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      Jakuakt 29, 1s48. The Northern Star • 3

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      The Patriot's Test . By Ebsest Jonss. Co...

      THE PATRIOT'S TEST . BY _EBSEST JONSS . Come hither ! come hither ! from broad England , Ye men of South . North , Eait , and West ! Come briber , whoever feels courage to stand The truth of the Patriot ' s test . We ask ' not the wealth of his acres broad , If or the sum ef his thousands -won : But we ask cf him how he has served his God , And tbe worth of the work ha ' s done . We ask him tut , what hia fathers have been In the 8 ges of war ' s iron rnth : Bat tha ancestry brave that we reckon with him Are the _chiTalreus deeds of his youth . We ask him not , how he's grovelled low To worship at altar and crown : But how he has struck at the heart of the foe , And how he ha « spared him when down .

      We ask him not , how he ' s paid tithe and tax , And _settl-d tell , impost , and rate : Bat whether he ' s ready to lay the axe Attheroetof b rotten state . We ask him not , what his creed may be , f ) r what was the _S 5 rm it gav * -: Sat whether ha ' s prayed to the God of the _vbeb T « strengthen the heart of the slave . And whether he ' s willing with heart and hand To march to the field of fight , And scourge from the depth of a suffering land The foes of a People ' s right : To face their steel and their cannon flame , And the mesh of their greedy laws : And not ashamed to avow his name , Should he stand alone in tbe cause .

      And whether he'd spnrn the silken hand _. That offers a _half-reforra : -Oh ! The fool who weald bind with a gossamer _haad The bolt of a people ' s storm ! Aad whether he trusts in the strength of his right , And sever a . donht within : "If go , he's a man who is fit for the fight , For such , are tbe men that win ! Thea _hither—cetne hither , from _hroid England , Ya men of Senth , _Horth , East , and West I Corns hither , whoever is able to stand The truth of tha Patriot ' s testl

      Songs For The People. Our Natiye Land. S...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . OUR NATIYE LAND . ST JoH ! f XiTHBONB . The Land , the _Land , our native Land ! forthcoming years will see , Thick scattered o ' er yonr fertile bresst , the dwellings of the free , From hill , from mine , from workshop crowd , the hardy sons of toil , "To rear a home in freedom ' s name , and tiU the bounteous soil . ~ Bj gentle streaEi , fey mountain side , in valley ' and in _«; len , There will be seen the homes ef free and stalwart Englishmen ! "Who'll speak not then , as they do now , the language of despair , Bnt ra'se the song of cheerfulness , and breathe ths grateful prayer .

      We need no food from foreign shores , while we have land to sxow it . For send for corn some thousand miles , while we have hands to sow it ; Nor send our goods to every clime , to clothe and deck each nation _. While millions' backs are bare at home , asd thousands in starvation . If all onr Land were well employed , ' twonld yield us bounteous store , And each succeeding yearhecome more richer than before . Each plot of Land a peasant then might dare to call his own If equal Taws were framed for aH—for cottage and for throne .

      The I _^ _and their own they d dread no foe , no ruthless fierce iavader ; If England's sons own'd England ' s soil , no tyrants could degrade her : Bach cot would be a castle then , no nation could enslave them , Tor loud would ring their rallying cry— ' The _Lacd their birthrig ht gave thea . ' Xet those who wish and wonld be free , stand by not lame and coldly , Bat give their help to those who ' ve fought the poor man ' s cause so boldly ; Sat 'bove tbem all to him he praise—all glory and all honour"The p ? ople ' _a friend and champion , onr patriot chief O'Connor .

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      "The Emigrants Of Ahadarra. A Tale Of Ir...

      "THE EMIGRANTS OF AHADARRA . A Tale oF _Irah Life- By W . Carleton . Esq . Sims and _M'Intyre _, London and Belfast . In tbe _moderst aBd _unpretendine preface to thia admirable volume the author disclaimB having _written * a political work , ' or one encumbered with a superabundance of political reflection ; on the contrary , lie says he has only introduced such short and plain statements , affecting the condition ot the Irish people , as were necessary to elucidate the characters of the actors—and this 13 true , bnt the legal assertion , tbe greater the truth the greater the libel , is here most evidently borne out . What fiction could avail to describe Ii eland ' s distresses so forcibly as does tke narrative of plain , unvarnished truth ? "What daring dealer in the _marvellouB and the improbable wonld venture to describe , from his luxuriant imagination , theawful , the heartrending scenes of oppression and despotism which daily occur ia the sister isle ?

      We confidently assert that , as respects the woes of Ireland , Truth leaves Fiction lingering far behind ; and he who _would describe them must trust to simple fact , as offering scenes of horror , of atrocity , of _legarassassination . such as no imagination , 'whatever , has been powerful enough to coin . In this wen-planned , well-written , and thoroughly _¦* ffell principled tale , Mr Carleton has , then , availed himself of facts—and of facts alone—and it tells all -fche mors powerfully on the mind from the circumstance of its untxaegerated veracity . The evils of the ' no lease ' system—and of priestly denunciation are especially _? onrtrayed . __ The characters are numerous and perfectly consistent—the tale itself one

      of every-day-lii ' e—at least m unhappy Ireland , where every violent passion seems to have dominion , and religion is too often prostituted to the _basest and most murderous purposes . Carleton , always an excellent pourtrayer of the characters and manners of his own countrymen , has been peculiarly happy in this novel . Inspired by the patriotic desire to make the true causes of Ireland ' s misery more generally known among English bodies , he has , in this work _. _' exceeded his former self—may he live to _i-ee his country in a position which shall allow of a very much happier , yet an equally truthful exposition of its state . May tie see the day when that rich , and fertile , and lovely -land , shall no longer drive forth its children from its bosom as starving , homeless , fever-stricken

      Em-8 RAXT 3 . But whatever thanks may be due to Mr Carleton , _Keowean equal meed of praise to the enterprising publishers who have presented the public with this original book for the price of a _shiVJng . We thought tint _bibliopolic liberality could _scarcely be exceeded "When a reprint of aa entire popular _vrork was offered for tbat sum , but here we have a new novel , such as most publishers would Bell at a guinea and half , inferior to none in point of merit , —printed far more accurately too , than the volumes of seme of our London men , —for a sum that many , even among the working classes , expend weekly ih useless and injurious luxuries . Ought not _suc-h liberality in a publisher meet with some reward from the public ? It Certainly ought . —and we feel sum that no man who _C _. nn spare a shilling will grudge the bestowal of it on " * Tha Emigrants of Ahauarra . '

      That the novelty of the book may not be worn off ¦ before it is purchased , we will give no extracts whatever , —it wonld be unjust alike to author , publisher , and public .

      Lord Lindsay, A Pcem, By Ernest Jones, E...

      Lord Lindsay , a Pcem , by Ernest Jones , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law . London : _Xohtherx Stab office , 10 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . This poem is a reprint from the Labourer , and lias attracted considerable attention , and very favourable notices on the part of several journals since its republication . Our opinion of Mr Joses ' s poetry is too well-known to need repeating . Though no admirers of aristocracy , we recommend onr readers to make personal acquaintance with Lord Lindsay ,

      The Charier, The Land Company, And The L...

