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      . . THE ABSENT PATHER . JVom a Work entitled " The Miller of DsinhaughT " * ' O , mo-thsr , what taks my dear father awa , THseji muir an' wfeen mountain are ksapit wi * jmi ; When thick swirlin' drift dauds the dead saclBEa earth , As' a * tiling is drear save our -wee eczy hearth ?" * ' ThB yonug hfflaida Iamm-e 3 -a-ad dee wj the C 3 ald , "Wei ' t no for yon ? father wha leids them a-fauld ; His voice Is weel ktnned by ilk pair mither ewe ; He ' s saving their lives while he ' s toiling for you . " " Gin e ' er I ' m Ban mucfcle , sti * pair father spared , I ' ll mak ye a leddy , an' fiitiar a laird ; J' 3 5 rare the dour winter on mountain an * lea , Ab * ton for ye baith , wha hae toiled ^ sae for ise . "

      * . ' Come lay your tree head . on your ain minnie ' s knee , An * cezs in her face wi' yonr ain father ' s ' ce ; T £ e aizht Bettles down , O ! 1 wish he trtre here ; Eaik ! is use that Collie ' s wowffJ Aiblins they ' re nssr . " The door gets a dirl , an * fl ^ es back to the wa ' , * Iis him , see his Ijlue bsnnet wa ' fits aff ihe snaw ; ' I ' m hers * sy wee son , an" my « ontb ~ ie » w «; t dame , D ^ vn , Gollie . be tEankfu" -we ' re a' now at bame . '

      KHYME 3 BY THE ROADSIDE We ' re losing fast the food o'd days Of rattling -wheels and gallant grejs j % Veie losing fast the Ixisgaeed roof , The ¦ wiisUing guard and Tinging hoof : The JRnglfeh stage and high-bred teams , "Will soon exist Out in our dreams ; And whirling mail or startling horn Ke " i cheer the nizht , or rou 3 e the morn .

      Ah ! well-2-day ! no crBckiust lash , I > fo ehampbg bit , no restless dash , No " pull up" at the " Cross" or " Crown , " Mid all the gossips of the town ; For Time , 'with deep ' rail-roaded brow , Chaaf es all things bnl horses now . Yet "who shall , wish for Dobler Bpeed ? Who would forego the rapid stead ? Who that loves Beaaty would resign , The "Winding road far -formal " line ?"

      Tis joy to mount the lofty seat That bears us from the city-street ; To lightly Toll from pent-up smote To ringing bird and tewering oak ; Scanning , despite our bounding haste , The forest dell and heath-clad iraste . On through the "valley , rich and rife "With fragrant air and bloomine life ; "Where the clear brooklet sofdv fljws , Kissing the liliy as it goes ; Where quiet herds lie down to crop . The grass-blade and the cswslip drop ; Where the low cottage-thatch is seen , "Mid trailing arms of jasmine green , And the vide flinging casement glass ShowB the pet &ower to all -who pass .

      Away ! awaj ! one lingering look At valley , cottage , herds , and brook ; And bowling on , we gain the bill Crowned with the old church and the mill ; The sun-ray plays upon the spire . Tinging the cross with glancing fire . The south-wind freshens there , but faUB To turn the heavy sluggard sails ; The miller siands with peering eye , To see the famed " Eclipsa" go by : Bis ntxt five minutes fairly lost In wondering what that chesnut cost , And why they've ehangM the clever-bay That graced the pole the other day .

      Onward I the tiny hamlet comes , The village nest of peasant homes ; The ploughman ' s cur -wakes from his doBe , With perking ears and sniffing nose ; The ehDd npon the red-brick floor -Crawls quickly to the open door ; The old man and the matron stand With staring gsxa and idle hand , The maiden , ymiKng . nods her head To the blythe fellow donn'd in red ; 2 f matter what they have to do , - They all must see the mail go through .

      Toe r an is reached : host , men , and boys , € rather around with bustling noise . Few moments serve—the harness bands Are flung off as by magie bands ; The loosened nags are panting hud ; Seeking the well-known stable-yard ; 2 ? orHi come the wheelers—glossy black"With bit in mouth , and cloth on back . Quick I bring the leaders—two bright roans . As -ewer spnxned the wayside stones . Each bnckletighi—' tia dons , "AH tight ;" The steeds are ready for their flight ; Arid old bluff Jehu once again Swings up to rule the whip and rein . Onward we hie , like shooting star , That runs all dazzling fleet and far , And worthy sight for king to see Are four bold cenrser * fast and free .

      0 , EnglandJ many an olden tale Shall yet be told o'er Christmas ale By lips unborn ; and they shall say What Tare works graced their fathers' day young boys shall chatter in the son , And tell what English steeds have done ; Bscords ahallnote the bye- ? one age , And vaunt the matchless English stage , AhJ waH-a-dayl the glory's o ' er ,

      Soon steed and stage shall brno more ; The roadi that break our fertile sod , Seem all deserted and xmtrod . Ah 1 grieve 2 will , and grieve I wast , To ttijct jhe mail-cosch elond of dnsf ; To think that I stall never aee The blood-like team , so fast and free ; And find old Time , with scowling brow , Changing all things but horses sow . Eliza Coojl

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      THE GBATE OF < 3 ENIU 3 . A TALE . By J . O . La Most . London : Stran ^ e Paternoster Hov . The anthor of this little work . is well known , at at any raie by name , to onr readers . His present production is another evidence of bis sympathetic feelings , enlarged views , and literary qualifies iions . His Bnbjecfc is not esactlv a taking one , the chord struck being in a melancholy key ; though there are not vranting plenty of admirers of " The S ^ rrovf s of Werter" and Sterne ' s ° Maria . " To all soch we saj here is a book calculated to excite your sensibilities , and At the Bame time improve your hearts . ' _

      Ihe hero of thestorj is a Scotchman , ona George Caisnoln > , a native of Perfh 3 hire ; whose parents dying when he was an infant , was brought up under the find protection of the " village Dominie , " by whom he was made an apt scholar , assisting his benefactor in the teaching of the school . The Dominie died when George was about twenty years of age ; he , constquentlj had to proceed elsewhere to ** seek his fortune . " He , accordingly , as is the custom " in such case made and provided , " proceeded to London , where he

      hoped to earn his bread as a contributor to the literature of the day . HU hopes were blasted ; and too proud to confess his poverty , want and hunger soon introdnced disease , and finally he was added t } the number of victims who , with Otway and Chatterton , as their head , have perished , victims of the present svstem J whitening with their bones the pathway of the temple of literary fame . Sncb is the history , which * 3 the author tells ns , quoting Byronj " —they whoJisten may believe ,

      Who heard it first had cause to gneva " And it eertainly bears the semblance of being an * ow'er rrue tale . " Be that as it may , the trials and tortures of poor George Chisholm , ars stern trnihs , and frightful realities : and weshonld not ¦ wonder bui that the anthor describes some of them from personal experience The following extracts hut too troly illnstrate the situations of the pennyless and nnpatronised literary Iread-seeker , in that Babel of wealth and misery , zrandeor and destitution , broken hearts and blighiui hop * 3 , —London .

