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      1 TCEES . lake &e litest left of ihe battle tpesn , In their sBdect Etrenglh they stand ; And they telins still of the sylvan jean RljEn tie forests filled the land ; Ere ever shunter track "d the wood , Ormsriiier ploughed the seas , Bat tiie ides -were green in the sdituae Of these old primeval Trees . They hire survived the iSraii ' s faith , Ana Use Roman Eagle ' s Ml , And the thrilHng bias * of the bugle ' * breath Prom the Norman ' s knightly >»?!; But the ran shines bright , and the sho-wen descend Aid the wild bird ' s home is made , TThere the ancient giants stai extend The green of their summer ifeade .

      We bare seen oar early Winters hang Their pesrlB on each lesfiasg bongh , And greeted the bnds off the waking Spring "With a joy y * e know not now ; Tor life hath its -winter * cold and hoar , But their frosts can form no gem ; And the Spring may breaths on onr hearia no more . Bat It xtM returns to them . They are waving o ' er onr hamlet roofs , They are bending o ' er onr deaf , And the odoare breathed froH his naUre grorea On the exifc ' s heart they shed ; like him who giz * d on his country ' s paba , By the palace-cireled Saine , Till the Tagod ruse in the wanderer ' s dream , And the Ganges rolled again .

      How sweet in our childhood ' s eat they spoke , Tor we knew their voices well , TTben fax in oar weatem hills they woke , Of the coming Spring to tell ; Bat now they send -as a sadder jjoona , On the wind of Antams eves , For it murmurs of wisdom more profound , Bat it tells of withered lerrea . O , sa&k "Were the Dryad tone * that rose In the Grecian woods of old , And th « Trace from the Indian wilderness , Tastthe conqneror ' sfate foretold ; Tor many a minstrel ' s dream h&i birth In the sounds of leaf and brass , And the early oracles ol earth , Were the old complaining Trees . Fbaxces Beown

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      AMERICA TO ZXGLAND . BY THE 1 ATJE "VTASHI 5 GTOS AtSTOS All hail I thon noble land , Oar fathers native soil 1 O stretch ihy mighty Jand , Gigantic grown by toil , O ' er the "vast Atlantic ware to « m shore j Por thon , with magic might , Caast reach to where the light Of Phcebos tra-rds bright The world o'er .

      The geaioa of our dime , Prom his pine-embattled steep , Shall hail the great sublime , While the tritons of the deep With their conch the kindred league shall proclaim Then , let the world combine , O ' er the msin onr naval line like the milky-way ahsll shine Bright in fame I Though , ages long have passed Since oar fathers Jeft their home , Their pilot bat the blast , O ' er Tmtravelled seas to roam , Tfct lives the blood of England in onr veins I And shall ¦ ce not proclaim Thai blood of honest fame , Which no . tyranny can tame To ita chains ?

      WMle the language free and bold Which the bard of Avon snug , In which onr Milton told How the vanlt of heav'n rung , When Satan , blasted , fell with Ms host ; WhDs this , with reverence meet , Ten thonssnd echoes greet , And from rock to rock repeat Bonnd our coast ; While the manners , while the arts , That mould a nation ' s soul , Still cling around our hearts , Between lei oceans roll , Oar bright-communion breaking with the sun ; Yet still from either beach , The voice of blood shall reach , More audible than speech" We ore erne . "

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      ASHTOX-TT » 2 > rB-liTHE . —The strike which took place here some weeks since has at length terminated—the masters baTing acceeded to the claims < jf the men of four different firms ; andat one of the firms , namely , Messrs . Hall and Co ., of Corrierlane , all the weekly hands have beea advaneed ten per cent , in their trsges , wirhent the masters even bein ^ asked to do bo . The Epinnere and rovers of the came £ na hare also been advanced ten per cent ., and erery obnoxioas role abolished in the ililL Tfeere ar » Eome other firms yet , who are still below the lisj published fay the men , but there is every reason to believe thai they will accede to the request of the men without allowing them to rtrike .

      ShhefxsSlS—Attempt to blow rp the Globe Works , of Messes . Iebetsos , Shjlles Mooil—On Saturday Bight , -about ten minutes past twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of Shales Moor , were thrown into a state of great alarm by a tremenduous explonon at the premises of the Sfessrs . Ibbetson , extensive cutlers and file manufActurers . On airival at the spot , the smeks and the resinous smell was truly intolerable . The amount of damage could not be well ascertained ; but on visiting it the

      next morning , is was e-ridenfc that int for the strong Tiature of the bnllding , the destrnciion would have been very great . Tfce premises are extensive , the front , consisting of two wings and a centre ( winch is used for a dwelling ) is built of massy stone work ; snd the lefx wing is the principal Trareboure . Bj the cellar underneath thigj it appears , the entrance vras made ; as ibere Were found in the ¦ window a knife , some matches , and a pan of a gas pipe , svpjfossd to be plugged , and filled ¦ with combustible materials . The windows

      and frames of the cellar , aEd the Iron stanchion , ¦ were blown to atoms ; and pieces blown out of the solid " stone as if it had been blasted ; the whole of the windows and tie frames of the left wing were likewise destroyed , and great fi = snres are viable in the stone work , where the explosion had forced away the cement . In tae dwelling part theihock must hare beentrtmendoas as several panes were shaken ouJ . la the inienoi the damage is much less than misrht be expecttd ; & portion of the flooring of the file warehouse , and ihe pas = 2 ge leading to the cutler ' s shop , has been blown up j bnt the amount of damage has not yet bten ascertained . There is no suspicion , nor anv else to the perpetrators at present . The c&nse of theattempt seems to be a mystery , although

      Tumour atmcutes n to the odiDm that attaches to 2 vlr . Ibbet = on as an eEplojer . He is a leading man among lie Jlcthodists , and the great gun of tbe"l ? £ ebooteri" : his works is a rsfuge for all outlaws , or intn who will noi join the Union ; and Tyho are working considerably ender the general prices of the town . It is said too that he took advantage of ihe late depression and vrent ro the Board of Guardians , and caused men who were receiving parish relief to be compelled to work for his priees or perish for want Several of iis vrorimen ( file cutters ) of lste have bad iheir windows broken . One thing is certain , audit is as lamentable as it is tree , that among tie lKoasancs -who viattd the scene of dcstruefion 3 Aii uajied lo Tfjoice . I \ o regret , except that the

      devaslation wai ? not complete—or , to nse their own expression . that it was a pity that the whole concern was net blown orer the efenrcb / ' wbicu is at ibe other side of lie read . What a state of society to be in , when Hcci . is ihe feeling of workmen towards tberr emplojers . AJ 0 THE 2 u Blowing tp . ' -On Friday week , the hardening shop at * &t . Paogin , saw manufacturer , of HoTFard-iireet , vr&s blown tip in the following P anner > -A lzz&z piece of iron piping , of two-inch . **» Was plagged iecnrely at both ends , and the middle ^ d " » itb ^ enpowder : s bole -was drilled in tae centre , through which tie powder was fired , ifle resistance was so great that the explosion was tremendons . The pipg wa 3 rent to pieces , and flie toot of the shop pardy biGWn ofi ; and the place otnerwise isneh icjured . There is no clue as yes to "e parties engaged in the transaction .

