — " The Two Races " well contrasts the actual with the ideal aristocracy . Seventh . —'' Labour ' s History" reminds us of some of the poetic outbursts of the Abbe de Lammesais , in "The Words ofa Believer ; " mark the conclusion : — King ' s have cheated—Priests have lied—Break the sword on Slavery ' s knee , And become , in manhood ' s pride , That , which God intended , — Free !

      before the public every man has a right to attack and discuss and call them in question as seems proper to him , '—and the affirmation that ' no opinions , no statements , are not worth anything that will not bear this sifting '—are sentiments which do Mr . Howitt great credit , and entitle bis views to the most respectful consideration . " Another article on " Methodists and Missions , " extracted from an old number ofthe Edinburgh Review , claims our notice . Although not agreeing with all things said by the writer in the Edinburgh Review , we do heartily agree with him in this , that " If the choice rested with us , we should

      THE REASONER . Part IV . Edited bt G . J . _Hoi-tcake . London : Watson , 3 , Queens Head Passage , Paternoster Row . The friends to free inquiry will find some interesting articles in this number . We may specially single out a letter from Mr . Howitt , in reply to a series of letters addressed to that gentleman by Mr . Ilolyoake . We agree with the editor of the Reasoner , that" The independent enunciation ofthe principle of free discussion without limitation of topics , the fearless avowal that' when opinions on any subject are thrown

      8 th . — "Is _alivel . | Chai t st chorus . " 9 th . — " Blackstone Edge "is no dishonour to the air to which it is written— " The Battle of Hohenlinden . " Tenth . — "O'ConnorvihV'isa vision ofthe future , which the friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Scheme will cherish . Eleventh . — " The Coming Day" is a poem to match with some of the best of Charms Mackay's . Twelfth and last . — " Onward and Upward " has recently appeared in these columns . We hope to see more than one series of these poems ; indeed we do notldespair of seeing these pages estend to a volume numbering ten times sixteen .

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

      ' GIVE BACK THE MONEY . ' A FAHILIiE HOWL IN TUB N 0 _STH . Another reading of tbe text , ' Peace on earth and _goodwill towards men . ' [ When the disruption in the Scotch Church took place , deputations from ths Free Church went to the United States ( as also to England and other places ) , to raise subscriptions . In the United States money was accepted from the slave as well as from the free states . In Scotland a demand was mads to ' send back the money ' to tbe slave states , which has grown into a national cry . The Glasgow Examiner says—* " Send back tbe money , " meets the eye of the traveller in every part of the city . It seems to be quite fashionable to couple the " send back" with names of ministers and elders , and even ladies are not exempted from the unenviable notoriety . "Send back tbe money , Jobn Thomson , "" Send back the money , Mrs . Jameson , " «• Send back the money , Dr . Caven dish , " flourish at every corner . ' But amid all this furor

      against receiving black slave earnings for the churches , no one seems topoin t out the inconsistency of accepting white slave wages . Yet what else are the contributions , wrung by mean piety in every possible way , from our credulous and religious poor , by tha collecting agents of Church and Dissenting , Missionary and Bible confederacies ! In many of the manufactories of England tbe work people are compelled to leave something for the 'Missionary Box' or they become marked men . And in Scotland , as the poet records , the last farthing of the pauper is eagerly carried away . The view ofthe ' Send Back' question taken in tbe 'Familiar Howl' is as just as it is striking and appropriate . The lines were written by request for ajpopular and influential [ paper , * which however , taking a somewhat different view ofthe subject from the poet , they were not inserted . But inasmuch as tbey express valued sentiments , I solicited , and was favoured by Mr . Thorn with them , They now for the first time appear . —Ed . ]

      Another gust—another jet Spurts from the yellow tide ; Dividing yet—devising yet Howyet they may divide . Give back the money ! ' well , give it back , The last blood-mingled mite ; Or be it scourged from a slaving black , — Or wrung ofa starving white . Heaven mils it not , His altar stained By the wretch ' s narrowed share ; "What , from hungering heart all strained , Had never welcome there . O , we have seen of labour wan , Yon solemn croucher seek The lonely dole of a withering man , Nor care for his sunken cheek .

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

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

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

      * Query.—Was Fear Of The Millocracy, The...