      " Situations in connexion with the press are at all times difficult to obtain ; and , unfortunately , poor George had neither the authority of patron , nor the recommendation of influential friend , to vwsy , at best , the donbrfnl , deciaon of those who might have places open 5 or might , under other circumstances , have carved out somethin g for the destitute stranger . Without patronage , a smile and parting " call again , " were the likeliest returns the poor Scotchman could anticipate : lor it would Indeed beatask equally easy of ac-« ompli > bxneat 10 remove St . Paul ' s , bodily , from its present site , without injury to the noble pile , as to obtain by independent effort , a lucrative situation connected lrith . the metropolitan press . 80 bleak and cheerless are the prospecti held out to those ambition * of claiming alliance with UUet itUrtt ; and becoming ' , unpatronlaed , -candidates for the rank and emoluments of liter altar In IJondon .

      i « Like thonsandi who enter the metropolis , fresh from their rural homes . George had , already , pictured Recess as the least of his returns , fer coming so far to benefit his country with Ms labours . The future looked * n nny , bright , and inviting } and a lively imagi nation i » d already Btrewed his path wiUi flowers . Already , ihe honour- won chaplet decked his brow j and ttie blood rushed Trarm . through its veins , aa he thought of its applause which thousands were preparing to award him , for past exertions ; and as a stimulant to future effort Bonour , and Pame , and Glory , ¦ were prominent in thaae ideal paintings : nor was tha

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      climax finished even then ; for yet a nobler rewardrMHOBTjLLiTT , beckoned him on ! But , alas ! the dreamer awoke to sad and colourless reality . A visit to the How , at once told him that visions however lustrous in etherial imagery , were not substantiated there The trade was being overdone—to n 3 e a common and expressive phrase—and those publishers who might have closed inth his proposal to produce something novel and likely to suit , were sickened at the prospect of having to combat with others , who by reason of iheii -weslth and systems ol perpetual puffing , were fast glutting thA market with "works , having no lecoijimBJidatory merit save aristocratic titles dangling to tbe writers' names : and ihe fact of their authors beins of

      a class bi $ h above the rank commonly gifted with genius ! Gflorga waited on the publishers of respectable periodicals in other quarters of the town ; but they were already * full , ' and really could not accept contributions from genins in humble life , so long as tbe Etrvicc * s of my Lord Fle * ceui and Sir Bibbleton Cantraband—both member * of the Cabinet —were continued on the Review . Other exalted parsonages—being mentioned as regular contributors—having names aud titles equally appalling to ths ears of one who could only dream of such high , r ich , and noble personageB condescending to link sentences , and to wield the pen tot filthy lucre , the hope i » f literary employment for a plebeian ¦ wri ter was small indeed . Of course , George / ell tbe publishers * * reasons' "to bp unanswerable ; especially ween the youth ealuilated the inflaence which wit and

      learnicg , and knowledge , and , what not—emanating from the mirrored closeta of iLP . ' s ., Peers , and Posrt . Bi-t . 8 , must coaj-. nand iX all times , and in all circles Ai ^ d , when the saleable character of the works , the Very tasteful awangemtfot , and beautiful superabundance uf figures , aud facts , rich sentiment , apt-simile , dnpping daggers , lace frills , flaming torches , diamond rings , EjKixklii-. g wins , and pale faces , in all their viguur of fun and horror , —were considered , there couid be only small chance for the humbler claims of one £ 0 utterly ignorant of all these essentials to polite literature . And , above all , seeing that tbe nitrjoT number of casual readers can muster sufficient moral courage to decide impartially ; 'while , testing the relative merits of titled twaddler , and a poor countryman , with a vulgar name , who boasted no brilliancy , save that dtriTed from

      " Spark o' Nature ' s flr& " " His next aiteraitive was the Morning Press ; and , here , by dint of incessant application , he contrived with hundreds of ' occasional reporters , ' to earn a guinea ; say once in four vfeekB , or thereabout : —for the Maithusian * evil , ' over-population , has filled up thfs' opening" also ; and the poor scribe has to thank bis luck , wben , out of a hundred contributions only ninety-nine arertjicted' Bat many a despairing victim , has the Daily Press saved by this * encouragement ; *—many a

      thankful prayer bas been waft « d from the hearts of a starving family ? reup , to Heaven for this guinea;—an- many grattfnl blessings have been showered on tbose , who—by official connection with the Daily Press , have a voice in its distribmisn . Bat even here , cruelty and crime are cot unknown ; and grovelling creatures , on amomi :. g paper , have stooped so l ow as to rob the penny-a-liner of his guinea , by stealing tbe marrow itom » contribution , a 7 id dressed in other garb , obtaining its insertion for themselveix Yet , to the credit of the British Daily Press , such crimes are rare , "

      We have no room for further extracts , but commend the book itself to our readers . Though small in size this work is eminently calculated to add largely 10 the well-deserved popularity of its author .

      THE STOKESLEY NEWS , AND CLEVELAND REPORTER . George Tweddell , Stokesley , Korth Riaing . This is an interesting and well-conducted miscellany , published monthly , at " the low charge of one penny . " In Jvo . 10 is commenced a series of letters on the Peoples Charter , under the signature of T . Cariwright : a very appropriate name lor such a subject ; aud in trmh the writer seems to do justice to the principles of his elder and mightier namesake . From No . 10 we take the following : —

      THE MEMORY OF BURNS . We've pledged to kings , we've pledged to lords , Through doll routine we ' ve ran ; Our flask a bumper still affords To pledge the honest man . One round I claim , while to his shrine My heart instinctive turns , To give , for love of auld lang syne , The memory of Burns . While courage fires the Briton ' s soul , While freedom nerves his arm ; While country ' s love bis hopes controul , Friendships his bosom warm : While worth and wit shall lustre shed , O ' er the soul that meanness spams , This homage pay the mighty dead , The memory of Burns .

      His was the boon , so rich , so rare , —? As independent mind ; Stored with poetic beauties fair , And love for human kind : But now he sleeps bis last long sleep , We grieve while nature mourns , With silence sad , and feelings deep , The memory of Burns . We do not say that these lines are the best in the numbers before us , but they are tbe most to our taste . Here is an extraot from ** The Welshmen and ihe Toll Bars , " in No . 12 , ( for October ) . Some of the writer ' s animadversions are but too-wtl ) deserved .