      The Charier , the Land Company , and the Land and Labour Bank . By E . W . Robinson . _Manchester . Tbis pamphlet is , as described on the title-pa _& e , a letter addressed to the Trades , Orders , and the Pullie , on the principles of the Charter , _ tho National Land Company , and tho National _L-nnd and Labour Bank , with remarks on the character and object ? of tho ' Whistler . ' It appears that the author is but a new convert to Chartism and the Land Plan ; and cnriou 3 _enoush , although _we _beiievo he is not a rare instance , he was made

      a convert _through the instrumentality of the _Makch 2 ; ier Examinee ' Mr Robinson was a con _> tant _reader of that pspt-r , . " . nd Ms acquaintance with the _Lind Phn was first brouL'ht about , hy the Examiner ' s _abu-e of that plan . Determined to " hear both sidrs _, he commenced reading t'ie _Stap , and after well ¦ _7-eighui ! the evidence on both aides , he abandoned ' tbe Whistler , ' and jomed the banner of Mr O'Connor . Almost immetliattly afterwards he wrote this pamphlet , which hss been published by the Council of the Manchester Locality . Its circulation is calculated to effect considerable good .

      The Charier, The Land Company, And The L...

      Letters to tke Toiling . By W . W . Broom . Puzzle for the Curious . By W . W . Broom . London . W , Jenkinson , 91 , Leather-lane , Holborn . Wefear that Mr Broom has mistaken oddity . for or ; _, ginality . If Carlyle would write plain , _understandable English , he would bo none the less thought of But what the public excuse in him they will net tolerate in his imitators , who adopt his form of expression without being able to enunciate the great thoughts—( becau > e not possessing them)—which go far to redeem his barbarous jargon . As a writer , Carlyle is the vrorBt of models . Mr ; Broom is a young man , and means well ; two sufficient reasons why we should restrain our pen .

      Radicalism An Essential Doctrine Of Chru...

      Radicalism an Essential Doctrine of ChrUfianittC _. By the Rev . B . Parsons , ot Ebley . _Strou'd ' : B " Bucknail ; London : J . Snow , Paternoster-row . _» . This is No . 5 , of' Tracts for the Fustian Jackets and Smock Frocks , ' the three first numbers of which we noticed some time ago , The present tract is a . racily written and well reasoned production , devoted to showing tbat' the gospel ia _Radicalism , and real Radicalism is the gospel . ' Mr Parsons defends the nime of' Chartist . ' ' Every person , ' says he , ' who _rtflects . or has studied Jhe British Constitution , knows that the six points of the Charter contain in thera the gem of social , political , and even religious reform ; bHt , then , who can bear the insuff erable name of Chartist ? Only think of a Doctor of Divinity , or a Squire , being called s Chartist ! Asd yet a better name , asexpressive of a _constitutioualjprinoiple , was never invented . ' Mr Parsons shows that the name

      of Christian was once even more despised than that of Chartist is now . Manfully defending tbe real d gnity of the people , Mr Parsons says , 'The Saviour himself was an operative ; the Ap ostle Paul would in these days have w » rn a ' fustian jacket ; ' several of tho prophets were' smock frocks . ' and those desperate Radicals . James , Peter , and John , were Gflllilean fishermen . ' We heartily _acree with the rer . gentleman wi : en he says , ' Appeals to the rich respecting Radical reform aro generally vain . In all ages the Fustian Jackets and Smock Frocks have been the most efficient Radical reformers , and , therefore , the most enlightened and practical gospellers ; and our own day tells us that we maat look to the working men and working women for the emancipation and salvation of the world . ' We hope that this tract will have an extensive circulation .

      The Reformer's Companion To The Almanacs...

      The _Reformer ' s Companion to the Almanacs , _^ A _correspondent has sent us a copy of this publication , which is certainly a political ouriosity . The Reformer ' s Companion is published by the well-known preacher , Joseph Barker . Its spirit will be understood by the extracts we select . We give the following from a

      LETTEE TO THE QUEEN . Among the _meatures which we would recommend for the relief and lasting benefit of the country , ate the following , 1 . The immediate and entire abolition of the law of entail and primogeniture , and the establishment ol _absolute free trade in land . 2 . Tbe abolition of the Scamp duti- b , and the removal of all obstructions to the transfer of estates , snd the general distribution of a landed proper y . 3 . A tax on land and hou ; ei , in the piece of every other tax _bearingupsn other industry . We weuld extend the tax to uncultivated land . And in all cases make it so heavy a « to oblige the holders of land , either to bring it into cultivation , or part with it to thole who will ds it . i . The abolition of the Navigation lawa .

      5 . The abolition of the Church _EitabliaBments of Great Britain and Ireland , and the appropriation of all church property to tbe support of the poor , and to purposes of general education . 6 . Retrenchment in every department of government , whether civil or ml'itary . 7 . A law securing the right of tenant ! to compensation for all improvements made by them upon tbeir farms . 8 . AnotberR-formBiH _. _glrlnffto every roan ef age , through the country , wbo is not convicted ot crime , tba right of voting for members of Parliament , —establishing equal electoral district ! , —directing votes in the election of members of Parliament to be taken by ballot , —making Parliaments _anauil , —aad _req-iirinj no qualifications of members of Parliament , but such as may be required by the persons _electing them .

      You may think what you will , and those that are around you mav say what they will , but theie are tbe things which are wanted to relieve the distress of the country , to prevent the recurrence of similar distress for the future , and to secure peace and prosperity to the population of this empire generally . You have 0 Queen , amongst many of your subjects , 83 reputation for Bbrewdness and humanity . People say you are both in : _elligentand well-disposed . I beseech you , prove that the good opinion which they have formed of yon , is correct . I beseech you , give a proof that you really know something about the interests of nations , and that vou are really desirous to promote the welfare of your tried aad suffering people .

      You cannot but know , 0 Queen , that you are greatly indebted to the people . You are deriving , for yourself and yonr household , little less than a million a year from _thepeotla ; and your husband and children are deriving , I suppose , above a hundred thousand more . Of _thsse vast sums , a very considerable portion is taken from tbe poor ; from persons who have not sufficient to clothe themselves in decent garments , to rent a decent house , to procure comfortable furniture , to obtain a supply _ofgooS and wholesome fgod _, or to securo for their children tbe _bsaeSta of a tolerable education . Yoa must be aware , 0 Queen , that the only ground on which yon can injustice or in reason receive those sums of money

      from the people , is , that you are tbe servant of tbe people . Yon can , in reason or justice , bave no title to tbem whatever , except a 3 the servant of the people . You are hound , therefore , 0 Queen , as an honest woman , either to give np your income , or to do your best to render the people , from whom you receive it , service equal in value to its vast amount . Your situation , therefore , as Queen of these realms , binds you to do your utmost to secure the people their rights . And one of the rights of the people is , the opportunity , by _moderate laboHr , of obtainin ; sufficient to maintain themselves and their _familiei incomfort ; and another of their right * is , a share in tbe power of tbe government .

      I say you ha « _-e it in your power to do much towards _Stcuring to the people their rights . Were you to _explais yourself plainly and decisively in favour of popular measures , the men tbat are around you would feel theraselves obliged eilher to propose such measures to the Parliament , or ts give up their places and make way for others t _s approach you better disposed , or more able , to help yon in the good work : This is ' plain speaking with a vengeance . The misfortune is that Victoria will never see Mr Barker ' s letter . The knaves surrounding her will take good care to prevent that . A singular feature of this publication is the author ' s prophecies . ' These predictions aro curious and startling , ss the following specimens will testify : —

      March 1 . —Many meetings will be held about this season , which nill inspire tbe supporters of religious and political corruption with serlou « alarm . The human inventions which have been mixed up with divine revelations , and the wicked laws and mischievous institutions which have been enacted iu the name of justice and government , will meet with some tremendous assaults . A set of men who care more for the interests of truth afid suffering humanity , thaa they do for kings and _priests , maybe expected to _cauBe considerable excitement in different parts of the country , and the result will probably be , to make priestly deceit and government injustice more difficult matters than they have been for many generations past .