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

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      j _^~ Want of room compels us to postpone till next week notices of "The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review , " " The Colonial Magazine , " " The People ' s Journal , " ;"| Holyoake ' s Hand- book cf Grammar , " " The People ' s Family Journal , " and other publications .

      Beauties Of Byron.

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON .

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

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

      answers-Right in his father ' s steps hath the Regent trod , Firm hath he proved , and wise , at a time when weakness or error Would have sunk us in shame , and to ruin hare hurried ns headlong , True to himself hath he been , and heaven has rewarded his counsels . This is said of that bloated beast , " the Regent , " afterwards George IV . " A Charles to his country , a Harry to his wife , " the brute who thanked the Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry for slaughtering the people at Peterloo . After some canting trash in abuse of Napoleon , the stHpid old king wants to know something about the dreadful radicals , so asks—Is the spirit

      Quell'd wbicbhath troubled the land ! aud the multitude freed from delusion , - Know they their blessings at lastf and are they contented and thankful ? Percival answers—Still is that fierce and _restless spirit at work , Still it deceiveth the weak , and inflameth tbe rash and desperate , Even new , I ween , some dreadful deed is preparing ; For the souls of the wicked are loose , and the Powers of Evil Move on tbe wing alert . Some nascent horror they look for , Be sure ; some ' accursed conception of filth and darkness , Ripe for its monstrous birth .

      It is some relief to turn from this abominable trash of the " rancorous renegado , " to the _racyg satire of the glorious Byron . St . Peter sat by the celestial gate , His keys were rusty and the lock was dull , So little trouble bad been given of late ; Not that the plaee by any means was full , But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight , " The devils haveta _' en a longer , stronger pull , And " a pull altogether , " ns they say At sea , which drew most souls another way . The angels all were singing out of tune , And hoarse with having little else to do , Excepting to wind up the sun and moon , Or curb a mnaway young star or two , Or wild colt of a comet , which too soon

      Broke out of bounds o ' er the ethereal blue , Splittiug some planet with its playful tail , As boats are sometimes by a wanton whale . The guardian seraphs had retired on high , Finding their charges past all care below ; Terrestrial business fill'd nought in the sky Save the recording angel ' s black bureau ! Who found , indeed , the facts to multiply With such rapidity of vice and woe , That he had stripp'd off both his wings in quills , And yet was in arrear of human ills _. His business so augmented of late years , That he was forced , against his will , no doubt , ( Just like those cherubs , earthly ministers , ) For some resource to turn himself about And claim the help of his celestial peers ,

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

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

      This wa « a handsome board—at least for heaven ; And yet they had e ' en then enough to do , So many conquerors ' cars were daily driven , So many kingdoms fitted up anew ; Each day too sl ew its thousands six or _« even , Till at the crowning carnage , Waterloo , They threw their pens down in divine disgust—The page was so besmeared with blood and dust , This by the way ; 'tis not mine to record What angels shrink from : even the very devil On this occasion his own work abhorr'd , So surfeited with the infernal revel ; Though he himself had _sharpen'd every sword , It almost quenched his innate thirst of evil . Here Satan ' s sole good work deserves insertion'Tis , that he has both generals in reversion . LeAs skip a few short years of hollow peace , Which peopled earth no better , hell as wont , And heaven none—they _form'd the tyrant's leas *

      With nothing but new names subscrib'd upon't ; 'Twill _ono day finish : meantime they increase , " With seven heads and ten horns " and all in front , like S t . John's foretold beast ; but ours are born Less formidable in the head than horn . In the first year of freedom ' s second dawn Died George the Third ; although no tyrant , one Who shielded tyrants , till each sense withdrawn Left him nor mental nor external sun : A better farmer ne ' er brushed dew from lawn , A worse king never left a realm undone ! He died—but left his subjects still behind , OHe half as mad—and t ' other no less blind . He died !—his death made no great stir on earth ; His burial made some pomp ; there was profusion Of velvet , gilding , brass , and no great dearth

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

      What nature made him at his birth , as bare As the mere million ' s base unmummied clay-Yet all his spices but prolong delay . He's dead—and upper earth with him has dons He ' s buried ; save the undertaker ' s bill , Or lapidary scrawl , the world is gone For him , unless he left a German will ; But where ' _s the proctor who will ask bis son ? In whom his qualities are reigning still , Except that household virtue , most uncommon , Of constancy to a bad , ugly woman . " God save the king ! " It is a large economy la God to save the like ; but if he will Be saving , all the better ; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still ; I hardly know , too , if not quite alone am I In this small hope of bettering future ill By circumscribing , with some slight restriction , The eternity of hell's hot jurisdiction _.

