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      1 BEES . lake the latest left of the batUe speaw , In their BEcIent strength they stand And they tellnsstQl of the sylvan yean When the forests filled the land j 35 re ever a banter track'd tbe wood . Or mnriTier plongh'd the seas , Bat the ides -were green In the selitnSe Of these old primeval Trees . ! They hrre survived the Drate ' s faith . Ana Ihe Boaaui Eagle ' s fall ,- Andths ttrnfling blast of the bngle ' a breath Prom the Herman ' s knightly hall - ^* j ^^ f ^ f . bngfeVand ttB "Qotren descend , And the wild bird ' s home is made , Where tha ancient giants sail extend The green of their summer shade .

      We have seen oar early "Winters liang Their pads on each lesflsss bongh , And greeted the bndsof the waking Spring With a joy we know not now ; Tar life hath its winters cold and hoar , Bni their frosts can form no gem ; ADd me Spring may breathe on our hearts no more , Bat it Kill returns to them . They are w&Ting o ' er our hamlet rook , They are bending o ' er our dead , - And the odours breathed from Ma native groves On the exile ' s heart they shed j Like him who gESsd on his country ' s palm , By the palace-circled Seine , Till the Paf od ruse in the wanderer ' s dream , And the Ganges rolled again .

      How sweet in our childhood ' s ear they spoke , Por we knew their voices well . When far in our western hills they woke , Of the coming Spring to tell ; But 1 * 6 * they send us" a sadder sound , On the wind of Autumn eves , Por It murmurs of wisdom more profound , But it tells of withered leaves . O , such were the Dryad tones that rose la the Grecian woods of old , And th * voice from the Indian wilderness , That the conqnercrt fate foretold ; Por many a minstrel ' s dream baa birth Is the sounds cf leaf and bretsa , And the early oracles of earth , Were the old complaining Tree * . Fbakces Bbottn

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      ^ AMERICA TO EXGLA 2 TD . ' BT THE LATE "WASHI 5 GT 0 > " ALSTON . AD hafl I thon noble land , Our fathers' satire soil I O streicb thy mighty land , Gigantic grown by toil , O ' er the vast Atlantic wave to ear shore ; Por Shou , with magic might , Canst reach to where the light Of Ptcsbus travels bright The world o ' er .

      The gen his of our clime , Prom his pine-embattled steep , Shall hail the great sublime , WhBethe tritons of the deep With their conch the kindred league shall proclaim . Then , let the werld combine , O ' er the main our naval line like the milky-way shall thine Bright in fame ; Though ages long have passed Since our fathers left their home , Their pilot but the blast , O ' er nntravelled seas to roam , Tet lives the blood of England in our veins ! And shall we not proclaim That blood of honest fame , Which no tyranny can tome To its chains ?

      While the language free and bold Which the bard of Avon sung , In which our Milton told How the vault of heav e n rung , When Satan , blasted , fell with his host ; While this , with reverence meet , Ten thousand echoes greet , And from rock to rock repeat-Bound our coast ; While tke manners , while the arts , That mould a nation's soul , BtiU cling around our hearts , Between let oceans roll , Oar bright communion breaking with ths zed Yet » iiU from either beach , The voice of blood shall reach , . More audible than speech" We are one . "

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      ASHTOJf . TJHlJrRj . TNE . —The strike , which took plaee here some weeks since has at length terminated—the masters having acceeded to the claims of the men of fcnf different firms ; and at one of the firms , namely , Messrs . Hall and Co ., of Currierlane , all the weekly hands have bees advanced ten per cent , in their "wages , without the- masters even i > ein 5 asked to do so . The spinners and rovers of the same firm have also been advanced ten per cent ., and every obnoxious rule abolished In the ilflL There are some other firms yet , who are still below the list published by the men , but there is every reason to believe that they will accede to the request of the Ben without allowing them to strike .

      8 B ± > kFlEXJ>—Attempt to blow vt tsb Globe Wosks , op Messrs . Ibbetsos , Shales Moob . —On Saturday night , rabons ten minutes past twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of Shales Moor , were thrown into a state of great alarm by a tremenduons explosion at the premises of the Messrs .. Ibbetson , extensive cutlers and file manufacturers . . On arrival si the spot , the aneke and the resinous smell was trnly intolerable . ^ Fhe amount of damage could not be well ascertained ; but en visiting it the

      next morning , it was evident that bnt for the strong nature of the building , the destruction would have been very greai . The premises are extensive , the front , consisting of two wings and a oeatre ( which is UBed for a dwelling ) is built of massy stone work ; and the left wing is the principal waxehonie . By the cellar underneath this , It appears , the entrance was made ; as there were found in the window a knife , some matche ? , and a paxi of a gas pipe , supposed to be" plugged , and filled -with combustible materials . The windows

      and frames of lie cellar , and the iron stanchion , were blown to atoms ; and pieces blown oat of the solid ^ tone as if it had been blasted ] the whole of ihe windows 3 nd the frames of the left wing -were likewise destroyed , and great fissures are viable In the stone work , where ihe explosion had forced away the cement . In the dwelling part the shock must have been tremendous ? as-several panes were shaken out . In the interior the damage is much Ies 3 than might be expected ; a portion of the flooring of the file warehouse , and the passage leading to the cutler ' s ^ hop , has beta blown np ; but the amount of damage has not jet bten ascertained . There is no suspicion , nor any else to the perpetrators at present . The cause of the attempt seems to be a mystery , althongh lumour attributes it to the odium that attaches to Mr . Ibbeteon as an employer . He is a leading man

      among ihe Methodists , and the great gun of the"freebooters" : pis works is a refuge for all ouilaicst or mtn who will not join the Union ; and who are working consrderaUy under fhe general prices of the town . It 13 said toe that he look advantage of the late depreESon and went to ihe Board of Guardians , and cansed men vrho were receiving parish relief to be compelled to woik for bis prices or perish for want . Several of his ^ crimen ( file cutters ) of late have had their windows broken . One ibiDg is certain , audit is as lamentable as it is true , that among thethousands who Tisit » d the Ecene of _ destruction , aix ' ' seemed to rejoice , ^ o regret , except that the deTas- ; jation was not complete—or , to use their own ex- ' presHion , " that it was a piiy that the whole concern Tras net blown OTer the church , " which is at the I other side of the road . What a state of society to j bo in , when snch is ihe feeling of workmen towards i their employers . ' '

      AsorKE "Blowixg rp . "— On Friday week , the ; iarfieniug shop of Mr . Padgin , saw manufacturer , I « Howard- street , tois blown up in the " following ' « aBH £ r '—A large piece of Iron piping , of two-inch ; ftr ? n TO T&ogg&i securely at both ends , and the ™< J « Ue filled with gunpowder : a hole was drilled in j " | e centre , through which tie powder was fired . ] ^ resistance was eo great tha t the explosion was j * f « aendouE . The . piss w& 3 rent to piece ? , and the j ™»« f the shop partly blown off , and the place ] fj ^ erwise much injure d . There is bo due as jet to j " * Parries engaged In the transaction . " j _ X « aKG Comhos Bi * u > es ~ - "Cast Steel " . —On — ¦ i biu

