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Poetry. ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT. Yon moon and stars have shed M tweet a light On ages gone as o'er' this calm of night, And millioni of men; with an admiring eye, Have traced them through as bright and blue a sky. Those men are nothing now --their names have past Like sands which role, and sunk upon the blast. Thus shall succeeding generations gaze, And mingle with the dust of other days ; While the same moon and stars will still remain, Through countless ages rise and set again, In glory undiminish'd as they first began.— Ah ! how unlike the changeful race of man ! Yet is a hope to the lone bosom given, That Mind survives, an attribute of Heaven, When disencumber'd of the mortal shroud, Which veils the future, like an ambient cloud; And I'll indulge that vision of delight, Rapt in the spell of this most heavenly night, And soothe me with the thought that yet again, When purged by suffering from all earthly stain, My spirit shall the loved and pure embrace, In some sweet region of you starry space. VARIETIES. COMPETITION AGAINST IRELAND—A new tuberous root (the 'newspapers tell us) has been successfully introduced into this country from Chili : it is called the Qua/is creneta, (which we hope to see translated into Creneto v. Potato,) bears a yellow gooier, is ornamental to the garden, and as an edible, superior to the staple food of the Irish pigs and pisintry. HINT FROM WALTER SCOTT.—SCOtt, in conversing with a young man who was about to embark upon the perilous voyage of letters in search of fortune and fame, made to him this pithy remark—it contains a volume :—" Literature, my young friend, is a good staff; but a bad crutch! " '—The Town. SINGULAR Rocks.—cal rock, near the island of Corfu, bore, and still bears, the resemblance of a vessel under sail : the ancients adapted the story to the phenomenon, and recognised in it the Phmacian ship in which Ulysses returned to his coun try, converted into stone by Neptune, for having carried the slaver of his son Polyphemus. A more extensive acquaintance with the ocean has shown that this appearance is not unique; a similar one on the coast of Patagonia has more than once deceived both French and English navigators ' and Captain Hardy, in his Travels in Mexico, has recorded another near the shores of California.—Foreign Review. NEWLY-INVENTED RAILRO AD.—Our attention has been again drawn to the National Gallery of Practical Science, where there is now exhibiting an UNDULATED RAILROAD, recently invented by Mr. Richard Badnall, whereon a locomotive carriage travels with a rapidity far exceeding that of a similar one when moving upon the common or level railroad, the propelling power being The same. The carriage model is worked by machinery, on three differently constructed roads; and the object is to prove, that a much less power is required to obtain the same speed on the undulating than on the level road, and of coarse, that, by availing ourselves of the irregular surface cf the ground, rail roads may be constructed much cheaper than heretofore, and with an evident advantage in the lighter construction of the engines and the consumption of fuel.-21thene147/t. EXCESS IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.—The principal end why we are to get knowledge here is to make use of it for the benefit of ourselves and others in this world ; but if by gain ing it we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands; and if by harassing our bodies (though With a design to render ourselves more useful,) we deprive our selves of the abilities and opportunities of doing that good we might have done with a meaner talent, winch God thought suf ficient for us, by having denied us the strength to improve it to that pitch, which men of stronger constitutions can attain to, we rob God of so much service, and our neighbour of all that help, which, in a state of health, with moderate knowledge, we might have been able to perform. He that sinks his vessel by overloading it, though it be with gold and silver and precious stones, will give his owner but au ill account of his voyage. = LOCKE. LONDON FASHIONABLE LIFE.