      " Too many of the people are too ignorant to understand their rights , and too base to dare to assert them . Many will sign petitions without number , for a redress of grievances ; they will cheer at every public meeting for the principles of virtue ; thev will swear devotion to the causa of freedom ; they will declare themselves ready to arm for liberty , and wishful for a contest with the whole tyrants of the globe ; they win call the moat zealous of their leaders too lukewarm , and seem jealous that any one should dig the grave of oppression but themselves ; and yet , when the hoar of trial comes , when danger threatens , and when persecution la the patriot ' s portion , they meanly retreat from the eminence on which they had taken their stand , aud basely desert a canse in which they had vowed to conquer or die .

      " Others there are , who , unlike to angels' visits , are neither ' few' nor ' far between , ' who will not trouble themselves to examine into the cause of tbe national calamities ; not caiing whether tbe liberties of their country are protected or destroyed , bo long as they get their own brutal existence comfortably dragged over . These political sloths are qaite ready at all times to receive any benefit that may accrue from the exertions of their more industrious citizens , whom they generally denounce and cry down as ' disaffected subjects . " " There are others too , and their number is dally increasing , who perceive the cause of our national distress , and are not slow to avow it . 1 who know their rights , And knowing dare maintain , '

      are the honest and intelligent portion of every age and clime . They have generally -been persecuted by the bigoted and the knavish ; laughed to scorn by the witless , and the sport ot every fool They have , however , kept tbe lamp of freedom for ever burning , and it is this bright flame which warms the heart ' s blood of the Welch yeomanry . Xet us counsel them , however , against commuting any outrage whatever . The tearing down of toll-bars is not so glorious as the pulling down of strongholds' of a system which

      perpetuates ignorance , vice , and misery ; nor is the burning of old thatched houses , during tbe shades of night , to be mentioned ia comparison with tbe open avowal of the great principles of Democracy , or Representative Government . Cleanse the fountain , and the stream will soon be pure . l * t us strive to disseminate , on all hands , true knowledge on political subjects , —what ought to be done , and how it may be achieved , and we shall Berve the cause of justice and freedom better than by routs , riots , and rebellions . '"

      Most assuredly tbiB little publication so honestly conducted , deserves support and we hope will obtain it .

      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE No . II , vol . 2 . This , like the last No . that we noticed , is mainly filled with the proceedings of Father Maihew . Under the head of " Chronicle of Anti-Teetotal SaymsB and DoiDgs , " the following choice bit is given from the Gospel Magazine . From which it appears that Father Mathevv is employed by " Auld Hornie" in his tee-total mission : — " Who do you think employs Father Mathew ? The Devil (!) We are as great advocates of temperanwf" ?]

      as he is;— £ Ib this a specimen ? j—but tbe practice nowadays of an indiscriminate mass assembling professedly to advocate the teetotal scheme , is a trap of the arch deceiver , leading men from one kind of sin to the embrace of another- The present pledge system , we hate no donbt 1 b a Homan Catholic m&rwarre , which was concocted in ihe bottomless pit ! It will have its day —run its length— he made a capital substitute for relipion—halp on the cause of the Mother of Harlots—and by and by bant with fearful consequence upon its poor deluded voUriesi !!

      ThiBiB » newjnoTe" of the onld lnimy" that really we were sot prepared for ! We always knew that the shrines of Bacchus were favourite resorts for the arch-tempter ; bat was certainly not prepared ohear that he had a partiality for cold water ; or that he considered a teetotal lecture , or a Mathewite pledge as a good draw by which to fill his nets with victims for «» that Immortal fry Of almost everybody born to die" I Well , we ll , this does bang Banaghar ! Trash Greig and his brother bigots of the Dnblin Protestant Operative Association are for once beat hollow !

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      IRELAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE UNION WIT- H GREAT BRITAIN . By R . Montgomery jUaJu-in , Esq . Part I . London : Orr and Co ., Pafceruoster Row . \ This is a work undertaken by the author for the purpose of refuting the charges brought against England and the English Government by Mr . O'Connell and the advocates of Repeal generally . The writer in his preface , after quoting an extract from the "Address to the Inhabitants of ths Countries subject to the British Crown , " in which is con . tainedin forcible termsthe pith of the charges

      , very , against , England ; proceeds to say that : ' It is due therefore to the character of England that these charges should be fully and minutely iavestigateoV He therefore takes up the ^ auntldt thrown down by the Repealers , and pledges himself to prove the falsehood of the allegations of O'Comiell . Our readers will judge for themselves , from the following extracts , how far tbe writer has succeeded in his object . We must Bay that he shews fair p ' ay to his antagonists , by giving very fully , and in their own precise language , the accusations which he purposes to repel . _ ... sort of sketch of

      The first few pa ^ eB givo a the ancient Irish , commencing with the landing of " C » 3 ara , a n-eee of Noah , previous to the Deluge . ' —( Fudge . ) He then asserts that Ireland was one vast theatre of crime— " a horrible field of blood , ' before the landing of the English ; and that it whs to extirpate this state of crime , and redress the sufferings of the people , sunk in " deep degradation by the tyranny and rapacity of their chiefs , that Heury wad called in . Of course , Mr . Martin volunteers no defence of the crime which led to the invasion , nor of the giant crime which the invasion itself was . He shewa that Ireland never had a "native Parliament , till England gave her one , " to be held at the will of the latter . He qiotes a number of records from the time of the landing of Henry ; in proof of this , from which we select the following extracts relating to : —

      POTNING ' S ACT . " A Parliament was summoned before Edward Poynings , Knight , the King ' s Deputy , and held at Drogheda , A . d . 1495 , and an Act passed , since known under the name of Poyning ' s Act . by which it was provided that ' noParliament beholden hereafter in Ireland but at snch season as tbe King's Lieutenant in Council there first do certify to the King , under the Great S' : al of the land , the causes and considerations thereof , and all such Acts as to tkem seemeth should pass in tbe same Parliament ; apd Mich causes , considerations , and Acts , affirmed by the King and his Council , to be good and expedient for that land , and bis license thereupon , as well in affirmation of the said cause" and Acts , as to summon the said Parliament under bis Great Seal of England bad and obtained ; that done , a Parliament to be had and holden after the form and effect afore *

      re-hearsed ; and if any Parliament be holden in that land hereafter , contrary to the form and provision aforesaid , It shall be deemed void and of none effect in law . ' The Lord Lieutenant or tbe King in Couneil became by this Act the jroposer of all laws to be passed , and tbe dependence ot the Irish Parliament was completely enacted , aud declared by tbe Itisk themselves . "In the ever earnest endeavours to influence the minds of the people of Ireland against the Buglish , attention is repeatedly called to * Poyning ' s Aot , ' as one of the cruel specimens of English domination ; but the circumstances tinder which it originated are carefully

      omitted , and perfect silence as to tbe fact that it was at the time one of the most popular Aots ever passed in Ireland , on account of the people being thereby relieved from thousands of iecal oppressions under the cover of Acts of Parliament ; while that eloquent and patriotic Irish historian , Mr . ODriRcoll , thinks il would have been better for Ireland bad Grattan left untouched Sir E , Poyning ' s Act * Tnis Act was modified in the third year of Philip and Mary , by the Governor and Council being empowered to certify such other causes requiring legislation , which were not foreseen at the beginning of the session .

