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      IREBS . like the latest left of the battle spears , 2 o their ancient strength they stand j And they tell us still of the sylvan years When the forests filled tba Uod ; Ere ever a hunter track'd the wood , Or manner plongh'd the seas , Bat the isles were green in the wlitade Of these old primeval Trees . They have survived the Draii ' a faith , And the BoBiaa Eagle ' s fall , , &nd the thrilling blast of the bogie ' s breath Prom the . Norman ' s knightly hall j 3 nt the sun shines bright , and the ahoTren aeocena , And the wild bird ' s home is made ,. Where the ancient giants still extend The grsen of their summer eiada .

      We have seen our early TS ' inters hang Their pearls on each leafless bough , And greeted the buds . of the waking Spring With a j oy we know not now ; For life hath its winters cold and hosi , Sat their frosts can form no gem ; And the Spring may breathe on oar hearts no more , Bat it still returns to them . They are waging o ' er < mr hamlet roofs , They * re bending o'er , our de&d , And the odours breathed from his satire groves Ob the exiled heart they shed ; lite him who $ sz * d on his country ' s pahn , By the palace-circled Seine , Till the Pagod Twee in the wanderer ' s dream , And the Ganges rolled again .

      How sweet in onr childhood ' s ear they spoke , For we knew their Toices well , When far in onr western hills they woke , Of the coming Spring to tell ; But now they send us a sadder soond , On the wind of Autumn eyes , For it murmurs of wisdom more profound , Bat it tell * of withered leaves . 0 , snch -were the Dryad tones that rose In the Grecian woods of old , And-tba voice from the I M ***! wilderness , Taat the conqueror ' s fete foretold ; For many a minstrel ' s dream h&A birth In the sound * of leaf and bretsa , And the early oracles of earth , Were the old complaining Trees . FaASCESBsova

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      AMEBICA TO ENGLAND . BT THJE LATJB 'WASH 15 GI 05 ALSTOJi AD hail r thon noble land , Out fathers' native soil ! O stretch thy mighty land , Gigantic grown by toll , O'er ihs-rart AUanUe ware to onr shore ; For Shou , with magic might , Canst reach to where the light Of PtcBbns travels bright The world o ' ez .

      The genius of onr clime , From Ma -pine-embataed steep , Shall hail the great sublime , While the tritons of the deep With their conch the kindred league shall proclaim Then , let the world combine , O ' er the main onr aaval line lake the milky-way shall thine Bright in fame 2 Thongh ages long hare passed Sines our fathers left their home , Their pilot but the blast , O'er TmtraTelled seas to roam , Yet lives the blood of England in onr reins 1 And shall we not proclaim That blood of honest fame , Which no tyranny can t ^^ np To its chains ?

      While the language free and bold Which the bard of Aron aung , In which onr Milton told How the vanlt of heaT * n rung , WhEn Satan , blasted , fell with hia host ; While this , with reverence meet , Ten thousand echoes greet , And from rock to rock repeat Bound onr coast ; While tie manners , while the arts , That mould a nation ' s aonl , StaB cling around our hearts , Between let oceans roll , Our bright communion breaking with the sun Yet still from either beach , The roice of Kooi shall reach , More audible tha-w speech"' We areone "

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      ASHTOK-URDFR-liTKB . —The strike which took place here some weeks since has at length terminated—the masters having acceeded to the claims of ihe men of four different firms ; and at one of the firms , namely , Messrs . Hall and Co ., of Carrierlane , all the weekly hands hare bees advanced ten per cent , in their "wages , withont the . masters eren bein ? asked to do so . The Ephmers and rovers of the same firm bare also been advanced ten per cent ., and every obnoxious rnle abolished in the Mill . There sn some other firms yet , who are still Below the list pnblished by tie men , but there i 3 eTery reason to believe that they will accede to the request of the men without allowing them to rtrike .

      SSEEFIEIiP—Attempt to blow cf the Globe "WOHKS , OF MTSSTtp . JBBETSOS , SHALES MOOB . —On Satnrday night , about ten minnte 3 past twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of Shales Moor , were thrown into a state of great alarm by a tremenduous txploson at the premises of the Messrs . Ibbetson , extensive cutlers and file mannfacnirer ? . On arriral at the spot , the saeke and the Teanous smell vi&s truly intolerable . The amount of damage could not be well ascertained ; bnt on visiting it the next morning , it was evident that but for the strong nature of the building , the destruction would bare been very great . The premises are extensive , the front , consisting of two wings and a centre ( which is used for a dwelling )

      is built of massy stone work ; and the left wing is the principal vfarehonse . Bj the eellar underneath this , it appears , the entrance was made ; as there were found in the Trindovr a knife , some matches , and a part of a gas pipe , snpposed to be plugged , and filled with combustible materials . The ¦ windows aid frames of the cellar , and the iron stanchion , were clown to atoms ; and pieces blown out of the Bolid stone as if it had been blasted ; the whole of the windows and the frames of the left wing were likewise destroyed , and great fissures are risible in the stone vrori ^ where the explosion had forced away the cemeaj . la the dwelling part tie Ehock must hare been tremendous ; as several panes were shaken out . In the interior the damage is much less than might

      be expected j a portion of the Scoring of the file warehouse , and the passage leading to the ' cutler ' s shop , has been blorrn up ; but the amount of damage has not yet been ascertained . There is no suspicion , nor any else to the perpetrators at present . The cause of the attempt seems to be a mystery , although xntnonr attributes it to the odium that attaches to Mr . lbbet = on as an employer . He is » leading man srooEg the Methodists , and the great gun of the"freebootera" z his works is a refuge for all ouilaics , or taen -who vriH not join the Union ; and who are v ? 0 Tk ing considerably under the general prices of the towa . It is said too that he took advantage of the late

      depression and went to the Board of Guardians , and caused men who were receiving parish relief to be compelled to work for his prices or perish for want . Several of his workmen ( file cutters ) of late haTe had ineir windows broken . One thing is certain , and it is as lamentable as it is trne , that among the thousands who risited ihe ^ cene of des truction , All seemed to rejoice . . No regret ^ except that the ^ exasiation -was not complete—or , to use their own expression , ** that it "was a pity that the ¦ whole concern was net blown orer the church , " which is at the other side of the road . What a state of Bociety to be in , -when Bnch is the feeling of woikmen towards their employers .