—Of all the capitals of Europe, London is the place where the forms of society are loosest in definition and strictest in observation. The slightest infraction of the arbitrary code of conventional law is tatal to the con victed culprits ; and not the most pitiful little court of ceremo nious Germany is half so scrupulous in the exaction of its eti queues and the infliction of its penalties. In the beau-monde of May Pair, court any infamy rather than that of ridicule. In stead of the !ambient flame which, in foreign society sports, alike innocuous round the head of the lance or the point of the fan, you will find the persiflage of the English a scorching and corroding fire, eating into your heart and bequeathing au inef faceable scar. Be vile,—be prodigal,—be false,—but do not Make yourself ridiculous. A butt or bore ranks with the worst of criminals. Believe only half you hear; say only half you think; do nothing you are asked; and in process of time you may achieve a tolerable degree of credit and popularity in fashionable society.—Sketch Book of Fashion. THE CORN CRAKE.—This interesting bird, which visits the north of England and Scotland in summer, and keeps up in the meadows its cry crake, crake, is well known, but it is not easily seen. It runs with great rapidity and is loth to take wing. When found, it has the instinct, in common with some other animals, and especially insects, to feign death. A gentle man had one brought to him by his dog. It was dead to all appearance. As it lay on the ground he turned it over with his foot—he was convinced it was dead. Standing by, how ever, some time in silence, he suddenly saw it open an eye. He then took it up—its head fell—its legs hung loose—it appeared again totally dead. He then put it in his pocket, and before very long he felt it all alive and struggling to escape. He to6k it out, it was as lifeless as before. He then laid it again upon the ground and retired to some distance ; in about five minutes it warily raised its head, looked round, and decamped at full speed. JANUARY.—Byron has informed us that the heart of man has its ides and epochs of sensibility; that March has its hares, and May must have its heroine. But if there be a month peculiarly consecrated to the tender perplexities of the female heart, it is decidedly that of January. Every thing is so cheerless—so cold —so desolate,—there is so little communication between house and house, man and man, or man and woman ;—no rides, no drives, no lounging visits., no sunshine, no flowers, no any thing to distract the attention of the fair afflicted from her own emo tions. Seated in a well-scorched dress by the fireside, a book in her hand, but her eyes engaged in building castles among the glowing coals, she reviews the past, and speculates concern ing the future; —talks o'er again antecedent conversations,— recalls to, mind every look,—to heart every sigh; accuses her self of harshness, of want of candour, of blindness to her own happiness ;—then, sauntering to the window arid casting a wist ful gaze upon the sloppy state of the pavement or the slippery condition of the roads, retreats back again to her chimney cor ner with the mournful certainty that it is "a naughty day to swim in," and that she has no chance of the visit she would give so much to secure.—Sketch Book of Fashion. TrIE LONDON PRESS.• PROPOSED PACIFICATION OF IRELAND. Ireland again ! Lord Grey propounded his measures, in the House of Peers, last (Friday) night, for the Stip preiSion Of disturbances and illegal associations in Ire land. It must have been very disheartening to the noble earl, after devoting two long years to reform and the redress of grievances in Ireland—after having •courted and even bribed O'Connell—after having conciliated the -very patties, in every possible degree, .Whom he now condemns, and delivers over to the Severities of military law—it must, we say, have been very painful to the noble earl to make the following humiliating confession: " The extent of insubordination and outrage against the law in that country,", said Lord Grey, speaking of Ire land, "had now risen to that fearful height that neither far life nor 'property was there any security there, and unless some speedy and effectual remedy was applied, the most fatal consequences were threatened to the very existence of society !!" This is pretty well for a beginning, and must be tole rably agreeable to a reformed Parliament. The noble earl then _proceeds in the felloWing still m elanch o l y strain : " He (Lord Grey) had fondly iMagined 'at one period, that the redress of grievances under which the Roman Catholics so long and unjustly laboured, would have led to the pacification and prosperity of Ireland. It was With pain he was obliged to admit that all his hopes -had been disappointed—most grievously disappointed" ! tilt, LIVERPOOL st ANDAttIY. Unhappy nobleman! we could have told him all this long ago; but no matter, let us ptoaed to the considera- Lion of the noble lord's coercive remedies. In the first place, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is authorised to proclaim