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      BIRDS . Answer to Elba Cook " t poem on Birds , published in ihe Korfhern Skur of : Kot > . 11 J& , 18 * 3 , Birds 1 . birds ! ye are fcroubBsome things , TVith your keen prying eyes and y onr rtrift fifing -wings Where shall-we -wander or -where shall we dwell , Troublesome things I that ye come not as well ? Te bnMIn our ehimni&s- —the funnels ye choke , Tin all In our chambers are cover'd with « noke ; Ye lifls the sarden—ye ravage tie field—" Te peck half tee fniit that sur cherry trees yield ; Ye pilfer the seeds that we sow with such pain , Ye lurk in the corn fields and plunder file gain 1 Troublesome IMukb J b . ow my heart s&dly grieves When ye scrape off the thatch from the cottagers eaves 3 Prom your conning and craft there is nothing secure ; Ye plunder the rich and ye pilfer the poor .

      Rom yon ivied rain a boding owl cried PnH seven nights long ere my old granny died 1 And an eagle , -srhoee eyrie -was bnSt in a rock . JttiU'd the finest young lamb that I had in my flock . A long necked heron , the other day took A seor « of my very best trout from the brook ; And the greedy grey crows have left only o pair Of a brood of fine chicks mj wife tended with ears . In your praises , the poets fine ditties may sing , But faith 1 I ' ve no reason to do any such thing . How oft I hare seen in the April morn

      The greedy grey lark pecking up the young corn ? When , awed by my . presence , he'd soar en the wing And hich overhead in defiance woald sing . And -well I remember , that I , like a fool , Neglected my lesson and - " miched" from ay scheol , And totM in tbe meactoWB the snmmer day long , To seek for y onr nests snd to listen yon * song ; Like a caitiff , next morning in school I sat down , " And bore from my teacher the How and the frown ; My back , even yet , bears the mark * of the " taws , " And , mischievous pestB 2 ye were solely the cause .

      aijseRievons y ests ! yoar presence I scorn , ^ rom the bird of tbe son to the wren in the thorn—The impndent magpie , with parson-like look ; The hoarse screaming raven and jabbering rook ; The lazy cuckoo , with monotonous tone ; The pilfering blackbird , that whistling drone ; The martin that nests in a hole like a rat ; And that link in creation , the leather-wing'd bat "I will tell them to find me a grave when 1 die , " Where no chattering sparrow shall ever come nigh ; Bnfc O , let it be by yen clear mountain stream , Where the flowers of the summer reflected shall gleam , As it leaps to the vale , the blue ocean to meet—Its ailvery -voice trill be cheering and sweet " Tti the J ^ RyVnwm and gloom of tbe long dresry night , When the Ihmab and the -woodlark bare taken their flight . Xambeg . J . H-Kotves .

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      OLD SOSGS . ( Abridged from Jhe " Forpe ! -me-Xof for 1844 ) BT ELIZA COOK . Old songs J old songs 2—what heaps I know , TFrom " Chevy Chasb" to " Black-eyed Sue ;" From " Plow , thou regal purple stream , " To Rousseau ' s melancholy " Dream I " I loved flie pensive " Cabin Boy " With earned truth and real joy ; My warmest feeliEgs wander bact To greet "Tom Bowling" and " Poor Jack ;" And O , " Ml Watch , " the smuggle ? bold , 3 Iy plighted troth thou'it ever hold . .

      I doted on the " suld Scot ' s sennet , " As though I'd worn tbe plaid and bonnet I went abroad with " Sandy ' s Ghost , " I stood with " Bannockburn ' s brave host , And proudly tossed my curly head With " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled ! I shouted " Commin throngh the rye , " With resCess step and sparkling eye , And ehased away the passing frown With " Bonnie ran the burnie down . "

      The tiny " Warbler" from the stall , The flattering ballad on the wall ,-The gipsy ' s glee , the beggar ' s catch , The old wife ' s lay , the idiot ' s snatch , The schoolboy ' s chores , rude and witty , 3 be fcsrvest strain , the carol ditty—I taxed ye ali , I stole from each , I spnrn'd so teacher that could teach : * Though long my list , though great my store , I'd ever seek to add one more .

      Old songs 1 old songs J—my brain has lost Much that it gained with pain and cest : I have forgotten all the rules Of " Murray V books and " Trimmer ' s" schools Detested figures—how I hate The mere remembrance of a slate . ' How have I eass from woman ' s afonght Maeb goodly lore the girl was taught - ' But sot a ward has passed away Of " Best thee , Babe , " or * Bobin Gray !" The ballad still is Vreathing round , Sat otter voices jield tbe sound ; Strangers possess tl . e household room ; The mother Iltth in the tomb ; And the blithe boy tb * t praised her song Bleepeth as soundly and as long .

      OI 3 songs ! .- = 13 songs J—I should not sigh-JoyBtsf the earth on eirth must die ; But spactral forms will sometimes start Within the caverns cf the heart , Harm ting the loce and d&rken'd cell Where , warm in life , they used to dwell . Hope , yonth , love , borne—each human tie That binds we know not how or why—All , all that to the soul be ) or 5 s , Is closely mingled with " Old Bongs . "

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      A 2 * ESSAY ON THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET . By P . Mid > osELL , Author of " An Eisay on the Tempest" Sec . &c . London : Cunningham and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , Trafalgarsqnare . To all lovers of Shakspcre , —and they are nnaercnB as ; he sands on the sea shore , "—this Essay " jvill be a trea ; of no ordinary kind . Were the subject tne most uninTHlng that inclination can conceive , ' . hs aalhOT has the happy faculty " of clothing his sentiments in drapery so chaste , and enforcing iis views with arguments so convincing , that having read & page , it would be impossible for the reader to refuse the perusal of the entire -work . But , when

      the sntjeet £ 0 far from being s repulsive one , is the veryTcYercej a drama perhaps the most sublime ever penned , even bj tn&t gnbiimest of all dramatic bards , * " the Swan of Avon , "—no one with , any pretensions to , or desire to arrive at , a correct taste , but -will hail with delight this beautifn ! production of one -who has evidentfj drunk at the very fount of Shakspere's inspiration . Tne " Es ^ ay" embraces u A view of Hamlet's character ; his feigned or real madness ; couducs to Ophelia ; tbe soliloquy on suicide , " & . c ; and vrill be found , we think , to clear Tip most taisfactoriiy the doubt and obscurity in "Which ihe intentions and views of the Great Dramatist nave been np to the present time inxolTed , ¦ with respect to this , the most extraordinary production 0 ! hi-pen .

      Ween-join tbe following extracts as specimens of the Essayist ' s ityie . " The original stary on which the tragedy of Hamlet Ss founded , is to be met -with in the WritfcgS Of SaXO : 6 raTnTT > stien 3 , th « 3 > aE 3 sb historian , .-wlio flourished towards t ? -e end of the twelfth century -, but about 256 i , Belleforeatadopted it in his collection of novel ? , from which , it is supposed the old black letter prose * Htstohis of HiMELET ' was translated ^ With the aid of this translation , Shakspt-re was enabled to give to the world s production , which for splendour and

      magnificence is mj « -qaaUed in the annals of dramatic poetry . The basis of the piece Tests upon the murder of Eamltfs father by his un ^ e Claudius , Sing of Den-Biark : tke murder is leTsaltd to Hamlet by the tuper-3 iatuT 2 l apptaianceof bis fitter ' s ghost , which inspiring the young Prince -vrith reTSBge , the bent of the play tarns upon the accomplishment of this purpoBe . Hamlet ' s indignation at the incestuous marriage of his mother with his uncle , his grief for his father ' s death , "With the ucble and generous qualities which distinguish his character , Eil prepare us % o sympathise with his Wrongs and sufferings .

