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      0 ! THE DAYS OF ROMANCE ARE NOT OTER 01 the days of romance aie not over : Thougli the inightmay no more be the Iotbt , There are bosoms that beat With as fervent a heat As the shield or the corslet eonld cover . Though the banner , all tatter * d and gory , But waves o ' er the host of a story , There are fields where the prowess Of strength stay ecdo'w us " With prouder acd holier glory ! Though the sullen and ravage retainer Hay not mount trith tha lord of the manor . There are fcands we may whet , There are foss to be met In the cause of the helpless complainer . Where in death the wan father Ib deeping , And the young widow'd mother is weeping , As her infants look up , "When they empty the cup , Where their famishing pittance was steeping : O 2 who would sot rouse into valour , When he Bees them deelina in their iqualor , . Till the infant will die , And the young mother ' s eye Slarss wili o ' er the wee * that befal her '

      For where is the heart that is laden With the love of some gentle « eyed maiden , Can forget that that mother "Was the taide ef his brother ; For th 6 bloom of htr fair cheek was fading . ' Then awake ! O , awake from your slumber 1 Thou host whom the eya cannot number ; And let the bold brands Flash bright in your haiids , And ehite off the dnst of their lumbar '

      We will turn from the lies that confound us We will -wrench off the chains that have bound us We will up to the battle Where the war-missiles rattle , And the death hail comes > nwring around m ! * * * Then the chivalrous faughi with his pages Shall step from the tinsel of stages , And his arms shall be strong "i o rescue from wrong . And his fame shall be treasured fer ages . Cork Etaznvner .

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      " ^ TEE " CRT OF THJE CHILDREN . " 2 > O ye tear the children weeping , O , my brothers ! Ere the sorrow comes with years ? They a ' . e leaning their young heads against their mothers . And thai cannot stop their tears . The young lambs are bleating in the meadows—The yonn ? birds are chirping in the neat . The young fawns are playing with the shadows The young Sowers are blowing from the west ; But the young , young children , O , my brothers i They are weeping bitterly J They are weeping in the playtime of the others , 2 n the country of the free .

      Alas 1 the young children I they are seeking Death in life , as best to have I They are binding np their hearts away from breaking With a cerement from the grave . Go out , children , from the sine and ^ from the city-Sing out , children , as the little thrushes do ! Pluck your handfuls of the meadow cowslips pretty—Laugh aloud to feel your fingers let them through But the children say , '• Are cowslips of the meadows Like the weeds anear the mine ? leave u quiet in the dark of our coal-shadows , From your pleasures fair and fine . " For 01 ° « y the children , " we are weary , And we cannot run or leap : If we cared for any msadows , it were merely To drop down in them and sleep . Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping ;

      The reddest flower would look ts pale as snow ; For , all day , we drag our-burden tiring , Through the cosl-dark underground—Or , all dsy , we drive the wheels of iron In tho factories , Tound and round . " AH ^ ay long , the wheels are droning , turning Their windcobioS in our faces ; TiH our hearts turn , and our heads with pulses burning , And the walls turn in their places ! Turns the sky in the high window blank and reeling—Turns ihs Ion * light that droppeth down the wall Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling All are turning all the day , and we with all ! All day long , the iron wheels are droning , And sometimes we could pray—* O , ye wheels { breaking off in a mad mwning ) Stop ! be silent for to day f *

      Ay ! be silent let them hear each other breathing , Fora moment , mouth to mouth i Let them teach each other ' s hands , in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human y « nth ; Let them feel thst this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God givelh them to use ; Let them prove tieir inward bouIs against the notion That they live in yon , er under you , O wheels I fitiil , all day , the iron wheels go onward , As if fate in each were stark ! And the children's * c uls , which God is ealling sunward , Spin on blindly in the desk . Bladwood ' s Magazine

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      1 AITS MAGAZINE . We have here the nnmber for October of the above popular periodical , and a very good number it is . The first article Is—what is now nnnsnal with Tanpolitical , entitled " The Close of Many Sessions . " it contains some good matter , remindiag us of the fine wiee , irith the erratic Harry Brougham ' s head npon its cover , it did good Berrice in the " cause of Beform , ' ' ' -in onr young days , when WilL the Fourth was King . " The writer hits hard at poor Sir Robert ; jet confesses that the "do nothing policy , ' if by him adopted , was not by him originated ; but before his reiurn to power was faithfully acted no to by ihe Whigs : antll at last— " it is every oiy more e-rident , that npon the present system the cannot be

      people long kep ; quiet , although contentment nncei legists live iujustice , under selfish , da , b GoTemmeni , ccald be a desirable state for any people calling them-slvES free . A dreadful social crms , or prompt measures of reform , too bold and sweeping to be seriously entertained cither by the pressnt administration or its predteesrc-r , appears tbe only alternative before the country . Public confidence is for the time completel y dttfircyed . Every ela * s is uneasy , and either suffering from the aciual pressure of poverty , or from vagne fears of coming dangers and changes . " SpeaMng of the Premier , the writer says : ? he has frittered awiy lbs opportunity ( of doing tbe work of reformation ) exactly as the Whigs did one more golden ; and with it any reputation for great statesmanship which he ever enjoyed . It is now evident

      that he is not the ' Coming Man f and as no one can tell where that p > ceorx is to be looked for , it is full time that the people set about working oat iheir deliverance by iheir own ears- st and nnitfcd efforts . " The writer at tbe same limp dees justice to the Whig faction . " Jr wa =, with a few exceptions , from no abstract love of a free and broadly-based representation of the people that too" Whigs became all at once violent reformers . They iopged for power » nd i > lace , baited their hook with Parliamentary Heforro , and having caught their gudgeon , soon showed how "very small was tie final measure of reform which thf y deemed stfneient , and how identical is the policy of Whigs and Tories when in power , and their selfish istere ^ ts and elementary feeliBgs of castesX ail limes . " Tue writer adds that a as Peel has sunk , Russell has not risen in public estimation ; the conntry is sick of Whiggery . "

      '" The Qaeen ' s visit to Frace , " is a bit © f gossip Which , however , well shews up tie cold , heartless , ignorant , txcinsive Fpirit of die British Conri . ** On & recent occasion , for instance . Gndin , a master and commander in the Trench navy , as well a 3 ene of the first families in the world , was refnsf d access to the fetes of Buckingham Palace , after enjoying as an lonoured £ nesi , those of Xonis Philippe , and Nicholas L , on the grounds that Tie was an- artist } . 'J " We are told teo , ** that LaBdseer , who has enriched the Royal Gallery vain some of his choicest pictoe ? , passes weeks together at Windsor Castle , without further notice vouchsafed him than to a corporal of Life Gnsrds P We snppose the Queen is too busy with her pet monkeys , " and the Prince "With the inmates of his kennels to pay attention to Jaea of genius . Well does Beranger sing : —

      a make a king , 0 make a kins P Mrs . Gore ' s tale of ** The Smuggling Dogs of th * Belgian frontier" is brought to a conclusion It will repay perusal . We have read with much pleasure a Tie Homatt -l&rists , No . 1 , " in -which is given a short biogra-|* ical sketch of Cahflins , accompanied by transla tions of several of his poems . The -working man *« ojias a taste for " immortal Terse , " but to whom ttretnagtanees has denied the education ¦ whieh would allow him to read the bards of "other days" in their Dative language , will find in these translations anon treat , second onlv to that of reading the poet m Kb classic" costmne . Morrison continues his Reminiscences of Sir Walter Soott , " the principal part of which ib taken op with a gossip abon ; ghos- 's . Passing over these fihadows" we quote painfnl" realities . " " ** This was the yesr of tbe mock rebellion in the Wfcst , and Qje akhTnlshofBonnymuir . Sir Walter was Krios&ly alarmed .