      " In fact , the Irish Legislature was never considered independent of Great Britain ; and English Acts ol Parliament , in which Ireland was named , wtra held to be binding . An Act was passed 10 th Henry Vll ., c . 22 , in the Irish Parliament , declaring that' all statutes late made within the said realm of England , concerning or belonging to tbe public weal of the same , from henceforth be deemed good and effectual in the law ; and ones tbat be accepted , used , and executed within this land of Ireland , in all points , at all times requisite , according to the tenant and effect of the same , and ones that by authority aforesaid , that they and every of them be authorised , proved , and confirmed in this said land of Ireland . And if any statute or statutes shall have been made within this eaid land hereafter to the contrary , they and any ol them by authority aforesaid , be annulled , revoked , void , aud of none effect in the law . '

      "From 1666 to 1692 , namely , fer twenty-six years , there was no regular nueling of the Irish Parliament at all , bo little w&s it considered a constituent assembly . Four sessions were held in the reign of William III . ; and from 1703 to 1783 , it was only convened biennially . " ' . Here is our aathor ' s version of the " Act of Independence . " If it De the true version , a sorry sort of "independence" it was . After stating that the period of England ' s difficulties was chosea for this outbreak , and that troops were asked for by the Irish to defend the coast from invasion , well knowing that England had none to spare , he adds the following acnouut of

      THE VOLUMTEEKS " By the permission cf England , 50 . 000 men , as if sown by Cadmus , instantly sprung into activity , and were no sooner organ-zed than they commenced dictating to the Parliament , and threatening England with separation . His . Majesty accordingly , in 1782 , sent a message to the Irish Parliament , with a carte blanche , to fill up with Irish grievances . The Commons ot Ireland , under the influence of tbe guns and sabres of the Volunteers , decUred that no <* e but the K ng , Lords , and Commons of Ireland , had po «« to make laws for Ireland . Mr . GrattOD undertook to be the tranquilliser of his country , —and Ponyng ' B Act was modified , but nut entirely repealed by the following Act of the Irish Parliament , AJ > . 1781 , 2 Gw > . III . 21 and 22 , c 47 , entitled " An act to regulate the manner of passing bills , and to prevent delays in summoning of Parliament *

      " Sect . 1—No bills are henceforth to be certified to Great Britain bnt sach as have been approved of by both Houses of Parliament under the great seal of Ireland , without alteration . ' •" Sect . 2 . —Snch Acts returned under the jjreat seal of Great Britain , and not altered , shall pass , and no other . "' Sect . 3—No bill Bhall hereafter be certified for the holding of a Parliament in Ireland . " ' Sect . 4 . —No Parliament shall be held without license under the great seal of Great Britain

      The assent of the sovereign under tbe great seal of England ( not of Ireland ) , was still required to any Acts passed by both Houses of tbe Irish Parliament . The Great Seal of England was responsible to the English House of Commons and not to tbat of Ireland . Neither was there any Irish Cabinet , The English Cabinet therefore , virtually and necessarily controlled all acts passed by tbe Irish Legislature . Tbe Lord Lieutenant and Chief Secretary were still nominated by and responsible to the English Cabinet "

      FBUJTS OF THE " INDEPENDENCE . " " , ] Ur . Grattan demonstrated tbat tbe Legislature of Ireland neither possessed the Bubstance nor the shadow of independence ; and on the 26 th February , 1790 , he asked , * ' Wbat has our renewed constitution as yet produced ? A place bill ? No . A pension bill ? No . Any great or good measure ? No . Bat a city police bill—a press bill—a riot act—great increase of pensions : fourteen new places for Members ot Parliament , and a most notorious and corrupt sale of peerages . Where will all thi aend ?" " In 1793 , the House of Commons was set fire to while the Members were sitting , and amidst the shouts of an immense and ferocious multitude , the Representatives has just time to escape , when the vast dome became enveloped in flames , and , falling in , crushed everything beneath it "

      '' The country waa torn ( from 1782 upwards ) by factions and intestine feuds ; tbe whole island was kept in the most wretched turmoil , nights and day , by furious communities , under the designations of Patriots , Agitators , Right-boys , White-boys , Pdep-ef-Djy-boys , Conventions , Aggregate Bodies , Catholic Committees , Tarring and Feathering Committees , Defenders , Assassins , Houghera of Men and Honghers of Cattle , Associatora , Whig Clubs , St James ' s Delegates , Exchequerstreet Delegates , National Congresses , Emancipators United Irishmen , Reformers , Revolutionists , Societies of Peace and Societies of War , cum mullis aliis !"

      ABSENTEEISM . " Absenteeism is a very old grievance iu Ireland , even under a resident' legislature . ' " Legal enactments against absentees , from 1377 , to 1753 , all proved ineffectual " In 1773 , Mr . Hood attempted to revive the old laws against the absentees ; and in 1783 , proposition for ditto by Mr . Grattan ; both failed . " In 1797 , Sir John Vandeleur proposed , in the Irish House of Commons , to raise an annual revenue et £ 240 . 001 by a tax on the property of absentees . Tbe motion was not supported . " 1799 , Mr . Yandeleur ' a similar metlon met with the same result . "

      SID THE GOVEBNHEflT COKSPIBB TBE "BEBELLION ? In the following extracts the writer proves too much and at the same time too little . He proves the former by shewing that the government p laced the country under martial law , and / Aim goaded to " rebellion , " the people of that unhappy country , who whether their oppressors hare been Saxon or Milesian , have most certainly Buffered centuries of oppression and wrong , fie does cot prove enough , by his silence on the employment , by tbe Castlereagh Government , of those Isoariot sconndrels of T ? bom the eternally infamous Reynolds was the chief , and Armstrong , " the hale old man" ( -monsterJ , who lately appeared at the Dablini Police Office , one of the gang . He forgets , VoL IL p . 180 .