      Mjkcsg Cosmos Blades— Cast Steel " . —On ' ^ nescay , dj . J Pearce , manufacturer , appeared ' Wiore the JIagijtratea to answer an information for t ± ^ S ades of "mffion steel to be marked " cast i xr . -b if" * Wiis » n appeared for the prosecution ;] «» - falfreyman and Mr . Hoole ( or the defence . ] iLi . P ^*! ed to * 1 ' QRDteen ^ ozsQ of knife-j « iioes had been seized ( having been fraudulently j £ S * M ) on Mk Pearee ' s pre » iseB , by which he ] « w Scarred a penalty of £ 120 . The infor »» tion ] M tne B&-zare of the goods on rhe premises having j ** en proTed , Mr , Palfreyman took two cbjections , j f « V ~ tb « the act did not take eognizanoe of tbei ^ sag ,-except it could be proved that it took ; wee previous io ice Ixma Jide sale to the user . " ; «* osa , " thai ti defendant had not the goods for « e pnrscss etsdeJ' ^ s hs was a seller of manu- - actured scod ? , and these were in an unfinished ^ "fj tiis BeEca overruled the objeetion . Joseph

      rj *** 7 Proved thai he mirked the goods falsely fiiid « o ? nag ; . bat that it -was by the orders of idr , ' K'sSij ilr , Pearce ' s soa-ia-law and manager , fie

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      was cross-examiaed at great length , and it came ont that Mr . Pearce , after the breaking of Sander-Bon's spuriouB goods , in Paradise Sqaare , bad given him orders not to mark any more . Several witnesses were called , wb . o proved that Mr . Pearce did not know of the goods being so marked , and the Magistrates dismissed the case , but refused Pearce hiB costs , telling him that he got very well « ff , as be bad more witnesses than the prosecution ; and that , as it appeared in the case that great numbers of m&nufacUrers were in the habit of marking tbeir goods falsely—if , after that notice , any of them were brought before them , they would have no hesitation in convicting in the highest penalty . _ -

      The Tbades . —The Type Foanders are still out , the mas ! ere having determined to try to starve the men in : but we are glad to state that they are getting tolerably well supported ; and as tbeir ease becomes mora generally known , the sympathy extends in their behalf . The Iris newspaper takes up tbeir cause warmly , and places tbeir wroDga before the pnblic in the proper ligbt . Tbe table knife blade makfrs still continue ont ; many of the masters saying that the advance sought for is more than they « an afford to give . "

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      Suicide . —Mr . Conry , of Atby , In a fit of derange ment , hung himself from a tree near C&riow . Age op Tbbesj—The mahogany tree is fall grown in 200 years . Cypress trees are known to be 800 or 900 ¦ yean old . 1 KCESD 1 AB . ISM . —A few nights ago a hsy-rick , the property of Messrs . Malcolmson , 9 f Mayfleld , in the county of "Waterford , was burned . Bedtction or Rent . —Thomas Ribbons Barnes , of Tenaesse House , Clongh-jordon , Esq ., has made an abatement of fifteen per cent , in the rents to his tenantry . B . aIL"Wav News . —A general printing cffi&e is talked of being established at Dsrby , for the purposa of printing railway tickets , ticket books , and forms for all railways .

      Of Natcbs iji Men , —A man ' s nature rnna either to herbs or weeds ; therefore let him seasonably water the one , and destroy the other . —Bacon . [ Oar P . D . inquires to which class the ladies belong—the herbs er the weeds ?] Spbixg Again . —One of the venerable cbesnnt trees in the Abbty-churcbyard at , Tewkeabnry lately put forth new leaves , and has now a number of fine blossoms upon it . Iupekishable Beead . —Mi . Adard , a Frenchman , has discovered a method of preserving ship bread for any length of time . A box of biscuits which had been sealed up for nearly two years , was opened in Liverpool last week , in presence of the Mayor , and found perfectly good .

      The Rulixg Passion . —The Richmond Star states that a woman in that city came bo near dying from intemperance , that her friends had a shroud made for be ? , presuming that she could not live long . She , however , recovered ; and the first thing she did was to sell thesbrond for liquor . 7 H 1 vs . dss . ovs ASSAClT . —A man named Coahlan , in the vicinity of Lorrfca , having a dispute with others respecting a bog or tnrf bank , at Redwood , was beaten so severely about the head , which is fractured , that there are no hopes of his recovery . MocKSFCi Catastbophe —Lastweek , the men « mploywJ at Woodhead , in cutting tbe runnel for the Manchester and Sheffield railway , were mueh alarmed by the falling-in of some portion of tbe roof . Three of the men were getting supper juBt under the roof , which fell in about two o ' clock at night , and the men were killed on the spot

      " ALaBMISG SacBIFICB ! " —The correspondent of a Liverpool paper states tbst a mercantile firm in Edinburgh has built a vault for the burial of the persons who die in their employ . The house is an extensive drapery establishment . The Water Witcs . —Lieutenant Stone , R . N ., one of the harbonr-niasters of the port of London , who recently raised the Apollo , has also succeeded in removing the wreck of the Water Witch . " A Real Blessisc to Mothebs ' '—A few days ago the wife of Richard Jones , a forgcin&n , of Closeley was safely delivered of four fine children—three boys and one glri—wbo are all doing well . The poor man is in very indigent circumstances , he having earned only 9 s . par week for the last three moDths .

      STBJK 1 SG PBOOP OF DlSTBESS IK THE METBOP 0 L 1 S—A vast number of the pawnbrokers of the Metropolis have recently come to a determination to advance no more money on Manchester goods or women ' s and children ' s wearing apparal , dot upon aDj perishable articles of domestic furniture , such as looking glasses , articles of vertu , is . Expebiments OK light M . Breguet has announced that ha has completed an apparatus , composed of three mirrors , which cause three successive rtilaclions of the solar light , and are set in motion by a mechanism , which imparts to them tbe enormous speed of 2000 revolutions per second . The principal object of this instrument is to verify the hypothesis which have been advanced as to ths nature of light , and more puticnlsrij' the theory of Hewtcn upon its emission , and that of Huygens , Young , and De Fresnel , on itsundnlations—AtAoiceum .

      Assault . —A few -nights ago a man named James Rj&a , living at Bournta , within & short distance of Rascreo , was , on his return home , way-laid by three strangers , who , he supposes , were hired for the purpose ; they beat him in a savage manner and then left him . St'DDEH Death . —Tbe wife of a captain in the 3 rd R ^ giinent of ths line died in a bath in the Rue du Colysee , last week . Tbe attendant , becoming alarmed it the length of time she remaiisd , opened tbe door , and found her a corpse^—it is supposed from congestion of ihe brain . ALL fob Love . —Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey , inheritor of Tjwstock Court , Birnstaple , the ancient seat of the JaffiiJy from whom his name and title are derived , has fe&en nutted in the holy bands of Wedlock , to Miss Coles , the daughter of a labouring man , who forxverly worked , and was the keeper of a lodge , oh the Baronet's domains .

