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      BHTMES BY THE BOADSIDE . We're losing fast ttta good old days Of rattling wheels and gallant greys ; "We ' re losing fart the Inggaged roof , Tbe wkis&ing gaud and ringing toot : The English stage and high-bred teams , "Will soon exist imt in oar dreams ; And wbirliB&-mail or startling bora Ke ' r cheer the nisht , or rouse the mom ,

      Ah ! well-a-diy ! no cracking lash , Uo champing bit , no restless dash , No " pull up" at the " Cross" of " Crown , " Oiid all &e gossips of tbe to jto ; Por lime , with deep raD-roaded brow , Changes all things but horses now . Tet -who shall -wish for nobler speed ? Who -would forego the rapid steed ? Who that lores Beauty -ircnld resign , 3 Ehe winding road for formal " line ?**

      Tis joy to mount the lofty seat That "bears us from the city-street ; To tightly toll from pent-up smote To singing bird and towering oak ; Scanning , despite oar beanding haste , The forest dell and heath-clad waste . On through the valley , rich and rife With fragrant air and blooming life ; Where tie clear brooklet sofUy ^ bwa , Easing the iniy as it goes ; Where qaiefc herds lie down to crop Xbe grass-blade and Xhs cewslip drop ; "Where ike low cottage-thatch Is seen , * 2 did trailing arms or jasmine green , And the wide flinging casement glass SbowB the pet flower to all who pass .

      Away i away » one lingering look At "Valley , cottage , herds , and brook ; And bowling on , we gain the hill Crowned with the old church and ' the mill The son-ray pl 3 ys upon , the spire , Tinging the cross with glancaig fire . The south-wind freshens there , bat fails To torn the hesry sluggard sails ; The miller stands with peering eye , To see the famed " Eclipse" go by : His nfcxt fire minutes fairly lost In wondering what that chesnut cost , And why they ' re chang ed the deTer bay That graced the pole the other day .

      Onward I the tiny hamlet comes , The Tillage nest of peasant homes ; The ploughman ' s cur wakes from hk dose ,. With perking cars and sniffing nose ; The child upon the red-brick floor Crawls quickly to the open door ; The old man and the matron stand With staring gtms and idle hang , The maiden , smiling , nods her head To iheblythe fellow donn'd in red ; 2 f » matter what they hare to do , They all must see the mail go through .

      The inn is reached : host , men , and boys , Gather around with bustling noise . Pew moments serve—the harness bands Axe flung offas by magic hands ; The loosened nags are panting bud ; Seeking the well-known stable-jaid ; Porih coma the wheelers—glossy black—With bit in mouth , and cloth on back . Quick ! bring the leaders—two bright roans As eTer spurned the wayside stones . Each buckle tight— 'tis done , " AU right ;" The steeds are ready for . their light ; And old bluff Jehu once again Swings up to rule the - whip and rein * Onward we hie , like shooting star , That mas all dszsltng fleet and far , And worthy sight for kixg to see Are four bold coursers fast and free .

      O , England ! many an olden tale Shall yet be told o'er Christmas ale By lips unborn ; and they shall say Whst-zare works graced their fathers' day Young boys shall chatter in the son , And tell what EngTsh steeds have < lone ; Records shall note the bye-gone age , And Taunt the HiatriKtesw English stage . Abl / weB-a-aay 1 the glory's o'er ,

      Soon steed and stage shall ba no more ; The reads that Break our fertile sod , Seem all deserted and untrod . Ah ! grieve I will , and grieve I most , To miss the mail-coach cloud of dust ; To think that I shall never see The blood-like team , so fast and free ; A ™* find old Tisae , with scowling brow , f ! H » ng { n sU things bai cones sow . eiwa Cook .

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      THE GBAVE OF GENIUS . A TALE . By J O . La Most . London : Strange , Paternoster Bow . The author of this little -work is well known , a * at any rate by name , to our readers . His present production is " another eTidecce of his sympathetic feelings , £ ulaiged views , and literary qualifies iions . His subject is not exactly a taking one , the chord struck being in * melancholy key ; though ihere are Dot wanting plenty of admirers of " The Sorrows of Wetter" and Sterne ' s * Maria . " To all such we gay here is a book calculated to excite jonr BeDabi ] itie 3 , and at the same time improve joor hearts .

      Ihe hero of the story is a Scotchman , one George Chisholm , a natire of Perthshire j whose parents dying when he was an infant , vras brought up under the kind protection of the " village Dominie , " by whom he was cade an apt scholar , assisting his bentfactor in the teaching of tlie school . The Dominie died when George was about twenty years of age ; he consequently had to proeeed elsewhere to " seek his fortune . ' He , accordingly , as is the ensiom " in such ca 3 e made and provided , " proceeded to London , where he

      hoped to earn his bread as a contributor-to the literature of the day . His hopes were blasted ; and too proud to confess his poverty , want and hunger soon introduced disease , and fiVaily he was added to the number of victims wuo , with . Otway and ChatteitoBj&t their head , have perished , victims of the present system ; whitening with their boras the pathway to the temple of literary fame . Such is the history , which as the author tells us , quoting Byron , " —they who listen may believe , Who heard it Srst tad cause to grieve , "

      Audit eertainlv bear 3 the semblance of being . an K ' er true tale . " Be that as it may , the trials and tortures of poor George Cbisholm , ara stern truths , and frightful realities : aDd we should not wonder tut that the author describes some of them f * om perBon&l experience . The following extracts but too troly illustrate the situations of the pennvless and nnpatronised literary bread-seeker , in that Babel of wealth and misery , grandeur and destitution , broken hearts and blighted hopes , —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 reeommtndation of influential frirad , to rsray , at best , the doubtful , decision of ( hose who might have places open ; or might , nntitr other circumstances , have mrre& oni something for the destitute stranger . Without patronage , a smile and parting " call again , " were tile likeliest returns the poor Scotchman eonld anticipate : for it would indeed i > a a task equally easy of ae-• ompSiibmentAo remove St . Pants , bodily , from its prftsent site , without irjury to ttenobla pile , as to obtain by independent effort , a lucrative situation coBnected with the metropolitan press . So bleak and chwrVeM are fife prospects held out to . those ambitions of claiming ftlHaaeeTwitboeto lettres ; and becoming , anp&troaised , tftndMatesfor the tank and « noluments of literate * is London .