certain districts as being in ft state of disturbance, and to suspend the habeas corpus. Secondly, under this proclamation and suspension, the ordinary courts of justice are closed, the power of the Magistrates interdicted,and military tribunals established, who shall take cognizance of all offences. These tribu nals, if authorized by the Lord Lieutenant, shall have the poWer of life and death. Thirdly, it is declared felony for any person or persons to be found from hoine, or Out of their houses, from sun set to sunrise, without legitimate cause. Thepunishment for this contravention of the act will be transportation. Fourthly, it is declared to be felony for any number of persons to meet for any political purpose, to discuss any matters relative to church or state without permission of the Lord Lieutenant They must also give ten days' no tice to the Lord Lieutenant, apprising him of their inten tion, to meet on any public business whatever of a political tendency. Fifthly, perfect indemnity is given to the military tri bunals, in case of any ultie - riOr proceedings in courts of law. No man apprehended on suspicion or otherwise is to be imprisoned longer thaziAree months without being brought to trial. Any charges brought against the or dinary courts-martial, if deemed worthy of investigation, are to be submitted to highei military courts, and tried according to the articles of war. Sixthly. The courts-martial shall consist of not more than nine, nor less than seven officers, none of whom shall be under 21 years of. age, or who have not held , a commission in the army for two years. This is, as far as we could understand the noble earl; a fair analysis of the ministerial plan for the suppression of the disturbances in Ireland. But this has reference ex clusively, to the prOclaiMed districts. In other parts of Ireland which may not require these extreme measures, the law which expired during the prosecution of Mr.- O'Connell is to be revived, and the Lord Lieutenant is empowered to suppress all political meetings of whatever kind, or under whatever guise, by proclamation. The newspapers are next assailed. Any pjournal circulating inflammatory reports, or seditious ap eals, in the proclaimed districts, the proprietors of which will be subjected to 'a summary trial, required to plead instantly to the indictment, and, if found guilty, sen tenced to a period of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months. If they give up the authors of the obnoxious addresses or advertisements, they are to be discharged forthwith. This, then, is Lord Grey's "healing measure." It is an hundred times more arbitrary than the Code Rurale of St. Domingo. It is a measure of such sweeping and wholesale and unconstitutional severity, that the Tories for the last twenty years would have been afraid to carry it into execution. Had they done so, there would have been an universal uproar of liberalism from one end of the kingdom to the other. Far are we, however, from denying that it is a measure of imperious necessity. The demagogues must be put down with a strong arm. Ire land must be made to suffer for the conspiracies and atro cities of its priests and patriots. We pity the deluded peasant, the dupe and the victim of O'Connell ; but the laws must not only be enforced, but also respected. One thing, however, the Government must be pre pared for, and we beg to call their special attention to it, namely, the emigration of the Irish agitators to the En glish shores. Ministers must be prepared to meet this. —Guardian and Public Ledger. acting in his own wrong; and he would at last arrive at the salutary tonvietion, that poor lawit. instead of oper ating as a tat upon land, are in truth a bounty upon its cultivation. " If," inquires Mr. O'Connell, " poor laws would ulti mately destroy the rich, then what would become of the poor ?" But poor laWs would not ultimately destroy the Mr, about Whose interests Mr. O'Connell is so sensitive : they would give security and stability to the rich, by placing rents upon a more certain basis. Even if they did destroy the rich, how would that affect the poor ? Do the poor of Ireland gain anything by the rich under the present system ? Are they not ground to the earth by the rich ? Are they not driven out to broWse upon the roadsides like beasts by the rich? If all the rich men in Ireland were in Davy Jones's locker, the poor would be hone the worse, whatever better they Might be for it.. Mr. O'Connell's argument is not that poor laws wonld absorb the substance of the country (which, of course, they would not,) but that they would destroy a class. Here we have the whole secret of his opposition. He *ants to preserve the monopoly that has hitherto wrought unprecedented miseries in the bulk of the population, vvhde he claiins credit all the while for patriotic aspira tions and self-sacrificing ardour !