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      SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . Jfo . XTLL BTI . 1 CLA 3 C 1 . 53 » Soldier ' s Bride , or la Heroine de Prftngfo . vnijaa ! to t 2 iB bride ¦ with a free-born sonl ~ Tna mind disdaining base controul ; ¦ j 7 j cSer fbe meed cf our just applause To ihs Heroine of the hoi y causa Tirbsa the rweefc Marseilles hymn -was snag , lid its eagle ^ P ^ and tbe Tocsin rung , Ske placed herself by Ihe cannon's side , ^ h ^ -was f&e beart of . the SoHier " 8 Bride

      Alas I by * b e ^^ ^ ^ 'ceaw ^^ balls , Amiist fee fray her soldier falls ; cjje rlancsd , sis sighed , but a moment more Ajiihsxsigh trsslast in the cannon ^ tost ; yor Vg = zln | the match from his paMed hand Shefired the train "with the deadly brand , Astounding the foe-smbthe crimsontidB ^ st flowed fean life by the Soldier * Bride . ' lo > ibe eagle soared to victory ' s son , And tbe Victors hailed the deeds she'd done ; ydrdid she forget i . er soldier brave , Bat a "snEoT ? planted o ' er hisjfrave . ^ That blooms -with verdure by the teat of ioTe , -ffbidi shepays it ev " ry year , ¦ jfiile the ^ ns ° * Freedom hail "with pride ¦ Each nuptial oay of She Soldier ' s Bride J

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      TAiL OF WAB 3 AW

      srin . jfhy Earope should have slumbered 2 suve bet the base can tell , T ^ jsgji Patricks Tmnumbtrt d » 2 feath Freedom ' s banner felL UseTe ras a time -when France With tricolour nnfnrled , ffovlil to her aid advance vnfl say the northern worldjjje eagis that conld gtza "WSh dauntless steady eye Tjjot tfcs suns bright rays , gEiifcs in the nether sty .

      ^ he fl £ 3 ite once conld pour Tfci torrent of their might , jf j ^ csEiil not secure jToaM-cieci the llnseevlte . 3 b ! yai f& = Poles may check , Tko ' rprcad in wfldsifar , Tet naj r&tum and "wreck Shar TcEZeance on the Czxr !

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      T 3 E STEAM KING . IT XBTFASD P . 3 IEAD . OF BrEMEfGHAX . 22 ms is a King , an ^ a rnthirss King , 2 f ot a King -of tie poet ' s dream ; 3 nS & tyrant fen , whits daves know 'well , 2 nd that ruthless King is Steam . ] jg hs » h an arm . an iron arm , And feo' he hath but ona , In that mighty arm there isa charm , Hat milBon 3 bath undone . Eie the ancient Jlolosh grim , hia sire In Himiaon"s V 3 le that stood , 2 a iwwtJs are of Bring fire , And chslilren are hiB food .

      Biipriesthood are a hungry Kad , Blood-thirsty , pr-nd , and bold ; ^ Ta they direct his giast hand , Ib tnnang blood to gold . ToxSJiy gain , in their servile chain AB nstBrei r-gbts they bind ; Sie * most at lovely "womsn ' s pain , And to manly tesrs are blind . Tha aghs and grcans of labour ' s sons Are mnsie in their ear , A-nfl tha sideion shades , of lads and ru ^ ids , la the Steam King ' s hells appear . Ibcss tells upon earth , since the Steam King ' s birth , B&tb se&tter'd arocsd despair ; Tor tha hnnan mind for HsaVn design'd , ¦ With the body , is nmrdere !! there .

      Thea flo-raViQi fhs King , the Moloch Eng , Tb "warfciBj millioiis all ; 0 chsialnsliid , or our native land Is fisarfd bj him to -f » H-• ind 113 Satraps 3 bhoT'd pach proud Mfi ] Lord , 2 fov gorg ed Tjth gold and blood ; Hcst be pet pst doTrc by the nation's froirn , Al "veil sb tiioii xdouebex &nd-Ihs eieap bseafi crrw "will snirrdei yon , Bj bludgeon , ball , or brand ; Ibeajqg £ Charier gain and the potrer "wSl be "rain Of taKSteam King's bloody band . SoSS 0 n -with the King , ths Holoch B 3 ng , Aaa ^ iB satraps of bis might ; l £ t nght prevail , then Freedom haW » When might shall stoop to right 2

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      PBA 25 B TO THE IEHY . 1 thsik my Bc-d "wife truth and saal , Thsihshaihiaaae my soul to feel Ss-eet Poefy and LeTe , That He unto my mind hsth giTen A foretaste of Himself and HeaTen , And joys that reign abora Oh that my ferrent tongue could tell , Ihe "Bitchary of that « h : mmTig spell , That prompts ids to adore 2 fatnre ' s first cause 1 the Imng God ; ¦ RThoss breaih doth bless fee fertile sod , Tffhose throne I Jtneel before . I bless Mm trith a prayer sincere , Thai he hath made my roice to cheer

      The crush" d and breaking heart 3 blea Him for thatioly fire , "Which doth my ardent soul inspire , To plead oppression ' s part "KTiene ' fer 1 look abroad on earth , A joj ext&ic ipnaga to birth "Within my humble breftsfc . At morn ,-when dsy is first began , At noon , or -srhen tfce setting sun Sicks in the golden ¦ west . 2 n aim and meditative night , When myriad stars hay * lEnt their light , Aad-haiig like gems on high ; « 7 ¦ 8 * ei majestic clouds career &Iore tbe moon that shines so clear In rhe expansiTe sky .

      - ^ prery time , in every pteee , ^^ Snay enr 3 prared vision trace The btintif ul and true , ¦ ttjatituifl and love 1 raise * JToicc to sng His glorious praise , To wlioni all praise is due . ^ fcwwihat He doth loire to bss Jb ns * sfc happy , fair , ann free , , j ^ And merdful and "wise . i ™ * *^ at men trhose minds are pure , WIq shield the treat and help the poei , Find favour in "hia eyes .