      - like thousands who enter the metropolis , bom their rural homes ; George had , already , pictured nccea as the least ef his returns , f « coming so far to benefit his eenntry with his labours . The intare looked sonny , brutht , and inviting ; and a MvelyimaglaaUon Sad already strewed tis paSh with flowers . Already , the honour-won chaplet decked bis **?** . ^ the blood raised warn through its veins , as . lie fiiought of the Epplause which thousands were preparing to award him , for past exertions ; and as a jSbb-U . T < t to fntnre effort Honour , and Pame , and Glory , were promiaeiit in tliess ifi * al paintings : dot was ttu

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      climax finished even then ; for yet a nobler reward—IHMobtaLiiTj beckoned him on ! Bat , alasJ the dreamer awoke to sad and colourless reality . A visit to the Row , al once told him that visions however lustrous in etherial imagery , were not substantiated there The trade was being overdone—to use s common and expressive phrase—and those publishers who might have closed with bis proposal to produce something novel and likely to suit , were sickened at the prospect of having to combat with ^ others , who by reason of their wealth and systems of perpetual puffing , were fast glutting tiie market with works , having no recommendatory merit save aristocratic titles dangling to the writers" Barnes : and the fact of their authors being of

      a class high , above the rank commonly gifted with genius ! George 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 genius in humble life , so long as the services of my lord Fleecem and Sir Bibbleton Contraband—both members of the Cabinet —were continued on the Rsview . Other exalted personages—being mentioned as regular contributors—having names and titles equally appalling to the ears of one who could only dream of such high , rich , and noble parsonages condescending to link sentences , and to wield the pen for filthy lucre , the hope of literary employment for a plebeian writer was small indeed . Of course , George fell the publishers' ' reasons' to be unanswerable ; especially when the youth calculated the inflaence which wit and

      learning , and knowledge , and , vbkat not—emanating from the mirrored closets of 3 LP . * s ., Peers , and Peeresses , must-command at all times , and in all circles . And , when the saleable character of the works , the very tasteful arrangement , and beautiful superabundanceof figures , and facts , rich sentiment , apt-simile , dnpping daggers , lace frills , flaming torches , diamond rings , sparkling wins , and pale faces , in all their vigour of fun and horror , —were considered , there could be only small chance for the humbler claims of one so utterly ignorant of all these essentials to polite literature . And , above all , seeing that the m * gor 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 derived from

      " Spark oNature ' s fire , " " His next alternative 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 weeks , or thereabout : —for the Maithusian ' evil , * over-population , has filled up this' opening * also ; and the poor scribe has to thank his luck , when , out ol a hundred contributions only ninety-nine arertj ^ cted ! Bat many a despairing victim , has the Daily Press saved by this * encouragement ; ' —many a

      thankful prayer has been wafted ftom ( he hearts of a starving family greup , to Heaven fo * th ? a guinea;—an * macy grateful blessings have been showered on those , who—by official connection with the Diily Press , bare a voice in its diB&ibntien . But even here , cruelty and crime are not unknown ; and grovelling creatures , onamoiuing paper , have stooped so low as to rob the penny-a-liner of bis guinea , by stealing the marrow from a contribution , and dressed in other garb , obtaining its insfertion / cr themselves 1 Yet , to the credit of the British Dail y Press , such crimes are rare , "

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

      THE STOKESLEY NEWS , AND CLEVELAND REPORTER . George TweddeH , Swkealey , North Riding . This is an interesting and well-eondacted miscellany , published monthly , at" ** the low charge of one peony . " In No . 10 is commenced a series of letters on the People ' s Charier ^ under the signature of T . Cartwright : a very appropriate name for such a subject ; and in truth the writer seems to do justice to the principles of his elder and mightier namesake . Fxom No . 10 we take the following i—

      THE MEMORY OF BURNS . Ws * vs pledged to kings , we ' ve pledged to lords , Through dull routine we ' ve ran ; Our flask a bumper still affords To pledge the honest man . Ons 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 his hopes controul , Friendships his bosom warm : WMie worth and wit shall lustre shed , O ' er the soul that meanness spurns , This homage pay the mighty dead . The memory of Burns .

      His was the boon , so rich , so rare , — An independent mind ; Stored with poetic beauties fair , And love lot human kind : Bat now he sleeps his 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&e numbers before us , but they are the nost to out taste . Here is an extract from ** The Welshmen and the Toll Bars , " in No . 12 , ( for October ) . Some of the writer ' s animadversions are but too-well deserved .

      " Too many of the people are too ignorant to understand their rights , and too base to dare to assert them . Many will jdgn petitions without number , for a redress of grievances ; they will cheer at every public meeting for the principles of virtue ; the ; will swear devotion to the cause of freedom ; they will declare themselves ready to arm for liberty , and wishful for a contest with the whole tyrants of the globe ; they will call the most zealous of their leaders too lukewarm , and aeem jealoss that any one absald dig the grave of oppression but tbanselves ; and jet . when the hoar of trial comes , when danger threatens , and . when peneeation is the patriot ' s portion , tbey meanly retreat from the « misense on which they had taken their stand , and basely V * e * i a cause in -wfeich they had vowed to conquer or die . . _

      < * Q&sn there are , w £ k > , unlike to angels' visits , are jjgjk ' va ¦» / ew * nor fa ibetween / who -will not trouble tbem » ^* % > to examine isfio the cause of the national calamL ^ eej Bot txt ^ i ' ¦ aether the liberties of their country «» protected or desiroyed , to long as they get their own bsrtal existence comfortably dragged over . These poli ^^ sloths are qoite ready at all times to receive jbj * > a * fit that may accrue from the exertions of their more teSustrlons citifena , whom they generally denounce and * * T *<>** diwgeeted subjects . " < i ihere are Oi ****• t * * neir number i « daily increasing , who p& ** & B &e can * a rf onr - nat ! onal distress , and are not i ^ " ifc

      -• Men \ ¦** know iheil n SW » And knowing o ' •» "attain / are the honest and jnL ^ m * P 0 ** 011 of **?***• and dime . They have i , ^*? * ? ***» persecuted by the Meoced and the knavlsi ^ * £ " ? aed to scorn by the witless " , and the sport of evt . * T & >*¦ They have , however , kept the lamp of freedom ^ *» f * , )" !?! ^ , ™? is this bright name which warn * * ° heart ' s blood of the Welch yeomanry , let ns co *« £ t ^ m , howeva , arainst committin * any outage * ^ tever . The

      tearteg down of tollTbars is not so i *> noM " . Me pulling down of strongholds' of a a / n * tm which perpetuates ignorance , vice , and misery ; * f" " ** " > burning of old thatched houses , during the s . M « es . or nlgnt , to be mentioned ia comparison with the oy ^ ° avowal or the great principles of Democracy , or Re ^ rfiseraaiive GovernmenX . Cleanse the fountain , and the si ** " ^ J soon be pure . Let ns strive to disseminate , < B 1 **" hands , true knowledge on political subjects , — •*«« ought to be done , and how it may be achieved , ** " * we shall serve the cause of justice and freedom bet- * than by * routs , riots , and rebellions . '"

