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      BIRDS . Amuxr 1 o Eliza Cook ' s poem on Birds , piMished in the Horfhern Star of Nov . lift , 1843 . - Birds ! birds 2 ye are troublesome tilings , With yonr teen prying eyes andyonis-srift flying wings . TTbere shall -we -wander or whera shall xre dwell , Tr oublesome things ! that ye come not as Trell ? Te build in onr ehimnie *—the funnels ye choke , Till all In our chambers are cover'd vrith Bmokej Ye rifta the garden—ye ravage the field—Ye peck half tke fruit that eur deny trees yield ; Te pilfer the aegis that we sow with snchpain , Te lurk is the com fields and plunder the grain 2 ! EroubleBome thinzs i bow my neaifc Badly grieves "When yesesap © off Ihe thatch from the cottagers eaves J Ttom your conning and craft there is nothing secure ; Ye plunder the rich and ye pilfer the poor .

      From yon ivied ruin a boding owl cried Fall seven nights long ere my old granny died I And an eagle , whose eyrie was bnflt in a rock , EUTd the finest young lamb that I bad in my flock-A long necked heron the other day took A score of my Tery best trout from the brook ; And the greedy grey crows have left only o pair Of a brood of fine chicks my wife tended with care . In yonr praises , the poets fine ditties may sing , Bat faith 1 I ' ve no reason to do any such thing . Hew oft I have seen in the April morn

      The greedy grey lark pecking up tie . young corn ? When , awed by my presence , he'daoar op the wing And hiali overhead indefianee would ring . And well I remember , that I , like a fool , Keglected my lesson and " miched" from my seheol , And r-r ' J in the meadows the summer day long , 1 o geek for yonr nests and to listen your song ; like a caitiff , next morning in school I sat downj And borelromsiy teacher the blow and the frown ; My back , even yet , bears the mark of the " taws , " And , mischievous j > ests ! jc were solely the came .

      Mischievous > ests J your presence I scon ? . Prom the bird of the sun to the wren in tbe thorn—The impudent magpie , with parson-like look ; The hoarse screaming raven and jabbering rook ; The Izzf cuckoo , with monotonous tone ; The pilfering blackbird , that whisfclin / j drone ; Ice martin that nesta in a bole like a rat ; And that link in creation , the Jesther-wins'd bat . " 1 will tell them to 2 nd me » grave when I die , " "STbere no chattering sparrow shall ever COD 1 B nigh ; But O , Ifet it be by yon clear mountain rtre&m , Where the flowers of the summer xeSected shall gleam , As it leaps to the vale , the bine ocean to meet—Its silvery voice will be cheering and sweet In the fteTtme-jw and gloom of the long dreary night , TThen tbe thrash and the woo ^ LIark have taken theii flight . lambeg . J . M-Kottes .

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      OLD SOJ . GS . { Abridged from ihs " Torffei-me-Sof / or IS i 4 . J BT £ 3-T ? . A COOS . Old songs J old songs!—what hea $ s I know , Prom " Chevy Chase" to " Black-eyed Sues" . Pwm" Plow , then re * al pnrple stream , " To B ^ usse&u ' s melancholy I > ream 2 " I loved the pensive " Cabin Boy " With earnest truth and leal joy ; Sly "warmest feelings wander tact To greet " Tom Bowling" and " Poor Jack ;" And O . " W . ill Watch , " tfce tmusela bold , 2 iy plighted troth tfcou'lt ever hold .

      I doted on the " auld Scot ' s sennet , " As though I'd worn the plaLl and bonnet ; I went abroad with " Sandy ' s Ghost , " 1 stood with ** Bannockbnra ' s brave host , " And crondly tossed my euily iiead TTitiT " Scots wna hae wi' Wallace bled !" 3 shouted *• Comtain through the rye , " With restless step and sparkling eye , And chased away the passing frown With *• Bonnie rsn the burnie down . ' * The tiny " Warblar" from the stall , The flattering ballad on the wall , The gipsy ' s glee , the beggar ' s catch , Ihe -cM wife ' s lay , the idiot ' s ' snatch , The schoolboys ctiorus , rude and Triny , The harvest strain , the carol ditty—I taxed ye all , I stole from each , I spnrn'd no teacher that could-teach : Though long my list , themsh great my store , I'd ever seek to add one more .

      Old songs 1 eld songs I—my brain has lost Much that it gained with pain and cost : I have forgotten all the Jules Of " 3 Inrray ' s" books and •* IrimmexV schools Dctestcti zujurts—how I hate 5 he mtrc remembrance of a slate 1 How have 1 casi from "woman ' s thought 2 tlnch goodly lore the girl was taught ! Bat not a word has passed away Of "Rest thee , Babe , " or " Bobin Gray I " Tfce ballad still is Lreathin ? roand , Bat other voices yisld the Boned ; Strarjers possess tie hnus&hold room - The mother lieth in the tomb ; And the blithe boy that praised her song Heepeth xs soundly and as long .

      OM sengB 1 old songs . '—I should not sigh-Joys of tie earth on earth must -die ; Bat spseiral fuims will sometimes start Within the caverns of the beart , Haunting the lore and darken'd cell Where , warm in life , they used to dwelL Hope , youth , love , home—each humaiftie That binda we know not bow or why—All , all that tothe-sonl beJoegs , Is closely mingled with " Old songs . "

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      AS ESSAY ON THE THA ' -iEPY OP BAM 1 ET . Bt P . yiACDOXZLL , Author of An JBssay on ihe Tempest ? &c &c London : Cnnningham and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , Trafalgarsqaare . To all lovers of Shakspcre , —and they areaaiEertras " as the sands on tne sea sbore , "—this " Essay " will be a treat of no ordinary kind . Were the subject tbe most nnin-ntiag that imagination can conceiTe , the auihor has the happy faculty of clothing bis seatiiaeiira in draperv k > chaste , and enforeing Ms TicTKs vnib arjfnmt-iiis so convin * ing , taat hiving read a pate , is wcold be impossible for ib ? reader to TefBse the perusal of the entire work . But , -when the subject so far from being a lepnlsive one , is the

      Tery rcTerse ; a drama perhap 3 toe most sublime eTer penned , even by that snblimest of all dramatic bards , ** the Swaa of Avon , "—no one vnth . any pretensions to , or desire To arrive at , a correct " taste , but will hail vnxb delinbl this beautiful -production of erne -wbo has eridenily drnnk at the very fount of Sbakspere ' s insjnrition . The " Es ^ ay" embraces u A view of Hamlet ' s chsracier % his feigned or real madness ; cocdaet to Ophelia ; the soliloquy on suicide , " &c ; and -will be found , we think , to dear up most raiisfaciorliv the doubt and obsenrity in vrMchihe intentions " and views of the Great Dramatist iare been np to the present time involved , with respect to ibi ? , the xaost extraordinary prodaciion oir Ms pen .