      ¦ ujen blessed fee Thy name f er ever , "' eat God of iifa and light the giver , 2 Jm , - « v ^' -anal , guod , ana just , ^ onjrho art ever prone to . rave "fciiacUed serf sad suffering slave , -v ^ . , In Thee "we pnt our trust . " Hs * hes te- BESjAaia Stoh

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      TEE SHOEMAKEB . 1 j |? SK cS ! S ^ atatttt ' ^ JaStM ^ ^ ^ ° - dfc £ ed ^ "B-eatber , ^ of ^^ f t 05 tt lel-Ilfefi ? » " so -srise and knoTring ^ ftftSS ^ ' hek £ P them going , ^^ SSS ^ 1 ^ 0 ^ ^ rj « s ^ * v . 4 ,. S 1 rl

      ^^^ ThT ? neTer ^^^^ a feeling " ^ MjaSt ; 1 md his ^ H ™ heeling ^_^> « oq tea to the last . irS ^' iSS ^ foot t o mearoe , Jf ^^^^ afuliand

      «« fiim lor ^ of jjjg jjm ^ ¦• A'S ? t Si ^ ^ ^ "re from getting 'WaaW ™ ^ or cough ; ^ K 4 eS \ ^ «« fi ™> netting , ^^^ oSSp ^ uTor •*** t , ^ Iiwf-S ?* Tlth ^ mating and mending . **« Sf % ¥ ^ ¥ = ^^^^ tm ^ d ^« . ^ iish isTw b £ atfc * ° grz ™ descaodirig ^ * * kins torC 5 t . ^^

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      ^^ r ^^ ofS ^^ CTURE , SOCIAL HAMTS , &c , ILLUSTRATED . -Loitdont Fishkb , Sos , & . Co . Arealy Bplendid work ! evincing great enterprise , when we trust will be rewarded % &b titS 01 Pnolio appreciation it so richly merits . laework consistB of a series of -news displaying the scenery , architecture , and social habits of the ancient and exclusive Empire of China ^ rendered doubly interesting to us from the reeent occurrences in that empire with which we have been BOunenviably connected ; and by the new treaiy of amity and peace just condnded by onr Government wi : h a people the and 1 h <>

      ^ l ^ £ aOrdlW l ^ asl known of aDy npon eartiu _ Tiiese news are accompanied with historical ? ndfescripliTe noticeB , which render the " Tiews " mtelhgibletoall ; and impart information reEpectlng the habits and enstoms , the powers and capabiJities , of apeoplewho have learned how to keep and feed a population of 300 , 010 , 000 without having U > deem tbe working portion of it " surplus 1 " or to devise plans for » getting rid" of it ! It is published id Monthly parts , in a quarto form ; and each part contains four engraved view 3 , " got up" in the first style of the art . The Ietter-pres 3 accompaniment is also firct-rate : it is indeed beantifnl ; an excellent specimen of ihe perfection to -which this branch of art has arrived .

      We caDnot transfer to our p&ffes one of the lovely ¦ news with which this woTk abounds ; or we would gladly do so : but we can give a specimen of the Historical and Descriptive Kotices , " which may serve to show , in some part , the nature and scope of the undertaking . We select for this purpose the following account of the

      GEEAI "WALL OF CH 3 SA . _ " A rods state of society . the wandering habits of uncivilized nations , and s , -wrong estimate of the quality of vengeance , may have rendered de f ensive military achitectura both necessary ai , d tfFectual in the early ages of mankind . Simple earth-works for such objects still survive in many countries , the annals of whose primitive people have become either confused or extinct , besides , have not the Sledes . Syrians , Egyptians , Romans , Picts , and Welsh , left abiding evidence of the confidence which they placed- in mural protection ? EasfB-ard of the Caspian sea a boundary wall was built by one of the successors vt Alexander the Great ; and Tamerlane , too , did not despise the security which snch structures afforded . These two latter lines of

      separation and defence , like the great wall of the Celestial Empire , were drawn , to restrain the sadden irruptions of uomade Tartars . In all instances , however , in which the authors of these RTeat reccrds of past time can bo determined with certainty , the painful fact is presented , that in the most abject slavery , such structures bad their origin , and reduces the investigation to the motive which actuated tome tarbarian eonqoeror , -who had fuccedeed in trampling npon the liberties of millions . Voltaire -views the Pyramids of Egypt as so many monuments of slavery , under the weight of -which , like the tomb of King Mausclus , the country long continned to groan . And is he not justified in his conclusion , if the story told by Herodotus bo trne ? In one of the

      pyramids of GizJj , ' says this ancient historian , ' are entombed the bones of Cheops ; in another , of his brother , Cephrenes . One hundred thousand men ware employed during twenty years in raising the greatest of these enonnrus "Works ; and from that period the memory of Cheops has been held in the ntinost detestation by the Egyptians . ' Such also are the feelings and recollections associated with the formation of the Cbinese walL It is said that every third man in the empire was drafted , and obii ? ed to assist in the bnildiBK—thst , being scantily supplied with food , four bnndred thousand died of huuser , ill-usase . and excessive

      fatigue ; and , the Chinese sentence which commemorates these miseries , eharacterz-s the work itself as * the annihilation of one generation , but the Balvation ' of a thousand . " If or can the slavery of the Enyptiars , hi constructing the pyramids , be coir pared wi \ h that of the Chinese in obeying the « onimaDfls of their imperial taskmaster , if ihe quantity of matter raised , and put together by manual labour in each case , be admitted as the criterion : for , ' the materials of all the dwellinghouses in Great Britain , allowing them to average on tie whole tvro tbonsa&d cubic feet of masonry , would be barely equivalent to the solid contents of the Chinese wall /

      "Before the Mantchoo Tartars subjugated China Proper , the Great Wail , one of the most gigantic , yet perhaps one of the inost senseless conceptions that ever occupied the human intellect , was the northern bonndary of the empire ; and it owes its foundation to Chi-Hoang-Ti , cf the fourth Tsin dynasty , who ascended the throne two hundred and thirty-seven years before the birth of Christ and was the first universal monarch ol China . Fincingthe petty princes of Tartary trouble-Ecme to his frontier subjects , he Bent an army against the former , and drove them into the recesses of the

      mountains , and employed the latter , during this interval of rest , in building a rampart to exclude all freebooters for the fu . ure . Some Chinese historians who abhor the memory of this nerce despot , deny him even the unenviable merit of being the sole projector of this 7—* Z—i " - " * . - ° *** 5 * vfe ? y bnili tba Dortion that bounds tbe province of Chen-si , the oloer parts Doing raised by the different potentates whose respective kingdoms they enclosed . This opinion , however , is not sufficiently supported , and history now concedes to Chi-Hoang-Ti the undisputed authorship of this wonder of of the world . "

      "Itinightabobeamisd , from the general character of this fiery prince , that he was , most probably , the real originator of this collosal project . The quality of his ambition , as well as of the chief actions by which he is remembered , lend an air of probability to the statement . Having pnt all the Tartar princes of the neighbouring territories , and all their male relatives to a ernel death , with the exception of the king of Tsi , -whom he enclosed within a pine grove and left there to perish , te united their dominions to his own . His next great public act was colonizing of the Japan islands , by sending thither 300 young men and women , voder tbe conduct ot a gallant naval officer , who soon , however , threw eff his allegiance , and made

      himself sovereign lord of the territory . The construction of the Great Wall would bave been more than sufficient to have perpetuated this monarch ' s fame , and most tyrants -would bave been content with such a stupendous monument : but , such was the insatiable ambition of Chi-HoangTi , thst he resolved not only on immortaPzing his own name , but on annihilating those of his predecessors . To effect this most ungenerous object by a single blow , he caused all the books in which the lives and actions of former emperors were recorded , to be committed to the fl < unes , with a degree of infamy unparalleled perhaps in history , except in the instance of the Alexandrian library , which ths Caliph Omar is said to have destroyed in a similar manner .