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      too , to defend ar disprove the " pitch-caps , " ' floggings , " and "walking t&Uowsss , " whish had no little to do with ¦ •'¦ fostering" and " extending" the ' * Rebellion . " " Then were the eyes of the Government opened to the . dangg * of the crisis , and the Irish opposition were compelled to permit the passing of the Gunpowder Bill , ' by which only certain licensed persons were authorised to import gunpowder into Ireland . The Habeas Corpus Act was : ( suspended ; tho Insurrection Aot passed , and pome of the founders and promoters of tbe 1 Society of United Irishman / Wolfe Tons . flamilto : i

      RowuN , Colonel Butluf , and Oliver Bond , were proceeded against by Government on charges of higa treason . Did these acts hear tba semblance of encou rowing rebellion for the-purpose o fcarrying the Union ? " But this was not the only step undertaken by the British Government , and forced from the Irish Parliament , in spite of those factious persons who contended that Ireland -was tranquil , while the slumbering volcano was ready to burst beneath their feet . Tbe 'Convention Bill' xvhb passed , by -which stlf-created conventions were dissolved , and the seizure of unregistered arms effected .

      " General Lake was instructed £ 9 seize arms in UlBter , and ' to disperse all tumultuous assemblies of pers « na , though they might not be in arms , without waiting for the sanction and aasistanca of the civil authorities , if the peace of the Maim or the safety of his Majesty ' s faithful subjects should be endangered by waiting for such authority . There were in Ulster 99 400 United Irishmen ; but by the indefatigable efforts of General Lake upwards of six thousand-stand of arms , and many thousand pikea and other formidable weapons , were safz ^ d ; 80 that when the rebellion actually broke out in the subsequent ytar , net 30 , 000 out of 90 000 men could asssemble armed . " the corrupt means by which the union was CAB 1 UED . " Tho writer reples to this as follows : —& ,

      " The loiiir-ilesired object of Parliamentary Reform was , to a certain extent , gained by the disfranchising of a number of nomination boroughs , the possessors of which each received £ 15 , 000 . " " The same plan of paying the proprietors of nomination boroughs was proposed in the discussion of the late Reform Bill , and had it been effected , no one would have said that the Reform Bill had been carried by bribery and corruption ; yet it is asserted that tho Union was carried by bribery and corruption , because the disfranchised proprietors of the Irish boroughs received £ 15 , 600 each . This is not , surely , a fair

      charge te make against Mr . Pitt ' s government , as to corrupt means used in effecting the Union . It is asserted that Lord Caatlerea ^ h spent £ 2 , 000 , 000 in notorious and profligate bribery to carry tb . 6 Union . Now tha sum actually paid away to tbe proprietors of nomination boroughs disfranchised at the Union was £ 1 , 260 000 , at the rate of £ 15 , 000 for each borough ; and on the aamo principle , and at even a higher rate of payment , Mr . Pitt projected parliamentary reform in England . What he had , therefore , proposed for England , it would have been unjust to deny to Ireland , when nomination boroughs were destroyed there , "

      We cannot spare room to reply to the above , and shew as vee might do that the writer has anything but fully oombatted this charge . There were other monstrously corrupt means employed which he does not even glance at ; but we have not space at disposal to enter into the question at present . Mr . Martin concludes by detailing at eome length the " benefits" which have resulted to Ireland from the Act of Union ; amongst which ho enumerates the " Titbe Commutation Act" (!) and the " Poor Law" (!) He says :

      " That , previous to the Union , of three hundred members of the Irish House of Commons , two hundred memburs were stated to be the nominees of private individuals ; that from forty to fifty members were returned by constituencies of ' . ot more than ten persons each ; that several boroughs had not more thnn one resident elector , and that out of three hundred members thus returned , one hundred aud four were placemen and pensioners . " Such was Grattan ' s description after the establishment of the " glorious independence . " He adds that now " 96 , 000 electors are free to return 105 members to the Imperial Legislature , whether of the Roman or Protestant fauh . " He eays that those who complain of English domination " have two-ihirds of the Parliamentary representation and the whole of the corporations of Ireland entirely within their own control . These facts demonstrate that Ireland never was bo truly and integrally a kingdom as she is at this moment . "

      And yet , Mr . Martin , the great mass of the people are politically slaves—are denied toe rights and franchises of freemen : and this " most eloquent fact" remains unanswered , that for not more than thirty we « ks out of the fifty-two , they have not even third-class potatoes to vegetate upon ! Unhappy people of Ireland , ! no' wonder you cry for Repeal . The wonder rather is , that you do not cry for the annihilation of your rulers and yourselves in one common destruction , rather than remain upon your native soil the slaved mis-government has made you .

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      LIFE IN RUSSIA . [ From the Review ; of "De Curtine ' a Empire of the Czir , " in Tail ' s Magazine for October . ]

      THE APPAOACll i TO ST . PETERSBURG . " Nothing can be more melancholy than the aspect of nature in the approach to St . Petersburg . As one advance * up tbe Gulf , the flat marshes of Ingria terminate in a little waving line drawn between the sky and the sea ; this line is Russia . It presents the appearance of a wet lowland , with here and there a few birch trees thinly scattered . The landscape ia void Of objects anl colours ; has no bounds ; and yet no sublimity . It has just light enough to be visible ; tbe grey messy earth

      well accords with the pale sun which illumines it , not from overhead , but from near the horizon , or almost indeed from below , —so' acute is tbe angle which tbe oblique rays form with ! the surface of this unfavoured soil . In Rusaia , the finest days have a bluish dimness . If the nights are marked ' by a clearance which surprises , tbe days are clothed with an obscurity which saddens . * * To reach St . j Petersburg , you must pass a desert of water framed in a desert of peat earth ; sea , shore , and sky , are all blended into one mirror ; bat so dull , so tarnished , tbat it rtflects nothing , "

      A SUMMER NIGHT SCENE . "The temperature of the day had risen to fifty degrees , and notwithstanding the freshness of the evening , the atmosphere of tbo palace during the fete was suffocating . On rising from table I took refuge in the embrasure of an open window . There , completely abstracted from all that passed around , I was suddenly struck with admiration at beholding one of those effects of lisbt which we see only iu the north , during the magie brightness of a polar night . It was half-past twelve o'clock , and the nights having yet scarcely begun to lengthen , tbe da wo of day appeared already in the direction of ArchaugiiL Tho wind had fallen : numerous belts of black and motionless clouds divided the fir .

      mament into zones , each of which was irradiated with a light so brilliant , that it appeared like a polished plate of silver ; its lustre was reflected on the Neva , to whose vast and unrippled surface it gave the appearance of a lake of milk or of mother-of-pearl . Tho greater part of Petersburg , with its quays and its spires , was , under this light , revealed before my eyes ; it was a perfect composition of Breughel ' s . The tints of the picture cannot be described by words . The domes of the Church of Saint Nicholas stood in the relief of lapis lazuli against a sky of silver : the illuminated portico of tbe Exchange , whose lamps were partially quenched by the dawning day , still gleamed on the water of the river , and was r » fleeted—a peristyle of gold . "