--Atlas. THE IRISH POLICY OF MINISTER'S. The bill for the pacification of Ireland, introduced by Lord Grey, has the vice of all the measures introduced for a like purpose within the last fifty years—it is at once feeble and tyrannical. It affords no facility for those who are primarily interested in securing the public peace and restoring order, to take measures either for these ob jects, or for their own protection. On the other hand it places their liberties, in common with the liberties of their rebel enemies, at the mercy of a Lord Lieutenant, who, by this bill, would be made the most absolute despot in Europe. We take some pride in the proof afforded by the assumed necessity for a bill like this, that we reasoned fairly when we contended, that undue concession is ever the parent of a necessary tyranny consequent, and that true liberality more frequently consists in withholding than in granting political power, because he that with holds commonly secures the public liberty at the expense of his own popularity—he that grants, always makes a selfish gain, of one kind or other, at the public cost. This, then, is Catholic emancipation : a dozen Popish lords and three or four dozen Popish commoners have been admitted to Parliament, and the rest of the Irish po pulation are, as an unavoidable consequence, submitted to martial law ! _ _ . We must not conceal, however, the opinion which we hold, that it is not intended to put this despotic power into activity; but this does not detract from the tyranni cal character of the designed law. Tyranny is tyranny, whether it sleeps or wakes ; and millions of Russians, Turks, and negroes are slaves, who never felt the knout, bastinado, or cart-whip. It will be in the breath of Lord Anglesey, whether any man in Ireland shall not be de prived of the rights of a freeman, therefore no man in Ireland will be really free. The monstrous violation of liberty proposed to be enacted by this bill is indeed such as can scarcely be acted upon—and perhaps the bill has been made so extravagant with the very purpose that it should not be acted upon; though, undoubtedly, the po sition of the ministers, as a seditious faction long con nected more or less strictly with the traitorous party in Ireland, would seem to render any measure working by a constitutional machinery unmanageable in their hands. Having for forty or fifty years stigmatised the nobility, gentry, clergy, and yeomanry of Ireland as " tyrants," ' "oppressors," a "faction," &c., ministers cannot now turn to these classes to aid in resisting the traitors whom, during the forty or fifty years in question, these said mi nisters have been fondling. They are, therefore, driven to make show of a military despotism, to which, in order to give no party a triumph, the loyal are subjected in common with the rebels. This it is to have the affairs of a great empire administered by a profligate faction. An honest administration.in the present circumstances of the country would want no additional powers to keep Ireland in perfect quiet. That it is not intended ever to act upon the law pro posed by Lord Grey seems to be very plainly proved by the continuance of the Lieutenancy in the hands of Lord Anglesey—a generous, honourable, and gallant man, none will deny, but the weakest of all weak deposit aries of power; and one who, even if "made of sterner stuff,". could not, without a departure from his honoura ble and generous character, execute a harsh law against his former political associates—we had almost said, poli tical pupils. The truth seems to be, that the law is in tended to produce its chief effect in this island, not in Ireland. It is intended to throw dust in the eyes of the English people, that the process of church robbery may be carried on with more effective vigour. This, indeed, has been nearly always the case, with pa cificatory laWs for Ireland. 'they have never even ap peared to produce more than a momentary effect, while they have always served as a cover for some fatal sa crifice. We have hinted, that the momentary calm has, in appearance only, resulted from the laws to which we have referred; and such is the fact. The priests have al ways, by their fiat, enjoined the truce for the purpose of delusion; and the proof that they have been the authors of it will be found in the fact, that such truce has always attended the enactment of the coercive law, but never continued through the whole period of its duration. Nevertheless the bill of Lord Grey must be supported by the Conservatives, tyrannical, weak, and fraudulent as it appears to be. If for no other reason, it must be supported in order to take away from his lordship all excuse for continuing to connive at the progress of murder, arson, and - rebellion in Ireland; but it must also be supported under pro"test, that the Conser vatives dislike its tyranny, and see through its disho nesty.