      I know this is unpopular ; I kuow 'lis blasphemous ; I know one may be damn'd For hoping no one else may e ' er be so ; I know my catechism ; I know we are cramm'd With the best doctrines till we quite oV-rflow ; I know that all save England's church hare shamm'd , And that the other twice two hundred churches And synagogues hare made a damn ' d bad purchase , God help us all ! God help me too ! I am God knows , as helpless as the devil cm wish , And not a whit more difficult to damn Than is to bring to land a late hook'd fish , Or to the butchers to purvey the lamb ; Not that I ' m fit for such a noble dish As one day will be that immortal fry Of almost everybody born to die . Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate

      And nodded o ' er his keys ; when lo ! there came A wond ' rous noise he had not heard of late—A rushing sound of wind , and stream and flame ; In short , a roar of things extremely great , Which would bave made aught save a saint , exclaim ; But he , with first a start , and then a wink , Said , " There ' s another star gone out , I think !" But ere he could return to his repose , A ehcrub flapped bis right wing o ' er his eyes—At which St , Peter yawn'd and _rubb'd his nose : " Saint porter , '' said the Angel , " prithee rise 1 " Waving a goodly wing , which _glow'd , as glows An earthly peacock's tail , with heavenly dyes : To which the Saint replied , * ' Well , what ' s the mutter ? Is Lucifer come back with all this clatter J "

      "No , " quoth the cherub ; "George the Third is dead . " "And who is George the Third ? " replied th _« Apostle ; What Gkohoe , "hat thiiid ? " The King of Eng-Inni' / 'said T _* i . * _Aiiyc-l . * ' Well ! he won't find kings to jostle IIiin on his way ; but does he wear his head ! Because the last we saw here had u tussle , And ne ' er would have got into heaven ' s good graces , Had he not flung his head in all our faces . He was , if I remember , king of France : That head of his which could not keep a crown On earth , yet ventured in my face to advance A elaim to those of martyrs—like my own : If I had had my sword , as I bad once When I cut ears off , I had cut him down 1 But having blit my _keis , and not my brand , 1 only knocked his head from out his haud _. And then he set up such a headless howl ,

      That all the saints came out , and took him in ; Aud there he sits by St . Paul , _clieekbyjowl , That fellow Paul—the parvenu ? The skin Of St , Bartholomew , which makes his cowl In heaven , nnd upon earth redeem'd his sin So as to make a martyr , never sped Better then did this weak and wooden head . But had it come up here , upon its shoulders , There would have been a different tnle to tell : The fellow-feeling in the saints beholders Seems to have acted on tbem like a spell , And so this very foolish head heaven soldiers Back on its trunk ; it may be very well , And seems the custom here , to overthrow Whatever has been wisely done below . The Angel answered , " Peter 1 do not pout ;

      The kin _;» who comes has bead and all entire , And never knew much what it was about—He did as doth the puppet—by its wire , And will be judged like all the rest , no doubt ; My business and your own is not to enquire Into such matters , but to mind our cue—Which is to act as we are bid to do . " While thus they spake , the angelic caravan , Arriving like a rush of mighty wind , Cleaving the fields of space , as doth the swan Some silver . itream ( say Ganges . Nile , orlnde _, Or Thames , or Teed ) and midst them an old man With an old soul , and both extremely blind , Halted before the gate : and in his shroud Seated their fellow traveller on a cloud . ( _Tobe continued _, J

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      ALLEN DAVENPORT . ( From the Rcasoner of October 21 st . ) For Allen Davenport . —E . J . J . and friends £ 16 s . 6 d . ; W . G . Begg , J . Thornburn _, J . Thompson , and friend , 2 s .: Emma Dyer Is .: Mr . Ashurst , 3 s . J . W . 0 . Is .: Mr . Coltman , piano-forte tuner , Leicester , Is . Cd .: John Alexander and friends , 53 . —Mr . F . Hall , of Finsbury Hall , 60 , Bunhill Row , desires his name inserted as one who will receive subscriptions . Ic is pleasant to answer the sympathising enquiries of friends concerning Mr . Davenport . On Saturday a relapse came , which threatened the worst consequences , but on Monday he revived a little . All copies of the Life by himself , which we recently announced , have been sold—but their remains about 100 of Mr . Davenport ' s Life , Writings , and Principles of Spcnce , the advocate of Agrarian Equality , which can be had at our publisher ' s , ( Mr . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row ) and at Mr . Wheeler ' s , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho—price threepence .

