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      QOD HELP THE POOS . God help the poor , "who on this wintry mom Come forth of alleys dim , ; and courts obscure ! fiod help yon poor , pale girl , who droopB forlorn , And meekly her affliction doth eninreI God help tbe outcast lamb ! aha trembling stands , AH van her lips , and frozen red her hands ; Her sunken eyes are modestly downcast ; Eer night-black hsir screams on the fitful blastj Her bosom , passing fan , is hslfrereal'd ; - And , 0 ! so eold , the ' snow lies there congeal "d ; Hei feet beiramb'd , her shoes all tent and worn : God help thee , outcast lamb , who stand ' st ferlorn ! God help the poor !

      God help the poor i An infant ' s feeble wail Comes from yon narrow gateway ; and ^ bebold , A female croaching there , so deathly pale , Bnddling her child , to-screenrt from the TOld ! Her Testers scant , her bonnet eroah'd and torn ; A thin shawl doth her baby dear enfold : And . there she bides ; he ruthless gale of morn , Which almost to her heart hath sent . its . cold 1 A"fl now she sadden darts a ravening look * As one -with new hot bread comes past the nook I And , as the tempting load is onward borne , She weeps . God help thee , hapless one-forlorn 1 God help the poor 1

      God help the poor ! Behold yon fimish'd lad ; Ho shoes , nor hose his wottnded feet protect ; "With limping gait , and looks so dreamy sad , fie wanders onward , stopping to inspect Each window storM with articles cf food . He yearns but to enjoy one cheering meal ; ©! - to his hungry palate , viands rade "Would yield a jest the Tumisfa'd only feel J Be no-w devoms a crust of mouldy bread ; Witii teeth p * *^ h » T >< 3 » the precious boon is torji , XFnmindlnl of the storm which round his head Imptfucras sweeps . GoS help thee , child forlorn 1 God help the poor !

      God help the poor I Another have I found , A bowd and venerable man is he ; His xloDeaed hat with faded crape is bound ; His oo&t is grey , and threadbare , too , I see ; " Tb « rude wiads" seem is " mock his hoary hair His atirrflypt bosom to the blast is bare . Anon he tarns , and easts a wistful eye , And with scant napkin wipes the blinding spray ; And loefcs again , as if he fain "would spy Friends he hath feasted in his better day ; A"h ! tome are dead , and some oave long forborne To know toe-poor j and he is left forlorn ! : God help the poor 3

      Godlelp the poor , who in lone valleys dwell , Or hy lax Mils , Trliere ^ rfiin and heather grow ! TheitS is & t&oif sad , indeed , to tell 5 Yet IMle cares the world , and Jess twonM know , Abcnt the toil and want they undergo . The wearying loom mast hare them np st mom ; They work till worn-out nature will have sleep ; They taBte , "but are not fed . The snow drif ta deep Around the Sreless cot , and blocks the door ; The Bight-storm howls a dirge across the moo r . And shall they perish thus , oppress and Jorn ? Shall toil and famine hopeless still be borne ? JT * 1 God will yet arise , and help ihe poob ! sum Haiitokd

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      WHAT ARE REPEALERS ? * Papa . »• what are Repealers ? " — 3 uT So > " . Ara— " Tippsrory , 0 P ' Mixnoss who ' ve given t £ eir gage , my boy , Fierce war with oppression to wage , my boy , Till Erin once more Shall shine as of yore , The land of the hero and sage , my boy ! - The land was all Europe ' s pride , my boy , Its glory and fame were wide , my boy ; And Roman and Bane , Who off = r * d the chain , By the sword of its heroes died , my boy ! Her chiefs wsx ' d faithless and proud , my boy * And discord ' hoarse voice grew loud , my boj ; And , record of shame ,

      The stranger tfitn came , And liberty laid in her shroud , my boy J That land re&Tspine leug swept , my boy , And mercy and trnth long slept , my boy ; O ! could you but know Suc& tyrauts- ^ snehiwoe , YOBJ 5 » UBg fejea -stitii mine had -wept , my boy Bat in the despots' despite , my boy , The millions arise in their might , my boy ; And swear by the tears , And blood of past years , To wrest from that despot their right , my boy

      They are banded , and firm , and true , my boy , Besolved to die or to do , my boj ; The young and the old In the « ause are enroU'd , And I ' ve sworn you one of them , too , my bojj Ere this vow be unsafe in thy keeping , boy , Hay your father bemoan your sleeping , boy , Where green willows wave Above your young gTave , And nose to console his weeping , my boy < Nation

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      I * Por "Papa" read Fathes . Snrely the Editor of Htt Nation was in a fit of she " lacfeaciasJcaJ" -when be put such a milksop word into the month of his poetic ** Toung Hannibal" 0

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      A POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT , abridged from "Wiiiim Hovrrrfs -work . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , Pleet-Etreet . This is a new editon of & work ¦ wfeiek has ' been some years before ice public , and which to trai certain kooTrledge has been productive of no small amount of good in laying bare the enormities of priestly domination and corruption ; and awakening the too long blinded masses to the real nature of a * craft" whish Tot ages npon ages ha 3 been employed and perpemated to keep mankind in ignorance and slavery .

      As is expressed in the title page , this work is an abiiagaBent of the faced ** History of Prkscrqfi " Trritten by William Eowitt , a name which , when ' ihe lustory ef tie presens times shall come to be written , must shine conspicuous on the historic page , as that of one of the enligatentrs and benefactors of the human race , Bui though an abiidgemeni , the publication before us contains the pith and spirit , of the larger work of Wiilam Howitt , -which from the comparatively high price at whic , h it was necessarily published was placed beyond the reach of the working classes , All who can adiurd to purchase the larger and complete work will of coarse do so ; but those who cannot , will find in this abridgement an excellent Fnbstknte . The following extracts vrill tell a thousand-fold more in favour of the work than anything we could pen .

      PaGaS 22 XESICB&FT . " "When "WB recolleet ore * what an immense extent Of country , and throuab . -what a number of ages , idolatry extended itself , -what a terrible sum of miseries mast we see to have been isfllctcd on our race , by the diabolical z = al and rapidity of priestcraft ! From the temple of Bud tin and Jsggernalh in India , to the stony circles of X ^ ruidism is Europe ; from the snowy wastes of Siberia and Scandinavia in the north , to the most southern lands in Africa and America , the fires of bloody deities have rejoiced the demoniac priests , and consumed the peoplfc . "

      "The unbridled sensuality of the pagan worship added greatly to its attractions and power oi mischief . The Assyrian Bsal was made the scape-goat-of the sensuality of the priests , who , ucder the pretext of providing a sacrifice of beauty to tb ^ deity , Bslected the most lovely women rf tie nation for themselves " ; a species of detestable deception which seems to have been carried on to an enormous extent in ancient times , as the Greckn stories testify . When the Assyrian was merged in the Babylonisi : empire , the ergies of the temple rf Mylitta , the Bahjlonian Yenus , were infnmous a Dove all others . E ? ery woman was bound to present herself before the teiap ' e once in her life , and there submit to prostitution -with whoever first chose her . The price of her £ hame was paid into the tressury , to swell the revenues of ibe priests . "