      L »¦ * » » - »«* vu * . * . w | mamuftviiui »* S ¦ " * 'I"' *™ " ** " •" ** -ora the Magistrates to answer an inforinarion for IT ^ S blades of common steel to be marked " cast fj * Hr . "Wilson Appeared for the prose cution ; « r . Palfreyman and ifr . Hoole for the ^ L ^ enoe . « appeared that eighteen dozen of i ' lJif © - * f * wa had been seised ( having been fraudulently f ^«) on Mr . Pearee ' s premisea , bj which oe " * « incurrea a penalty of £ 120 . The Information * Bu the Eeizure of the goods on the premises having 5 « nproTed , Alr . Palfrejman took two objections J ^^ ** that the act did not take cognizance of this Marking , except it ooold be proved that it took P «* e previous to lie bona fide Bale to the user . " « f « ond , ^ thas the defendant had not the goods for « & purptsa of sale . " As ha was a selkr of maun- " « tured go&ds , and these were in an unfinished ^ te , the Bctch overruled the objection . Joseph xteeley proved thai he marked the goods falsely and inomngj j ; 1 st that it was by the orders of Mr . ODsojx , ilr . Pearce's ton-in-law and manager . He

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      was cross-examined at great length , and it came out that Mr . Pearee , after the breaking of Sanderson ' s f purioas goods , in Paradise Sqaare , had given him orders not to mark any more . Several witnesses were called , who proved that Mr . Pearee did not know of the goods being bo marked , and the Magistrates dismissed the case , but refused Pearce his costs , telling him that be got ? ery well eff , as he had more witnesses than the prosecution ; and that , as it appeared in the case that great numbers of mannfactHrers were in the habit of marking their goods falsely —if , after that notice , any of them were brought before them , they would bare no hesitation in convictiDgin thebighest penalty .

      The TfiABEs . —The Type Foandera are efaU out , the mast ers having determined to try to starve the men in : bat we are glad to state that they-are getting tolerably well supported ; and as their case becomes more generally known , the sympathy extends in their behalf . The Iris newspaper takes up their cause warmly , and places their wroDga before th » public in the proper light . The table knife blade makers still continue out ; many of the masters saying that the advance Bought for is more than they can afford to give .

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      Suicide . —Mr . Conry , of Atby , in a fit of derangement , hung himself from a tree near Carlow . Age op Tbees . —The mahogany tree is full grown in 200 years . Cypress trees are known to be 800 or 900 yean old . Ikcehdiaiusm . —a few nights ago a bay-rick , the property of Messrs . Malcolrason , ef Majfield , in the county of Waterford , was burned . Hedtctjon of Kent . —Thomas Ribbons Barnes , of Tennesse House , Clough-jordon , Esq ., has made an abatement of fifteen per cent . In the rents to his tenantry . Ra . ii . "way If ews . —A general printing office is talked of being established at Derby , for the purpose of printing railway tickets , ticket books , and forma for all railways .

      Op Natttbe in Meh . —A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds ; therefore let him seasonably water the one , and destroy the other . —Baam . [ Our P . D . ix quires to which class the ladies belong—the herbs er the weeds J ] Spkisg Agatb . —One of tbe venerable cbeanut trees in the Abbey-churchyard at TewkeEbury lately put forth new leaves , and has now a number of fine blossoms upon it Imperishable Be . ead . —Mr . Adard , a Frenchman , has discovered a method of preserving ship bread for any length of time . A box of biscuits which had been sealed up for nearly two years , was opened in Liverpool last week , iB presence of tbe Mayor , and found perfectly good .

      THE Rclisg Passion . —The MicJwumd Star states that a woman in that city came so sear dying from intemperance , that her friends bad a shroud made for her , presuming that she could not live long . She , however , recovered ; and the first thing she did was to Bell tbe shroud for liquor . HnB . Dss . ons assault . —A man named Coghlan , in tbe vicinity of Lorrha , having a dispute with others respecting a bog or turf bank , at Redwood , was beaten so severely about the head , which is fractured , that there are no hopes of his recovery . ilovxarm . Catasibophe . —Lastweek , th « men employed at Woodhead , in cntting the tunnel for the Manchester and Sheffield railway , were mueh alarmed by the falling-in of some portion of the roof . Three of the men were getting supper just under the . roof , which fell in about two o ' clock at night , and the men were killed on the spot

      " Alabmisg Sacrifice r—The correspondent of a Liverpool paper states that a mercantile firm in Edinburgh has built a vault for tbe burial of tbe persona who die in their employ . The house is an extensive drapery establishment The Waxes Witch . —Lientenant Stone , R . N ., one of the harbour-masters of the port of London , who recently raised the Apollo , has also succeeded in removing tbe wreck of the Water Witch . " A Real Blessing to Mothehs . "—A few days ago the wife of Richard Jones , a forgeman , of Closeley , was safely delivered of four fine children—three boys and one girl—who are all doing well . Tbe poor man is in very indigent circumstances , he having earned only 9 * . par week for the last three months .

      Stbtkixg Proof of Distress in the Methofolis—A vast number of tbe pawnbrokers of the Metropolis have recently come to a determination to advance no more money on Manchester goods or women's and children ' s wearing apparal , nor upon any perishable articles of domestic furniture , such as looking glasses , articles of vertu , is . EXPEBTMESTS OS LIGHT M . Breguet has announced that he has completed an apparatus , composed of tires minors , which cause three successive reflections of the solar light , and are set in motion by a mechanism , which imparts to them the enormous spesd of 2000 revolutions per second . The principal object of this instrument is to verify the hypothesis which have been advanced as to tha nature of light , and more particularly the theory of Newton upon its emission , and that of Hnygena , Young , and De Fresnel , ou its undulations—Athenceum .

      Assault . —A few nights ago a man named James Rjaa , living at Bournea , within a short distance of Roscrea , was , on his return home , way-laid by three strangers , who , he supposes , were hired for the purpose ; they beat him in a savage manner and tfcen left him SrDDKS Death . —The wife of a captain in the 3 rd Regim&nt of the line died in a bath in the Rue du Colysee , last week . The attendant , becoming alarmed at tbe length of time she remaind , opened tbe door , and found her a corpse—it is supposed from congestion of tbs ^ brain . All you Love Sir Bonrchier Palk Wrey , inheritor of Tiwstock Court , Bunstaple , the ancient Beat of the family from whom his name and title are derived , has been united in the holy bands of Wedlock , to Miss Coles , the daughter of a labouring man , who formerly worked , and was the keeper of a lodge , on the Baronet ' s domains .

      Mitrdeb- —An irquest was held on the body of Micfiael Kelly , of Foxwood , barony of Billintubber . It appear * that an altercation had atisen between the deceased and others , and the result was that tbe same party waylaid him in the evening , and beat him so dreadfully as te cause bis death . The verdict of the jury was wilful murder , and the accused parties have absconded . TJsnatural Scoundrels . —Within the last fortnight , tie Board of Guardians of St . Marylebone parish have pnblicly offered a reward of two guineas each for the apprehension of no fewer than seventeen fathers of families who have destrted their wiveB and children . More than ISO individuals have thus become chargeable to Marylebone parish .