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      " Although in the confidence of the Tory faction , I cannot think that be was in the secret ; for he believed the business real His heart wenld have revolted at th . 9 base plot of getting up a mock rebellion in order to support a corrupt ; ministry at the expense of blood . He fomented the * at « pf toe sufferers ; for in such cases , he foresaw that much innocent as W 6 ll ai guilty bicod would be shed ; nor did he approve of the execution of Hardie and Baird at Stirling . But the law could not save them , * said he ; ' they were taken with arms in their hands , fighting against the king ' s forces . ' " There is at present a monument about to be built by subscription to their memories , as having died martyrs in the cause of freedom .

      " I mentioned ths horror which was felt by the pwple st the execution of the poor , old , half-witted man Wilson , in Glasgow , who was incapable of forming any plot ; that , when apprehended , Wilson was fourd thatching a house ; and that the only crime laid to his charge was carrying bread and cheese to seme meeting of weavers on the Cathkin hills , in his own neighbourhood . At his execution , he wore the same wooden clogs in which he was apprehended . When tb « hangman was about to fasten tha rope round hiB neck , poor Wilsonaaid It is no possible : ye can never be in earnest to hang me that never did ai to ony body ? ' After having hung some time , a person ln . a mask sprung on tke scaffold , and cut off the head , hi order that nothing might be wanting to complete the horrible farce . ' It was , ' said Sir Walter , ' a fearful business , and carried much-too far " - *

      It was indeed a fearful business ! " bat , " Eternal Justice" be praiEed , never be it forgotten that a righteous retributioflRell upon at least one of the ** corrupt ministry , " the "Never ( enough ) lamented CasOereagh , Whose pen-knife slit a goose quill tother day j " the conseienoe-haunted wretch , who cot his own theoat at North Cray in Kent . May the only good deed of his whole life be imitated by all like him ! From a very excellent review of ' * De Cnstine ' s Empire of the Czar , " we shall hereafter give a few extracts illustrative of life in RusMa . The hideous despotism of the Autocrat is exhibited in vivid colours by one who is no friend to democracy .

      " Puffs and Poetry" is rich and racy . We would fain have transferred the whole article to our columns , but thiB would be unjnst ; we must , as Tail says , " whet curiosity , " not attempt to " satisfy it . " Take the following specimens : — " Some people are fond of excursions into the realms of old Tomance , with their Launcelots and Guenbvers ; their enchtntbd castles , their bearded w 5 rard » , and such odd branches of learning . ' There needs a winced griffin , at the very least , to carry thsm out of the every dsy sbc-and-eightpenny world , or the wbiza of an Excalibur to startle their drowsy imaginations into life . The beauties and the wonders of the universe died for them

      som * centuries ago : they went out with Friar Bacon and the invention ef gunpowder . Praised be Apollo ! this is not our case . There is a smatch of poetry , to our apprehension , in almost everything . We have detected it pushing its petals forth from the curls of a barrister ' s wig , and scented its fragrancb even in the columns of the London Gazelle ' The deep poetic voice That hourly speaks within us * is never silent . Like Bignor Benedick , it ' will still be talking . * " What will the advertising world give to secure our services ? Warren ' s bard is dust-Warren ' s Japan , and Day and Martin ' s jet , Can trouble him no

      longer—Bistfs Shelley Is , like his lotteries , but a memory . The world is all before us , and we are before the world . — We are ready to idealize British Brandy , or Grocer ' s Port to any extent—so we be not asked te drink them . Dust-pans , Balsamic Pill , Jopes . Detector Locks , Sicilian Cream , Mosley ' s Pans , Aerotbermio Stores , Patent Starch—nothing can come amiss to a goose-quill like ours . " You think we are joking—not a bit of us . Assuredly the thing is to be done . ' "Tia as easy as lying . * A pleasant exercise of the fancy over our morning ' s coffee will turn you off a panegyrio that will get your shelves cleared of yonr wares , though they were tea times the rubbish they are .

      JCPITEB AND THE INDIAN ALE . " Take away this clammy nectar i " Said the kiag of Chxla and men ; " Never , at Olympus' table , Let that tmh be served again 1 Ho , L ? sanns , thou , the beery ! Quick—invent some other drink , Or , in a brace of shakes , thou standest On Cocytus' Bulphry brink 1 " . Terror shakes the limbs of Bacchus , Paly grew his pimpled nose , And already in his rearward Ffclt he Jove's tremendous tees ; When a bright idea struck him" Dash my thyrsus 1 111 be ball—For you never were in India—Thst you know not Hodgson ' s Ale s

      " Bring it ! " quoth the cloud-compeller ; And the wine-god brought the beer" Port and Claret are like water To the noble stuff that ' s here !" And Saturnlus drank a « d nodded , Winking with hiB lightning eyes ; And amidst the constellations Did Ihe star of EODGSOS rise I " We feel tempted to make trial of the classical style . It always tells well in advertisements . People like to be fluttered by £ » ppeals to their classical knowledge—or ignorance , we shall not Bay which . Let us see ! We have it—and here goes in the divine stanza of Goethe's Bride of Corinth : —

      TABQC 1 S AKD THB AT 7 GUB . Gingerly is good king Taiquin shaving , Gently glides tbe r ? z > r o ' er his chin , Near him stands a grim Haruspex raving , And with frantic mean he pitches in Church-Extension hints , Till tbe monarch squints , Snicks his cheek , and swears—a deadly sin !

      " Jove confound thee , thou bare-legged impostor From my dressing-table get thee gone ! Doat thou think my flesh is double Gloiter ? There again . ' That cut was to the bone ' . Get ye from my sight , 111 beli ^ pyou righ t , When my razor cuts that Eharpingbcne !" Thus spoke Tarquin with a deal of dryness ; But the Aurur , eager for his fees , Answered , — " Try it , your lmptrial Highness , Press a little harder , if you please ; There I The deed is done J " Through the solid stone Went the steel as glibly as through cheese . So the Augur touched the tin of Tarquin , Who suspected some celestial aid :

      But he wrongVl the blameless Gods ; for hearken ! Ere the monarch ' s bet was rashly laid , With his ss&rehisg eye Did the priest espy Rodger s name engraved upon the blade . " a Virginia Hams" is capital ; so is " To persons about to marry , " and " Paris and Helen . " But here comes tko most popular character of the day , " Old Parr . " " We are slmnst afraid to trcst ourselves among the advertisements of pills and lotions , so infinite be they

      in their numbers and fascinations . For our own parts , ws cannot conceive why anybody dies in such a world of spec'flcs as that we live in . Our pen hovers over Mrs . Johnson ' s American Soothing Syrup . ' Something affcrr the manner of B ^ rry Cornwall would be appropriate . But there are Ksarrfey ' s Original Widow Welch's Fciui . 'e Piiis , * irresistibly forcing themselves upon us . Widow Welch ! The Original Widow Welch ! The sohjeet is too inviting . We could cover a page ^ Hh it in the styla of Sterne ; ¥ ut , as we cannot afford this space , let us see what can be said of

