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      What Is A Pser! •Whatisapeer! Anuieuwuii...

      WHAT IS A _PSER ! WhatisaPeer ! AnuieUwUiiug—Ac _aitlj toy to f _lease King—Ajxwper near the throne ; A lump of animated day—A _gauoy P » gMnt of the day—An xKabut—n droae . What isaPeer ! A nation ' s curse—A . Pa cm * on the publio purse—Corruption ' * own Jackal ;—A h aughty domlntering blade—A Cuckold at a ma-quende—A Dandy at a ball . YeBatteifiies whom Sings create—Ye C & terpUlers of tbe

      State-Know that your time is near : - Enlightened France will lead the ran , To overthrow your worthless elan ; This moral learn—that Geo made Han But sever made ft Peer ! Midland Pregrestionltl

      J Jb'btjte Of Bespecr To The Memory Of T...

      j JB'BTJTE OF BESPECr TO THE MEMORY OF TBB LATE MR COTOCILLOB BRIGGS OF SHEF . _jlEtD . AS UKCOMPKOH 1 SING ADYOCATE OF THE PEOPLE'S BIGHTS . t An honat man ' i tbe noblest work of God , '—Pom . Yes ! honettBriggs hath bresthedhis last , His earthly con hath let ; The tall * and earts of life aro past , And paid ii nature ' s debt . Tbe poor have lots _t generous friend—In whom thi j could confide ; Thtir cause be studied to defend , And oft their want * supplied . Let sot the tongue of slander dare , E ' er trifle with his name ; Or malice spread her envious snare , His honour to defame .

      He courted not the world ' s applause , His action ! were slnoire ; His soul was wrap- , in freedom ' s _csus , Which cost bun man */ is tear . Hor wu it simple fame he sought _. His thoughts were pure aad free ! With heart and voles he nobly fought—Fer Bight and Libert / . Though humble , yet 'tis well to kaow—Smce busy life began—To rich and poor , to friend asd foe , He wm at heart—* man ! Such honest worth demands s sigh From every throbbing breast ; A pitying tear from every eye , A hops that he is blest . _Sicffidd . J . W . Euro

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      Popular Theology Tested By Modern Scienc...

      Popular Theology tested by Modern Science . By a Well-Wisher to Society . London : J . Chapman 143 . Strand . This work comes before the publio in tho shape of ' A Series of Letters to * Friend , '—letters which are likely to procure the author many friends and many _fo _»* . The interested supporters of the reigning _"spilitnal'delusion—all who , like Demetrius , the _silvergsitb , might say , ' b ; this craft we have our wealth , ' _& ll such will , of course , raise an outcry against a writer who has the boldness to bring their fiction * to ihe test of facto . Oa the other hand , ths _se ekers

      after truth—especially those who may ba yet _atruj _* gficg In a sea ot doubt—will be grateful to the' Wellwisher to Society ' for supplying them with tbis _ass _jjtsnt ta guide them out of their difficulties . The author is evidently a man of first-rate scientific _attainmenia . He fully understands his subject , and tries tare that hia readers shall be equally well-informed . At the same time he is no pedant ; lis _arguments are expressed in the language of the _jsople . We take from Letter YL the following extract from the works of Baron Yoa Beiohenbach _, ex plaining tha' airy nothings' of

      AJTABITIOBS . A singular occurrence , Wiich took place at Colour , In tbe garden ofthe poet Pftff-J , has been made generally blown by various writings . The following are the ss . _esntial facts . The poet being blind , had employed a yoang clergyman of the evangelical' church as _amiuut _ ds . Piefivl wken be walked out , was supported and led by ' this young man , whose name was Billing . Ai tbey walked in tha garden , at some distance from the ton , Pitffell observed that , as often as tbey passed over -a particular spot , the arm of Billing trembled , and he betrayed _uaeasincss . On being asked , the yeung man reluctantly _confessed that , as often as he passed over tint spot , certain feelings attacked him , which he could ¦ ot control , aad which he knew well , as he always

      _ex--je-ieneed tfae same la passing over any place when hnmsn corpses lay buried . He added that , at night , ffben he cams near such places , he saw supernatural appesntjees . _P / _eSell with the view of coring the youth ef west hB looked on as a fancy , went that sight with aim ta the garden . As tbey approached the spot in the dub , Billing perceived a feeble light , and when still surer , he saw a luminous ghost-like form fi * atteg ovsr 6 » spot . This be described as a female form , with one arm laid across tba body , the other banging down _flsatisgln tbe upright posture , hut tratquQ , the feet oaly a _haudfereatb . or two above the soU . Pfsffell weat alone , at the _-fouugmaa declined to follow bim up to fiie plate wbere the figure wis said to be , and straok about in all directions with his stick , besides running "trough theplaoe of tbe figure ; bat the ghost was aot E-re affected thaa a flams would have been ; the Inn-i ncus form , according to Billing , always returasd to its

      etiginal petition after these _eipsrimeats ; rainy things mre tried daring several months , asd numerous _competes of people were brought to the spot , but tbe matter rsnslned tfae same , and the ghost seer adhered to his serious assertion , and to the _opinien founded on it , tbat some iadiviiual lay buried there . At last , Pfeffall had tbe place dug op . At a considerable depth , was found a £ rm layer of white lime , of the length aad breadth of a grave , of considerable thickness , and when this had bets tafen into , there were found the bones tf a human _feinj . It wm evident that some oae had betn buried ia _fts place asd covered with a thick Isyer of lime , ( quick Haw ) , as is generally done ia time of pestilence , of earthquakes , and other similar events . Tbe bones were _seaored , tba pit filled np , ths lima mixed and scattered abroad , and the surface again mads smooth . Whsa Biffin- was now brought back to tbe place the _phesomtasa did not return , and tho nocturnal spirit had for ever aittppasred .

      It is hardly _aecestary to paint out to the reader what view the author takes of this story , which excited much _attsut-oa in Germany , because it cams from the most truthful man alive , _audTbtologlaosandPsycholeglsU gsve to it some terriBo meaning . It obviously falls _iato tfae province of chemical actios , and this meets with a sunp ' e snd clear explanation from natural and physical _ciuies . A corpse is field for abundant chemical easuges , decempodUoB , fer * seBtation , putrefaction , gaslficstiin , and general play of affinities . A stratum of fltick limo in a narrow pit , unites its powerful affinities to these of the organic matters , and _givssriw to a continued working of the _whols . Bain water filters _through and _coatribatrs to the action : the lime oo the outside of the _Oui first falls to a Baa powder , and afterwards , with core water , _formi lumps which ara vary slowly pens . _trated bj the air . Slaked lime , prepared for building bet cot used 01 _accoutt of some causa connected with a

      ** ariilse state of society , some centuries since , has beea found ia _subterransau pits , is the ruin * of old castles , aad the mass , except on the outside , was so unaltered tasi it hasbeen used for modern buildings . It is evident _therefore , that in such circumstances there must be a vtty _bIjw and loog-eoatinasd chemical action , partly owing to the alow peaatsatteo . ot the mats cf lima by the _trt-rnal carbonic add , partly to the change going on in fee remains of animal matter , at all events as long as acy is left . In the above cast this mast hive gone on _KfPftgVri gardes ; and aa we know that chemical "" it-Mais invariably _aasaciated with light , visible to tha _asitiw , _thlsmost have been tbe origin of thelnmlnous

      • _ppmacce , which again mutt have _oontinusd uatil ths _Oo _' . Ktl afau'ties of the organie remains , the lime , the air , and water , had Busily come to a state of _chemical * * _*« - or _tq-uUcrmm , As soon , therefore , as a sensitive _SetSMi , although otherwise quite healthy , csme that _*** _! , end entered within the sphere of the farce ia action , fee _TEuit feel , by day , like Hr Billing , ( and like 3 f de . Mill , the _eentatlona so oftea described ; and sea , by > i * _* , like Mis , Befchel ) , the lumiaoas appearance . I _# _Kr & ace , fcar , and superstition , would sow dress up tta feebl y shining-vaporous light into a human form , and famish it with human limbs aod members ; just as _**<* _c-u , at pleasure fancy every cloud in the sky to _re-Prc'mt a msn or a demon .