      The Wife of Coutho >" . —Mario Brunei , formerly the wife of the too-celebrated member of tbe National Convention , Couthon , died on toe 17 th of Sept ., at Cler « mont , sged 78 . After the death of Couthon , a eon of whom is now living , she married a M . Cbarreyre , by whom she has bad several children . Fudge 1—Prince Honenlohe , of whem we . heard ncthiDg for some time , is stated in a letter from InBpruch , to have performed , by prayer , some new miracles there during the last month . Among the persons stated to nave bten cured , were the daughter of a Cour .-

      seCor of the Conrt of Appeal of tbe Tyrol , after a painful i ' . lness of three years , and a woman of fiftyfive , who had been for seven yeaTs sffl . cted witb paralysis . COMFLIMENTABY . —WOOD PaTEMEXIIN PRESTON . —Tbe Town Conncil of PreBton have detenained on laying down wood pavement in the immediate vicinity of the Town Hall . —[ If certain of our municipal Solons would only lay their heads logtOier , something of tbe kind might easily be accomplished in Lancaster , without ccet to tbe rate-pajerB . 3—Lancaster Guardian .

      Zmigbatios . —According to the last reports received by Lientenant Lynch , R . K-, government emigration agent here , addressed to tbe Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners . London , by A . C . . Buchanan , B q , £ overniQEnt agent-general for emigration to Canada , at Qaebec , employment for operatives and labourers continued scarce in the Lower Province , and tbe nearly arrived tmigtants had great difficulty in procuring work . Death from Absewic—Samuel Howlett , about 18 years cf aee , in tha employ of Mr . Edward Sheringham , of WtatacTe , Norfolk , was on Thnrsday fully committed for trial to Norwich Castle , by Sir W . Folltes , charged with having administered to Ellen Jervis , his ftllow-servant , at her own rt quest , a certain quantity of am-nic , with the intention of producing a miscarriage , from the effects of , which she died . Thos . Williamson was committed as an accfcBSury before the fact

      Sportisg Locomotives—No lesB than nine hares have fcetn killed near Oddingly , within the last fortnight , by the trains on the Birmingham Railway , and on the morning of Tuesday week a sbepbard ' s dog was found lying npon tbe line dreadfully mutilated , one of its legs and part of its body having been completely severed ; when found in the morning the poor animal was stall live , but it was speedily put out of its misery . Butter -without Churniuq . —A cow , the property of Mr . W . Smith , of Whittlesea , has been regularly milked for the last twelve months , bnt during the last thirteen weeks , after standing for two meals as usual , thecresm when taken off has changed gradually to butter , without the assistance of a churn of any description ; and when made up , is considerably firmer than any other butter at this season of the year . Strange as this may appear , Ulian indisputable fact—Stamford Taper , _ _"

      . j i j j j ; ; ' j I Novel usb of Baxbjlcx Loop-holes . —Tbe Ktrrp . Examiner alleges that a , gentleman who bad been lately I walking by the Tralee barrack * , having inquired of a . ' soldier regarding the we of tte loop-hole * which were 11 itely made , received a * an answer , thak they were « j ee Hent contrivances for smuggling whiskey to the men ! win ""b tbe s * * 8 wete c 10 * ! pn tclab Applause—The people are a set of 1 n ^ . ^ whom it iB not in a man ' s power in wrerjrin * i SSSf" , illy to please and at the same time faithfully to : jT ^ f Ve that ia resolved to persevere without a devi-1 Son in th n line of * ** ntmty > mn 8 t to ' v l- ! I fr °° ti > e - « H 11 whisper of enduring approbation to the Short-livi « I ** 1 6 of taaraJtaoiu applause . ;

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      Alderhan Magjtay has been elected by the Hyerymen of the City as Lord Mayor for the ensaing year . What ' s ; in a Name f—Hotels and publfo-houses have a phraseology of their wn . On au inquest some years since on tbe kady of a gentleman who died Buddenly at a London hotel , one « f the witnesses , Mr . Boots , deposed that the chambermaid desired him to run for a doctor , as " Number Four was in a fit f" And at one of tbe suburban tea-gardens , a waiter , loaded with a tray containing tea and muffins for twelve , who observed a bolt before the bill was paid , roared out te bis brother attendant— " Run , run Bob 1 there ' s two teas and a glass of brandy and water escaping over the paling ; catch ' em . "

      A Cauiious and Well quarded Answer . —In the Registration Court here , the other day , a man was called on to appear as a witness , and oauldnot be found . Oa Sheriff Monteitb asking where he was , a grave , elderly gentleman rose up , and witb much deliberation and emphasis said , "My Lord , he ' s gone . " "Gone , gone ! ( said the Sheriff ) where is he gone ? where ' a M ? " # od knows , " replied the communicative gentleman , " but he's dead 1 "—Fife Herald . Vegetable History . —It was about 1595 that we find entered In a household book of the Clifford ' s kept at Skipton Castle , in Yorkshire , a sum of eleven shillings " for six cabbages and some caret roots bought at Hull . " These were then imported from Flanders , from whence even Queen Catherine , in the reign of Henry VIII ., had her salad * . Potatoes and turnips , so far from being a field crop , were not generally known even to tbe gardener , until tbe reign of Elizibeth .

      Novel Steam-Ship . —A steam-ship , lobe named the Janus , has been laid down at Chatham within tbe last fortnight , and 1 b being pushed forward with unusual activity . Her length between the perpendiculars is 180 feet , and her extreme breadth twenty-nine feet four inches . She is to be constructed upon a novel plan . The stem and stern are to be exactly alike , and a rudder is to be fitted to each , so that she will be enabled to xeverse her course without turning , and she is also to have bow-sprits at both stem and stern . It iB expected that she will be ready for launching about Christmas next .

      A Living Wo « der . —Professor Owen had obtained some years ago the fossil fragments of a new Zealand bird , from which he ascertained that the living specimens were sixteen feet high . Since then Borne foreign vessel , passing pea ? to a part of the island not yet explored , saw a giant bird of that size really walking on the shore . This is one of the few examples , anowing that some of tbe gigantic species of the antediluvian world ate yet in existence . The " dodo , " a bird whose foot is preserved tin the British Museum , and which was found alive 280 years ago at the Isle of Fiance , belongs to this class of geological wonders .

      Mental Consciousness . —A little boy , nine or ten years of age , was called as a witness at a late trial at Cambridge . After the oath was administered , the Chief Justice , with a view of ascertaining whether the boy was sensible of the nature and importance of an oath , addressed him , " Little boy , do yen know what you have been doiue t" " Yea sir , " the boy replied , *• I have been keeping pigs for Mr . Bunyard . " Goethe . —A new work on Goethe has appeared at Dresden , by Dr . Cams , a conrt physician of that place , entitled " Contributions to a better Understanding of Go » tbe . " It has created a stir among the many admires of the great poet as containing several unpublished letters , and conversations held by him with tbe author .