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

      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE No . II , vol . 2 . This , Tike the last N ° - that we noticed , is mainly filled with the proceedings of Pather JVlathew . Under the head of " Chronicle of Anti-Teetotal Sayines and Doings , " the following choice bit is given from the Gospel Magazine . From which it appears that Father Mathew is employed by Avid Hornie * in his tee-total mission : — " Who do you think employs Pather Mathew ? The DeviL (!) We aw asgreat advocates of temperancc [? J

      as be is;— [ 1 b this a specimen £ )—bnt the practice nowa-days 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 mother . Th « j present pledge system ; we have no doubt is a Roman Catholic manwovre , which was concotiti in the botlomless pit ! It will have Its day —run its length—be made a capital substitute for rtligim—help on toe cause of the Mother of Harlots—and by And by burst with fearful consequent ** upon its poor deluded votaries in

      ThiB is a " new move' * of ihe " onld mimj" lhat really w © were not prepared for ! W ©» lway » knew that the ihrines of Bacchus were favourite resorte for the arch-texopter ; bat was eertajnfrnot prepared to hear that he had a partiality for cold water ; or that he eonsiderefl 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" 1 Well , well , this does bang Banagbar ! Trash Greig and his brother bigots of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association are for ooce keat hollow J

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      IRELAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE UNION WITH GREAT BRITAIN . By R . MoHtobMEHT MARTis , Erq . Parti . London : Orr and Co ., Paternoster 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'Gonnell and the advocates of Repeal generally . The writer in hid preface , after quoting an extraot from the > ' Address to the Inhabitants of the Countries subject to the British Grown ? in which ia contained , iu very forcible terms , the pith of the charges

      against England ; proceeds 10 say that : "It is due therefore to the chatacter of England that these charges should be folly and minutely investigated . " He therefore takes up the gauntlet thrown down by the Repealers , and pledges himself to prove the falsehood of the allegations of O'Connell . Our readers will judge for themselves , from the following extracts , how far the writer has succeeded in his object . We must say that he shews fair p ' ay to his antagonists , by giving very fully , and ia their own preci-e language , the accusations which he purposes to repel .

      The first few pages give a sort of Bketch of the ancient Irish , commencing with the landing of , " Csesara , a nieee of Noah , previous to the Deluge . " —( . Fudge ly 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 was 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 Henry was called in . Of course , Mr . Martin volunteers no defence of the crime which led to the invasion , nor of tne giant crime which the invasion itself was . He shews that Ireland never had a " native Parliament , till England gave her one , " to be held at the will of the latter . He quotes a number of records from the time of the landing of Henry ; in proof of this , from which we seleoithe following extracts relating to : —

      POYN 1 NGS ACT . " A Parliament was summoned before Edward F . oynings , Knight , the King ' s Deputy , and h « ld at Dro *? - heda . a . D . 1495 , and an Act passed , since known under the name of , Poynirg ' Act , by which it was provided that ' no Parliament be holden hereafter in Ireland but at such season as the King's Lieutenant in Council there first do certify to the King , under the Great Seal of the land , - the causes and considerations thereof , and all such Acts as to them setxneth should pass in the same Parliament ; and Mich causes , considerations , and Acts , affirmed by the King &ud his Council , to be good

      and expedient for that land , and his licence thereupon , as well in affirmation of the said cause" and Acts , as to summon the said Parliament under his G eat Seal of Bnglaud had and obtained ; that done , a Parliament to be bad and holden after the form and effect aforere-hearsed ; and if aay Parliament be holden in that laud hereafter , contrary to the form and provision aforesaid , it shall he deemed void and of nono effect in law . ' The Lord Lieutenant or the King in Council became by this Act the ; roposer oi all laws to be passed , and the depeucenct ) of the Irish Parliament was completely enacted , aod declared by the Irisb tbemeelves .

      " In the ever earnest endeavours to influence the minds of the people of Ireland against the Baglish , attention is repeatedly called to ' Poyning ' s Act , ' as one of the cruel specimens of English domination ; but the circumstances under which it originated are carefully omitted , and perfect silence as to the fact that it was at the time one of the most popular Acts ever passed in Ireland , on account of the people being thereby relieved from thonsanda of lecal oppressions under the cover of Acta of PajlinmeBt ; while that-eloquent and patriotic Irish historian , Mr . Q'Driscoll , thinks it would have been better for Ireland had Grattan lefc -untouched SirK-Poyning ' s Act * This Act was modified In the third year of Philip and Mary , Ijy the -Governor and CouBctl 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 4 eta of Parliament , in which Ireland wts named , were held to be binding . An Act was passed 10 th Henry TIL , c . 3 & , in the Irish Parliament , declaring that 'all statutes late made within the said realm of England , concerning or belonging to the public weal of the same , from henceforth be deemed gocxi and effectual in the law ; and ones that be accepted , used , and executed within this land of Ireland , in all points , at all times requiffite , according to the tenour and effect of the same , and ones that by authority aforesaid , that they and every of them -be authorised , proved , and confirmed is this Bald land of Ireland . And if any statute or statutes shall have been made within this * aid land hereafter to the contrary , they aod any oi them by authority aforesaid , be annulled , revoked , void , and of none tffoot in the law ? :

      " From 166 S to 1692 . namely , far twenty-six yean , there teas * o regular meeting of &e . Irish ¦ Parliament-at all , bo little was it considered a constituent assembly . Four sessions were held in the reign of William III . i and from 1703 to 1783 , it w * a only convened biennially . " Here ia our aataor ' a version , of the "Act of Independence . " If it be the true version , a sorry sort of " independence" it was . After stating that the period « f England ' s difficulties was chosea for this outbreak , and that troops were asked for by the Irish to defend the coast from invasion , well kuowmg that England had none to spare , ha adds the . following account of THE VOLUNTEE& 6 .