      J 'lf we turn to Europe , we shall fiDd that whatever was the name , the language , or the government of the different countries , the religion was essentially the same . There was , first , an order of priests ; secondly , an order of military soblea ; thirdly , a subjugated anultitede ; and inrtitcticEa , the spirit of which , is liat of thruEtrng the lower orders from all place and authority , and ^ ystematicslly dooming them to an unalterableJstete of servile depression . * ' - " The priests often united the jsseerdotaland sovereign power in their own persons ,- asd where this was not the case , they exercised a power superior to 3 hat of Bags . They inflicted pains and penalties , exacted the most abject submission , and as the pretended interpreters of the divine will , dared eves to demand , in a » Bameof heaven , the blood of kjnp . Thisiheyobfesbaed . '

      -v . The great and long-hidden continent of America wTU > when tiscoT ^ red , foaad to have been subjected to fbs sune superstitions , the fame dominant spirit of priesthood , and the same terrible systems of worship . ' . ' _ » *{ tf their bloody sacrifices the Spanish writers are fnlL Fear is described to have been the soul of the Mexican ¦ worship . They never approached their altars without blood , drawn from their own bodies . Of all Shedr effezirgs , and they were numerous , JinTrmn s&clificea were deemed to be the most acceptable . Every captive taken in war » * w sacrificed , with horrid Cruelties , at the ifanple -, tie head and heart being fle-Toted to the gods , und the ^ o dj appropriated to the iranio * by trbom the captiye ha ^ ieea tafcer , Jo feast

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      himself asd his friends . Tbe prevalence of these horrid rites counteracted &U the haman&ng and softening effects of all their social institutions , and their progress in tbe arts . Their manners became more ferocious as they advanced , until the barbarity of their actions greatly exceeded those of the savage state . " " The priett-ridden condition of Egypt ifi known to all readers of history . Lord Shaf tesbury callB it , ' the motherland of superstitions . ' So completely had the priesthood here contrived to fix themselves on the shoulders of the people , so completely to debase and stupify them with an abundance of foolish veneration , that the country swarmed with temples , gods , and creatures , which in themselves most noxious or loathtome , were objects of adoration . " :

      " The popular theology of Greece , though it had the same origin u other mythologies , assumed , by passing through the glorious minds of Hesiod and Homer , all there characters of grace and beauty which they conferred on their literature , their philosophy , and all the aits and embellishments of life . " But beautiful as the system was made to appear by the etabelliBhmcnta of their immortal poets , tbe Grecians celebrated the same mysteries , offered the same human sacrifices , and were contaminated by tbe same Phallic abominations , as all the other pagin nations . "

      " In India , priestcraft assumed its most determined and fearlf ss air . In other lands , it placed itself in the first rank of horror and power . In this it went a step farther . Its chains appear te be indissolubly rivetted on the mind of this mighty empire . The perfection of its craft and the selfishness of its spirit ere exhibited in Trillions on millions boubd in chains of ihe most slavish and soul-quelling castes , and tKe servility of a subtile religious deed . India has its triad of gods , its doctrine of m&tempsychosis , its practice of tbe Phallic licentiousness , its horrors of human sacrifice and

      selfimmolation . We need not specify the Woody ritta of J 3 . ggerost . t 1 , tbe barbarous burning of widows , or the unnatural Immolation ot C&ildrcn . TliroUgbont Con . tineotal India , we have an example of prietscraft in its most decided , undisguised , subtle , and triumphant character , at once in full flower and full fruit ; in that state at which it has always and everywhere aimed , but never attained elsewhere . It has here stamped itself on the heart of a great nation , in its broadest and most imperishable style ; in all its avowed deBpotism , its selfishness , impertarbable pride , and cool arrogance of fanatical power . "

      " The avarice of the sacerdotal tribe in India kept pace with the same passion in the priesthood of other parts ef the world . Immense quantities of wealth were made to flow into their coffers . Their pagodas were adorned with the richest metals ; the altars and sacred vessels of the temp ' . es were of massy gold ; and ibtir statues , numerous and large , were made of the same ma * erial ; or that next to it in value , silver . " " Mr . Onne [ vn his History of Hindostan ) tells us : — that the Brahmins slumbered is Vbe most luxurious repose in thtir splendid pagodas , where tee numbers accommodabed were astonishing ; that pilgrims came from all parts of the Peninsula to worship » t that of Seringbam , but none without an offering of money ; t ' oat a large part of the revesue of tbe island is allotted foi the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit it :

      and that these , with their families , formerly composed a multitude , not less in number than forty thousand souls , supported without labour , by the liberality of superstition . " Having thus seized the reins of unlimited power , tbe Priesta had » niy to command and make an empire of alavca . And such -was Uieir cooxse . The Brahmin Wielded both the empire asd tbe monarch . He stood in the place of deity ; the will of heaven was thought to issue from his lips , and his decision was reverenced as the fiat of destiny . In fact , the Indian Government ] s justly considered as a the 6 cracy—a theocracy the more terrible , because the name of God was perverted to sanction and support the must dreadful species of despotism—a despotism which , not content with subjugating the body , tyrannised over tbe prostrate faculties of tbe enslaved mind . "

      A short chapter on u The Jewish Priesthood " follows , and then , under the head of ' * The Popish Priesthood , " is given a capital unmasking of

      CHRISTIAN WURTC&ATT , from which v ? e can only fina room for the following extracts : — " Having thus prostrated the human mind , they lorded it OTei the people with insolent impunity . The Bann was adopted , and its terrors became felt throughcut Christendom . Was a king refractory—did he refuse the pouuficial demand of money—had he an opinion of his own—a repugnance to co » ply with papal influence in his effairs ? The thunders of the Vatican were launched against him ; his kingdom was laid under the bann ; all people -were forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with his * ul-jects ; all dluidifes were shut ; lie na ' uea was on a sudden deprived of all exterior tX-rcistsof its religion ; tbe aiUra were de ; poiltd of thtir orcame' it ; the crosses , the

      reliqnes , the images , aad the 'femes of the saints were laid on the ground ; and , as if the air itself might pollute them by its contact , the priests carefully covered them np , even from thtir own approach and veneration . The use of bells entirely ceased in the cturche ?; the bells thettaelves were removed from the steeples , and laid on the ground , with the ether sacred utensils . Mass was celebrated with shut doors , and none bat tbe priests w * -r « admitted to the holy institution- Th « clergy refused to marry , bapt ' za , or bnry ^ the dtrad were cast into ditches , or lay putrefying on the ground ; till the superstitious people , looking on their children who died without baptitm , as gone to perdition , and those dead withont Christian burial as se : z-d on by the devil , rose in rebellions fury , ami obliged the prince to submit aud humble himself before tbe proud priest of Rome . "