      _5 _®* Tlie readers of the Northern Star will note that the " Life of Spence _, " noticed in last week's Star , is now ready . Friends , send your orders .

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      _MU _.. _UMJ « v _V ....... _g _, V ... « .. _w ....... .. _v _. _u _* . _* f _V » _£# \ # U . VJ London , which had had its wheel on fire , and was constantly pumped on all the way from Liverpool to Birmingham , broke down about four miles from the latter place , imminently endangering the immense train . Upwards of an hour elapsed before assistance could be procured , and tho carriage taken off , so as to allow the train to proceed , A most malicious attempt to overthrow a train was made on the Eastern Counties line last Sunday night . On the train which left Chelmsford at 8 in the evening nearing Ingatestone Station , a slight obstruction upon the rail was felt , and upon examimv tion it was found that an iron chair had been wilfully placed across it , but was fortunately crushed by the weight of the engine . A porter took the precaution to examine the rails some little distance upwards , when lie found several otlicr chairs similarly placed with the like villainous intention .

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      At the weekly meeting of the board of directors and guardians of St . Marylebone parish , on Friday , the confirmation ofthe minute ofthe previous meeting , to the effect that the dietary of 1813 be restored , was rejected by a majority of 11 to C—majority against reverting to the former dietary , 5 . At a meeting of the Marylebone vestry , held on Saturday , a resolution was passed unanimously for the appointment of a committee to investigate the numerous complaints ofthe inefficiency of the police in this parish . In consequence of the long-eontinucd rains the whole ofthe marshes and low lands on the banks of the River Lea , extending from Hackney to Tottenham , with those on the Essex side , are under water .

      _. At Norwich Police Court , a youth , named Frederick Cutting , was remanded on a charge of _hariri set fire to his father ' s premises . The cause of this desperate act was anger at having been compelled to be at home at an early hour in the evening . He would not obey , and remained from home on the Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday nights . On the Thursday night he spent nearly his last halfpenny in purchasing a box of _lucifers , with which he set fire to the out-door premises . _Dahino Burglary . —A robbery was committed on the premises of Mr . Little , draper , Oxford-street . Gloucester , on Sunday evening last . The whole of

      the family had left the house to attend chapel , leaving the doors , it was thought , securely locked . During their absence , however , the door was opened by means of picklocks , and the house ransacked from top to bottom , desks and boxes broke open , drawers turned out , and even a bed searched , as if they were apparently aware that there was money in the ' house , though ignorant ofits place of deposit . The mo _* t singular part ofthe affair remains to be related . The thieves had ransacked two out of three drawers in the kitchen dresser , but left the third untouched . In this drawer was £ 70 in cash , which thus escaped their clutches . The robbers carried off a quantity of property , valued together at about £ 20 .

      On Saturday morning an accident occurred at the Camden Town Railway Station , to a carman named J . Mills . The unfortunate man , with others , was engaged in moving luggage , die . at the station , and whilst so employed , he by some unaccountable means got jammed between two trucks , and received such injuries as to render his immediate removal to the hospital necessary . It was ascertained that the unfortunate victim had sustained a severe injury in the abdomen , besides other internal injuries , so as to render his recovery doubtful . _Wholbsalb Poaching . —The trains ofthe Whitehaven Junction between Workington and Harrington destroy numbers of hares , which get upon the line from the adjoinins : preserves of Mr . Henry Curwen , thus enabling the gatekeepers to participate in the luxury of an occasional dish of hare soup . — Whitehaven Herald .