      EXTBAOBDINART CaPTDRK -OF A HlGHWAT ROBBER . —A man named Britten , who , in the jear 1825 , was leader of a gang of ruffians in the county of Somerset ; one of whose companions was executed at Taunton gaol , ia August , 1827 ; has been arrested at Waliham , in Leicestershire for participation in the crime for which his companion was hung . He had become a horse-dealer , and amassed a considerable sum of money . He will be tried at the next Somerset assizes on the capital charge . Diabolical attempt at Assassination . —At the Marlborongh-street Police-office , on Monday last , Wilbham Stilson , a native of Berlin , aged thirtyfour years , and by tradea ladies' shoemaker , residing at No . 4 , Bentinck-street , Soho , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Lone , charged with attempting to murder Mr . Peter Keimof No . 42 Dean-street ,

      , , Soho , boot and shoe manufacturer by stabbing him with a knife . His victim , who was too severely wounded to appear , had been taking supper with the prisoner ; they had parted when Stilson stealthily followed Keim , and stabbed him in the left groin . Being seiezd by a policeman , he told him on his way to the Station-house , that he intended to have stabbed Keim in the lower part of the abdomen , and have turned the blade of the knife round in the wound , " so that the wound should have been large enough to let alibis bowels out . " He formerly lodged at Mr . Keim ' s house , and on leaving there , about fire weeks ago , some wearing apparel belonging to him was detained , as security for rent that was owing ; and from that circumstance he is supposed to have entertained a feeling of revenge towards the unfortunate man .

      Two Pebsok 3 Drowned in the River . —About a auarter before ten on Sunday night , as constable 14 . 8 B was on dnty near the White House Tavern , Chelsea , a boat passed by towards Yauxhall-bridge , in which was a party laughing and shouting ; presently after a splashing was heard in the water , followed by tbe Bbricks of a female , and repeated cries of " Help" from different persons . Boats instantly put off ,- and in a short time a young man and a female were taken up in a very exhausted Rtnte and conveyed to the Red House , where every attention was paid to them . Two other young men , one the son of a respectable tradesman i » Stan gate , Lambeth , had , however , sunk , and both perished . The boat ( a skiff ) tvas found keel uppermost ; it is supposed to have been npset from contact with a buoy .

      Glasgow . — An extensive failure in the wholesale grocery irade took plaoe here this week . The debts , which we understand are between £ 60 , 000 and £ 80 , 000 are principally due to parties in town . —G / osgow Saturday Post . Irqcest . —On Saturday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington , Canon-street , St . Georgo ' s in-the-East , on the body of Mr . James Flood Beale , aged 25 , a Cuetom-hoase officer . It appeared by the evidence of James Robinson , ship keeper on boajd the Agnes , lying at the South Quay of tne London-docks , that the deceased was doing duty onboard that ehip . On Thursday night , about

      halfpast lOo ' clock . he quitted the cabin for the purpose of walking on deck . A short time afterwards , witness heard a heavy plunge in tho water , as if some person had gone overboard . He ran upon deck , and finding the deceased not thtre , and tbe noise of struggling in the water , he threw eut a rope towards the spot whence the noise proceeded , bm it being bo dark , he could see no one . He raised an alarm , and the police-constable came with the drags , and the body was recovered in about five miuutes , and conveyed to the police-station of the Dock , where every means were used t ? restore animation , but without tfibct .

      The Ploughman of the Foukteenth Century . —The term ploughman did not bear , in the days of Chaucer , exactly the signification it does at present . In the statute of labourers , passed in the year 1350 , the following classes are enumerated : Carters , ploughmen , plough-drivers , shepherds , swineherds , anddeyes . Of these , it seems , that the two firpt , carters and ploughmen , were nat merely labourers , but also men of some littla capital . In the " parliament of Fowles , " ^ tho expression , " the carter dremeth how his ca ' rte 3 gone . " seems to imply that the carts were his own property . But . the-

      ploughman of Chaucer , the brother of the Personne , paid tithes ; ¦ and the very fact of bis engaging in tho gay expedition , riding on bis own mare , shows that he was an independent man . Ho answers , therefore , rather to the email renting farmer of our days than to tbe labourer ; the obitf difference being , that he paid his rent in occasional service instead of tnonc { j % and cultivated his farm chiefly with tho assistance of his f& ^ Uv , or with a very few of the lower classes of labourers entirely dependant upon him , and perhapa making a part of his family . —Hippisley on Early English Literature .

      Chuech-tards . —There is one reflection which is certain to obtrude itself on our minus , while roaming throm > h thesilent foot-paths of a church-yard , ri 2 . : — " The brevity of human existence . " But when we properly look into the subject , we must cottfes = 3 tlia , t , tho limits of our carter depend in a great degree upon ourselves , If we were all to copy tho example of Pair , and avail ourselves of his sovereign remedy , we should soon behold a decided -change , and instead of "ten , " "twenty , " "thirty , " "forty , " aod fifty - ' yoars being inscribed on the tombstones , we should find the average years of maakind one hundred years of age at least . How desirable a change i

      A Real"Snablt Yow . " -A person of Plymonth having a dog which frequently bit him , he determined on ridding himself of it , and therefore gavo it away tosome dog-figbtingshoemakers , who kept it in such a state of starvation , that the poor thing would often return to an inn , kept by a friend of its late master , for the purpose of procuring food . At length it was agreed by the original owner and an acquaintance , on witnessipg the cadaverous state of the dog , to put it out of its misery . For this purpose rtmv T > wMMwwiBri fn-h&nff it to ft tree , on a moonlight

      night : and , to do the deed more effectually * one ef the executioners ( a very heavy man ) , suspended himself to his hind legs for Borne seconds ; alter which it was « nt down , aad dragged a Iwgdist * nce to a heap of stable dung , wherem / large bolewas dug , and it was buried . Incredible , bowereri a » it may appear , the dog was foond next day seated at its accustomed plaee at the inn , to the amaz ' -meni , of those who had the night before b& »> its 8 »» emakerB ! ^ Spring" had walked into tho ^ nn , and began licking and playing about the landlord , as was his practice when in search of food , theTestoration of life in the animal having been occasioned by the warmth of the dnng-heap . Better fare is now in prospect for the poor brute ; for the pleasure tne parties felt in acting as hangmen is now ciianged to a delight ; in attending to its comforts . — West Briton ,

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      Look on that ? ictdre . "—On Suaday night a poor woman named Maria Hood ,. , living ' with her husband and family in Cross-street , Shad well-market , committed suicide by swallowing a large quantity of oxalic acid , which she had procured in the C ?^ l e . ° C the fiaa » e day at a chemist ' s shop in Rai ; - elifihighway . It appears that the deceased , who was the toother of five children , had lately been subject to fits of despondency , on . account of the poverty of herself and family . And * n this t ^ The Grand Duke Miehel arrived atBiackwall on Sunday morning , on a visit to this country . The Grand'Dake is the brother of the ^ Em peror of all the ft ^ ans ; " and like all other royal pes ? s , " is of course to be enteitaiued to " out

      gracious y , ueen , " at the country ' s expense . The Lourt newsman says , " Banquets upon a splendid scale , and , indeed , equal in gorgeous magnificence to the grand entertainments given by the Sovereign vto celebrate theehristening of his Royal Highness the JPrince of Wales , will be given by her Majesty during the visit of his Imperial Highness , who , it is expected , will remain at the Castle until Friday next . There ! what does it matter if Maria Hood , living in the un -aristocratic region of Shadwell—a portion of " the Qaeeu ' s" metropolis she never heard tell of in all likeiihood—takes the Rateliff highway ohemist s " oxalic acid , " because she sees no way of procuring bread for her children : what does it matter , if this Grand Duke can be banquetfcod at the cost of the uatiou \