      "The eastern end-of Chi-Hoang's wall extends into the Gnlf of lea on-tong , in the same latitnde nearly as Peking . It consists of hugh blocks of granite , resting on piles or pedestals supposed to be composed of the hulks of ships filled with iron , which the emperor c&ustd to be sunk in the sea as a secure foundation . Extending westward , its fronts are finished with the most perfect accuracy , the workmen having been warned , on pain of death , to dose the-jomts with such exactitude that a nail could not be -driven between them . Thestyle of building resemblesthsfiathibited in the walls of Peking , and of other f ' -rtirledjdties , tbe dimensions , however , being considerably greater . Its average height is twenty feet , including five feet of parapet rising from the platform or rampart , which is

      fifteen fecm tbe ground-level . Tbe thickness at the base is twenty-five feet , and on the platform fifteen . The structure consists of two front or retaining walls , two "feet in thicknesB , the interTal being filled up with eaafch , rabbis-stone , or other loose material . To the height cf six feet , the fronts are of hewn granite ; the upper part entirely of sun-dried brick of a bine colour . The platform , which is paved with brick , is approached by stairs of the same material , or of stone , ascending so gradually that horses do not refuse to tread them . In the province ef Pechli , the wall is terraced , and cased with brick ; as it enters Cbensi it begins to be of inferior workmanship , ssmetimes only of earth ; but , on

      tbe side of Cba-hou-keou , to which the Muscovite merchants come direct from Selingisko in Siberia , it is again o ! stone and brick , with large and strong towers always garrisoned . From this point southward military posts are erected along the banks of the Hoangho , in which guards are maintained , to keep tbe boundary between tbe neighbouring piovinces of Chan-si and Chtns-si , acd prevent the navigation of tbe rirer by hostile tribes . Passing the Hoang-ho into the province of Chensi , the wall is generally of earth , in some plaeeSr-qiiite obliterated , but , in remarkable passt s it is defended by either towerB or large towns , whtre military mandarins , with a strong force , are usually stationed .

      " Notwithstanding the frail character of the materials in scTeral places , this great national work , fifteen hundred miles in extent , has undoubtedly endured for two thousand years , with but indifferent care and little restoration j in fact the union of the countries on different sides of tbe wall , under the same dynasty , has rendered its iid no longer necessary , and occasioned , therefore , its total neglsct There was a time when a million of scimetais glittered along it » length from east to west , but . all fear of inT&sion having jrobsiied , government is now content with guarding the chief

      passes that communicate with foreign countries " Wherever a river was to be phased , an axeb or arches of solid masonrj was thrown acVtWi protected by irongrating , that dipped a little into the waters , and effectually obstructed navigstiwj , at atber ingress ; where mountains occurred , { he s ^ sil vs made to climb Eh » f most ragged fronts , and in oce instance reaches an elevation of five thousand feet above the aea .- Wherever the nature of tbb ground rendered invasion easy , there the wall is double , treble , or as manifold as the necessity of the case would appear to demand .

      " Theprinc ' pal gates are fortified onlj on tha side of China , and then protected by large flanking towers ; at intervals of 6 Tery hundred yards along the wall stand embattled towers , forty feet iqnsrs at the base , thirty at the height of the platform of the waU , and having sometimes one , sometimes two stories above it The first gate , or first towards the sea-termination of tbe

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      wall , 13 called Chang-h&i-keou . It Is beautifully situated on aty extensive plain , and memorable in history for the perfidy of its commandant , who vn& the first to invite the Tartars of Lea-ou-tong to invade his eountry . The other remarkable entrance * are Hi-feng-keou , Tou-che-kcou , Tchang-kia-ktou , the two latter the accustomed reuUa of the Tartars » ho visit Peking , and Kou-pe-keou , through which the emperor King-hi generally passed to his Bummeripalace , at Zebol in Tartary , and by which the embassy under Lord Macartney had the gaod fortune cf being conducted to the same imperial residence .

      " Two views of the Great Wall have been carefully taken by European travellers : tha one at Koo-pe-koo , < Kou-pe-fceou , j which is given in the accompanying illustration ; the other by the draughtsmen who attended the Dutch embassay order Isbrand Ydes in the year 3705 These embassies , representing different foreign courts , could not have conspired to deceive their respective countries in describing their colossal labour : and , even if they had , we have still the evidence of the French missionaries , who bronght home a sketch of the whole line of vaDation . Thia mass of evidence , this concurring testimony of different men in different ages , is mere than sufficient to overturn the vain Bxtspjcions of some literary sceptics , who would conclude , from Mareo Polo ' s silence , that no such work as the Great Wall of China ever had a real existence Bnt the

      following extract , from an ambassadorial journal , tffords an a priori proof that Marc » Polo's silence is not to be ascribed to the non-existence of the wall , bnt to a yery different cause—his never having travelled so far north . •^ copy of Msrco Polo ' s route to China , taken from tbe Doge's library at Venice , is sufficient to decide this question . By this route it appears that thiB traveller did not pass throDgh Sariary to Pekia , but that after having followed tbe usual track of the caravans as far to the eastward from Europe as . Samarcaud and Cash-Txr , he bent his course south-east across the river Ganges to Bengal ; and , keeping to the southward of the Thibet mountains , reached tne Chinese province of Chen-si , and throngh the adjoining province of Chan-si to the capital , without interfering with the line -of the Great Wall . '"

      Most heartily do we commend this work to the favour of ihe public . It is deserving of an extensive patronage . We trust it will receive it ; and bave no doubt but that such will be the fact , if it maintains the character imparted to it by the first four numbers now publiahed . We shall notice the other parts as th « y appear .

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      tlons , and saying a great deal more that we conld not understand . We learned from her that the men were hunting upon the surrounding moutttains , and after a great deal of shouting -and calling , in which tbe lady joined , ( though not tilltshe had made me repeat several times that I was not an enemy , ; we heard an answering shout from a bill top ; all was then eiieni agein for somdtune , and , as we felt assured that the blacks were reconnoitering , we concealed onr only guns in the grass ; and assuming as unwariike an appearance as possible , we sat down upon the ground beside oar korses . We had not remained long thus , when we were roused by a sudden shout upon the mountain side , and as we got upon our feet , two men , armed , but pi rfectly naked , came into view , over the shaulder of the hillabout