      —2 , ~ A great many falsehoods will this dny he uttered in the name of Christ , and a great deal of hypo _, critical _vi-lany will be practised under the name of religion . We are also greatly mistaken , if the people will _n- ) t be made , by some horrible system of injustice , to pay a great pries for the lies which will bs told them , and for the hypocritical _villanitB wMch will be practised in their midst . —3 . —Long before this there will have been a great deal of talk in the House of CommonB , but no great abundance of honest , straightforward , beneficent legislation , The IUdical members will have uttered several speeches , but it is questionable whether many of tbem will have come out fully in favour of tbe rights of the people at lar _^ e , and in opposition to the long-continued and unblushing iniquities of _aristocratical legis . lation .

      —i . —A _cartain man , whose name shall not he mentioned for the present , will be very greatly and very agreeably disappeinted , if he should find that either of the members for Leeds hae , up to this time , done any thing in the House of Commons , worth doing ; he will also bo disappointed if the one called a 'Whig , should not prove as useless or as mischievous as the one called a Tory . Here is something racy : — A WONDEHFOL ASSOCIATION AT LEEDS . The Leeds Timeb of December 18 th , states that the Committee of the Leeds Association for improving the breed of pigs an 3 poultry , received last week ihe gracious permission of Frincc Allert , expressed in a letter to Mr Purchon , to present him with a pig of the largo

      Yorkshire breed , intended for the farm at Windsor . The silly creatures' to ask of a man permission to present him with a pi ? . Had he not _pigs enough ? Was there nobody clsein the country that needed pigs ' more _thanhs ? Might they not have _disprsed of their pig ntarerbotMi ' , without the wretched humiliation of wrifin' - to ol tain permission to present it _?^ Tbe simpletons ! It is g : iivous to think that _fhsre should be _* ueh wretched , _crouching sycophants so near one ' s dwelling . A con ' _, initios at Leed _» , for improving the breed cf pigs nnd pau try obtained tba gracious permission of Prince Albert to present him with a pig 1 A _cotnwi-. _tse at Leeds , _inther-iidstof a vast population , many _thousands of

      wliich ara starving at this hour for want of a little br ad . pass by their famishing neighboars , end _lenvthem to " perish for want of food , and _nsk permission of a _mrin , a foreigner , who has fovty thousand a year to live upon , _brides half a million for his wife , and _i-iO .-e v _3-t sums of inmey taken partly from the pockets of th = ir starving , famishing _neighbours , —ye . ' ! , this come mittca ask permission to present Prince Alhirtwitha pi _^ _l 1 wish this committee of ths Leeds Association for improvbg t ' : ; e breed of pigs and poultry , would just form _thciiiilves into an Association for _improving their own _understandings and thiir own hearts . I also wish tfcej V ; O'ili form _thSKiEelveB jnto an Association for im-

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      proving the circumstances ef their wretched and famishing _nslghBours . I wish that they would form themsalves into an Assooiation for improving tbe breed of princes and aristocrats ; and , instead of helping to perpetuate their blindness and _hardheartedness , by sycophancy and crouching , endeavour to open their eyes to their duty , and to touch their hearts with , sympathy for the millions whom they oppress , and plunder , and . destroy , * _# * * And all this at Leeds I I am ashamed of Leeds . A large & iannfacturing place , with oae Tory Member , and another _Member as bad as a Tory , and an Association for _improving the breed of pigs and poultry , requesting _permiis ' on of Prises Albert , to present him with a pig . Pshaw !

      There are many more good things in this ' Ci m panion / and amongst others » quotation from Howitt ' _s Uistory ef Priestcraft , ' exhibiting the humbug and plunder carried on under pretence of consecrating church yards . Mr Barker appends some comments from which we quote the conclusion ;—Leave the ungodly and plundering church to Itself , until it be abolished . Let me be buried in _tmconsecrated ground . And let no priest come near me at my burial , AwBy with the hypocrites . TnVworld line been peBtered with them too long . I would have no fellowship with them , either while I live , or when I die _. We hope that this publication will be to every poor man a' Companion . '

      Winter Wanderings Ten Years Since; Being...

      WINTER WANDERINGS Ten years since ; being a narrative of remarkable adventures during a five days'journey between the cities of Toronto and Buff ilo ; undertaken under peculiar ciroumstances in the month of December , 1837 , by

      WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE , THE CmiHHl ' URBEL , ' Formerly mayor ef Toionto , and member of ihe Legislature of Upper Canada . ( From the Toronto ( Canada ) Globe . ) The Earl of Durham , in _oneofhls famous proclamations from _Qiebec , in October , 1838 , frankly _ascrlbid the Insurrections in Canada to 'long misgovernment and sad _misrulu . ' Assuredly , a more busy , meddling , yet provokingly Incompetent governor than Sir Francis Head was never dlspatehed across the Atlantic , to try the temper ef any people .

      Although the expediency of a violent revolution had been publicly discussed in both provinces for years , the mora immediate cause of the civil war was the deliberate _destruction , en the 6 th of November , 1837 , in the open day , and in tbe presence of the constitated _authorities of Montreal , ( then bristling with British bayonets , ) of the whole of the types , presses , and printing and publishing materials of the Vindicator newspaper there , which had long boea tho acknowledged organ ef tho great body of the Liberals of Lowo * Canada . That popular journal was then edited , with great success , skill , and ability by Dr E . B . O'Callaghap , a member of the Colonial Legislature , and well known in this city as tbe erudite historian of the New Netherlands .

      It appears that the government of the day were unable to find anything illegal in the columns of the Vihdi _. _catos ; that it told the people most unpalatable truths _, and had an extensive circulation ; and that therefore , the Loyalists , ( and tbey ill-deserved the name , ) hod concluded ths t It was expedient to go a step beyond the example setby Charles X . of France , in 1830 , to get rid of it . Of course , no one was punished for this unprovoked outrage , cor were the injured parties ever remunerated , the whole affair was premeditated ; Governor Gjsford , being 0 } the very same time , employed in writing secret dispatches from _Quebec , advising the Queen to recall himself , send out a military rnler , and abolish the established Constitution !

      Many Upper Canadians , justly indignant at the passage o ( Lord John Russell ' s resolutions of that year , ( or tbe seizure of the Canadian revenue , in defiance of tbe _Legislature , had solemnly pledged themselves to make common cause with Lower Canada , in h < r resistance to that most reprehensible proceeding ; and although it was known that her people had been _routad by the regulars , and her leaders either imprisoned or compelled to & y , before any attempt at _resistance was made * , in December , at Toronto , I was among those who steadily adhered to our pledges , and acted , to tho best of my humble abilities , up to their letter and spirit . _\ . The circumstances which attended my successful effort to escape from the neighbourhood of Toronto to Buffalo , in December , 1837 , through a thickly settled country , the people of which were , generally speaking , long and well acquainted with me , as will be seen by the following narrative , are truly remarkable .