      "Bntthe most potent and frightful engine of the papacy , was the Inquisition . Its history is one of the most awfnl hoiror that can affright the human soul . Its holy office— its offices of mercy , as they were called in that spirit ct devilish abuse of Christianity in which they were conceived , were speedily to be found in various countries of Europe , Asia , and America , bat distinguishud most fearfully in Spain : Their horrors have been made familiar to the pnblie mind by tbe writers of romance , especially by Mrs . Batcliffe ; ' but all the powers of romance have not been able to overcome the reality . Spain ha » always gloried in tbe supremacy of h&T iniqniation . She has strenuously contended frith the- Pope fer it ; and has deemed it so great an hononr , as to parade the oulo-da-Je , as one of the most fascinating spectacles . Her kings , her queens , her princes ,

      and her nobles , have assembled with enthusiasm to witness them . So great & treat di > 3 the Spaniards formerly consider them , that Llorente states , that on February 25 ih , 1560 , one was celebrated by the inquisitors of Toledo , in which several perssns were burnt with some tffiaes , and a great nnmber subjected to penances ; and uub ~ wbb performed to entert-in the new qaten Elizabeth , daughter of Henry II . of France , a girl of thirteen yeara of age , accustomed in htr own country to brillian' festivals snited io her rank and aga So completely may priestcraft brufci !^ a nation , and so completely has this devilish institution stamped toe Spanish character , naturally ardent and chivalric , with gloomy honor , that both Uorento and Limborch represent ladies witneesing the agOD zng tortures of men and women expiring in Ozmes , with transports of delight" .. .. . ...

      " "We have not fpace io detail the atrocities committed by this odious institution . Limborch has given the following vivid summary of its operations : — ' In countries where the itqaisition feas existed , the bare idea of Its progress damped the moat ardent mind . Formidable and ferocious as tbe rapacious tiger , who from tka gloomy thicket surveys his unsuspecting prey , until the favoured moment arrives in which oe rosy plunge forR-ard and consummate its destruction , tbe inquisition meditates in Becretand In silence its horrific projects . In thedeeptbt seclusion the calumniar or propounds his charge ; with anxious vigilance tbe creatures of its power rezani its unhappy victim . Not a whisper ia

      heard , cr the least hint of insecurity given , until at the dead of night a band of savage monsters surround the dwelling . They demand an entrance . Upon the inquiry , by whom is that required ? tbe answer is the holy omci-. " la an instant all tbe ties of nature appear as if dissolved . ; and either through the complete dominion of superstition , or tbe conviction that resistance would be vain , tbe master , parent , husraDd , is resigned . From the bosom of his family , and bereft of all domestic comforts , be enters the inquisition house ; its ponderous doors are closed , and hoped excludedperhaps for ever . Immured in a noiBome vault , surrounded by impenetrable wailB , he is left alone ; a prey to all the Bad nflec-tioni of a miserable outcast . If be

      venture to inquire the rtason of his fete , be is told , that silence and secresy art ! here inviolable . "' " L 2 t every msn who hesitates to set his hand to the destruction of state religions , loci on tnia picture of all enormities that can disgrace our nature , and rtflect that such is the inevitable tendency of all priestcraft . Is it said we see nothing so bad now ! And nhy ? Because man has got the upper hind < if his tyrant , and keeps him in awe—not because the nature of priestcraft is altered ; and yet , let us tarn bat cur eyes to Catholic wuntries , Spain , Portugal , Italy , and the scene is lamentable ; and even in our o-. n country , where free institutions check presumption , and the press terrifies many a monster from the light of day—we bthold things -which make our hearts throb with indignation . "

      The " Seeond P art , " and by far the larger portion of the work is taken np with an exposure of the "English Church" and the "Church of Ireland . " This moBt important portion is far too lengthy for us to dip into ; v ? e mnstiefer tie reader to the work itself , promising him that he will find such revealations therein aJSnll exhibit in its true light thereal character of the self-styled " Poor Man ' s Chorea" ( I ) We may observe , that * fc the commencement the writer denounces all priests because they are mats i -whereas at the elose he appears to denounce the Btate

      priests only when they are connected with . To us this appears inconsistent . Waving all questions as to the truths of particular creeds , we proclaim it asonr eoBviction that any bodj of men set apart for the offices of a priesthood , whether paia by tte state or by the voluntary offeringB ot their "flocks" ( fit victims for shearers I ) , is ani evil —a enrse . If men convinced of the truth of their TespBctiTe creeds would p&yikei * adoration > aa each thought proper , each for himself , not mtertering with his neighbour , it would be well : Dot a , low of the exjsteiw of a priesftood , do © atter whethai

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      voluntary or state paid , and you have the cockatrice's egg , which , in due season will produce its terrible brood of giant crimes against humanity . All prieits must have been originally supported by the voluntary contributions of their dupes ; and man ' s history tells the hideous reBnlt . The author appears too to be greatly in love with * ' American Christianity" where the "voluntary system" flourishes ; 1 | Bitt what is the truth \ Why that there is more priestcraft in the United States ; that ib , that the priests of the several sects have a greater influence over the minds of their followers than even in this country . Even in that land of " civil and religious liberty , " there have been " prosecutions for

      blasphemy" ! And it is a well known faot that no priests are more venal than those of the States , prostitnting their powers of mind , and the mighty influence they wield through their " craft" to the upholding of that accursed system of slavery , by which the American atmosphere is poisoned , and her boasted liberty rendered a crnel and disgusting mockery in tho eyes of all rational men and true democrats . That " American churches" are " the bulwarks of American slavery" is " as notorions as tb 6 snn at noon-day . " What do we infer from this ! That priestcraft is now what it was in the days of Socrates : and that to destroy

      the power ¦ ot the priest yon must annikilate his " craft . " St ill , despite these objections we can most cordially recommend this work as an excellent one for * young beginnera . " Having read it , the reader will be nearly sure to ask as we have done , when closing the volume : how is it that the priestsjof all ages have been enabled to acquire and maintain their terribly-used power ! " Such question can only be solved by inquiring into the systems of belief which under so many names they have expounded . If the reader gets so far , there is no fear but that he will " progress , " until be understands fully " the History of Priestcraft" with all its fraudB and falsehoods , horrors and crimes .