      Wa hare much pleasure in recommending this ** fap . neat , well-written , and interesting work , as * eU calculated to aid the great work of popular _en"gutenaeat , a work which , must precede political _*¦•» social emancipation . An ignorant people may _£ , bat csnnot retain liberty . Honour then to ~' wbo wage war against superstition—tbe con _wTSfctor of igaoranoe _, end perpetrator of f _roletarian

      Ftw Lfir Forv Of Ireland, Fcy "Thoffim I...

      _ftw lfir forv of Ireland , _fcy _"ThoffiM _Ivrigat _. 'Esfi . «« HI . London : J . and F . Tallis , 100 , St Jobn Street . Jimi part of Mr _Wrinht ' a work , devoted to the * --s t > f tha _English adventurers who accompanied « _a- * aeoeeded _Sixongbow , furnishes painfttl evidence f t internal division , much more thsn external « F tt _»« n , was the cause of Ireland ' s Bubjectionto _"E robbcr-ru ' _eofthe _Noiman-Eoglisb . Scarcely a JSP " * . ? _° over , but reminds us of the _alinging e _frcot addressed by Moore to his country men"Twas fate , * they'll say , ' a wayward fate ; Tour web of discord wove ; r " or while yonr tyrants _joln'd In hate , ' _Toa never ioin'd In love ?

      Ftw Lfir Forv Of Ireland, Fcy "Thoffim I...

      In the year 1171 , Boderiak O'Connor , hiog of all Ireland , aided by a number ofthe Irish prinoes , laid siege to Dablin , then occupied by Strongbow . The brttieged mada a gnddsn and unexpected sally , asd O ' Connor ' s own forces , being unprepared for the attack , were Touted vrith great slaughter * The other chiefs who commanded the mass of the besiegers , and whose troops had not been engaged with the enemy , instead of trying to reverse this defeat , at once broke ap their camps and retired without _striking a Wow ! . Nor was thia all , their person . 1 feuds whieh they had for a moment laid aside were forthwith resumed , and the king of Muaster and the king ef _Oiaory _recommenced the old ( . me of mutual throat . _cnUing—of _eonne { -really to the advantage

      of the English invader * . Three yean subsequently King Roderick , after _over-runaing Meath again , _advancad near to the walla of Dublin . But , ' says the historian' the Irish clans were as usual more inteat apon securing their plunder , than of following np their successes ; and , before the English had arrived , O'Connor ' s army had broken np and separated , each chief returning to his own home . ' The war dwindled into a series of _skirmishes and reprisals . Again , we read nnder ths date of 1179 : — 'The pacifio state of ths English territory was the consequence in a great measure of the troubled sondition of the rest of Ireland . From the north and _westof Ulster , throughout Connaught , and into Muuater , the whole land was torn with civil _contention and io tha fierce

      struggle between chief and chief . Hugh de Lacy ap . pears to have acted on the prudent policy of letting the nativet fight their own battlet without interfering . ' In the very next page is the _following : — 'In this year and the fallowing ( 1181-82 ) , the demestio feuds amen ** the clans of _Ulster appear to have _broksn out with increased violence , and De Com **/ , and his English , no doubt foot advantage of them _tostrengthen themselves and extend their conqyetts . ' Three years subsequently , many of the Irnu r-ricces tOOK up arms to punish the insolence of Prince ( afterwards Kin . ;) Jobn . butT _^ _e interests oft he English were again served ly those domestic feuds which had so constantly hindered the Irish from uniting with any stability , in the common cause . ' In 1186 John de

      Courcy ' _s encroachments in Ulster wera ' encouraged by the renewal of the domestic feuds ofthe Irish , who hadnot long held together in their league against the English . ' It is sickening to read page after page of the bloody and aenssless contests ofthe Irish chiefs with each other . Sometimes they even hired the services of the English adventurers , for the purpose of more effectually crashing their own countrymen . This part records the deaths of several of the Norman chiefs , ( including the moat celebrated of all—Strongbow ); Da _Courej ' s invasion , ot Ulster , the invasion of the island by Henry the Seooad , asd that King ' s treaty with tha native chiefs ; ths violent

      death of O'Raare , the celebrated Prinoe of Breffny—ona ofthe bravest and most uncompromising of the defenders of Irish liberty ; and the ruinous adnunistration of that scum of princes—John . A Chapter—tbe most interesting of the part—is devoted to an account , or _abitract of' _Giraldus Cambrensis ' a Topography oi Ireland . ' _Gira'dos ' _s account of tbe Irish and their country is * the description of a despised and persecuted people , drawn by a zealous partisan of those who persecuted and scorned tbem ; ' Mr Wright , therefore , well says that the old . Norman chronicler ' s { raise and dispraise must be received with great caution . Still his narrative is exceedingly intereatinr .

      This part brings tha history to the commencement of tbe wars between the English and Irish in the reign of King John —( A . D ., 1210 . ) The illustration is a beautiful engraving on steel of 'The landing of tbe French in B-atry Bay /

      The Politician: A Journal Of History, Po...

      The Politician : a Journal of History , Polities , Statit tict , & a . Edited by R . Ithaca . Loadsn : S . Y . Collins , Holywell Street . Strand . From _anannounoemant on thecoverof thisperiodieal , of whioh _Nos . I to 5 inclusive are before us , we are led to beliere that the publication thereof haa ceased . If so , the lass is the people ' s—for we have never seen a publication more worthy of popnlar patronage . The articles on the Suffrage , Taxation , and other subjects of vital importaace to the working olasses , are written with great ability , and in a spirit of uncompromising honesty . No * 5 contains an admirable defence of Chartism , in reply to the reckless and blood-thirsty denunciations fulminated by the truculent Tines . We cordially recommend this work to our readers .

      • Glory 1' Btjrchbking Babbaeitie3 Of Th...

      • GLORY 1 ' _BTjrCHBKING BABBAEITIE 3 OF THE BEIGAND BUGEA . UD . Thera has been lately published a book entitled ' A Campaign in tbe Kabylie of Algeria . ' By Dawson Borrer , F . R . G . S ., £ * . This gentleman beiog in Algeria in the year 1817 , volunteered his person to _accompa-iy an expedition , planned and led by Marshal _Bugeaud , against the inhabitants of tbe Eabyla country , or Highlands of Algeria . That unhappy people had _givennocanseof offence to the French , but Marshal Bugeaud desired to ' strike terror . ' and reap ' ia gloire '—sufficient reasons to justify ihe atrocities we are aboat to unfold , ia the aye * of tha miscreants and slaves who believe tbat' Oae murder makes _taevUIalu—Millions the _hsrol ' Ms Borrar says * . —

      The route of the expedition lay generally through a tract af great fertility , smiling with corn-fields aad ollrs plantations , well watered , abounding with gams , and rejoining In all those bounties which Nature has poured apon tbe choicest Kgions of the earth , —with beautiful Sowerf , trees , and plants , the ' woods resounding day and night with the song of tha nightingale . Oa the 13 th of May the troops entered the territory of the Beni-Tslas , a numerous and warlike mountain tribe . Tbe country through which tke expedition advaneed _wwa ' moit uniformly rruitraU The ooloma foand it a paradise , and left it a desert . Io a single _parsgrsph we have pictured

      thb _sasoiaTiaa _rrricr oi thb _rasacH asvahcs . Oflce more the trum * Mts struck up their lively and exciting airs , and the treopers burst forth in one wild chorus as tbs ringing notes died off la soft repiated echoes amidit the ne ' _ghbooriag heights . Onward we msrehed , tramp'ing beaeath onr feet vast _exists of com almost ready f jr the sickle , smiling fertility before ut , devastationin our rear . _Evtry blade and every head of corn teas crushed to the earth . Tfae march of eight thossaad mea , accompanied by hundreds of wild Arab cava tiers _dashiag here and there , some playing the fantasia , others _cha-tog _atraUipsed the startled hare , or riding down Md-legged _pirt-iigss , leaves ugly tracks in a naerow _cultivated valley .