      " Sy the permission of England , £ 0 . 000 men , as if sown by Cadmus , instantly sprang into activity , and were no sooner organ-zed than they commenced dictating to the Parliament , and threatenisg England with separation . His Majesty accordingly , in 1782 , sent a message to the Irish Parliament , with a carte blanche , to fill np with Irish grievances . The Commons of Ireland , under the influence of the guns and sabres of the Volunteers , declared that no « e but the K ng , Lords , and Commons of Ireland , had power to make laws for Ireland . Mr . Gratton undertook to be the tranquilliser of his country , —and Ponyng ' s Act was modified , but nut entirely repealed by the following Act of the Irish Parliament , j .. d . 1781 , 2 < 3 «» . III . 21 nad 22 , c . 47 , entitled " ¦ An act to regulate the manner of passing bills , and to prevent delay a in summoning of Parliament . '

      " 'Sect . 1—No bills are henceforth to be certified to Great Britain but sach as have been approved of by both Bouses of Parliament under the great seal of Ireland , without alteration . " ¦ 8 e £ 2 . 2 . —Such Acts returned under the great sea ! of Great Britain , and not altered , shall pass , and no other . " * Sect . 3—No bill shall hereafter be certified for the holding of a Parliament in Ireland . " ' Sect . i . —No Parliament shall be held without license under tie great seal oj Great Britain

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

      FBUrrS OF THK " INDEPENDENCE " Mr . Orattan demonstrated that the Legislature of Ireland neither possessed the substance nor the shadow of independence ; and on the 26 th February , 1790 , he asked , " Wbat has oar renewed constitution as yet prot duced ? A place bill ? No . A pension bill 1 No . Any great or good measure ? No . But a city police bill—a press bill—a riot act—great Increase of pensions : fourteen new placas for Members of Parliament , and a most notorious and corrupt sale of peerages . Where will all this end ?" " In 1793 , the House of Commons was set fire to while the Members were sitting , and amidBt the shouts of an immense and ferecious multitude , the Representatives has just time to escape , when the vast dome became enveloped is flames , and , falling in , crushed everything beneath it "

      " The country was torn ( from 1782 upwards ) by facl tJonsand intestine feuds ; the whole island was kept ' a the most wretched turmoil , nights and day , by j n * f $ us communities } under the designations of Patriots , ^ p ' ^ DB , Right-boys , Whitt-boys , Peep ^ f-Day-boys , Convi . 'rftons , Aggregate Bodies , Cataoiic Committees , Tarring ' 6 iJd Feathering Committees , Defenders , Assassins Hou" * keM ° f Men and Houghers of Cattle , Assooiators Wflk Clnbs , St . James'B Delegates , Exchequer ' street Delega *¦**> National Congresses , Eraaueipators United lriBhm < "> a » Reformers , Revolutionists Societies of Peace and So ^^ of Wat « cum muUis " '* '«• ' "

      ABSENTEEISM . " Absenteeism is a \ ^ grievance in Ireland , even under a resident * legi&L ^* " 8 * * " Legal enactment * agai . " *** absentees , from 1377 , to 1753 , all proved ineffectual . " In 1773 , Mr . Hood attempted to revive the old laws against the absentees ; am ? i" 1783 , proposition for ditto by Mr . Grattan ; both failed-•¦ In 1797 , Sir John Tandeleur proposed , in the Irish House of Commons , to raise an a ' OBBaI nrrenae et £ 24 B , 00 » by a tax on the property of a- 'wnt ®"' The motion was not supported . " 1789 , Mr . Yandeleurt similar meUon mb * with the same resolL "

      DID THB GOVKBKMBRT COKSPIEB THB "EEBBHU ? " ? In the following extracts the writer proves too ' mncb and at the same time too little . Heprovea the former by shewing that the government placed the country under martial law , and thus goaded to ¦* rebellion , " the people of that unhappy conatry , who whether their oppressors have been Saxon or Milesian , have most certainly suffered centuries of oppression and wrong . He does not prove « nough , by his Bilence on the employment , by the Castlereagh Government , of those Iseariot scoundrels of whom the eternally infamous Reynolds was the chief , and Armstrong , M the bale old man" ( monsterJ , who lately appeared at the Dahlia Police Office , one of the gang . He forgets , * ToL iL p . 180 .

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      too , to defend pr disprove the " pitob > caps , " ' * flogf ' ^»« nd ^ " walking gallowses , " whioh had no ^ J *^ o With "fostering" and "extending" the . " J hen ^ ere the eyes of the Gaverament opened to the danger of the orUIs , and the Irish opposition were compelled to permit the passing of the Gunpowder Bill , by \ fhich oiily cerMn licensed persons wereautnonsed to import gnupowder into Itelanfl . the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended ; the Insurrection Act passed , and pome of the founders an « promoters of the Society o ! United Irishmen' Wolfe toneHaintlten

      , Rowan , Colonel Butler » and Oliver Bond , were proceeded against by Goyernweat on charges of high treason . Did theseTicts heair the semblance of encourasing rebellion for the purpose o fcarrying the Union ? •« But this was not the : only step undertaken by the British Government , acrt farced 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 . Ttxe ' Convention Bill' was passed , by which self-created conventions were dissolved , and these ' zure of unregistered arms effected .

      " . General Lafee was insttuotea t « seize arms in Ulster , and 'todisperse all tumultuous assemblies of perssns , thuugh they might not be in arms , without waiting for the sanction and assistance of the civil authorities , if the peace of the realm or the safety of his Majesty ' s faithful subjects should be endangered by waiting for snob authority . ' There were in Ulster 99 , f 00 United Irishmen ; but by the indefatigable efforts of General Lake upwards of aim thousand stand of arms , and many thousand plies and other formidable weapons , weie seizad ; so that whea the rebellion actually broke out in the subsequent year , not 30 , 006 out of 90 , 000 men could asasemble armed . " THE CORRUPT MEAK ^ BY WHICH THE UNION WAS CARRIED . " The writer reples to this as follows : —

      " The long-doalred 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 diactusion of the Lite Reform Bill , and had It been effected , no one would have said that the Reform Bill had been carried by bribery and corruption ; yet ft is asserted that the Union was carried by bribery and corruption , because tue disfranchised proprietors ot the iiUh boroughs received £ 15 , 900 each , This is not , sately , a fair

      charge to make against Mr . Pitt ' s government , as to corrupt means used in effecting the Union . It is asserted that Lord Caatlereagh spent £ 2 , 000 , 000 in notorious and profligate bribary to carry tb . 6 Uuion . Now tha Bum actually paid away to tbe proprietors of nomination boroughs disfranchised at the Union was £ IMQ 00 « , at tharatft of £ 15 , 000 for each borough ; add ou the same principle , and at even a higher rate of payment , Mr . I * itt projected parliamentary reform in England . What he had , therefore , proposed for England , it woald have bieen nnjuafc to deny to Ireland , when nomination boroughs were destroyed there . "