      PARK'S LIFE PILLS . Twas in the town of Lubeck A hundred years ago , An oM man walked into the church Wiih beard &s -white as snow ; Tet were his cneeka not wrinkled , Nor dim his eagle eye : Theifa's many a taught that steps the street Might wonder , ehonld he chance to meet That mien erect and high . When silenced was the organ , And hushed the vespers loud , The Sacristan approached the sire , And drew him from the crowd * ' There ' s something in thy visage On which I dare not look . And when I rang the passing-bell , A tremeur that I dare not tell My v * ry vitals shook . "'

      " Who ar t thon , awful Btranger ? Oar aneient annals say , That twice two hundred years ago , Another passed this way , Lite thee la face and feature ; And , if the tale be true , Tis writ that in this very year Again the stranger shall appear , — Art thou The Wandering Jew ?" " The Wandering Jew J thon dotard j " Tbe wondrous phantom cried" Tis several centuries ago Since that poor stripling died f He would not ue my nostrums-See , absveling , h « fr thty ami These put to flight all human ills , Thrse conquer death—unfailing pills ! And I ' m the inventor , Pabk I *

      " This—enclosed in a letter from the sacristan of the ballad , with a statement , that he felt hlmielf growing so much younger every Oay by the use of the pills , that he expected hs would soon have to look out for a nurse to sackle him—would tell amazingly before the usual price 131 ^ J , 2 : 9 * 1 , and family boxes , lla each- ' Family boxes ! a fireside of Methuselah *

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      " We have hitherto dealt bUfly in the discursive and lyrical style : but tbe epigrammatic might be turned to equal account . Tola would suit particularly for advertisements by plain cooks , and housemaids , with a two-years' character from their last place . Take as a specimen : —

      A SERIOUS FOOTMAN . Wants a place , a lad , who ' s seen Pious life at brother Teazle ' s , Used to cleaning boots , and beta Touched with grace and had the measles . 11 This for the advertisement sheet of the Congregational Magazine . In odd earners of the Morning Post we occasionally see bints like the following , put in more circuitous language : — Wants a place , as housemaid , or Companion to a bachelor Up in years , and who'd prefer A person with no character ; A female , who in this respect Would leave him nothing to object "

      ( I T ?__ ;_ iv _ itf- _ t _ tt ¦•* jm t _ Excurisons in the TKest of Ireland" contain some good sketches of real life . We have only room for the following extract , vividly descriptive of the Btate of things produced by misgoTernment in too many parts of that country : — " The immediate approach to Galway is a reproach to it ; it would be , indeed , to Timbucteo . It winds over a bleak ai ; d ugly hill , flanked by a dirty pool , which is all mud unless wben the tide is fall ; and it passes through a long defile of the most wretched and filthy hovels . The inhabitants of this outlet are chiefly fishermen , whose wives and children seen to have no occupation but to squat about the doors in a state of loathsome laziness . Tbe dens consist , for the most

      p ^ rt , of a single room of very email dimensions for each family . Light and air are permitted to come in when the door happens to be open ; but , at all other times , are hermetically excluded . Of furniture they have none ; rarely a table , more rarely still , a chair . Tbe floor on which they sit , and in a corner of which they * strew down their ( not ) lonely pillow , " is mud—dry enough in fair weather , but through the winter months of about the same consistency with the street outside ; for although , the light and breath of heaven are skilfully kept out , the rain is not . It comes dripping through the sooty thatch , or flowing in tiny rivulets , enriched by liquid exudations from the dung henps . Moseaver , those same heaps are , in all weathers , more p ^ oVfigal of ammonia than an agricultural economist could at all approve of , or a mere

      unchemical fellow , who loves to poke his nose into queer odd places , take any pleasure In . The annual rent extorted for one of these styes is forty shillings ; an amount snffieient , with a wetk " s labour of the family , to complete the whole building from -the fouHdation . The persons who traffic in this sort of house property are not the lords of the soil . They belong rattier to the pate , being generally low meu , who , Id defianee of the subletting act and its clauses , parcel out . belr leasehold tenements thus for the receptien of the poor . But although the landlords do not condescend to deal in such dismal holes , they have provided too many ca- didatea for them ; the demand having greatly increased with the land-clearing system , which has been curried on foi some years in Ireland . The outcast population of the fields have been driven into the towns , where starvation and

      " Fretting grief , the enemy of life , " make them : ready marks for infectious diseases ; and thousands upon thousands have perished , unpitied and unrelieved , in those hovels . " ThiB number has some good notices of the new novels . That of the "State Coach" will do not a little to ensure for it the patronage of the public . In conclusion , we can recommend this number otTait to you , * gentle reader , " as an excellent shUbng ' B- 'north for your shilling . THE NEW AGE . Cleave , London .

      This is the title of a monthly publication , price 2 d . In our last paper appeared an advertisement of the present month ' s number , which contains , among othera , articles on "Association , " " The necessary co-operation of both sexes for human advancement , " " The truth of the Sabbath , " &c . &c . This publication is the organ ( a 9 its second name bespeaks—Concordium Gazette J of a small but " sacred band " of practical philosophers who by " association " , or co-operation of united labour and equal enjoyments , are labouring to convince the old world of its errors in perpetHatinj' its cannibal system of divided and

      competitive interests . It is in this sense we use the word practical as applied to our friends ; for with some of their practical views we by no means coincide ; very likeiy becauee we don't understand them . Be that as it may , we have no hesitation in wishing them success , and in calling on the public to read their Gazette and judge for themselves . " Prove all things , bold fast that which is good , " say we . We shouldmention an article headed "Fruit Rooms " which recommends the establishment in London of Refectories where fruit could be supplied for the refreshment of the public The article thus concludes : —

      " In sober and practical verity , we do believe that Fruit Rooms , if opened by prudent and competent persons , in the neigbourhood of the Bank or of Charing Cross , would be an beneficial to those who opened them as healthful and delightful to th «» se who frequented them . The capital necessary to establish one would not be large . Periodicals and newspapers migbt be enjoyed aa comfortably and elegantly in these arbours of Potuuna as in a dgar divan , a . coffee-rootn , or a West-End Clnb . They would be more fragrant and becoming resorts for ladies than the shops of the restaurateurs . Their business need not to be confiatd to the summer or autumn months . Winter supplies foreign fruita , oranges , figs , grapes , limes , all that ' By frugal storing firmness gains To nourish , and supetfluous moist consumes . ' "

      Here is a suggestion we should like to see takon up , and which we have no doubt will yet be dono . The man who has made it is a publio benefactor , though the public may not fee aware of it . To our readers we say ' buy the book , " and do all you can to help on the New Age , when oppression and war , and ignorai . ee and crime , and all the miseries of the present system shall be known no more . The ENGLISH NON-IN TRUSIONIST ; oh

      Northeen Lights on Souhhern Latitudes . This is a publication , as its name betokens , devoted to the Non-Intrusion cause . It is also anti-Puseyite . Of the former it is the Ftaunch defender , and of the latter the fierce opponent . It is a publication that , in the present excited state of the religious world ou these questions , will , no doubt , command the attention of a large number of readers . It is published by Thomas Hodgson , NewcaBtle-upon-Tyue , and Simpkin and Marshall , London .