      "W ' e nt ' ejoin the following extracts us specimens of the E-iajist ' a itylc . " The original story on ¦ shicb the tragedy of HanJet 3 s founded , is to te met with in tbe writings of Saxo Grammaticns , the Danish historian , who flonriihed towards V ~ e end of the twelfth century ; but about 1564 , Belieforest adopted it in his collection of no-rebt , & > m wtacfa , it is snpposed the old blacfc letter prose BrsrosiB of SiatBiET" was translated . With the aid of tils translation , Shakcptre was enabled to give k > tbe world a production , which for splendour and

      magnlflcerce is nutqaalled in the annals of dramatic poetry . The basis of the piece rests upon the murder of Hamlet ' s father by his u&c ' e Claudins , Bang of Denmark : lie murder is revealfed to Hamlet by the supernatural appearance of his fiiher ' a ghost , which inspiring tfce young * Prince wiih revense , tbe bent of tbe play terss upon the accoicpiibuinfciH of tius ptupose . Ham-Ist ' j indignation at the jDcestnonB- manisge of his mother with his uncle , bis grief for his father ' s death , with the noble and generous qualities which distinguish bis character , all prepare us to sympathise with his wrosgB and sufferings .

      Sh&kspere , as a tragic writer , possessed in an fcminent degree an advantage orer tie poets of ancient , Greece , by availing himself of tie gloomy superstitions of bis country ; and as it was his task , to abide by the narration of those events : related by the historian , with ; the fame faithful accuracy tha . t guided him when de-: pictiBg with so much power the witches in Macbeth ; ' so in tbe XrageSy of Hamlet be has produced a phan- torn in the ghost of the Danish King , with snch ad- ; iBir&ble ikill sb to make ns for the moment forget the ; wisdem of philosophy , and leave our minds harrowed * ¦ With fear and wonder , a prey to all the delusions of ; * ' lias dreaded sight . " With Eeme nnthois the ghost m Hamlet has formed a sonree of severe fcnt nnjust ; oitidEiD , by it being brought in comparison with the ' phsntonis of ^ scbylns ; but this censure is now regarded ! as the of&prirjg of circumscribed viewsShake '

      very . ; pere wrote and adapted his scenes to the tast « and pre- ! jodices « f bis time ; and whilst the powers of his ima- \ gination were congenial to tbe established snperstatacms ' wWdb then prevafled , he bag ienae » a iln » e olgecta ; « f terror eafewrnent to the designs of the drama , amidst ' a boltoeBS of poetic fiction , that has embellished the ! tradiSSons of the Tnlgar , with tbe elegance and splen- ! flour of rinsMfs erudition . ' ¦" Of all the characters drawn by Shakspere , Hamlet « laidonbrtdiy h&a excited the greatest interest . Andd the ' Taried scenes of Jife , lbe -pen of the immortal poet \ fcaa depictea Use passion * of lie human breast with a \ |> ower and energy tscee&ng the tfforta of all oiher ! aitn ; bnt , in ths beautiful drama that delineates tbe ! teeer of the Danish Prince , a ' philosophy oi Uiought'

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      prevails , with whieh are imbued all the finer sensibilities of tbe souL In ponrtraying the disposition of Hamlet , Shakspere has presented to ns a correct outline of tbe moral character of those whose feelings and actions have been influenced by that temperament denominated the mdcmdidic , but which is often found assttmlng under different phases many of those variations that belong to the sanguine . Susceptible of impressions which with them create deep and profonnd meditatien , men of this class possess a reserve in their demeanour bordering on distrust , and viewing with suspicion the actions of their fellow creatures ; yet , gentle , generous , and affectionate , they are chagrined by a sense of their condition , and are rendered unhappy by the contemplation of those wrongs which the vices

      and lollies of the world hive inflicted upon them . I / : ke Hamlet , the uses of life &re to them , ¦ *• Btale , fiat , and ^ profitable ; " and worn out by the bitterness of rtficction , their energies become annihilated in that tempest of moral feeling , which not unfrecmently brings them to a premature rest , in the silent recesses of the grave Monmfnl as this picture i « , it presents to us however , the history of some of the most illustrious of men ; tor who can dwell npon its outline without recalling to to remembranoe the nnhappy and proscribed Tasso , — the elegant bat -unfortunate Bousseau , with the highminded and self-exiled Byron ? Infinite in his knowledge of the human heart , Shakspere has drawn Hamlet faithful to nature ; and though his sentiments are tinged with an aspect of deep melancholy , his rtflections ,

      pregnant with studied observation upon life and all its concerns , will ever awaken in tbe breasts of the generous a&d thoughtful , the same train of ideas which has always pervaded the pages of those distinguished poets and philosophers , who , as advocates and promoters of hnman improvement , have encountered fearlessly the prejudices and vice * of society . Incapable of appreciating the character of such men , cold and unthinkic ^ critics have not bten scrupulous in Extending their censure npon those reflections of hnman life which are so prevalent in the works of our immort&l poet ; but possessing that temperament congenial to men of high genius , Shakspere , kind and gentle in his nature , had felt * the op > ressor > wn . ngs '— ' the proud man ' s contumely , ' and g ave way to that COntWBplative Badness -which with him reizus predominant , whilst viewing tbe evils

      generated by 'the vain pomp and false glory of the world . ' The happiness of the human race , impeded by ignorance sad retarded by tyrant custom , cas excited in all ages the sympathies of tbe geod and virtuous . Their philanthropy , mingled with an ardent enthusiasm , have unceasingly led theia to prognosticate that another and a better era will yet arrive , in spite of those smiles of derision which e" ? en in the present day follow such anticipations . Happily , the destiny of man is now progressive . The chains which have hitherto ktpt his intellectual faculties in bondage are rent asunder ; and knowledge , with all ita advantages , jshall at some future day bring to him the enjoyment of a more improved state of things , free frem those scenes of turmoil , care , and anxiety that have too long Larrassed his existence . Truly has our illustrious bard , in his Second Part of Henry VL ,

      proclaimed—• Ignorance is the curse of God : Knowledge the wing wherewith- we fiy to hea-ren . ' " Oopions original notes are given , exhibiting deep research , profonnd reflection , and enlightened philosophy ; tbey trill be read with much interest . A word a 3 to the auibor . Mr . iJacdoneil is a man who has spent years of toil in a profesbion which should have been to him a source of honourable emolument ; and bis talents and practical knowledge as s snrgeon well entitle him to these rc-warda . But , aJas J for the honest man who is

      doomed to lire in this Age of Broii 25 . " Mr . hi ¦ would ihvtikJoT himself ; would refuse to worship at the altar of w tyrant custom f and of course he has suffered for his independence of spirit , and manliness of heart . Some years have now elapsed since the writer had the pleasure of listening to the words of truth and philosophy from the lips of this warmhearted believer in " another and a better era" for the hnman race ; and despite " the oppressors wrongs , " the proud man ' s contumely , " we are glad to find that our instrucior has never faltered in the ennobling belief that

      " Cume it will for a' that , When man to man the warld o ' er Shall brithera be and a' that " To the admirers of Shakspere , and all the lovers of elegant literature , we mO 3 t heartily commend this lv Essay "