      We cannot spare room to reply to the above , and shewjas we might do that tho writer has anything but full y combatted tfci « charge . There were other monstrously corrupt means employed which he does not even gianoe at ; but wo have not space at disposal to enter into tho question at present . Mr . , Martin concludes by detailing at some length the " benefits" which have resulted to Ireland from the Act of Union ; amongst which he enumerates the " Titbe Commutation Aot" ( l ) and the "Poor La , w" < ty He says-. •'¦ That , previous to the Union , of throe hundred members of tho Irkh Hottsa of Commons , two hundred membora were stated tobe the nominees of private individuals ; that from forty to fifty members were returned by constituencies of not more than ten ptreoaa each ; that several boroughs lad not more than one wsident elector , and that out of three hundred member * tUus returned , one huodied and Tout wexa-placemen and pensioners . '"

      Such was Grattan ' s description after the establishment of the " glorious independence . " He adds that now * 6 , Q 0 U electors are free to return 105 members to the Imperial Legislature , whether of the Roman or Protestant faith . " He says that those who complain of English domination " have two-thirds of the Parliamentary representation and the whole of the corporations of Ireland entirely within thoir own control . These facts demonstrate that Ireland never was so truly and integrally a kingdom as-she is at this momont . "

      And yet , Me . Martin , the great mass of the people are politically slaves—are denied the rights andfcanohisesof freemen : and this " most eloquent fact" remains unanswered , that for not more than thirty weeks out of the fUty-two , they have not even thirdidass potatoes to vegetate upon' ! Unhappy people of Irelandj ! a © wonder you cry for RepeaL Thd wonder rather is , that you do not < cry for the annihilation of your rulers ' and yourselves in one cooxmoa destruction , rather tkan remain cupon your native soil the slaves mis-government has made you .

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      LIFE I « RUSSIA . £ From the Review of " De Custine ' s Empire of the Ca ^ r , " in TaiCs Magazine for October . ! TH £ APPROACH TO ST . PEIERSBURO . , " Nothing caa be more melancholy than the aspect of nature in the approach to St Petersburg . As one advances up the Gulf , tha flit marshes of Ingria terminate in a little waving li&o drawn between the sky and tbe sea ; this line is Rnsais . It presents the appearance of a wet lowland , with here and there e few birch trees thinly scattered . Tbe landscape \» void of objects and colours ; has no bounds , and yet no sublimity . It has justf light eiioujh to be visible ; the grey messy earth

      well accords with tbe pale sob which illumines it , not from overhead , bat from near the boriioa , or almost indeed from below , —ao acute is the angle which the oblique fays form with the anrfaes of thU " unfavoured toil Ia Russia , the finest days have a bluish dimness . If the night * ate marked by a clearance which surprises , the days are clothed with an obscurity which saddens . * ? To reach St . Petursburg , you : must pass a desert of water framed In a desert of peat earth ; sea , shore , aod sky , are all blended into one mirror ; but ao dull , &o tarnished , that it reflects nothing , "

      : X SUMMER NIGHT SCENE . " The temperature of the day bad risen to fifty degrees , and notwithstanding the freshness of the evening , the atmosphere of the palace during : the fete was suffocating . Oa rising ftom 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 litchb which we see oaly in tbe north , during the mugie brightness of a polar night . It was half-past twelve o ' clock , and tbe nights having yet scarcely begun to lengthen , tha dawn of day appeared already in the direction of Arcbaogel . The wind had fallen : numerous bests ' of black and motionless clouds divided the

      firmament into zones , each of which was irradiated with a light . bo brilliant , thafc it appeared like a polished plate of silver ; its lustre yraa reflected on the Nert , to whose vast and untippled surface it gave tbe appearance of a lake of milk or of mother-of-pearl . The greater part of Petersburg , with its quays and its Bpirea , was , under this light , revenled before my eyes ; it was a perfect composition of Breughel ' s . The tint a of the picture cannot be described by words . The domes of the Church of Saint Nicholas stood in tbe relief ot lapis lazuli against a sfcy of silver : the illuminated portico of the Exchange , whose lamps were partially quenched by the dawning day , still gleamed on tbe water of the river , and was rtfl'ded—a peristyle of gold . "

      RUSSIAN BUGS . " Scarcely was I installed in this abode than ( the fatigue of tho night hiving got the better of my cariosity , which usually impels me to saliy forth and lose myself in a large unknown city ) I lay down , wrapped in a cloak , on an immense leather sofa , and slept profoundly during —three minutes . ' " At the end of tola time I woke in a fever ; and ou casting my eyea upon tho cloak , what a sight awaited them ! A brown bat living mass : things must be called by their proper name—I was covered , I was devoured with bugs . Rusaia is , in this respect , not a whit inferior to Spain ; but in tbe south we can both console and secure ourselves in the open air : here we

      remain Imprisoned with tbe enemy , and tbe war is consequently more sanguine . 1 began throwing off my clothes and calling for belp . What 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 bis master . The roaster kept me waiting a long time ; and when he at length did come , and was informed of the nature of my trouble , he began to laugh , and soon left the room , telling me that 1 should become accustomed to it , for that it was tbe same every Where 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 hcoundrelism to talk about the stink of the black 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 !]

      ausflUH pbkvuub . «• In general the Russians carry about their persons a dlsagrb >» ble odour , which is perceptible at a considerable dlstnTUSe . The higher classes smell of musk , tbe common peoj » l 0 Of cabbage , mixed with exhalations of onions and old , WW perfumed leather . These smells never vary . " : THE AUTOCRAT . " The Emperor is above * the usual height by half abead ; his figure noble , altho < ign a little stiff : he has practised ftom bis youth tbe RC * Bian custom of girding the body above the loins to suoh a degree as to push vf the stomach into toe cheat , whfob f Wtaee * an ^ nu-

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      n&tural swelling or extension about tbe ribs , that is as injurious to the health as it is ungraceful in appearance . This voluntary deformity destroys all freedom of movement , impaira the elegance of the shape , and imports an air of constraint to the whole person . They say that when the Bmperor loosens bia dress , the viscera , suddenly ] giving , way , are : disturbed for a moment in their equilibrium , which produces an extraordinary prostration' ot strength . The bowels may be displaced—they cannot be gut rid of . The Emperor

      has a Grecian profile—the forehead high , but receding ; the nose 8 traig&t , and perfectly formei ; the mouth very finely cut ; the face , which in shapu is r . vther a long oval , ia noble ; the whole air miluary , and rat bar German than Slavonic . His carriage and hia attitudes are naturally imposing . He expects al ^ aja to be g&zsd at , and never for a moment forgets that be 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 journeys .