      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . No . 7 , Vol . 2 , is a l most failed with an account of Father Mathew ' s visit to the Moiropoiis ; of whom a portrait is given . A portrait is also fliven of Wil- ( liam Dupe , aged 95 , wijo iast 11 living at St . Aldatea , Oxford , strong and hearty ; which is accounted for by shewing , that he has never been the dupe of the "jolly god . " May all wa . er-drinkors live as long 1 say we . The Pictorial Spelling Book , and First Book op Toys fob Children . By John Ellis . Cleave , London . These are well arranged little books ; the former , price 31 ., the latter , 2 d ., well calculated to make " the child the father of the man . "

      Several publications , including " The Artizih " "Philanthropist" "Errors oj Emigrants , ' $ c , we must defer noticing till our nex ..

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      CARLISLE . —Important Decision in the Revision op the Carlisle Burgess List . —After the passing ot the Municipal Reform Act , the Whig party , who were then popular ia the country , teok eveiy m » ans to make tho Curgess lists as extensive aB possible , by placing all occupiers of houses upon the rate-books ; so that the overseer , in making out the burgess list , might not overlook those occupiers whose landlords paid the poor-rate . Thus a very popular franchise was established ; but no sooner was it exercised against the Whig party , than they wished , aud actually aet about curtailing the very franchise which they had previously established . We &hall « ive an example as an illustration of what we have been stating . In Botchergate Ward , the

      Burjjess list , immediately after the passing of the Municipal Reform Aot , contained upwards of star hundred names ; but no sooner was ihe franchise exercised against the Whig party , than the list was reduced . o the incredible small number of about one hundred . This was certainly done by the overseer ; but we have little doubt , that it was either ordered , or suggested , by the Whig party ; however , it was done ; and had the people not resisted this inroad , the Whiga , as a party , would have had it in their power , to return , as councillors , whoever thej thought proper . The ground on which the overseer acted , was , that all persons not paying rates directly , had no right to have their names placed npon toe rate-book ; consequently , would not be put upon the Burgess List . Now as many landlords of propertv the rate

      pay poor- for their tenants , and receive H back in the shape of rent ; those tenants according to this rule laid down by the sapient overseer , were to be deprived of the right conferred upon them 6 y the legislature . It has been decided , however , that exoept the overseer place all the names of the occupiers of a property npon the rate-book , that the rate uan ulegal rate , and may be successfully appealed against . This we consider a most important decision , and if acted npon will greatly enlarge the Burgess lists in different parts of the country . Let any occupier of a house or tenement , whose name is no * DPf > n tbe rate-book , claim to have his name inserted ; and , if the overseer neglect , or refuse , let him appeal to the mayor and assessors who must consider his claim the same as if bis name was there .

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      fi , ?» v . ? 'C 0 NNELI—Mr- O'Connell was born in ™ a ; tTJ ° 9 fx . " —* 8 Mtto — Repeal BALLADS .-Three Repeal ballad singers bntfit ? - 5 ? " " » 8 " notoriety , ' Shan Voa V . cnt ;" offence . afg °° « « « to repeat the wW ^ i Bo 4 Ughted STery evening by 13 , 000 lamps of / 55 .. A are ¦»» " * Mi 8 ai , and 7 . 321 with oiL rfS ? 8 I ° f T ° ° *» «—M » ^ n be oomnu . h £ wt ° * a ^ 8 the "ffl 6 ti 0 DfI of othe " ' « h <> w 8 { hat his heart is bke the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm .- Lord Bacon . A Lady ' s Letter -George Salwyn ones f . ffl-med in company that no woman ever wrote a letter without a postscript . My next letter shall refute you , said t t Z ~ l Selwy «» soon ; after received a letter f .-ow her Ladyship , when after her signature stood- " P . S . Who was right now . you or I ? "

      ? w ? , ? UAKlt—The aazette de * Ponies states , that th ! i ? S * ,. 0 f ane "" iquake was felt at Carlstad on tne 14 th ult . ; fortunately no injury w * s sustained . . «« l £ ' FlHE —M » e village of Ob » regeor « bntal , Ivioo T , Journal , was nearly destroyed by fire on tne 23 rdI ult Out of 200 houses , of which the village consiated , 160 Were burned to the ground . r « * t . J - -The Courrier Fraacais says , that a young linglishwoinan , who ia yet to b 9 married , purchased ror , 50 f ., at the auction of the Glandier , the glana in which Madame Laffarge « ave her husband his drink . ihe weather in Fbance . —The weather is extremely inclement at Paria at the present ; it causes peat apprehensions , the vintage being now near at band .

      HisxoRY . —Documents , relative to the flight of Louis i-Vl , to Vareanes , have been lately discovered in the Kegisler-offlce of the Court Royale of Orltans . They are composed of all the papers used at the trial of M . M . do Bouille , de KUngliB , de Choiseul , de Dama le Goguelat , and others , which took place at Orleans . Thvs vast collection of papers coasist of letters , examinations , and depositions , ami is calculated to throw a new light on the hietorical facts of thst d . iy . Odd Fellowship , — -Accredited number of members , 400 , 000 ; capital invested in government securities , £ 200 , 000 ; floating capital , £ 20 , 000 exclusive of buildings ; printing machinery , foundry , library , Sea . £ 10 , 000 . Some op the "Dead Weiqhis— The number of soldiers recaiving pensions from 6 d . and 9 d . to Is . per diem is npwarrfa of 50 0 S 0 .

      A Young BRrDE . —Some time ago a marriage was about to be celebrated between a man of eighty-seven years of age , and a woman of seventy ^ 86 ven . On reaching the efcureb , however , the lady untxpectedly refused to go through the ceremony on the ground , " that her intended bridegroom was much too old for her . "

      A Professional Man—The keeper of a Scotch ale - house , haying on his sign , after his name , "MDFKS 1 ' a physician asked him how he presume ! to uttix thfse letters to his name . •« Why , elr , " said the publican , " I have as good right to it as you have . " What do you mean , you scoundrel ? " replied the doctor . " I mean sir , " returned the other , " that I was Dram Major of the II > yal Scots Fusileers . " Lashed to the Hblm—A gentleman once said he should like to see a boat full of ladles adrift on tbe ocean to see what course they would steer . A lady in tbe room replied •« That ' s soon told—they Wv , uld steer to the Iele of Man to be sure . "

      Liberality of Landlords (?)—At the Duke of Buccleaueh ' 8 recent reut audit for the district of Eakdale , bis Graco ' a chamberlain returned a discount of 10 pur cent to all the tenants ; Sir Alexander Johnston , of Carnsallach . returned 15 per cent . ; Mr . David Welsh , of Collin , 20 per cent ; and Captain M'Inray , of Arnhill Kincardineshire , 10 pec ceut ; and this when the harvest is most abundant Can there be a doubt that these tenants are over-rented , and ought not their rents to be at once equitably roduced ? ' Up in the houniis g's no' for me . " — «« Why on earth don ' t you get up earlier , my son V said an anxious father to his sluggard boy , " don't you see the flowers even spring out of their beds at the early h mr of dawn ? " Yts , father , " eaid the boy , " I see they do , and I would do the same , if I had as dirty abed as they have .