      "ShEkspsre , as a tragic writer , possessed in an eminent degree an asTantage oTer the poets of ancient Greece , iy a-railiug bimseif of tbe gloomy superstitions i > f hisTOuntrj- ; and as it was his task , to abide by the narration of those events : related by the historian , with the B 8 me faithful accuracy that guided him when depicting with so much power the witches in Macbsth ; so in the Tragedy of Hamlet , he has produced a phantom in the ghost of the Danish King , with such adjnirable iiiil as to make us for the moment forget the Wisdom of philosophy , and leave our minds harrowed with fear and wonder , a prey to all the delusions of

      f « this dreaded sight" TVith seae aafcors the ghost in Hamlet has formed a source of severe iut unjust CiJidsm , by it being brought in comparison with the phantoms of JBschylus ; but this <* n sure is now regarded Mthe of&pring of very circumreribed views . Shakspere wrote and adapted his scenes to the taste and prejaafcetSnili time ; and whilst the power * of hlsiniajSoaaori were eongeiaal to the established superstitions "Which then prevailed , he has rendered those objects « terror subseivientto the designs of Abe drama , amidst » boldness of poetic fiction , that has v ^ mbellished the traditions of 1 he vulgar , with the elegance and splendour of classic erudition .

      " Of all the characters drawn by Shaksp ? re , Hamlet undoubtedly has txcf . ted the greatest interest . Amid the TSried scenes cf life , the pen of- vke immertal poet has depicted the passions of the human breast "With a power and energy txcefc&ng the tfforts of-all oiha men ; but , m the beautiful drama Uiat delineates the t &reer of the Pftnish Prince , a philosophy of thov ' -ght '

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      prevails , with which ate imbued all the finer sensibilities of the souL In pourtraylng the disposition of Hasilet , Shafcapere has presented to us a correct outline of the moral character of those whose ( Klinp and action * have been influenced by that temperament denominated the melancholic , but which is often found assuming under different phases many of those variations that belong to tbe sanguine . Susceptible of impressions which with them create deep and profound meditation , men of this class posaesa a reserve in their demeanour bordering on distrust , and viewing with suspicion the actions of their-fellow creatures ; yet , gentle , generous , and affectionate , they are chagrined by a sense of their condition , and are rendered unhappy by the contemplation of those -wrongs -which the -rices

      ana follies of the wsrid have inflicted upon them . Lite Hamlet , the vsea of life are to them , *• stale , flat , and unprofitable ; " and worn out by the bitterness of reflection , their energies become annihilated in that tempest of moral feeling , which not nnfreqnently brings them to a premature Test , in the silent recesses of the grave . Mournful as thia picture is . it presents to us however , the history of some of the most illustrious of men ; for who can dwell upon ifc ? outline withont recalling to td remembrance , the . unhappy and proscribed Tasso , — the elegant but unfortunate Rouaseau , with the highminded and self-exiled Byron ? Infinite in bis

      knowledge of the human heart , Shakspere has drawn Hamlet faithful to nature ; and though his sentiments are tinged with an aspect of deep melancholy , his reflections , pregmant with Btudied observation upon life and all its concerns , will ever awaken in the breasts of the generoui and theufhtful , tbe same train of ideas which has always pervaded th « pages of those distinguished poets and philosopher ! , who , as advocates and promoters of human improvement , have encountered fearlessly the prejudices and vices of society . Incapable of appreciating the character of such men , cold and unthinking tlrflics have not been' scrupulous In extending their censure upon those reflections of human life which are so

      prevalent in the works of our immortal poet ; but possessing that temperament congenial to , men of high genius , Shakspere , kind and gentle in his nature , had felt the oppressors wrongs '— ' the proud man's contumely , ' and ^ ave way to that contemplative sadness which with him reigns predominant , wbiL-t viewing the evils generated by 'the vain pomp and false glory of the world . ' The happiness of the human rice , impeded by ignorance asd retarded by tyrant custom , has excited in all ages the sympathies of the geod and virtuous . Their philanthropy , mineled with an ardent enthusiasm , have

      unceasingly led theB to prognosticate that another and a better era will yet arrive , in spite of tnoBe smiles of derision which even in tbe present day follow such anticipations . Happily , the destiny of man is now progressive . The chains which have hitherto kept his intellectual faculties in bondage are rent asunder ; and knowledge , with ail its advantages , shall at some future day bring to him the enjoyment of s more improved Btate of things , free from those scenes of turmoil , care , and anxiety that have too long Larrassed his existence . Truly has our illustrious bard , in hiB Second Part of Henry VI .,

      proclaimed—* Ignorance is the curse of God : Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven . ' " Copious original notes are given , exhibiting deep research , profound refl-Ction , and eniightened philosophy ; they will be read with much interest . A word as to the author . Mr . Macdonell ia a man who has spent jear 3 of toil in a profession which , should have been to him a source of honourable emolument ; and his talents and practical knowledge as a surgeon well entitle him to tbese rewards . But , alas ! for tne honest man who is

      doomed to live in this ** Age of Brouza . " Mr . M . w-juld think for himself ; would refuse to worship at the altar of " tyrant custom ; " and of coarse he has suffered for his independence of spirit and manliness of heart . Some years have now elapsed since the writer had the pleasure of listening to the words of truth and philosophy from the lips of this warmhearted believer in " another and a better era" for the human race ; and despite " the oppressors wrongs , " " the proud man ' s contumely , " we are glad to find that onr instructor has never faltered in the ennobline belief that

      " Come it will for a' that , Wben man to man the warld o ' er Shall brithers be and a * that " To the admirers of Shakspere , and all the lovers of elegant literature , we most heartily commend this " Essay "

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      * In a private letter addreEsed to us , Mr . Oastler says— "I taveit from tee Chnrtista in London th-Jt I am right They say no Chartist called on Mr . Dur .-ccmbe , but Bome Sturgeites oia . Tbey aver that the CharUstB uid mi interfere . "

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      not been for Mr . Duncomba , I have no hesitation in saying that Baring would have beaten him by a large majority . Pattiaon ' a majority was 1 « 5 ; consequently , if 83 Out o ! the whole number that polled for him had ! voted for Baring , Baring would have been returned ; and I believe neither Whig or Tory will dispute the fact , that the Chartists could have ensured a show of hands and have polled between three and four hundred votes for their man ; therefore , Mr . Pattison maj consider : himself in a much more honourable position than that of creature to tbe Laague' ; he is the Peoplo ' 8 Member . I was in the Houae with Mr . Pattison ; and there was not half a dozen Members so thoroughly domocraHc ; and I pledge myself , as Mr . Duncombe pledged bimBelf , that be will vote for every point of the People ' s Charter ; fer separation of Church and Stite ; and for all other moral and religious measures . *