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      PROGRESS OF SOCIAL REFORM ON THE CONTINENT . —No . 11 . GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND . £ The following extracts are from a continuation of this interesting subject , in the New Moral World of Nov . 18 th , 18 iS ]

      LVTHER AND THE MIWSTBB ANABAPTISTS . Germany had her Social Reformers as early as the Reformation . Soon after Luther had begun to proclaim church reform and to agitate the people against spiritual authority , tho peasantry of Southern and Middle Germany rose iu a general insurrection against their temporal lords . Luther always stated his object to be to return to original chriBtlanity in doctrine and practice ; the peasantry took exactly the same standing , and demanded , therefore , not only the ecclesiastical , but also tbe social practice of primitive Christianity . They conceived a state of villainy and servitude , 8 UC 0 as they lived under , to be Inconsistent with the doctrines of the Bible . They were oppressed by a set of haughty barons and earls ; robbed and treated like their cattle

      every day . They had no law to protect them , and if they had they found nobody to enforce it Such a state contrasted very much with the communities of early christirins , and the doctrine- of Christ as laid down in the Bible . Therefore they arose and began a war against their lords , which could only be a war of extermination , Thomas Munzsr , a preacher , whom they placed at their head , issued a proclamation , fall , of course , of the religious and superstitious nonsense of the age ; bat containing also among others , principles like these : That according to the Bible , no Christian is entitled te hold any property whatever exclusively for himself ; that community of property is the only proper state for a society of Christians ; that it is not allowed to any good Christian , to have authority or

      eommand over other Christians , nor to hold any office of Government or hereditary power , bat on the contrary that , as all men are equal before God , so they onght to be on earth also . These doctrines were nothing but conclusions drawn from the Bible and from Luther ' s own writings ; bnt tbe Reformer was not prepared to go as far as the people did . Notwithstanding the courage te displayed against the spiritual authorities , he had not freed hiniBeir from the political and social prejudices of bis age . He believed as firmly iu the rlnhfc divine of princes and landlords , to trample npon the people , ns be did in the Bible . Besides this , he wanted \ he protection of the aristocracy and the

      protestant princes ; and thus he wrote a tract against the rioters , disclaiming not only every connection with them , but al » o exhorting the aristocracy to put them down with the utmost severity , as rebels against the laws of Gad . " K ' ll them Jlke do * s j" be exclaimed . The whole tract ia written with such an animosity , nay , fury and fanaticism against the people , that it will ever form a blfct upon ImUior ' o cbarasto * ; IE SfcCWB ttah , U he began his career as a mas of the people , he was now entirely iu the service of their oppressors . The insurrection , after a most bloody civil war , was snppres-ed , and the peasants reduced to their former servitude .

      MODERN COMMUNISTS . —WEITXISG . It was among the working class of Germany that Social Reform has been of late made again a topic of discussion . Germany having comparative l y little manufacturing Industry , the mass of the working ; classes is made up by handicraftsmen , who previous to their establishing themselves as little masters , travel for 8 " n ; e years over Germany , Switzerland , and very often over France also . A great number of German workmen is thus continually going to and from Paris , and must of course , there become acquainted with the political and social movements of tbe French worklug classes . One of these men , William Wcitling , a native of Madgeburg in Prussia , and a simply journeymen tailor , resolred to establish communities in his own conn try .

      This man , who is to be considered as the founder of German Communism , after a few years * stay in Paris , went to Switzerland ; and , whilst be was working in some tailor ' s shop in Geneva , preached hiB new gospel to hie fellow-workmen . He formed Communist . As-ociatious in ail the towns and cities on tbe Swiss side of tbe lake of Geneva , most « f the Germans who worked there becoming favourable to his views . Having ihnB prepared a public mind , he issued a periodical , tbe Toung Generation , lot a more extensive agitation of tbe country . This paper , although written for working men only , . nod by a working man , has from it » beginning been superior to most of thu French

      Communist publications , even to Father Cabet's Populaire . It shows that its editor must have worked very hard , to obtain llrnt knowledge of history and politics , which a public writer cannot do without , and which a neglected education had left him deprived of . It shows , at the same time , that Weitiing was always struggling to unite bis various ideas and thoughts on society into a complete system of Communism . The Young Generation was first published in 1841 ; in tho following year Weitlinjf published a work : Guarantees of Harmony and Liberty , in which he gave a review of the old social system and tbe outlines of a new one . I shall , perfcapB , some time give a few txtraeta from this book .

      Having thus established tbe nucleus of a Communist party in Geneva and its neighbourhood , he went to Zurich , where , as in other towns of Northern Switzerland , some of his friends had already commenced to operate upon the minds of the working men . He now began to organ-. Z 3 bis party in these towns . Under the name of Singing Clubs , associations wete formed for the discu&sion of Social re-organization . At the same time Weitiing advertised his intention t ) publish a book , — The Gospel of the Poor Sinners . Bat here the police interfered with tbe proceedings .

      ABBiST OF "WEITL 1 NG— PEBSECUTION AND PBO GUESS . In Jnne last , Weitiing was taken into custody , his papers aud his book were seized , before it left tbe press . The Executive oi the Republic appointed a committee to investigate the matter , and to report to the Grand Council , the representatives of the people . Tilis report haB been printed a few months eince . It appears from it , that a great many Communist associations existed in tverj part of Switzerland , consisting mostly of German working men ; that WtitliDij was considered as the leader of the party , and received from time to time reports of progress ; that he was in correspondence with similar asynciations of Germans hi Paris and London ; and that ali these societies , being composed of men who very often changed their residence , were so many seminaries of ' * dangerous and Utopian doctrines , "

      sending eat their elder members to Germany , Hungaria . and Italy , and imbuing with their spirit every workman who came within their reach . The report was drawn up by Dr . Bluntschli , a man of aristocratic and fanatically Christian opinions ; and the whole of it therefore is written more like a party denunciation , than like a calm , official report . CjinmuDiaoi is denounced as a doctrine dangerous in tbe extreme , subversive of all existing order , and destroying all tbe sacred bonds of society . The pious doctor besides , ia at a loss for worda sufficiently strong to express bis feelings aB tO the frivolous blaephemy with which these infamous and Ignorant people try to justify their wicked and revolutionary doctrines , by paasages from the Holy scriptures . WeitUng and bis party are , in this respect , just like the Icarians in France , and contend that Christianity is Communism .

      Tbe result of Weitling's trial did very little to satisfy the anticipations ef the Zarich Government . Although Weitiing and his friends were sometimea very incautious in their expressions , yet the charge of high treason and conspiracy against him could not be maintained ; the criminBl eourt sentenced him te six months' imprisonment , and eternal banishment from Switzerland ; the members of the Zurich associations were expelled the Canton ; the report was communicated to the Governments of the other Cantons and to toe foreign ambaaio&B ; but the Communists in other parts of Swit-

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      zerland were very little Interfered with . The prosecution came too late , and was too little assisted by the other Cantons ; it did nothing at all for the destruction of Communism , and was even favourable to it , by the great interest it prodnced in all countries of the German tongue . Communism was almost unknown in Germany , but became by this an object of general attention . PHILOSOPHICAL COMMWNISM . Basides this party there exists another in Germany , which advocates Communism . The former , being thoroughly a popular ' p-arty , will no doubt vary soon unite all the working classes of Germany . The party which I now refer to , 1 b a philosophical one , nnconneoted in its origin with either French or English Communists , and arising from that philosophy which , for the last fifty years , Germany has been bo proud of .