      As tha troops came within view of the mighty range _ofthsDjurjar » , " th 8 ArabsMismWedin great numbers , aad seemed disposed to resist the advance of tha inva 4 ers . _B'aittifal ' y situated in tha recesses ot the mighty mountains were the villages of ths _Beol-Abbes , appearing in the distance like nssts of peaoe and happiness but doomed to immediately become the abides of d-spair , dsath , and desolation , _aTtiCX OK THK _XSBYLB VTtUQSS . Our co lumn continued te advance at a rapid pace , tbe Kab _. i ' lts n > _iog from height to height , pouring ia at times heavy rollers , but at lut falling baok upon their

      rll ' g _^ , which sow burs ! upon cor sight . These _vill-gwere numerous , and generally situate upon _commanflirg summits ; the si . pes wera possibly beiog cultivated with corn and olivet . Lofty isolated towers , squared at tbe _bsse , tb . 4 i carried np loan _octagenslform , overlooked th _** e _vUlagss from the hills around . These peculiar structures were probably holy plaeos of retort daring puce , and daring war served fer watoh towers and defeaee . Pram the loopholes in them Incessant shots were fired , but the garrisons soon were driven oat by a few discharges from the ' obmler * . ' Thos the first three or four villages were speedily desertsd try those ot tha inhabitants who could fly , _dfcd * _Oow who could not were

      _tlavguered . Though the villages held out bat a abort time , yet the fugitives had set lost all hope . Sheltered amongst rocks , brushwood , and graves of olive-trees , tbey still annoyed much the advancing forces . One mount is particular , near the second village , tbey clung to very _( _enactou-lr , in _comsnaaaing-Jthe pa-sag * to other settle meats further on . The ascent of this mount was dimcolt , and the summit , crowned with masses ef rough reck , fntermiagled with bratbwood , sheltered the defenders from _fbj repeated volleys directed _agelnit tbem . In a brief space of time the Arabs were scattered , and then ensued

      TBB SACS 0 V _VnUOBS AXS KiSSACBB OF ' _iSBtBITaHTS . Still advancing hy extremely rugged tracks , the roots tn aoms p laces firming p-rfect mountain stain , vrith deep ravines en one hand or the otber , we came _wi'htn sight of three villages lying dote together , overlooked by a fourth in the background crowning the very sum . mil of an extremely lofty mount—a spar , in fact , of a range ef heights behind it , but presenting on one side a c * nicslfaee , of mott difficult access , np which an Arab track , winding like a corkscrew , might bs discerned alive with numerous fugitives tolling towards the sum . mit with slow aad difficult steps . S veral tewers in the neighbour hood cf these _rlUagsswere garrisoned with enraged _monntainsers , thirsting for vengeance , bat aware that their only hope lay in the commanding ¦ tronghold above mentioned . Continual pnffs of smoke _Utaei team the tower * , aad _bnllsls rattled about

      ns It was bat a djlng Btruggle ! The vlllsgei In the fereground were soon gained , ths troops advancing au _jjasds < M ! tr « at well as the nature ofthe country woald permit . Fer tbe cavalry it was difficult enongh , the slopes about these mountain homes being divided Into plots by low walls ' of loose rocks thrown together . Dashing the spurs into our hones' flanks , upwards we drove , _howevsr , at a htavy galiip , svtry msn following according to the ability of bit steed . Some cleared the rocky _divis ' ons ; some _fle-undered over them ; others bit the dust , horse aod rider , but _alwsyB os tbe right side , More _thas one _thick-pated trooper will long remember how he tried the taetal of the rock with his skull that day It was a bard rids , but an exciting one . The villages were all surrounded with walls of about twelve feet In height , aad _oompo _* ea of stoaes cemented together with mud mingled with chopped straw , a strong ence of thorny tushes crowning , them , and impenetrable

      • Glory 1' Btjrchbking Babbaeitie3 Of Th...

      T _?*? V f '; he _PrfoWlypsar growing along tbeir . bass me inhabitants fired chUfiy from the _loopholss pierced » these walls and in the walls ofthe , _hoaiUs . Upon the terraoes ofthe latter also _mlgtiVba _' _aeea _pfejuiesquo groups of gaunt warriors , their flawing _buinotsss thrown baok at Ihey handled with _aotivity'ih ' eir _losg ff *" ' _,- . ? , 0 { f heia last villages some half doxen of them Mldly remained after the great body of their comrades had fled , In a large square building commanding the entrance ofthe village on tbe side we _approaobeo , and kept up a determined fire at tempo-font . . It was all to no avail , however , theaarrow streets were soon ororuled _•*•'& French troop * , _"Uvibhmo . _lussscanio , ash MUHDSBIHO Mf iM _MDIS . NtlTBta _SSX NOR ACS WAS ar . _OiBDio , thi _swoan psll otom au aiikc . From oae bonis _blood-stalnsd soldiers , laden with spoil , passed fo « h as I entered it . Upoa tbe floor of ono ol the chambers lay a UtUe girl of twelve or fonneen years

      of ege . There she Isy weltering la gore , and in ths _ponies of death , and an accursed ruffian thrust _nisftaj / _onel _tntoAft- . Ood will regalte hlu I In another house a wrinkled old woman sat crouched upon the matting , rapidly mattering , la tbe agony of fear , prayers to Allah » lih a trembling tongue . A pr * tty child of six or _sevsn years _sld , ladsn with silver _andcoval ornaments , dung to her side , her eyes stresmlng wiih tears as she clasped her aged mother ' s arms . The soldiery , mad with Wood _sndiage , were nigh at hand . I _seized the fair child . A . _moraant was Uft to force her into a dark _KceiS at tbe far end of the building—some ragged matting thrown btfora it served to conceal her , and , whilst I was making signs to ber mother to , hold silence , soldiers rushed in . Some ransacked the babltatio » , others pricked the old female with their bay on _sts . ' Soldiers , will you slsy an aged woman 1 ' 'No , monsisar ; ' said one fellow , we will not kill her , but her valuables are concealed , and wa must hare them . '

      But the poor ohild was saved from ono horrible end only to meet with a frightful death of another kind . The author says : — In nearly every house were vast jsrs of oil , ( for the Kabb ' iles make , consume , and sell vast quantities , ) often six . or ssven feet Jn height , end ranged in rows around the chambers . Holes being rapped in all these j irs , the houses were soon flooded with oil , end streams of it ware pouring down the very streets . When the soldiers had ransacked the dwellings , and smashed , to atoms all that they could a _« t carry off or did not think worth _ssizlng as spoil , they beeped the remnants and the mattings together , and fired tbsm . As I was hastily traversing the narrow streets te regain the outside of the

      village , _diignstel with tbe horrors I _wllnsised , fl _tmei burst forth on all sidrs and torrents of fire came swiftly gliding down the thoroughfares ; for the flames bad gained the oil . An Instant I turned , the fearful doom of the poor OOncesled ohlla and ths _dtorepid mother finning on my mind . It was too late : who oould distinguish the house amongst hundreds exactly similar i The fire was crackling , biasing , with increased f ory , and there was ao time to loss . The way of the gateway was barred with roaring flames . Scrambling to the terrace of a low building , 1 threw myself over the wall . The unfortunate _Kabyle cfeild was donbtloss consumed with her aged parent . How many others may hare shared her fete !