      Thb Pablument . —At the Privy Council , holden on Monday , it was ordered that the Parliament should be further prorogued until Thursday , the 14 th day of November . i Attempt to escape prom Stirling Castle . — Death of a Soldier . —Between Wednesday evening aRd Thursday morning , one of the soldiers of the 68 th , named Edward Clare , attempted to escape from the Castle by leaping over the wall at that most precipitous part of the roek , nearly 100 fees \ n perpendicular height , named the " Lady ' s-look-out . " This rash act , which ia supposed to have been committed while in a Btate of intoxication , was not observed ; but in the morning , on some of the men looking over the parapet , his Jifeless body , shockingly mutilated , was discovered lying on the ground near the walk .

      Leicester—On Monday last , Mr . Thornton , late relieving officer of the Leicester Board of Guardians , was committed to the house of correction for three months with the addition of hard labour , for having embezzled the funds that ought to have been appropriated to tho relief of the poor , Thornton ' s name has become the synonyme of tyranny and cruelty . He has gone to endure an incarceration , the punishment and rigour of which few will pray or petition to mitigate . Truly the wicked has fallen into his own snare .

      : Iatal Accidem . —As Mr . Crawford , brother of Captain Crawford , of Lisbum , in the county Down , was driving in a gig from Banbridge to Newry to spend some time with his friends , the horse ran away , in consequence of a dog of the bull species tied to the axletree biting tho horse ' s heels . The unfortunate gentleman jumped out of the gig , and alighting on his head was killed inftantly . Mr . Crawford ' s servant , who accompanied him in the gig , retained his position for some time after this catastrophe , when the horse fell and was killed . The gig was shattered , and the servant so seriously hurt that there are but slight hopes entertained of his recovery .

      Aktiquities- —A valuable discovery of objects of antiquity has just been made by M . Bouteral , inspector of rivers ¦ and : forests in the crown forest of Cornouet ( Finisterre ) , not far from the chateau of that name , which is now in ruins . After removing a large mass of earth of a ttimular form , and a large stone beneath it , a tomb was discovered in perfect preservation , it was formed of slabs cemented together with a wax-like substance , which , on exposure to the air , acquired the hardness of stone . In the tomb were found a massive gold chain , about nineteen feet in length , the links of which were round , and six in number ; six small arrows , formed of transparent flint ; three lance-heads , one of which was of solid silver , about eighteen inches in length , and a sword . Some remnants of ashes and baked earth were also remarked on the slabs . It is supposed to have been the burial place of some distinguished Gaiilio chief .

      Disease and Mortality amongst the Cattle . — During the last few weeks a dreadful disease , which in many cases proved fatal , showed itself amongst the horned cattle of the metropolitan cowkeepers , which has compelled them to sell at a mere nominal price some of their best milch cowa . Thus one dairyman has lost eight , another thirty , and a third seventy head of cattle , while others have experienced similar losses in proportion to the number they possessed . The disease is as sudden as it is sometimes fatal ; as in many instances the poor animals have dropped dead without any previous marked symptoms of the malady , which has proved a serious and in many cases * n irretrievable , loss to the owners . The disease amongst the cattle is attributable , in a great degree , to the close badly-ventilated places in which they are shedded .

      An our-and out Liberal . —A person named Duff , residing in Pultney Town , described as a renovator of old clothes , appealed against a charge made by the assessor for a doff , allowed to be kept by him . He was asked by the board if he did not keep a dog ; '' Keep a dog" indignantly exobimed Mr . Duff ; "Nol ti ' ya think I'd keep a doe ; to support the present ministry ? I should think not I " ( Roars of laughter . ) The assessor not being able to robut the statement of Mr . Duff , the appeal was sustained on reference to his oath . —Brighton Gazette .

      Effects of Middle Class Despotism . —The Gazette des Tribunaux contains a long and wellwritten article upon mendicity in France . It states that the charitable asylums , established in all the cities and towns for the relief and reception of the houseless poor , are hot nearly sufficient , and that unfortunate persons are now compelled to " imitate the beggars in England , " and break windows or lamps to be sent to prison . " To punish a man who is hungry , " says the Gazelle , " and who cannot find work , —to give him an asylum only when he has been forced to commit a crime—this is the last act of modern civilization . " The Gastetle is indignant that in countries vaunting their enlightened ideas , mendicity should be construed into a crime , and that prisons , instead of hospitals , should await those who are driven to a sort of mental desperation .

      Natural Curiosity . —There is at present growing on Richard Mortimei ' s ground ( nurseryman , ) George-street , Paramatta , a grape vine that extends more than eight roods in length , and completely covers a verandah of upwards of 550 square feet ; it also covers one sideanr . two ends of a house , about 200 square feet , and is computed to bear about 5 , 000 bunches of grapes , which at a very low calculation , will weis ; h upwards of a ton . His Excellency Sir Maurice O'Connell and staff , as well as many other respectable and intelligent persons , have inspected the vine , and expressed the greatest astonishment on beholding the vast quantity of its fruit . Ladies and gentlemen visiting Paramatta during the present season are respectfully invited to call and judge for themselves . There are also several other productions worthy attention of the curious in this branch of gardening . —Sydney Herald .

      Oppressed Condition of the London and Sheffield T * pe-foun » i . R 9 . ~ At a meeting of Trades ' D <* le £ ates , held at tho Craven Head . Drury Lane , on Thursday evening Sept . 18 th . Mr . North , the Secretary , read an account of the sums contributed towards the suppport of the Type-founders during their nine weeks strike , which amounted to £ 211 7 » . and included contributions from the following trades : —Cigar-makt > rs , 2 d ., £ 4 ISt . o' * . ; Silversmiths , £ 5193 . 10 d . ; " Music-printers , . 431 7 s , 6 d . ; Pressmen , £ 4 10 s . ; Carvers and Gilder * , £ 5 ; Independent Carpenters , £ 3 ; Engineers , £ 8 ; upwards of £ 100 from the Founderies , aad other donations from the Teetotallers , Ladies ' -shoemakersj&o . Froma paper exhibited by the SeoreUry , it was proved that from " minikeu" to