      RUSSIAN BUGS . " Scarcely was I installed in this abode than ( tbe fatigue of the night having got tbe better of my curiosity , which usually impels me to sally forth and lose myself iu a large unknown city ) I lay down , wrapped in a cloak , on an immense leather sofa , and slept profoundly during —three minutes i " At the end of this time I woke in a fever j and on easting my eyes upon the cloak , wbat a sight awaited them 2 A brown but living mass : things must be called by their proper name—I was covered , I was devoured with bugs . Russia is , in this respect , not a whit inferior to Spain 5 but in tbe south we can both console and secure ourselves in the open air : here we

      remain imprisoned with the enemy , and the war is consequently more sanguine . I began throwing off my clothes and calling for help . Wbat a prospect for the night 1 This thought made me cry out more lustily . A Russian waiter appeared . I made him understand that I wished to see h s master . The master kept me waiting a long time ; and when he at length did come , and was informed of the nature of tuy trouble , he began to lough , and soon left the room , telling me that 1 should become accustomed to it , for that it was the same everywhere in Petersburg . He first advised me , however , never to seat myself on a Russian sofa , because the domestics , who always carry about with them legions of insects , sleep on these articles of furniture . "

      [ The cart-whip democrats (!) of Cincinnati have the Bcoundrelism to talk about the stiufc ef the blaok African as offending their republican (!) nostrils , and being a reason why he should be kept in a state of slavery ! What will they say to the following account of the stink of the white Russian !]

      RUSSIAN PKBPDICE . " In general the Bunions carry about their persons a disagreeable odour , which ia perceptible at a , considerable distance . The higher classes smell of musk , the common people of cabbage , mixed with exhalations of onions and old greasy perfumed leather . These smells never vary . " THE AUTOCRAT . " The Emperor is above ths usual height by half ahead ; hia figure noble , although a little stiff : be has practised from his youth the Russian custom of girding the body above the loins to sue )* a degree as to push up the stomach into tbe flbest , which produces an un <

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      natural swelli : ;? of extension about the tiba , tbat ia as injurious to tha heaitfl ua it ia utitracaful in appearance . This voluntary deformity dea ' ruys all freedom of movement , impairs the elegance of the shape , and imparts an ! air of constraint to the whole person . They say that ^ hen the 'Emperor . Ioasens hi 3 dress , the viscera , suddenly giving way , are disturbed for a moment in ] their equilibrium , which produces an extraordihEry prostration of strength . The bowels may be displaced—they cannot be sot rid of . The Emperor

      bss n Grecian profile—the forehead high , 'bat receding ; the noso straight , and perfectly forme .-l ; the mouth very finely cut ; j the face , which in shape is ntber along oval , is noble ; the whole air military , and rather German than Slavonic . His carriage and his attitudes are naturally imposing . He expects always to be g&zii at , and never for a moment forgc-te that he is so . It may be even said that he likes this homage of the eyes . He passes the greater part of his existence in the open air , at reviews , ] er in rapid journeya .

      " I do not say that the physiognomy of this prince lacks candour , but it lucks natural expression . Thu 3 , the chief evil ua er which Russia suffers , thv ) abs « cce of liberty , i $ depictel even on the countenance of its sovereign : be has many masks , bnt no face . Seek for the man , and yon will always find the Emperor . " [ There is much of truth ia the following picturo of " Constitutional" G > vern > nents . We livn under just « ueh a syatim of traud , lies , and corruption in this England oti our- ] NICHOLAS ON ' CONSTlTr / nONAL' OOVERNSIENTS "Here the E nperor interrupted himself , and looked at me attenirvoly . I continued to liaten without replyiug , and he I proceeded : —

      " ' I can Understand Republicanism : it is a plain and straightforward form of Rovemtnmt , or , at least , it might bo so j I can understand absolute monarchy , for I . im myself the hwid of such an order of things ; but I cannot understand a representative ) monarch : it is the Government of lies , fraud , aad corruption ; and I would rather fall back even upon China than ever adopt it . ' j " ' Sire , I have always regarde 4 representative Government as a compact inevitable in certain communities at certain epochs ; but like all other compacts ^ it does not solve questions—it only adjourns difficulties . " i

      " The Erpperorseemed to say , » Go on . ' I continued : " It is a truce signed between democracy and monarchy , under the auspices of two ( very mean tyrants , fear and interest ; and it is prolonged by that pride of intellect jwhich takes pleasure in taking , and that popular vanity which satisfies itself on words . In short , it is ths aristocracy of oratory substituted for the aristocracy of birth : it is the government of the lawyers . * \ " Sir , you speak the truth , ' said tbe Emperor , pressing my band : ' I have been a representative sovereign ;

      and tbe world knows what it has cost me not to have been willing to submit to the exig » ne < es of this infamoits government ( I quote literally ) . To buy votes , to corrupt consciences , to seduce some in order to deceive others ; alt those means I disclaimed , as degrading thefse who obey as much as those who command ; and I have dearly paid the penalty of my straightforwardness ; but , God be praised , I have dune fer ever with this detestable political machine . I shall never more be a constitutional king . I have too much need of saying all that I think ever to consent to reigu over any people by means of stratagem aud intrigue . '

      " The name of Poland , which preeeuted itself incessantly to our thoughts , waa not once uttered in this singular conversation . ''

      THE EUSSIAN SYSTEM . "The movements of the men whom I met appeared stiff and constrained ; every gesture expressed a will which was hot ( heir own . The morning Is the time for commissions and errands , and not one individual appeared to ] be walking on his own account . I observed few good-looking women , and heard no girlish voices ; everything was dull and regular as in a barrack . Military discipline reigns throughout Russia . i _ * * * { Fancy can almost descry the shadow of death hovering over this portion of the globe .

      " Now appears a cavalry officer passing at full gallop to bear an { order to some commanding officer ; then a chasseur carrying an order to seme provincial governor , perhaps at the other extremity of the empire , whither he proceeds ! in a kibitka , a little Russian chariot , without springs or stuffed seat This vehicle , driven by an aid bearded caachman , rapidly conveys , the courier , whose rank would prevent his using a more commodious equipage had he one at his disposal . Next are seen foot soldiers returning from exeraise to their quarters , iu order to receive orders from their captain . This automaton population resembles one side of a chess-board , where a single individual causes the movements of all

      the pieces , but where the adversary ia invisible . One neither moves nor respires here except by an imperial order ; consequently everything ia dull , formal , and spiritless . jSUence presides over and paralyses life . Officers , coachmen , Cossacks , serfs , courtiers , all servants under the same master , blindly obey the orders which they do not understand . It is certainly the perfection of discipline ; but tho sight of such perfection does not gratify me ; so much regularity can only be obtained by the entire absence of independence . Among this people ; bereft of time and of will , we see only bodies without souls ; and tremble to think that , for bo vast a multitude of arms and legs , there is only one head . "

      i ITS BRUTALITIES . It is a common sight to see an underling of tbe Government , brutally and unmercifully beat any one who may offend him ; the individual attacked not daring to offer any resistance . Of oQd scene of tnis sort we are told : — " The passers by were in no degree moved or excited by the cruelty ; and one of the comrades of tbe sufferer , who ) was watering his horses a tew steps off , obedient to a sign of the enraged feld-jager , approached to bold bis borse ' s bridle during tbe time that he was pleased to prolong the punishment . In what other country could a maa of ths lower orders be found who would aflaist in the infliction of arbitrary punishment upon one of bis companions ?