      " If so , Mr . PattUon was indeed ungi&teM . At the Three Tuns , on the 7 th inat ., be thanked the Jews and the Leagners for his triumph , not the Chartists . " Mr . O'Connor was , I believe , in Scotland at the time . He must have been misinformed . It is surely impossible that the London Chartists canvassed and voted for Mr . Pattlson ! Tee frieDds of the working classes could not , 1 eboald hope , vote for the great head of' the moaied interest —tks very Gollah of the MammonlteB—the * creature' of the great Moloch of the mills , the League—the man wh » denies the ri ght of the poor to support '—who believes , that ' to give

      capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour must be kept dowh —and whose ' passion for accumulation , whosa inextinguibhable passion for gain , has do limit !' —Ne , no , I will hope that Mr . O'Connor is incorrect , and that the information gives to me was true ; else I KUBt believe that , the Chartists are not only tbe enemies of the worfeing classes , but taat they are the most Inconsistent men on eartk—coutenoing every where , in the provinces , with their tyrants and oppressors , the Leaguers , and afterwards canvasBiug and voting fox the " creature of the League" in London ! It cannot be .

      " I thought I knew the Chartists as tbe friends of Briti 8 hindustry . I fancied that they were the enemies of tbe New Poor Law ; that they recognized in the Leaguers their remorseless oppressors , tbe tyrants of the mills ; and were resolved never to adti to their grinding power ! I have been nearly three years id prison—am I now to understand that the object of ' the Chartist movement , ' as it is called , is to find us a Government and Legislature composed of such men as Pa 11 lson and eisborne—• the creatures of tbe League ^? If so , then , without hesitation , I would prefer despotism in its most unmitigated form . Yes , it were better for the working classes of England that the autocrat of Russia ruled their destinies , than that the Molochs of tbe mills , tbo Goliahs of Mamn- on , should be elevated to the mastery . 1 still cling to the hope that Mr . O'Connor ' s information'is incorrect—that I was not deceived when I

      was told that the London Chartists did not interfere in support of either candidate at the late election for London . We conclude wiih the following extracts , regreting that we have not loom for the entire number . The ' * good Old r ving" is advancing . Let the Profitmongers look to it . If we are not to have Pflortctio . n ' , we must have " Coopeeation" ! if the labourer is to be ground to the catth , we will gee if tbe useless shopkeeper cannot bo destroyed ! Again we say , let the Vampires look to it . They may have thiDg 5 more free yet than they wish for !

      " If cheap labour' be good for the shopkeepers , Small firoStB' must bo d » ai * able to the labourers . The * monopoly' of skopkeepers must , then , be destroyed . ' What iaBauce for the goose is sauce for the gander . ' We must have no more profits behind the counter , of 200 and 2000 per cent ., to enable shopkeepers to keep up gay and costly establishments—to have tlieir splendid carriages , country houses and parks . They mu 3 b no longer be allowed to live like princes , while the poor hawker is forced to buy a licence for his ' protection . ' We must have no more buying cotton necfeeloths at 7 d . a piece , and selling them for 2 a . each ;

      stockings at 7 d . a pair , and vending them at la . lid . ; ketUea at 4 s each , and dispensing them behind tbe counter for 9 s . ; German silver pencil-cases at 3 d . a piece , and ticketing them at the low price of 2 s . 6 d . each ; steel pens at 6 d a gross , and selling them at Id . a piece ! These are only a few samples of the bet ) tflt derived by the monopoly of shopkeeping . But if we are to have ' cheap labour , ' we will have ' Bmall profits . ' WDy , I ask , should these brawling Free Trade shopkeepers , be protected from the com petition of poor , honest hn-wfcers , who would serve u » at a much cheaper rate ? Djwn , then , with licences ; and let every man hawk what , when , whote . and how lie can .

      " Nay , better still , we must have tha producer and the consumer brought in closer contact , and thus entirely supersede the expensive ' monopoly of the shops , ' by the universal establishment of -Bazaars , where a commission of 1 or 1 ^ per cent will be all that shall be demanded for distributing the products of industry . We shall thus receive a much greater leduction frojn the cost , than many times the nmount of the ' protection' demanded for our poor labourers and artisans . The poor seniBtressea will then be able to protect themselves against thu extortion uf the Free Trade shop keepers .

      " Yes , yes , Messrs . of the Free Trade fhepkeeping BCllOOl J if Wu are to have ' cheap labour" ami 1 cheap corn , ' we will also contrive to have ' cheap bread '—aye , even if we send to France for baktrB ' It is a fact , that ' in France they manage these things better than we do . " We will now take a cheap leaf out of thtir book , and try if we cannot thereby obtain a cbc-ap loaf . " Let the consumers of English bread note the following fact . Comparing the price of wheat and of bread in France and in England , we pay annually te our millers and bakers a profit of upwards of £ 11 , 000 , 000 Bterling more than the French pay to their bakers fo « - the same quantity of bread ! . ' Let the cry , then , run through Euglaud , millers and bakers , we will have cheap bread . ' " Oh , yes , if onr artisans , our labourers , our sailors and soldiers , are to sell their labour cheaply , so muat our bakers come down to the French level . " How queer the Freebooting gentry will look then !

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      LEEDS . —Pickiiv g Pt'CKtTS . —Ou Tuesday last , two prostitutes , uamed Elizv Harrison and Rebecca Hartley , were committed by tho magistrates at the Leeds Court House for trial , on a charge of having picked iho pocket of a young mau named Beujamiu Gothard , of a pur&e , containing a £ 5 note and three sovereigns . LkIids Woollen Maukets—The demand for manufactured goods continue-, and idoso most called for are now principally mado to order , there being no stocks left on hand . These consist of Poiershams , Twced « , &o . For fine goods tho enquiry is stiil small , though an expeotatiou exists that it will be better for the spring trade .

      Assaults on the Police . —Ou Tuosdny , a man named Thos . Joues , said to ho a " r . raveilin > , ' con-Voyancer , " was sent to WakefKld for two months , for an a :-sault ou ono of the ingiii police ; and on the tame day , Wm . Birdsall , of ii-jlbeck , was charged with a similar offence towards another member ot "the force , " on Sunday night . TlK-off . iiceiu this case , was committed in the Sheaf Bridn , o beer-house , and the parties having been quamlhng , the case was dimissed on the defendant paying tue O 03 t 3 . Stealing Lead . —Oa Monday la at , a young lad named Wm . Benson , was coin in it ted for trial by the Borough Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , ion a charge of naviDg , on Sa'imUy evening , stolen a quantity of lead , from tho roof of the dye-houso of Mr . Chadwick , in Bowman-lane .

      Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , an iuquost j \ vas held at the Leeds Court House , before John Blackburn , E-q ., on the body of a mau forty-four years of age , named Robert Stacuy , whose rtbidencc was at Ferrybridge . Tho deceased was an c-ngin' -man , and was employed & 6 the bone mill of Mr . Joseph Tooley , at Birken , near Ferrybridge ; ou Wadaesdaiy , whilst cleansing some S ! ia ( U connected with the machinery , dunner its wording , his bhirt bleove

      was caught by a wheel , and hin arm wus instantly dragtyjd amongst the opgs . His cries alarmed his fallow-workoitii , ty wfibm iho iu : ' . tue was stopped , and ha was re&cued from h \ a perilous situation , but not before his aim was nearly lorn from its socket , and ho hau sustained other injuno . He was at once sent off to the Lewis Infiimiiry , where amputation of the arm was effected , an < i every attention was paid to him , but he died on Xhuradj . y eveuing . The Jury returubd a verdict of "Accidentally killed . "

      : Robbing thk Dead . —Oi * Saturday last , an Irish woman , lianisd > . iury Parkiu , wab charged at the Leeds Court House , with having stolen a variety of articles of wearing apparel , horn the dwelling houso of Mrs . Horner , in York-streuf , whilst Mrs . Homer was laid dead in the house . The prisoner had been left to hike care o $ the house and tho cor ^ e , during the absence of the friends of the deceased , who were making preparation for the funeral ; and whilst thus left to herself she packed up saob . articled as she thought might be useful , and walked off with them . They were missed , and on enquiry it was found that

      the prisoner had been selling some things ; ' she was therefore taken into custody , and in her possession the remainder of the clothes were found , together with £ 1 15 ) in money , although she declared that she had not a farthing about her , " except the fever , which she had taken from the dead woman . " The things were identified by tho deceased ' s friends , and tho prisoner , who loudly protested , in a strong Irish accent , that she had , barring tha lever , only one or two things , which had aveiJenlatfy got packed up with her own , waj committed to Wakefield Hou ^ e of Correction , fiiBt to get rid of tbe foyer , and then to be tried for tae felony .

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      GAXtXXSfcB . —Fatal ACCIPENT AT POBT CAB " lislb . —Foos Lives lost . —On Wednesday , the 22 i instant , a raft of timber , part of the cargo of the Trafalgar , which had been , moored off Bownesa Marsh , was observed drifting past the Canal Company ' s jetties , and wa 3 going out to sea rapidly with the tide , which was unusually high . A boat was speedily launched from the shore , having on board four persons , viz , WiUiam Careltou , of Port Carlisle , innkeeper ; his eldest son John Carleton ; Robert Nicholson , jm ., of Port Carlisle ; and a lad named Matthew Soott , and proceeded to secure the raft , but melancholy to relate , when it had reached about half way between the Jetties and Bowness , the boat swamped and all the crew were

      immediately drowned . The catastrophe was seen from the shore , but no help could bo afforded to the sufferers , who must have perished immediately under the turbulent waters of the Sol way , unusually flooded by the late rains . The accident is supposed to have arisen from the parties using sails in a light boat , without even having had tho precaution to put any ballast on board ; but we are informed that had the cargo of the Trafalgar been canal borne , the occurrence would not have taken place , as the timber would have been secured in the timber pond belonging to the company , when the risk , which has , ia this instance , proved fatal , as well as the . expense of salvage , might have been spared .

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      How xo ! commix Suicide . —The best mode of suicide for ladies is , to wear tbin shoes , ami lace with a bedwrench and rope : by this means they may kill themselves without being suspected . " fresh Peruinq !"—Five cwt . of herrings , in a st-vte ot deconn-oeition , were exposed for Bfile in Worcester , one day last week , and were aeizsd by the polce . I Longevity . —There is an old woman , named Margaret , at present living in tha parish of Annaaieadle , near Nenaghj over whose head one hundred and sixteen years have rolled . Rent . — "W * . Fetheraton H ., E-q ,, of Carrick , has , in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture , and the difficulty of making up meney aniongat the farming classes , given an abatement of ten per cent , in the rents of his Longford property .

      Papier M ; achie —a . house in Berlin has Just started with making models of papier machie , representing the diffarentkinds of quadrupeds , for the use of schools . Tae Director of the Berlin Museum has reco . iiiuieaded them aa faithful aad useful specimens . Thbeatening Notice . —A most ferocious threatening notice nss been Massed oa tfle agent gf Drysart property , threatening duu , tb shouM uuy distress tm made on the j lands . A most wanton and disgraceful outrage has been perpetrated on an old woman in the care of a house in the neighbourhood of Knockdrin for Sir Richard L 6 vinge . Two fellows entered , and , without saying a word , commenced to beat her in a savage manner . !

      Tjtijes—Repeated applications having been made , in vain , by the appointed officer of the goverument , for the arrear of tithe , due cut of the land of Newgrove , parish of Drumrany ; ou the 16 th ultimo , two bailiffs , Magrath and Mathews , were sent to levy a distress , and having seized a large flock of sheep , were driving them to pound , when Doctor Dillon Kelly , the owner in fee of those lands ] rescued them . A " Good" Beating i?)—Oa Sunday evening , after duafe , aa Edward M-earea , ttie roadmafcec of Jbonlegee , was returning from BziHymabon , he was waylaid at Riithmore by four men who gave him a good beating , am < on Mr . J . Dawaon coming up and endeavouring to save him he came in for a share of what was ' going forward . ]

      WHISKEY j Drinkers . —The quantity of whiskey consumed by the people of Scotland has been tripled since the lowering of the duties . In Glasgow the consumption of spirits is enormous , and tJas sum spent in Whiskey annually in that city is £ 1 , 200 , 000 , of which j £ l , OGO i OOO is expanded by the operative classes ! Rem . —The Rev . Charles James Okosjun , brother o one of the Members of Parliament for Dublin , made a bonafide reduction , and actually returned it , of thirteen per cent ., on the last of March rent , to his numerous tenants at Bullyleigh , BaUywilHaru , BallyvalHn , and Ballivega in his county , when receiving his rents about three weeks ago .

      Illicit Distiling— On Wednesday , a party of Excise officers stationed at Ballygawley , County Tyrone , for tbe purpose of putting down illicit practices , accompanied byfMr . Oliver Lmdreth , supervisor of Dangannon district , proceeded to the towuiand of Bally . nakelly , near Duugannon , where , on the land of a man named Robert M'B . eau , they succeeded in seizing a large quantity ; of ground malt , and on the same townland in the garden of a person named Simon Wilson , they found a still which they destroyed . RIBBON ISM . —A respectable man . named Beirn , living

      in the neighbourhood ef Channonrock , was interred last Sunday ; he died from the effects of & beating he received from a party of ruffians oa the let . instant ; they attacked him iu his house , and one of them fractured his skull with a blow of some blunt instrument , from the effects of which he lingered until last Saturday morning . ! We &K informed a person accused of taking a prominent part in the assault has been arrested and lodged in Dundalk gaol . The deceased was a Ktpoal Warden ; and it is said the attack was made on him in consequence ot his strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of Ribbonisui in that district .

      Arrival of East Indiamen—On Saturday afternoon two first ; class Indiaiuen came tip the river , and were hauled into the East Iudia D > ck at flood tide . Tbe first was the London , Captain Attwood , from Madras , which place she left on the 21 st of July , and touched at the Mauritius on her voyage . The second was the Dartmouth , Captain Jacob , from Bombay . Tbe Dartmouth left Bombay oa the 17 th of April , and after a rough passage round the Gape , was compelled to put into the Isle ' , of France leaky , where she remained nearly two months under repair . Both ships are laden deep with rich cargoes . - ..