      "pica" tho masters had redviced the wages of the men 35 per cent . ; that from " English" to " canon " and " five-iiue" work , they had made a reduction of 50 and 75 per cent . ; and that the wages for fancy andifigure work had been reduced 25 percent . It further appeared that there were . in London 90 , and in Siuffieid 80 men on the strike . One of the men on strike produced a portion of a newspaper containing a statement relative to M . r . Wilson having sent round to tho masters two lists of reduced wages , which Mr . Wilson , in his ( the man ' s ) presence , not only denied , but also wrote across the statement the words " It is a lie- " Messrs . Barbane Dodd , Fredericks , Thompson , Parsons , and others , addressed thiMneciingatgr'jatlengVh , and gave a most

      heartrending acoouu * . of the tyranny of the employers , and of the sufferings of the men . From those addresses it appeared that during the nine weeks of the men ' s strike they have not had more than 3 s . a-week oach man for his support , and that of his family . That "many were obliged to walk the streets , their goods having been stized for rent , and that others were oompelled to steal away their furniture to prevent it being seized and sold . When they applied at the workhouses for relief , assistance was denied , as their masters , who were Poor Law Guardians , had been at the workhouse before them , andby thur representations prevented their being relieved . In consequence of their wretched , starved condition a few were compelled to rat , and succumb to their

      masters , bat there were at le * st 100 men fully resolved to resist to the death the tyranny of their masters . Other representations of the speakers showed that the turn-outs were completely reduced to starvations point , and that unless assisted by the other trades they would be compelled to yield to the rapacity of the masters , who were making cent , per cent , by their labour , while they wore robbing them by uncalled for and unexpected reductions , denounced by even the very printers , who declared tnat they made nothing by such reductions . Much desultory conversation ; followed the speeches , which resulted jn a general and unqualified resolve of the trao . es to support the type-Founders . After which the meeting adjourned ,

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      ' [ ' " ii —r — mi ; i iATBBKEffX . ( OP THE LATE SlR MaTHEW WOOD . — Oh Saturday { evening the remains of the deceased were removed from Matson , near Gloucester , the seat of Dr . "Maddy , * to the family residence ai Hatherley , a distance of about five miles . Every thing was conducted with the greatest privacy , directions to that effect having been left in writing by the deceased . The inscription on the coffin was simply : — " Af athew Wood , Btronet , I M B 9 rn June 2 , 1768 , " Died September 25 , 1843 . "

      At ten O clOCk On MonHn . V mnrnincr nronb a Vianvaa At ten o ' clock jon Monday morning week , a hearse drawn by fourj horses , and follower by three mourning carriages , coataicing the relatives of t he deceased baronet , left the mansiolgjliouse , and proceededto the parish ohurchj of HattieMey , a distance of half a mile , where the interment was to take place . " The body was followed by the present baronet , the Rev . Sir John Page Wood , r » otor of Sir . Peter ' s , Cornhill , as chief mourner . The deceased ' s two other eons , Mr . Western Wood aud Mr . W . P . Wood , together with his two brothers , and Dr .

      Maddy and Mr . C . Stevens , his sons-in law , attended the chief mourner . Tno family physician and solicitor , and Dr . Evans , of Gloucester , were also present , Hatherley ia part of the property which the la » e Sir Mathew inherited from Mr . James Wood , the banker . He occupied it previous to the death of the miser , in the full assurance that it would be his on his death . The property formerly belonged to Mr . T . Turner , banker , who paid £ 80 , 000 fork ; but it is understood that Mr . James Wood purchased it for little more than half that sum .

      Charge op Poisoning a Wife to procure Abortion . —At Worship Street Police Court , on Thursday , Sept . 28 th , William Haynes , a respebtable oil and colourman in Martha-street , Hygerstone . xvas brought up , charged with thq above offence . From ihe evidence Of a surgeon , it appeared that thoprisoner had , upon several occasions within tho previous fortnight , given hia wife doses of sulphate of potass , which he had administered iu quantities as large as two ounces at a time , with the vi-3 w of making her miscarry . She had taken two ounces at ten o ' clock on Wednesday night ; which excited sickness in a ^ terribln degree ; she gradually sank under its effects till three o ' clock ou Thursday morning , when she expired . Woods , the officer , produced one ] of those disgusting and pernicious

      works , pretending to be founded on medical experience , giving ! instructions to newly-married people as to what measures they should take to avoid the increase and burden of a family , and in which publication the very doses administered by the prisoner to his unfortunate wife were specified . This book the officer found in a drawer in the prisoner ' s house . The prisoner was remanded for a wetk , to await tho result of the Coroner ' s inquest and post mortem examination . —At the adjourned inquesr , on the body of Mary Haynes , who is alleged to have died from the effects of ft large quantity of sulphate of potass , administered by her husband for the purpose of proouring abortion , a verdict of " Wilful murder " was returned by tbe Jury against the husband , Win . Haynes ; and the Coroner issued his warrant for his committal to Newgate .

      Disastrous | Shipwrecks and Lo . s of Life . — Information ' was received at Lloyd ' s Coffee-housa on Monday of the loss of the undermentioned vessels at sea : —The schooner Princess Augusta ofLunenburg , during very rough weather , capsized , at about fifty miles west of Cape Sable . The crew , consisting of five persons , being excellent swimmers , succeeded in regaining the wreck , but , owing to the increasing fury of the waves , they were again washed overboard . One of the crew , a young man named James Sponaglo , was jthe only person who was saved , and ho succeeded in lashing himself to the wreck ' with a rope , and thus saved his life . The schooner Margaret , of Gloucester , fortunately passed the wreok in time to save the young man , for he was picked up

      by the captain of that vessel in a very exhausted state , having been on the wreck five days without any sustenance . The Caledonian ( an American ship ) , during a dreadful storm on the 18 th ult ., at eight o ' clock iij the evening , whilst on her voagefrom New York for } Cette , endeavoured to escape the fury of the storm \ by taking shelter in that port , bat owing to tha violence of the storm was obliged to enter by another way , namely , the small passage , where she struck and lost her rudder , by which sho became unmanageable , and after being drifted about for Bomo time , at length struck on the rocks and Went to pieces . Fortunately the whole of the crew were saved . The Aire , of North Shields , struck on a rock near Bridsand , coast of Norway , whilst on her passage from Archangel to London , on the 7 th

      of last month . j It appears that the master and . crew remained with the vessel two nights , when she was got off the rock with three feet of water in her hold and in a rapidly sinking state , when the Hannah More , Captain Blockbarn , from Onega for London , happened to be passing , and took the crew and and master on board . The Britsh schooner Rebecca , Captain Sawyer , whilst on her voyage from Honduras for New Orleans { was wrecked on Tortagas . The vessel was entirely lost , and the crew and cargo wejre taken to Key West . The Ellen , Captain Carey , from Halifax for Buctouche , was dragged from her anchors , off Marie Joseph , on tho 30 th of August last , during very rough weather , and was lost ; the master and crew were fortunately saved , and taken to Halifax in tho Isabel .

      The Canadian Exiles . ^ By the following notice from ; hc Kingston Chronicle , of the 2 nd of Sept ., it wpnld appear | that-her Majesty ' s Government has abandoned proceedings against Mr . PopmMtt of a criminal nature , for the part he took in the rebellion : — " Yesterday morning , Mr . Buchanan , Queen ' s Counsel , entered a nolli prosequi in the cases of Louis Papineau , Edmund B . O'Callagan , and Thos . Storrow Brown , implicated in the late insurrections in this country . " j A Brutal Punishmbnt . —A private of fhe Scots Greys underwent tho punishment of being flogged at the Barracks Riding t-chool , Ipswich , a few days since . It appears the offence of the man , who is an Irishman of the name of Dosftcrty , was threatening to shoot his corporal ; this being the second time of his uttering the threat . Tae fortitude with which he received his dreadful punishment was astonishing : having received one hundred and forty lashes without a groan orja cry escaping his hps .