—Standard. MOVEMENT. The proceedings in the House of Commons last Thurs day-night were all steps in the movetnent, though less important Ones than those of the preceding nights of the session. In the case of Mr. Pease, the quaker member for South Durham, the single precedent in point was over ruled by an unanimous vote, in order to enable that gen tleman to take his seat on giving his affirmation instead of the oath required by the terms of the statute. The precedent set by the overruling a precedent is an auspi cious commencement of a reformed House of Commons. The case of Mr. Pease is, per se, merely a piece of act ing, or (for hypocrisy would be too strong a term for what is simply ridiculous) let us call it in vulgar phrase, " humbug.' Mr. Pease is no More a Quaker than Lord Brougham or Mr. Thomas Dumcomb, or he would not go into a political assembly, whether by aid of oath or affirmation. He knows the objects, nature, and consti tution of the House of Commons ; and he knows that they are all repugnant to the principles of that sect to Which he professes tO belong. How can he aid in discussing 'matters respecting church and state, when he disowns the acknowledgement of any church ? How treat of peace and was, who thinks all warfare, even the most strictly defensive warfare, sinful? How aid, in concurrence with " Lords temporal and spiritual," who holds earthly ho nours to be a profane vanity, and ecclesiastical dignity an abomination ? How assist in making laws that will enjoin others to take oaths which he himself refuses ? How ex act taxes, when he will.pay none; except under the pres sure of compulsory process, and in the name of "suffer ng ?" If Mr. Pease could overcome all these difficulties, MR. O'CONNELL AND THE POOR LAWS. Mr. O'Connell's opposition to the adoption of poor laws for Ireland is clearly founded upon selfish feelings, which he entertains in common with the despotic land lords of the soil. It has long been a truism, become painful by incessant repetition, that the landlords of Ire land are the legal enemies of social improvement—that they subsist by iniquitous exactions, wrung from the toil of the peasantry—and that their irresponsibility for the evils they create, places them in a position of which they greedily take advantage, that enables them literally to trade on the miseries of the poor. It is scarcely credible, that there exists in this age, and in these countries, a class of proprietors who follow so desperate a calling. The marauders of the Alps, or the banditti of Spain, are not more iniquitous in their way, while they have a more reasonable justification for their outrages. In the one case, society is at war with the offenders ; in the other, the offenders are admitted to all the rights of society, and are protected by the insufficiency of the laws. That the landlords of Ireland should.oppose the introduction of a measure which would render them liable for the conse , quences of their own wickedness is natural. Such a mea sure would deprive them of the profits of their delin quency, and, for the future, paralyse their power of op pression. When Mr. O'Connell falls into the ranks of these jobbers in public wrongs, he must be content to share the obloquy attached to them. In the late debate on the amendment on the address, Mr. O'Connell ventured, for the first time, upon an ex planation of the grounds of his resistance to the poor laws. His objections distinctly prove, either that he does not understand the question, or that he is insincere in the course he has chosen. The honesty of the member for Dublin, however, is of no moment—if, indeed, it be worth any consideration—in comparison with the validity of the reasons by which he attempts to perpetuate the wretchedness of his countrymen. Those reasons, such as they are, help to show the motives out of which the whole opposition to ,a poor law 'springs. Mr. O'Connell affects to believe that poor laws, by preying on the property of the rich, would ultimately destroy the poor. This is a very subtle absurdity. The only way in which poor laws, by preying upon property, could destroy those who have no property, would be by consuming the property and leaving