      , one hundred and fifty yards abovo us . Qao of them , a large , finely-proportioned man , immediately stood forward , and waving one arm in the direction of the river , in a most undaunted anrt uncompromising manner , told us to be gone . I called tut to him that our intentions were friendly , that w « were unarmed , and that I wanted to speak with him—but he talked so loudly hitnse ' . f , that he could not hear me . He also spoke so rapidly that I could but partial y understand what he said , which was , however , something to thia effect : Begone , begone ! and take away your horsts—Why do you come hither among the mountains to disturb us ? Return to your hoiises in the valley , —you have the river and the open country , and you ought to be content , and leave the mountains to the l-lack

      people . Go back—kt-sp the piaics ami leave us the hills . Go—go—begone !'—with a great deal more in the same strain . Having at length induced him to attend , I advanced sorue distance towards him , and after again assuring him thct my intentions were not hostile , and calliDg upon PAm to observe that I was not armed , 1 said , ' Lny ( town your weapons and approach me . ' He regarded me for a moment , and then , with great deliberation , threw from him bis speara and hia boomerang , and came forward a few pucps , retaining his panrial ( or wallaby-stick ) in his band . I told him to put that down also—he did so with some reluctance , but would not consent to come any lower down the hilL I thsrefore elowly ascended towards him , beeping a sieady watch upon his movements . As I approached ,

      he seemed uueasy , and went behind a tree , but , as if ashamed of this , he soon stood out again . By this time I was . near enough to distinguish bis features j and feeling satisfied from his bolrt and open expression , that he might be trusted , I walked straight up to him and took him by the hand . He asked , ' Are we friends ?' and again I assured him tbnt we had none but friendly intentions towards him . He appeared much delighted at finding me speaking his own language , and Boon bocame quite at bis eace . His companion , who had tili this t ' lHie remained some rfictance in the rear , now threw down bis weapons , and joined us . They , however , still showed great fear of the horses , and would , on no account , consent to their being brought near ; my brother , therefore , fastened them to a tree , and came up

      the hill , carrying in bis hand a tomahawk that we h ¦ d brought with us , and which we presented to our tall friend , whose name we found to be Toolbillibam : ho was ovetjoyed at thbgift , and leaped and shouted with delight We were now upon the best terms possible , and Toolbillibatn began to shout loudly for the rest of his tribe , he saw , who were upon the surrounding mountains , to come in and see us , I now asked him if he knew anything of Pundoon . At heaving the name hia countenance brightened , and , with great earnestness of manner , he told me that he was the boy ' s second father , or uncle , and that the father was at hand amongst his companions , to bring him to me , he now redoubled his shouting . In a short time five of them made their appearance , running along tbe mountain side towards us . Toolhillibam called out to them , telling them how matters stood—and they instantly

      threw their weapons out of their hands . He pointed out one of them as Pundoon ' s father , calling him by his name of Pundoonban . The eld fellow-, upon ToolMlHbam calling out ; to him that he had news of his son , came running down , with outstretched arms , and coming first to my brother , gave him the full benefit of a moBt literally sweet embrace , as the old gentleman bad evidently dined upon honey—and for want of a spoon , had uat d his fingers , besides having smeared his face and beard a good deal more than was pleasant He asked many questions ibout his son , much mote quickly than they could be answered ; and . upon learning that he lived in a house , and ate bread , and wore clothes like ourselves , and that we would toon bring him baGk to the river , and that he should see him , the old fellow ' s joy Was unbounded . Having , by this time , eight or nine of the blacks about us , we told them to Bit down in a row , and made them a regular harangue .

      " We said that we had made war upon them , because they had killed white people , but that now our argor was gons , and that we wished to liv : ; in peace with them ; that we wanted nothing in their country but the gTass , and would leave them their ka garoos , their oppossums , and their fish . Toolbillibam here interposed , to know if we we . uld not le&ve them the honey . also . We assured him that it was quite at his service , and that he ini ^ ht make himself perfectly easy about rats , bandicoots , grubs , and all other small game . All this appeared extremely satisfactory to our audience . We told them that if they would uot rob or injure onr people , nor kill our ahei-p , that no person would barm them j but on the coutrary ,

      would give them bread when they came to tbe stations ; and we promised , that if they conducted themselves a tom £ n » w » . VM , ° . ^? JLJffSJyo . J : 4 JBlw each of . them of all our stations , and told them whtn they visited them , not to sneuk Ctpmtreo to tree , but Po walk up openly , and call out to give notice of their approach * and to put their weapons out of their hands—all tbiiB they promised to attend to . The sun was now sinkingtherefore , after distributing amongst them our pocketknives , our handkerchiefs , and such articles of our dress as we could spare , wo told them we must go . They all rose , and accompanied us to the camp , Which lay In our route—Toolbillibam walked before , and , with much care , parted trie long grass with his bands , and cleared away all obstacles from our path .

      " Before parting with bur wild-looking mends , we remained a few moments to examine their household goods and utensils , which were In the camp . Hanging near each fire was a large bag . about the b ze of a twobushel sack , very ingeniously fabricated of grass or rushes woven together , which appeared to contain all their property . Some speare were piled against the trees , and clubs , boomerangs , and shields , were scattered about . Of opposBum cloaks they appear to bave a very scanty supply , as I saw nene but very old and well-worn ones : but , as a kind of substitute , they bad

      large bunches of the skins' of flying-squirrels' tails tied together , which they use as a covering at night . The blacks appeared uneasy at our taking so much notice of their valuables ; we , therefore , having in vain attempted to persuade some of them to accompany us home , took our leave . Toolbillibara , who was evidently the bead of bis tribe , again preceded us , clearing our path as before , until he had conducted us as far from his camp as was consistent with his notions of politeness . None of these people could apeak or understand a single word of English , and some had possibly never seen a white man before . " *

      The above extract gives us a tolerable idea of the customs , habits , and dispositions of this injured race . And , as the writer in the Magazine truly observes , it is an incontestable proof also of their amiable and forgiving character ; for near the scene of this interview many of tthe friends and relatives of the " savages" had been slain by the civilized " white men" not many months before ! In another article , " Oar Embarrassments—a Eurplus Population : our Remedies , in Fisheries and in Colonies , " some valuable information respecting the diff . rent Fisheries connected with England is given ; aud some hints and recommendations thrown out and enforced that arc worthy of deep and serious consideration . We say this , irrespective of the

      writer ' s peculiar notions on Political Economy ; or of his considering his hints and recommendations as remedial means to restore us once more to" prosperity . " The questions of encouraging the Fisheries , and the use of tiah as a staple article of human food , are questions that will bear discussing on their own grounds . We believe it would tend much to our advantage to do both . Fish is a wholesome artirie of diet when occasionally used . Its exten&iye use adds to our other staple foods . Variety in diet is necessary to health and mp ^ nly vigour . Keep the strongest man you can find upon the strongest description of food continuously ; let him have nothing else ; and ho will pine away , and become feeble and spiritless . But let him have variety ; let him have

      coarse food with good ; and you will preserve his bodily vigour and physical capabilitiep , if you do not even add to them . Qae means of promoting a change or variety in the diet of our people when they were in a position to afford to purchasa a comparatively fair share of the comforts of life , we have often reflected on , and much regretted its discontinuance . We mean the practioe erjoined by the Roman Church , of eating fish ou Fridays and other Fusts . This practice was founded in good policy . It caused the t ? nconragement of Fisheries on our coast ? , and the making and keeping-up of largo Fishponds inland . By this means it added to the aiEount of national wealth , by adding to the stock of human food . One dinner , at least , out of every seven , of

      fish , by all the people , saved the beef and the mutton by one seventh : arid the custom promoted the health and strength of the people . It is clear that it was not deemed the best o ? food ; for the people were taught to fast on it : and we need only this one fset to prove to us that the people then lived far better than the people live now : for hundreds of thousands in oar day would like to have the opportunity of being condemned « o fast on a dinner of fish three or four times a week , instead of only once . For these reasons and considerations , we certainly think , with the writer in tbe Magazine , that much good would acorue to os from an encouragement of our Fisheries and the use of fish as an occasional article of diet .