      Mttrdeb . —An Inquest was held on the body of Michael Kelly , of Foxwood , barony of Ballintubber . It appears that an altercation had arisen between the deceased and others , and tbe result was that tbe same party waylaid him in the evening , and beat him so dreadfully as te cause his death . The verdict of the jury was wilful murder , and the accused parties hare absconded . "UxNATrrRAL ScOTJifDEELs —Within the last fortnight , the Board of Guardians of St . Marylebone parish have publicly offered a reward of two guineas each for the apprehension of no fewer than seventeen fathers of families who have deserted their wives and children . More than 160 individuals have tbuB become chargeable to Msjylebone parish .

      The Wife of Cottthon . —Mane Brunei , formerly the wife of the too-celebrated member of the National Convection , Conthon , died on tbe 37 tb of Sept ., at Clermont , aged 78 . After the death of Couthon , a Bon of whom is now living , rtie married a M . Charrejie , by whom she has had several children . Fcdge r—Prince Hohenlohe , of whom we heard nothing for some time , is stated in a letter from Insprucb , to have performed , by prayer , some new miracles t 3 aere during the last month . Among tbe persons stated to have bten cured , were tb . 6 daughter of & Couv .-

      seDor of tfee Gourt of Appeal of the Tyrol , &ftt > r a painful illness of three years , and a woman of fiftyfive-, who had been for seven yeaTB sfflieted with paralysis . Cohplihestabt . —Wood Pavement in Pbestos . —The Town Council of Preston have determined on laying down wood pavement in the immediate vicinity of tte To-wn Hal ' - — flf certain of our municipal Solons wonld ariij lay their Jieads together , something of the kind might easily be accomplished in Lancaster , without cost to the rate-payerB . 3—Lancaster Guardian .

      Emigbatiox . —According to tbe last reports received by Lieutenant Lyncn , B . N ., government emisjraUon agent here , addressed to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners , London , by A . C . Buchanan , E- ; q , government agent-general for emigration to Cajiada , -a : Qaetec , emplcjmtnt for operatives and labourers continued EcaTce in the Lower Province , and the tewly arrived emigrants had great difficulty in procuring work . PeaXB fbom Absejuc— Samnel Howlett , about IS years of ave , in the employ of Mr . Edward Sberi : ; gham , of Westaere , Norfolk , was on Thursday fully committed for trial to Norwich Castle , by Sir W . Folkes , chiTged with having administered to Eilen Jervis , his fellow-servant , at her own request , a certain quantity of srsenic , with the intention of producing a miscarriage , from the effects of which she died . Thos . Williamson was committed aa an accessory before the fact .

      Spob-TIXG Locomotives—No less than nine hares have been killed Bear Oadinsly , wilhin the last fortnight , by the trains on the Birmingham Railway , and on ibe morning of Tuesday week a shephard ' a dog was found ljing upon tbe line dreadfully mutilated , one of its legs and part of its body having been completely severed ; when found in the morning the poor animal was still live , but it was speedily put out of its misery . Butteb ttithovt Chubsihg . —A cow , the property of Mr . W . Smith , ct Whittlesea , has been regularly milked for the last twelve months , but during the last thirteen weeks , after standing tor two meals as usual , the cream when taken off has changed gradually to butter , without the assistance of a churs of any description j and when made up , is considerably firmer than * bv other butter at this season of the year . Strange as this may appear , it is an indisputable tact—Stanford Taper .

      Novel usb of Bajuucx LooP . HOLl 5 . ~ The Ktrry J&ramtwr allege * that a gentleman who had been lately walking by the Tralee barracki , hating Inquired of a soldier regarding the nse of the loop-holes which were lately made , received as an answer , that they were txcellent contrivances for smuggling whiskey to the men when -the gates were dosed . Poptjlab Apflattsb . — The people are a ^ set of masters whom it is not in a man ' s power in every initance fully to please and at tbe same time faithfully to -serv _ p . He that is resolved to persevere without a deviation in tbe luie of truth and utility , mast have learned to prefer tfce Htiil whisper of enduring approbation to the ahorHi ? ed bustle of tumultaoas applaase-j

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      Axdbbman M agjja t has been elected by the Hverynen of the City as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year . What ' s in a Name ?—Hotels ana public-honses have a phraseology ; of their » wn . On an inquest some years since oa the body of a goatleman who died suddenly at s London hotel , one sf tbe witnesses , Mr . Boots , deposed that the chambermaid desired him to run for a doctor , as ' Number Four was in a fit I" And at one of the suburban tea-gardens , a waiter , loaded with a tray containing tea and muffins for twelve , who observed a bolt before the bill was paid , roared out to Mb brother attendant— " Run , run , Bobl there ' s two teas and a glass of brandy and water escaping over tbe paling : catch ' em . ** . '

      A Cautious a . nd Well guarded Ahsmter . —In the Registration Court here , tbe other day , a man was called on to appear as a witness , and ceuld not be found . Oa Sheriff Monteith asking where he was , a grave , elderly gentleman rose up , and with much deliberation aad emphariB said , "My Lord , he ' s gone . " "Gone , gone 1 { said the Sheriff ) where is he gone ? where ' a M »•• tfod knows , " replied the communicative gentleman , " but he ' s dead 1 "—Fife Herald . Vegetable Histoby . —It was about 1595 that we find entered in a household book of the Clifford ' s k « pt at Skipton Castle , in Yorkshire , s sum of eleven shillings " for six cabbages and some caret roots bought at HalL" These were then imported from Flanders , from whence even Queen Catherine , in the reign of Henry VIII ., had her salads . Potatoes and turnips , so far from being a field crop , were not generally known even to tbe gardener , until tbe reign of Eb ' zibeth .

      Novel Steam-Ship . —A steam-ship , to be named the Janus , has been laid down at Chatham within tbe last fortnight , and is being pushed forward with unusual activit * . Her length between the perpendiculars is 180 feet , and her extreme breadth twenty-nine feet foHr inches . She is to be constructed upon a novel plan . Tbe stem and stern are to be exactly alike , and a rudder is to be fitted to each , so tbat she will be enabled to reverse her course Without turning , and she is also to have bow-sprits at both stem and stern . It is expected that she will be ready for launching about ChristmaM next .

      A Living Wo ^ deb . —Professor Owen had obtained some years ago the fossil fragments of a new Zealand bird , from which be ascertained that tbe living specimens were sixteen feet high . Since then some foreign vessel , passing near to a part of the island not yet explored , saw a giant bird of that siz-a really walking on the shore . This is one of the few examples , showiBg that some of the gigantic species of the antediluvian world are yet in existence . Tbe * dodo , " a bird whose foot is preserved in the British Museum , and wbich was found alive 290 yean ago at the Isle of France , belongs to this class of geological wonders .

      Mental Consciousness . —A little boy , nine or ten years of age , was called as a witness at a late trial at Cambridge . Aft « r tbe oath was administered , tbe Chief JuBtiw , with a view of ascertaining whether the boy was sensible of the nature and importance of an oath , addressed him , " Little boy , do you know what you have been dofug ? " " Yes sir , " the boy replied , I have been keeping pigs for Mr . Bunyard . " Goethe . —A new work on Goethe has appeared at Dresden , by Dr . Cams , s court pbysicfan of that place , entitled " Contributions to a better Understanding of Go » the . " It has mated a stir among the many admires of tbe great poet as « ontaining several unpublished letters , and conversations held by him with the author .