nothing behind either for rich or poor. But poor laws would not destroy property, they would distribute it. The ruin, sepposing such an extravagance possible, of the rich class through the operation of the poor laws, would, of necessity, im prove the condition of the poor, who must exactly ad vance in proiperity in proportion . as the antagonist power retrogrades. At present the rich have all, the podr have nothing ; poor laWs would abstract from the overfed a portion for the use of those who now are not fed at all. How the poor could be rendered more poor by being made participators in the produce of the soil, or how, indeed, the poor of Ireland, under any circum stances, could be made poorer than they are, is marvel lous. There are a thousand petty wheels in the machinery of. injustioe in, Ireland; which are now worked by the landlord, and which would be instantly stopped by a poor law. The rich man can now get a wood cut through his estate, or a bridge built, or an avenue laid down, by a grandjury presentment, which throws the expense on the county at large. By their, and a multitude of simi lar frauds, paiiperism is generated, and upon that pau perism the landlord thrives. If a poor law were esta blished, the landlord should either support the labourer or employ him. Having no choice left, between com pulsory contributions, or an equitable division of work, he would soon discover his interest to lie in finding em ployment for the .poor, in order that his contributions to poverty might be made at the least posSible expense to himself. His property, at first depreciated by an extra ordinary drain upon its resources, would gradually ini prove in value : he would find that be had been all along he need not have boggled at taking his oath in th e ; ivay. In other regards (that is if we could g 0 Pease credit for a grain of sincerity) we revere ,o scrupulous temper that cause s a man to pause 10,7 king an engagement, of which, however solemn' { need, we have lately had proof some religionist think after. The time seems to have arrived oaths might with advantage be dispensed with, the season has too clearly passed when they were be of any obligation. On the motion of the Chancellor of the &elle ( select committee was appointed to inquire into of the Corporations of England and Ireland, with disguised purpose of subverting the whole of th' This is the second measure of the session in right of property is directly attacked. It is we stood that the plan of ministers is to make the 11 of corporations co-extensive with the limits fix , Refortn Bill Commissioners, and to confer the city or borough franchise upon the same class to they have already given the nomination of the Commons—the ten pound householders; thus' the estates of the corporations from one class to with as little hesitation as the same ministers transfer from the Protestant to the Popish . purchase money of a perpetuity in see and chapti This is prima facie robbery—and if we lo( into the matter, we shall find nothing to rebut sumptive iniquity. The members of corporal generally, the descendants and representatives whose valour defended, whose generosity a, or whose skill and industry enriched the mun. the estates and franchises of which these descei representatives enjoy. To propose the transfer estates and franchises to another class merely on of rank and residence, comes therefore so near ti cation that uneasy misgivings may well molest riors of Woburn and Chatsworth.—Standard. bOIVIESTIC. . . . C , G. tirr.,Tile King was detained in town to r 1 , 1 . (1 the House of -- Commons. This inconve - t to Piai we fear, the Ttenaity which the King may ka p,' for being the Sovereign of a free people, i i 4 l in Parliament. The Address was plesentet T iii e ori Thursday , th e King and Queen retured a lg a .aPPear to enjoy excellent health; and it 8 (Limier parties and visiting company. 4 1 Zei . r.y for Improving the Condition of lac ila q b th lis e hi m ng en a s c u o ffi n c e i e e r n n t eainth m a - 1 .:-vivi? are glad . to see, to have a general u :m a ► the 23d inst., at the City of London 1 itio Yor will be in the chair. John„ , Soane's bill for settling and preserving his f,„ tam . il e 4 ,, :s - w or a k . w orks advanced v a a r n i, ce fo a r o r e h s e 6 be ge no o lii n t of the put ' et Lords. .` apprehended at Wootton Under Edge, wit stolen . property, in his possession. The o icholls, is well:known, and a reward of 100 tor his apprehension. ' Ile is described to -be age, fair complexion, light curly hair, stands endowment l a for te robbery th;Vedue ud ue em a t s da Riches in hqight, slender make, nimble .in a good address. To BE DaowNED.