      Vert Accommodating—Dr . A . Tests was passing on Tuesday ui ^ ht , about eleven o ' clock , by the Rue Notre-Djine-des-Cbamps . when he was attacked by two men who demanded his nioney . The doctor very coolly drawing forth a pistol , presented it at one of thtm , declaring that for the moment he had nothing else to offer them . Thsy were not prepared for this demonstration , and took to flight Age of Louis PhilIpph—K ! ng Louis Philippe , beint ? born on the 6 th of October , 1773 , has now entered his 71 st year . Hia Majesty is the first of his race who has : reached « o advanced an age . Robert Dale Owen ,: son of Mr . Robert Owen , the philanthropist , has been elected member of the United States Congress for tke first congressional district of Indiana . Mr . Owen was . elected by a majority of 577 votes over hiB opponent The numbers being for R D . Owen , 6 669 s John W . Payne , 6 , 082 .

      " THE WILD JUSTICE OF REVENGE "—The Frankfort Journal states , tbaS iu the comitat of Zilade , in Hungary , the partisans of those who pay no tax « 3 s and thq * e who do pay had come to Mows , and nine individuals had loat their lives , victims of their political opinions . The nobles—that is the party who do not pay taxes—killed a marrted man , the father of five children . When this fact was known to the peaiants they pursued the sgifrsssors , and having overtaken them at a village they murdered them all . FitEiNCU Sensibilitv . —The National is inrtienp . nt

      that the Spanish telegraph should talk ef " the King ' s ( Louis Philippe ' s ) navy . " It says : — " We know of two navies , one merchant , nnd the other military ; but , in fact , we know of ho ' King's nnvy * except the Royal Yacht . " And then the National condemns these " Feudal , or rather Britannic phrases , which are incompatible with the spirit of our institutions" "Our institutions l" Are the walls of Paris among them ? Are the forts and bastilles * ' the K-ng ' s , " or the peopla ' a ? Certainly , —according to the spirit of their inBtitutfoni— intended for the people !—Punch .

      Destructive Fibs . —On Saturday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , * moat alarming fire broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr . Long ( lateKeatch ' s ) , Pearl-atreet , Spitalfields , used as a lucifer-matoh manufactory and storehouse for those articles . The fire originated in a ruom on the ground-floor , &t the dwelling-house , in which there were in stock aome hundreds of boxes of lucifer-matches , besides boxes , labels , * c . A . plentiful supply of water being obtained from a spacious tank on tbe premises , the flre was speedily chetked , and ita violence was confined to the

      storeroom and the upper part of the premises , which are burnt extensively , but owing to tho confusion it was impossible to ascertain the exact amount ef the damage . Fire in Holborn . —On Sunday night between six and seven o ' clock , an extensive fire broke out in the lower part of the Mouarcb Coffee Rvoma , corner of LRathf .-r-Iane , Holborn . In a few minutes , two of Iho brigade engines froth Firringdon-street , with several firemen , arrived , when the flre was arrested in its progress , not , however , until the contents ef tho lower part of the premises were consumed .

      Who Can Bfat This 1—A correspondent of the Eastern Sentinel boasta fhus : —As I have often read in the papers of great men being praised for their groat deeds , &o . I think 1 have a right to tell what I have done . First , I was five years a seamster ; three years a constable ; nine years justice of tho peace ; soventeen summers I was a lime-burner ; nineteen winters I taught school ; twonty&even y < ars a commissioned officer , from lieutenant to major j thirteen years 1 was lock-tender on the Lehigh Canal , Jock No . ' 6 ; and I am father of sixteen children , namely , ten sons and six daughters ; and the best of my story ia . that I have quit drinking liquor . I was bora in 1789 . My name is Hope , and I have faith , and show charity .

      Rebecca in 1727 . — "About the latter end of February , 1726 7 , a petition was sent to Parliament complaining of the badness of the roads about this city ( Bristol ) , and praying for relief , and provision for keeping them in good repair . In oonsoq'lfliice of this , an Act of Parliament , 13 G « ro . I ., 1727 , was ob f . lined , and turnpikes wore first erected h * re abqut Midsummer , and lolls collected for many days But the country people showed a violent hostiliiy to the measure , und great ^ disturbswees ensued , and the gates were soon cut down and demolished .

      cmrfly by the colliers , who would not suffer coal to be brought here , whereupon the Mayor had tho oi'y suDpii ? d i rom Swansea , which , when tha colliers ppre ' eivr-d , they brought their coals as usual . So ! - di . 'rs assisted at the gates to take the toll , but the next ni ^ ht , after the soldiers Wt-re withdrawn , ( he Hatos wevo all out down a sf-conil timo , by persons diSiiniaed in woman ' s apparel , and high-crowned hats . "—Memoirs of Bristol and its Neighbourhood , by the Rev . Samuel Seyer , Bristol . —London , 1823 , 4 co . Vol . 2 . p . 575 .

      Wonderful if True . —The Cincinnati Chronicle reports that in Ui ^ giiig one of the aaio welU oi Kanaw . ha , a vein of carbure ' Ued hydrogen ( uinammabie tias ) was struck , and that the gas comes up in lar ^ e quantities , mixed with tbe salt wa * er . The proprietor has contrived to separate the gas from the water , aud while the water is conveyed into the boilers through one Bet of pipes , the &as is oonveyed in another set under the boilers , where it ia inflamed , and evaporates the water .

      CERITO . Cerito ! Cerito 1 bow sylph-like thy form , What aerial grace thy light movements display , Thouseem ' 8 i mid this region of sorrow and storm , An emigrant bright from the land of the Tay . I have faith in the Metempsychosis of flowers When I gaze , fair Cento , on thee , Of the sweetest that bloom in Italy's bowers Th' incarnation thou seemest to be 1 The Charm of perennial youth wears thy faoe And radiant with beauty it glows , And unrivalled is thy Ttrpiechorean grace , Aa its peers are surpassed by the rose . Beautiful figurante ! Long may ' at thou shine , Of thy heart the most dazzling and glorious star , And oh ! should thy health prematurely decline Seek aa antidote ia the Pills of Old Parr .

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      The Common Salt of Paris is adulterated , some part with impute carbonate of soda , other part with iodine , and three specimens have been found containing small crystals of a bait of copper . Wintehan » $ dmmeb . —At Rugeley , Warwick-( mire , an old man of the name of Martin , of Longdon , aged 8 evcnty . 8 ir , some tim 9 ago appeared at the altar with a girl of seventeen as his intended bride ; while her aister , two years older , was led thither by Martin ' s grandson , aged nineteen . Thus the old man has a brother ia a grandson , aud a sister in his wife ; his spouse : must aubmit to the venerablo epithet of grandmother from her eider sister , aad the young roan may jaddress the damsel or seventeen as his grandmother I or sUter at pleasure ; while his wifd may claim as her just ri ^ ht . by reas on of mature age , the SHbmi 6 si ; on ot her sister , or may beca'led upon to exercise all the respectful docility of a . grand , daughter towards her .