      . The last village crowning the mountain height , and apparently inaccessible to attack , yet remained , The troops , inflamed with bload , scaled the eminence , aad again ensned a

      scene—B > IlBliI ! HOST _HOIUBLSU Finding thtir enemies rapidly gaining the heights , and that one detachment was upon the point of taking them ia tbe flank , the K « htV es might now be seen retreating In stern despair frem the village , turning Bad firing at intervals ss thry retired to the heights beyond . _Twa or three of the soldiers moanting to this attack fell dead , struck by no ball . Desperate exertion and intense beat had killed them . The summit onoe attained , how * ever , the Inst of plunder gave _Btrepgth _> o the troops , and , _dsshiog ever the walla and through ths gateway- , the _sosnei whioh had taken piece lo the vilfares below were again acted over , but with increased attendant horrors , for was It sot the refuge of the women and the ajed % ' Ra » vhbed , _xosDEasD , Boasi , hardly a child escaped to tell the tale A few of the woman _fltd to tbe ravines round the village , bat troops swept the brushwood , and stripped and mingled bodies of females might tbere ba seen .

      I heard two ruffians , uihen the sacking teat over , relating with great gusto how many young girls had been burnt tn one house after being abused by their brutal comrades and themselves _. Fire completed the work of the sword , and tbe country soon presented a memorable example of

      thk _cmcis or A r & ESCB VISIT . One vast sheet of flame crowned tbe height which an hour or two _brfere was ornamented with sn extensive and Opulent Village crowded with inhabitants , ttseemet to have been ths very emporium of commerce of tbe Beni"Abbes ; gunpowder , srms , bricks , burnoosjs , and stuffs of di & rant fabrics were tbere . The street ) boasted of _numerODS shops of _workers in silver , workers ia cord , venders of silk snd ether stuffs , and articles of French or Tunisian _mannfaotara , brought by their traders from Algiers or Tan ' s . All that was not borne away by the spotters was devoured by fire or buried amid ths crashing ruins , aad then tbe hungry flames _vomitsd forth from the burning habitations gained the tall corn growing around thesa _vlllsges , and , running swiftly oo , wound about and consumed the scattered olive-trees overshadowing it . Firs covered ths facs of tbe country , end tbe heavens were obscured with smske .

      Some ofthe Kabiiles having fired a parting volley at the French ruffians , the latter took a bloody re * venge by perpetrating an ATB 0 CIOU 3 lUSUCBB _. No other foe pressnting _themielve _* , they fell apon na * meroas _Ksbsiles pesoeably reaping am' ngst the cornlands at band . These unarmed victims , some mere boys , were massacred without mercy . 0 ae trooper alone , I was by several months assured , _ssbred seven , —as glorious an eotion as ssbrlng so many sheep . A Uw indl .

      vlduals who had been following the column merely from curiosity , and had held friendly converse with several of the soldUrs , were also fallen npon and slain . Ona ol tbese victims endeavouring to escape flad into tbe river with the intention of crossing it , but a ball frem a carbine shot him down in ths middle of ths water . Being again , he stag * ered , mortally wounded , to the _oppesite shore , end sat himself down on tbe stonts . A trooper galloping forlornly In chase rolled horse and all bead * Jong Into the river , bat , recovering his footing , gahud the tide of tbe dying _Ksbyle and dashed his brains oat .

      Notwithstanding an occasional condemnation ef some particular aot of bloody cruelty , Mr Borrer appears to be , on the whole , & warm admirer of the batcher Bugeaud and his army of execrable _rnffitns . Sack _beinu the case , the reader will of _ooBrse understand F . R . 6 S . to mean—FraternUer with Royal Gory Sec-ndrel s ! We blush to add tnat Mr Dawson Borrer is an Englishman . Tbe beast Bugeaud was a speoial favourite of tbat smooth'faced hypocrite Louis _Phiuppx _. To do the work bf the bourgeoisie , or restore the monarchy , Bugeaud would be only too happy to devote the inhabitants ofthe faabourg St Antoine to the doom ofthe unfortunate _Kabsi'les ; yet some of the bourgeoisie have desired to elect him President of the Republio ! It is a disgrace to Frenchmen that suoh a miscreant ia allowed to breathe on . their native soil . May he yet reap his well-deserved reward !

      The Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers Of...

      The Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers of Oliver Byrne . Collected and edited by John Byrne , C . E . London : _Maynard . Oliver B-rne is a name long and favourably known to the Mathematical world . Mr Jobn Byrne _proposes tha _publishing of his numerous papers , and though they will make ten half-orown parts , he is able _toanaounoe their appearance * independently of immediate pecuniary retnrns . ' This is a gleam from the age of enthusiasm in learning which we thought hid passed away . Oliver Byrne has w-ritten both upoa the philosophy , as well as the science of mathematics , and his ingenious applications of the

      profound principles of magnitude and measure , evidence both tbe power and fecundity of original genius . We are promised , in the second part , Mr Byrne ' s famous demonstration of' St AthanasiuB _' _s'Creed , by mathematical parallel . ' It shall receive onr patient attention . An analysis of the merits of Mr Byrne ' s mathematical _writiags will not be expeoted in our paper ; but we have great ( Uasure in testifying to our _soientifio friends , that tbis projected publication is , _judgingfrom the number before us , worthy their attention . The diagrams are well conceived , and executed with the average clearness to whioh these illustrations have attained .

      Lmsrpoor,.—-Mebtiho Op Ihb Tbaobs.—On Mo...

      _LmsRPoor ,. — _-Mebtiho op ihb Tbaobs . —On Monday sight , a numerous meeting of the trades was held at the Concert Hall , for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing a fair trial to the twenty-five unionists how in custody in London , some nnder sentence of transportation , but in behalf of whom writs of error have been entered , and the others yet awaiting their trials . The obair was occupied by Mr Haraott , the seoretary of the Trades' Union , who introduced to the meeting Mr Bawkiworth . who entered into details of the treatment of working men in Sheffield , London , & o . It appeared that out of twenty convictions in -Sheffield , for conspiracy , & c , seventeen were quashed upon appeal , and that in one instance several men sentenced to bo transported for a long term of _yeats , had had their banishment commuted by her Majesty to

      three years' imprisonment . The speaker , who was mott energetic in his addreBS , moved a resolution to tbe effect tbat the meeting was of opinion thatthe four razor-grinders , now under sentence of transportation , were illegally convicted ; that the twenty-one stonemasons , of London , who are indicted for con * Bpiracy , and now waiting their trials at tha Old Bailey Sessions , are unjustly accused ; and pledges iteelf to _ubo all legal _tfforts to secure for them a fair trial . This was unanimously carried . The second resolution was to the effect that the prosecution of these parties was an attempt to crush the working men ' s best institution—the Traded' Unions—and pledges the meeting to keen up the agitation until the rights and privileges of the working classes wete conceded . A third resolution sought a subscription for this purpose-

      To The People Of En6f/And^ '. -;* :;: • ...