—On Sunday evening a r: van 'to Strood, tendered .the driver half-a-: r 'ed 9s. 6d. in change. The coachman, on 1 nthat the .half=sovereign was only a gilt therefore 4 ,,, pe d4,,, w4 : 1 a nd, with the assistant id and tOokihe fellow. The " gentleraai cloak, who ad h van hiviTltilycifil,oo:anduillit'hieun.,aknocking his accu - a titewate i : like a duck. His pursuers then it, a large crowd assembled with lantemb t , i ' t the Sliip Inn, turned ile atwlsth c4 ; p th la e tf c o a r d m s 'to lie fello w swam bravely, and dodged his p ale, but - at length, finding he had no Chance dead with wet, cold, and fright, -he came - -e a eat. :1-I .e was recognised as a disclu • O'Conner.—Keotish Gazette. tZ t AI 'T CONSEQUENCE OF RAILWAYS.—It w i which in :the trade :of Bristol to.have an exte • there s eem s every reasop to believe w and t , that the coals from the pits in this tieigl in the Leaden brought into. competition with the t e , e , 4 Pcnidon Inarket. The ,effect of the B Culre rail-road is already felt in this city ; for the .coal on the London road .as.far a t le ce(. l . B .the supply; but the owners of th are sinking neW shafts and using every effc bit 'death coal is actually taken from t 1 .- titer •d delivered at the Sto to ta. e n • ,I.•fellow a cefiettreeneseafrseppive.irthna7seur obtegfocrieicsreaellnyti n ie , Y 3 at six shillin g s g and : sevenyence per I ,Jast month the CoalpitHeath owners atm °own 'the rail-road. One Other colliery lu a branch into the main road, and the quant road . to Ke.ynshara -has-increased from 30 'u tons per inontla.,,-Bristol Aland. [iv. HISIORY.--A,s two boys - w ere walking.ii VI; .where the stream flows ,which ,passes tl `'.id, they saw an auiros,l which, ,from•their ?! 4 :vs . to have be6n an otter, COW figia the ii , i. lamb that was lying about '2O yards fro: it (I,_ atid, after a long struggle, succeeded ii ' .. s'• Th e buys were alarmed .and did i B i j , until it had leapt into the wuud ater, ,acro still hold ing the lamb in its enters i v ,, °P THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.—CaptaiI cx side.—Tauntint Courier.. -4 , „_ s ° , one of Admiral Duerest de Villeneure's of th 'u e eschout, a marine engineer who belonged te s f ame squadron, have-been called to y!. to tl te a Committee appointed by the Minis of i nquir e into the general appointments, arr shijuheyFitrheiwichhicshquitadisrounn,itacsd.c_ommpeanrcehd pwaithpert.i tt,4141 COUNCIL.—On Tuesday, at the mee n — h e Birmingham Political Union, there v i; the Kinws speech, which appeared to e oh i th e & o f points of objection were , t h n to the distress of the labouring class: le etoent o f a reduction of taxation, togeth the necessity of measures for reducing J• Mr. halt said the second campaign and -he trusted the Birmingham Union w at its post in the .hour of difficulty ar flotiou a committee was a ppointed to pre' be immediate 'and total repeal of t he take ', B , tea, soap, tobacco, .houses and wiudov Knowledge. Mr. De Bosco Attwood said, Jo of ministers in May last, nothing, occurred of so disastrous and discourager, la called th e Kin g 's speech. The Rev. `°lle Prieit) give notice, that he should ," 4 shtion relative to that part of his Mujest 'd to Ireland.—Barrow's Worcester Journo ' Plsußay.--Trom want-of a proper under: THE FACTORY )3ILL. I perhaps from want of a law on the subje The first public meeting held in Manchester si passing of the Reform Bill (that held yesterda: q deteriorated, and millions oi young 0 ssary t,4lll4l.4,4 l , t e s„t r r b .ic ed t, s i n the ,vicinity of this port (Sou tre yed. It is intended to originate a bill was called for a purpose which reflects infinit upon the spirited inhabitants of that important fng the spaVing_months, which are o r was for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in Il ue, and Juty..—Hatapshire Telegraph. dug fo r oysters and to enforce penalties for . Mr. Sadler's measure for amelioratin g the coi a " MEmisuus.—We understand the Irish ' Wiest th e the wretched children who are worked to dew , it the commission of outrage in Ireland, by steam factories. A short report of the procec ~ n t. of the question; and when the quest' already appeared in the Guardian. At that In the negative, to move another adjournre Mr. Richard Oastler, to whose pamphlet we eat they term " the end of the chapter? , terefore de • directed attention, took an active part in the di Ibe vise some plan to meet them, . or ' application of ministers for increa and proved himself not only the able and U 7 , . completely "at a stand still." Pal 1 throu g h the public press will be, howev enemy of the mill tyrants, but the strenuous safest means to stay them in their course.