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      1 Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , October 2 . —Since this day se ' nnight wo havo had a fair supply of Irish Wheat and Oatmeal ; of other articles of tho trade the arrivals are of light amount . About 2 , 400 quartersjof foreign Wheat got up to the 17 * . per quarter duty , and were released : the rate of impost ia now ] 18 i ., and on Oats 7- - per quarter . There has been a steady trado in Wheat , and we quote both oldjand now 2 d . per bushel dearer than at the close of [ last , week ; fine runs of Irish new red havo been soldiat 7 s . to 7 s . 3 d . ; a lifetlo very choico

      has brought 7 s ; 4 a . per 70 ibs . Sick fciour has met a good demand , at an advance of Is . per 230 ifjs . No change in the value of OatF ; the market bus been baro of new , best runs of which are worth 2- ; . tid . to 2 s . 7 d . per 45 lbs . New Mfal 21 < i . 6 d . to 22 s . per load ; several parcels of old MoaJ havo been taken by the trade at \ pi . to 20 s . per 24 O . bs . We have no alteration to report as re ^ arcij Barley , Beana , or Peas . A small lot of Irish new Barley has appeared , the quality good ; it sold at 43 . 7 . d . per 601 bg . !

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Sept 30 . —We have again to report sd acrsve dcniaud for primo English and Irish Flour throughout the week , and , tho supplied continuing < . 'Xtrt mi : iyScanty , very full prices were realized for the few parcels which appeared . A fair inquiry was likewise experienced tor both old and new Oatmettl at our previous qaotatioRs . From Ireland tiie imports into Liverpool and Runcovn are this week liberal ; whilst those Co& ^ twisu or Foreign are very Hsrht . At our market thi 3 mdrniDg the business done in the best qualities of Wheat was at fully the currency of this day se ' nnight ;] but interior met a dull sal&aiidwas tho turn cheaper . The continued scarcity . of choice Flour caused d further improvement in the value of approved niarlis of English and Irwh , of 6 d to Is . per 280 ibs to bo obtained . In eiiher old or new Oatmeal no chango can be noted ; and for Oata the demand was moderate at about former prices .

      LoNnoN Corn Exchange , Mosdiy , Oct . 2 nd . — Although- the atteaclanca of buyers was rather numerous , the demand for Wheat was fur from brisk . However , it may be considered steady , and in almost every transaction the prices obtained oh Monday last were maintained by the factors , while a good e ' earanoe was effected . For selected qaantites of foreign red and white the sale was steady . Of Engiish Barley malting parcels supported late prices , but all ] other kinds bad a downward tendency—say of Is per qr . Some difficulty was experienced in supporting last week's quotations for Irish Oats . Beans , Peas , and Fiour , were quite as dear .

      Loddon Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 2 np . —As the supply was considerably more than- adequate to meet the wants of the butchers , and the weather unfavourable to slaughtering , We have to report ] an exceedingly dull trade for beef , at a reduction , in the value of the middling and inferior kinds , ef quite 2 d per 81 bs . The primest Scots , however , whi # h formed bat ^ limited portion of the receipts , were taken at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday laat , or from 3 8 d to 3 s tOd per oibs . The demand for all kinds of sheep was unu « eually heavy . Prime old downs , from their scarcity , supported last j week ' s currencies ; but the long " - woolled sheep suffered a depression of quite 2 d per 8 lbs , without effecting a clearance . Scarcely any sales took placej in stock . Calves were again lower to-day by 2 d per 81 bs . Prime small porkers at late quotations , in other kinds nothing doing . Borough a ^ d Spita . lfiei . ds . —The quantity of potatoes on oftVir ia good . The demand may bo considered steady , at from £ 3 5 s to £ 5 10 per ton .

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      Borough Hop Market . —Tae . accoaais respecting the produce of the present yesrVgrpwih of hops continuing unfavourable , the duty has suffered a further decline , it being called , this morning , only . £ 130 , 000 . With inferior new bops we are heavily supplied , yet the demand , for even the most coloury descriptions , in a sluggish state . New K « nt pockets are selling at £ 6 to £ 6 16 s ; Sussex , £ 5 10 a to £ S 5 s per ofrt . Wool Markets . —Tae demand for English and Colonial Wool continues steady , at full prioe 3 . Tha imports in the past week havo consisted of 267 balea from Bombay ; 76 bales from Seville ; 171 bales from Hamburgh ; 50 bales from St . Petersburgh ; and 1 , 347 bales from Sydney .

      Tallow . —The market looks very heavy . Tha large arrivals which have come to hand within tha last ten day 3 have , to some extent , been deferred ia the delivery to be passed off upon contracts deliverable in October as well as the last three months , consequently there is a larger quantity to change hands within the first fourteen days of this month ; therefore we anticipate a little reduction . Town Tallow ia 41 s 6 d to 4 ' 2 s nett cash . Richmond Corn Market , Satprdat Sept . 30 . — We had a large supply of Wheat in our market today , but only thin of other kind 3 of Grain : —Wheat from 5 > 6 d to 7 s 3 d . Oats 2 d 4 d to 3 s 61 . Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d . Beans 4 s 9 d to 53 per bushel .

      Liverpool Cattle Market . —Monday , Oct . 2 . — We have had a pretty large supply of Cattle at market to day , and a good attendance of buyers . Tae prices are the same as last week . Beef 4 d . to 5 d . j Mutton 4 d . to 5 | d .

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      PUNCH 3 LIVES OF EMINENT SOOUNDRELS . SCOUNDREL THE SECOND . —CESAR . There "wera several eiuiaent scoundrels of tbe name of Cffijar , but tho most distinguished one of the ; a all was ths first who made it notorious—Ciiaa Juliua Crasar , The reader is probably aware that Julias Cssm was an ancient Roman , who flourished in the centary proceeding the Christian as-a , and thab he has the credit ! of having heen a hero of great renown . Julius Cseiar was a lineal descendant from iEaeas . JEneas was a celebrated vagabond , who ran asvuy from

      Troy , when , having been sat on fire $ > y tbe Gr ^ ela , it becarae too hot to bold him , and squatted , Yankee fashion , in Italy . His depredations ia that country , and his other surprising adventures , b . avd been com * meraorated by one Ylrsril : Roguery runs in families . The particulars of Craiar's early Ufa are not known ; but . living in classical times , he of coarse received a classical edncation . Latin was his native tongas ; and we may take it for granted tbat he spoke Greek ; so that there can be no doubt that he knew as much as the greatest scholar in Oxford knows .