      ZXTBAOBDISABT CaPTUBE OF A HlOHWAT BoBsk&—A man named Britten , who , in tho year 1 S 25 , v ? as leader of a gang of ruf&sins in the county of Somerset ; one of whose companions was executed at Taunton gaol , in August , 1827 ; has been arrested at Wahh&m , in Leicestershire for participation in the crime for which his companion v ? as hung . He bad become a horse-dealer , and amassed a considerable sum of money . He will be tried at the next Somerset assizes on tbe capital charge . Diabolical attempt at Assassination . —At the MarJborough-Btreet Police-office , on Monday last , Wilbham Stilson , a native of Berlin , aged thirtyfour years , and by trade a ladies' shoemaker , residing at No . 4 , Bentinck-street , Soho , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Love , charged with attempting to murder Mr . Peter Koim , of No . 42 , Dean-street ,

      Soho , boot and shoe manufacturer by stabbing him with a knife . His victim , who was too severely ¦ wounded to appear , bad been taking supper with the prisoner ; they had parted when Stilson stealthily followed Keim , and stabbed him ia the left groin . Being sew zd by a policeman , be told him oa bis way to tbe Station-house , that he intended to have stabbed Keim in tbe lower . part of tbe abdomen , and have turned the blade of the knife round in the wound , " bo that the wound should have been large enough to let all hi 3 bowels out . " He formerly lodged at Sir . Keina ' a bouse , and on leaving there , about five weeks ago , some wearing apparel belonging to him was detained as security for rent that was awing ; and from that circumstance he is supposed to have entertained a feeling of revenge towards the unfortunate man .

      TWO P-EBSO . VS I > B 0 W . \ £ D IS THE RlVKB , —About a ouarter before ten on Sunday nij » ht , as constable 148 B was on duty near the White House Tavern , Chelsea , a boat passed by towards "V auxhall-bridge , in which was a party laughing and bhouting ; presently after a splashipg was heard in the water , followed by tbe shrieks of a female , and repeated cries of " Help" from different persons . Boats instanily put off , and in a short time a young man and a female were taken up in a very exhausted state , and conveyed to the Red Hou = e , where every attention was psid to them . Two other young men , one the son of a respactable tradesman ia Stapgate , Lambeth , had , however , sunk , and both perished . The boat ( a skiff ) was found keel uppermost ; it is supposed to have been upset from contact with a bnoy .

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

      on board that ship . Gn Thursday night , about halfpast 10 o ' clock , be quitted ibecabin for the purpose of walking on deck . A short time afterwards , witness beard a heavy plunge in tho water , as if some person had gono overboard . He ran upon deck , and finding the deceased not there , and the noise of struggling in the water , ho threw out a rope towards the spot whence the noise proceeded , but it being so dark , bo could see no one . He raised an alarm , and Che police-cuDstable came with the drags , and the body was recovered in abtmt five miDUtes , and conveyed to the police-Elation of the Dock , where every means were used to restore animation , but without tffact .

      The PLoroHMAN of the Focbteenth Centuby . —The term p . icagbman did not bear , in the days of Chaucer , exactly the signification it does at presfnt . In the statute of labourers , passed in the year 13 ^ 0 , the following classes are enumerated : Carters , ploughmen , plough-drivers , Ehepherd ? , swineherd ? , and deyes . Of these , it seems , that tho two first , carters and plouphmen , were pet merely labourers , but also men of some little capital . In the " parliament of Fowles , " the expression , " the carter dremeth how his cartes gone , " . setms to imply that the carts were his own property . But the

      ploughman of Chaucer , the brother of the Personne , pai d tithes ; and the very fact of his engaging in the gay expedition , riding on his own rcare , shows that he was aa independent man . Ho answers , therefore , rather to the f mfcll renting farmer of our days than to the labourer ; the chief Mlferenee being , lhat he paid his rent in occasional t-ervice vr stead of morn-y , and cultivated his farm chi ' . fly with the as .-istav . ee of his family , or with a very tew of tho lower classes of labourers entirely dependant upon him , and perhaps making a part of his family . —Hippisley on Early English Literature .

      Cbvucbtat . vs . —There is one r-flection which is certain to obtrude itself on our minds , while roaming through ihe silent foot-paths of a church-yard , viz .: — " The brevity of human existence . " Bui when we properly louk into tho subject , we must confess that the iimit 3 of our caruer depend in a great degree \ ipon oursfclves . If we were all to copj the example of Parr , and avail ourselves of his sovereign renndy , we should soon behold a decided ehange , and instead often , " " twenty , " " thirty , " "forty , " and "fifty " yoara being inscribed on the tombstones , we should find the average years of mankind one hundred years of aga at least- How desirable a change 3

      A Real " Sjubly Yew . '—A person of Plymouth having a dog which frequently bit him , he determined on ridding himself of it , and therefore gave it away to some deg-fightingshoemakers , who kept it in snch a state of starvation , that the poor thing would often return to an inn , kept by a friend of its late master , for the purpose of procuring food . At length it waB agreed by the original owner and a « acquaintance , on witnessing tbe cadaverous state of the dog , to put it out of its misery . For this purpose they proceeded to hang it to a tree , on a moonlight n ' ght ; and , to do the deed more effectually , one of the executioners ( a very heavy man ) , suspeaded himBelf to bis hind legs for some seconds ; after

      wbicb it was cut down , and dragged a long distance to a heap of stable dung , wherein a large hole was dug , and it was buried . Incredible , however , as it may appear , the dog -was found next day seated at its acens torn ed place at the icn . to the aroszment of those wbo bad the night before been its gravemakers 1 u Spring" bad walked into the inn , and began lickiDg and playing about the landlord , as was his practice when in search of food , the restoration of life in the animal having been occasioned by the warmth of the dung-heap . Brtter fare is now in prospect for the poor brute ; u r the pleasure the parties felt in acting as hanainea is now cbanged tn a delight in attending to its cozuforts . — West Briton .

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      Look on th at PicrtJKE . ' -On Sunday night a poor woman named Maria- Hood , living with her husband and famil y in Cross-street , Shadwell-market , committed suicide by swallowing a largv * quantity of oxalic aeid , whioa she had procured in the °° aI ^ ol the s ** " ^ day at a chemist ' s shop in Ratcliff-highway . It appears that the deceased , who was the mother of five children , had lately been subject to . fits of despondency , on account of the poverty of herself and family . And on this ! -The Grand Duke Miehel arrived at BlacKwall on Sunday morning , on & visit to this country . The Grand Duke is the brother of the 'Emperor of all the Ruffians / ' and like all other rojral pests , " is of course to be entertained by " our .

      gracious Queen , " at the country ' s expense . The Court newsman pays , "Banquets upon a splendid scale , and , indeed , equal in gorgeous magnificence to the grand entertainments given by the Sovereign to celebrate the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , will be given by heir Majesty during the visit of his Imperial Highness , who , it is expected , will remain at the Castle until Friday next . " There ! what does it matter if Maria Hood , living in the un-aristocratio region of Shadwell—a portion of the Queen's" metropolis she never heard tell of ia all likelihood—takes the Ratcliff highway chemist ' s ' ^ oxalic acid , " because she sees no way of . procuring bread for her children : what does it matter , if this Grand Duke can be banquetted at the cost of the nation !