      There are several other articles in the Magazine which we have not Bpace to particularise ; but whioh will amply repay perusal . We must , however , linter a moment over an instructive paper M On Colonial Architecture , " by Alfred Bartholomew , E q ., architect . It evinces correct taste , and 3 . thorough appreciation of the useful . Showy gingerbread erections , such as our degenerate age delights in , afford not pleasure to the writer : and

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      it is refresh ng to find a practical , man like this . doing his best to restore the architectural knowledge and taste which design * d and formed the building .- of a former age , aud which remain iri our da ? but as monuments of our degeneracy both ! in mind to conceive and power to execute . The fallowing extract will serve to show something ofithe scope and nature of the article we have dwelt on with much pleasure : — " But upon one subject we most earnestly request the assistance of our transmarine friends , viz ., the best aspects for buildings , wh : eh ean alon ^ be asccrfcantd by the local courses of the prevailing Winds and rains : from negli gence in this particular even in the highly and artificially-civilised land of Britain , eo many

      persons are fiilgeted into the desire of quitting their habitations as soon as they have taken np their abi tie within them ; and set to the account of an unwhokscree climate merely the fa ' . so placir . g of their residencts . which , if planned properly , wt . ul <\ have tfiforil d health , ci'i . -ifort , and recreation . In nil the pluua wlach we propose bringing under tbe reader ' s notice , every side «* iil he adapted correctly to the p&itieul&r aspect : on the cold , windy side , the apertures wil be faw and narrow ; on the moist , rainy side , tha kitichea and othu chimneys constantly or frequently in use will invariably be pace-i , so as to fceep alwavd dry such walls as w ^ uld otherwise be muiat , ai . il thus cause the adjacent npartments to ba unwhoJesoints In designs for hot climates , we shall afford ail v > ossibl «

      shelter to the sunny sides of our proposed dwellings , and shall endeavour to court the Vire > zj in all possible ways , to attemper the enervating effect 6 f such clumit-. s , which , by their scorching severity , render habitation scarcely bearable ; upon all these essentials we shall lie most scrupulous , knowing , by fatal experience , that nothing is more common than for houses to be m irrttl , in moist climates , by hawr . g large bay ^ vfindows opc-ning to the prevailing ruin , and , in warm climates , by the heating ( . fleet of chimneys added to the mtmdnn rayb of a torria gun . When we seo ajhomtf ! y-ur > p > earing house , destituto of the slj ^ hte&t exhibition vt fif > rt after taste , but correct in all these particulars , wefsU-tm ic highly ; and indeed we never have a thoron >; h contempt for any piece of building , unless it ba such - > n one

      as is dizjned out wna au exotic display of attached unnecessary finery—such as gubel ' s Without uss ;; multitudinous breaks to no purpose , and not the natural re 3 uit of conformation of plan ; or face-work patche . t upon the other materials with the sole motive of ornament , and without entering into and funning tfei- construction i ' self . We are no friends to lncing . 1 masonry or brick -built house with barge-boards , whioh are a constant suuive of expense to repair and paint ; of our oka free-will ire should indeed never stucco a building , exc&pt it v i re so old as to ba iucapable of repair in any otlier mtuaer ; we should rather save tbe perc SEi . 'irtness of painting a house all over , and bestow the price of it v \ . ou ; he interior in some work of skill , some painting of artistship , or in some series of vulunus ; our most e > t i _ -Hiu < i

      m-xim is so to bui / d ( hat edifices may as } riuch as possible take care of themselves , and . even amid [ comparative external neglect , still remain sound hubitaple , and icho' c some : in fact , when we sec a man iu a fciud of fev «* to remove from tbe ouuide of his frail , mean , plastered habitation , every rain-spot , moss-tint , or litchen-st'iin we are invariably led to im ; ig \ n > - ' iow ridiculous wyuid p ^ pbar St . Paul ' a ... Cathedral or Winciaqr Caaile , or the Tower of London , ' if painted ail over witb ont . uniform hue of oil-colour ; indeed , the man who iis for evjr stuccoing , cleaning , painting , and colouring the out ' side of his house , generally s'arves , as it wero , h ; s library , defrauds himself of pictures , and other works of arfc , and is made unhappy hy a h . iil-stdrm or i \ ah"W * r of rain . The fancied blemibliua which ho removes , from the very embroidery in which the artist delights . "

      In concluding thi 6 notice , wo must accord cur commendation both to tho manner iand marter oi this Magazine . Itsmatter is not of ! an ephemeral nature ; aud the manner of putting it before the reader evinces talent and judgment . To all who are interested in Colonial affairs , it is a work almost iniiispensible .

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      the Charter were then the cocstaat subjects of hia eulogy . No wonder that O'Connor was enaniourcl of the enthusiastic Quaker . "Tbat election was lost ; there , however , OC ^ nnoj and Sturge were brought into frisnuly union—thus ona great point was gained . It also succeeded in deluding tbe Nottingham masses , and thus gave promisa .. £ a successful general diversion in favour of the League 3 . " These two points having been sheared , ^ he Leaguers were in bigh spirits . True , the Nottingham contest had drawn largely from tneir funds ; but having = acceeded in entangling O'Connor in their net , "hey hoped , -without much d ; ffiBUity , to be able to etra : t ; le bim . Having made a lodgment amongst the English masses , they expected soon to steure their undivided support , and thus arm the League with the popular influence which they so rancb courted . Tbns they cea ^ d to resrot lha lavish expenses of that contest , and eirarely congratulated themselves on their success .

      " No-= » , all tbeir cunning was employed , all rbeu iff irts -wtze naed , to secure tbe ground they had . caiavd . 'O'Connor must begot rid of , ' the people muse be buwilriercc-i . aud . in that mist , O'Conrwll reinstated as ' Counsel of the English Working Classes . " " O'Conuor is as offriisive to the Leaguers as the Corn Laws thumseires;—rather t ! sn acknowledge him as a leader , they would retain tae C-.. u Laws with alliheii fincied h&rrc-rs . O ConneU , not O'Connor , is the ' man of their choice *' "These nvW circumst ' uces required another solemn consultation . It was helii .