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      cot been for Mr . Daucombd , I have no hesitation in saying that Baring would have beaten him by a large majority . Pattison ' a majority was 1 P 5 ; consequently , if 83 tmt of the whole number that polled , for him had Toted forBaring , Baring would have been returned ; and I believe neither Whig ot Tory will dispute the fact , that the chartists could have ensared a show of hands and have polled between three and four bundrei votes for their man ; therefore , Mr . Pattison may consider himself in a much mora honourable posit ion than that of ' creature to the League '; be is the People ' s Member . I was in th 8 House with Mr . Pattison ; and there was not half a dozen Members so thoroughly domocratic ; and I pledge insself , as Mr . Duncomba pledged himself , that he will vote for every point of the People ' 8 Charter i tar separation of Church and State ; and for all other moral and religious measures . *

      " If so , Mr . Pattison was indeed ungrateful . At the Three Tuns , on the 7 th inst ., he thanked tbe Jews and the Leaguers for his triumph , not the ChattiBta . " Mr . O'Connor was , I believe , in Scotland at the time . He muBt have been misinformed . It ia surely impossible that the London Chartists caDvassed and voted for Mr . Pattison 1 The friends of the working classes could not , I shoald hope , vote for tbe great head of the monied interest' —the very Goliah of the Mammonites—the * creators' of the great Moloch of the mills , the League—the man who denies the rtght of the poor to support '—who believes , that to give

      capita } a fair remuneration , the price of labour must be kept down *—and whose passion for accumulation , whose inextinguishable passion for fain , has no limit 1 ' —Ne , no , I will hope that Mr . O'Connor is incorrect , and that the information given to me was true ; else I must believe tbafc the Chartists are not only tbe enemies of the working classes , but that they are the most inconsistentmen on earth—contending everywhere , in tbe provinces , witb their tyrants and oppressors , tbe Leaguers , and afterwards canvassing and voting for the " creature of the League" in London ! It cannot be .

      " I thought I knew the Chartists aa the friendB of British industry . I fancied that they were the enemies of the New Poor law j that they recognized in the Leagners their remorseless oppressors , tbe tyrants of the mills ; and were resolved never to add to their grinding power ! I have been nearly three years in prison—am I now to understand tbafc the object of ' the Chartist movement , ' as it is called , is to find us a Government and Legislature composed of such men as Pattison and Gisborne— the creatures of tbe League' ? If so , then , without hesitation , I would prefer despotism in its most unmitigated form . Yes , it were better for the ¦ working classes of England th . it the autocrat of Russia ruled their destinies , than that the Molochs of tbe mills , the Goliahs of Mamrron , should be elevated to the mastery . " 1 still cling to the hope that Mr . O'Connor ' s information is incorreet—that 1 wa ? not deceived when I was told that the London Chartists did not interfere in

      support of either candidate at the late election for London . We conclude wiih the following extracts , regretin ? that we have not room for the entiro number . The # © od Oid iing" is advancing . Let the Proficmongars look to it . If we are not to have Protection " , we must have " Co-operation" ! If the labourer is to be ground to the earth , we will see if the useless shopkeeper cannot bo destroyed ! Again we say , let the Vampires look to it . They may have things more free yet than they wish for !

      "If ' cheap labour' be good for the shopkeepers , ' small prenu' must be desirable to tbe labourers . The * monopoly' of skopkeepera must , then , be destroyed . ' What is sauce fur tbe goose is sauce for tbe gander . We must have no more profits behind the counter , of 200 and 2000 per cent ., to enable shopkeepers to keep up gay and costly establishments—to have their splendid carriages , country houBss and parks . They must no lunger be allowed to live like princes , ¦ while the pocr hawker ia forced to buy a licence for hi 3 ' prelection- We must have no more buying cotton neckcloths at 7 d . a piece , and celling them for 2 s . each ;

      stockings at 7 d . & pair , and vending them at Is . lid . ; ketties at 4 s . each , and dispensing them behind the counter for 9 s . ; German silveT pencil-cases at 9 d . a piece , and ticketing them at tbe low price of 2 s . 6 d . each ; steel pens at 6 d a gross , and selling them at Id . a piece J These are only a fcjw samples of the benefit fifcri-vefl by tbe monopoly of shopkeeplng . Bat if -we are to have 'cheap labour , ' we will have ' small profits . ' Why , I ask , should these brawling Free Trade shopkeepers be protected from the competition of poor , honest hawkers , who would serve us at a much cheaper rate ? Djwn , then , with licences ; and let every man hawk whut , when , where , and bow bo can .

      " . Nay , better still , we must have tbe producer and the consumer brought in cleser contact , and thus entirely supersede the expensive ' monopoly of the shops , ' by the universal establishment of Bazaars , where a commission of l orlj per cent will be all that shall be demanded for distributing tbe products of industry . We shall thus receive a much greater reduction from the cost , than many times tbe amount of the * protection' demanded for our poor labourers and artisans . The poor Beaistresses will then be able to protect themselves against the extortion uf the Free Trade shop keepers .

      " Tea , yes , Messrs . of the Free Trade » hapEeeplng bcLooI ; if -we are to have * cheap labour and ' cheap corn , ' we will also contrive to have ' cheap bread *—aye , even if we send to France for bakers ' It is a fact , that 'in France they manage these things better than we do . ' vVe will now take a cheap leaf out of their book , and try if we cannot thereby obtain a cheap loaf . *• Let the consumers of English bread _ note the following f : ict Comparing the price of wheat and of bread in France and in England , we pay annually te our millers and bakers a profit of upwards of £ 11 , 008 , 000 sterling more than the FreDcb pay to their bakers fcr the same < juartity of bread . ' I Let the cry , then , inn through England , ' millers and bakers , we will htve cheap bread . ' " Oh , yes , if our artisans ,, our labourers , our Bailors and soldiers , are to sell their labour cheaply , so most oar bakers come dowfl to the French level . " How queer the Freebooting gentry will look then . '

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      questions that , supposing the Pythagorean' system of diet tobe true , would certainly puzz ' . e us to answer , we might $ h » ye enlarged upon these objections , but space will not permit . Notwithstanding what we bave abovo said , we cordially reoo mmead this publication . We can aay truly that we have learned many facts from ita pages I 6 IIia" otwity ; and we can promise our readers that they will find in the pages of this work , independent of its grand theory , muoh really useful Knowledge , rendering oheap indeed the price at which they will purchase it . " Prove all things , " say we ; and therefore read " the Realthiau . "

      A L It SJ « YOUNG MEN ON CHAStt c t » y SylVeste » Graham , of Boston , U-a . rnoe 2 s . London : Strange , Paternoster We confess that we took up this work with no reiisn . tor its perusal , expecting to find it either a piUmonger s puff , or & parson's homily ; and having no taste for quackery , either medical or spiritual , we looked with considerable distaste at the very title of the volume . Not that the title is not in itself good ; but because such titles in the present day are too oiten used to palm on the public most rasoally and health-destroying frauds . But , having read the ^ ntro duotwy Eeeay , " "Preface , " &c , we were induced to read on , * and having gone through ita hundred and fifty pages , we fetil competent to speak honestly as to its merits .