      Thb PABUAMENT . —At the Privy Council , holden on Monday , it was ordered that the Parliament should be further prorogued until Thursday , the U . h day of November . Attempt , to escape from Stirlin g Castle . — Death of a Soldier . —Between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning , one of the soldiers of the 68 sh , named Edward Clare , attempted to escape from the Castle by leaping over the . wall at that most precipitous part of the rock , nearly 100 fees ia perpendicular height , named the " Lady ' s-look-out . " This rash act , which is supposed to have been committed while in a state of intoxication , was not observed ; but in the morning , on some of the men looking over the parapot , his lifeless body , shockingly mutilated , was discovered lying oa the ground near the walk .

      Leicester—On Monday last , Mr . Thornton * late relieving officer of the Leicester Board of Guardians , was committed to the house of correction for three months with the addition of hard labour , for having embezzled the funds that ought to hare been appropriated to the relief of the poor . Thornton's name has become the synonymo of tyranny and cruelty . He has gone to endure an incarceration , the punishment and rigour « f which few will pray or petition to mitigate . Truly the wioked has fallen into his own snare .

      Fatal Accident . —As Mr . Crawford , brother of Captain Crawford , of Lisburn , in the county Down , was driving in a gig ( torn Banbiridge to Newry to spend some time with his friends , the horse ran away , in consequence of a dog of the bull species tied to the axletree biting the horse ' s heels . The unfortunate gentleman jumped out of the gig , and alighting on his head was killed instantly . Mr . Crawford's servant , who accompanied him in the gig , retained his position for some time after this catastrophe , when the horse fell and was killed . The gig was shattered , and the servant bo seriously hurt that there are but slight hopes entertained of bis recovery .

      AjmQumES . ~ A valuable discovery of objects of antiquity has just been made by M . Bouteral , inspector of rivers and forests in the crown forest of Cornouet ( Finisterre ) , not far from the chateau of that name , which is now in ruins . After removing a large mass of earth of a tumular form , and a large stone beneath it , a tomb was discovered in perfect preservation . It was formed of slabs cemented together with a wax-like substance , which , on exposure to the air , acquired the hardness of stone . In the tomb wore found a massive gold chain , about nineteen fret in length , the links of which were raund , and six in number ; six small arrows , f ormed of transparent Hint ; three lance-heads , one of which was of solid silver , about eighteen inches in length , and a sword . ; Some remnants of ashes and baked earth were also remarked on the slabs . It is supposed to have been the burial place of some distinguished Gaulio chief .

      Disease and Mobtalitt amongst the Cattle . — During the last few weeks a dreadful disease , which in many ca « es proved fatal , showed itself amongst the horned cattle of the metropolitan cowkeepers , which has compelled them to sell at a mere nominal price some of their best milch cows . Thus one dairyman has lost eight , another thirty , and a third seventy head of cattle , while others have experienced similar losses in proportion to the number they possessed . The disease is as sudden as it is sometimes fatal ; as in many instances the poor animals have dropped dead without any previous marked symptoms of the malady , which has proved a seriou-:, and in many cases an irretrievable , loss to the owners . The disease amongst the cattle is attributable , in a great degree , to tho close badly-ventilated plaoes in wliicix they are shedded .

      Ax our-ASDouT Liberal . —A person named Doff , residing in Pultney Town , described as a renovator of old clothes , appealed against a . charge made by the assessor for a dog , alleged to be kept by him . He was asked by tbe board if he did not keep a doar ; , '' Keep a dog" ipdignnntlj exclaimed Mr . Duff ; " No ! d ' ye think I ' d keep a doz to support the present ministry { I should think not !" ( Roars of laughter . ) The assessor not being abia to rebut the etatomont of Mr . Duff , the appeal was sustained on reference to his oath . —Brighton frasette .

      Effects of Middle Class Despotism . — -The Gazette des Tribunaux contains a long and wellwritten article upon mendicity in France . It states that the charitable asylums , established in all tbe cities and towns for the relief and reception of the houseless poor ^ are not nearly sufficient , and that unfortunate persons are now compelled to "imitate the beggars in England , " and break windows or lamps to be sent to prison . " To punish a man who is hungry , " says the Gazelle , " and who cannot find work , —to give him an asylum only when he has been forced to commit a crime—this is the last act of modern civilization . " The Gaxelle is indignant that in countries vaunting their enlightened ideas , mendicity should be construed into a crime , and that prisons , instead of hospitals , should await those who are driven lo a son of mental de Deration .

      Natubal Curiosity . —There is at present growing on Richard Mortimers ground ( nurseryman , ) George-street , Paramatta , a grape vine that extends more than eight roods in length , and completely covers , a verandah of upwards of 550 pquaro feet ; it alao covers one side au < i two ends of a house , about 200 square feet , and is computed to bear about 5 , 000 bunches of grapes , which at a very low calculation , will weigh upwards of a ton . His Excellency Sir Maurice O'Conhell and staff , as well as many other respectable and intelligent persons , have inspected the vine , aud expressed tho greatest astonishment on beholding the vast quantity of its fruit . Ladies and gentlemen visiting Paramatta during the present season are respectfully , invited to call and judge for themselvps . There are also seyeralother productions worthy attention of the curious in this branch of gardening . —Sydney Herald .

      Oppressed Condition op the London and Sheffield Ttpe-FuUNDLRS . —At a meeting of Trades ' D ; lrsates , held at the Craven Head . Drury Lane , on Thursday evening Sop ^ . 18 th . Mr . North , the Secretary , read an account of the sums contributed towards the suppport , of the Type-founders during their nine weeks strike , which amou-a ' tad to £ 211 7 » . and included contributions from thefollpwingtradrs : —Cigar nmkets , 2 i ., £ 4 15 * . 5 » . ; Silversmiths , £ 519 s . 10 ) . ; Music m-ibters . £ t 7 s . 6 d . ; Pressmen , £ 4 10 s . ; Carvers and GiliiTJ , £ 5 ; Independent Carpenters , £ 3 ; Engineers , £ 8 ; upwardsof £ 100 from tho Foundenes , and other donations from the Feeto ' allers , Ladies ' -shocmakers . &c . Fronaa paper exhibited by the Secretary , it was proved fhab from " minikeo" to