      He left bis father's house , at the early age of fifteen , ' to seek his fortune , like Norval ; bat he must have been better off than that young Scotchman . His first step was to enter the clerical profession . He was made priest of Jnpiter in his seventeenth year , a tender-age even for a Pagan parson . Jupiter , however , was not jealous of Mars * , so tka& the Reverend Julius Caesar was at full liberty to go fighting -whenever , and as much as , he pleased ; and , without quitting the temple , could at any time go into the-army , which , being a true Roman , of course he did . Nor did his cloth prohibit his practising at the bar , where , at a later period , he distinguished himself highly by defending prisaners ; whereby he got into a geed Od Bail « y liceof business .

      While still quite a lad , he showed strong symptomd of ambition—that is to say , of a desire t& get th&livea and liberties of bis countrymen into his own hands ? a propensity which , having always been observed ts occasion rapine , bloodshed , and other inconveniences in a state , procured him tha creditor discredit , of being a dangerous character . Sylla , the Diotator , was aware o £ this . He bad , the power of cutting off anybody's head if he thought proper ; and it appears that he thought it very proper to cut off Cffiiar ' a . Before he could do that however , it was necessary to catch Css-ar , and accordingly he raised a hue and cry after him . The retrospective eye of imagination sees the following handbill extensively posted in the Forum .

      •• moo Sesterces Reward . " Whereas Caius JulibsCesar , -who stands accused of divers high crimes and misdemeanours against tha Commonwealth of Rome , and for whose apprehension a warrant has been issued , has Absconded , by reason whereof the officer charged with the execution of such warrant is unable to serve him with the same : This fa to give notice , that the above Reward will be paid to any person who will give such information us will lead to the Apprehension of the said

      CAIUS JULIUS O& 5 AR , immediately on his being taken into custody . Tha aforesaid C ^ sar is of middling height , fair , rather slender in person , and has lost some of his havr . Age xy in , or thereabouts , but looks much older . Eyes dark , nose national . Walks with an erect and sta ' ely step , and is proud and imperious in his bearinc . By ordor of the Dictator , Quintus FCSCBS , Writer XX , Subuna . " But Cte . ar contrived to keep out of Sylla'a , though not exactly out cf barm ' s way ; for , in avoiding him , he fell , in a manner , into Cbarybdis—into the hands of pirates . Ha lived among these people on , the most f reeaad-easy terms for some time ; and we may suppose that their eampany did not much improve his morals . He wns detained among them from having to 89 nd home for bis ransom , which they had Sxod at twenty talents . Csosar , indignant at being ^^ rlzjd at that low rate , insisted tipcrai' -givmgr tli < ijl -ttfty- ^ mar © faol- he , temarks the thinking mind . We should have been glad to buy Ctesar at our price , and to sell him at bis

      own . " The pirates , " says Plutarch , '' considered murder as a trifio . " In this sentiment Cm < ar , no doubt , agreed with them . He used , in chatting with them , to assura them that , when he got out of their clutches , he would come back and crucify their whole gang . They took this threat for a juke ; but it proved to bo bo joke , a& least to them , for he was as good , or as bad . as his word . The ancient Romans had not much notion of joking . Sylla , to compare a Roman candle with a tallow dip , having at length , metaphorically speaking , been muffed out , Cseaar returned to Rome , intending ( by anticipation ) to pJay Cromwell or Richard the Third , if necessary ! that is , to make himself master of everybody , and not to stick at trifles ia bo doing .

      He commenced operations by a system of wholesale bribery and corruption , which might astonish even a Reformed P irliament He gave a series of magnificent dinnern to the elite of the patrician circles , and treated the mob to all sorts of ploys , games , bights , and spectacles . Having gone through several minor effces , Cserar was made Chief Pontiff sr Archumbug . Next he beeame Pi so tor ( originally a sort of Rtmm Lord Mayor , ) and than he was sent over to Spain as Governor , to steal for the henefit of his country . This mission he so effectually discharged , as not only to fill the general coffers , but likewise the pockets of his soldiers—if the Ancient Romans had pockets ; and , last not least , his own alsa . Tiase was one way , if not a " New" one , to " pay Old Debts . "

      It was customary among the Romans to raward the most daring and successful thief of the gang which they nationally composed , with the dignity of Crrasnl . Caisar coveted this distinction ; and to h ? lp himaelf thereto , very cleverly made cats' paws of Pumpey and Crassua , who were then the most powerful men , and , next to himself , the greatest regues in Rome : and who were playing the same game , though not such a deep one , aa his own . He particularly took . jri Pompey , by offering him Uia daughter Julia { vrho was engaged at tbe time to somebody else ) in marriage . Posnpoy bit ; and in return got Csssar appointed to tie government of Gaul , with four legions . Had Canur been bis schoolmaster , and had he presented him with a bundle of birch twigs , he could not have done a -wiser trick . Here was C » sar setting up tfeo trade of a tyrant , and only -wanting what Ponipey supplied hfm with—tools . '

      Away went Cossar , at the head of these rascals , to Gaul , to educate them in the art of throat-cutting among the natives ; a : d since , in the course of less' than , ten years , he " took eighteen hundred cities by assault , conquered three hundred nations , and fought pitched battles at different times with three millions Of men , one million of which he cut in pieces , and made Mother million prisoners , " it ffinat be admitted that he gave them a prbtfcy good schooling . A fan , true , and particular account and confession of these atrocities , inclusive of his outrages upon this country , has been Itft us by himself in his < l Commentaries . "

      Thieves are generally devoted to a leader -who finds thorn plenty of plrrader . So -when , at last , an opening at Rime was offered for rebellion , and treason seemed likely to iook up . iof which circumstances Csarar thought fit to avail himself , his aoldisrs gladly followed him , to attack their own country . He subdued Italy , invaded Rome , where ( to thelt great content , no doubt ) he robbed ' the treasury ; went and mastered Spain ,-returned , made the senate resign their authority to him , and then started after Pompey . In the first engagement between the rival relatives , Pompey beat Cassias but in the / second and last , C » 3 ar bsal Pompey . This little skirmish occurred on tha plains of Pbarsalia , whereon Caesar fead the satisfaction of leaving between seventeen and eighteen thoa-¦

      sand of his countrymen dead . ' ¦ . He then ' chasecr Pompey to Egypt * where he found that he had ^ been Vnurdered—rather an agreeaDle surprise . He killed a'few thousands of people , not ' wortn mentioning , in Egypt , and a great many more in Africa and Spain , in putting down tbose troublesome fellows , Cato , Scipio , Jaba , and the young Pompeys . At length he returned in triumph to Rome , whose population , thanks ^ : ' ' fiim ! Kif . ' Dad b ^\ r « 4 a ^ 'Crom ^ S 30 ; $ op to 156 , 00 b . The remainderj to iewaHl him for all tha good he had done , created him pwpetual Dictator ; which , honour he did not long enjoy , bein ) f assassinated ( March l 5 , B . O ; 44 , aged 56 ) , iVthe senate bouse , by Messrs . Brutus , Cassins . and Company ^ certain patriotia gentlemen who envied hisluck . r . ^ V . The character of Cej * ar displayed all that extravagant generosity which those usually exhibit who steal whab they gee , and that disposition to universal gallantry , foe which heroea of lesser note , as Mr . Richard Turpin and Mr . Joim Sheppard , have been remaikable ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1233/page/3/