      " The Leaguers wwe awuro that a metting of Chartist delegates was ar . veitisv .-d to bt hoi . den m MaTichf-stcv on some givtn day in August : Bbt . They kn ^ w that O'Connor had pledged himself U attend that meeting , aud that many of tbe Chartist leiu . era ( tbe five composing the Ex » ctr . ive Council amon ^; tfce rest ! would be tht rs . They than resolved to induce a turn out among their wotk-people just previous to the Chartiafc meeting of delegates in Mutfchester . It was nsolved that the w . ges of scma mills should be lowered , and that an universal reduction of wa ^ es ( ind that fr < q-iently ) should be threatenrd . Three lowcriDgs befur ; - Christmas were lujnoucc-d . 41 Some of the most enthusiastic Ashton Chartists ^ sre engaged by tbe Leaguers to traverse Lancashire aad Yoikshire , in-order to exciie the minds of the working cliesaa against the redaction of ¦ wages . One of * he Leaguers was named as leader of the Asbton turn-outs ' upon Manchester .

      "It was hsp « jd , by these means , th&t such const &Tnation might ba created as should induce Minister ? to call Piirli ' . meat together in a fright , and instaiitiy repeal the Corn Laws . If th . it failed , it was expect ad thut the Chaitist delegates woulA , during the disturbances intended to ba created , pJare tabiUselves in fcuoh a position as to become parties to tbe insurrection , and th'is , at all events , O Connor and b ' s m

      " Tue Leayuers . hotvever , soon ascertained that it whs not possible tbat O'Connor and ) . i » friends cou !> : be tried without tbe exposure of tbeir own guilt . They Jtiiow that if the Chartist < 1 e ? "gntes were guilty of sedition they ( the Leaguers ) h <« i bsun guilty of trecwwtt This they hnaw would be pioveu on the trial ; so by some means , known to youisfll and not hidden trum me , the trial of O'Connor and th « Chartist dele « .-tes has been postponed . It was now ex < e-ted , thai ; whenever it might take place , even if found guUty , tbe punishment would only be nominal- The Leaguers have therefore been obliged to resort to other uitu . ua in order to break up the Chartist body , and get rid of Feareus O'Comor .

      " Friend Sturge was again put In requisition . He was directed to call a Parliament of the middle and working clasaaa , to be assembled in Birmingham , for the ostensible purpose of obtaiaing Complete Suffrage , but for tbe real object of betraying O'Connor , replacing O'Connell , carrying the total repeal of the Corn La * V 8 , and reinstating the Whigs in office . Lecturers // om the Chartist ranks were immediately engaged , at very high salaries . Tbeir object was to prove to tha Chartists that Complete Suffrage was Universal Suffrage

      —that the name was only changed to catch the niiiMle classes , wbo had taken offence at tbe violence of some of the Ciiartists . Whether tha lecturers intended or not , the result of tbeir labours was a great disunion aud bickering amongst the Chartists . Tibeir leaders were accused of many crimes ; and just previous to the meeting- df th'j Complete Suffrage Parliament , it was more than probable that Chartism would die by tbe hand * if its apostles . The Leaguers were delighted with tLat disunion among the Cbartista—they impatiently awaited the meeting of the Sturgeite Cwnference .

      " Everything waB arranged to secure the defeat of the Chai tists in that assembly . A list of the obnoxious members was drawn up by Stuxge and his Committee , for tbe purpose" of excluding the most sincere Chartlsta before the Conference entered upon business . Special orders wtre given to Sturge , that ' if he could not secure the rejection of those members , and of the ' People ' s Charter , ' he and his party must instantly separate from tbe . rest , and continue the movement on their own Recount . ' " It was aiao arranged by the Leaguers , that O'Ct > n « nell should join the Birmingham Parliament , if they 11

      That Parliament met . " D'Cdwiell , ina lettetto the President , txpres ^ d bis willingness to attend , if they would promise to be civiL . It ended Mifthe total overthrow of the section of the Leaguers—ib exhibited to the working classes the implacable tyranny , the unrivalled duplicity of the Complete Suffrage faction . Never before were . such unreasonable , such unaccountable propositions made to a , deliberate assembly , as those which were there proposed by the organs of the Leaguers . One of them , more honest than the rest , let out tbe Leaguers' secret ' We want to get rid of the Chartist leaders , ' exclaimed one of the Sturgeites , pointing directly at O'Connor .

      " The meeting of that Parliament served to demonstrate to the masses that the Leaguers and the Complete Suffragists are all one and tbe same party , seemingly divided , bat merely bo to enable them the more easily to betray their expected dupes , the working classes of EnjeMifi . O'Connor appears to have gained , O'Conjj aMmKbaye lost , by this expensive exhibition at j ^ Wop gham . ^|| p ? dthiDg conld exceed the disappointment which mfl felt and expressed by the Leaguers at Che deplorable failure of their friends in Birmingham . " They remembered how they had been urged by their parliamentary leaders to get the masses excite !]

      aud pressed into action before the next session of Parliament—they bad spent large sums of money in tbe Nottingham election , the insurrection , tbe Complete Suffrage lectures , and tbe Birmingham Conference . Every arrangement was made to bold public meetings , under the auspices of Daniel O Connell , for Complete Suffrage and Cheap Bread—O Connor ' s political coffin was made—O'Connell was engaged to officiate at hia funeral , when lo I the sturdy working men in the Slurgeite Parliament , without hesitation or ceremony , dispsiled ati these pleasing visions of success , and forced the Leaguers ouco more to fall back on their own

      resources . " Again solemn deliberation was resorted to . Now for the keruel of my nut . " They resolved for the present to abandon the plan of public meetings , and get their petitions signed at so much a th'usatid in private , as before ; while , by the irfljence of a popular organ in tee press , ( aidedby a f « w Chartist lecturers , ) they hope , in time , to remove the niouiis from the eyes of the ignorant masses , and thus incuco tht-rn at . length to folio * v in the wake of O Connell and tbe Lea-juers .

      " You are acquainted with Mr . Francis Place . Yoa know that wbi-n you were among the Whigs , it was their custom to apply for his assistance whenever they wished to obtain the support of the masses . I need not remind you . on how many occasions they have Ooiigbt iiia ,-. i < i . The lost tir / u < chat his services were brought into requisition was when I was annoying them s . j much , by my . ff > rts to obtain the repeal of the odious uad accumd New Poor Law . " On that occasion he succeeded in establishing the Cuartist movement , of which Mr . Feargus O'Connor became the r : ^ uI champion . I was expelled from my home , banished , and imprisoned—the Anti-Ne « r-Poor-Law agitation vsas chfeked ; and the masses , finding they were tumble to change tha obnoxious law , very naturally Buugiit to change the lavs makers— hence the fetation for the Charter . Lat others blsme the workit » claase ? . I cannot .