      AsoTHiB " Blowisg VT . "~ 0 n Friday week , the TiarGeijing shop of Mr , Padgin , = aw manufacturer , of Howard-itreet , was blown up in the following teaseer : —A large piece of iron piping , of two-inch bore , -was plugged securely at both ends , and the middle filled with gunpowder : a hole was drilled in the centre , through which tie powder was fired , xhe resistance -was so great that the explosion was tremendou s . The pipe was rent to pieces , and the roof of the ihop partly blown off , and the place otherwise mnch injured . There is no clue as yet to ihe parties engaged in the transaction .

      Maxkg Cokmok Blades— "Cast Steel " . —On Tuesdj . j , Mr . John Pearce , manufacturer , appeared before the Magistrates to answer au information for causing blades of common steel to be marked " cast Bteel " . Mr . Wilson appeared for the prosecution ; iir . Palfreyman and Mr . Hoole for the defence . ?* appeared that eighteen dozen of knife-DlideB had been seized ( baring been fraudulently aarked ) on Mr . Pearce ' s premises , by -which he fcad fflcorred a penalty of ^ £ 120 . The information * ad the sefzoie of the goods on the premises having

      Y ^ D-proTed , Mr . Palfrejman took two objections , first , » that the act did not tike cognizance of the Marking , except it conld bs prored that it took place prerious to the bona fide sale to the user . " Second , " ihat the defendant had not the goods for * he purpose of sale . " " As he was a seller of mannactured good =, ana these were in an unfinished g ate , the * Beech or-: rruled the objection . Joseph Beeley prored that he marked the goods falsely and knowingly ; but that it was by the orders of Mr . obsoa , Mr . Pearce ' s son-in-law and maEazer . He

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      was cross-examined at great i ? d&h and . x * c * me oat that Mr . Pearce , after the brw ^ ^ «^ ^ ' son ' a spurions goods , in Paradise Sq : ^ - ^^ S ™ him orders not to mark any more . Ser ^ witnesses were called , who prored that Mr . Peart * * J . ot know of the goods being bo marked , and the «»»?• trates dismissed the case , but refused Peart " ^ costs , telling him that he got rery well off , * ? £ * had more witnesses than the prosecution ; and thaiv as it appeared in the case that great numbers of manufacturers were in the habit of marking their goods falsely—if , after that notice , any of them were . brought before them , they "would hare no hesitation in conricting in the highest penalty .

      Thb Tjudes . —The Type Foiraelers are still out , the masters baring determined to tiy 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 np their cause warmly , and places their wrongs before the public in the proper light . The table knife blade makers still continue out ; many of the masters saying that the advance sought for is more than they can afford to give .

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      Suicide . —Mr . Conry , of Athy , in a fit of derange ment , hung himself from a tree near CarJow . Age op Trees —The mahogany tree is full grown in 200 years . Cypress trees are known to be 800 orSOO years oJd . iKcfiNDiAHiSM . —A few nights ago a hay-rick , the property or Messrs . Malcolrason , of Majfield , in the county of Waterford , was burned . Redaction or Rkkt . —Thomas Ribbons Barnes , of Tennesse House , Clough-jordon , Eiq ., bas made an abatement of fifteen per cent , in the rents to his tenantry . Raixwat News . —A general printing offlee is talked of being established at Derby , for the purpose of printing railway tickets , ticket books , and forms for all railways .

      Of 2 fxtuke iw MBNi—A man ' s nature runs either to herbs or weedB ; therefore let him seasonably water the one , and destroy the other —Bacon . [ Our P . D . irquirea to which class the ladles belong—the herbs « the weeds ?] Spbikg Again . —One of the venerable chestnut trees in the Abbey-churchyard at Tewkeabury lately put forth new leaves , and has now a number of fine blossoms upon it Imperishable Beead . —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 , in presence of the Mayor , and found perfectly good .

      The Bclisg Passion . —The Richmond Star states that a woman in that city came so near dying from intemperance , that her friends had a shroud made for her , presuming that she could not lire long . She , however , recovered ; and the first thing she did was to sell the shroud for liquor . : MxjBDSBors Assaitlt . —A man named Goghlan , in the vicinity of Lorrha , having a dispute with others respecting a bog or turf bank , at Redwood , was beaten bo severely about the head , which is fractured , that there are no hopes of his recovery . MocRxxtTL Catastbophe . —Last week , the men employed at Woodbead , in cutting the tunnel for the Manchester and Sheffield railway , wtre mneh alarmed by the falling-in of some portion of the roof . Three of the men were getting supper jnst under the roof , which fell in about two o ' clock at night , and the men were killed on the spot .

      ' ¦ Axabmis g Sacrifice l "—The correspondent of a Liverpool paper states that a mercartile firm in Edinburgh has built a vault for the burial of the persons who die in their employ . The house is an extensive drapery establishment The Water Witch . —Lieutenant Stone , R . N ., one of the harbour-masters of the port of London , who recently raised the Apollo , has also succeeded in removing the wreck of the Water Witch . "A Bsal Blessisc to Mothers . " —A few days ago the wife of Richard JoneB , a forgeman , of Closeley , was safely delivered of four fine children—three boys and one girl—who are all doing well The poor man ia in very indigent circumstances , he having earned only 9 a . par week for the last three months .