      In reviewing works relating to the health and existence of mankind , it behoves non-medical writers to be extremely cautious how they venture to recommend such works ; and acting upon this principle , we should have refused to have said one word in favour of this " Lecture , " had we thought we discerned the least trace of quackery therein . Nay , if tor the lamentable diseases oommented on in this work , we had found other than the most simple remedies recommended—had medicinal agencies , of the nature of which we were ignorant , been proposed to the reader who might be suffjriiig from the curses which a false civilization has engendered , we should have paused ere we bad spoken favourably of what we might be unfitted to ppeak correctly .

      We believe from revelations that of late years have been m <> ro or leas made public , that tho dreadlul evils detailed in this lecture are indeed but too prevalent ; and that this picture of the horrors at the foundation of social society in America , is but too faithful a portraiture oi like noiTors in this country . Aware of the existence of these miseries , a host of brazen imposters , numerous a * Egyptian vermin , have arisen m the land , who , pretending to sympathise witb distressed humanity , hare addod to its tortures ; and white eac / i has asserted that he was the only , Esoulapins , all have added immensely to the original evi ) . Year by year , too , has that immorality which owes ite very existence to the

      wietchei . situation of womankind , under our present anti-social arrangements , gone on advancing with giant strides . Corruption is festering round the very heart's core of society ; and yet , un il very lately no one has attempted to stem the fljod ot impurity , or direct erring man into the right path oi virtue and happiness . The rulers of the people havebeen too intent on preserving their own power and perpetuating the slavery of the masse . " , to find time to look after tho conservation oi the health or purity of society . Priests av « now , aa they ever have been , bout only on maintaining their unholy powor over tho minds oi men , aud propping up their degrading superstitions , caring Dothiug for the

      physical health and social morality of their followers : while the great body of the people , the unrespitcd victims to the tyranny and fraud of their temporal and spiritual masters , the eternal slaves of " custom , " have been sunk iu poverty aud ignorance , the unfailing progenitors of vice . In this sta . e of things men who have seen the deplorable eviJd and their causes described iu this work , have hesitated to m&ko known their information , either from a feeliug of false d < . hca « y , or a dread of the censure of an ignorant and vicious public opinion . The author of thw "Lecture " was one of the first who dared to tell the truth and

      burst the shackles of " custom ; " and good Bervice to the human race has be performed in so doing . We want a Graham ia this England to go through the land , like another Father Mathow , cleansing with the besom of Self-Kefoi m our vast Augean stable of its moral and physical impurities . Wanting such a man , this book may be productive of great good . To the parent , the guardian , the youih earnestly desirous of steering clear of the contaminations of society ; in short , all who are inTBrestcc ! in inuir own health , or that of those near and dear to them , we cau honestly recommend Dr . Graham ' s lecture .

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      Leeds . —Picking Pockets . —On Tuesday last , two prostitutes , named Eliza Harrison and Rebecca Hartley , were oommittod by tho magistrates at the Leeds Court House for trial , on a charge of having picked the pooket of a young man nanwd Benjamin Gothard , of a purse , containing a £ 5 note and thvee sovereigns . Leeds Woollen Markets . —The demand for manufactured goods continue ^ , and those mo 3 t called for are now principally made to order , there being no stocks left , on baud . These consist of Pciershama , Tweeds , & . o . For flue goods the enquiry is still small , though an expectation exists that it will be better for the spring trade .

      Assauvts on the Police . —On Tuesday , a man named Thos . Jones , said to be a " travelling conveyancer , " was sent to Wakefiold for two months , for an assault Oil 0 D 0 of the night police ; and on the same day , ; Wai . Birdsall , of Halbeck , was charged with a similar offence towards another member of "the force , " on Sunday night . The off nee in this case , was committed in the Sheaf Bridge beer-houso , and the parties having been quarrelling , the caso was dimissed on the defendant paying the costs . Stealing Lead . —On Monday last , a young lad named Wm . Benson , was committed for trial by the Borough Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having , on Saturday evening , Btolcn a quantity of load , from the roof of the dye-house of Mr . Chadwick , in Bowman-lane .

      Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the Leeds Court House , before John Blackburn , E ^ q ., on the body of a man forty-four years of age , named Robert Stacey , whose residence was at Ferry bridge . The deceased was an engiheman , and was employed at the bone mill of Mr . Joseph Tooley , at Birken , near Ferrybridge ; on Wednesday , whilst cleansing some shafts connected with the machinery , during its working , his shirt sleeve

      was caught by a wheel , and bis arm was instantly dragged amongst the cogs . His cries alarmed his fallow-workmea , by whom the engine was stopped , and he was resoued from his perilous situation , but not before his arm was nearly torn from its socket , and he had sustained other injuries . He was at once sent off to tho Leeds Infirmary , where amputation of the arm was effected , and every attention was paid to him , but he died on Thnrsday evening . The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed . "

      Bobbing the Dead . —On Saturday last , an Irish woman , named Mary Parkin , was charged at the Leeds Conrt House , wich having stolen & variety of articles of wearing apparel , from the dwelling house of Mrs . Homer , in York-street , whilst Mrs . Homer was laid dead in the house . The prisoner had been left to take care of the house aud the corpse , during the absence of the friends of the deceased , who were making preparation for the funeral ; and whilst thus left to herself she packed up sttcb . articles as she thought might be useful , and walked off with them . They were missed , and on enquiry it waa found that

      the prisoner had been selling borne things ; she was therefore taken into custody , and in her possession the remainder of the clothes were found , together with £ 1 153 in money , although she declared that she had not a farthing about her , " except the fever , which she had taken from the d < g » d woman . " The things were identified by the deceased ' s friends , and the prisoner * who loudly protested , in a strong Irian accent , that she had , barring the fever , only one or two things , which had \ accidentally got packed up with her own , was committed to Wakefield House of Correction " , first to get rid of tho feyer , and then to be tried fox the felony .

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      CARLISLE— Fatal AccrDBNT at Port CartiSLK . —Four Lives lost . —On Wednesday , the 22 j instant , a raft { of timber , part of the cargo of the Trafalgar , which had been moored off Bowness Marsh , was observed drifting past the Canal Company ' s jetties , and was going out to sea rapidly with the tide , whioH was unusually high . A boat was speedily launched from the shore , having on board four persons , viz , William CareltOD , of Port Carlisle , iunfceeper ; his eldest son John Carletoa ; Kobsrt Nicholson , Jan ., of Port Carlisle ; and alad Darned Matthew Scott , and proceeded to sesure the raft , but melancholy to relate , whoa H had reached about half way between tho Jetties and Bowness ,

      the boat swamped and all the orew were immediately drowned , j The catastrophe was seen from the shore , but no help could be afforded to the sufferers , who must have perished immediately under the turbulent waters of the S « lway , unusually flooded by the late rains . The accident is supposed to have arisen from thejparties U 9 hg sails in alight boat , without even having had the precaution to put any ballast on board ; but we are informed that had the cargo of the Trafalgar been canal borne , the occurrence would hot have taken place , as the timber would have been secured in the timber pond belonging to the company , when the risk , which has , in this instance , proved fatal , as well as the expense of salvage , might have been spared .