      THE HEGELIANS . The political revolution of France was accompanied by a pb . iioaopb . ical revolution in Garmany . Kant btgan it by overthrowing the system of Leibnitzian metaphysics , which at the end of laat century was introduced in all Universities of the Continent Fichte and Scheiling commenced rebuilding and Hegel completed the new syBtem . * The Young Hegelians of 1842 , were declared Atheists and Republicans ; the periodical oi the party , tbe " German : Annals , " was more radical and opsn , than before ; a political paper was eata-Wished , and very soon the whole of the Geimen liberal press was entirely in out bands . We had friends in almost every considerable town of Germany ; we provided all the liberal papers with the necessary matter , ard by this means made them our organs ; we inundated the country with pamphlets , and soon governed public . opinion upon every question . A temporary relaxation of the censorship of the press

      added a great deal to the energy of the movement , quite novel to a considerable part of the German pnblie . Papers , p « bU 8 h . e ( l under the author is * itioa cf a government censor , contained things which , evea in France , would have been punished as high treason ; and other things which could not have been pronounced in Engl and , without a trial for bl&sphweay being the consequence of it The movement was so sudden , so rapid , ao energetically pursued , that the govern nent as well as the public were dragged along with it for some time . But , this violent character of tbe agitation proved that it was not founded upon a strong paxty among the public , and that its power was produced by the surprise and consternation only of its opponents . Tbe governments , reeovering their senses , put a stop to it by a most despotic oppression of the liberty of speech . Pamphlets , newspapers , periodicals , scientific works were suppressed by d < s ? ns , and the agitated state of the country soon subsided .

      THE COMMUNISTS . The princes and rulers of Germany , at the very moment when they believed to have pat down for ever , Republicanism , saw the rise of Communism from tbe asheB of political agitation ; and this new doctrine appears to them even more dangerous and formidable than that in whose apparent destruction they rejoiced . As early as autumn , 1842 , some of the party contended for tbe insufficiency of political change , and declared their opinion ro be , that a Social revolution based upon common property , was the only state of mankind agreeing * with their abstract principles . But even the leaders of the party , such us Dr . Bruno Bauer , Dr . Feuerbach , and Dr . Rage , were not then prepared for tbis decided Step . The political paper of the party , the Rhenish Gazelie , published some paptrs

      advocating Communism , but without the wisbed-for effect . Communism , hswever , was such a necessary consequence of New Hegelian philosophy , that no opposition could keep it down ; and , in tbe course of this present year , the originators of it bad the satisfaction of seeing one republican after the other join their ranks . Besides Dr . Hess , one of the editors of the now suppressed Rhenish Gazelle , and who was , in fact , the first Communist of tbe party , there are now a « r « at many others ; as Dr . Huge , editor of German Annalt , the scientific periodical of the Young Hegelians , which has been suppressed by resolution of the German Diat ; Dr . Marx , another of tbe editors of the Rhenish Ga-» elte ; George Herwegh , the poet , whose letter to the King of Prussia was translated , last winter , by most of the English papers , and others : and we hope that the remainder of the Republican party will , by-and-by , come over too .

      CHARACTER OF THE GERMANS . The Germans are a very disinterested nation . If in Germany principle comes into collision with interest , principle will almost always alienee the claims of interest The same love of abstract prnciple , the same disregard of reality , and self-interest , whicfe have brought the Germans to a state of political nonentity ; these very eame qualities guarantee the success of philosophical Communism in that , country . It will appear very singular to Englishmen , that a party which aims at the destruction of private property , is chiefly mads up by those who have property ; and yet this is the case in Germany .

      PROGRESS OP COMMUNISM . Thus , philosophical Communism may be considered for ever established in Germany , notwithstanding the efforts of the governments to keep it down . They have annihilated the press in their dominions , but to no-effect ; the progress patty profit by the free press of Switzerland and France , and tbelr publications are aa extensively circulated in Germany , as if they were printed in that country itself . All persecutions and prohibitions have proved ineffectual , and Will ever do so ; the Germans are a philosophical nation , and will not , cannot abandon Communism , as soon as it is founded upon sound philosophical principles ; chit fly if it is deprived as an unavoidable conclusion from their dton philosophy .

      Notwithstanding the persecutions of the German governments ( I understand that , ia Berlin , Mr . Elgat Bauer is prosecuted for a Communist publ cation ; and in Suttgart another gentleman has been committed for the novel crime of " Communist correspondence I" ) notwithstanding this , I say , every necessary step ia taken to bring about a successful agitation for Social Reform ; to establish a new periodical ; and to secure the circulation of all publications advocating Communism .

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      Murrain . —In the northern circuits a virulent and fatal disease exists ] among the cattle . One farmer has lost nineteen milch cows and a fine bull . Tbe disease is inflammation of [ the heart , of which the cattle die within eight hours after they are attacked . The crimes of horse and sheep stealing have been considerably on the increase lately ia Sussex , and several farmers have been | great sufferers . Chinese Language is France—With a prompt wisdom and reaUyjforealghta royal ordonnance has been issued in France , ] establishing a professorship of the Chinese language in tha school of the living oriental tongues , and appointing M . Bazia to tbe chair . Surely the study of the Chinese ought to be sedulously pursued in England . { Young men intended for mercantile pursuits would do well to think of it

      KMTriNO and Shirting—It is In contemplation to establish societies for tha distribution of prizes to farmers' wives and daughters , foi proficiency in shirt making and stocking knitting , and . otb . tr accomplishments more useful thau pr ' zad in those degenerate days . : HORSE Mandre . —Mr . Whitley , a writer on the application of geology to agriculture , states that a carcase of a horse is equal to at least ten times its weight of farm yard manure , and would prove much more valuable to the farmer , if converted iuto a compost , than if sold for the kennel . Ratafia—derived from res rota fiat : let the matter be ratified . When the ancients concluded a bargain , they were in the habit of opening the beat wine in the cellar , and as they ] quaffed the nectar , of pronouncing the words ; the last two of which , with a trifling change , ate n « w used to designate a liqueure composed of brandy , sugar , and fruits .