      SrsjxrNG Proop of Distress ix the JJ . et . bopolis—A vast number of the 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 spparal , nor upon any perishable articles of domestic furniture , such as looking glasses , articles of vertu , < ks . Experiments oh light M . Breguet has announced that he has completed an apparatus , composed of three mirrors , which cause three successive reflections of the solar light , and are aet in motion by a mechanism , which imparts to them the enormous spe&d 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 paiticularly the theory of Newton upon Its emission , and that of Euygena , Young , and 3 > e Fresnel , on ita nndulatiuaw 4 * ft # r . n * uTn

      AiSACLT . —A few nights ago a man named James Ryan , living &t Bonrnea , within a short distance of Roscrea , was , on his return home , way-laid by three strangerB , who , he supposes , were hired for the purpose ; they beat him in a savage manner and then left him . StDDEU Death . —The wife of a captain in the 3 rd Regiment of the line died in a bath in the Rue du Colysee , last week . The attendant , becoming alarmed at the length of time she retnak . d , opened the door , and found ber a corpse—it i « supposed from congestion of the brain . All for Lot e . —Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey , inheritor of Tiwstock Court , Banstaple , the ancient seat of the family from whom his name and title are derived , has feeen united in the holy bands of Wedlock , to Miss -Coles , the daughter of a labouring man , who / ormeriy -worked , and wm the keeper of a lodge , on the Baronet ' s domains .

      Murder . —An irqneBt was held on the body of Michael Kdly , of Foxwood , barony of Ballintubber . It appears that an altercation had arisen between the deceased and others , and the result was that the same party waylaid him in the evening , and beat him so dreadfully as ta cause his death . The verdict of the jury was wilful murder , and the accused parties have absconded . XTsxaturax ScorsDRELS- —Within the last fortnight , the Board of GuardianB of St . Marylebone pariBb have pnbliely offered a reward of two guineas each for the apprehension of no fewer than seventeen fathers of families -who have deserted their wives and children . More than 190 individuals have thus become chargeable to Msrylebone parish .

      The " Wife of Gotttho : ? . —Marie Brnnel , formerly the wife of the too-celebrated member of the National Convention , Couthon , died on the 17 th of Sfcpt , at Cler * mont , aged 78 . After tht , death of Couthon , a son of whom is now living , she married & M . Charreyre , by whom she has had several children . Fudge !—Prince Hohenlohe , of whom we heard nothing for some time , is stated in a letter from Insprnch . to have performed , by prayer , some new miracles tkere during the last month- Among the persons stated to have bven cured , were the dauehttr of a

      Counsellor of tfee Court of Appeal or the Tyrol , after a painful illntis of three years , and a ¦ woman of fiftyfive , vrtio bad been for seven years iffi . cted with paralygiB . COMPLI 5 IEKTART . — Wood Pavement in Preston . —Tee Town Council of Pxeston have determined on laying down wood pavement in the immediate vicinity of the Town Hall . —[ if certain of our municipal Solona ¦ would onJy lay their heads topelher , something of the kind might easily be accomplished in Lancaster , without cost to the rate-payers . !—Lancaster Guardian . .

      Fmigbatiox—According to the last reports received \ j l / . ecteaant Lynch , R . N ., government emigration agent btie , addressed to the Colonial Land and Emigration ConnoisKoners , London , by A . C . Buchanan , Eiq , povetnnierit agent-general fox emigration to Canada , at Quebec , emplojmtnt for operatives and labourers continned Ecarce in the Lower Province , and the newly arrived emigrants had great difficulty in procuring work . Death from Arsejuc— Samuel Howlett , about 18 years of a ? e , in ths employ of Mr . Edward Sberingham , of Westacre , Norfolk , was on Thursday fully committed for trial to Norwich Castle , by Sir W . FoikfcS , charged with having administered to Ellen Jervis , his . Mlow-servant , at her own rtquest , a certain quantity of arsenic , with the intention of producing a miEcarrisge , from the effects of ¦ which she died . Thus . Williamson was committed as an accessory before the tact

      Sporting Locomotives—No Ubb than nine hates have teen killed near OddinxJy , within the last fortnight , by the trains on the Birmingham Railway , and on the morning of Tuesday -week a Bhephard ' s dog was found lying upon tlie 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 still live , but it was speedUy put out of ita misery . BtTTER without Chursing . —A cow , the property of Mr . W . Smith , of Whittlesea , has been regularly milked for the last twelve months , but during the last thirteen weeks , after standing for two meals as usual , the cream when taken off has changed gradnallj to butter , without the assistance of a churn of any description and when made np , is considerably firmer than any ' other butter at this Beason of the year . Strange as tids may appear , itia an . indisputable fact—Stamford Paper .

      Novel use of Bareack Loop-boles . —The Kerry Examiner alleges that a gentleman who had been lately ¦ walking by the Tralee barracks , baring inquired of a soldier regarding the use of the loop-boles which were lately made , received as an answer , that they were excellent contrivances for smnggUng whiskey to the men when the gates were closed . Popular Appiauss . —The people are a set of masters whom it is not in a man ' s power in every instance fully to please and at the same time faithfully to serve . Be that is resolved to persevere without a deviation in the line of truth and utility , must hare learned to prefer tte still whisper of enduring approbation to the short-lived bustle of tumultuous applause . j

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      Alderman Magnay has been elected by the llvery-| men of the City aa Lord Mayor for the ensuing year . I What ' s iw a Name ?—Hotels and public-houses I have a phraseology of their » wn . On an Inquest some years since on the body of a gentleman who died suddenly at a ; London hotel , one « f the witnesses , Mr . Boot * , deposed that the chambermaid desired him to ran for a doctor , as " Number Four was in a fit V And at one of the suburban tea-gardens , a waiter , loaded w ?«> a tray containing tea and muffins for twelve , who obire . ' '¦* © olt before the bill was paid , roared out to his ) J > ro * Der attendant—• • Run , run , Bob J there ' s two teas mkJ i (? lass of brandy and water escaping over the paling ; cott Veni- "

      A CautioeL * and Well-guarded Answer . —In the Registration \? ° utt here , the other day , a man was called on to appear - > fla 'witness , and ceuldnot be found . Oa Sheriff Monteith Asking where he was , a grave , elderly gentleman rose n ^ . and with much deliberation and emphasis raid , "My Lord , he ' s gone . " " Gone , gone ! ( said the Sheriff ) wh . ire is he gone ? where ' a M ? " # od knows , " repi ' ed the communicative gentleman , " but he's dead V '—fifa Herald . Vegetable History . —It was . ibout 1595 that we find entered in a household book of ti > e Clifford ' s kept at Skipton Castle , in Yorkshire , & sum of eleven shillings " for six cabbages and some caret roof bought at HulL" These were then imported from Flanders , from whence even Queen Catherine , in the reign of Henry Till ., had her salads . Potatoes and turnips , no far from being a field crop , were not generally known even to the gardener , until the reign of Elinbeth .