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      How TO commit Suicide . —Tbe best mode of suicide for ladies is , to wear thin shoes , and lace with a bed wrench aud trope : by this means they may kill themselves without being suspected . " Fresh Herding !"—Five owfc . of berri . 7 g 8 , in a state of decomposition , were exposed for sele in Worcester , one day last week , and were seized by tbe police . v Longevity . —There ia an old woman , named Margarat , at present living ia the parish of AnnQBieadie , near Nenagh over whose head one hundred and sixteen years have rolled , i Rent . —W . Fetheraton H ., E- > q ., of Can-ick , has , in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture , and tbe difficulty of making up money amongst thofarming classes , given an abatement of ton per cent , in the rents of his Longford property .

      Papier Machi n e —a . house in Berlin has jaat started wilh making models of papier muchAe , representing the different kinds of quadrupeds , for the uss of schools . The Director ot the Berlin Museum has recommended thorn iu faithful and useful specimens . Threatening Notice—A most ferocious threatening notice b .-ia been served on tho agent of Drysart property , threatening death should any distress be made on tbe lands . A most wanton and disgraceful outrage has been perpetrated on an old wumw in t > lie cure of a house in the neighbourhood of Knockdrin for Sir Richard L-ivinge . Two fellows entered , and , without saying a word , commenced to beat her ia a savage manner .

      TITHES —Repeated applications having been made , in vain , by tbe appointed officer of the government , ( or the awe&r of tithe , ' : due out of the land of Neergrove , parish of J > runiranyj ; on the 16 th ultimo , two bailiffs , Magrath and Mathews , were sent to levy a distress , and having seized a Urge flock of sheep , were driving them to pound , when Doctor Dillon Kelly , the owner in fee of those lands , rescued them . A "Good" Beatingi?)—On Sunday evening , after dusk , a 3 E . i ward Meaies , tbe roadmaker of Thonlegee , was returning front Bailynmbon , be was waylaid at Rathmore by fuur men who gave him a good beating , and on Mr . J . Dawson coming up and endeavouring to save biin he came in for a share of what was going forward . i

      Whiskey Drinkers . —Tba quantity of whiskey ccmsumt-rt t . y the people of Scotland has been tripled since the lowering of the duties . In Glasgow the consumption of spirits is enormous , and tbe sum spent in Whiskey annually jin that city ia £ l 200 , 000 , of which £ 1 , 000 , 000 is expended by tbe operative classes 1 Rent . —Tbe Rev . pharleB James Grogan , brother of one of the Merabera of Parliament for Dublin , made a bonajide reduction , and actually returned it , of thirteen per ctnt ., on tha last ; , of March rent , to his numerous tenants at Bullyleigh , Ballywilliam , BallyvaUm , and BaUivega in his county , when receiving his rents about three weeks ago . j

      Illicit Distiling . —On Wednesday , a party of Excise officers stationed at Ballygawley , County Tyrone , fur tbe ptupose of putting down illicit practices , accompanied by Mr . Oliver Landreth , supervisor of Dungannon district , proceeded to tbe townland of Ballynakelly , near Dungannon , where , on the land of a man named Robert M'&ean , they succeeded in seizing a large quantity of ground malt , and on the same townland in the garden of a person named Simon Wilson , they found a still which they destroyed . Ribbonism . —A respectable man , named Be ) rn , living

      in the neighbourhood ! ef Channonrock , wab interred last Sunday ; he died ! from the effects of a beating be received from a party of rofflins on the 1 st instant ; they attacked him in his house , and one of them fractured his skuii with a blow of some blunt instrument , from tho effects of which he lingered until last Saturday morning . We ate informed a person accused of taking a prominent part in the assault has been arrested aud lodged in Dandalk gaol . The deceased was a Repeal Warden ; and it is said tbe attack was made on him in consequence of hi * strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of RibboniBm in that district

      Arrival of East Jndumen—On Saturday afternoon two first class Indiamen came up the river , and were hauled iuto the Enat India Dock at n » od tide . Tbe first waa tbe London , Captain Attwood , from Madras , which place she left on the 21 st of July , and touched at the Mauritius on her voyage . The second was the Dartmouth , Captain Jacob , from Bombay . Tbe Dartmouth left Bombay on the 17 th of April , and after a rough passage round } the Cape , waa compelled to put into tbe Isle of Franca leaky , -where she remained nearly two months under repair . Both ships are laden deep with rich cargoes . ;

      A Land Slip . —A large mass of earth and chalk fell into thu sea at KeuipjTown , Brighton , on Wednesday morning . Two men and a boy had just come to the edge of the cliff , to look at the sea , and they were carried down with the falling mass . One man was buried in it , and was dead before he could be extricated . The other two were only slightly hurt ; but they were in danger from a high tide , which isolated the part of the beach . One of the Coast Guard fortunately saw them , and thay were drawa up by means of a cliff-crane . At an inquest held on the body of tbe debased . Henry Holden , in the employ of Mr . Saxby , of R . ittingdti&n , a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . The inroadb of the sea on the eastern side of Brighton have undermined mauy portions of the cliff , the top of which is in consequence very idangerous . The road to Rottingdean has been removed as many as four times further inland in the memory of the residents , and porti ons of the old road are still visible across the turf .

      Unless some means are ) speedily adopted for the protection of tbe cliff , the present road must also be shortly abandoned for another further removed from the sea . Opposite the Biackrock gas works the sea . has eucroacacd to within a yard or two of the road . Frightful Snake Storv—The following incident was related to us the other day , by ene whose veracity ia unquestioned , and who ! was almost an eye witness to tbe fact . It u more appalling than any we recollect to havo ever read in the nistory of those reptiles : —Some time last ; summer the inhabitants of Manchester , Mississippi ( United S ' . atea )| gave a barbecue , which wns attended by tbe beauty and fashion of the town and surrounding country . It happened that among toe guesta ttetJ waa a young lady , M . isa M ., recently from

      one of the eastern cities , ! who was on a via it to her relations in the neighbeuirhood of the town . Miss M , was a gay and exceedingly fashionable young lady , and withal possessed of an uncommon share of spirit and courage , except in tha matter of euuttiS—and of these she had bo great a dread , that she scan ely dared to walk anywhere except in : the most frequented place for fear of encountering then } . Towards tbe close of tbe day , while scores of fairy feet were beeping time in the dance to the merry music , and the whole company were in the fuii tide of enjoyment , a scream was heard from Miss M ., followed by the inost agonizing criea for help . The crowd gathered round her instantly , tbe perfect image of despair , with her hands grasping a portion of her dress with the tenacity of . a vice . It was some