      •« I do not say that the physlflgnomy of this prince lacks candour , but it lacks natural expression . Thus , the chief evil un ' . er which Russia suffers , the abs « nce of liberty , is depicted even on the couutenance of its sovereign : he has | many masks , but no face . Seek for the man , and yon will always find the Emperor . '' ( There is much [ of truth in the following picture of " Constitutional" iGavernmenfcs . We live under just such a system of fraud , lies , and corruption in this England of our ? l ^; NICHOLAS ON •' CONSTITUTIONAL' GOVERNMENTS-•• Here the Emperor interrupted hiinaelf , and looked at me attentively . ] I continued to listen without replying , and he proceeded : —

      • " I can uufierataud Rapubllcanism : it is a plain and straightforward form of government , or , at least , it might be so ; I can understand absolute monarchy , for I am myself the bead of such an order of things ; but I cannot understand a representative monarch : it is the Government of lies , fraud , aud corruption ; and I would rather fall ] back even upon China than ever adopt it . ' i " ' Sire , I have ! always regarded 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 . ' !

      " The Emperor seemed to say , ' ( Jo 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 ia prolonged by that pride of intellect which takes pleasure iu taking , aod that popular vanity which satisfies itself on words . In short , it is the aristocracy of oratory substituted for the aristocracy ot birth : it is tbe government of the lawyers . ' i "' Sir , you speak the trutb / said the Emperor , pressing my hand : 'I have been a representative sovereign ;

      and the world knows what it baa cost ma not to have been willing to submit to the extg n ( urea of this ( nftimotts government | I quote literally ) . To buy votes , to corrupt coTOtienfes , to sednce some in order to deceive others ; all those means I disclaimed , as degrading those who obey as roach as those who common 1 ; and I have dearly paid the penalty of my straightforwardness ; but , < 3 tod be priced , I have done fev ever with this ' detestable political machine . I shall uev ^ t mote be a constitutional king . I have too mucii need of saying all that I think -ever to consent to reign over any people by means of stratagem aud intrigue . '

      " The name of Polaad , which presented itself incessantly to ear thoughts , was not once uUereJ in thia singular coovereation . "

      THE fiTTSSIAN SYSTEM . " The iKsvomenta of the men whom I mat appeared stiff and constrained ; every gesture expressed a will which waa not their own . The moruiag is the time for commissions and errands , and not one individual appeared to be walking on his own account . I observed few good-looking woman , and heard no girlish voices ; everything was doll aud regular as in a barrack . Military discipline reigns throughout Russia . - | ¦ ? * -Fauey 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 sotae commanding officer ; then a chasseur carrying ! m < order to same provincial governor , perhaps at the other extremity of the empire , whU . her be proceeds in a kibilka , a little Russian chariot , without springs or stuffed seat . Thifl vehicle , driven by an old bearded coachman , rapidly conveys the courier , whose r » ak would prevent bis musing a mere commodious equipage bad he one at his disposal . Kext are seen foot eoltttars returning from exercise to their quarters , in order to receiva , order 8 from their captain . This automaton . population resembles one aide of a . chess-board , where a single individual causes the movements of all

      the pieces , but where tbe adversary is invisible . One neither moves nor respires here -except by * n imperial order ; consequently everything is dull , formal , and spiritless . Silence presides over and paralyses life . Officers , coachmen , Cossacks , sei& . courtiers , all servants under tbe same master , blindly obey tbe aiders which they do not understand . It ia certainly tbe perfection of discipline ; but tha sight of such perfection does not gratify me . ; to much regularity caa only be obtained by -the entire absence of independence . Among this people ibereft of time and of will , we see only bodies Without SOUlS : and t . utnblo -to tbuik Miert , for ¦ so vast a multitude of arms and Ugv , there is only one head . " ¦

      j ITS BRUTALITIES . I It is a common sinht to see an underling of tbe Government , brutally aad unmercifully beat any one who may -offend him ; the individual attacked not dariu * tooj&r any resistance . Of ona scene'of this son wear © told ;—• " Tbe passers by were in nodegree moved or excited by the cruelty ; aod one of the comrades of tbe sufferer , who was watering bis horses a few steps off , obedient to a sign of the enraged feld-jager , approached to hold his horse ' s bridle doring the time that be was pleased to prolong the punishment . In what other country could a man of the lower orders be found wbo would assist fa tbe infliction of arbitrary punifibmeat « pea one of bis companions T

      " The Bcene in qnostion took place in the finest part of the city , aud vA tbe busiest bout . When the unfortunate man was released , he wiped away tbe blood which streamed down hia cheeks , remounted his seat , and reeomraeuced [ bis bows and salutation as usual . It should ba recollected that this abominafcioa was enacted in the midst of a silent crowd . *' Here is another case : — " A small hoat was brought alongside by other polios agents ; the prisoner was bound with cords , his hands were fastened behind bis back , and be W 43 thrown on hia face iota the boat . This second rude shock was

      followed by a fchower of blows ; nor did the torture here nniBb . The sergeant who bad seized tbe victim no sooner B'jw him thus prostrate , than he jumped upon his body , and began to stamp upon him with all his force , trampling him under his feet as the grapes ate trod in tbe wine-press . I bad then approached the spot , and am therefore witness of all that I relate . During this hornbie torture , tbe frightful yells of the victim were at first redoubled ; but when they began to grow fainter and fainter , I felt thafc I could no longer , command mysftlf , and , having no power to interfere , I has * toned away . " i ITS TERRIBLE HESBLT 3 . The Emperor paving emancipated the serfs on some domains which be had purchased , the peasants on the Wolga , sent deputies praying their Father to purchase the lands to which they were enthralled , and tree them likewise . The Emperor received their deputies graoicusiy ; bnt as he did not buy the e&iates , he could not emancipate them , though be wished , he said , that they all were free . The consequences as related to M . De Custine , were horrible .