      Novel Steam-Ship . —A steam-ship , to be named the Janus , has been laid down at Chatham within the last fortnight , and is being pushed forward with unusual activity . Her length between the perpendiculars is 180 f&et , 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 , bo that she will be enabled to reverse her course without turning , and she is also to bar * boir-aprlta at both stem and stern . It is expected that she will be ready for launching about Christmas next .

      A Living W 05 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 some foreign ¦ vessel , passing near to a part of the Island not yet explored , saw a giant bird of that sisa really walking on the shore . This is one of the few examples , showing that some of the gigantic species of the antediluvian world are yet in existence . The " dodo , " a bird whose foot is preserved in the British Museum , and which was found alive 280 years ago at the Isle of France , 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 you know what you have been doing ? " " Yea sir , " the boy replied , 111 have been keeping pigs for Mr . Sunyard . " Goethe . —A . new work on Goethe has appeared at Dresden , by Dr . Corns , a court physician of that place , entitled " Contributions to a better Understanding of Gontae . " It has created a stir among the many admires of the great poet as containing several unpublished letters , and conversations held by him with the author .

      EXTRAORDINART CAPTURE OF A HIGHWAY ROBber . —A man named Britten , who , in the year 1825 , was . leader of a gang of ruffians in the county of Somerset ; one of whose companions was execute'd at Taunton gaol , in August , 1827 ; has been arrested at Waliham , in JLeicestershire for participation in the crime for which his companion was hung . He bad become ahorse-dealer , and amassed a considerable sum of money . He will be tried at the next Somerset assizes on tbe capital charge . Diabolical attempt at Assassination . —At the Marlborough-street Police-office , on Monday last , Wilbbam Stilspn , a native of Berlin , aged thirtyfour years , and by trade a ladies' shoemaker , residing at No . 4 , Beutinck-street , Soho , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Lone , charged with attempting to murder Mr . Peter Keim , of No . 42 , Dean-street ,

      Soho , boot and shoe manufacturer by stabbing him with a knife . HiB victim , who was too severely wounded to appear , had been taking supper with the prisoner ; they had parted when Stilson Btealtbily followed Keim , and stabbed him ia 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 rathe wound , *• so that the wound should have been large enough to let all his bowels out . " He formerly lodged at Mr . Keim ' s house , and on leaving there , about five 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 Persons Drowned in the River . —About a onarter before ten on Sunday night , as coustable T 4 S B was on duty near the white House Tavern , Chelsea , a boat passed by towards Vauxhall-bridge , in which was a party laughing and shouting ; presently after a splashing was heard in tbo water , followed by tbe shrieks 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 state , and conveyed to the Red House , where every attention was paid to them . Two other young men , one the son of a respectable tradesman va Stangato , Lambeth , had , however , sunk , and both perished . Tho boat ( a skiff ) was found keel uppermost ; it is supposed to have been upset from contact with a buoy .

      Glasgow . — An extensive failure in the wholesale grocery trade took place here this week . The debts , which we understand are between £ 60 , 000 and £ 80 , 000 areprincipally due to parlies in town . —Glasgow Saturday Post . Ihquesi . —On Saturday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington , Canon-street , St . George ' s in-the- £ ast , on the body of Mr . James Flood Beale , aged 25 , a Custom-house officer . It appeared by the evidence of James Robinson , ship ' keeper on board the Agnes , lying at the South Quay of theLondon-docks , that thedeceased was doing duty

      onboard that ship . On Thursday night , about halfpast 10 o ' 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 gono overboard . He ran upon deck , and finding the deceased not there , and tbe noise of struggling in the water , he threw out a rope towards the spot whence the noise proceeded , but it being so 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 minutes , and conveyed to the police-station of the Dock , where every means were used to restore animation , but without effect .

      The Ploughman of the Fourteenth Century . —The term ploughman did not bear , in the days of Chaucer , exactly the signification it does at present . In the statuteof 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 firBt , carters and ploughmen , were not merely labourers , but also men of some little capital . In the " parliament of Fowles , " the expression , " the carter dremeth how his cartes gone , " seem 3 to imply that the cartB were his own property . But Sthe

      ploughman of Chaucer , tho brother of the Personne , paid tithes ; and the very fact of his engaging in the gay expedition , riding on his own mare , shows that he was an independent man . He answers , therefore , rather to the small renting farmer of our days than to the labourer ; the chief difference being , that he paid his rent in occasional service instead of money , and cultivated his farm chkfly with the assistance of his family , or with a very few ofthe lower classes of labourers entirely dependant upon him , and perhaps making a part of his family , —Hippisley on Early English Literature .

      Church-yards . —There is one reflection which is certain to obtrude itself on our minds , while roaming through thesilent foot-paths of a church-yard , viz .: — " The brevity of human existence . " But when we properly look into the subject , we must confess that the limits of our career depend in a great degree upon ourselves , If we were all to copy the example of Parr , and avail ourselves of his sovereign remedy , we should soon behold a decided change , and instead often , " "twenty , " "thirty , " "forty , " and "fifty " yoars being inscribed on the tombstones , we should find the average years of mankind one hundred years of age at least . How desirable a change !

      A Real "Snarly Yew . " —A person of Plymouth haviDg a dog which frequently bit him , he determined on ridding himself of it , and therefore gave it away tosome dog-fighting shoemakers , who kept it in such a state of starvation , that the poor thing would often Teturn 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 witnessing the cadaverous state of the dog , to put it out of its misery . For this purpose they proceeded to bang it to a tree , on a moonlight night ; and , to do the deed more effectually , one of the executioners ( a very heavy man ) , suspended himself to his hind legs for some seconds ; after

      which it was cut down , and dragged a long distance to a heap of stable dung , Wherein a large bole was dug , and it was buried . Incredible , however , as it may appear , the dog was found next day seated at its accustomed place at the inn , to the amazement of those who had the night before been its gravemakers I ** Spring" had walked into the inn , and began lickiDg and playing about the landlord , a 3 was his practice when in search of food , the restoration of life in the aaimal having been occasioned by the warmth of the dung-heap . Better fare is now in prospect for thepoor brute ; for the pleasure the parties felt in acting as hangmen is now changed to a delight in attending to its comforts . —West Briton .