      The conduct of tha Canadians , under the temptation of a large pecuniary Tewaid , afid the prejudices engendered by civil strife and differences in religion and race , was must honourable and praiseworthy . When vexed and disappointed with some apparent inconsistency in the masses , on various _occasions since , I have fallen back npon the noble traits of character that were developed during my erentful journey of five days , and felt constrained to blame the few who lead in society , rather than tbe millions who are led astray by their plausible deceptions . . I nould have published this narrative at the time tho events occurred , bad I not been apprehensive tbat ite detail * might injure several very worthy indmduals .

      On the _forenQQjjjin , which- tho party In opposition to Qorerner Head were worsted , near Toronto—Thursday , December 7 , 1837—and while tho light artillery and small armi , from Yonge-street , were supplying the rebels ( so called ) with musket balls and grape shot , in superabundance , and the bojB on our side returning the compliment with the few available rifl : _s in tbeir possession , a ball struck my worthy friend , Captain _Wideman , in the head , killing bim on the epot ; and a person from the city brought intelligence to Col . _Loant , who stood close by , that the two wings of the Tories , armed with several additional pieces of artillery , were hemming us in , and bad been ordered to cut off our retreat .

      It evidently appearing that success for the Insurgents was , at that time impossible , the Colonel nnd mnny others gave way , and crossed the field to the parallel line of road , west of _Yonge-street . I endeavoured to get my cloak , which I had left at my hotel , through which Captain Fitzgibbon ' s men were just then sending their six-pound shots with _g-iod effect , but was too late _. Strange to tell , that clonk was sent-to me years niterward , while jn prison , but by whom I know not , Perceiving that we were not yet pursued I passed on to Yonge-street , beyond Lawyer Price ' s , and the first

      farmer I met being a friend , readily gave me his horsea trusty 6 _ure-foeted ercaturo , whicii tbat day did me good service . B . fore I had ridden a mile , the smoke rose in clouds behind me , and the Haines of tbe _extensive hotel and eutbuildings arrested my attention , its also another cloud of smoke which I then supposed to be from the Don Bridge , Jn tbe city , which bridge we had sent a party to destroy or take _possefsion of . Colonel Fletcher , now of Chatauque county , handed me an overcoat , and told me that be would make for the States , but not by the head of Lake Ontario .

      Although it was known < ve bad been worsted , no one interrupted us , save in friendship . Dr , from above _JTewm rket , informed me that sixty armed friends were on their way close by . I assured him it was too late to retrieve our loss in that way , and bade him tell thera to scatter—seme , however , went on as volunteers for Sir Francis Head , tbe rest returned to their homes . At the Golden Lane , ten miles from the city , I overtook Colonel Anthony Van _Egmoad , a Dutch officer , ol many years' experience under Napoleon . He agreed with me that we should at once make for the Niagara frontier , but was taken almost immediately afttr by a party who had set out from Governor Head ' s camp to gain the rewards then offered there . The _Celonel was a man of large property , old , and known to pa opposed to Head ' s party . Though not found in arms , he was placed in a cell , ss cold that th . y had very 600 n to take him to the hospital—on his way to the grave .

      Immediately after the skirmish , his Excellency bad appointed Mr Boulton , the Newfoundland Judge ' s brother , his herald , to make proclamation , that the Queen's government would pay from the Exehequer , one thousand pounds for my apprehension , and half as much per man for that of several other _pfrsons then there named . Couriers were sent off forthwith , in evory direction , with tidings to the like effect , and a gazette wna circulated , minutely describing those persons whose apprehension was specially desired . Finding myself closely pursued and repeatedly fired at , I left the high road with one friend , ( Mr J . It . ) and made for Shepaid ' _s mills . The fleetest horsemen oftho official party were so close npon ns that I bad only time to jump off ray horso , and ask the miller ( himself a Torj ) whether a large body of men , then on the heig hte , were friends or foes , before our pursuers were climbing up the steep ascent almost beside me .

      When I overtook Col . Loune , he had , I think , about 90 men with him , who were partly armed . Wo took some _refrethments at a friendly farmer's near by—LoUI ) t WAS for _dispersing—I _proposed that we should keep in a body , and make for the United States , viz . tho head of Lake Ontario , as our opponents had _t'io 6 teamers ; hut only sixteen persons went with me . I had no other arms than a _siuglo-han-ellod pistol , laktn _f-. om Captain _Dnjiiaii during _Tu-. _sday _' _s scufll _' , mid we Wtro all on foot , Some of my companions had no weapons at all . Via made for the _Ilun-. bev bridge , through _VauRhan , but found it strong !} - guarded—wont up the river a long way , got some supper at the _hous-.- of a farmer , _erosstd the stream on a foot-bridge , and early next morning rode to the hospitable mansion of a _eettk-r on Duudr . s , thoroughly exhausted with cold and fatigue .

      Blankets were hung over the windows to avoid suspicion , food and beds prepared , and while the- T < _l-ies _wei'O carefully searching for us we were sleeping soundly . _N-.-xt morning ( Friday ) , those who had _m-ms buried them , and after sending to inquire whetlur a friend a mil . ; below had been dr . ng . ' _-rously wounded , we _nejivcd to separate and muku for tiie frontier , two nnd two together . _^ A lud in his nineteenth or twentieth year _accompanied me , and such was my confidence in the honesty and friendship of the country folks . Protestant and _Ciiiielic _, _European and American , that I went undisguised , my only weapon at tho lime King _Duggoi » ' _« pistol , and it mit " sailed . Address _was now wanted much more thau brute force . We followed tke . concession , parallel nnd next to tho g reat _Wasteva-raad , saw and talked with numbers of

      Winter Wanderings Ten Years Since; Being...

      people , but with none who wanted the government te 7 _s _„^ boat th _* "ee in the af ternoon , we reached Com . _p \ „ . . _r ' near Streetsvllle ; we were there told thai woi . _Uiisholm , and 300 of the hottest Orangemen , and other most violent partisans , were divided into ponies _searchin g for us . Even from some of these there was no m ? danger . They were at heart friendly . ur comfort was an Americaa by birth , bnt a citizen Of _panada . I aRk .. d hU wife for * ome bread and cheese , nn w . ° I „ rf 8 hman to M » employ was harnessing Km , S T ° ° Ur USe * S , le ini , _* _* ed ° n our staying _S _^ We dld * Mr Comfort knew nothing of the . Blended revolt , and had taken ne part In it , but ho assured me that no fear of consequ _. nc _^ _nhonld prevent him from bung a friend In th _« hour of danger . After conversing with a number of people th „ e / not one of Whom said an unkind word to us , my companion and I Rot . no the waggon , and tbe young E _, n « _ralder _droVft _« fl ? _Ci ° n ' ; re _- l ! _" ' ' thr 0 Ugh «* Credit villa ; . _( Spnngfieitf , in broad daylightand _alon _* Dund _/ _s .