      " pica" the masters had redaced the wages of the men 35 per cent . ; that from " English" to ' * canon " and "fi'e-line ' work , they had made a reduction of 50 and 75 per cent . ; and that the wages for fancy and figure work had been reduced 35 per c ? nt . It further appeared that there were in London 90 , and in Sht ffijid 80 men on the strike . Oae of the men on strike produced a portion of a new-paper containing a fetatemetii reative to Mr . Wilson having sent round to the masters two lists of reduced wages , which Mr . ^ Vilso ' , iu his ( the man ' s ) presence , not only denied , but also wrote acro-ss the statement the words " It is a lie " Messrs . Barbarie Dodd , Fredericks , Thompson , Parsons , and others , addressed th * meting at j-rsat leimth , and gave a most

      heartrendm « accouu * . of the tyranny of the employers , and of tho Bufferings of the meu . From those addresses it appeared that during the nine weeks of the nj' -n ' s strike they have not had mbre than 3 s . a-week each man for his support , and that of hia family . Tnat many were obliged to walk the streets , their goods having b en stizad for rent , and that others were compelled to steal away their furniture to prevent it being s& ' zed and sold . When they applied at the workhouses for relief , assistance was denied , as their masters , who were Poor Law Guardians , had been at the workhouse before tham , and by thur representations prevented their being relieved . In consequence of their wretched , starved condition a to their

      few wero compelled to rat , and succumb masters , but there were at least 100 men fully resolved to resist to tbe death the tyranny of their masters . Other | representations of the speakers showed that the turn-outs were completely reduced to starvations point , and that unless assisted by the other trades they would be compelled to yield to the rapacity of the masters , who were making cent , per cent , by their labour , while they were robbing them by uncalled ifor : and unexpected rotJuctious , denounced by ev ? n the very printers , who declared that they made nothing by such reductions . Muon desultory conversation followed the speeches , which resulted in a general and unqualified resolve of the trades to support the type-Founders . Alter which the meeting adjourned . i

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      r Interment op the Late Sib Mathew Wood . — On Saturday evening the remains of tho deceased were removed from Matson , near Gloucester , the seat of Dr . Maddy , to the family residence at Hatherley , a distance of about five : miles . JSvery thing was conducted with the greatest privacy , directions to that effect having been iefr . in writing by the deceased . The inscription on the coffin was mm ply : — M Mathew Wood , Baronet , "Bern Jane 2 , 1768 , " Died September 25 , i 84 S . " - __ -- _

      At ten o ' clock on Monday morning week , a hearse drawn by four horses , and followed by three mourning carriages , containing the relatives of the deceased baronet , left the mansion j house , aud proceeded to the parish church of Hatherley , a distance of half a mile , where the interment was to take place . Tho body was followed by | the present baronet , the Rev . Sir Joan Page Wp > - > d , rawer of So . Pater ' s , Cornhill , as chief mourner . Tho deceased ' s two other sons , Mr . Western Wcod and Mr . W . P . Wood , together with his two brothers , and Dr .

      Maddy and Mr . C . Stevens , his aons-in-law , attended the chief mourner . The family physician and solicitor , and Dr . Evans , of Gloucester , were also present . Hatherley ia part of the property which the late Sir Mathew inherited from Mr . James Wood , tho banker . He occupied it provions to the death of the miaer , in the full assurance that it would be his on his death . The property ) formerly belonged to Mr , T . Turner , banker , who paid £ 80 , 000 for it ; but it is understood that Mr . James Wood purchased it for little more than half that sum .

      Charge of Poisoning a Wife to procpre Abortion . —At Worship Street Police Court , on Thursday , Sept . 28 th , William jHayBes , a respectable oil and colourman in Martlia-street , Hygerstone , was brought up , charged with ; the above offence . From the , evidence of a surgeon , ic appeared that th « prisoner had , upoa several occasions within th * previous fortnight , given hia wife doses of sulphate of potass , which he had administered iu quantities ao large as two ounces at a time , with tho view of making her miscarry . She had taken two ounces at ten o ' clock on Wednesday night ; wh : ch excited sickness in a terrible degree ; she gradually sank under its effeots till throe o ' clock on Thursday morning , when she expired . Woods , the officer , produced one of those disgusting and pernicious

      works , pretending to be founded on medical experience , giving instructions to newly-married people as to what measures they ] should take to avoid the increase and burden of a family , and in which publication the very doses administered by the prisoner to his unfortunate wife wjere specified . This book the officer found in a drawer in the prisoner ' s house . The prisoner was remanded for a week , to await the result of the coroner ' s inquest and post mortem examination . —At the adjourned inquest on the body of Mar j Ha-yncs , who is alleged to have died from the effects of a large quantity of sulphate Of potass , administered by her husband for the purpose of procuring abortion , a verdict of " Wilful murder " was returned by the Jury against the husband , Wra . Hayncs ; and the Coroner ^ issued his warrant for his committal to Newgate . ;

      Dibastbous Shipwrecks and Loss of Life . — Information was received ; at . Lloyd's Coffee-house on Monday of the loss of the undermentioned vessels at sea : — -The schooner Princess Augusta ofLunenburg , during very rough weather , capsized , at about fifty miles west of Cape Sable . The crew , consisting of five persons , being excellent swimmers , succeeded in regaining tho wreck , but , owing to the increasing fury of the waves , they were again washed overhoard . Oae of the crew , a ; young man named Jair . es Sponagle , was the only person who was saved , and he succeeded in lashing himself to the wreck with a rope , and thus baved his life . Tho schooner Margaret , of Gloucester , fortunately passed the wreck in time to save the young man , for he was picked ud

      by the captain of that vessel in a very exhausted state , having been on thai wreck five days without any sustenance . The Caledonian ( an American ship ) , during a dreadful storm on the 18 ih ult ., at eighto'olook in the eveningwhilst on her voagefrom New York for Cette , er . dwavoured to esoape the fury of the storm by takiug shelter ia that port , but owing to the violence of the storm was obliged to enter by another way , n&mely , the small passage , where she struck and lost her rudder , by which .--ho became unmanageable , and after being drifted about for some time , at length struck on the rocks aud Went to pieces . Fortunately the whole of the crew were saved . The Aire , of North Shields , struck on a rock near Bridsand , coast of Norway , whilst oa her passage from Archangel to London , on the 7 'h

      of last mouth . It appears that the master and crow remained with the vessel two nights , when she was got off the rock with three feet of water in her bold and in a rapidly sinking Mate , when the Hannah More , Captain Blockbarn , from Onega for London , happened to be passing , and took the crew and and master on board . The Brit sh schooner Rebecca , Captain Sawyer , whilst on her voyago from Honduras for New Orleans , ] was wrecked on Torta-^ as . Tne vessel was entirely lost , and tho crew and cargo were taken to Kay West . The Ellen , Captain Carey , from Halifax for Buctouche , was dragged fiom her anchors , off Marie Joseph , on the 30 th of August last , during very rough weather , and was lost ; the mastr-r and crew were fortunatuly saved , and taken to Hali ' ax in the leaoel .

      The Ga . na . dian Kxii-na .-T-By tho following notice from ihe Kingston Chrouicle , of the 2 nd of Sept ., it wouM appear that her Majesty ' s Government has abandon ; d proceedings against Mr . Papmeau o ; ' a criminal nature , for the part he took in the rebellion : — ' Ye-teroay morning ; , Mr . Buchanan , Queeu ' a Cjunsel , entered a no'li prosegui in the cases of Louis Papine . au , Evfmund ii . O'C ' al | agan , and Thos . Storrow Brown , implicated ia the late insurrections iu tins conntry . " j A Bruiax Punishment .-t A private of the Scots Greys underwent tho punishment of being flogged at tho Barracks Kidimj School , Ipswich , a few days since . It appears the offrncb of the man , who is an Irishman of the name of Dogherty , was threatening to shoot his corporal ; this being the second time of his uttering the threat . The fortitude with which he received his dreadful punishment was astonishing : having reobived one hundred aad forty lashes without a groan or a cry escaping his lips .