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      r . ™ ,. ! P 0 N THAT PicruRB . » -On Sunday night a h , ^ L woma 2 named Maria . Hood , living with her £ ?^ i 5 ? lAttiiM la Cross-street , Shadwell-markct i committed smpide by Bwaliowjng a large quan-S&in ^ - *^ *? 111 " 11 8 he bad Procured & the % Wk be S ! ¥ ? day at * » emistfs shop in Rat-SS'W ^ Ti . W ** khafc & * ^ ceased , who subUt to ? fcf ^ ° r Mldren « had W *« pofey of heSe ^ SK ^ " ^^ ° ' *" « f mS * £ 1 ? -ThoGrand Duke Michel arrived SSSSLrS rP ^ J **** the brothe * the « ™ 1 T ? . » - f ' fotf ton *; " and like all other royal pests , " ia of course to be entertained bv "

      gracious « ueen , » at tho country's expense . The S ^ afn / &JS ' " Banq « eta upon a splendid K 5 ^ Sa '^ ft ?* - e < iUaI , 8 ° rgeo « 9 magnificence to the grand entertainments given by the Sovereign to celebrate thechristehing of his Royal Highnesi the h ri ^ S £ V ^ VWH : be given iy her Majesty ? v inf »? ° ' ? , of h 8 ImPe » al Highness , who , it is S' V , ? ain afc the Castle untU Friday next . k There . ' what does it matter if Maria Hood , living in thei un-aristocratio region of Shadwell—a ESK 2 ^ , ^ e Queen's" metropolis she never heard 22 £ L * * " f . Ilfaood- ; takes the Ratoliff highway chemist ' s " oxaliq add , " because ehe seea no way ¦ P * " - " ?? biead f or her children : what does it matter , if this Grand Duke can be banquetted at the cost of the nation I

      The Parliament . —At the Privy Council , holden on Monday ; it was ordered that the Parliament should be lurther prorogued until Thursday , the 14 th day of . November . J Attempt to escape from Stirling Castle . — Death of a Soldier . —Between Wednesday evening and . lhursday 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 rock , nearly 100 fees in perpendicular height , named the * Lady's-look-out . " This rash act , which is supposed to have been committed while in a state of intoxication , was not observed ; but in the morning , on some of the men looking over the parapet , his lifeless 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 Gnardians , 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 the relief of the poor . Thornton ' s name has become the synonyms 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 .

      Fatal Accibent .- ^ Ab Mr , Crawford , brother of f Captain Crawford , of Lisburn , in the county Down , was driving in a gig from Banbridge to Newryto spend some time with his friends , the horse ran away , inconsequence of a dog of the bull species tied to tho axletree biting the horse ' s heels . The unfortunate gentleman jumped out of the gig , and alighting ou his head was killed instantly . Mr . Crawford's servant , who accompanied him ia the gig , retained his position for some time after this catastrophe , when the horse fell and was killed . The § ig was shattered , and the servant so seriously hurt mt there are but slight hopes entertained of his

      recovery . Antiquities . —A valuable discovery of objects of antiquity has just been made by M . Bouteral , inspector of riyera and forests in the crown forest of Cornouot ( Fjfiisterre ) , not far from the chateau of that name , which is now in ruins . After removing a large mass of earth of a tumular 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 Tvas 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 Gaulio chief .

      Disease and Mortaliit amongst ths Cattle . — Daring the last few Weeks a dreadful disease , which in many cases proved fata ) , 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 cows . 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 d' -ad . Without any previous marked symptoms of the malady , which has proved a serious , and in many cases an irretrievable , loss . to tho owners . The disease amongst the cattle is attributable , in a great degree , to the close badly-ventilated places in which they are shedd&d .

      An orr-ANDOUT Liberal . —A parson named Dufr , residing in Pultney Town , described as a renovator of old clothes , appealed against a charge made by the assessor for a dog , alleged to be kept by him . He was asked by the board if he did not keep a dog ; '' Keep a dog" indignantly exclaimed Mr . Duff ; " No J d ' ye think I'd keep a dog to support the present ministry ? I should think not !" ( Roars of laughter . ) The assessor not being able to rebut the statement of Mr . Duff , the appeal was sustained on reference to his oath . —Brighton GaaHle . ! ' '

      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 not 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 tbe Gazette , " 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 modem civilization . " The Gazette 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 side and 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 weigh 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 op the London and Sheffield Tvpe-founders . —At a meeting of Trades ' Delegates , held at the Craven Head , Drury Lane , on Thursday evening Sept . 28 th . Mr . North , the Secretary , read an account of tho Bums contributed towards the supppon of the Type-founders during their nine weeks strike , which amounted to £ 2 H 7 s . and included contributions from the following trades : —Cigar-maker 8 , 2 d ., £ i 15 =. 5 d . ; Silversmiths , £ 519 s . lOd . ; Music-printers , £ \ 7 s . 6 d . ; Pressmen , ^ 10 s . ; Carvers and Gilders , £ 5 ; Independent Carp , nters ,