      A Land Slip —A large mass of earth and chalk fell into tbe hea at Kemp Town , Brighton , on Wednesday morning . Two men and a boy had just come to the edge of the cliff , to look at the Bea , and they were carried down with the falling mass . One man was buried in it , and was dead before he could be extricated . The other two were only slightly hurt ; but they were in danger from ajhigb tide , which isolated the part of the beach . One of the Coast Guard fortunately saw them , and they wevei drawn up by means of a cliff-crane . At an inquest held on the body of the deceased , Henry Holden , in the employ of Mr . Saxby , of R ttingdean ,

      a verdict of •/ Accidental death" was returned . The inroads of the sea on the eastern side of Brighton have undermined uAny portions of the cliff , the top of which is in consequence very dangerous . The road to Rotting . tean has been removed as many as four times further inland in the memory of the residents , and portions of the old road are still visible across the turf . Unless some means are speedily adopted for the protection of the cliff , the present road must also be shortly abandoned for another further removed from the sea . Opposite the Blackrock gas works the . sea has encroached to within a yard or two of the road .

      Frightful Snake Story—The following incident was ruiatfd to jus the other day , by one whose veracity is unquestioned , land who was almost an eye witness to the fact . It is more appalling than any we recollect to havo ever read in the history of those reptiles : —Some time last summer the inhabitants of Manchester , Mississippi ( United States ) gave a barbecue , which was attended by the beauty and fashion of the town and surrounding country . It happened that among the guests tier ; was a young lady , Miss M ., recently from one of the eastern cities , who was on a visit to her relations in the neighbourhood of the town . Miss M , was a gay and ; exceedingly fashionable young lady , and withal possessed of an uncommon share of spirit and courage , except in the matter of snakes—and of these

      she bad so great a dread , that she scarcely dared to walk anywhere except in tbe most froqaented place tor fear of encountering them . Towards tbe close of the day , whiie scores of fairy feet were keeping time . in the dance to the merry music , and the whole company were in the full tide ' of enjoymont , a scream was heard from Mis 8 . M . followed by the most agonizing cries for help . The crowd gathered round her instantly , the perfeet image of despair , with her hands grasping a portion of her dress with the tenacity of a vice . It was some time before she could be rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause ' s of her alarm ; and then they gathered from her broken explanations , that the was holding the \ head of a snake in tlte folds of her dress I Bud dreaded to let go her hold

      for fear of receiving tbe fatal blow . This intelligence caused many to shrink from her ; but most of the ladles , to theirlhonour be it spoken , remained with her , determined not to leave her in her dreadful extremity They besougbt'ihet not to relax her hold , aa her safety d upended on it , until some one couid be found * who bad tho courage to seize and remove the animal . There were none of the ladies , however , who had tho courage to pttf rm this act ; and the condition of Misa M . was becoming more : and more critical every moment . It was evident that her strength was failing vtry fast , and thst she could not maintain her bold inuch longer . A hasty consultation anwngat the calmest of the ladies was held , when it was determined that Dr . Tiaae , who was present , should be called to their assistance , fie was quickly on tbe spot , and being a man of uncommon courage , he was not many minutes with the weeping and half-fainting females , until he caught the tail of the

      snake , and wound it firmly round his hand to make sure of his hold . He then told Misa M . that she must let go the moment he jerked it away , and to make the act as instantaneous as possible , be told her he Would pronounce the words one , two , three ; and that , at the moment he pronounced the last word , she must let go her hold , and ] he doubted not he could withdraw the snake before it could make the stroke . All stood in breathless horror , awaiting the act of life and death ; and at the moment the word three waa pronounced , the Doctor pulled put the most diabolical-leoking " bustle " that ever wasjsetn in Mississi ppi ! The whole affair was at onca explained . Tha fastenings of th& machine baa'become loose during the dancing , and it had shifted its position in | such a way that it dangled about the lady ' s legs , and induced the belief that it was a snake with an enormous head ! Tbe Doctor fell right down and fainted . —Barbadgcs llerwry .

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      the Malt Tax , —1 hs \ Farmtn' / ourHoJalates ithaa geod reason to believe that , in consequence of the large returns of the Income Tax , her Majesty's Government contemplate a reduction of the malt duties in the ensuing session . Extensive Fire at Dockhead . —On Sunday night , between seven and eight o ' clock ,, a fire broke out in the workshops of Messrs . Bsntley and Co ., mast and block makers , Themas-street , Dockhead . It was first discovered by one of the family , who heard an unusual noi ? e in the shop . An alarm being spread , several of the London Establishment and West of England engines arrived . The firemen veryeoon got their en * gines into operation , and tbe fire was extinguished , bat not before a great portion of the stock was destroyed . The loss will fall on the Sun Fire-office . No account could be obtained as to how the fire originated .

      Death of Mr . Wrench , the Comedian . —On Friday night this veteran comedian expired at his residence Picket-place , aftei a . short bat vety oppressive sstmatio complaint . During the few days he was confined to bia bed ( says a correspondent ) a large Newfoundland dog , that had been his constant companion for the last ten years , never qu'ttad bis room , but watched every movement of his master with the utmost anxiety . When Mr . Wrench expired , the faithful animal was fully aware of his loss , the consciousness of which he evinced by the most pitiable cries ; and its firief was at length so severs that it was seized with convulsions , which continued upwards of two hours . The poor brute is still incoBsotaMe , an « i will , it iis sup ' posed , fall a victim to its attachment .

      Destructive Fire in the City . —On Friday night , between the hoars of eleven and twelve o'clock , a destructive fire Was discovered ruging on the premises belODgirig to Widow Wilsoa , carrying on an extensive business as % cotton and worsted-winder , at 6 and 7 , Prieat-coart , near the Post-office , St . Martin ' ale-Grand . Pelice-constable P 28 saw flunas Issuing out of the first floor , and without loss of time raised an alarm for the safety of the iuinates of the adjacent premises . As soon as he had accomplished that , he despatched messengers to t ; e engine-stations with intelligence of the outbreak . On tho arrival of the engines

      a plentiful supply of water wa ? ft j wing from tha flremains in the neighboujhood , from which the different engines belonging to the London Fire Establishment were set to woik . By the time however they were got into active operation , tbe fltineshad reached the second and third floors cf the building , and were breaking out of the various windows . Afrer an hour ' s hard working en the part of the firemen they were enabled to stop the further progress of the confligratioD , and by one o ' clock the fire was entirely extinguished , bo 6 not before damage to a very serious amount Was tJone , We greater pori ot tka fcuilding and contents Deinsr destroyed . - __ „ 8

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      London Corn Exchasge , Monday , N 6 v . 27 . — In consequence of tho bo ' sterous weather scarcely any vessels laden with English Wheat have been received during the past week ; but of Irish Oats a full average supply has been received . The receipts of Wheat by laol carriage from tha neighbouring counties wer * * tolerably good ; but nothing came to hand by watei from the before-mentioned causa . On whole , the stand * were fairly supplied with samples of home-grown Wheat , while tbe demand for all descriptions was steady , but not to aay brisk , at prices about equal to

      those obtained en Monday last , aad at wkich a good clearance was effected . Fi . e white Foreign Wheat moved off freely at fully last week ' s currencies ; but in other descriptions very little waa doing . Superfine Barley was scarce , and much wanted ; hence the sale for it was active , and the prices ruled a shade higher . In other . kinds of Bailey very little was doing . The Malt trade was again dull , but we can notice no alteration in figurps . The show of Oat samples was tolerably good . Fine qualities were in demand , yet the trade vras far from animated . B « th . BtaES and Peas