      TO THE PEOPLE OF EN 6 f / AND _^ ' . - ;* : ; : •' -: - . _LiranV . _;; _; .. •'¦ - _- . . _Fbiww _CoraiBTifBjf , —Every , one is aware that the West Riding of Yorkshire _exercieea for good or for evil , very considerable influence in our national affairs . Every _Yorkshireman knows that Mr Wm . Rand has deservedly obtained a large share of influence over the minds .: of his brother .. electors . Hence , at the last West Riding eleotion he was selected to second the nomination of Mr Gobden . The opinions of suoh a person will always , have _weight ; at this epoch they are unusually important . That is why I again solicit your undivided attention to tbe letter of Mr William Rand .

      He repeatedly alludes to the excessive tmden of the poor rates . 'The middle olasses , the shopkeepers , andothe _f tradesmen , ' he says , ' are abso . lately _eafenwfj with poor rates and other local burdens . An amnuntof poor rate absolutely ruinous . ' An amount of poor rates beyond enduranc * in these distno s . ' Ppor rates ( in addition to large and continuall y repeated subscriptions ) are . in many instances , tun times mora ih the pound than the _averar / e rates in the agricultural parte 6 f the kingdom , Ao . ' ¦¦ . a

      This description of the poverty of onr ' richest ' districts u very _appalline , though by no means surprisin g to tbose who understand the true prinoiples of social economy . The self-styled philosophers' are now taught that their notions are erroneous . They imagined that the twin measures of freedom Of action—the new Poor Law and _Pwe Trade—would very materially rednce tho amount of poor rates . _LordBrooRhan , while ' shuddering to describe the _naked deformity of the old Poor Law , 'addressing their lordships _^ said , « The same hand which lays it bare to your eyes , and makes its naked deformity horrible to your eight , will ba enabled , by . yoor assistance , to apply to ; the fcul disease a safe , - an effeotnal ' remedy '—tbat disease being no other than very heavy poor . rates , with their natural _attoBdants !

      The Free Traders , too—the _Leasners , when ihey were 'leoturintr' the people out of their sensessaid ' £ 1500 000 wonld be saved annually out nf tbe poor rates bv the repeal of the Corn Laws . ' 'If the landlords will repeal the Corn Laws , the merchant * and manufacturers will agree to pay n _ the poor rates . ' Ido not remind you of theso delusive promises in the spirit of triumph ; I am too happy that Mr Wm . Rsnd ( and I hope many hundreds of . thousands of honeBt men as well as he ) , having discovered the frauds by whioh he was led astray , now confesses that the promised' boons' hare hot been realised ;

      Again ; want of employment in tbe manufacturing districts is matter of complaint . Mr W . Rand says' Thousands are out of work '— _< Our workhouses are filled with tbe destitute '— 'The _destitution and misery arising from the necessity of limiting production have been such that it is a matter of astonishment how tbe pnblie peace has been preserved at al ) , Hun . dreds npon hundreds , in this locality alonei and in many other localities also , have sold 07 pledged their little _faraiture , and their dwellings ara a _apectaole of misery not to be described . ' Remember always that the new Poor Law was passed for the purpose

      of 'restoring to industry its doe reward ! ' and that we were assured , by the lecturers of tho Anti-Corn Law League , that 'If the Corn Laws were repealed , there would be no need for the women and ohildren to go into the factories . Husbands , ' we were told , ' could then earn as much as would keep all . Children would go to school , aod tbe wife would be , where every Englishman ' s wife ought to be—nursing her darling infant at home , and making all clean and comfortable for her husband and family . ' Fellow-countrymen , I remind you of these things _, that you may never again allow yourselves to be thus beguiled .

      Ihe new Poor Law , it was said , would improve the moral condition , and add to the peace and comfort of the people— 'Lifting up onoe more—God be praised !—the character of that noble English peasantry 1 ' —( lord Brougham ) This was also engaged on behalf of the promoters of the repeal of tbe Corn Laws . But what says Mr W . Rand ? Hear him : ' Our gaols are filled with the _disuffsoted . ' 'The state of the population in the _manufaotoring districts , has , for some time past , been , a source of the greatest anxiety , not only to the resident inhabitant-, but tothe government itself , whioh haB found it necessary to looito large bodies of troops in tho-e districts . ' 'Their non-employment begets disaffection . '

      We must never forget that one great objeot of the New Poor Law wai to 'reinstate property in security . ' This disaffection and consequent insecurity of property is attributed by Mr W . Rand to the very _mrasureB that were expeoted to produce contrary results—the Free-trade labour and Free-trade produos measures '—to Acts of Parliament causing * cheapness * and ' immigration ! ' Every wise man expected _floeh fruits frem auoh trees . Then , those men were laughed at by the ' philosophers . ' . In this very valuable letter Mr W . Rsnd proposes certain remedies for the social evils be describes

      and laments . It will hereafter be my duty to examine the justness and applicability of such remedies . Before entering on that branch ofthe subject , I will cull a few bunches of gro pes inthe shape of truisms , from tbat tree of Mr W . Rand ' s planting . They may serve for referenoe in the examination of tbe _pronosed remedies _^ _1 . 'Cheapness'is avery dear'god . ' 2 . The immigration Of labour fron the agrioultoral _distriotswas a great mistake , fraught with terrific oonseqaenoes to those who proposed and promoted it —the _mnanfaotureTB atd shopkeepers .

      3 . Oar agricultural productions are notequal to the demand . Our manufactures have , for _yeara , exceeded the demand . 4 . Re « l prosperity consists in all being profitably employed , and in selling the products of industry for more than they cost . 5 . It is injurious to advance the interests of mere wealth at the expense of industry . 6 . Our agricultural produce might becfouo ' _edwith _advantage , and full profitable employment might be fonnd for every idle labourer in the country . 7 . Onr present social sjstem is one of _extermination—offering a bounty to a man who _drives his fellow being from his home and his hearth , and imposing a burden on the place that shelters him . 8 . Non-employment begets disaffection to the laws and the government .

      9 . The removal of the wretchedness and destitution of the people ought not merely to occupy , but to engross the attention of every thinking man . 10 . Causes whioh put sooiety in peril ass within the reaoh of legislation . 11 . Th' poverty , destitution and orimeoomplained bf are produoed by tha operation of bad Acts of Parliament . It Ib well to register suoh admissions from an authority of so much weight . They will serve very materially to make way for a _trnthfal settlement of the most important question now before the world —THB FBOFmBXE SMFMTMgNT OP ATJ . THB PKOPM , The consideration of Mr W . Rand ' s proposed remedies will necessarily force that subject into discussion .

      My late most kind and valued friend , Mr Walter in conversation with roe on that great question—a qaestion that occupied so . muoh of his thoughtsbeing referred to the following extract , after attentively perusing it , said tome , ' No man should enter npon the study of thiB subject without having Mb mind _i-spressed with this passage . ' As that all-important subjeot will occupy my next letter , I make no apology for requesting your most attentive perusal thereof . Here itis : I have said that husbandmen particularly , and those who took care of flocks , were in great esteem in _Egypt , some parts of It excepted , where tho latter were not suffered . It *' was indeed to these two professions that Egypt owed its riches and plenty . Il is _asteniiblng to reflect what auvantages ths Egyptians , by tbeir art and labour , drew from a country of no great eitent , but whose soil was made wonderfulli fruitful by the iuuudations of the Nile and the laborious industry of the inba-Wants .