      £ 3 ; Engineers , £ 8 ; upwardsol jglUUfrom the Jfounderies , and other donations from the Teetotallers , Ladics ' -shoemakers , &o . From a paper exhibited by the Secretiiy , it was proved that from " mimken 'to " pica" the masters had reduced the wages of the men 35 per cent . ; that from " English" to " canon " and " five-line" work , they had made a reduction of 50 and 75 per cent . ; and that the wages for fancy and figure work had been reduced 35 percent . It further appeared that there were in London 90 , and in Sheffield 80 men on the strike . One ofiho men on

      strike produced a portion of a newspaper containing a statement ' relative to Mi ' . Wilson having seut round to the 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 . Barbarie Dodd , Fredericks , Thompson , Parsons , and others , addressed the meeting at grsat length ; and gave a most heartrending accoun t , of the tyranny of the employers , and of the Bufferings of the men . From those

      addresses it appeared that during the nine weeks of the men ' s strike they have not bad more than 3 a . a-week each man for Mb support , and that of his family . That many were obliged to walk the streets , their goodB having been seized for rent , and that others were compelled to steal away their furniture to i 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 , and by tnur reDreflentations prevented their being relieved , in

      consequence of their Wretched , starved condition a few were compelled to rat , and succumb to their masters , but there were at least 100 men fully resolved to resist to the death the tyranny of their masters . Other representations of the speakers showed that the turn-outa were completely reduced to starvations point t and that unless assisted by tae other trades they would be compelled to yield to tne rapacity of the masters , who were making cent , per cent , by their labour , while they Were robbing them by uncalled for and unexpected reductions , denounced by eveH the very printers , who deolared that they made nothing by such reductions . Muefl desultory conversation followed the speeches , whion resulted in a general and unqualified resolve of the trades to support the typefounder * . After wbicfi the meetin g adjourned ..

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      IntTEfittgyf pp the Late Sib Mathew Wood . — On Saturday evt ^ wg tbe remains of the deceased were removed ffpm Iviataoa , near Gloucester , the 3 eat of Dr . Maddy , to the family residence a ? Hatherley , a distance of about five miles . Every tbing was ^ ducted with ] the greates t privacy , direstions to wat effect having been left in wiiting by the de £ * ased . The inscription on the coffin was simply : — "Mathew Wood , Bar onet , "BernJuneS , 1768 , " Died September 25 , x 843 . At ten o'clock on Monday morning week , a hearse drawn by four horses , and followed by . three mourning carriages , containing the relatives of the deceased baronet , left the mansion house , and proceeded to the parish church of Hatherley , 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 , rector of St . Peter's , Cornhill , as chief mourner . The deceased ' s two other sons , Mr . ; Western Wood and Mr . W . P . Wood * together ! with his two brothersand Dr .

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

      Charge of Poisonjwg a Wifs to fbocube Abortion . —At Worship Street Police Court , on Thursday , Sept . 28 th , William Haynes , a respectable oil and colourman in Martha-Btreet , Hygerstone , was brought up , charged with the above offence . From the evidence of la surgeon , it appeared that the prisoner had , upon several occasions within the previous fortnight , given his wife dO 3 es of sulphate of potass , which he had administered in quantities as large as two ounces at a time , with the view of making her miscarry . She had taken two ounces at ten o ' clock on Wednesday night ; which excited sickness in a terrible degree j she gradually sank under its effects ! till three o ' clock on 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 . ThiB book the officer found in a drawer in the prisoner ' s house . The prisoner was remanded for a week , to await the result of the coroner ' s inquest and post mortem examination . —At the adjourned inquest on the body of Mary Haynes , who is alleged to have died from tbe effects of a large quantity of sulphate of potass , administered by her husband for the purpose' of procuring abortion , a verdict of "Wilful murder " was returned by the Jury against the husband , Wm . Haynes ; and the Coroner issued hia warrant for his committal to Newgate .

      Disastrous Shipwrecks and Loss of Life . — Information was received at Lloyd ' s Coffee-house on Monday ofthe loss ofthe undermentioned vessels at sea : —The schooner Princess Augusta of Lunenburg , 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 . Ona of the ; crew , a young man named James Sponagle , was the only person who was saved , and he succeeded in lashing himself to the wreck with a rope , and thus saved his life . The schooner Margaret , of Gloucester , fortunately passed the wreck 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 . JThe Caledonian ( an American ship ) , during a dreadful storm ou the 18 th ult ., at eight o ' clock in the ; evening , whilst ou her voage from New York for Cet | e , endeavoured to escape the fury of the storm by taking shelter in that port , but owing to the violence of the storm was obliged to enter by another way , namely , the small passage , where she struck and lost her rudder , by which she became unmanageable , and after being drifted about for some time , at I length struck on the rocks and went to pieces . Fortunately the whole of the crew were saved . The Aire , of North Shields , Btruok on a rock near Bridsand , coast of Norway , whilst on her passage from Archangel to London , oh the 7 th

      of last month , it appears that the master and crow remained with the ivessel two nights , when she was got off the rook with three feet of water ia her hold and in a rapidly sinking Ptate , when the Hannah More , Captain Blockbarn , from Onega for London , happened to be passing , and took the crew and and master on board . The Brit sh schooner Rebecca , Captain Sawyer , whilst on her voyage from Honduras for NewfOrleans , was wrecked on Tertugas . The vessel was entirely lost , and the crew and cargo were taken to Key West . The Ellen , Captain Carey , from Halifax for Buotouohe , waa dragged from her anchors , off Marie Joseph , on the 30 th of August last , during very rough weather , and was lost ; the master and crew were fortunately saved , and taken to Halifax in the Isabel .

      The Canadian Exiles . —By the following notice from the Kingston \ Chronicle , of the 2 ud of Sept ., it would appear that ! her Majesty ' s Government has abandoned proceedings against Mr . Papineau of a criminal nature , for the part he took iu the rebellion : — " Yesterday morning , Mr . Buchanan , Queen ' s Counsel , entered a noUi prosequi in the cases of Louis Papineau , Edmund B . O'Callagan , and Thos . Storrow Brown , implicated ; in the late insurrections in this country . " ! A BaiJTAL Punishment . —A private of the Scots Greys underwent the punishment of being flogged at the Barracks Riding School , Ipswich , a few days since . It appears the offence of the man , who is an Irishman of the name of Dogherty , was threatening to shoot his corporal ; this being the second time of his uttering the threat . The fortitude with -which he received his dreadful punishment was astonishing : having received one ! hundred and forty lashes without a groan or a cry escaping his lips .