      • " Our Father desires our deliverance , cried the returned deputies onl tbe borders of the Wolga , He wishes for nothing Ibut our happiness ; he said so 'to us himself : it is , then , only the nobles and their agents wbo are our enemies , and who oppose the good designs ot Our Father / Let us avenge the emperorV After this , tbe peasants believed thay were performing a pious work in riBing upon their masters ; and thus all the nobles of a canton , and all their agents , we ' re massacred , together with their families . They Bpitted one and roasted liim alive , they boiled another in a caldron ; they disembowelled and killed ia various other ways tbe stewards and ageuts of tba estates ; they murdered all they mac , burnt whole towns , and , iu short , devastated aj province ; not in the name of liberty ; for thoy do nob kuow what liberty moans , but in the uame of deliverance and of the emperor . "

      "As everything is in sympathetic accttrd , 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 ia magical . 1 If ever tney should succeed in creating a real revolution among the Russian people , massacre would be performed with tbe regularity that marks evolutions of ai regiment . Villages would change into barracks , and organised murder would stalk forth armed from tbe cottagos , farm in line , and advance in order ; in short tbe Russians would prepare for pillage from Smolensk to Irkutsk , as they march to the parade in Petersburg ! " *

      HOBBOBS OP DESPOTISM . " Bloody scenes are yet being daily renewed in various parts of the samu country , where public order has been disturbed , and re-established in so terrific a manner . The Russians have no right to reproach France f « her political disorders , and to draw from them oonsequenctai favourable to despotism . Let but the liberty of the press be accorded to Russia for twenty-four hours , and we should learn things that woald make us 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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      CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST AN ATTOKNEY . On Monday last , at the Magistrates Office , Court Heuaa , Leeds , Afr . Tbosv Walker , of JDewabury ,, atfcorney-aWaw , was charged before Gasorge Goodinaii , Esq * , with having twice forged the signature ot Montagus Baker Bare , Esq ., one of the ^^ ConuoiBsidnerB in the-tseite Diatricti Caurt of Bankruptcy ,, to m Instrument purporting to be an interim order of protection frbni the Court to an insolvent Mr . Walker waa apprehended at Dawabury , on Saturday afternoon , by Mr . James , finperatendeut of the Le « ds Police . - ¦ ' ¦ - * & £ Mr . BLACKBUaN , solicitor , of Leeds ; was the attorney fo * the prosecution ; Mr . Bonj >; solicitor , of lteed » and Mr . Scboles , solicitor , of Dawsbury , attended to wafch the case on th « prisoner's behalf . —The following evidence was adduced : — .. - ¦ ¦ .

      George Newsome . ot Batley Carr , deposed— I Jfre at Batley Carr , and am a clothier ; in August last I waa ia insolvent circumstances . I applied to Mr . Thoa . Walker , solicitor , of DawBbury ; I told him I wanted to see if I could not get shut of my debts , and asked him wh ^ t I should do ; he said he woul d do it for me for £ 15 ; he said he would get me a protection , but I should have to keep out of the way fora week ; I was to pay him £ 2 down , and the remainder by instalments of £ 1 per month ; I then signed some papers , whieh I understood were for an advertisement which was to appear in the Wafceueld Friday's paper ; this was on the 23 rd . of August , and he told me I should have my protection on the 4 th of Sept , on which day he ' safd he ehoulfl have to go to Leeds to get it for me ; I saw Mr . Walker again ou Saturday the 2 nd et September , on wbAcb . daj

      I signed Borne more papers , and ; paid bun £ 2 again . I saw him again on Monday , the 4 tb , when I said to him that if h « thought I could get my protection by coming to Leeds with him , I would coma He said t natf tetter not go to Leeds , but he would meet me at Wskefleld at two o clock in the afternoon , at the public house opposite tbe sessions house , where he would give ma my [ protection ; I went to Wokefield , and waited at the Railway Station all the afternoon , untjl about saveu o ' clock , bat did not see him there . I eaw him the next day at Dawsbury , when he said , ^ " Well , I ' ve got your protection here , " and he gave me a paper out of bis pocket-book , which he said was my protection . [ Tbe document Was produced , aud on being banded to the witness he identified it as the same which ho had received from the prisoner . }

      Examination resumed— I know the paper from an altsratfon which was made in it by Mr . Walker in mjf presence ; tbe aiguature "M . B . Bero , " -was ou ta © 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 Oatober . I saw the prisoner again on Saturday tb 8 7 th of October , when he toidiae that my hearing day was put off till the Ilth of October . I then esked him what I should do , as my protection was only till the 8 th , and it would be of no use to me . He said he could soon alter that , and asked me if I had it with me . I produced it , and be erased the word " nintb ^* and -wrote in the word " eleventh" in my presence . He then said I sKWRa be safe from the baiUiB , and if any of them came , I was t « show it to them , but not at

      let them have it ; I gave him a sovereign that time . On Wednesday , ther 11 th , 1 ^ met the prisoner by appointment at the Griffin Inn , Leeds , and afterwards went to the Court of Banftruptcy . I went first into the room up staira , and afterwards into that down utairs ; Mr . Walker was with me . It waa about eleven o ' clock when we went , and I stayed there till about three . I was in the same i « om with George Lister , another insolvent I heard hiB name called , and saw him stand up at the desk ; my name was not called . Before leaving tbe Griffin , in the forenoon , I gave my protection to Walker , at his rc ^ aesV ; 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 Baid it would want signing for the

      next hearing day , and be would take it and get it signed He took it with him to the Court , bat did not say anything tome about the protection whilst in the Court , bub told m& that he would give it to me at the Griffin when the Court was over . Whan he came to tha Griffin , George Lister asked bim if he had got them Bigned , and be said , " O , yes , " and produced two papers , one ot which ta gave to Lister * and the other to me . The paper be gave to mo was the protection which I bad before received from him ; it waa filled up at the back * and at first I thought-it wasmot signed , but on tae prisoner pointing it put to me , I found on that 8 lde alao the signature , . «* M . B . Bere . " ItestendeS tbe protection to the 29 th of Novembei , on which , day VTalker said I should get a final hearing . I badtba paper in my possossion up to the 24 th inst . by

      Orees ^ Sitmined Mr . SCHOLE * —It was the month of August when I first applied to Mr . Walker . I cant say bow many papers 1 have signed ; .. there wetemota than one ; there was no agreement in writing between me and Walker ; no such thiug as £ 5 down and £ S at the first hearing was ever mentioned , nor was any written agreement to that effect ever signed by me ; I never knew that any memorandum to that effect hafl been prepawd . I never received any other paper from Walker but tbe one produced ; I am quit © Bure of that Walker did not demand any money from me when bo gave me my urotectiou at Dawsbury .