      time before she could bej rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause of her alarm ; and then they gathered from her broken explanations , that she was holding the head of a smhe in the folds of her dress ! and dreaded to let go bar hold for fear of receiving the fatal blow . This intelligence caused many to autiuk from her ; bat most of the ladies , to theit honour be it epoken , remained with h «» , determined not to leave her in her dreadful extremity They besought her not to ( relax her hold , as her safety depended on it , until some one could be found who had the courage to seize and remove the animal . There were none of the ladies , however , who had the courage to perform the act ; and tbe condition of Miss M . jwas becoming more and more critical every moment . It was

      evident that her strength was failing very fast , aud that she could not maintain her hold muoh longer . A hasty consultation amongst the calmest of the ladies was held , when it was determined that Dx . Tisan , ¦ who was present , should be called to their assistance , file was quickly on the Bpot , and j being a man of uncommon courage , be was not many minutes with the weeping and half-fainting females , until he caught the tail of the snake , and wound it firmly round his hand to make sure of his hold . He then ! told Miss M . that she must let go the moment he jerked it away , and to oiflJta th e act as Instantaneous as possible , ho told bet he would pronounce the words one , two , three ; and that , at the

      moment be pronounced tbe last word , she must ; let go her hold , and be doubted not he could withdraw the snake before it could make th « stroke . All stood in breathless horror , awaiting the act of life and death ; and at the moment the word three was pronounced , the Doctor palled out the moat , diabolical-looking"bustle " that ever was seen in Mississippi ! The whole aflair was at once explained . The fastenings of the machine had become loose during the dancing , and it had shifted ita position in such a wayj that it dangled about the lady ' s legs , and induced the belief that it was a snake with an enormous head ij The Doctor fell right down and . fjaiated . —Barbadoc : Mercury .

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      The Malt Tax . — Farmers' Journal states itbafl geod reason to believe that , in consequence of the larga returns of the Income Tax , her Majesty ' s Government contemplate a leluc ' tion of the malt duties in the eaauiag session . Extensive Fire at Dockhead—On Sunday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , a fire broke out in the workshops cf Mesrrs . Bentley and Co .. mast and Mock makers . Thsnias-street , Dockbaad . It was Qrst discovered by one of the family , who heard an unusual noi . « e in the shop . A . n alarm being spread , several of the London Establishment and West of England engines arrived .. The firemen very soon got their engines into operation , and tbe fire was extinguished , bat not before a great portion of the stock was destroyed . The loss will fall on the Sun Fire-office . No account could be obtained as to how the fire originated .

      Death of Mr . Wre . vch , the Comedian . —On Friday night this veteran comedian expired at bis re * sidence . Picket-place , after a short but very oppressive astmatic complaint . During the few days he was confined to his bed ( says a correspondent ) a large New * foundland dog , that bad been bis eonBtant companion for the last ten years , never quitted his room , bat watched every movement of his master with the utmost anxiety . When Mr . Wrench expired , the faithful animal was fully aware of his loss , the consciousneaa of which he evinced by the most pitiable cries , and ita ctief was at length so severe that it was e&iZid with convulsions , which continued upwards of two hours . The poor brute is still inconsolable , ani will , it is sup ^ posed . falJ a victim to its attachment .

      Destructive Fire in the Citt . —Oa Friday night , between the hours of eleven and ewelva o ' clock , a destructive fire was discovered raging on the premises belonging to Widow Wibson , carrying on an extensive business as a cotton and worsted-winder , at 6 and 7 , Priest-cour * . near the Post-office . SS . Martin ' sle-Grand . PoHce-jonatablo F 28 &aW flames issuing oat of tho fi . 'st fl . jor , and without loss of time raised an alarm for the safety of tbe inmates of tbe adjacent preurses . As soon as hv . hud accomplished that , he despatched messengers to the engine-stations with intelligence of the outbreak . On tbe arrival of the engines

      a plentiful supply of water was flawing from the firemains in tho neighbourhood , frsm which the different engines belonging to the London Fire Establishment were set to wosfc . By the time however they were got into active operation , the Iw s had reached the second anil third floors of the builuing , and were break ' ing out of tbe various windows . After an boars hard working an tho p ^ rt of the firemen they were enabled to stop the further progress of the cenfl xgration , and by one o ' clock the fire was entirely t-xnaguished , bat not before damage to a v « . ry serious amount wae done , the greater part of the building and contents being destroyed .

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      London Corn Exchange , Mondat , Nov . 27 . — In consequence of the boisterous weather scarcely any vessels laden with English Wheat have been received during the past week ; but of Irish Oats a full average supply h * 8 been received . Tba receipts of Wheat by lani carriage from , the neighbouring counties wex * - tolerably good ; but nothing came to band by watei from the before-mentioned cause . On whole , the Btandf , were fairly supplied with samples of home-grown Wheat , while the demand for all descriptions was steady , bat not to say brisk , at prices about equal to those obtained tn Monday last , and at which a good

      clearance was effaoted . Fine white Foreign Wheat moved off freely at fully last week ' s currencies ; but ia other descriptions vary little was doing . Superfine Barley was scarce , and much wanted , ; benee the sala for it waa active , and the prices ruled a shade higher . In other kinds of Barley very little waa doing . The Malt trade was-again dull , bat we can notice no alteration in figures . The show of Oat samples waa tolerably good . Fine qualities were in demand , yet the trade waa far from animated . Bath Beans and Peas were quite as dear . The bakers purchased both town and country-made Flour with extreme caution at about stationary prices .

      I . ONDON SMITHFIEI . D CATTLE MARKET , MOHdav , Nov . 27 th . —As is almost invariably the case on the approach of the great Christmas market , tbe arrivals of Bsasts were on tbe increase , but , comparatively bpeakiug , of middling and inferior quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recollect to have seen so few really prime Beasta at this time of the year as were exhibited tbia morning . Such descriptions were , in consequence , though the attendance of batchers , both London and country , was small , in steady demand , and in some instances they commanded 2 d per gibs , more money , the top figure for such being 4 s . per 8 lbs . ; but with ail other kinds of Beef the trade -was in a very depressed state , and last week ' s quotations were barely supported . It mast be understood , that in offering the

      above remarks as to the value of the primest Scots ' , they refer solely to those weighing frem eighty to one hundred stone , and that la pet 8 lbs was obtained in so few cases , as to induce us to quote no higher general figure for B = ef than 3 s io = i per 8 lba . The northern droves of Beasta consisted of j ., 600 short horns ; those from tbe western and midland districts being composed ef 800 runts , Devons , Herefprds , Durham * , short horDB , Irish beasts , &o . From other parts of England we received abuuv S 00 of varioUB breeds ; from Ireland thirty beasts ; and from Scotland , by steaniers , forty fat , and eighty store Scots . We perceive the importations of foreign stock , under the new tariff , are beginning to attract mere attention . Those daring the past week have consisted of forty-four oxen from Vig « , twenty ditto from France * and twenty ditto from Germany . To-day we bad a few of them on sale .. In

      their quality , especially as relates to theso from Spain , very litt ' e improvement was noticed ; yet they come to hand , considering tha distance conveyed , in fair condition . The few disposed of fetched from £ 16 to £ 1710 s each . . There was a fall average number of Sheep on show , but their quality , like that of Hie beasts , waa inferior . For pnme old Downs * ariBing cMtfly from their scarcity , the demand was active at very fall prices ; bat the balf-breds and long wools hung heavily on hand , at previous rates . Calves were again plentiful ; on account of which , and the abundant supplies of Veal in the dead markets , the sale for them was very heavy , and the highest quotation did not exceed 3 b lOd per 8 lbs . Even at that miserably low figure great difficulty was experienced in tffdeting a clearance . In Pigs a fair amount of business was transacted , yet we can notice no improvement in the currencies .