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      Liverpool Corn i Market , Monday , October 2 . —Since this day se'anight we have bad a fair supply of Irish Wheat and Oatmeal ; of other articles of the trade the arrivals are of light amount . About 2 , 400 quarters of foreign Wheat got up to the 17 s . per quarter duty , and were released : the rate * f impost is now 183 ^ and on Oats 73 . per quarter . There has been a steady trade in Wheat , and we quote both old and new 2 d . per bushel dearer than at the close of last week : fine runs of Irish new red have been sold at 7 $ . to 7 b . 3 d . ; a little very choice has brought 7 s . 4 d . per 701 bs . Sack Flour has met a good demand , at an advance of Is . per 2801 bs . No change in the value of Oats ; the market has been bare of new . best runs of which are worth 2 s . 6 d . to

      2 * . 7 d . per 451 bs . New Meal 21 s . 6 d . to 22 s . per load ; several parcels of old Meal have been taken by the trade at 19 a . ti > 203 . per 2401 ba . We have no alteration to report : as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . A small lot ; of Irish new Barley has appeared , the quality good ; it sold at 4 s . 7 d . per 601 bs . i ** i Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Sept 30 . —We have again to report an active demand for prime English and Irish Flour throughout the week , and , the supplies continuing extremely scanty , very full prices were realized for the few parcels which appeared . A fair inquiry was likewise

      experienced for both old and new Oatmeal at our previous q-aotaiioBS . From Ireland the imports into Liverpool and Runcbrn are this week liberal ; whilst those Coastwise or Foreign are very lijrht . At our market this morning the business done in the best qualities of Wheat was at fully the currency of this day se ' nnight ; but inferior met a dull sale and was the turn cheaper . The continued scarcity of choice Flour caused a further improvement in the value of approved marks of English and Irian , of Qd to Is . per 2801 bs to bo obtained . In either old or new Oatmeal no change ban be noted ; and for Oats the demand was moderate at about former prices .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday Oct . 2 nd .-Although the attendance of buyers was rather numeroua , the demand for Wheat was far from brisk . However , it may be considered steady , and ui almost every transaction the prices obtained . oa Monday last were maintained by the factors , while a good clearance was effected . For selected quantites of foreign red and white the sale was steady . Of English Barley malting parcels supported late prifes , bnt all other kinds bad a downward tendency-say of Is per qr . Some difficulty was experienced in supporting last week ' s quotations for Irish Oata Beans . Peas , ! and Flour , were quite as dear .

      Loddon Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 2 nd . —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 tho middling and inferior kind 3 , of quiteSd per 8 lbs . The primest Scots , however , which formed but a limited portion of the receipts , were takenj at prices about equal to those obtained on Mondayflwt , or from h fid to 33 lOdper 8 ibs . The demand for all kinds of sheep was unusually heavy . Prime old downs , from their scarcity , supported last week ' s currencies j but the longwoolled sheep suffered a depression of quite 2 dper 8 Ibs , without effecting a clearance . Scarcely any sales took place in stock . Calves were again lower to-day by 2 d per 8 ibs . Prime small porkers at late quotations , in other kinds nothing doing .

      Borough and Spital ? ields —The quantity of potatoes on offer is good . The demand may be considered steady , at from £ o 5 s to £ 5 10 per ton .

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      Borougb Hotf » Jd «« . - $ aaVccoa" * 3 refpeoliog tha produce of the present yeai ^ g * . *™ hops continuing unfavourable , the duty has so- ™ ™ . ™ £ . decline , it being called * this morning , o » . * lov . VUO With inferior new hops We are hearily' , snppHed , yet the demand , for even the most 00 k 7 descriptions , in a sluggish state . NeW Kent ^ oosstff are selling at £ 6 to £ 6 16 s ; Sussex , £ 5 IOsk' ^ Sapercwt . . Wool Markets . —The demand for English Mdf Colonial Wool continues steady , at fall prices . Tho imports in ths past week have consisted , of 267 bales from Bombay ; 76 bales from Seville j 171 bales from Hamburgh ; 50 bales from St . Pet 9 * sburgh ; and 1 M 7 balea from Sydney .

      Tallow . —The market looks yery heavy . The large arrivals whioh have come to hand Within the last ten days have , to some extent , been deferred in 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 is 41 s 6 d to 42 s nett cash . Richmond Cobs Market , Saturday ; Sept . 301—We had a large supply of Wheat in our market today , but only thin of other kinds Of Grain : —Wheat from 5 s 6 d to 7 s 3 d . Oats 2 s 4 d to 3 j 6 d . Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d . Beans 4 s 9 d to 5 s per bushel . Liverpool Cajtle Market . —Monday , Oot . 2 . — - We have had a pretty large supply of Cattle at m&rket to day , and a good attendance of buyers . Theprices are the same as last week . Beef 4 d . to 5 d . f Mutton 4 d . to 5 fd .

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      PUNCH'S LIVES OF EMINENT SOOUNDRELS . SCOUNDREL THE SECOND . —C-ESAR . There were several eminent scoundrels of the muns of Cffisar , but the most distinguished one of them all ¦ w as the first who made it notorious—Caiua Julia ? C » 3 ar . Tne reader 1 b probably awpre that J alias Cjbbm wm an ancient Reman * who fiourifibed in the century proceeding the Christian seta , and that be has tbe credit of having been a hero of great renown . Julias Caesar waa a lineal descendant from JEaezs . JEneas was a celebrated vagabond , who ran away front Troy , when , having been set on fire by the Greeks , it became too hot to hold him , and squatted , Fanfcee fashion , in Italy . His depredations in that country , and his other surprising adventures , have been com * memorated by one Tirgil . Roguery runs in families .

      The particulars of Csejar's early life are not known ; but , living in classical times , lie of course received a classical education . Latin was his native tongue ; and we may take it for granted that he spoke Greek ; so that there can be no doubt that he knew as much as the greatest scholar in Oxford knowa He left bis father ' s house , at the early age of fifteen ,, to seek his fortune , like Noryal ; bat be must have been better off than that young Scotchman . Hia first step was to enter the clerical profession . He yta . % made priest of Jupiter in his seventeenth : year , & tender cg 9 even for a Pagan parson .