      Russian Spiesi—There ara Russian ambassadors at some courts tyho em ? oy spies in the house ot the English minister , who cau neither receive a friend nor give a dinner without a , cer'ainfy that some © f the servants will report every word that has passed on the oeq ' asion . Nor ia it always to needy lacqueys that these gentlemen trust for information Persons who from ( h ^ ir profession and standing in society ought to be abo ^ -e such treachery , arc . often dragged in this base traffic No Englishman would low but there

      stoop so ; are foreiguer 3 in English pay who carry tales from the table th » y dine at . Iu addition to such auxiliaries , ihe Emperor has his regular bands of woli-saiarisd scouts , men ¦ and women , Russian and native , in evtry capital of Europe , whose duty it is to ascertain the sentiments of the leading men . towards Ra ^ ia , and to keep the ambassador on the spot , or the political polvce at St . Pttersburgh , acquainted with all that mav concern the views or wishes of the Emperor . —Bremner ' s Russia . i

      Caution to Young Ffmales . —On Sunday se ' nnight the following advcrt ! -, tmont appaart d in the columns of The Wispaleh : — " To Young Ladies . — Wanted , a reaptctaoio young ; female , between sixteen a « d twenty five years oi age , as companion to a lady residing in j a retired visage about 100 miles from London . Salary £ 50 per annum . A _ d < ress , post-paid , stating full particulars , to B . H . W ., Postoffice , Barnes , Surrey . ' Such notice was calculated to attract great attention , and many were ir . e applicants for a ntuatiou which seemed to offer more than ordinary advantages in these times of m'npetition and depression . I One la y , a Mrs . W — , answered . the advertisement without delay , avrf the ruffianly advertiser ( sent tho following letter in return * *

      — " ii . H . W . ia sorry to state that the situation for which Mrs . W-4 applied is filled up . At the ? ame time B . H j W . trusts ahc will not be offouded at the liberty hejtakes in mak ^ GK her the following offer . He will make her an annual allowance sufficient to live respectably on , if she will place herself under >• id protection , as-unng her thai the utmost SECKuc-r and honoor may be relied on . B . H . W .-is a young man twenty-five years of age . Should Mrs . W . feel inclined to accept this offer , the following advertisement put into The Morning Herald , will be immediately attended to : S . W . accepts the offer of B . H . W . ; Write to appoint an interview . ' " The oonUuct of ] this scoundrel reminds us of-the doings of a fellow who , some time ago , endeavoured

      to inveigle young girls into bis house at Chelsea , on pretence of requiring assistance in the education of hia daughters * but whose real object was the destruction of those young creatures who sought a situation at his hands . The miscreant who advertised in The Dispatch uses the terms " honour" and " secrecy . " What a misapplication of the former ! What houour can be expected from a fellow who pretended that he required the ' services of a young female in the capacity of companion to a young lady ; but whose Bubjeot was to sacrifice the first girl or woman who miiiht fall into his hands at ' tne ehiino of lust ! We have thought it worth while to allude to this

      advertisement , seeeingi that ere this , he may have secured a victim , and in that ca"e , to acquaint the friends of the unfortunate croature , if she have any , the deplorable situation she must be placed in , so that they may take immedjuta steps to rescue her from ruiii , and bring the advertising scoundrel to exposure and punishment . It is impossible fo guard against the insertion of such advertisements as these , whsn , upon their face eVery thing appears fair and honourable ; but we shall never ta . l to denounce the authors a < villains when wo find th ^ ir object ia to rob virtue of its brightest rjwai J , or when a descent upon the public is intended , with a view to speoiously luiiict a robbery . — Weekly Dispatch .

      Mr . GhegokyIand the Letters . —The London police lnvescigatri / u i » io the charge brought by Mr . Thomas Wentworth Beaumont ' s cast-off nasties ' , against Mr . Barnard Gregory , of the Satirist , of keeping sundry bvx < -s of letters for the puroose ot extorting money , has terminated in Mr . Gr . gory , being ordered tojp&y £ 7 , tha value of the boxes and some French com * which they coutaiuect . The letters , thoreforf , w »» l not be restored . Mr . Vallance , the solicitor for Mit-s Burgess , the pros-- ; cutrix , had stated ! that Mr . ( ir < gory had demanded £ 2 , 000 for the ran .-oca of the luturs . ; but thero was not a shadow of proof produced to sustain this allegatioa . 1

      Abatement oir Rent . —Thomas R . Barnes , Esq ., has cyii 8 i « orat . iy givmi d-rec ioas to hie- a ^ ent , John HutchiuKOu , E \ q ., ot Church Jerpoint , to make an abatement of fifteen p < r o «> ni to his louantry on the lands of Baw-k ^ a . Kilkevmy , during the continuance of the present uepr o ^ 'ou in the prices of agricultural produce ;

      MURDER ACCORDING TO LAW ! Execution of Allan Mair , —On Wednesday , the 4 : h inst , Allan Mair , who wds convicted at last Circnit Court at Stirling o * lnurderintr an old woman , 85 years of age , h's reputeti wife , underwent the extreme penalty of the law in tue above towu . We take the following particulars ( abridged ) from a Scotch paper : — j After the trial ; the utmost effort was made by the authorities of the town to obtain a rtmiesion of the Bentence , and a petition Was forwarded to the Secretary of State for that purpose , but the answer returned was that the law must , take its coarse , which was immediately ] communicated to the unfortunate man , who manifested no degree of f »»? lirs : until tha

      day and hour were mention « . i . when h * was quite overcome , and gave vent to his fedinjs in a iote burst of crying and lamentation iLong before ihu tim « appoiiu ' eO for t . e execution the front of tha Court Hunss was crowded by mi immonae mob , aui « i ^ uh . : u vt-t-re many women wth children in their arms . On entenus ; the cell in th « gnol where the culpnt was oonflnud . we found the RiV . Mi-asrs . Leitch and t > uvk in varupst prayer with him . At twelve minutes pist Higho o ' clock , tbu Rev . Mr . Luitch cama in * ' > th »> r . mrt room iri . < was fallowed by tbfi prisoner , hhlf earned by the Rev Sir . Stark , and the man who hud been guarding him all night . At this moment ttuj spectacle vm-, m ., sc huiuiliatinn o hoaiy old man . in his 83 d or 8 ith year , bent together with age

      and menial suffering inrt oppn-ssed "rub . tive mouths ' imprisonment tiis ) who ! e appemance indicating the utmost degree of humanfrai ty borne down with the intense idea of grief , tiruggHn ( j to bear up ayuuist what he considered the greatest injustice . O . i th » ex ^ cutiont-r making his appearance . : uid corcmt-uciru to pinion the prisoner ' s arms , the poor crekturu sui-i— ¦ ' You wed not do it very t ' ohlly , as I intend to make no resistance My only wish h to hive it soon jow . a this time he was a good 4 e '< l affected , and t * ^ rs w"iv flowing . We now thought that the idea of a sptweh up « n the ec ffold had left him , but we were ! mistaken ; for he had bt ^ n making up hl « mind to this hist abortive ttf rt for vinUic . ting hiB innocence .