      The _Short-timk System . —The mill operatives of the various manufacturing districts , after submitting to Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., at Manchester , the present position of their trade , have determined to work short time , and at a meeting of delegates held last Sunday , a memorial on the subject to the employers was agreed upon . Great Britain . —It is said that Captain Ilosken is a proprietor to the extent of £ 30 , 000 , and therefere the underwriters , under the idea that he will leave no means untried to save tbe vessel , will not interfere with his management . Mork Convicts for Van Diemen _' s Land . —The Arabian , Government transport has refitted atDeptford Victualling-yard , and is ordered to drop down to her Majesty ' s Dockyard , Woolwich , to receive 300 of these unfortunate beings on board , who will be sent down from the Penitentiary , for a passage to Van Diemen's Land .

      No less than 300 informations were laid last week against the owners of tenements in Liverpool , for cellars which were either defective as respects ventilation or were of insufficient size for human dwellings . It was proposed to dispose of this formidable array by hearing 50 summonses per diem . Naval Promotion —It is stated , that a great naval promotion will take place early next month , which will have the effect of removing a great number of officers from the service upon the retired full-pay list , and of giving promotion to others , many of whom have been upwards of twenty years without being raised a step in rank in the Royal Navy . Anecdote of Bishop Leighton . —When the bishop was one day lost in meditation in his own sequestered walk at Dunblane , a widow came up to him , and told him that it was ordered that be should

      marry her , for that she had dreamed three times that she was married to him . The Bishop answered very well , whenever he should dream thrice that he iv ¦ . ¦ married to her , he would let her know , and then t _. ie union would take place Mrs . Grant ' s Letters . Proceedings have been adopted against several gas inspectors in consequence of their being shareholders and _inspectors in the same company , and for which they incur a penalty of £ 50 . The Gazette of tho 13 th instant contains the names of 323 soldiers ofthe 00 th and 86 th European regiments , who died in the East Indies the month of June last .

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

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

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

      A meeting of the tenant farmers ot Norfolk , was held at Norwich , on Saturday to adopt means for securing a total repeal of the malt tax . It was attended by a deputation from the Central Society . Mr . Northouse in a speech of considerable length , traced the quantities of malt consumed and the amount of duty paid from the year 1730 to the present time . He stated , that in 1730 , when there was a population of only 5 , 678 , 993 , the consumption was 28 , ' 110 , 421 bushels , the duty being then only Gd . per bushel , and the consumption five bushels per head on

      the whole population . In 1780 the duty was Is . 4 d . per bushel ; the population , 7 , 8 U _, 827 ; the consumption , 30 , 805 , 100 bushels , or four bushols per head . In 1828 the population was 13 , 249 , 508 ; duty , 2 s . 7 d ; and consumption , per head , two bushels two gallons ; while in 18-45 , with a population of 10 , 711 , 725 , tho entire consumption was only 30 , 503 , 840 bushels , or only 1 bushel 6 gallons 2-3 ds per head . It was resolved : — " That this meeting form itself into a committee with power to add to its numbes , as a branch district of Anti-Malt Tax Association .

      Tlie people of Wigan complain of thou- bread being advanced to 2 d . per pound , and of its its inferior quality , owing to its being adulterated with an excessive quantity of India meal and potatoes . Typhus lever is very rife in the town , and seems on the increase , and some precaution is necessary to prevent the disease from spreading amongst dense locallties _. but there can be little hope whilst the staple food t he population is mixed with diseased ingredients . It is said in the neighbourhood of Wigan , that some of the corn law repealers have bought up large quantities of American flour , as speculations likely to turn out profitable . A Correspondent of the Times puts the following question to tho bakers of the metropolis . " How is it that the price of bread i 9 now lOd , the 4 lb . loaf , when the average price of wheat by which the duty is regulated is only 52 s . 4 d . per quarter , while on the 30 th of April , 1842 , it was 9 Jd . with wheat at 59 s . Id . per quarter ?"