      Jupiter , however , was not jealous of Mara , so that the Reverend Julius C » 3 ar waa 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 di £ . Nor did bis cloth prohibit bis practising at the bar , where , at a later period , he distinguished hinu : lf highly by defending prisoners ; whereby he got into a g&ed Old Bailey line of business . While still quite a lad , he showed strong symptoms of ambition—that is to say , of a desire te get the lives

      and liberties of his countrymen into his own hands ; a propensity which , having always been observed te occ > aioQ rapine , bloodshed , and other inconveniences in a state , procured him the credit or discredit , of being a dangerous character . Sylla , the Dictator , was aware of this . He bad the power of cutting off anybody's heed if be thought proper ; and it appears that he thought it very proper to cut off Csejar'a . Before he could do that however , it was necessary to catch Csejar , and tecordingly he raised a hue and cry after him . The ; retrospective eye of imagination sees the following handbill extensively posted hi tbe Forum .

      " 1000 Sesterces Reward . " Whereas Caius Julius Cesar , who stands accused of divers high crimes and misdemeanours against the Commonwealth of Rome , and for whose apprehension a warrant hai been issued , has A / 'sc . ondbd ,, by reason whereof the officer charged with'the execution of snch warrant is unable to serve him with the same : This fa to give notice , that the above Reward will be paid to any pei&on who will give such information us will lead to the Apprehension of the said

      CAIFS JULIUS OSSAR , immediately on his being taken into custody . The aforesaid Caesar is of middling height , fair , rather slender in person , and has loBt some of his hair . Age XVIII , or thereabouts , but looks much older . Eyes dark , nosa national . Walks with an erect and stately atep , and is proud and imperious in his bearing . By order of the Dictator , Quintus Fusccs , Writer XX , Suburre /* Bat CCB 3 W contrived to keep wt of BjHsi ^ thongli | not exactly out of harm ' s way ; for , in avoiding him , he i fell , in a manner , into Charybdis—into the hands of pirates . He lived among tkese people on the most freeand-easy terms for some time ; and we may suppose [ that their cempany did not much improve his morals . [ He was detained among them from having to send home for his ransom , which they had fixed at twenty : talents . Cee 3 ar , indignant at being prized at that low ; rate , insisted upon giving them fifty—more fool he » remarks the thinking mind . We should have been 1 glad to buy Cse » r at our price , and to sell him at his

      own . "The pirates , " says Plutarch , " considered murder as a trifle . " In this sentiment CsBsar , no doubt , agreed with them . He used , in chatting with them , to assure them that , when he got out of their dutches , he would come back and crucify their whole gang . They took this threat for a joke ; but it proved to be no joke , at 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 snuffed out , Caasar returned to Rome , intending ( by anticipation ) to play Cromwell or Richard the Third , if necessary ! that is , to make himself master of everybody , and not to stick at trifles in so doing .

      He commenced operations by a system of wholesale bribery and corruption , which might astonish even a Reformed Parliament He gave a series of magnificent dinners to the elite of the patrician circles , and treated the mob to all sorts of plays , games , sights , and spectacles . Having gone throueh several minor offices , Csa 3 ar was made Chief Pontiff ot Atchnmbag . Next be became Pitator ( originally a sort of Krmin Lord Mayor , ) and then he was sent over to Spain as Governor , to steal for the benefit of bis country . This mission he so effectually discharged , as not only to fill the general coffers , but likewise the pockets of hia . soldiers—if tbe Ancient Romans bad pockets ; and , last not least , h ' s own also . This was one way , if not a " New" one , to " pay Old Debts . "

      It was customary among the Romans to reward f ha most daring and successful thief of the gang which they nationally composed , with the dignity of Consul . Csesar coveted this distinction ; and to help himself thereto , very cleverly made cats'paws of Pompey and Crassus who were then the most powerful men , and , next to himself , the greatest rogues in Rome : and whawere playing the same game , though not such a deep one , ca his own . He particularly took in Pompey , by offering him hia daughter Julia ( who was engaged at the time to somebody else ) in marriage . Pompey bit ; and in return got Cfflsar appointed to the government of Gaul , with four legions . Had CsBsar been his schoolmaster , aad bad he presented him with a bundle of birch twigs , he could not have done a wiser trick . Here was Csescr setting up the trade of a tyrant , and only wanting what Pompey supplied him With—tools .

      Away went Caesar , at the head of these rascals , to Gaul , to educate them in the art of throat-catting among the natives ; a > d since , in the course of less than ten years , ha " 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 another million prisoners , " it must be admitted that he gave them a pretty good schooling . A full , true , and particular account and confession of these atrocities ,-inclusive of his outrages upou -this country , has been left us by himself in bis " Commentaries . "

      Thieves are generally devoted to a leader who fiuda them plenty of plunder . So when , at last , an opening at Rome was . offered for rebellion , and treason seemed likely to look up , of which circumstances Ca »< ar thought fit to avail himself , his soldiers gladly followed him , to attack their own country . He subdued Italy , invaded Rome , where ( to theit great content , no doubt ) he rollbed 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 Cffijar but in the second and last , Cieaar baat Pompey . This little skirmish occurred on tbe plains of Pbarsalia ,. whereon Ccesar had the satisfaction of leaving between seventeen and eighteen thousand of his countrymen dead .

      He theu chased Pompey to Egypt , where he found that he had been murdered—rather an agreeable aut » prise . He killed a few thousands of people , not worthmentioning v ia . Egypt , and a greatmany more in Amu . and Spaia , la putting down those troublesome fellows , Cato , SoipiOv Juba , and tha yonng Pompeys . At length , he retwned in triumph to Borne , whose population , thanka to himself , had been reduced from 320 , 800 to 150 , 00 ft The remainder ^ to r eward him far all the good he had done , created him perpetual Wetator ; which honour he did no * long erijoy , betog asSassina ^ d ( March 15 , B . G , 44 , aged S 6 > , in the { senate bouse , by Messrs . Brutaa . Caaaius , and Company j certain pattiotia gentlemen who envied his Incfe /

      . ; _ > The character of C »» r displayed all that extrayaganB generosity which those usually exhibit who . « W »* they get , and that disposition to universal gallantry , lor which heroes of lesser note , as Mr . Richard Turpiu and Mr . John Sheppard , have been remarkable .

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    • 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-ncseproduct671/page/3/