      Montague Baker Bere , Esq . deposed—I am one of the Commissipnera of Bankruptcy for the Leeds District I have examined the paper now produced ; it purports to be an interim order ot prote&tion to George Newsome , aBiiu ^ " *^» - ^* * ' ^ *^ « ft <*© '' R tfia words " M . B . Bare . " It is not my signature ; nor was the signature made by » ny parson by ray authority . The endorsement at the back of it purports to be a renewal of the protection , which Is granted after the insolvent ' s first bearing for hia protection to the day of his final hearing ; that also has the words " M . B . Bere , " which is not my signature , not baa it been made by my authority . Tiie renewal , whioh is filled np for the 29 th of November , is a day on which I do not sit , being Wednesday * This

      interim order of protection , and the renewal , are both in the usual forms of the Court , and have been Issued witnout my personal signature . No person oas any authority to Bign my name—no one ever bad . The paper now produced ia the one produced to me en tha 24 th of October , by dorga Newaome . I have had aevaral opportucitlea of seeing Mr .- Walker write ,, and I believe tide imitation of my efgnatore to be in bis band-writing . Mr . Walker was not in Court on the 4 t 6 of September ; at least I presume so , for be was sum * moned to appear , and on his name being called several timas , be did not answer . I wrote to Mr . Walker oa Wednesday laet , requesting him to attend toe Court on Saturday to explain these matters to me , be did not attend .

      Charles Waterfield , Esq . —I am one of thedeputyregisttars in the X ^ eda District Court of Bankruptcy ; I sitiuMr . Bsre ' sConrt A petition of GeorgeNawsoma , rag-dealer , of Batley , was filed in the Court previous to the 25 th of March in this year , and on that day his final protection was granted . No other petition from any person called Gsor ^ e Newsome , has ] been filed in either Court since that time . I have entered the name and number and every petition filed in bcuj courts since the Court was established . There ib no entry of any petition fiom George Noweome , of Batley since the 25 th of Maieb . George Newaome was not called on his petition on the llta of October ast .

      George Lister was called on the 11 th ; he received » renewed protection on that day . The Commissioner signs ail papers himself . I have not , since the 25 th of March , received any fees on behalf of George Newaome , from either Mr . Walker or any one else . Fees would be payable in Court both when the interim order wai granted and when it was renewed ; also ou filing the potition . I received tbe paper produced from John Briggs , the usher oi the Court , on the 24 th of October , and ssked Newsome , in the presence ot Briggs , if that was the paper he faad given to Briggs ; he said it was . Tats being the whole of the evidence , Mr . Walker , after bbing cautioned , said be shonli reserve any thing be bad to say until another occasion .

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

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      DfiEADFUL GALB 08 THB KlVKE THAMES . —Abottt ene o ' clock on Friday morning , the atmosphere exhibited symptoms of an approaching storm , and soon afterwards the indications were fidly verified . It was high water at London-bridge a few minster before five o ' clock ; but two faoara previousl y , tho wind , which had been blowing fresh from about W . S . VV ., increased to a perfect hurricane , aad tbo shipping and small craft on the river have Buatained considerablo damage . About half-past sis o ' clock the hurricane , which was accompanied with trcmeadous squalls , was at its height , when several vessels that had before held to their moorings , startedand driven with force

      , vvere great 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 which bad the effect of materially lessening the irifary whioh mast otherwise have resulted . A great deal ofdamaftehas , however , been sosiained , and property destroyed , in the warehouses situated alone both banks of the river , from Woolwich to Chelsea The steam navigation above brJdge was stopped for a considerable period , in consequence of the impossi bility of passing under some ol the bridgea .

      Ih » amticidb in I » BLiJa > .... Tliere ia a fearft ^ bnfc for the moat ptrt , ^ a » fiu 6 p « cted sacrifice of hmna » We contiaualjyagoing on ^ wndng its * TbeFoundlinjr Hospital waa closed on . the 3 d of October , 183 t ; and dariog the five years that elapsed between that and the 5 d of the present month , no fewer than eighty-six mqaests have been held at the Bridewell on the bodies of deserted infants—that is , in plaio Englifih , n « fewer than bo many murdera have been perpetrate or permitted bv the unhaimv parent who broochv

      them into boinR ! And yet we read and w © beai of inqueBte without tronblinK ourselves with a thought of the iniquity or the guilt which evenr iuquirf implies ! Hut the number of deaiha by no , means represents the number of helpless beings cast pnt to perish , or to take the chance of being providentially picked up , for at the 4 asfc city ^ ^| e ; Be ^ pns-r-onB ^ single sessions—the applioatioas by churchwardens for the support of infanta found deserted amounted to 353 ! During the fire yeara previous to the ^ closing of the foundling Hospital the number ef inquests oa newly-born infants w » b fortj-eighit-rCtork Owi . stitution , v ; r "

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      . ^ TFTR ABSENT FATHEB . Troma WorkexHtied"The Miller of D&nSutugK * * ' mother , -what bria my dear fattier » wa , When mnir an' when mountain axe keaplt wi enxw Whan thick nrirlin' drift dauds file dead sapless ¦ - earto , ' = . . An * a' thing is drear save our wee eery hearth ?"

      * ' ThByonng hSMde l&mm ! ea wad dee wi' the cauld , Wertno for your lather wha leads them a-fauld ; Sis voice Is weel kenned by ilk pair mither ewe ; He's saving aeirOives wbile he ' s tolling for you . " * * Gin ffetrVm manmnckle , an * pub father spared , 111 mat ye a leddy , an' faither a laird ; 1 * 11 brave the dour winter on mountain an- lea , An' toil for ye baith , wha hae toiled sae Tor me . " " Come lay your wee head on your sin minnie ' s knee , An * jaz 9 in her face wi * your ain father ' s ee ; ThemghtBettleB 4 own , O ! I wish he were here j Hark ! is nae that Collie ' s wowff ! Aiblins . they ^ near . " The door gets a dirl , an' flees back to the wa' , Tis him , see his blue bonnet wavfis aff the anaw ; ** I ' m here my wee son , an * my eontbie sweet dame , J > oyrn , Collie , be thankfu * we ' re a' now at name . "

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      ; m > . ' '¦ : ¦ Sfain-Maepiid , IOct , 23 ;—The militia of SaragOBsa have sent forth a strong manifesto , to the militia ot the whole nation . It is dated the 12 th instant , bat has only lately arrived here , the usual oomiBBaioftUQd . being , of coarse , cat 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-ncseproduct983/page/3/