      • Borough and Spixalpields .- —In consequence of the prevailing gales the arrivals of Potatoes at thO waterside during toe last week have been but moderate , they having consisted of about 290 tons from Scotland , 700 tons from Yorkshire , 350 tons from Devonshire , rtnd 600 from Wisbeach , Essex , and Kent . Prime samples command a brisk sale , at fuiiy previous rates but in all other kinds very little is doing . Borough Hop Makket .- —Considerable animation still prevails in tbe demand for sew Hops , and the late advance ia well supported . In yearlings and old Bops a «; ood busines is doing . —Weald of Ktnt Pockets , £ 5 153 to £ 6 159 ; Mid Kent , £ 6 10 s to £ 9 8 s ; East Kant , £ 6 4 s to £ 7 ; choice , do ., £ 8 to £ 10 16 s ; Sussex , do * , £ 5 5 s to £ 5 16 s ; Tearling Kents , £ i to £ 5 $ 3 ; Do . Sussex , £ 4 53 to £ 4 15 s ; Fdrnhams , 1843 , £ 9 to £ 11 .

      Tallow . —The market is very quiet ; fine pale Y . C . on tbe spot , is sought after in parcels , at 42 a ; while ordinary parcels are to be had easily at 41 s 9 d . For all tbe year thp price is 41 s 6 J ; and for February and March , 42 a 6 d . The season is nearly closed at St . Peterburgh . Town Tallow is plentiful , at 43 s per cwb Wool Markets . —In the past week the imports of wool have been about 2 , 000 bales , 982 being from New South Wales . The improved state of trade Jn our manufacturing districts still influences that in this market , as a large business has been done , at fall prices . n » public sales have been as yet declared .

      Richmond , Nov . 25 . —We bave had a good supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 a 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; Oits 2 s 4 d to 3 a 4 d ; Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d ; Bsans 5 i to 5 s 3 d per bushel . : Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Nov . 25 . —At our market this morning the business transacted in Wheat was only to a limited amount ; bnt factors were firm in requiring the quotations of this day se'nnight . In Flour no alteration , either in price OX demand , was observable . Far the general runs of Oatmeal last week ' s currency coald not be realized , and t& effect sales a reduction in price waa submitted to ; 22 s . per 240 lbs . was an extreme rate , and only obtainable for extra superior qualities . A moderate sale was experienced for Oats , aud in their value no change can be noted . ¦

      LivEnrooi- Cattle Market , MQNPA . Y , Nov . 20 . The supply of Cattle at market to-day has * been much the same as last week . Beef 4 £ . 1 . to 5 | d ., . Mutton * & to 5 J < h per lb . Cdtfcle imported in Liverpool , from the 20 th to the 27 tb November : —Cows , 1568 ; Calves , 33 Sheep , 3271 ; Pigs , 5720 ; Horses , 25 . Liverpool Cobn Market , Monda y , Not . 27 . — Daring the last seven days we have continued to receiva liberal supplies oi Irhn Oatmeal , amaunting in all to 11 , 000 loads , and have also to report fair quantities of Wheat , Oits , and Fleur , from Ireland ; There bave arrived from the United States 3 , 500 barrels of Flour , and from Canada 614 quarters of Wheat and 900 barrels of Flour . At our market on Tuesday , whica was well attended by town and country millers , a fair quantity of Wheat waa Bold , principally Irish new , at fully the advance quoted at the dose of last week . Oats

      No change occurred in the value of foreign . continuing to meet a pretty good demand , maintained previous rates , at which also some quantity of Oatmeal was sold- Both these articles have since improYed ia value by id to Id per bushel , and 3 d per Joad respectively ; 2 b 5 id to 2 s 6 i'l per 451 bs . havebeen paid tor choice mealing Oats , 20 s 6 A to 21 s per 2401 bs . for new Oatmeal . Wheat has not met so active an inquiry as in tbe early part of the week , irat prices nave been fully maintained . Canadian Flour has had a pretty fijea sale at 3 ls per barrel for best brands , and homemanafacture has been rather more saleable at our last quotations . Two or three cargeeB of English malting Barley have arrived , and bave sold at 34 s to 36 s per imperial quarter . Beans have brought rather higher rates . No change in the value of Peas . About 1 , 100 barrels of United States Flour have changed hands is bond at 22 d 9 d par barrel .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS , No . 47 , Vol . 3 . We make no apology for returning to these papers . The interesting matter in the above number demands that we should lay tt before onr readers . Onr readers know Sir . O'Connor's opinions with respect to Mr . Pattison , the newly elected member fol the City of London , We differ in loto . with Mr . O'Connor as to ihe nitrite of Alderman Wood ' s successor ; and Mr . Oastler having disputed tne statement that tbe London Chartists assisted in returning Pattison , { we m » y add that oar own columns bear evidence as to the correctness of Mr . Oastier ' s position ) the interests of truth demand that Mr . O . should be heard . Speaking of the trininph of the whole-hog Free uVadcrs , —for Mr . Baring waa an " expediebc ^ ' ' Pree Trader , —Mr . Oastler says : —

      " The question thus decided , Is , however , of very serious importance , &cd most eventuate in very serious results to England . The metropolis has now given ite sanction to the horrible principle , that * tbe poor have do right to rapport * iMslthns ) . They , tbe citizsns of london , swaTd that to pive onr capital a -fair remuneration , tb « price of labour must be kept down . ' iHnskisson ) . That ' the condition of the man vho has to compete with b cheaper , better , or more rapid mode ef protection , mnst be deteriorated . ' ( Bowring ) . That * the maxim of buying l » benr in tbe cheapest market is the best mle for the trade of the whole

      nation . ' ( Petition of Merchants ana Traders of the City of London ) . And they have resolved , that ' the employer of labour is to avail himself of all circumstances by vrhicb he can rednce the return of labour . " { The Mornvno ChronkieX Ihesa , f rom the lips of the Digne 8 t Free Trade anthoiities , are what yon call ' the principles of common sense *—the principles of those men ' whose passion for accumulation , wlaoBe indistinguishable passion for gain i has nolimit * ( M'Culloch ) . These principles are now engraven on the forehead of every citizen of London ! Mr . Biring declares that they are ' sound and incontrovertible . ' ' And so , " say tke ciBzans of London , * we adopt them , in the person of Mr . Patti » on , without hesitation , equivocation , or delay . '

      " Well , if it must be to , it must ! If we are to snrrender to these diabolical , to yield to these detractive principles , it is perhaps better that tbey were adopted at onee . Tbe Infatuated dupes win then the sooner discover their error , and be disposed to return and ' wali in the light of the Constitution . ' " Hence , although I could never have voted for Jlr . Pattison , 1 thintit waa perhaps better that Mr . B-ring was defeated . We shall come to ths worst so mucb Booner . " He then comes to the question of the Chartists supporting Pattison : —

      "There Is , however , one feature In the London election that has given me the most poignant grief . I h&d thought thai the Chartists were a body of men who were seeking to elevate the labouring classesto raise them to their proper place in society—to secure for them the full reward of thefr skill and industry . I was told , upon authority which I believed to be correct , that ' the London Chartists ' reselved' that they had no confidence in either Pattisyn or BariDg . " I Ihtieloie snpposed tfaat on sucb , or Bimilar grounds , they had not interfered in the London election .