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      Liverpool Com * Market ^ Monday , October 2 . —Since this day se ' eni ^ ut wo have nad a fair supply of Irish Wheat and Oatmeal ; of other articles or ' the trade the arrivals are of li * ht amount . About 2 , 400 quarters of foreign Wheat # oi up to tho 17 *? . per quarter duty , and were | r ^ loa ^ d : the rate of impost ia now 18 ^ ., and on Oats 7 j . per quarter . There has been a steady tradd in Wheat , and wo quote both old and new 21 . per bushel dearer than at the close of last week : fine run * of Irish now red have heen sold at 7- - « . t <* 7 * . 3 d .: a little very choice

      has brought 7 rf . 4 J . per 70 iba . I S « ek Flour has met a good demand , at an ad v :. nee df Is . p : r 280 lbs . No change in the value of Oafs ;; tho market hap been bare of new . host runs of which aro worth 2-. 6 d . to 2 ,-. 7 d . per 45 ; bs . New Mil 21 s . 6 d . to 22 s . per load ; several parcels of old Mpa 1 . have been taken by the trade at 19 * . to 2 ( h . per 24 ( Kb 3 . We have no alteration to report as recalls Barley , Beans , or Peas . A small lot of IrisH now Barley has appeared , the quality good ; it sold at is . 7 d . per 601 bs . i

      ' Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Sept 30 . —We have a ^ am to report an acuvo caoiaui lor prime English and Irish Fiour throughout the week , and , the supplies continuing ex in mdyscari'v , very full prices were realized f « r tho few parccla wb > ch appeared . A fair inquiry was likewise experienced for both old and new Oatraea . 1 at our previous quotations . From Ireland the imports into Liverpool and Runcorn are this week liberal ; whilst those Coastwise or Foreign are very lL'ht . At our market this morniDg the business done in the best qualities of Wheat was at fully the currency of this day se'nnight ; but inferior met a dull sale and was the turn cheaper . Tho continued scarcity of cho'co Flour caused a further improvement in the value of approved marks of English and lmb , of 6 d to I :. p « r 280 Jb 3 to bo obtained . In eithor old or new Oatmeal no change can be noted ; and for Oats the demand was moderate at about former prices .

      London Corn Exchange , Mokd vy , Oct . 2 nd . — Although the attendance of buyers was rather numerous , the demand for Wheat ; was far from brisk However , it may be considered ! steady , and m almost every transaction ihe prices obtained on Monday last were maintained by the factors , while a good clearance was effec cd . For selected qaantites ot foreign red and white the sale was Bteady . Of English Barley malting paroels supported late prices , but all other kinds had a downward tendency-say of Is per qr . Some difficulty was experienced in supporting last week ' s quotations for Irish Oats . Beans , Peas , and Fioui-, were quite as dear .

      Loddon Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 2 nd . —As the supply wa ^ considerably tuore than adequate to meet the wants of the butchers , and the weather unfavourable ! to slaughtering , we have to report an exceedingly ; dull trade for beef , at a reduction , in the value of tho middling aad inferior kinds * of ^ uite 21 per 8 ibs . The primesfc Scots , however , which formed but a limited portion of the receipts , were taken at prices abou * equal to those obtained on Monday Isu 3 t , or from 3 ^ 81 to 33 lOd per 8 tba . The demand for all kinds of sheep was unusually heaw . Prime old downs , from their scarcity supported last week ' s enrrencies ; but the longwoolled sheep suffered a depression of quite 2 d per 8 ibs , without effecting a clearance . Scarcely any sales took place in stock . Calves were again lower to day by 2 d p ^ r 8 ibs . Prime email porkers at late quotations , in other kit da nothing doing .

      Borough and Spitalfiei . ds —Tho quantity of potatoes on oif ' er is goo 4 . Theidetaand may be considered steady , at from £ 3 5 s to £ o 10 per ton .

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      Borough Hop Market . —Tae accounts respecting the produce of the present year ' s growth of bop 3 continuing unfavourable , the fluty has sufftfed a fnrther decline , it being called , this morning < m-y £ 130 , 000 . With inferior new hops we are heavily supplied , yot the demand , for even the most ooloury descriptions , in a sluggish state . New K ^ nt pockets are selliug at £ 6 to £ 6 16 a ; Sussex , £ 5 lOito £ S 5 s per cwfc . Wool Markets . —The demand for English and Colonial Wool continues steady , at full prices . The imports in tho psst week have consisted of 267 bales from Bombay ; 76 bale 3 from Seville ; 171 bales from Hamburgh ; 50 bales from St . Petersburgh ; and 1 , 347 balea from Sydney * ¦ -- — ii »¦ nil i « . -nmm

      , Tallow . —The marksi hoiks very heavy . The largfl arrivals which have come to hand within the last ten days have , to some extent , bceii deferred ia the delivery to be passed off upon contracts deliverable in October as well as the Ia 9 t three months , consequently there is a larger quantity to change hands within the first fourteen days of this month j therefore w ? anticipate a little reduction . Town Tallow is 4 Is 6 d to 42 < 3 nett cash .

      Richmond Corn Mark et , Saturday Sepi . 30 . — We had a large supply of Wivcat in our market today , but only thin of other kinds of Grain : —Wheat from 5 . 6 d to 7 s 3 d . Oats 2 i 44 to 3 , 6 i . Barloy 4 a to 4 s 3 d . Beans 4 s 9 d to 03 per bushel . Liverpool CArrLK Market . —Monday , Oct .. 2 . — W -i have had a pretty large supply of Cattle .-at martat to riay , and a good attendaaoe of buyers . The price ? are the same as laBfc week . Beef 41 . to 5 d . ; Mutton id . to 5 ft . . ^^^ fc ^__ ... ^

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      _ PUNCH'S LIVES OF EAIIXENT SCOUNDRELS . SCOUNDREL THE SECOND . — CESAR . Tbero were several eminent scoundrels of the name of Ceeiir , bat tho most distinguished one of them all was tbe first who made it Hotoriou 3—Cains Julias . Csesar . Tbe reader is probably aware that Julius Camr was &u ane ' ent Roman , who flourished ia the century preceadtag the Christian saca , and t&afc he has the credit of having been a hero of great renown . Julius Cffljar waa a lineal descendant from iEiew . 2 B-teas v ? as a eelebratod vagabond , who tan away from , Troy , when , having b 8 on set on fire by the Greeks , IS became too hot to hold him , and squatted , Tsnkee fashion , in Italy . His depredations ia that country , and his other surprising adventures , have beea com * memorated by one Yirnil . Roguery runs in families *

      Tha particulars of Cseiar " a early life are not known ; bat , living in classical times , he of course received a classical education . L 3 tin was his native tongue ; and w « may take it fur granted that he spoke Gteek ; so that there can be no doubt that he knew aa much , aa the greatest scholar in Oxford knows . He left hia father ' s houso , at the earfy age of fifteen , to seek" his fortune , like Norval ; but he must have been better off than that young Scotchman . His first step was to ester tbe clerical profession . Ha was made priest c > f Jupiter ia bis seventeenth year , a tender ago even for a Paean parson .