      "Be the Chartist movement right or wrong , it has succeeded in ei ttrely removing the masses from the guidance ut the Whigs . Well , then , tho Leaguers , who , like yourwlf , are really Whigs at heart , having been tucal ' . y routed by the Chartists in the Birmingham . Par ! ia : ueut , vtty naturally applied to their old friend Pl&ce , a Lid consulted with him aa to the beat mean * of regaining the favour of the masEes . " Next week we fhall have other extracts from the succeeding Fleeter , upon this subject . At the present our space is fnll .

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      THE COLONIAL MAGAZINE , for February . London : Fisher , Son , and Co . We much regret that we have not been able to make an earlier and more extensive acquaintance with this cleverly conducted Monthly advocate for the " regeneration of cur domestic trade , " and the opening-up of" new markets for our manufactures , " by means of a liberal and enlightened policy towards our Colonies and Colonists : for it abounds with useful information , and is a judiciouslyarrange j miscellany of intelligence and interest respecting that most important portion of British enterprise—our Colonial possessions .

      The Number before us opens with an interesting article on "The Aborigines of Australasia , " aboandiug with important particulars respecting their numbers , their habits , their dispositions , and their practices . It also reveals to the Englishman at home , the atrocities that have been committed upon this " ignorant" and" savage" people , by those of our countrymen , who have " settled" down in the lands of the natives , and tried to extirpate tho former and rightful owners ; atrocities that make humanity sicken , and drive back the aspiring hope that vhe time will surely arrive when 41 Peace , good-will , and social love Will reign in every clime , " The writer truly remarks : —

      " Tbe aborigines of these new countries—upon which we have intruded our redundant population , to which we have sent wealthy speculators , in search of higher interest for the ? r capital than cou ! d be obtained in their native land ; needy adventurers , to search for labour and existence ; and criminals , whose presence was effensive to our nice sense of justice—are at least entitled to the protection of their lives and preservation of their freedom , from us in return . Were we to look baok upon tbe history of corquered countries , we should find that where the principle of humanity was Jost sight of by the invaders , a day of retaliation has Inevitably arrived ; and although the plea for neglect of the Australian Aborigines is ' insignificance of character and paucity of numbers , ' they might , in the bands of more civilized enemies , be made apt instruments of mischief . Hatred of Spanish cruelty was as green in the memory of tbe Mexicans at tbe period of the last revolution , as if the burning , torturing , and butchering ot tbeir innocent progenitors bad only recently

      occurred . 4 t Where the Remans colonised , they instituted a code for the protection of the dispossessed , as well as for the regulation of the settlers ; the Americans found it politic to pursue similar arrangements , and ultimately , found it more profitable and happy to treat with the Indians amicably for an exchange of lands , than to exterminate tbe tribes , and seiz * tbeir country . Algiers was not a barbarous state without a form of auVciumcaiN , ~ w ~ wvc . w- ^ 0 ^ u »~ . r ~» . m > * as ajJpitrpriate ; but the tribes beyond it are semi-barbarous , and with these France has determined upon incorporating her colonists by means the best calculated to ensure repose , and the least likely to kindle those vindictive feelings , which the semi-savages of North Afr ' cft consider it noble to preserve and fulfil , no matter how distant tbe opportunity . Why then should British sui-jects , trained in a religion of meekness , forgiveness , and charity , be more cruel , ungrateful , and unjust , than those of nations -WEiebtbey affect to contemn ?

      " We have-alluded to the benioumessof the Spaniard in extirpating tbe Peruvian and tbe Mexican races , but we have the public declaration of Australian journalists —themselves British-horn , and themselves enjoying the blessings of wealth and social happiness , in the land which the Supreme Being had conferred npun the plundered Aborigines—we have their solemn averment , that Spanish cruelty has never exceeded the atrocities committed npon the native population of Australasia . Bad our enemies ponred forth the ¦ tale of calumny ' against onr national character , what a burst of Indignation wonld have met and repelled it 1 Yet -with how mccb calmness and indifference is the intelligence of murders , manslaughters , and spoliations committed upon those guiltless creatureB , and on tbeir native soil , received both by the colonial executive , and the supreme government itself ! When is a change to come over this inhuman policy ! How can prosperity bless the efforts of a government or a people bo insensible to the claimB of justice and the solicitations of mercy !"

      From another portion of the article "we give the following interestiDgiy simple narrative of an interview with the Aborigines , by a settler on the banks of the Clarence River . It shows that even " savages" are not -proof against a well-directed kindly sympathy ; while it condemns , with a most heavy condemnation , those who , with hearts more " savage , " and dispositions more brutish , have committed their " murders , manslaughters , and spoliations upon these guiltless creatures and their native soil . " " I am induced to send you an account of a rather interesting interview which I had some days ago with a party of the aborigines upon the upper part of this river , being of opinion tbat the insertion of tbeparticularsintbe columns of your widely circulated paper may be productive of some good result * , as far as may teed to remove the belief that tfceBB people are an utterly irreclaimable and ferocious set of beings , and throw light upon their real character and disposition—a tubject very littl « known er understood .

      " Since the hostile encounters with the blacks , which took place upon this river about a year ago , in consequence fef the murders committed by them , they ba . ve rarely shown themselves , but have kept among the mountains , and avoided all intercourse , olwaysmaking off as fast as possible , if accidentally seen , though they have occasionally crept unobserved upon the huts , and carried off the shepherds' blankets and axes . I had previously several times tried to find and bring them to a parity , to endeavour to establish a better understanding between them and ourselves , but . always without success , until upon tbe occasion abwe mentioned , when having seen a smoke rising amongst the hills some miles distant , my brother and myself mounted our horses , and set out to make another attempt . After

      clanibering about the hills for some time , we entered a narrow valley , which we had not explored far , when we suddenly came in sight of a camp situated upon a small flit , surrounded on three sides by a creek , and backed by a mountain . Instantly . setting spurs to our horses , we galloped across the creek inte the camp ; we found it untenanted , however , except by a woman with an infant at the breast , and a child apparently about four or five ye ^ rs old . On onr approach , they fltd up the mountain , the woman carrying her child astride upon her neck . As we Beared them , they cried out in fear , and upon our coming close , the woman Took the infant from her shouldeia , and clasping it to her bosom , threw herself upon her knees , and bowed her face to the ground , thus cot cealing and protecting her little one witb her body ; the other child crouched at her aide , and hid itaface In the ; grass . They now uttered no sound , but their long-drawn respirations showed that they were in great terwr .- I dismounted ,

      and taking the child by the shoulders , raised her face from the ground , but she Bet up such a terrible squalling , that I let go again , when she dropped quite stiff and atarktnto her former position , and was again silent I sat down near them , and having some knowledge of their language , which I gained from a young boy named Pundoon , -who was taken in one of * bo beforementioned encountera , and who has since remain Ad with me—I addressed the woman , telling her not to fear , as we bad ao hostile intention * , and would not barm her , ic . Ac After a time she lifted her bead , and looking stedf&sfJy at me tor a little white , resumed her former position , but she seemed to have been re-assured by the scrutiny , for she presently raised herself and began to apeak . She first asked if we were hoatUe or angry , and being again assured that we were not , she Baid that she was afraid of the horses , ai d asked if they would not biteb-er . We told her that they were harmless , and lived upon grass ; npon which aha seemed to lose all fear , and btcame quite chatty , answering all ear ques-