      , street , bills being then duly posted for my apprehension , and I not yet out of the county which I had been seven tunes chosen b y its freeholders to _repress . Yet , t _hough known to _everybad y , we proceeded a _Iour way west before danger approached . At length , however « e were hotly pB „ ned by a party of mounted troops ' ; our driver became alarmed , and with reason , and I tool ! the reins , and pushed onward otfull speed over a rough , _hard-frozen road , without snow . Our pursuers , _nevertneless , gained on us , and whin near the Sixteen Mile Creek , we _ascertrdne & that my countryman , Cel . _Chalmers hod _» party guarding tbe briCge . The creek swells up at times Into a rapid river—it was now swollen by the November ruins . What was to be done ? Young W . and I jumped from the waggon , made toward the forest , asked a labourer tbt road to _Esquesingtoputour pursuors off our track , and were soon in tbe thickest of tho patch of woodB near' the deep ravine , In which _flowa the creek named ond numbered arithmetically as the Sixteen .

      The men In chase camo up with our driver _almoM Immsdl & _Ulj after we left , took him prisoner , _sthad hie ( earn , gave tho alarm to _othhe _T--il ¦ and Orangemen in that part of Trafalgar , and in an hour or thereabouts , we were anndyed by tbe reports of rifles and the barking of dogs near by the place whore we were hidden . Some who jaw meat Comfort ' s Mills went and told the armed Tories of _Strcetsville , who Instantly went to the , worthy man ' s house , where _tliey insulted and threatened bis intrepid and true-hearted wife , proposed to make a bonfire of his premises , handcuffed and chain _» _-d him , threw him into a w » ggon aD ( j dragged him off to _Tora-nto J « U _, and , as _thvy said , to the gal

      lows . He , lay long in prison _natried , and was only released to find hia exctllent wife ( who had been in tbe family way ) in her grave , the victim of that system ol persacation and terror which often clauses men in Aroe . rtcs , as In Europe , not according ' to their personal deserts , but with reference to their politics , birth-place , faction , or religious profession . ' _Nativeism . in Canada , in those days , was the _Nativeism of 1813 . with the boot on the other leg . Americans were insulted there , as I have seen us Europeans treated here . Friends of peace and human progress ought to eschew all such illiberal and invidious preferences , and learn to consider _mankfrd as a band of brothers .

      Our Irish driver had a k nd heart . When I waa ex . _hthited by authority at tho prison at _Roohesttr _. hecamc across to see me . He had been in the service of Judge Jones and others . I was ill of tbe intermittent at tbe time , owing to close confinement and tha swamp around b » , and could only express the gratitude I felt for past aetB of good will . As far down as 1825 , Ormgeman and Catholic had lived _tegsther in harmony and peace near me , but a Mr flowan , who had been a _leading functionary in the Irish lodges , came over to Csnada , was openly aided and encouraged by tbe _government , and organised extensively the Orange system , which soon occasioned useless , and seemingly , endless dissensions among us . Trafalgar was a hot-bed of this sort of work , . and as I had always

      get my face against it , and British nativeism , I could hope for no friendship or favour , if here apprehended There was but one chance for escape , however , surrounded as we were—for the young man hid refused to leave me—and that was to stem the stream , and cross the swollen creek . We accordingly stripped ourselves naked , and with tbe surface ice beating against us , and holflini ; our garments over our heads , in a bitter cold December night burfetted the current , and were soon up to our necks . I hit my foot against a stone , let fall some of my clothes ( which my companion caught ) , and cried aloud with pain . The cold in that stream caused me the most cruel and intense sensation of pain I ever endured , hut wo got through , though with a better chanco for drowning , and the frozen sand on the banks seemed warm to our feet when we once more trod on it .

      -. In an hour and a half we were under tbe hospitable roof of one of the innumerable agricultural friends I aould then coantin the country . I bad a supply of dry flanr / _els , and food , and an hour ' s rest , and have often wished since ( not to embark again on tbo tempestuous ocean of politics ) , but that I might hare an opportunity to express my grateful feelings to those who proved my most faithful friends in tho hour when most required . _Aronestlei 1 , -end 0 hatter system in England and Canada , may or _' may not have removed all personal

      danger , nt this interval of time , yet I choose to withhold the names of many who tlien rendered me essential aid , because I am not thoroughly awaro of their peculiar position and present circumstances , I had risked much for Canadians , nnd served them long , and as faithfully as I could—and now , when a fugitive , I found them readyto risk life and property to aid me—far more ready to risk the dungeon , by harbouring me . than to _acci-pt Sir Francis Head ' s thousand pounds , The eons and _daughters of the Nelson farmer kept a ailent watch outside , in the cold , while I and my companion slept .

      We crossed _Dundas . street , about eleven p . m ., ond the twelve mile creek , I think , on a fallen tree , about midnight . By four on Saturday morning we had roached WelUngton . squsre , by tho middle road . Tho farmers ' dogs began te bark loudly , tho heavy tramp of a party of _h-irsemen wns beard hehind us—we retired a little way into the woods— -aw that tho men were armed—entered the road again—and half an hour before twilight reached the door of an upright magistrate , which an English boy nt once opened to us . I sent up my name , was requested to walk up stairs ( in the dark ) , and told that the house , barns , and every part of the premises , had heen twice searched for me that morning , and that _M'Nab'smen , from Hamilton , were scouring the country in all directions , in the hope of taking me . I asked if I had the least chance to pass downward by the way of Burlington Beach , but was answered that both roads were guarded , and that Dr Rolph was , by that time , safe in Lswioton .

      Believing it _snfest , we went behind our friend ' s lionse , to a thicket—he dressed himself , followed us , gave a shrill whistle wbich was answered , and all three of _na were greatly puzzled aa to what safo course I could possibly take . Ao my companion was not known , and felt the chill of the water and the fatigue , he was _strongly advised to seek shelter in a certain house not _fsr off . He did so , and _resched the frontier safely , and continued for four months thereafter very sick . At dawn of day it began to snow and show footmarks , and I concluded to go to a f . irni near by . Its owner thought I would be quite safe in his bain , but I thought not . A _pcnB-rick , which the pigs had undermined nil

      round , stood on a high knoll , nnd I choso it for a _hidinjr-plaen . For ten t > r twelve hours I slept , when I could got any sleep , in my clothes , ond my limbs bad swelled bo that I had to leave my hoots and wear n pair of slippers ; my feet were wet , I \ Vns very weary , and the cold and drift annoyed me much . Breakfast 1 had none , and in due time Colonel _M'Donnell _, the High Sheriff , and his posse , Btood before me . Hous ? , barns , cellars , and gatl _' et WerG _BOfltchod , and I the while quietly looking on . The Colonel was afterward second in command to Sir Allan MNah _, opposite Navy Island ; and when I lived in Willinm-street some years ago he called on me , nnd wo had a hearty lnush over his inef . fec'ual exertions to catch a rebel in 1837 .

      When the _COaBt BGemed oloar , my terrified _hosl , a wealthy Canadian , enmo up tho bill as if to feed the pigs , brought two bottles of hot water for my feet n bottle of _Jf-a , and several slices of bread and butter ; told methatthe _neighbourhood was literall y harassed with bodies of armed men In search of me . After I loft his premises he . was arrested ; but bad powerful friends , gave bail , nnd the matter ended there _. When night had set in I knocked at the next farmer ' s door , a small boy who livod , I think , with one of tho brothers _Chisholm ( strong government men , collectors , colonels , Sic ) , or win ? wns their nephew or other rela . tlve , camo to me . I sent In a private _mefsage by him . but the _househad been _senrchod so often for me that

      tho _in-dwellers dreaded consequences , and would not see me . Tbo hoy , however , volunteered to go with mt , nnd wc proceeded _l . y a by-path to Mr King ' s , who lived on the next farm to Col . J-hn Chisholm ' B , which waa then hend-qunrters for our Tory militia . Tho hoy kept my secret ; I had supper with Mr King ' s _fimily , rested for nnhour , and then walked with him toward my early r .-sidenco _, _Dundas village , at the head of lake Ontario , We saw a small party of armed men on the road , nenr the mills of an Englishman , but they did not perceive ns . Mr K . is now dead , but the kind attention I met with under his hospitable roof I shall not _forget . Why should such a people as I tried nnd proved in those _fl-iys _evi-r know hardship , or suffer from foreign or domeotic misrule ?