      WQra quite as dear . The bakers purchased both town and country-made Floor with extreme caution at about stationary prices . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Nov . 27 th . —As is almost invariably the case on tbe approach of the great Christmas market , the arrivals of Beasts were on the increase , but , comparatively speaking , of middling and inferior quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recoilect to cave seen so few really prime Beasts at this time of the year as were exhibited this morning . Such descriptions were , is consequence , though the attendance of butchers , both London and counti y , was small , in steady demand ,. and in some instances they comtaandad 2 d per 81 bs . mote money , the top figure for such being 4 u . per 8 lbs . ; but with

      all other kinds of Beef the trade was in a very depressed state , and last week ' s quotations were barely supported . It must be understood , that in offering the above remarks as to the value cf the primest Scots , they refer solely to those weighing frem eighty to one hundred stone , and that is pet 8 lbs was obtained in so tew casts , as to induce ns to qaote no higher general figure foT B ^ ef than 3 s 101 p-or 8 \ be . The northern droves of Beasts consisted of 1 , 600 short horns ; those from tbe western and midland districts being composed ef 800 runta , Davono , Herefords , Djrhams , short horns , Irish beasts , &c . From , other , parts of Englaud we received aboutV 300 of various breeds ; from Ireland thirty beasts ; and from Scotland , by steamers , forty fat , and eighty store Scots . We perceive the importations of foreign stock , under the new tariff , are beginning to attract mere attention . Those during the paat week have consisted of forty-four oxen truia

      V . g » , twenty ditto from France , and twenty ditio from Germany . To-day wo had a few of tliem on sale . In their quality , especially as relates to those from Spain , very litt e improvement was noticed ; yet they come to hand , considering the distance conveyed , in fair Condition . Tbe few disposed of fetched from £ l 6 . io £ l 710 a each . There was a full average number of ; Sheep on show , but their quality , liko that of the beasts , was inferior . For prime old Downs , arising chiefly from their scarcity , the demand was active at very full prices ; but the half-breds and long wools hung , heavily on hand , at previous rates . CiUV 6 B "Were again plentiful ; on account of which ., and tne abundant supplies of Veal m the dead markets , the sale for them was very heavy , and the highest quotation did . not exceed 3 s lOd per 8 lbs . Even at that miserably low figure great difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance . In Pigs a fair amount of business was transacted , yet we can notice no improvement in tbe currencies .

      Borough and Spitalfields .- —In consequence of the prevailing gales the arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside during tbe last week have been but moderate , they having consisted of about 290 tons from Scotland , 700 tons from Yorkshire , 350 tons from Devonshire , and 600 from Wisbesch , Essex , and Kent . Prime samples command a brisk sale , at fully previous rates ; but in all other kinds very little is doing . Borough , Hop Mask et . —Considerable animation still prevails'in tbe demand for new Hops , and the lite advance is well supported . In yearlings and Old Hopa a good busines is doing . — : Weald of Kent Pockets , £ 5 15 i to £ G 15 s ; Mid Ksnt , £ 6 103 to £ 9 8 a j East K-jnt , £ 6 4 s to £ 7 ; choice , do ., £ 8 to £ 10 15 a ; Sussex , do ., £ 5 5 s to £ 5 18 a 5 Yeai-lini ? Kents , £ » to £ 5 8 s ; Do . Sussex , £ 4 5 a to £ 4 15 s ; Fuxnhams , 1843 , £ 9 to £ 11 .

      Tallow . —The market is very quiet ; fine pale YC . on the spot , is sought after in parcels , at 423 ; while ordinary parcels are to be had easily at 41 s 9 d . For all the year thp price is 41 s 6 d ; and for February and March , 42 s 6 d . Tbe season is nearly closed at St . Peterburgh . Town Tallow is plentiful , at 43 * per cwt . Wool Markets . —Iu the paat week the imports of wool hava been about 2 , 600 bales , 9 S 2 being from New South Wales . The improved state of trado in our manufacturing districts stilt influences that in this market , as a large business has been done at full prices , N « public sales have been as yet declared .

      Richmond , Nor . 25 . —We nave had a good supply of drain in out market to-day . Wheat sold from 63 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; Oats 2 s 43 to 3 a 4 d ; Barley 43 to 43 3 d ; B » ans 5 ) to on 3 d per bushel . Manchester Corn Markkt , Saturday , Nov . 25 . — At our market this morning the business transacted in Wbeat waa only to a limited amount : but factors were firm in requiring the quotations of this day se ' nnigbfe . In Flour no alteration , either in price or demand , was observable . For the general runs of Oatmeal last week's currency could not be realized , and

      to effect sates a reduction in price was submitted to ; 22 s . per 240 lbs . was au extreme rate , and only obtainable for extra superior qualities . A moderate sale was experienced for Oats , aud in their value no change can be- noted . . LlVERPOOi y CATTLE MARKET , MONDAY , NOV . 20 . The supply ofyCattle at market to-day has been much the sfttne asjdsfc week . Beef 4 £ < j . to 5 ^ d ., Mutton 5 % . to b % 1 . pet Ib . Cattle imported in Liverpool , from tbo 20 th to ttie 27 th November : —Cows , 1568 ; Calves , 33 : Sheep , 3271 ; Pigs , 5720 ; Horses , 25 .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Nov . 27 . — During the last seven days vra have continuad to receive liberal supplies of Irish Oatmeal , amounting in all to 11 , 000 loads , and have also to report fair quantities of Wheat , Oats , and Fisur , from Ireland . There have arrived from the "United States 3 , 500 barrals of Flour , and from Canada 614 quarteiB of Wheat and 900 barrels of Flour . At our market on Tuesday , whicU was well attended by town and country millers , a fair quantity of Wheat was sold , principally Irish new , at fully the advance quoted at the close of last week . Ne changa occurred in the value of foreign . Oats con « tinning to meet a pretty good demand , maintained

      previous rates , at which also , soine quantity of Oatmeal was sold . Both these articles have since improved in Value by J't to Id per bushel , and 3 d per load respectively ; 2 i 5 | d t » 2 s 6 ^ d per 451 bs . bavebeen paid for choice mealing Oats , 20 a 6 i to 21 s per 24 dlbs . for new O-ittneal . Wbeat has not met so active an inquiry as in the early part of the week , but prices have been fully maintaiufcd . Canadian Flour has had a pretty free sale at 3 la per barrel for best brands , and home manufacture has been rather more (^ fa ^ f ja £ ta € ij * 8 £ quotations . Two or three cargo ^ fcxVji ^ Hsh ^ aJtiBg ^ arley have arrived , and have . s ^ ' ^ 54 * r * 6 ? w # ' ^^ Jg 3 feriai quarter . Beans have br «< ug& 1 ^^} ^^^^^^ No ot # ifroil fiairoa of oi ? 8 lwxcth oi

      change in tbe value Pas . " ^^ cnange in tne value . < jen . aroo « jn . *> w »« United States Flour H ^ d C % lg ^ drnteM ^ jn ) bMa at 22 s 9 d par barrel . ^\^ 0 S ^ l ^ m " % l ^ f Jw *^ * ^^ ftf ***