      Lead Mine . —A valuable lead mine has lately been discovered on the estate of Mr . Cole Hamilton , coUUf y Tyrone . We haveJBeen & specimen ot the ore , whicb . is toe sulphurat of lead , and may produce , perhaps , seventy per cent of the pure metal . This is much above the usual average , and we hope that it may prove a mine vt wealth tq the country as well as to the possessor . — Dublin Literary Journal . Mothers . —How little do we appreciate a mother ' s tenderness while living ! How heedleaa are we in childhood of all ho * anxieties and kindness . But when she is dead and gone ; when tho cares and coldness 6 ! the world come withering on our hearta ; when we learn how hard it ia to find true sympathy , bow few love us for ourselyes ; how few will bofttend us in our wiefortaoe ; then it ia we think of the mother we have lost . i

      Glasgow University . —The election of Lord Rector for the Glasgow University took place on Wednesday . Lord Eglinton and Mr . Fox Mavtle were the candidates . The latter was elected by a large majority . The Americans navy consists of ten snips of the line , all built and nearly finished , fourteen frigates of the firet-claas , two of tbe second , seventeen sloops , eight brigs , nine schooners , and six steamers of war carrying immensely long guns . " Jack ' s the Lad !"—I left my old friend twisting his hemp ( who made me a bow at parting that would have dona no discredit to the Court of Louis le Grand . )

      and strolled again ito tho harbour , where I saw La Feine Amelia—the pleasure yacht of the Queen of France—a beautiful little schooner of moat elegant shupa , all aatinwood and gilding , manned by some of the finest and most sailor-like looking fellows I ever saw . One of her crew called out to an English sailor , on the quay , wbo was eyeing the craft with a critical and somewhat contemptuous air . "I say , meestaire , you Quin , has ghe a ship ' s likesees ? " " My Queen ?" en d Jack , " Vy , I shld be ashamed of her Majesty if shed spit in such U thing . "—A Trip to Havre de Grace —Ilhcminated'Magazine ,

      To Prevent Beer from being Turned . by Thunder —Having ascertained that it is perfectly good , draw off entirely in pint pots . Then having collected an equal nuBiber of railway navigatorB , dintribute according ly . ! Thia will auawer in the hottest summer . — Punch . \ War . —In a speech of a Bechuano chief , he says—What ia wut ? Wax builds no tewna—¦ pianta no gardens—raises no children—b . 98 no joys . What is war f It is the world ' s destruction—it breaks in pieces the hearts of mothers , and causes the orphan to mourn .

      Prejudice— I remember a man coming to me with a doleful countenance , patting himself into many lamentable postnres ^ gaping as wide as he could , and pointing to bis mouth , as though he would say he could not spfeuk . I enquired of his companion what was tbe matter ? And was informed , " he bad fallen Into the hands of the Turks , ) who had used him in a barbarous manner , and cut out his tongue by the roots . " I believed him . But when the man had had a cheerful cap , he could find : his tongae as well S 3 another . I rifLcted , how U it Ijcould . so readily believe tfoafc tale ? The answer was easy ;— " because it was told of a Tnrfe . " — John Wesley . \

      'lwo Children Bcrnt to Death . —Mr . Payne , City Coroner , held two inquests on Saturday , in the beard-room of St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the bodies of two children , of the respective ages of three and four years , who met their deaths by accidental burning , during the temporary absence of their parents from home . Vetdioti , " Accidental death . " Nunnery . —The Catholics are about to establish a cannery iu Nottingham , and have taken spacious premisea in P ^ rliament-street for the purpose . Tbe nuns are to be of ihe ordet of tho " Sisters of Charity , " an < J several of them ara shortly expected from tbe neighbourhood of Birmingham . > 1 II . BOROUGH TRIILOE , THE MURDERESS . —This unhappy wonmn , on whom , sentence of death was passt'rt by M ; Justice E akine , at the Hereford Summer Assizes , 1842 for the murder of her infant baa had . her sentence commuted to transportation for life .

      Dreadful ACCIDENT Oa Saturday evening an inqavsi was hold at the sign of the Green Gite , in the City-road , hefore fttr . j Barker sad a jury from the neighbourhood , on the body of James Hurren , aged 67 , who carried on business as a wholesale clothier in Wormwood-street , Bishopsgnte , As James Harrod , porter to Messrs , Citor and Woods , Iinencirapers on Fiasbury paveratnt , was standing at bis employers' door , at naif-past eight o'clock on Friday evening , he saw . a cart laden with two tana of brewer ' s grains , and drawn by two horsuB , who were ia a gallop , coming at a rapid pace from the City-road towards Chiawell-street , followed iu the vear . at the distance of eight or ton yards , by the driver , who ' yw endeavouring to overtake it At tills mujnt ; uc the ( Hfaitjd Wa 3 crossing the end of ChiBwdNsLr-. et ijpff ^ insbury-square , when the horses turned flh' -rp'y fifto { the street ; the deceased , seeing

      them couiiu * against lnui . hesitated , as if about to turn back , and Held up L ; sjL >> md 8 to stop the horses ; bat he w , ) s instantly knocked down , and the near wheel vcut over the middle of his body , crushing in his ribs . Ha was raised from the j grwund by the witness and othar persons and carried into the shop of Mr . Alfred Middk-ton , a surgeon in Einsbnry-place , on bis passage to which he movert slightly , Bat expired the moment he got there . Richard Gobby , the driver , in the service of Air . Davis , a cowfceoper in Hosier-lane , Snaithfleld , now came up , aud was taken into custody , by policeman Haines , 155 G , the horses and cart being stopped and taken to the greenyard . G- > bby subsequently underwent an examination at Worship-street Police-conrt ,. on the charge of manslaughter , bdb an inquest not having been held on the boiiyv and the evidence cot being complete against him , he Was remanded ior further examination . After several other witnesses had bosn examined ,

      the Coroner charged the jt ; : y , and after faaif aa hour ' s deliberation they returned a verdic . of " Accidental death , caused by tho oart going over the deceased ; but that there was no evidence to show bow that cart wbs put in motion . " Civilisation of the Greeks —The Times having aiscneu that " the preeks had made mere rapid progress ia education , civilisation , and wealth , than could have been reasonably expected / ' a correspondent , who spent ! the months of February and March last in that country ,, confirms the assertion : — " I can especially bear witness to their progress in education , und their extraordinary love of learning . I shall never forget hearing Professor Oaopius's lecture on Grecian antiquities , in Greek , and to Greeks , iu Ihe university of Athens . ! Not that I understood much of what he said : bat it was the deep and eager

      attention of the immense audience of all ogss and ciaasea , old and young , from the veteran warrior with bis white moustache , down to inera boys—rich and poor ; frota gentlemen of the modem achool , and chieftains In their picturesque dreseea , down to the bare-footed peasantmany taking notes , and all intelligently listening—it was that which surprised and delighted me . And I was tuld that this was the case with all the public lectures , which are opea to every body gratuitously . If it be a G rman professor lecturinjr , of ceuree in Greek , on G ^ rmau metayhysics , it is just the samethere they ail ate taking note ? , and duing their utmost to gat aomutiiag ftoai it . I venture to say , that th ^ y wili soon bd one of the ! beat educated people in Europe , taking them as a body ; There aca several booksellers ' shops ia Athens , full oi the classics ana a rising modem literature . They have magazines and several newspapers admirably conducted . "

      The Dco .-The dbga by the Nils drink while running , to escape tb > orocodile ? . When thoso of New Orleans wish to cross the Mississippi , they bark at the river's edge to attract the alligators , who are no sooner drawn from their scattered haunts and concentrated on the spot , than the dog 3 set off at full speed , and plunge in the water higher up the stream . An Esquimaux dog , that was brought to this country , was given to artifiosa which aro rarely seen in the native Europeans ) whose subsistence does not depend on their own . resources—strewing his food round him , and feigning sleep , in order to allure fowls and rats , which J he never failed to add to his store . —Blair ' s History of the Dog .