      It will bs always so with every kingdom whose govcr . nors direct all their actions to the public welfare . Tbe culture of lands and the breeding of cattle , will bs an ineihauitiblo fuad of wealth In all countries , where , as in Egypt , tbose profitable callings are supported and encouraged by mBXims of state and policy ; and we may consider it as a misfortune that they are falling at present Into so general a _dtasteem : though it Is from tbem that tbe most elevated ranks ( ss we esteem tbem ) are furnished , not only with tbe necessaries , but viva the luxuries , ef life . « For , ' sal's Abbo Fleury , In bis admi . _rablo work of the manners of tba Israelites , where the

      _su ' ojtot I am upon Is thoroughly examined , ' It Is ths _ptaaant who feeds the _oltisen , the magistrate , the gentle « aao , the _sooluslastlo ; ' and whatever _artifico Trad oraft may be used to convert money Into commodities , and these back again into money , yet all must ultimately b » owned to _Toa received from the products Of the earth , and tha _anlm-, u whtcu it _sustnins and _nourJsboB , _Neverths-1 « B 6 , when we compare men's different BtallonB ol We ( _ogetbsr , we give tho lowest place t » tho _hus _' sindman ; and with many people o wealthy _cllisen , enurvated with sloth , useless to tbe public , and void , of all _nurlt _, has the preference , merely because he bas more menoy , and lives a more easy ond delightful life .

      Bat let us imagine to curselves a countiy whore bo great _U _diffannce Is not made between the a-. ver _« l condl . tions ; where thelife of a _soblemsn Is not mada to consist in idleness and doing nothing , but In a careful preservatlon of his liberty—tbat Is , in a due _subjootlon to tbe laws and tho constitution _; by a man subsisting on his estate without a dependence on any one , and being contented io _etjoy a little with liberty , rather than a great deal at tho _Tprloo of mean and bass _oomplianoes ; a coun . try where sloth , effeminacy , and the Ignorance of things necessary fa * Hfe , are held in 3 _u 9 t contempt , and where pleasure {* Unvalued thun health and bodily strength

      To The People Of En6f/And^ '. -;* :;: • ...

      In snoh a oouo . tr > it will be mnoh more for a mi _»»*« » a PS " tation toplongh and heap flocks than to wasi « all his boars in sauntering from ; plaee to plaoe , ingan 'ing and n _^^ J _hml 0 M _^ MlMt * - _*»*• ' »>* _Elstory . vol I ., pp . 184 , 185 .. , ,, ** « The peasant is no plaything , child-No , Gad . forbid he were ! • '•• ¦ _•; I am , _Fellow-Conntrymen , yours faithful x h t- „ H .. m _ir-jji „ RlC 0 ABI > _OiSIIM . Folbam , Middlesex , Nov . 11848 .

      . .. Miners'association. The County Meet...

      . .. MINERS ' ASSOCIATION . The county meeting of miners was held on _tnV 13 th inst ., at the Bowling Green Inn , Halshaw Moor . . Mr James Price in the chair . The printed statements to be sent to the masters , on Monday , December ith , demanding an advanoe of Wages , was read to the delegates and deemed satisfactory . It was also reoommeedsd that , where practicable , the following resolution should be carried into operation : —' That no young person commence getting coal , until he has attained eighteen years of age ; and then for the next three years only to perform threefourths of a regular day ' s work . ' Each district is particularly requested to instruot the delegates from their respective districts tothe next coanty meeting _.

      what person they must vote in favour of , for filling the office of general treasurer , vacated by Mr Charles Meadoworoft , on account of _baiog promoted to tbe offioe of general seoretary . Eaoh colliery must have a meeting amongst themselves , for ] tbe purpose of filling np the blanks in the printed forms of statements , and return them to the next county meeting , to sea they are properly filled up . CnosLRY , November I 5 ; h . — A very . enthusiastic meeting of miners was held ai the house of Mr W ; Harrison , White Buli ' a Head , when deputations were appointed to wait upon those of . the surrounding collieries who are not paying to their trade . _ A .-publio meeting of the miners of Chamook , Riohard , and the neighbourhood , was held on Friday

      November 17 th , ia Mr Ro * bottom ' s Long Room . Mr John Sharpies occupied the ohair . „ Mr D . Swallow addressed the meeting at considerable length , and much good resulted from the meeting . A distriot was formed , and distriot secretary , treasurer , and president , elected ; besides two lodges' being _esta . bliibed , and proper officers chosen : and on Saturday last , above 100 new members' were enrolled . All around those _distriots the sooiety u spreading rapidly , and hss everv appearance of . being better , organised before the commencement of 1849 , thsn they ever were before j Notice . — -The next count y meeting ofthe miners 0 'Lancashire ; will be held on Monday , November 27 tb , at the Bull ' s Head , Par Stock - , St Helen ' s , at ten o ' clook , instead ol eleven o ' clock , ss heretofore _.

      Shameful Tyiunsy. Y To The Miners Otnort...

      SHAMEFUL _TYIUNSY . y TO THE MINERS _oTnORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Feixow Men , —The workmen of South Reorth or Ox close colliery are obliged to work tbe coal by weight , as is the custom ofthe trade , but they have _theoption to _appointapoTBtn to stand by the weighing machine , and see tbat tbe individual appointed by the master aots j aatly ; asd the masters hare for many months allowed this mode ef proceeding , withont the slightest objection . About a fortnight ago , however , they took an objection to the man the workmen had appointed , and informed him that he had to take his departure from the colliery . To this the men demurred , and pleaded their right to appoint any man thev chose . The master was obstinate , and the men

      equally so , and the miners have been idle eome time ; The few _fibjlliuga earned , and whioh should havo been paid on Friday last , the _matter withheld , and this day the work of ejection from their houses have begun . The workman have applied to the various collieries for assistance to engage the _services of that eminent lawyer , W . P . Roberts ; but from the _shortnpss ofthe time they have not been able to collect sufficient to employ that gentleman . Miners of Northumberland and Durham , behold your position—exposed to the tyrannical proceedings ef your masters , who attempt to deprive you of an abs _' _-ract right ; that they may defraud you with impunity . Shall such things take plaoe , and you look on with folded arms ? If yon do ,

      be _assured your turn will come nex , for all experience goes to show that oppressions of tbis kind are contagious ; therefore , ba on the alert , and respond to the call made by yonr fellow workmeD . Again let ths hag of union float in the breeze ; and rest assured that unless you are again organised ) and take up the position of freemen , your lew remaining privileges will vanish , ' snd , 'like the baseless f & bricof a vision , leave not a wreck behind . ' Trusting tbat you will rally once more , and tako that po-ition in the miners' movement , and unite with the brave men of _Lancashire , who are again willing to join with you and tbe miners of England ; 1 remain , yours , & c , _Newoastle-on-Tyne , Nov . 21 . ; M . Jude .

      The Bradford Victims. To Thb Mbit 0? Tob...