      The Board of Works have just completed several new gravel and footpaths across Hyde Park . One now path connects the entrance in Piccadilly with the Victoria-gate ; another , the Victoria with the Grosvenor-gate ; a third , the Hyde-park Terracegate with the bridge over the Serpentine . All these were much wanted , as was proved by the footways which the public made for themselves . Miss Martineau is about to proceed , in company with some friends , to Egypt , where she proposes to spend the winter . Two luggage trains passed by the Rugby station on Saturday last , on the London and North Western

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      Railway , one of which consisted of ninety-six carnages , containing nearly 400 tons of goods , impelled by one of Stephenson ' s six- « heel engines , and'two others ; the other train consisted of eigbty-foe carriages , and contained 384 tons of merchandiz _e _fVi £ ewiseb _* _* three engines . The l"ngt , ot the first train was upwards ofa quarter of : « mile _Circumstances are understood to have transpired winch leave no doubt that ere long the large amount of property stolen from the banking-house of Messrs . Rogers and Co . will be recovered . That the whole _otme notes , to the amount of £ 40000 are still ia

      , existence , has been satisfactorily proved by the fact that a few days since a £ 1 note , the number of which does not appear in the printed list published and circulated , but winch was stolen at the time , wag _fortvimlflu to tlie banking-house , the party sending it requesting the receipt of it to be _acknowledged in the newspapers , and stating the whole of the notes would be restored upon the payment of £ 10 . 00 i ' i . the acknowledgment to be to "II . F . " This _request was accordingly complied with ; but , as to the compromise , that has not been entertained ; and from a variety of circumstances which have transpired , b ufc

      which it would be at present highly injudicious to notice , further that the mere assertion , no doubtg are now entertained but that the whole of the stolen notes will be recovered , and at the same time such evidence will be adduced as to lead to the conviction of the offender . Paragraphs has occasionally appeared , stating that some of the stolen notes have been circulated on tho continent . This is incorrect , for the steps taken by the solicitor for the prosecution , who sent over to the continent a mest _intelliyent gentleman , who visited every banker , moneychanger , hotel , and cafe between this country and Russia , render the negotiation of them irupossfble , and it is , therefore , well known that the whole of the stolen notes are at the period secreted in 'he metropolis . A few days or weeks may , in all probability , elucidate this extraordinary and hitherto mysterious robberv . —Globe .

      _Princk Albert has bestowed the vacant brotherhood in the Charter-house on Mr . Cornelius " VVebbe , This is the second nomination of literary men which his Royal Highness has made to the same charitable foundation . It is _saib that a new company is about to ba started for the purpose of establishing electric telegraphs along the streets of the metropolis . As Leeches are at present somewhat scarce in this country , it has been proposed to import them into England from Madras , by the overland route , or even round the Cape .

      [ There is no necessity forgoing so far about for "leeches , " as plenty may be found at the Banks and Stock Exchange in Cornhill . ] Mr William Graham , late house surgeon ofthe Lincoln Lunatic Asylum , is in custody , charged with stealing a gold watch from the institution , and £ 20 from the cash-box of the matron . It is said that Mr . Graham is the son of an Irish clergymen , and that ho has two brothers in the church . Sir George Mackenzie , of Coul , according to the Kelso Chronicle , has instructed the tenants on his estate to deduct from their Martinmas rents the proportion due for the land they may have had in

      potatoes . Employment on Railroads . —It is computed that there are 200 , 000 navigators employed on railroads ; an aggregate that shows the immense quantity of employment which railroads afford , especially to a class of men who would either be a burthern to their respective parishes , or , by competition in labour , deprive others of the means of living . Mr . Braham , the vocalist , is said to be about to retire from professional life ; though , previous to doing so , he will make a tour ofthe provinces . The death of his daughter ' s husband , the Earl of Waldegrave _, without issue , renders it no longer necessary that he should pursue his labours .

      Among the persons apprehended on account of the recent bread riots in Paris are two young women , who were disguised in male attire . These girls mude themselves remarkable for the virulenee with wiifc _"'** th « y excited tho mob . The King op Prussia , it is said , intends to devofo the sum of £ 120 , 000 , out of his _ownlprirate purse , to the formation of a covered garden , of extensive dimensions , in the centre of Berlin , to serve as a public promenade in the winter season . The visiters will there breathe the atmosphere perfumed by the vegetation of the tropics , the temperature being maintained at spring warmth , while without are all the rigours of winter . The most distinguished architects and botanists of Germany have been summoned to mature the plan ofthe garden , and to superintend its execution .