      W c went to tbo _dwoPing of nn old friend , to whom I staled that I _thought I would n > w make a more speedy , _vetrquilly sure progress , on horseback . He risked nt once , nnd that tr _. o most willingly , not only his horse , but , _-ilso the knowledge it might _cocvey that ho had aided mi .-. Mi- King returned homo , and I entered t ! ie _village alone in iho ni * ht _, and was hailed hy aomo person who speedily passed on . I wanted to take a friend with w . < , hat durst not go to woke him up ; thero wns a _gu-Aid on duty ot tho lintel , and I had to cross the oreek close by a _houso I had built in the public _square ; I then mails for the mounlnin country abovo Hamilton , called at Lewis Horrdng _' s , but found 11 stranger _thcte , pnesud on to tho dwellings of somo old Dutch friends , who told me that all tho pusses were _guavded—Tcvrjberrj _' _s A _' - bion Mills , every _plnce . ( To be _concluded in our next . )

      The Aiiosmiuqh Gazbmb States, That The F...

      The _AiiosmiUQH Gazbmb states , that the Fallenborg family intend closing their celebrated establishment at Hoffwyl , Jn the spring , ' as the pupils of the upper _olass nave long been decreasing iu aumher ,

      Our National Defences.—The Rats In The S...

      OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES . —THE RATS IN THE STACK . B 7 WILLIAM BOWIIT . An old farmer , one John Bull , talking over tinhedge of his rick _« yard to his neighbour , expressed great alarm at a rumour whicii had reached him _through an old soldier who lived on his pension in tho village , that _incendiaries were meaning to come and burn down his corn-stacks . He declared that he must apply to the magistrates to have the yeomanry ready to keep the rogues in awe , and to send him a detachment of police to guard his rich-yard .

      ' Make yourself easy on that account / replied hit neighbour over the hedge , himself also a farmer , ' for the yeomanry and the police would saddle the pari « h with a heavy debt , and , to say the truth , the danger to your stacks is of another kind . The rats are in them by hundreds , and if you don't _thTUsh ' em out , it will bo of little _conscqrjence how soon they may be burnt down . Thrash out your ricks , _fteigbtonr . and then you'll save your corn both from rats aBd inofindiaries . ' John Bull took the advice , found a legion of rats that had already made _dreadfol havoc in the heart of his stacks , and conveying hh corn to mff ? ket , heard no more of the incendiaries , who were believed to have existed nowhere but in the eld 80 ldier ' _sbra' 5 n , who waa getting superannuated , and ta'ked in h'Js sleep .

      The war-cry of the last few weeks _rsJsed by a certain old Boldier who _Iiyes on his _pensran at Hydepark Corner , has every day reminded us of the _villase John Bull . Let the John Boll look to it , and do like the honest farmer , for the danger is the same , and the remedy is the same . The f olly of the cry of invasion has been sufficiently shewn by a variety of the ablest journals in the country ; we need not , therefore , eo far into that part of the question , bat the roguery of the cry wants yet more fully _demonatratinfi-. We are now qaite satisfied cf the _self-evident truth of the fnct that our alarmist is like tho old woman in tho nursery song- — There was an old woman _Godbelju hor ! Who lived in a hovel of dirt , She dreamed that thieves cimoto rc * bher and skelp h _(> r .

      And sbe cried out before sbe was hurt _. Poor old woman . God help her ! Every man is quite satisfied that while we have ba _^ n _accusing the French of designs Bpon us , they have been thinking more of what they shall do with Abd-el-Kader , and busying themselves with plans of reform of their own grievances . We have beetrreckon . ing without our host ; counting : onr Gallic * chickens before they are hatched ; besging the French to come and invade us , whether they are inclined for it or not , and poor old Wellington—there could be no _stronger proof of his superannuation , of his _being no longer the prudent general that bs was—has been obligingly informing them of all onr weak points , and _nfthebrstwayof getting to London with the least loss of time and labour .

      Everybody is quite satisfied too , with fhe plain fact , tbat before the French invade us they must put their army in motion ; that this will not be dono witbour a gfod deal of stir and observation in France —and that all this stir and observation is not likely quite to escape the vig ilance of our Government , or our journals . We have such things as a numerous _embassage , consuls , agents , correspondents of newspapers dailyon the alert for news , and daily wiling thence ; besides merchants and proprietora of railway shares and tlieir emplby 83 and agents , all on the qui vive abnufc their interests , besides hundreds and thousands of _English subjects Jiving in the chief cities of France , who , in case of a . war , must cut and run . Out nf all these sources it is rather likely that we should hear something of any preliminary preparations for so important a _thinp as the invasion of

      _Englnnd , a thing not attempted for these ages past , and which Buonaparte with all his talent , power , almost nniversal victory , and with the most burning desire to conquer us—dared not undertake . It is rather likely that before such an army invaded our coast we should find an army somewhere , and a navy toe , to receive it . It ia scarcely protmble that our men of war would a / I contrive to get out of tbe w & y at such a crisis , and like ordinary police , not to be ablft to ho found when they were wanted . Let 119 see the French once on the water before we are seriously alarmed , and before wo accuse our navy and our army , tn whom we pay twenty millions a year , of doing what tbey never yet did on any far less emergency than the invasion of their native land . —deserting tbeir posts , and showing the white feather . The French once on land ! Could such a thine be

      —wby the ponrold soldier at Hyde-park Corner must have no knowledge ef Englishmen if he does not know that every man in the country would spring up a soldier ; every gun , pike , pitoh-fork and poker would be converted into a weapon ; from behind every hedge nnd out of every window , would pour forth the hail of death npon the invader . _We-ronM not give a pinoh nf snuff for the ten hours' lease of »* 7 Frenchman ' s lifo belonging to such an invading army . Let nny one recollect the natural furor on the threat of Buonaparte ' s invasion . The enrolling of volunteers , tho spirit that burned and boiled in

      every bosom , from _Land's-end fo John _O'Groats ! But enough ' . PrjKcn has sufficiently shown up the turnipJantern scarecrow of invasion , and has called out all the defensive force that is necessary , —fhe _Brook-nreen volunteer . The French are dreaming of very different things to an Enelish invasion . — Louis Philippe knows it—the meetings all over the country for Radical Reform tell it him : he has too much at stake to risk any such foolish speculation _, and should he dip , France will find enough to do a _phonic in tbe unusual ferment nnd commotion tbat will follow as nn immediate consequence .