      He was then conduct "!? * o the ronffoM between two officers , being half carried , and quite bent , aa when brought inta ^ e court-ro <> :. i . H = > ng piacud upon the drop , he was acctntno late 1 with a chair , upon which he was no soonerj j-Uc" rt . u . nn he bej ? an the contemplated speech , whioh coni ; nu « d nearly ttn minutes . From the hollow , sepulchral tune in which Uu expressed himself in the cour * -rc > > m we were appitht-nsive that not a word of trfc . ijt he Hnirl W"uM b' » ve btea understood by the pt-ople ; but to * vera jnls ^ ken , for , when he got to the freahfair , an-t t «! t hlmao . f at ease upon She chair , and saw thf i ! niMcn «> o crowd gathered thick together , he assumed a co > 'r-i ;« gr « u *' .-r tlun we thought his advanced f . f , » alone cou !>< h ; vo a !! ov » e i to remain , to say nothing uf the other circumst ^ nc .-s in which he

      was placed . Ah he advuucd in bU harangue , he got more and more aniniatdt , burling fire ana briHJS-. one , death and damnation , both ¦ emporal nuu ulern-al upon all , with the exception of the J ; i ' ge ami Jury , wb- > hid any part in his apptehenxi ¦> . < x imniuaunn , au < i win . ' .. 8 cott ' a Meg Merrslies , br-. afc : u * : ue w . airt of peacp . iu tho presence of Godfrey K-itram , and denouncing against him tbe heaviest eui-sf s . or own Shukspere ' s Margaret of A' > jou . when prreonated by Mrs . Si < tdons , would be but , poor imilaiioris ¦ f the burning earnestness with which Ailaa Mair , upoa the ssaff ; l < i , devoted his victims to everlasting destruction . Not a nerve quivered , nor did his eye blench , while his arni . n , piDijced as they were , obeyed j tho iodignnnt fire within , and told to those who cottld ) uot hear , that deauuci&tiou aud not prayer was actuating his mind . He asserted hia

      innocence moat solemnly ; chargt-n the minister of his parish , with framing falsehoods against him ; stated that he had not been allowed to bring up witnesses on his trial who could have cleplj substantiate d his innocenc-, » n ' that he was not allowed to write letters to his witnecsua . He charged other parties with being guilty of tbe ciirae for which he was to suffer . •• He ^ , " he said , " murderer . He never committed murder , and he said th « se things as a dy ^ ng man , just passing into the presence of God . But ; he was condemned as a murderer by the lies of tbe minister , by the irymtice of a sheriff and fiscal , and by the [ perjury of the witnesses ; and he trusted that for this conduct all these parties would be overtaken by thja v « nseai > c « of God , and sent Jnto everlasting dnmnatipa . When tha executltoer ueas adjusting the while cap and the rope ; he again gave audible vent to hts peniup feelings . There wm much } peiiit g *« n to hU heavy denunciations by thew being uttered In an antiquated Sco-tish dialect , now fast dying oot . P ^ ciaely at seven minutes to nine o clock tuejsfgnat WM . glven , the drop fell , and the unhappy man was launched into eternity . There were , however , several convulsive struggles before life was

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      * j extinct , which produced the utmost horror amwj the crowd , Alinn Mair was born five weeks aftsr th-i dearth of his father .. His mother having married aga ^ r ,, hft leffe the paternal d vrellh : g at nine years of age . II s mother , thinking he was lost , advertised him in the newspapers of the day , the knowledge of which after . ivori !* reached him , but did not bring him home . He tuni sono to England at that early age , where he remained , t-wv ^ jed as a drover , for twenty-flve years . He was n- si employed to conduct 160 merino sheep , belonging re the Eirl of Selkirk , to his settlement upon the R d River , in North America . For thie job ha received 160 ^ ir -jo aa . After remaining there for a few we * fc 3 , he rn .-i . 1 o hia way to New York , where he y /> t into ths imr > l"y > snt

      of Mr . Lloyd , an extensive dea ' er and ships&r . He *» sa employed by him prioaip-tliy in baying « r .-un t-j be ground into flour . Here he was doing "well , an-1 v . ving aoney , and getting every day more int * the e > " » S < 1 s ? nce of his master . He was ther , placed on shipb-.. - «¦ V ia one of Mr . Hoyd ' a ships , r . s supercargo . T ' v * vessel traded regularly between N * w York ira * i K' -.-s $ :.-z in Jamaica . He continued in tha trade upwards t four years , when , by some means , he Itranicrt -h *' . kis mother was engaged in a law pies . H .- then n « t * - " -. ed to Scotland , bringing with bisu 2 000 Kui * i « " .- ! -, -h . cfc all went to the lawyers in a very sho't thuf xbich it seems , while it directed his mind to litigasv .-i Rt the same time rendered him eour , and perhaps > ¦ mrtv hafc misanthropic

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      PUNCH AND THE SFIRFF [ ELD FOKu GRINDERS . Man , in his present social state , may be r ^ r ^ -s-nied by uis fork . Look at it with , philosophic « y n s hit type—his very self—the visible and tangible --ii ? ri nf hiB worldly worth . What an outcast is he wh . , has no fork 1 What a Paiiah—what a mere aui » n * i- v ? ho picka his fitful meal , not with thie * pror . *? b «* . ien fingera ! And , then , how great tha an * K-acy of prongs ! How very diff = rent the metal ain * ue Workmanship ! Consider , too , the hypocrisy of f . i . -- * , « nd deny , if jou can , that the said hypooriKy h : w m it . the spirit of th 9 times . We repeat it ; as -with forks , so ¦ with in «> n . The screeching vice of our day—a vice t ' . at « ci . < w ; to heaven—is for every man to appear at least s ., , i y , ' . vee to his neighbour ; and , so that the appearanc- be successfully put en , the real worth of the metai if . of li' -tle . matter .

      Tens of thousands of men—of men of pre < n \ h metal as they seem—what are they but Britannia «¦ - * : fc <; * cs ? What their daily labour behind ths court * » , ' - >> o . 5 the mart , and in th « highways , but to rub and pui , , n LFmiuselves into a si / ver look ! Now come we to the plain , unsophisticated h uphold instrument , the plebeian of forks—the fork of u > . V "hat a terrible History may bang about it ! Of all ti ; ¦ tr > 7 iiily of forks , hosv wretched I Giurious is the fork of gold , doing its dainty - . vo > -k at ; royal and noble tables . Comfortable—yo . i , •¦ v . c . mfortable—the fork of solid silver , visii-mg the . " ¦• . i of 6 ase and competence . Well to do , enough , tl \< * - . t udful forks—forks of all imaginable metal * tbet u , , s - ' ^ sa for silver I But , sometimes , sad indeed the IV i of f ill of iron ! Sad in the scanty food it picfes frcm -ut th 8 poor man ' s dish I Sad in its long solitude .-, tu- * m % ia cupaoard !

      Here are two forks—silver and iron . A wji Ktiaid healthy artificer was he who made the v > n o > -. ;« . rk ; and it was sold into some good man's famiiy—a ^ -Md , prosperous , easy , well-feeding man . This sit * . ,- f ^ rk hath smacked its prongs at a thousand lux-i-,- d ! 16 ki . ows the fat of v . uison—can tell what grous < u wade of!—has had the ruby gravy gush from tr >; sirloin beneath . iU claws . Veal , lamb , and biattu ; : mi its constant acquaintances , ia all their vapid varin ' y . The silver fork could write a cookery book , dis .-suwnng practically . What says thefotk of iron ! Why , it cauu -nbt 'he wor . d as death ' s weapon ; and unch was its fni . * it fell into the bands of the poor—and scarcely kBo . v * the tiiate of meat . How was it made , and what e »¦ -. * .- fta did the said iron fork award to its makar ? Dr . O a r v * . ar Holland shall tell aa .