      There are 18 , 000 windmills in Holland , averaging a force of 90 , 000 hovses' power , of which 60 , 000 are required to keep the country above water , The Epithets applied to the principal cities of Italy are as follows : — -Rome the holy , Naples the noble , Florence the beautiful , Genoa the superb , Venice the rich , Padua the learned , Bologna the fat , Milan the grand , Ravenna the antique , Leghorn the mercantile , Verona the charming , and Lucca the polished . Cause and Effect . — " This is George the Fourth , " said an exhibitor of waxwork for the million , at a penny per head , pointing toa very slim figure with a theatrical crown on his head , " I thought he was a very stout man , " observed a _spectat-ir . " Werry likely , " replied the man sharply , not approving of the comment of his visiter ; " but if you'd a been here without wittles half as long as he has , you'd be twice as thin . "

      Victoria Park . — -Since tho accession of Lord Morpeth to office , as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , some important changes have been made in the plans for the completion of the park . Amongst others , two portions of about twelve acres at either end are to be appropriated as cricket grounds , with which a gymnasium is to be connected . A plan for the erection of % museum is also under the consideration of the commissioners . The utmost vigour is now shown in the preparations for planting , which will , it is expected , be completed in the ensuing spring .

      Tub Fleet Ditch . —The removal of tlie houses in Mutton-hill , Clerkenwell , which felldown from their foundations , being undermined by the heavy rains in August , has disclosed to view a large portion of the Fleet-ditch still uncovered . The district through , which It runs is one of the most thickly-populated and unhealthy of any even in this part of the metropolis . Anotiifi ; Hist- in the Price op Bread . —On Tuesday the mikeis in the metropolis again advanced the prick ofthe 41 b . loaf one halfpenny . The price of what is termed the best bread is now by most of the full-priced bakers charged at lid . per loaf of * 4 lb ., though somo charge but 10 d . ; the lowest price is 9 d . These prices are upwards of one fourth higher than twelve months since .

      Mr . Rowland Hill , the promoter of our postal reform , is at present in Paris , and was at a dinner given him by the Society of Economists on the 11 th instant . Travelling for the Million . —The Joint Stock Omnibus Conveyance Association commenced operations on Wednesday . Three of their vehicles run from the Hero of Malda , Maula-hill , to the Bank . The fare , 2 d ; and the carriages are so constructed as to carry more persons than the other omnibuses . The late Galks . —Tbe high winds and dreadfully boisterous weather which have lately prevailed at sea arc now no longer occurrences cf uncertainty or doubt . Accounts from all quarters but too certainly and positively attest the violence of the tempest and its terrific effects on the numerous vessels which were

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

      The Floods in Warwickshire . —So incessant has been the rain in the neighbourhood of Rugby that the river overflowed its banks to such an extent on Sunday evening , as to completely Hood the meadows , whilst the turnpike road was flooded to such a depth at St . Thomas ' s Cross , as to render travelling a matter of considerable danger . Minkral Wealth of this Country —Iu the course of a lecture delivered to the general classes of King ' s College , by Mr . Tennant , on mineralogical geology , the lecturer stated that the annual value of the mineral produce of this country amounts to about twentyfive millions . Of this , £ 9 , 100 , 000 is from coals , £ S . 400 , 000 from iron . £ 1 , 200 , 000 from copper , £ 920 . 000 from lead , £ M ) 0 , 000 forsalt , £ 390 , 000 from tin , £ 00 , 000 from _manganese , £ 35 , 000 from silver , £ 22 , 000 from alum , £ S , 000 from zinc , and £ 25 , 000 from the various other metals , as antimons , bismuth , arsenic . < feu .

      Joint-stock Companies . —By a return to Parliament some information is given respecting joint stock companies . Before September , 1 _S-14 , when the act 7 and 8 Victoria , cap . 110 , to regulatejoint-stock companies was passed , there were 994 companies in existence ; and from November , 1 S 44 , to June last , as manv as " 1 , 633 companies were provisionally registered . " Railways _lorm the principal feature in the provisionally registered companies . Such companies are required to be completed and registered within 12 mouths , and it appears that ot the 1 , 633 companies called into existence only llo were completed .

      Coven Accidents . —Last week , as the mail coach was proceeding from Kendal to Lancaster , the axletr _« e broke , and the coach was thrown ove ? _, precipitatillg the outside passengers to the ground . One gentleman , was severely hurt . The coachman was also a good deal bruised . A day or two before this , an accident _bsfel the Whitehaven mail near Ambleside , _oTving to the wheel breaking .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24101846/page/3/