      " The scene in question took place in the finest part of the city , and at the busiest hoar . Wben the unfortunate man was released , he wiped away , tbe blood which streamed down his cheeks , remounted his Seat , and recommenced bfs bows and salutations as usual . It should be recollected that this abomination was enacted in the midst of a silent crowd . '' Here is another case : — " A small boat was brought alongside by other police agents ; the ] prisoner was bound with cords , his hands were fastened behind his back , and he waa thrown on hia face into tke boat . This second rude shock was

      followed by a shower of blows ; nor did the torture here finish . The sergeant who had seized the victim no sooner saw him thus prostrate , than he jumped upon his body , aud began to stamp upon him with all his force , trampling him under his feet as the grapes are txod in tbe win « -pxess . I had then approached the spot , and am therefore witness of all that I relate . During this hornble torture , tbe frightful yells of the victim were at flrBt redoubled ; but when they began to grow fainter and [ fainter , I felt that I could no longer command myself , and , having no power to interfere , I hastened away . "

      ; ITS TEEBIBLB RESULTS . The Emperor having emancipated the serfs on some domains which he had purchased , the peasants on the Wolga sent deputies praying their Father to purchase the lands to which they were enthralled , jand free their deputies graciously ; but as he did net buy the estates , he could not emancipate them , though he wished , he said , thai they all were free . The consequences as related to M . De Custine , were horrible . "' Our Father desires our deliverance , ' cried the returned deputies on the borders of tbe Wolga . < He wishes for nothing but our happiness : he said so to

      us himself :: it is , then , only the nobles and their agents who are our enemies , and who oppose the good designs of Our Father I Let us avenge the emperor !' After this , the peasants balieved they were performing a pious work in riaing npon their masters ; and thus all the nobles of a canton , and all their agents , were massacred , together with their families . They spitted one and Toasted bim alive , they boiled another in a caldrou ; they disembowelted aad killed in various otherways the stewards and agents of the estates ; they murdered all they met , burnt whole towns ,- and , in short , devastated a province ; not in the name of liberty ; for they do not kuow what liberty means , but iu tbe name of deliverance and of the emperor . "

      "As everything is in sympathetic accord ,. the immense extent of the territory does not prevent things being executed from one end of Russia to the other , with a punctuality , and a simultaneous correspondence , which is magical . If ever they should succeed in creating a b&al revolutioa among tbe Russian people , massacre would be performed with the regularity that marks evolutions of a regiment Villages would change into barracks , and organised murder would stalk forth armed from tbe cottages , term in line , and advance in order ia Bhoit the Russians would prepare for pillage from Smolensk to Irkutsk , as they march to the parade in Petersburg . " j UOERORS Of DESPOTISM .

      " Bloody seenea are yet being daily renewed In various puts of ( the came country , where public order has been disturbed , and re-established in so terrific a manner . The Russians have no right to reproach Franoe for her political disorders , and to draw from them consequences favourable to despotism . Let but the liberty of the ptess b « accorded to ftuaaia for twenty-four hours , and we should learn things that would make na recoil with horror . Silence is indispensable to oppression . Under an absolute government , every indiscretion of speech is equivalent to a crime of high treason "

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      1 CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST AN ATTORNEY . On Monday last , at the Magistrates Office , Court Houee , Leeds , Mi . Thos . WalkeT , of Dewsbury , attor * n-sy-afc-lijw , was charged before George- Goodman , Esq ., with having twice forged the signature of Montague Biker Bare , Esq ., one of the Commissioners in the Leeds IXj&trict Court of Bankruptcy , to an instrument purporting to be an inttrim order of protection from the Com 6 to an insolvent . Mr . Walker was apprehended at Ddwsbury , on Saturday afternoon , by Mr . James , super * intendent of the Leeds Police Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , of Leeds , * was the attorney for the prosecution ; Mr . BOND , solicitor , of ieedp , and Mr . Scholes , solicitor , of Dewsbnry , attended to watch the case on tb-3 prisoner ' s behalf . —The following evidence was addnced : — '

      George Newaoma , of Batlsy Carr , deposed—I live at Batley Carr , and am a clothier j in Augnat last I waa in insolvent circumstances . I applied , to Mr . Thos . Walker , solicitor , of &dwsbury ; I told him I wanted to see if I coul . i cot get aaut of my debts , and anked him what I should do ; ha said he would do it for me . for £ . 15 ; be said he would get rue a protection , but I should have to kefcp out of tht way for a week ; I was to pay him £ 2 down , and the remainder by instalments of £ 1 per ni . iDth ; I then , sigaed some papers , wbieb I understood were for an advertisement which was to api-ser > n the Wakefitjld Friday ' s paper ; this was on the 23 rd . of August , and he told me ! should have my protection on the 4 thofStspt ., on which day he / said he should have to go to Leeds to get it for me ; I saw Mr . Walker again on Saturday the 2 nd ef September , on which nay

      I signe'l some more papers , and ; paid him £ 2 again . I sa < v him again on Monday , the 4 th , when 1 said to him tbat if he thought 1 could get my protection by coining to Leeds with him , 1 woild come . He said I had better not go to Leeds , but he would meet me at Wake-Sold at two o . clock in tbe afternoon , at the public house opposite the sessions house , where be would give me my [ protection ; I went to Wakefltld , and waited at the Railway Station all the afternoon , until about seven o ' clock , but did uot see him there . I saw him the next day at Dawsbury , wben he said , a" Well , I ' ve got your protection here , " and he gava me a paper out of his pocket-book , which he said was my pro * tectioa . £ The document was produced , and on beirg handed to the witness he identified it aa the same which he had received from the prisoner ]