      MARATHON , " Great king remember ! Athens ! " From this day Thy crouching ulaves , each morn , shall need no mere To bid thee think of her . By tbe seashore Of Marathon the flashing sunbeams play On golden arms , the pomp of thy array , The gorgeous ranks that Ditis leads to war . Hark 1 drowning in their battle shout the roar Of the iB . aB 3 n , fiercely to the fray , With fiery speed , rush , f wards their glittering foe , The iron ranks of Athens : on they pour Like ocean ' s billows when the north winds blow . Thy Persians , like their foam , are swept before The charge . Rejoice , thou everlasting sea , Ye heavens lift up your vQlce ,. th . 9 eartb ie free .

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      A Whale in the Downs . —Daring the last week one of these monaters of the deep has been visiting oux coast in search of herrings , its favourite food , and wta distinctly seen on Sunday morning in the Downs , sending up its natural fuantains . Yesterday it wes span , off Dover from the shore , and some men who were ia » boat , just as it Was approaching , had a narrow eesapo of an upset ; but they luckily got on board a galliot , which was passing at ths time , and saved themaettes from a watery grave . The finny giant is snppossii to be upwards of sixty feet in length . Th « herring BsheiJ is progressing very slowly on this part of tbe coast—Dover Telegraph .

      Instant Death from sw a £ i . owing a Pea . — On Tuesday last , the inhabitants of Kirkalady wera thrown into a Btate of extreme excitement by a VC P ° * that Anne Henderson , a fine girl of about Bix Jeara of age , was suffocated by swallowing a pea . It atfP ^ JJ * that she was playing with her class-mates , and wbils * runmug romewhat smartly had thrown a pea iuto her mouth , which unfortunately entered the windpipe . Every assistance was rendered , but it became too evident that the tide of life waa ebbin * fast , and that the insignificant pea was not too insignificant to prove the Instrument of death . Her distracted parents were scarcely on the spot ere she who was only five minutes before all life and harmless glee was numbered with tbe dead . Drs . Smith and Young arrived on the spot not long after the occurrence , but could do nothing . The Utter gentleman yesterday made an incision iu the winapipe , and found the fatal pea had lodged there ; it ba < l not descended very deep . It was a boiled one , and of a very small s ; ze . —Scotsman .

      Economy . —Economy should be practised ic all things , bus more particularly in matters of medidne . The restoration to health has generally been purchased at a costly price ; and certainly if h ^ itjj could not he procured at- any other rate , a cosily price should not be an object of scruple . But where is the wisdom , where is the economy in speadiDg vast sums on a physician ' s attendance , v ? hen sound health and long life may be ensured by tno cheap , safe , and simple remedy of Parr ' s life Pills . B . OBBEKT at Halstead Chtoch . —On Thruiday morning eome persons broke into Halstead Church , and broke open several boxes containing email = uaaa of money , which they took away , A panel at tbo back of the altar was also forced down by tliena , their search being evidently for the communion plate .

      Keai . Hfroism . — -An extraordinary instance of presence of mind , lately occurred at the quarries in the Ross of Mull , Argyleshire , now wrought for the pier in connexion with the Skerryyore lighch'jusa by the Commissioners of Northern Ligbthonsws . On the 17 ib ult as Mr . Charles Barclay , tho foreman 01 the quarries , vras engaged in removing a splinter OS stone from the face of a block of ten tons wwz ' ntt whioh lay on an isolined ledge abora him , the block Blid forward and enclosed his left hand , which was bruised in sush a manner that two of his middle fingers were destroyed , and the sharp points of rock came ia contact at the palm of the hand , so that it was Held completely fast , as in a vice . 7 n thia dreadful situation , Mr . Barclay ' s great presence of mind and strength of nerves proved the means of

      saving his life and those of the men that were along with him . The first impulse of the men was to fetch a lever to raise the stone and liberate the prisoner ; and had Mr . Barclay ' s presence of mind deserted him , or had he fainted under the excruciating torture he endured , this rash purpose would have been executed , and tbe stone would hare launched him forward and crushed him and his com rades beneath its mass . He , however , was enabled to direct their proceedings with a wonderful degree of composure , and , after fruitless attempts to raise the block . Mr . Barclay resolved to cut oat the stone round hiB hand a 3 tha only means of escape . This

      painful operation occupied about twenty mmufces , during which time the tortures he endured did not prevent his working with the remaining hand in effecting his liberation from his exraoroinary captivity . Mr . Barclay afterwards walked withoufc assistance to the nsiehbouring village of Bunessan » two miles off , where Dr . Diarmid , a gentleman who had lately returned from the Arotic expedition under Rosa , xemoved the shattered bones . Nexfc day Dr . Campbell , wbo acts as surgeon to the Serry vore works , arrived from Tyree , and conveyed his patient to the barracks at Hynisb . Wotkyard , where he is fast recovering .

      A Mobeain . —As a proof of the alarming nature of the disease among cattle and of its extent in out neighbourhood , we may state—and we have the statement on unquestionable authority—that , in a district of eight or ten miles round Derby , the loss of cattle from this cause has been something like £ 2 , 000 within the last year or fifteen months . Of course , the whole loss cannot be ascertained ; but we have seen a list of 227 head of cattle lost by the disease during this time , belonging to farmers residing near us , which , valued at £ 8 each , is pretty nearly this sum . —Derby Mercury .

      Wonder * ul Delivery . —A man , named Mitchell , who resides at Ilminster , having been suspected of stealing some geese , at Ghillington , the constablea were despatched to search his house , having gained admittance , they found Mrs . Mitchell , according to her own account , in « v very delicate condition , ia fact , on the eve of confinement . Medical assistance in this case , as in all similar oases , waa required and , of course , soon obtained . On the arrival of the doctor the good lady was assisted to torn oat and stand up , when , as if by magic , and to the astonishment of all present , not excepting the . doctor , she was delivered of two very clean picked geese . _ Tha busiaess was soon over , sad the patient immediately became convalescent , and was enabled on Monday , ( prepared , we presnme , for another confinement though of a very different nature , in company with her husband ) , to pay a visit to the honourable bench of moderates at Chard , to receive their congratulations on this wonderful delivery . —Sherborne Journal .