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      Thk FLEET PAPERS . London : Cleaver , Baker-street , Purtman bquare ; and Pav ^ y , Holy well-street , Strand . For some weeks we have neglected our usual notices of " the King's ' Little Flootefs , which , with an industry as untiring as his spirit is indomitable , Mr . Oa * t ! er continues 10 Jay before ithe "Powers

      that be , " as well as before the pabliq generally , by whom they are read with an avidly that shows how much a good man , 6 veu in bonds , is respected . The '" Fleeters" are now addressed to Sir James Graham , Her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary o £ Slate for tho Home Department , and , truly , tyranny whether in high plaees or low , is Jaid before ' the minister in ail its odious enormity . la a recent ; number the doings of the " League" have been brought under notice , and their dtsbiro to " get rid of Feargns" is t > hown in palpable colour ? . After enumerating the shifts to which the " League" have been pur , and described the mode resorted to to ob ' tain petitions , " said to emanate from the people , " . but vhich they themselves have got up , he thus proceeds : —

      " I will now recall these facts to your ' attention , begging you , at the same time , to renumber , ! that altheugh the working classes bad the wisdom to det * p < se the efforts pf tbo Leaguers , aed to turn a deaf tar to all ^ te 5 p-.. U »?^? rijy" * Ufeft ^^^ v ^ fr

      " So much you know . There are other important matters ' of which you are not cognizant You shall not long remain ignorant . " When Sir Robert Peel was engaged in persuading his followers tbat something must be douujto appease the Leaguers , the representatives of tbat j body in ' the House , ' feeling the weakness of their party in the country , were constantly urging upon ttu-iy constituents , whom they met in the lobby aud its purlieus , ' that all their efforts would be unavailing—tbat * neither long debates , wearisome speeches , raging dissenting ministers , bawling matrons , simpering misses ^ no , not evon the almost interminable list of names attached to tbeir thousand and one petitions , were of anyi use unless the masses cou / d be induced lo join in the movement , and , by their numerous assemblages at public meetings , prove to the aristocracy that they really were in earnest in this demand for Free Trade . "

      • Such were the grumblings of the Parlucmentaiy leaders of the League . It was of n- » use reu'iimiiiig them of the immense number of signatures to tbe petitions , to prove that the people were united on this question . ' Pooh , pooh , ' exclaimed they , ' do not build upon them ; tbe enemy knows how thsy have been obtainedas well as ourselves . We MtsxJ have public meetings , oft we shall be beaten . : 44 1 need not remind you . Sir , how those numerous names were obtained to the anti-Corn Law petiiious . You have been long enougu amongst the Liberals to know all their delusive tricks with regard to petitions and signatures . : _

      " Every effort was matle , every subterfuge resorted to , in order to arouse the masses during the session , bvit they would ^ not move ; they -were , bent on 'the Charter' —nothing less would satisfy jtbeni . ' The Charter' was dreaded by none so rouoh as by the Leaguers — ' To give their slavey votes would b 3 tu ijl ^ troy their own monopoly . " Wtaf . t v ) aa t , o be tlono ? Solemn councils were held—many plans suggested . " They bad lingering hopes , notwithstanding the dogged obstinacy of the English operatives , who h&' > rejected the proffered services of O'Corvnell , wheu ithad been expected he would have been able- to wbi"jdle himself again into their favour ( f allude to ti-. e great Leeds Anti-Corn-Law meeting , in Tffr * Marshall's huge wilJ ) . —I say , . the Leaguers still fondly clung to tbe hope that , t « the end , they could c&jole the rnasses— iDduce them to shake off O'Connor , and onco biore mar-hail themselves under the ' moral' force banner of ' The

      Death ' s Head and Cross Bones . ' It was , however , they well knew , of no use to attempt another direct over Jure . So , in this new move , Daniel was very prudently kept in the back ground , and it was resolved that friend Sturge ( who , having very opportunely just declared his conversion to Chartism , under another name ) , should take the lead of a great n ; ri * na ! movement , avotved p in favour of Complete Suffrage , ¦ which ' , was the vtvy name adopted by O'Connell himeeLf for Univers . vl Suffiage , with tbe express purpose of breakirg up tht ; old Charter Union , au < i thus displacing O'Connor . Tbis little circumstance exposed the cloveri-foot , and led to the suspicion that Sturge was , whether Jinowingly or not , the mere puppet of tfce Leaguers , employed by them to reinstate O Connell at tbe head of j the English operatives . O'Connell's letter to S ' . nrge . jthc President of the Birmingham Parliament , has siiice proved that that suspicion was founded on truth . ¦

      " Nothing could have been more unlucky than tbe adoption by Sturge of O Counell ' s term , ' Complete Suffrage . ' TjDder it O'Connell had previously endeavoured to rally bis party against the English Chartists , whom he had endeavoured to bully into Bubmisxion —against whom he had levelled every abusive epithet which could be furnished by the dames of Billingsgate , As the leader of the Complete Suffrage party , he had poured out every invective against the Chartists . 44 The Old Irish Gentleman bad , however , made a great mistake—the bo much reviled Chartists were English , not Irish . His anathema was ] despised by the slandered millions , aud his torrents of i abuse ¦

      fell— j -Jlppf ' Like dew-drops from the Lion ' smane . ' ;^|| - ? When the meek Joseph assayed to prove the fierce Daniel ' s armour , itvyas unlikely that victor } ' should crown hi * efforts . Fortune , however , ; ia the onset , seemed to smile en him . " The Nottingham election was eagerly se- ' zed upon to entrap the masses , and to afford Sturge the opportunity , after kiBsing O'Connor , to betrayj him . There , Sturge said little about Free-Trade—the five points of

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      Daiung Attempts at Assassisation . —Thursday ' s Government Police Gazette contains information of the three following daring and desperate attempts st asBassination having hem made in the counties of York and Derby 'within the previous fourteen days . On the night of the 21 st ult ., ' at Spondon , in in the county of Derby , some evil-disposed persons feloniously and maliciously fixed a ahot frem a fowling-piece or pistol at Joseph Field , the constable of that place . Between one and two o ' clock miho morning of the % nd ult ., the farmhouse of Mr

      Thomas Carr , called Hall-moor , near Skelton , Yorkshire , was feloniously broken and entered by some persona unknown , who fired several shots at tha said Thomas Carr , with intent to kill him . About half-past six . o ' clock on the evening of the 23 td nit * , as Mr . Richard Thompson , butcher , of Lockton , in the North Hiding of the county of York , was returnins from Pickering markel ,. " a ; n attempt / was made by two men to etop him , when ond of them &hot at him . A reward of £ 3 Uis offered in ea * h of the cases for tbe discovery and apprehension of tne villains .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct790/page/3/