      Examination resumed—I know the paper from ss alteration which waa made in it by Mr . Walker in my presence ; the signature " M . B . Bere , " was on the paper when it was given to me on the 5 th of September . He told me than that the hearing day was fixed for the 9 th of October . I saw the prisoner again on Saturday tbe 7 th of October , when he told me that my hearing day was put off till the 11 th of October . I then esked him what £ should do , as my protection was only till the ! Hh , and it would be of no use to me . He said ha could soon alter that , and asked me if I had it with me . I produced it , and he erased the word " ninth , " and wrote in the word " eleventh" in my presence . He then said I should be safe from the bailiffj , and if any of them came , I was to show it to them , but not :

      let them have it ; I gave him a sovereign at that time . On Wednesday , the 11 th , I met the prisoner by appointment at the Griffin Inn , Leeds , and afterwards went to the Court of Bankruptcy . I went first into the room up stairs , and afterwards into that down stairs ; Mr . Walker was with me . It wes about eleven o ' clock when we went , and I stayed there till about . three . I was in the same reom with Gaorge Lister , another insolvent . I heard bis name called , and eaw him stand up at the desk ; my name was not called . Before leaving the Griffin , in the forenoon , I gave my protection to Walker , at his request ; at that time there was no writing on the back part of the protection . Walker filled up some writing at the back part , and then said it would want signing for the

      next hearing day , and he would take it and get it signed He took it with him to the Court , but did not say anything to me about the protection whilst in the Court , but told me that he would give it to me at the Griffin when the Court was over . When he came to the Griffin , George Lister aBked him il he had got them signed , and he said , "O , yes , " and produced two papurs , one of which he gave to Lister , and tbe other to me . The paper be gave to me was the protection which I bad before received from him ; it was filled up at the back ,. and at first I thought it -was not signed , but on the prisoner pointing it out to me , I found on that side also the signature , " M . B . Bere . " It extended the protection to the 29 th of November , on which day Walker said I should get a final hearing . I had the . paper in my possession up to the 24 th

      inat-Cross-examined by Mr . SCHOLES —It was the month of August wben I first applied to Mr . Walker . I cant say how many papers I have signed ; there were more than one ; there was no agreement in writing between me and Walker ; no such thing as £ 5 down and £ 5 at the first hearing was ever mentioned , nor waa any written agreement to that effect ever signed by me ; I never knew that any memorandum to that affect bad been prepared . I never received any other paper from Walker but the one produced ; 1 am quite sure of that . Walker did nob demand any money from me when lie gave me my protection at Dewsbury .

      Montague Baker Bere , Esq . deposed—I am one of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy for the Leeds District I have examined the paper now produced ; it purports to be an interim order of protection to George Newsome , an Insolvent ; it has at the foot ef it the words " M . B . Bere . " It is not my signature ; nor was the signature made by any person by my authority The endorsement at the back of it purports to be a renewal of the protection , which fs granted after the insolvent's first hearing for his protection to the day of his final hearing ; that also has the words " M . B . Bere , " which is not my signature , nor has it been made by my authority . The renewal , which is filled up for the 29 ih of November , is a day on which I do not ait , being Wednesday . This

      interim order of protection , and the renewal , are both in the usual forms of the Court , and have been issued without my personal signature . No person has any authority to sign my name—no one ever had . The paper now produced is tbe one produced to me en tha 24 th of October , by # < sorge Newsome . I nave had several opportunities of seeing Mr . Walker write , aud I believe the imitation of my signature to be in his band-writing . Mr . Walker was not in Court on the 4 ih of September ; at least I presume so , for he was sum . moned to appear , and on his name being called several times , he did not answer . I wrote to Mr . Walker on Wednesday last , requesting him to attend the Court on Saturday to explain these matters to me , he did not attend .

      Charles Waterfleld , Esq . —I a < n one of the deputyregistrars in the Lseds D strict Court of Bankruptcy ; I sit in Mr . Bare ' s Court A petition of George Newsome , rag-dealer , of Batley . was filed in the Court previous to the 25 th of March in this year , and on that day bis final protection waa granted . No other petition from any person called Gaorge Newsome , has , been filed in either Court since that time . I have entered the name and number and every petition filed in both courts since the Court was established . Tnere is no entry of any petition from George Neweome , of Batley since the 25 th of March . George Newsome was not called on his petition on the 11 th oC October ass

      George Lister was called on the 11 th ; he received i renewed protection on that day . The Commissipne signs all papers himself . I have not , since tbe 25 th ot March , received any fees on behalf of George Newsome , from either Mr . Walker or any one else . Fees would be payable in Court both when the interim order was granted and when it was renewed ; also on filing ths petition . I received . tbe paper produced from John Briggs , the usher of the Court , on the 24 th of October , and asked Newaome , in the presence of Briggs , if that was the paper he bad given to Briggs ; he said it was . This being the whole of tfle evidence , Mr . Walker , after being cautioned , said he should reserve any thing he bad to say until another occasion .

      He was then held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and a surety in £ 100 , for fais appearance at the next assizss at York , to take his trial for forgery .

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      D&EADFtfL Gals on ths Kivbb Thames . —About one o ' clock on Friday morning , the atmosphere exhibited symptoms of an approaching storm , and soon afterwards the indications were fully verified . It wa 3 high waier at London-bridge a few minutes before five o ' eiock ; but two hours previously , the wind , which had been blowing fresh from about W . S . W ., increased to a perfect hurricane , and the shipping and small craft on the river have sustained considerable damage . About half-past six o ' clock the hurricane , which was accompanied with tremendous equails , was at its height , when several vessels that had before held to their moorings , started , and were driven with great force against tiers of shipping on the northern shore . The tide

      rose to a greater height than any in the recollection of the oldest inhabitants along the water side . Fortunately an extraordinary flood was anticipated , and in many places precautions were taken whica had the effect of materially lessening the injury which must otherwise have resulted . A great deal of damage has , however , been sustained , and property destroyed , in the warehouses situated along both banks of the river j from Woolwich to Chelsea , The Bteam navigation above bridge was stopped for a considerable period , in consequence of the impossibility of passing under some Of the bridges . Infanticide in lBELAND .... There is a fearful , but , for the most part , unsuspected aaorifice of human life continually going on among us . The Foundling Hospital waa closed on the 3 d of October , 1834 , and during the five Tears that elaosed between that and

      the fid of the present month , no fewer than eighty-six inquests have been held at the Bridewellon the bodies of deserted infants—that is , in plain English , m > fewer than bo many murders have bean perpetrated or permitted J > j the unhappy parent who brought them into being ! And jet we ifcad and we tear of inqaesta without troubling ourselTes with » thongnk of the iniquity- or the guilt which eterj inquirj implies I But the number of deaths by no means represents the number of helpless beingsr cart out to perish , or to take the chance of being providentially picked up , for at the last city rate sessions—one single * ses 8 ions—the applications by chuxonwardena for the support of infanta found deserted ^ amounted to 353 ! Daring the five years previous to the closing of the Foundling Hospital the number ef inquests on newly-boru infants was foftj-eigut . ^ Ckr * Oonafitntion , f

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      . I ? ¦ ' Spain . —Madbid , Oct . 23 . —The militia of Saragossa have ! sent forth a strong manifesto , to the militia of the whole nation . It is dated the 12 th iusiant , but has only lately arrived here , tbe usual communicatiod being , of course , cut . off , .,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct979/page/3/