      Besides this , the merchants , manufacturers , and proprietors of railways and other public _worlts in France , would do on such an occasion , as they did on the very last menace of a breach with England , hurry to the capital with cetition 9 and memorials against fo preposterous , wicked , and suicidal a thins as war with Great Britain—the certain ruin of them and of millions of their fellow-subjects . What then is the real cause of this war-cry in England ? Tho matter is no mystery—it lies plain and open to tbe dny-light ; n o child can be so childish , no fool so foolish , as not to observe it . It isaimply this . —There are at tbe War-offico some twenty thousand applications for commissions that no commission * can be found for . Luckily for us , the love of peace has been a growing feeling in EHrope . We have not sent out our soldiers to butcher our continental

      neighbours and get butchered themselves . The breed of butchers , therefore , has grown excessively , and they long to be at work . The old butchers sit idle at home , except such as we send out to butcher the East Indians and Chinese , and the sucking butchers are growirg numerous . AU over the country the aristocracy , who used to find a fine vent for their surp lus progeny in the treat European slaughterhouse , don't know what to do with their children . All civ " . ] offices , commissinnerships , and what not , all peaceable professions are full , the church hns more parsons than preachers , more expectants than livings—and therefore , the only chance is to raise the cry of wolf , and get a militia and set other soldiery on foot . In short , the Bats arc in the Stack , and much ns they get to devour , cry ' more ! more ! ' find their numbers rapidly _increasvna , and want to extend their ravages .

      There lies tbe real danger ! that is the real cause of this outcry ! We agree with the old Duke so far , that there is imminent danger , and more—that there is need of war ; but the danger is not from without , but from within—not from the French but the Normans . There is need of war , but war of another kind and directed into a different quarter . The cnemv is already in the camp—the plunder is poing on . The rats are in the stacks—the old _Aristoc-Rats who , since the Norman invasion , in _increasing numbers and ever erowinp ! _audacit"" , haVQ beCtl tugging at the vitals of John Bull .

      We are tempted here , like Abcrnethy , to say to all those credulous patien ' s who can _imasino thf . t their disease is tbo fear of invasion— ' Rend my Book' —Read' John llampden _[ _s History of the Aria tocracy ; ' * and leorn what it . is that , nils you . See there the fearful cxpo ' _-G if the English Aristocracy , whicii from a go to ape has been extending its palaces and its power till it has swallowed np your whole constitution , Crown , Church , State , Colonic ? , Office * , and T . ixcs ; has swamped your commerce , ruined your manufacturing svstem , reduced your population to beggary , overwhelmed you with a debt which is sinking you ih national perdition , and raising oil other nations on your ruins .

      That is what yon should look nt : that 5 s what you have lo feav . With such _stajnation in your trade , such distress in your manufacturing districts ; such bankruptcy amongst your merchant ? , and starvation _amongst your people , ns never were known before , you are coolly asked to plunge _yourselves once more into v _* ar that your vultures may h >? h their beaks . There are so many younirer sons unprovided for in that class that ' cannot dig , and who to beg are ashamed , ' that your property and persons Pre to bo still further invaded . They ask you to _revive

      that war-spirit that you are every day so wisely , so _reliainusly , growing out of , to renew all these _ji-a-Ious-ies with France which have caKscd a rain nf blood from a _^ e to _ase , and cursed yon with the heaviest debt and proude-st aristocracy which ever cursed any nation . They ask you to give up your persons and your purses , your businesses , and your fire-sides , the society of your wives and children , to become once more tha mechanical marching machines o ; despotism—tutt creen geese driven to market by those who never even reared , lodged , or fed you .

      My pood fellow countrymen , I think you ave grown somevhnt more rational than that—I think you havo _Romethius : better tn do . Do you want a balloting , for the tniiitia aea ' m ? T > o you iv _.-mt to ba marched oiS from your homes , your looms , you * spades , or your shops , to lounge in bp . _rracka and polish belts with pipe-clay , or to havo your money taken for substitute * . Now that is precisely what th ' _s poor old Duke 13 _asknis for . This poor old man ia either a wil'ing

      Our National Defences.—The Rats In The S...

      I tool or an unhappy dupe for the _aristoctaoy . ' HH ' knows as well aa we do that we already pay _Twrkisi-Millions for oub _Militxbt ahd Naval _Evtabltssh ment , while the whole civil government of the countrtr . costs but Six Millions ! If Twbsit _Milh i-sa 1 x 4141 is cot enough to defend this country , in ihe name _v u common sense what will be ? I f we pay more _thaiai _tkree times the amount ol ali _oor civil _jioveramenini lor soldiers and sailor .- * , and they are not _t-i . ( , u « h UU defend us , it is high time that tre _adopt' _-d Ci , bdenVt notion , and reduced our establishments-and expenseses altogether , and trusted to God , and tf » _eoBimon . _ia «« terests of mankind .

      But let it bo remembered that it is in ihe midst obi unexampled _distrt s * , scarcity of money , _at . _^ with aa revenue _showing a deficiency for the past year of _upwards of Two Millions , and for the nast q & airer , _olil nearly a _silmoh amd a _quarter , that we are 88 keij ( J to burden ourselves , with at least half a million as year for National Defences I Wh y , the poor old _Miktt 1 must be haunted with all the apparitions oMh »» afaies that be has slam in former days , and _faneiaaj that they are arising to invade us . We _shaTl- _MfT _* r to _pablish the account of another Haunted House ,. _,, that _fffe Hyde Park Corner , and its aged and _afUicto * r occupant .

      Now , « _Joes it never occur to you , tbat thero is still " another object in thia ery of invasion ? It" \ ourlonfe atthe condition of both England and Ireland , if yoa see the _imperative necessity of immediate and abla [ measures for domestic relief and retrenchment , does ? I it not strike you tbat the alarm is one of those _delu . shoos which ara- employed to divert your attention } from the real evil' and the demand of a remedy , to an > imaginary o iser Is not this cry of invasion merely a ruse to eet over the session and the « inter once- more with _eiopCy talk instead of wise , pr _. / nipt , and ' _uiati _sman _^ ike ro _easureB ?

      Bui let us at length answer fo the war-crv _\ Lefc us havs war , but not with-the French . Let u ' s thrasb _eutourslacks , and _sqosintder the rata while we have any corn left . In other wurdB , let us put a step by one bided , prompt , and universal movement to the system of profligate was _& and corruption thai ia goinu on sA home . Sixteen years of the Reform Bill , which was-to have done such wonders , which was tii _^ bave originated such _aweoping retrenchments , _siuch . active measures for trade—and _whatisoprconditioi . ? Every year car distress _deepening , our trade _periuhrair _. four _wcrhhouses full , our ledger * _loa- ' ed with catalogues of bankruptcy : and our _anvernmpnfc standing- _stock-still _^ in tie _peeaesaion oJ _all the unabated places , pensions nnd sinecures } - which they denounced as so atrocious when _iVrWio . ' . and ? 6 t others . -.- - " : '

      We want a mi _&' tia , indeed ! _.: It _should he . a ' moral force militia balloted out of every class , grade , and school of reformers , to march down on -this citadel of domestic corruption , and throw it open to the lisht of day . _Enslishmen should cure themselves of thh dreaiM cacoet _fis * loquendi ; which has got such hold on them . They Have talked Jong _enouirb of tbeir eric-ranees , tbey _ehould come to action—they * should show the same front tbat tbey did for _tbajteform Bil _' , now for a better cause—for a thvrougb , I arlinmentary and Government Reform , —a compete sweeping out of the _Augean stable of corruption . If that be not noon done , the _raasa of the peonle _.

      reduced to wretchedness and despair , will be like the ass in the fable . They will , when told cf invasion , ask whether the- enemy can increase their burdens , or diminish their _fosd any more than their present masters , and will be _indifferent ( 0 whom _rulea them . 'Jill this _isdone , till Reformers really unite and , ferc « on retrenchment , and _the-enthre freedom of tradetill parliamentarians shorten their speeches and lengthen their _demands—tilf we thrash out our stacks and squander the rats ,, we shall never be free from fresh demands upon our purses and pa ' tiencenor from danger of real w . _ar , that our authoritiff leeches and vampires may live .