      Jupiter , however , was not jealous of Mara , so that the Reverend Juiiua CsBiar was at fall liberty to go fiehting whenever , and as much as , he pleased ; and , without quitting tbe temple , could at any time go into the army , wbicb , being a true Roman , of course he did . Nor did bis cloth prohibit his practising at the bar , where , at a later period , he distinguished himself highly by defending prisoners ; whereby he got into a good Old Bailey line of business . While Btill quite a lad , be showed strong symptoms of ambition—that ia to aay , of a deaire te get tho livea

      and liberties of bis countrymen into his own hands ; a propensity which , having always been observed te occasion rapine , bloodshed , and other inconveniences in a ata-te , procured Wui the credit or discredit , of being a dangerous character . Sylla , the Dictator , waa aware of this . He had tbe power of cutting off anybody ' s head if he thought proper ; and it appears that he thought it very proper to cut < ff Coajar'a . Before he could do that however , it was Decessary to catoh C ®> ar , and accordingly be raised a hue and cry after him . The retrospective eye of imagination sees the following handbill extensively posted in the Forum .

      " inoo Sesterces Reward . " Whereas Caius Julius Cesar , who stends accused of divera high crimrs and misdtsmsanoura agaiuat tha Commonwealth of Rome , and for whose apprehension a warrant hai . been issued , bus Absconded , by reason whereof the officer charged with the execution of such warrant is unable to serve him with ths same : This la to give notice , that the above Reward will ba paid to any person who will give such information as will lead to the Apprehension of the said

      CAIUS JULIUS C ^ SAR , Immediately on his being taken into custody . The aforesaid Cesar is of middling height , fair , rather slender in" person , and has lost some of hia hair . Age xv . in , or thereabouts , but looks much older . Eyes dark , nosa national . W : » iks with an erect and eta' . ely etep , aad is proud und imperious in hia bearing . By ords-r of the Dictator , Quintus Fuscls , Writer XX , Suburra . " Bat ( se < ar contrived to keep put of Sylia ' s , though not exactf y out of harm ' s way ; for , In avoiding him , he full , in a manner , into Cbarybdie—into the bands of pirnU' * Hi lived among these people on the nsost freeaud-tisy teruw for eoiue time ; and we may 'uppose th&t tLe ' r company did not pweb imprava hia tn * . i « alcL Ho -was detained among theqi from having to send home for bis rasisom . which they had fixed at twenty taltnt ' . Camr , indignant at being prized at that low rate , insisted upon giving them fifty—more fool he , eemarks the thinfcing mind . We ehouM have beea glad to buy Cxnt at our price , and to s 3 il him at his

      own . " The pirates , " says Plutarch , " considered murder as a tr'fie . " In this sentiment Cffljar , no doubi , agreed with them . He used , in chatting with them , to assure tham that , when be got out of their clutches .. fcev » oulS come back and eiucify their whole gang . They took this threat for a joke ; but it proved to be no joke , at loast to them , for be was as good , or as bad , as hla word . Tbe ancient Romans hsd not much notion of jjking . SyHa , to compare n Romnn candle with a tallow dip , having at length , metaphorically speakiijr , bean suuffed out , Caeiar returned to Rome , intending ( by anticipation ) to p'ay Cromwell or Richard the Taird , if necessary ! that is > to mate himself master of everybody , and nut to stick at trifle *; io so doing .

      He commenced operations by a system of ^ rholesala bribery and cormpt'on , which might astonish 6 V > jn a Reformed Parliament . He gave a series of magnificent dinners to the elite of the patrician circles , and treated the mob to all sorts of plays , games , tights , and spectacles . Having gone throuch several minor efficss , Cs 9 ? ae was made Chief Pontiff » r Archumbug . Next he beeame" P : SB ' . i > r ( originally a sort of Rom m Lord Mayor , ) and then he was sent over to Spain as Governor , to steal for the benefit of his country . This mission he so effectually diFchar ^ ed , as not ; only to fill the general coffers , bnt Ukewjsd the packets of his soldiers—if tha Ancient Romans Lad pockets ; and , last not least , hia own also . TUis was one way , if not a " New" one , to " i-ay Old Debts . "

      it was customary among tbe Romans to reward the most daring und successful thief of the gang which they nationally composed , with tbe dignity of Cbn «; l . fa 3 iar coveted this distinction ; and to help himself thereto , very cleverly made cats' paws of Pompey and Cr&ssus , who were then the most powerful men , and , next to himself , the greatest rogues in Rome : ¦¦ and who were playing the same game , though not such a deep one , as his own . He particularly took- in Pompey , by offering him bis daughter Julia ( who was engaged . it the time to Bomebody else ) in marriage . Pqmp ' ey bit ; and in return got Csbislt appointed to tbe government of Gaul , with four legions . Had Cie ir been his schoolmaster , and ba-. l he presented him Vithji bundle of bitch twigs , he could not bave done a wiser trick . H ° . re was Cseiax setting up tfee trade of a tyrant , and only -wanting what Porapey supplied him wiib ^ -tools ;

      A ^ ay went Casnr , at the head of these rascils , to Gaul , to educite them in the art of throat-cntting among i ; he natives ; a d since , in tbe course of less thaa ten yaars , ha " took eighteen hundred cities by assault , conquered three hundred nations , and fought pitched battles at diff « r .-nt times with three millions of men , one million cf which be cut in pieces , and made another million , pmemets , " it must be admitted that be gave them a pretty good schooling . A full , true , and particular account and confession of tbesa atrocities , inclusive of his outrages upon this country , has bean 1 ft us by himself in his "Commentaries . "

      Thieves are generally devoted to a leader who finds them plenty-of plunder . So whan , at last , an opening at Rama was off = red for rebellion , and treason seemed f-k-f Iy to look up , of which circumstances Cseiar thought fit to avail himself , his soldiers gladly followed him , to attack their own country . He subdued Italy , invaded Rom 8 . where ( to tbeif great content * no doubt ) he robbed the treasury ; went and mastered Spain , returned , made the senate resign their authority to him , and then started after Pompcy . In the first engagement between the rival relative * , Pompey beat Cse , ar but in the second and last , C » iar b 3 at Poropey . This little skirmish occurred on the plains of Pharsalia , whereon Css 3 ar had the satisfaction of leaving between seventeen and eighteen thousand of his countrymen dead .

      He then chased Pompoy to Egypt , where he found that he had been murdered—rather an agreeable earprise . He killed a few thousands of people , not worth mentioning , in Egypt , and a great many more in Africa and Spain , in putting down those troublesome fellows , Cato , Scipio , Juba , and the young Pompeys . AtleagUi he retained in ttlamph to Rome , -whose population , thanks to himself , had been reduced from 330 , 000 to 150 , 000 . The remainder , to reward him for all tha good he had done , created him perpetual Dictator ; which honour he did not long enjoy , being assassinated ( Hatch 15 , B . C . 44 , aged 56 ) . in tbe senate bones , by Messrs . Brutus . Cassias , and Company , certain patriotic gentlemen wbo envied his luck .

      The character of Ces ar displayed all that extravapne geneto&ity which those usually txhibit -who steal what they got , and th : t disposition to universal gallantry , for which heroes tf leaser note , as Mr . Richard Turpin and Mr . John Sbeppard , have been remarkable .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct950/page/3/