      THE BRADFORD VICTIMS . To thb Mbit 0 ? Tobk'hibb .. — Shortly will be placed at the bar of their country , a number of men from the town of Bradford and its neighbourhood , to answer to the several charges of sedition , conspiracy , riot , drilling , dso . —¦ men of _irreproaohable character ; and in making this appeal to you tor your sympathy and support , I hope I shall not make it in vain . When I reflect upon tho spirit _manifested by you on maoy former occasions , it is not certainly too much to expect that the men of this county and country generally , will raise a sum sufficient to procure them a good legal defence , and thus protect them as muoh as possible from Whig malignity and persecution . Fellow working men , your sympath y and support is the only reward and recompense , they will receive for all the _exertims they have made in

      your behalf , and to that tbey look as an evidence tbat you appreciate tbeir services . They are twentyeight in number , and many of them are well known to the conntry generally . Mr John Smyth has honourably and faithfully _disobarged the trust reposed in him , as seoretary to the National Land Company , from its formation in the town of Bradford , up to the time of his arrest , and also to the _National Charter Association . He was detained in the lock-up at Bradford for nice teeo days _witbouta bearing , until a charge could be trumped up against him . No stone was left unturned by tho newly-imported polioe whereby they oould secure a committal . No 9 tratsgem but was resorted to by the said individuals . But I appeal more especially to the men and women of Bradford , ae you are fully acquainted with the vindiotive spirit manifested on the part of the pro * Beoutorr _, and also the history and character of the

      witnesses against your incarcerated townsmen . It it for your _sskes your brother patriots have struggled , and are placed in their present position , with the prospect of long imprisonment , if not . ban- ' _shmertt from their native land , before them . Bear in mind , fellow townsmen , that Mr John Smyth applied to be liberated on bail until the assizes , and he was told by ana ot them & _gUtT & teft who graces (?) the Bradford benoh , that they should endeavour to prefer a charge of treason against bim at the time of trial . I therefore brg of you to be instant in your subscriptions , and come forward liberally in support of your incarcerated townsmen . Do not let them go into exile or long imprisonment , with thareHeotion that those who cheered and encouraged them forward , left them unaided and unsupported on the day of trial . What you do —• do instantly . The Commission opens at York , on Saturday , the 9 oh of next month .

      I am , rellow Townsmen , Yours , in the oause of _. Damooraoy , an Old Guard , _Jossph AwsRsoir . No . 1 , Butterwortb Buildings , Bradford , Nov . 21 st . Subscriptions by Post Office Orders , & o ., made payable to William Clark , shoemaker ; or Joseph Alderson , tailor . No . 1 , _Bntterwarth Buildings ; or to _hdward HindB , tailor , Market Street , Bradford , Yorkshire , will bo thankfully received .

      Thb Ssii-Wsecxkd Euioaihts Or Ths Bchaum...

      Thb _Ssii-wsecxkd _EuioaiHTs or ths _BcHauMor _, — Upwards of £ 200 has been collected at _Hsrwlob , ip _* . -Mob , G _^ lobester , & c for tbe unfortunate emigrants on board the Burgund y , whiob was wrecked on the Losg Sands , on her _patBage frem Bremen to New Orleans , It maybe _rtmembersd tbat more than 100 of tbo poor creatures were brought te Harwich by her Majesty ' s corvette Desmond and otber ve sets , tne whole of tbem being in a most p & _lnful slate of destitution . The Mayor _commonlcaled with the authorities , of _IpsMcB , and other neighbouring places , end ths result was , that at tbe

      several churches last Sunday collections were nude in behalf of the destitute emigrants , more thaa £ 110 being _subscrlbee" lu Ipswich . This sum will be the means of 00 M . Ueii . bly BllevlMlng thiir sufferings . Tbey were to leave _Horwioh oa Tuesday for London , the Eastern Union _Rsilway Company generous ly providing tbem with a free _paBSBgo , when they will , with the remainder ' of the emigrants who wore token to Ramsgate by the _sohooner _Nals , ba _ferward-d to thdr destination , A subscription bas also been opened for tho relief of thoae landed at Ramsgjta . ' ... » Tubs

      _AllEMrrsn _Asjassinatioh , —At Sunderland , on . day a _sohoonor , iho Gironde ,. belonging to Bordeaux , was ' brought alongside tbe Railway Wharf ; at tbo Low Qiay . Several vessels had previously been moored b / tne wharf ; and tha maBter ot' tbe French craft re ' . nt Tery anxious tobe _survid firBt , theforomou ofthe woaif _, Mr Greenwood , said he must wait fur bis tarn . Tbis gave rise to an " . angry " altercation . The male ofthe _Gicond" oame on deck wiih a gun , whioh tbo maeter b «! _b 3 < I , _dlscliRrglug tho conltnUat Greenwood , who wae _pounded in tbo face and htad , Tho captain and mat * have been _arrustcd , _anl will be _ixaminod _bsfore the ma gistrate * .

      Tub Foboebt oh Sid . B , Hexwood asp Co . 'a _Basi _;—jl'Coimiok , the young _taau who presented tho forged obequa fer £ 531 on the bank of Sir _Bonjiwlu Hey wood and Oo ., Manchester , has been discharged from _ouatoJy , in _consoqusneo of tbo strong probability that he was In oocenter tho _knowledge that Itwas forged , and wag a tool ta the . _uftEdn at Lee , hit _emslosu .

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      Ibish Cosv10t3.—There Are 671* Convic'.S...

      _Ibish CosV 10 T 3 . —There are 671 * convic _' . s at Spika Island . Thb H _« p Dvn _. —Tha total hop duty this year , ig £ 387 . 887 _lSi . 7 id . Ten sheep were killed hy _lijrhtnin . i * a few daya * back on the farm of Gatehili , in _Crjllo way . Mr WbiteBide ' s retaining fee in the case of Mr , S . O'Brien was £ 500 . The Sooth Derbyshire revision for 1848 shovs ft iTd _« ar gain to the Liberals * of 275 . Tbo amaliest hair casts a shadow ; tbe most trifling act has its consequences—if not here , hereafter . — _Jonot . A I _' _offBTHWBM . —Why was ( _Haildi like a glass of hrand > and water 1—Because bv ?* as a tnmb . ' er of _jtrst-ratt spirit .

      How ro- Fm Bmm . —At _Ballfcasioa theatre the I boxer * _wete filled in doable _qaick _Jsme by tbo _thil-; lint ? gallery * - Riving away . PaNaiOKf _***** ' Ron * Lacqueys . —lie _domestk-rof the late lSn > r George HI ., Queens * Charlotte-and | Caroline , reserve £$ , 2 $ 5 annually as _pensions _frofe ; the conntry . I The High Sheriff ef the Queen ' s _Cona _** _-, who hadf -a writ to _exemtte for _* _88 iOW , against die property of the Duke of- _Buckingusm in that _ctmnty , has * made a _return'of- _^ the property having ! ken pre-1 _viously conveyed ' away to trustee * . Thb Trcb F _^ _immbsshk—* What do 'on mean to do with K V _aaid-a friend ' ta Theodora Ifbok , at * hiding to a man wh » _had'groeely vilified hira . 'Da with him V replied' Hook , " why , I mean to let bin alone moat severely . ' .:

      A _Siabtusb FA 0 T _;* -Many sens of land _»» ths neighbourhood of I _^ _iwmarket-oa-Fersos ; _havabeen recently abandoned _bytjietenaot _fitrmen , _wotretto aUh » Btening . to America . A Simile . — -Some men are- _Ska tea—the real strength and goodness is-noi properly drawn oafcoff them till they have been for a short time in hotwater . _Impostaht to SAitOB * A » r > rosiR _WivB-. — . The judge bf the Plymouth © ounty Conrt last week da . cided that a Bailor while at sea , who allowed hi » wife half-pay at home , was-not responsible for hendebts .

      Scotch Core von _Chosbrj-. —Chiefly owing to the alarm of cholera , in one day last _wtek 4 * 1 , 500 of duties wat reoeived at the- Custom House ot _Leita for brandy alone . —Glasgow Vintner . Thb _Natiowal Dm . —The receivers of dividends in the funds , * , e ., the owners of the National Debt are 280 , 000 in number . Oi tbeae ninety thousand reoeived five pounds each , and two-thirds of toe whole £ 50 each , _Frbmch _Dsvwition or a _Lawtkr . — 'Tfle-courgB of all deliberating assemblies /—M . Payer , National Assembly . Core for thk Tooihacbb . —An individual _saya tbat he filled a hollow tooth with gutta percha eighteen months ago , and that he has nev _? r had tha toothache sinoe . He recommends it as an infallible remedy _.