      A book—a terrible book—called The VUal SfaP-. tics ofS / ieJield—hna just been published , ia whicb tt-e tragic history of the iron fort-grinder may be read by 't , o « ona and daughters of the Silver Fork with some profir ., parhaps . Dr . Holland says : — Fork-grinding is always performed on a dry stone ; and in this consists the peculiarly destructive cb" ? TCt 6 £ of the branch . In the room in which it is curried on there are generally from eight to ten indiviGu-. i * at work ; and tha dust which is created , composed ( if the ae particles of s * -one and metal , rises in clou Is am ? ; ar-J ades the atmosphere to which they are conntmil The vnst which is thus every moment inhaled , gr . v . 1 unity uo « "erminea the vigour of tha constitution , avd prod-uces P ermanent disease of the lungs , accompanied by tirfir < Jty v f breathing , cou ^ h and a wasting of the aniatu . ' / rwiie , often at the early tsqa of twenty-Jive !' H ^ re are thoughts that might sometimes spoii : » ^ ood m : in ' s dinner . Dr . JJu'Jand

      proceeds" It is found , on examination , that amon ^ Qin-. ily . seven men , about thirty at this moment are sutforio : ; . In various degrees , from the disease peculiar to this oe-upation , and which is known by the name—gr ^ dcra ' asthma . The disease is seated in the lun ^ s and the airpassa ^ es , and the progress of it is accompanied v ? iih the gradual diMorgan : zition of these important ork ? an * . In its advanced states , it admits neither of cure nor of -my material alleviation . In the early stag- , a , iuo only efficient remedy is ibo withdrawal from ihe " ir . fln-.-oos of the exdting cause ; but h «> w is this tobatff oied !> y men « ho depend from day to day npon their la * - -uf , ^ nd whose industry , from early life , has been confi -m to ae p-irticuiar branch ? Here , th * n , is tha metancb . . As imh —that nearly one third of this class of artisans , in addition to th « poverty and metchsdeess common to t ! ie whole , is in a state of actual disease—and disease u / kicb no art can cure ¦ '

      In 1 , 000 deaths of persons above twenty ysava of age , tbe proportion between twenty and twenty-nine years , in England and Wales , is annually ldo . la SheflSeld , 184 ; but among the fork-grinders , th * prr portion is the appalling number 476 : so that between Un-aa two periods , three in this trade die t » one in th » j Siagdom geneifftlly , " Such is the history of the Iron Fork * It is Dg . uh ' a most handy weapon ! Upon the very tbreshoM . A i : i * it stabs men in the lungs ; deals a wound which adapts A neither cum nor alleviation , but sands them counting to their graves at twenty-five !

      On , reader ! th > u mayest be a Gold Fotfc- U-a mayest be solid Sii- / cr ; nay , BritanaU Metal- -ti ^ n ' s Metal—Girman S'lver—British Plate ! Yot , wh ^ vs-e thou arc . as tbe daily fork visits thy mouth , som-iiiruos think of the Fork of Iron—of the death it a v * . r 4 " :-. a mafc * r—of thesc-mty meal it hel » 3 to thousand , ! T . * % of this ; and th < -Uittn thy thought may fiorauti-nn- .- : 1 a toothsome morsel , ' twill fill the * with thank i .-. r t :. y exrfmption , and teach thee tenderness toward : & .. ¦ , fferer . Tenihie is tbfl swrnoa preached to other F > .-n j ¦ 3 the Fork of Iron j _ Punch .

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct 9 - ~ T > e SemandtbraUk ' iioaof English Waeat Wi-i ' rithor dull , and thefactwrs were compelled to give way ia their demands about Is per qr . For Foreign Wfn-at at an abatement of 4 * per qr . In grain unu . i- io- is nothiut ; doing . Ens-lish and Foreiyu Barlev ar f 1 aurrencies ; ths . value of all other kinds was *• .- - - » ri . ffinuky supported . In Malt no variation Hj n <» ir ¦ . In Irish Oat 9 th-i rates ruled easier . Bdan * . i ' c ^ > . and Flour as last noted . London SMirnpiErD Cattle Mabket , % ? n- ¦ •¦ . r , Oqt 9 th . —The Beef trade was in a state of c-u-j-ire stagnation , the extreme figHre for the very br > . . s , - ; , did not exceed 3 ^ 10 . 1 per 8 : b . ; all other qu . ¦¦ : " u-a suffered an ab > xtr'mfnt of fully 2 Jper Bib . s : iWp - prime old Downs from 4 s to 4 s 4 d per 81 b , »> i : >! f kinds at an abatement of quite 2 d par 81 b , V . 1 luitc 2 J per Sib lower than on Moudny laac Po ^ ic U late rates .

      Boroug h Hop Market . —We have received * " very , larKc q-iuutity ofufew Hops for our mark "'* imce this day m' -on-ifa' ; still , however , the deina I or most kinds u t-. r . ibly active . at full prioes J' 3 iuty ia not estimated at more than £ 135 , 000 . Borough and Spitalhblds . —For Potatoes t ' iemand is tuierably active , at from £ Z 5 S £ 6 10 ? p . fODa Wool Markets—By private contract a p ^ j , j ustness ib dou-i- m most descriptions , aad Dr » vi * rates are free : y supported . V

      . TALLow .-There is but little alteration to noV 3 m our remarks on the T « Uow Market tL li ihe market 19 hrsx , with but littlo doing . J Marchsbxeb Cobn Market , SAiraoAr . Oct . 7 . — Lntre was only a limited inquiry for Wnw ac our market this morH . ntf , and the best qua' itus of Ar ^ lidh and Insh mm be quoted fully 2 d »* t 70 tb lower than on this day week . Of Flour tiiera was a more plantaul ahow of Bamples than lor *>•*• ¦ 9 time past , and in the sales mads , faciors waro impelled to submit hj a decline of 6 d tola per * 2 » 0-i > i . Oats were Id per Mb , and Oatmeal ( both oid uad new ) 6 J per 2501 b cheaper .

      Liverpool Corn Maeuet , Monday , Oct . 0 — S » ince this day Bo ' -might we have had large import * , tiona of Wheat , coastwise and from Ireland , w .- . h liberal supplies of Irish Oats » nd Oataieal , ar . a a fair quantity of Flour . There are also repon . d 6 144 qrs of Wheat and 17 , 600 barrels of Flour ft 01 a abroad . With the increased supply of Trials' jiow Wheat , and only a moderate demand , we h ? ve : o quote a decline oi 6 d a busnel in oar prices for lhz % grain . At Friday ' s market the best runs a'red would not exceed 6 s lOd per bushel cheaper . Flour has gone off less fraoly , tbougb . ; offered 6 a rut ';; . * easier terms . Qa ^ a have continued to meet a Iimit-d ' saie . ^ Oatmeal has also moved sjovvly . C'iuwa meaiing qualities of the formef-have been dispo-ed of at 2 i 5 id per 45 lbs , and 21 b per . loa'J is a * i '" e . xtresne pneo for new Aleal- —a reduotion ' of lid : "• ¦ - * bufauoi aiid Is per load respectively from the rate . " of last weuK . The transactions in either Barley , Bsans or Peas , have been quite in retail , and at racier less money .

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      _ THE ? l O R T H E R N STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1234/page/3/