      War Against Knowledge J—Serial publications of a iiteiary and scientific nature cannot now be sent by post , without the full charge , even if stamped * An experiment was recently made which seta the question at rest . A new literary periodical , printed on a scamped sheet , similar to the regular newspapers , passed through the post office for two suocessivo weeks , when its transmission , was interdicted , the Po&tmaster-Generai conceiving that the privilege derivable from the stamp is to be considered as applicable only to newspapers . "—[ A wise and jast Government would aid the circulation of knowledge , and the consequent mental culture of the people by every means at its command . Our Government is neither ; hence it trammels by stamp acts , post-offioe regulations , &o ., the circulation of mind's productions . But we " Will war

      With all who war with , thought ;" and to the best of our power aid in the annihilating of a " system" which u loveth darkness rather than light , " aud keeps in ignorance the enslaved ** many , " as the only means of upholding the "privileges" of the tyrant ** few . " —E . N . S . ] The Qjjeen ' s Visit to Sir R , Peel . —It is her Majesty ' b intention to honour Sir Robert Peel with a visit at his residence at Drayton Manor on Tuesday , tho 128 th insfc . Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor Castle to Watford , and thence by railway to Drayton Manor , to remain t = ll . Friday , tho 1 st of December , when her Majesty will Ro on a visifc

      to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire . Oa Monday , the 4 th of December , the Queen will honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at BeJvoir Castle , and return to Windsor Castle on the 7 th . Her Majesty will be accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and we learn that her Majesty the Queen Dowager baa signified to Six Robert Peel her intention to join . the Royal party at Drayton Manor on the 29 th inat . ; so that the Premier will have the distinguished honour of receiving in his house at the same time his Sovereign and her illustrious Consort , and her Moj isty the Queen Dowager , with their respective sunns and attendants . —Standard .

      A BitAce op Foots —Duel . —A hostile meeting 4 ook place on the sand * near Haverfordwesfc , on Tuesday se ' nnight between Captain B ¦ y , an officer who very gallantly distinguish , d himself in ths wars in Afghanistan and Scinde , and a Mr . T . J- s , 'in consequence of some language spoken by ihe latter highly derogatory to the most illustrious pordoaage in the realm , in the presence of the captaia , who resented it by a personal attack upon the disloyal subject , aud a meeting ensued , ia which iVLr . J —s was very severely injured , so much Bd t ' aai his life is dispaired of . Melancholy Affair . —On Taesday , a rumour obtained extensive circulation in Marylebone that Mr + Joseph Hume , M . P ., had on Monday made an attempt to commit suicide , by precipitating himself from one of the windows of his residence ,

      Bryanstonsqusre . During the latter part of that day and the whole of yesterday the house of the Honourable Member wa 3 literall y besieged by the calls of his political as well as personal friends . The rumour , as regards Mr . Hume himself , proved erroneous ; but an occurrence had taken place of an equally serious and afflicting character to the Honourable Gentleman ' s son-in-law , Mr . Charles Gubbins , who is the brother of her Grace the present D uchess of St . Alban * s . On Monday morning , shorSly before fiva o'clock , the screams of . Mrs . Gabbing awoke Mr . Joseph Hume and his family , and it waa then discovered that the unfortunate gentleman had

      thrown himself from his bed-room window , on the third floor , on to the pavement ; Haying heen conveyed into the house in an insensible state , Dr . Arnott , of Bedford-square , Mr . . Liston , and several other eminent members of the Jnedical profession , were sent for , and promptly arrived , when it was discovered that Mr . Gubbias has sustained a compound fracture of one of his thighs ia two plaeesr , and that his other leg was broken . Mr . Gabbins was visited two or three times throughout yesterday by his medical attendants , and buf very faint hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . Tbe sad event has thrown the family of Mr . Hume and hi 8 Grace the Duke of St . Albau ' s into a state of great affliction . . < d

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      KgPOwing to a press of engagements we have been unable even to look at the works noticed last week as received for Review . We will bring up arrears next : week . Publications Received— "An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet / " Temperance Herald" &c . y &c .

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      " A NIGHT WITH BURNS . " The following under the above head is from Ainsworth ' s Magazine . A certain Andrew Horner of Carlisle , took it into his head that he was a poet . He wrote , and he would print . To carry his laudable design into execution , he took a journey to Glasgow , and agreed with a printer and publisher . In returning from Glasgow ho found himself upon an evening in the ancient town of Ayr , and in the common room of tho inn he forgathered with some haifdvzon " ranting , roaring , dashing young fellows , fond of their glass and their joke . " "The night drave on with song and clatter ; " and at last Andrew was induced to lay a wager that ho would beat a " poet lad" who lived near by . The poet lad was introduced , and—but we will let the writer tell the rest : — i

      "An . epigram was the subject chosen , because , as Andrew internally argued , 'it is the shortest of all poems . ' In compliment to him , the conioany resolved that his own merits should supply the theme . " He commenced'In seventeenhunder thretty nine *—and he paused , He then said , ' Yo see , I was horn in 1739 ; [ fhe real date was some years earlier ] so ma k that the commencemenV " He then took pen in hand , folded his paper with a conscious air of authorship , squared himself to the table , like one who considered it no trifle even to write a letter , and slowly put down in good round hand , as if ho had boon making out a bill of parcels , the lino'In seventeen hunder thretty-nine ;' but beyond this , after repeated attempts , he was unable to advance . The second line was the Rubicon he could not pass .

      •• At last , when Andrew Horner reluctantly admitted that he was not quite in the vein , the pen , ink , and paper , weve handed to his aatagouist . By hiai they were rejected , for be instantly gave the following , viva voce : — ' Ia seventeen hunder thretty-nine , The Deil gat stuff to mak' a swine , And pit it in a corner ; But , shortly after , changed his plan , Made it to something like a man , And called it Andrew Horner , ' " The subject of this stinging stanza had the good sense ' not to fee offended With its satire , cheerfully paid the wager , set to for a night ' s revelry with his new friends , and thrust his poems between the bare of the grate , when ' the sma' hours' came on to four in the morning . Aa his poetic rival then kindly rolled up the hearthrugin a quiet corner of the

      , room , to serve as a pillow for the van quished rhymester—then literally a carpet knight—the old man , better prophet than poet , exclaimed , ' Hoot , mon , but ye'll bo a greater poet yet !' " Answer , O nations , whether the prediction was fulfilled \ In a few months after , u . volume of poems was published from the press of John Wilson ,-of Kilm » rnock ~ tshe author was a peasant by birth , a poet by inspiration . Coarse was the paper on which these poems were printed , and tvorn waa the type . But the poems themselves were of that rare class which the world does not willingly let die . The fame of their author has flown , far . and wide , throughout the world . His genius and hia fate hare become ' at once the glory and the reproach of ooot * land . ' That author was the same who , in a sportive mood , made an epigram upon poor Andrew Horner . His name was ROBERT BURNS . "

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      Pbogsess of Literature in Italv . —During the year 1842 there have been printed in Italy 3 , 042 books ( the number printed in 1841 was 2 . 999 ) : of these 3 , 042 1769 , or about three-fifths , were published in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; of the remainder , 508 appeared in Piedmont ; 235 in the gTaud duchy of Tuscany ; 216 in the papal states ; 174 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies ; 19 in the duchy of Modena , and 11 in the state oL Lucca . Of these works a consid erable portion were translations .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct678/page/3/