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      THE FLEET PAPERS , No . 47 , VoL 3 . We make no apology for retnraing to these papers . The interesting matter in the above number demands that we should lay it before our readers . Our readers know Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions with respect to Air . Pattison , the newly elected member for the City of London . We differ in loto . with Mr . O'Connor as to the merits of Alderman "Wood ' s successor ; and Mr . Oastler having disputed the statement that the London Chartists assisted in retnrning Pattison , ( we may add that our own columns bear evidence as to the correctness of Mr . Oastler ' s position ) the interests of truth demand that Mr . O . should be heard . Speaking of the triumph of the whole-hog Free Traders , —for Mr . Baring was an " expediency " Free Trader , —Mr . Oastler says : —

      " Tbe question thus decided , is , however , of very serious importance , and must eventuate in very serious results to England . The metropolis has now given its sanction to the hoirible principle , that ' the poor have no right to support . " ( Malthus ) . They , tbe citizens of London , award that ' to give our capital a fair remnneratien , tie price of labour must be kept down . " ( Hu * klsson ) . That tbe condition of the man who has to compete with a cheaper , better , or more rapid mode ef protection , must be deteriorated . ' ( Bowring ) . That the maxim of buying lBbeur in the cheapest market is the best rule for the trade of the whole

      nation . ( Petition cf Merchants and Traders of the City of London ) . And they have resolved , that ' the employer of labour is to Bvail himself of all circum-Btaoces by "which he can reduce tbe retnrn of labour . ' ; Tbe Morning Chronicle J . These , from the lips of the highest Free TraGe autDoiitiea , are what you call " the pr inciples of common sense '—the principles of those men "WhoBe passion for accumulation , whose indistinguishable passion for gain , has no limit . * ( M'Culloch ) . These principles are now engraven on the forehead of every citizen of London ! Mr . Bering declares that they are ' sound and incontrovertible . " ' And so , " say the citizens of London , ' we adopt them , in the person of Mr . Pattiion , without hesitation , t q-iivocation , or dtlay . '

      •• Well , if it must be to , it must ! If we are to surrender to these diabolical , to yield to these destructive principles , it is perhapB better that they were adopted at once . The iiifatuiited dupes will then the sooner discover their error , and be dbposed to return and wali in the light of the Consti ^ oa . ' " HfcDce , altbonjh I eoulCTever bave voted for Mr . Paitison , I thiik it "was perhaps better that Mr . Baring was defeated . We shall come to the worst bo much Boor . er . " He vhen conies to the question of the Chartists supporting Paitison ;—

      '' There is , however , one feature in the London election that has given me . the most poignant grief . I had thought thai the Chartists were & body cf men who were seeking to elevate the labouring classesto raise them to their proper place in society—to secure for them the fnll reward of their skill and industry . I was told , upon authority ¦ wbJch I believed to be correct , that 'the London Chartists ' resolved * that they had do confldenca in either PattiB ^ n or Baring . " I therefore supposed thst on snch , or similar grounds , they bad not m ' erfered in the London election .

      " 1 knew that , some time ago , the Chartists of Nottingham b . 3 d assisted to return a member of the anti-Com Xj . tr League to represent them in Parliament—tbe notorions Qisborne , of Dukinfleld < The Chartists of Cheshire and Lancashire -will find » o difficulty in translating these three notea of admiration ; neither -will the shade of Astlty . ) Yes , I was aware of the disgust that had swollen the breasts of the working classes of Cheshire , Lancashire , and Yorkshire , -when they heard that Gisbvrae had been returned fer Nottingham by tbe irfluence of tie Nottingham Chartists . I therefore rejoiced the moie -when I ttes told that the London Chartists had resolved to -withhold their influence from the creature cf the Leaguers , ' and to leave the two Free Traders to fight their own battle . Judge , then , or my astonishment and grief , when I read , in the Northern Star of the llth inst ., the folio-wing statement , in a letter from Mr . G Connor to the working classes : —

      " ' The whole of fee press-gang , both Whig and Tory , are mEkinz ; a dreadful noi ^ e about Mr . Dnncombe ' s declaration of Charter Reform . It is not -wonderful that the Tories should do so ; but why tbe Free Trade portion of the press thould feel any annoyance , astonishes me , tsr-d Vll tell yon -why . Because the Free Traders have mtde a mighty boast of their triumph in tee City of London , in the return of Mr . Patfcison . Bat as I sm sure that that gentleman "would much rather owe hiB seat to tbe unsought interference of a friend than to the tricks of the trade , it may not be amiss to tell him to whom he really does owe bis triumph . These , then , are the facts of the case . The Chartists had resolved upon making a powerful anti-Whig and anti-Tory demonstration at the recent nomination , and

      had determined upon going to tbe poll witB a candidate pledged to the whole principles of the Charter . With those intentions , a veiy influential Committee Trailed upon Mr . Duncombe . for the purpose of consulting him upon the matter . * Mr . Duncombe told them that they themselves could not select a candidate ¦ who would go farther than Mr . Pattison in support of every liberal mearare , and that he vm Burelie tjonld vote for the Six Points of tie People ' s Charter . The perfect reliance -which the working men have In Mr . Dancombe , made that * xplanation perfectly satisfactory ; and the Chartista Bet to work in their several localities to canvass for Mr . Pattison , The result was that they did not propose a candidate ; that he got the show of hands , as well as a majority of votes ; while , had it

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      THE HEA . LTHIAN ; a Journal of Human Phtsiology , Diet , a > d IUgimen . London : Strange , Paternoster-row . This ia a collection ef papers originally published monthly , stitched together in a wrapper , fourteen in number for one shilling . The views advocated are those of total abstinence from all drinks save and except water ; from tobacco , snuff , opium , &c ; from flesh diet , and all food prepared by fire or otf'er chemical agencies . So that wo have hero ichole-hog reetotaUsm and no mistake ! Nor is this all : we have but the theory in the book , but this theory is reduced to practice not only by a large number of isolated individuals , but also by an

      associated body of experimental reformers—the Concordats of Ham Cimmou , Surrey . Without expressing agreemen ; with the writers in tin g work , we must admit that they write liko men in earnest , and advance many arguments not easy to overthrow . The Pythagorean system of total abstinence from flesh food has been advocated by some of the greatest men who have lived , including the immortal Shelley ; and when we consider that health is tha grand desideratum of existence , we should panse ere we sacrifice that most incomparable of blessings to the gratification of what may be a " vitiated" palate . A question arises , which the advoca'es of a purely vegetable diet will be expected to answer . and most

      Tney argue thai the bravest powerfully physical of the human race , have been those nations who have been the most absttinioua ; and they point to the Koman 3 in tho early part of their career , to the Scotch in their early struggles with the English , and to the modern Irish . But we have been told that the reason why the English soldier has so repeatedly borne down , his Gallic opponent on the field oF battle , is , because the British are better fed than the French ; and hence are larger men ; possessing greater strength of muscle and power of endurance . So that it has been superior animal strength , not superior bravery or military skill , thar , has so often given the " victory" to the British . As to the modern Irish , it is not fair to compare our murdered factory population with the Irish

      peasantry ; bui compare peasant with peasant if the truth j is to be arrived at . And here let ns a . « k , if the Irish peasantry are the strongest in the world , —fed as they are mainly upon potatoes , and some two millions of them subsisting upon casual charity or poor law relief ; and if iheir strength be the rcsu't of their mode of living , what is the meaning of the ouicry we have had about the " seaweed" and the " tampers" ! For if their food waa to be lw bettered ; ° - if they could keep and consume , amongst themselves , the cattle , pigs , butter , and cheese , which tliey r . ow send to this country , then , accord- ] ing to our fiknds the " Concordists " , they ( the Irish ) would forthwith deteriorate , and become feeble and emaciated aa their diet becamo more luxurious !