      " I knew that , some tims ago , the Chartists of Nottineham had cssiBted to return a member of the anti-Corn Lrw League to represent them in Parliament—the notorious Giabome , of Dukinfield !!! ( Tbe Chartists of Cheshire and Lancashire will find so difficulty in translating these three notes of admiration ; neither will tbe shade of AsUey . ) Yes , 1 was aware of the dlagnst that badswoiientij © breasts of the working dasseeof Cheshire , Lancashire , and Yorkshire , when they heard that Gisborne had been returned fer Nottingham by the influence of the NottL ' -gham Chartists . I therefore rejoiced the more when I was told that the London Chartists had resolved to withhold their influence from the ' creature of the Leagutts , ' zsA to leave the two Free Traders to fight their own battle . Judge , then , of my astonishment and grief , When I read , in tbe Northern Star of tite 11 th inst ., thfc follr / wiug Statement , in a letter from Mi . O'Connor to the workirjg classes : —

      " ' T&e whole of tke pi&ss-gaDg , both Whig and Tory , are making a dreadful noise abon > Mr . Dnncombe ' B declaration of Charter Reform . It is not wonderful that the Tories should do so ; but why the Free Trade portion of the press should fe * I any annoyance , astonishes me , aod 111 tell you -why . Because the Free Traders have nude a mighty boast at their triumph in -the City of London , in the return of Mr . Pattison . But as I am sure that that gentleman would much rather owe bis seat to th" « nns > ought interference of a friend than to the tricks t * the trade , it may not be amiss to tell him to whom be really does owe his triumph . These , then , are tbe f ** t » of the case . The Chartists had resolved upon m- Vking a powerful anti-Whig and anti . Tory demonstration at the recent nomination , and to the witb candidate

      had determined upon-go tag poll a pledged to the whole prk * i pl <« <* the Charter . With those intentions , a very influential Committee waited upon lit Duncombe . for the purpose of consulting him npon the matter . * . * & Duncombe told them that they themselves could -not select a candidate who would go farther than Mr .- Pattison in support of everjfcliberal measure , and that te was sure he would vote % tbe Six Poiats of tte . Veeple ' a Charter . The perfect reliance » W ^ Ihe world * f «« *»« w Mr . Bnncombe , made that explanation ^ ectly satisfactory ; and the Chartists Bet to work in tbe * «*«* 1 »«^ J « to canvass for Mr . Pattison . Tha res . *!* ™ that they did not propose a candidate ; that he got the show of hands , as wdl as a majority of votes ; » b"e , cad it

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      * In a private letter addressed to ns , Mr . OasUer rays— ?• 1 bave it from the Chartists in Load-on that l am right They say no Chariisl called on Aw . i >** combe , but some Sturgnta did . They ftTsr tnat tte Chartists did mt interfere , "

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      THE HEA . LTHIAN ; a Jora » . u , ot ? H \ jman Phtsiology , Diet , akd Regimen . London Strange ^ Paternoster-row . This te a colleotion ef papers originally published monthly , Btitched together in a wrapper , fourteen in number for one shilling . The views advocated are those of total abstinence from all drinks save and except water ; from tobacco , snuff , opium , & 0 . ; from flesh diet , and all food prepared by fire or other chemical agencies . So that WO havu here whole-hog r-ectotatism and no mistake ! Nor is this all : we have but the theory in the book , but this theory is reduced to ¦ practice not only by a large number of isolated individuals , but also by an

      associated body of experimental reformers—the Concordists of Ham Common , Surrey . Without expressing agreement wiih the writers in this work , we must admit that they write like men in earnest , and advauce many arguments not easy to overthrow . Tbe Pythagorean system of total abstinence from flesh food has bown advocated by some of the greatest men who have lived , including the immortal Shelley ; and when we consider that health is the grand desideratum of existence , v * e should pause ere we sacrifice that most incomparable of blessings to the gratification of what may be a " vitiated" palate . A question arises , which tbe advoca'es ot a purely vegetable diet will bv expected to answer . and moat

      Tbey argue that the bravest powerfully physical of the human race , have been those nations who have been the most abstemious ; and they point to the Komaos in the early part of their career , to the Scotch in their early struggles with the English , and to the modern Irish . But we have been told that the reason why the English soldier has so repeatedly borne down his GalllO OPPOnOnt on the field of battle , if , because the British arc belter fed than the French ; and hence are larger men ; possessing greater strength of muscle and power of endurance . So that it has been superior animal strength , not superior bravery or military skill , that haB to often given the " victory" to the British . As to the modern Irish , it is not fair to compare our murdered factory population with the Irish

      peasantry ; but compare peasant with peasant if the truth is to be arrived at . And here let US ask , if the Iriah peasantry are the etrongest in the world , —fed aa they are mainiy upon potatoes , and seme two millions of them sub . nsting upon casual charity or poor law relief ; and if their strength be the rcsu'i of their mode of living , what is the meaning of the outcry . we have had about the " seaweed" and the " lumpers" ? For if their food was to be " bettered ; ¦ ' if taey could keep and consume , amongst themselvc ? , tne cattle , pigs , butter , and cheese , which they now send to this country , then , according to our friends the " Concordiats " , they ( the Irish ) would forthwith deteriorate , and become feeble aud emaciated as their diet became more luxurious J

      Again : when the " Healthians" point to the abstemious coherts of " all-conquering Rome , " we are forced to ask another question . Heaven knows we feel no admiration for the " triumphs" and " conquests" of England : still " what is written is written . " India , China , America , Africa : many an ocean-fight and ensanguined plain attest what has been done in the * ' glory" and " slaughter" way by the " cohortB" of this country , naval and military . How Is this ; How is it that the flesh-eating , beer and rnm-drlnking Briton , has out-rivalled by far a ll tbe boasted conquests of the CH 3 US and their legions !

      Perhaps we shall be told that there are moral causes for this superiority : that the English have been the first to acquire and mature a knowledge of mechanical and chemical discoveries and * 'improvements" in the art of men-killing . But this does not settle the question . We are told by oar modern Pythagoreans that flesh -eating not only destroys the body , but also clouds tbe intellect , impairs the mental porrers and lays prostrate the mind ! If &o , how is it that the : flesh-eating English hare been the most successful explorera of the useful sciences , which has , no doubt , had much to do with giving to them their superiority aa a naytion ! These are

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct679/page/3/