      It appears from the 'Post Office Directory , ' that the tables of London are supplied with wine by 1 , 060 aeronauts , and intoxicating beverages are sold in 11 , 000 _poblio-nuusef , A Good _Iwbrpbhtatioi _* . —A gentleman asked a wit the meaning of the pa » age , ' Ha clothed himself with curses as with a garment , ' to which tbe wit replied , ' He had a habit of swearing . ' Americas Dibtillbbks . —The _prssent number of distilleries in tbe United states is said to be 10 , _500 ; and tbe number of g allons of spirituous liquors distilled annually is 41 , 502 , Wr .

      Awfcl State of _Soctsir . —In _Locdon tb « ra aro 12 , 000 children reularly under training to crime , 30 , 000 thieves , 6 , 000 receivers of _Btolen goods . 23 flOO picked up in a state of drunkenness , 50 , 000 uabitaa ! -gin drinkers , and 150 , 000 oi both _stxeB leading an abandoned life . Jambs I— -Among the addresses presented upon _iheaccession of James , I ., was one from the aceient town of Shrewsbury , wishing his Majesty may live as tongas tbe sun , moon , and stars endured . ' Faith , man / said the King to tha person who presented it , 'if I do .

      my son must reign by candle light . ' Abmhcr or _Dbtectivks —Iu the county of Pembroke ( says the Pbwcipjmit ) tbere is not a single policeman ; and notwithstanding their absence , the high sheriff was _enatltd at the last March assizes to present Justioe Williams with a pair oi white kid gloves . Thb Small Debts Act—In all , about 2000 poor debtors were liberated in Ireland nnder tbe _icewifnl aot of emancipation paased in tbe late _se _^ _ion of parliament . This , however , has cost creditors a loss of more tban _£ 2 , 000 .

      Anhalt . —Sbpaiutio !* of Chcbch am > State . — The D . fct of the Duchy of Anbah hsa _unanimously deoided tbat the Church shall be _pntinly independent of the State , and that every citizen shall enjoy full liberty of faith and conscience . Ambricas Nbwspaphr Pczzw . —An American , paper , tbo Gloucrtkr _Teuokifh , presents the _follov / iug for its readers aa a-puzzle : —' _lianjofout friends & _Mroubledinconsoienceonaccountof _^ ebtsowi n gtuiuio wffi »* n _> - »\ . _» _uv » mo _«';' nappjto » ign _papersfortheic relief / .

      Coaro'iir . —• ' How can yon W store that MwH will read tbis letter , 'said one friend to another , who wished to communicate intelligence ts a married lady indirectly , ' seeing that yon bave directed it to ller husband V ' She'll open it to a certainty / was the reply , 'dont you see I ' ve marked ' private' in the coreer V Clokmbl _SrscisL Cf _mjiusio ** . —The special _comroision will again open in Clonmel en tbe 5 : h of December , to whioh it stands adjourned , for tha trial of the remaining political prisoners ; and it ia said that Charles Gavin Duffy will be brought down toClonme ) , and there tried at tbe _oramfrsion .

      _Absbncb or Mind —A stranger , in taking his seat lately in tbe pit of a theatre , accosted a gentleman who sat near him , with' Pray , sir , hava you a bill f ' when to the stranger's astonishment , the _gentlemaa starting from a reverie in whioh he bad been plunged , exclaimed , 'No sir , but I have two next week , and both unprovided for . ' A Htwra ov RosBS . —Ne & r _Angns' . a , Georgia , United States , tbere is a hedge _alorg 3 , 000 acres ; the hedge , which is formed of the _Cherokee rote , presents a most beautiful floral spectacle , and perfumes the surrounding atmosphere wiih the richest fragrance .

      Propsrit _Cbhsus . —The constabulary are daily employed taking a census of the farm produced stock . & _j , in this disiriot . We are sorry to hearthat the returns will _bsar evidenoe of the country being in a much worse Btate this _joar than last . Tho stock particularly , has been greatly diminished . -Armagh _Guardiait . h has been decided in the London _Qj-en ' _a Bench that a man is liable to pay the debts of a woman passing as his wife . A Captain Smyth was held on Wednesday to be responsible for a considerable sum for articles given to a female on the faith of her being his wife .

      What u Law Like \—Law is like a country donca —people are led up and down till they are fairly tired out . Law is like a book of _surgerv—tbero are a great many uncommon cases in it . It is like pbyBio too—they who take the least of it are best off . Liw is like a new fashion—people are bewitched te get into it ; and , like bad weather , most people are glad to get out of it . _Woonas GuKpawMn —From sundry recent experiments the fact is established that line sawdust or rasped wood , steeped in a mixture of concentrated sulphurio and nitrio acids , and afterwards washed and dried , _willexpiode similar to common gunpowder , and if rightly managed , with much greater force . The greatest wonder about it is that tbe fact hadnot been discovered earlier . —American Paper .

      It is said a handsome young Yankea _' pedlar made ? love to a buxom widow in Pennsylvania . He accompanied his declaration with an allu * ion to two impedimenta to tbeir union . 'Name , them / said tbe widow . 'The want of means to Bet up a retail store . ' They parted , and the widow sent the pedlar a cheque for ample means . When they met again the pedlar bad hired and stocked his store , and the smiling fair oae begged to know the other impediment . * I have another wife / cried the notiondealer . Nothing _Immisibm . —¦ Mirabeau ' sha _' . te of temper was known , and he must ba obeyed . ' Monsieur Ie Comte / said his seoretary to him one day , ' the thing you require is impossible . ' ' Impossible ! * exclaimed _Mirabeau , Btarting from his ohair , never again usethat _foe'ish word in my presence / This brief anecdote is more charaoteristio than hundreds of pages ; ib is tn all men a lesson almost in a line .

      Thb Mcfplip _DatiM .--Whi ! e a regiment of volunteers were marching through Camargo , a captain , a strict disciplinarian , observing that one ofthe drums did not beat , ordered tha lieutenant to inquire the reason . Tbe fellow , on beiog interrogated , whispered to the lieutenant , ' I havo two _ducka and a turkey in my drum , and tbe turkey is for tbe captain / This _beiiiij whispered to the _ceptain _, he exolaimed , ' Why didn't tho drummer say bo was ill ? I don't want men to do duty when tbey aro not _abve ' Desiitc « "N is Cork —Coil * ** a « sever so crowded ataoy period with country _beg-jbrs as at present . It is pitiablo to see the _groups in fnsnttleB that throng the streets , some selling matches , ' _othc-rs singing ; Irish _8051 _J 8 , fad a third _olaaa _clacsourin _** for money . They are all wretchedly olad , very filthy , and _appa-. rently in great destitution .

      Royal _Eo-r Met —Lord . Castlerfsgh _' a successor h . vinj been admitted tothe royal pva-enee to receive the seals ofuffija , was _ebseived on his _rciirtroent to rub hia chin in a very contemplative mood . ' I _uope , * said a friend , ' that you uitt _wlh . a gracious racep « tion . ' * I know not what to think o ; it / teplicd the _ncwlT-appomUdifficial ; 'bis _Maiesfy _, wuh apparently perfeot _Mncwity , _esprtsud a \ v . _sn that I should follow the example « - > f my late _i _rodeoessor , _ffhicnl am afraid mem that notaiag mvM £ V » _as _bizi so mu « b p leasure aa tbst J tbj > M QUA ) oy i throat ,, '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25111848/page/3/