      We are glad to see the Peace Society takinz tbe field against this artful and interested ery _ofinvasioa —we give their address in the Record . But Jet every real Reformer take- the field too . Let _ttiere be meetings in every town and village to _remonstrate against any _increase of on * « _ii ! itary expetidi'ure _, and demand the I _' _ulSlnf * A the pledges of the Whi _^ _s for retrenchment m- every department of the state . To that we must come , and the sooner the better . The truth cm be no- longer dmcealed , that there is no remedy for _tne-distresa and ruin that every year sink the nation deeper _and _^ dyeper , but a prompt , sweeping , and _unflinohin i * reform in our taxation , representation , and commercial c-cde . We must take off the restrictions from onr tradenr . d put

      , them npon our rulers . Let those who w'i ) not work , be they of what _claBa they may , be refused raiief either from the parish or the nation . Let all bloodthirstiness nurtured in idleness-be cared by the reduction to low diet , and the offer of a spade and mattock to win honest bread with .. The most _dangerous enemies are notoriously of a man ' s own house . All we want isunion and resistance to thfira . Till _tht-n . we are every day and every _hou ? _suffering ; from invasion—invasion of our right * , of our property , of our profits , and our _pergons ; nnd the real object of a militia , which can be of no u ? e _against the French , may , in the moment tbat we mav be roused to seek redress from our own misrulers , be _jmly discovered too well . —Ilowm _' s _Joi-rnal .

      * A Popular Hist Jiy Of The English Aiis...

      * A Popular Hist _jiy of the English _Aiistocrasy . By John Hampden , jua , Published hy Effingham Wilson , Regal Exchange .

      The Central Gaol Op Poisa-Z Brokrn I-.-T...

      The Central Gaol op _Poisa-z brokrn _i-.-to _ano robbed . — Poissy , near Paris , has lately been the scene of three curious adventures . In the month of November last a young man , wearing the costume of a priest , took up his _lfesidence in a chateau ne _.-sr tbe town . lie made a display of the moat fervent piety , and so godly was he that he actually turned the sideboard of the dining-room into an altar , and everv aay celebrated _maas before it , clothed in the most splendid robes of the Catholic church . He _ma-ie frequent visits to Paris , and on each occasion returned with valuable articles used in the celebration _, of worship . It turned out that he bought these things on credit , and that he then sold them for whatever they would fctcb . The duped tradesmen , on finding

      that they were swindled , got a warrant against him . On Koing to the chateau to execute it , the officers of justice were told by the _ccncierce that the abbe _iv . id gone to Paris , and taken all bis keys with him . But the officers forced their way in , and broke open all tbe doors that were _faatcned . At length they nrrived at a room which was supplied , with _afnrruidatvelock , but after some difficulty they contrived to effect an entrance . They then found a table covered with the remains of an excellent breakfast , and several bottles of excellent wine . The _pretended abbe , wbo is only about twenty . five years of age , was eroucbed in the corner of tho room . He gave himself up to the officers , and in reply to the questions put to him , pretended that he should be able to confound his

      accusers . —The next adventure is still roore remarkable—the gaol broken into and robbed 1 The money chest of the prison generally contains a considerable sum together with the jewel ? , watches , and other objects of value taken from the prisoners . A few _nighta ago , a man , taking advantage of the weather being dark and rainy , placed a ladder against tho outer wall . He then let his ladder down on the other side , and quietly descended . The audacity of this exploit will be conceived , when it is stated that the wall is watched by sentinels placed only a few yards from each other . 0 > _ice within the yard , the fellow made his way to the offices , which he opened by means of skeleton keys . He then , broke op _* _-n the money chest , took out SOOf ., _re-ascendsd tho wail by means of his ladder , attached a-rope to the ladder , " and let himself down on the other _Mdo , _getting clear off with his booty , —The third adventure _consisted in an escape from the prison . A prisoner named Duval was _.

      about a week ago , occupied , with some nineteen other prisoners , in washing linen . The place in whicii the washing is carried on is surrounded by high walls . It is entered from a court yard , and the ' entry is secured by a _flftlid fo _dimi-door , which is fastened by ara immense lock , nnd further protected bi- an enormous iron bar . Whilst the turnkey to whom tho supeiintendence oftho prisoners was committed was _engaged in making an entry in a book , Duva / slippcd tn ! _lio Joo > _-, pushed up the iron bar , and by a sudden jerk forced the lock . lie then 'ran _towi ' Tds the outer wa'l , and on recoiling it , leaped wit 1 \ extraordinary a _. _il'Ay t '« top ofa railing two yards high , which was fastcnul to it . From the railing he , ir . the _twinklina i-f _:-n eye , got to the top of the wall , from which i ; a dropped into a _bv-street , nnd lieforo he _corJd bu pursued was clear off . A santinel wr . _s placed within _h-Wf a _chzun yards of that part of the wall ovir which he escaped :

      A Boy Lost , —On the 2 Gth of Novemher last , Waller _Wnllford ,. tho son of John _^ JSfallford , was missed from his home , in _Bow-sti-eet , at Oldham , in _Lancashire , and is supposed to have been Htob 11 . Wo u : ider . < tand that when he left home , ho had _.-h a dark cord jacket and trousers , a coarse _pij-at ' oiv , 11 cap without a tip , and _eioga . Thcpoorboy was , wo believe , between eight and nine _yeass . of age , and of a _lk'lit complexion . Now : md then gives a squ ' nt with one eye , is weak in the back , and rather bends the knees when _walking as _though thsy were weak . lie is a native of _Miiustield . Any inforjnaritm will be „ ladly received by his father , at Mr \ v " . _Tiiai-ker's _, " rinterand b-okhindcr , _Churoli-sfrtet , _Marflie . 'd . _Fi-om the 1 st of January , _ijix , to the 1-t of October Inst , 283 , 798 European _cinit-ranis _arri-. t _;! a _& Boston , New Y > ik _, Philadelphia , New Orleans , « nd Baltimore , while for the preceding year the num ' -or wes oi : ly 151 . GG 2 .

      The Swiss Diet h : is voted a sword of bnno'ir fr > d a urant of 40 , 000 Swiss i _' raiics to General D . _vlnuiMo ? his conduct in the recent campaign _agairst tlu » . m . dt round . - ., , „ , A paragraph hr . _a been added , in tho I- . mea _Ona « _ibsr of Peers , to 1 he answer to tbe _speech _n-vm the Crown , expressing a pprobation of the Pop- sr . _Morms . M . Guizot consented to ifc ver > ' _rciuctnnty , Tho number of steamm that entered . lie- pun , of Ilambureh in 1843 was 332 in ISio i _5 was nriy 1-1 * 3 , and in 1347 tho number bad increased to 410 . _During a iato storm , ISO boiile-tioscii _wiinl _.-. a _wei'edriveuou shore at _IliUoUUffiick Island , in the Orkneys

      , . . The supply of soles in the Leeds and othir inland markets lias _iwSttJW _JSQRih _? keen , unusually abundant .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29011848/page/3/