      Again : when the " Healthians" point to the abstemious cohorts of " all-conquering Rome , " we are forced to ask another question . Heaven knows we feel no admiration for the " triumphs" and " conquests" of England : still " what is written is written . " India , China , America , Africa : many an ocean-light and ensanguined plain attest what has been done in the " glory" and " slaughter" way by the " cohorts" of this oountry , naval and military . How is this ; How is it that the flesh-eating , beer and rum-drinking Briton , has out-rivalled by far all the boasted conquests of the C »; ars and their legions ?

      Perhaps we shall be told that there are moral causes for this superiority : that the English have been the first to acquire and mature a knowledge of mechanical and chemical di&coveries snd " improvements" in the art of men-killing . But this does not settle the question . We are told by our modern Pythagoreans that flesh-eating not only destroys the body , but also clouds tho intellect , impairs the mental powers , and lays prostrate the mind ! If so , how is it that the flesh-eating Eugii * h have been the most successful explorers of the useful sciences , which has , no doubt , bad much to do with giving to them their superiority as a nation ! These are

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      questions that , supposing the Pythagorean 1 system of diet to be true , would certainly puzzle ub to answer , we might | h » ve enlarged upon these objections , but space will not permit . Notwithstauding - what we have above said , we cordially . recommend ^ this publication . We can say truly that we have learned many facts from its pages of no small utility ; and we can promise our readers that they will find in the pages of thi 3 work , independent of its grind . theory , much really us&ful knowledge , rendering cheap indeed the price at Which they will purchase it . " Prove all things , " say we ; and therefore read " the Healthian . "

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      A L m , ^ xFRE T ° YOUNG M £ N ON CHASAllY . By Sylv £ stub GflAiUM , of Boston , U . S . Price 2 * . London : Strange , Paternoster . now . We confess that we took up this work with no relish for its perusal , expecting to find it either a pillmongers puff , or a parson ' s homily ; and having no taste for quackery ^ either medical or spiritual , we looked with considerable distaste at the very title of the volume . Not that the title is not in itself good ; but because such titles in the present day are too often used to pal m on the public most rascally and health-destroying frauds . But , having read the ; Introductory Essay , " " Preface , " &c , we were induced to read on ; and having gone through its hundred and fifty pages , we feel competent to speak honestly as to its merits .

      • In reviewing works relating to the health and existence of mankind , it behoves non-medical writers to be extremely cautious how they venture to recommend such works ; and acting upon this principle , we should have refused to have Baid one word in favour of this " Lecture , " had we thought We dis . oemed the least trace of quackery therein . Nay , if for the lamentable diseases commented on iu this work , we had found other than the most simple remedies recommended—had medicinal agencies , « f the nature of which we were ignorant , been proposed to the reader who might bo suffering ; from the curses which a falue civilization has engendered , we should have paused ere we had spoken favourably of what wo might be unfitted to speak correctly .

      Wo believe from- revelations that of late years have been more or less made public , that the dreadful evils detailed in this lecture are indeed but too prevalent ; and that this picture of the horrors at the foundation of social society in America , is but too faithful a portraiture of like horrors in this country . Aware of tho existence of thepe miseries , a host of brazen hnposters , numerous as Egyptian vermin , have arisen in the land , who , pretending to sympathise with distressed humanity , have added to its tortures ; and while each has asserted that he was th © only Esculapius , all have added immensely

      to the original evil . Year by year , too , has that immorality which owW ! its very existence to the wieteheJ situation of womankind under our present anti-social arrangements , gone on advancing with giant strides . Corruption is festering round the very heart's core of society ; and yet , until very lately no one bus attempted to stem the flood of impurity , or direct erring man into the right path of virtue and happiness , , 'jl'he rulers of the people havo been too intent on preserving their own power and perpetuating the slavery of iho masses , to find time to look after the conservation of the health or

      purity of society . Priests are now , as they ever havo been , bent only on maintaining their unholy power over the minda o ! men , and propping up their degrading superstitions , caring nothing for tho physical health and social morality of their followers while tho great body of the people , the unrespited victims to the tyranny and fraud of their temporal and spiritual masters , the eternal slaves of "custom , " have been sunk in poverty and ignorance , the unfailing progenitors of vice , In this sta'e of things men who have seeu the deplorable evils and their causes described in this work , have hesitated to make known their information , either from a feeling of false delicacy , or a dread of the censure of an ignorant and

      vicious public opinion . The author of this " Lecture ' waB one of the first who dared to tell tho truth and burst the shackles of " custom ; " and good service to the human race has he performed in go doing . We want a Graham in this England to go through the land , like another Father Mathew , cleansing with the besom of Self-Reform our vast Aiigeau stable of its moral and physical impurities . Wanting such a man , this book may be productive of great good . To the parent , the guardian , the youth earnestly desirous of steering clear of the contaminations of society ; in short , all who are interested in their own heaith , or that of those hear and dear to them , we oan honestly recommend Dr . Graham ' s lecture .

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      THE . NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE , No . 12 , Vol . 2 . THE STOKESLEY NEWS AND CLEVELAND KEFOiiTER , No . 13 , Nov . 1843 . Bath these cheap and woll-conducted periodicals continue their useful career . W 3 cannot find room for extracts . TRACTS . &" - "The Position of Woman in Harmony ' ; and " The Third Dispensation" London Paveyj Holywoil-streoc . The title of the first of these is a misnomer . It should be " The position ot Woman in Bondage" ; for eloquently but fearfully does it describe the slavery and degradation oi' woman , in the present state of society . Both tracts are " extracted by permission from ' The Phalanstery , '" a recently issued publication devoted to an exposition of tho principles of Fourierism . Both will repay perusal .

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      THREE HUNDRED MAXIMS for the consideration of Parents , in relation to the Education of their Children . London : Datum and Clark . A neatly got-up and useful little pocket volume , ( price 6 j . ) which wo havo much pleasure iu recommending to heads of families , Publicatws Received—Parts 2 and 3 of " The People ' s History of Ireland , " " The Rebel Provost , " " The Rev . T Wilson's senex of Lesson ' s for the Young , &C , iSc :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct957/page/3/