- the poor. :.—ln almost every parish in this coup But our principal reason for alluding to the su, are e x - ~ is -4 q posed to the most galling persecutio n to put the friends of the working classes on their rte 11! 14 ; th e e a system of taxation which has been nut] against a manoeuvre which is in progress to defe: e iniN : It -eli i., 4 Penses of the late election. Collectors ai intentions of Mr. Sadler. That gentleman not and they demand cash with the san that some influential members of the House oft/ ail :A t ive;i s , e t , returned to the present Parliament, it became ii iie e rti oa o 4`4!..,1 3 e 4 cl a legal warrant to levy contributic .fy be .altos \V ar/ow Sentinel. should undertake the management of the bill, tons" er tialfe is a pt, i ?F Ai WAR --The first spring-t Sadler on the subject, and adhere to its most iinf o r in .—The Royal William of 11 proposition, narriely, the restriction of the perio t 4 105 * 4 tati a i i,, ti, a full-length figure of his present Maj Pant labour to ten hours a day, including two ho es w itql, e '44 i t ,„ rt :lat arti st from an excellent likeness , meals. The hon. member selected for this purP d Lord Ashley, and a more competent individual co a high, and represents his - . l‘ h l a tl ' eitilreat:oefatista9:;:l4..feele, t :.n h d i one of the largest in the 1 W itOt. A 4 ._ 11 ,(1 jewels the c have been found, inasmuch that he is unconnecte d Town on lus . he_ad, satalecd neck _ and beyond the influence of the mill-owners and flee ' ..,2,11 54 Q . ,(l e r evi , st. P at rick, _or A ie s rs t. •oeuonrFgle,.hi 'the 41)o r t i ) ,' a w fte c r o w n a st r r o L', and n carrying 98 guns on tw nufacturers. °tie O t t he latter e But the noble lord had no sooner given a formal n pci A, II " ,,,,NT FRIESm "Ma Cambrian. :1 1..1 0w the Royal -William; it of his intentions to introduce a bill, than Lord 1 ‘ 1° ! .- air fili eti e -••ble families ul i — pa inful event ha one of the members from Yorkshire, made his first o lfi WO i . : 11 , and exc nd it t e . . n r the ne S t t l r le village o t f i .Bi l ix he d pearance in the contest, and announced his intentiout lei; h 1, , 1 23arkably fine b oy: " Uth Y a n lio la ut i lhree yeari to introduce a bill. The name of Lord Morpeth, an a v ery, P oit i tl_ tYaw melancholy afternoon, ‘r 4 ,.. 6 , t e N e et out of Sight of their parents oily a fey i i titip tl ,,,l,rom falling by the wall on n each i side, intimate connexion with the mill lords of Leeds,discovered drowned tonally awakened suspicion. We are aware that t v yi k : t titi; l . . this very are heeir(3 umstance occurtrt Morpeth has professed himself to be uninfluene t,, th, So limited rt ot iIY P- -te ( t e. ?Jle poor little fellow wasepl . . o h u a ( ii d zt d e i tch c e i either party. 13ut, with great submission, we are dined to take the noble lord's word in this matterl,oo he` - ,,;;o , erect, with his yellow hair floating or him be put to the test—Will he insist upon the ten ov,..o?k, ll :4 4 ,4e al inseparable l as s so o V t a i les in their amuseu limitation? Will he give a distind pledge on thi;n(iriet leia Will he bring forward the bill framed by Mr.C.rveyedth ( 1 4 1 1 their brief and touching history has bee: years ta , s i t 14 x4 ; 114 " t eli e ts nt o o f f t he () o ther tha e t 13 1e e, We affirm that he will not, and, therefore, we advlrf•-eiN. A ttached even at their early my Lord Morpeth. If they submit to any comPrl ii , t o Oastler and his friends to Watch narrowly the triotiols,e, L ov u t e d death and burial.—Guardian. if they yield one single hour more than is stated .. ,,, 0 hat ;j e l at„ 4 " DESPONbENCY.—An inquest was he evidence of all the Physicians examined to be ine°":be a '," o „,, t appeared that the deceased had kept man name Tydd St. Mary, on the body of Susai tible with the health of the children, they will betraV , e ~''t) 'in .11 attached to, a you . ng some time age ) . s ets i ntended to break off the acquaintance. have no doubt, honest and disinterested assertorth 4 ti h benevolent cause of which they are the ardent Be a ne!, 'I ''li t ra that he Maxey) haa lea ; sle d - •er, and caused her to show some symp should be borne in Mind, too, that I,i3rd MorPe that 13 11 k 14(1 . On Sunday, the 3d instant, they ce aae eY again told the deceased that the carefully concealed the provisions of his bill, and 1.. cal \ t t l kx has entered 'into "no correspondence with the real r t 3 : . ` t i e e ‘r t 4 . a __ and originators of the measure. This is anothe a _ ...a ca et, t o t 0 proceed ;l4a ! fromot* an a hcmr a ft er ! the a c:. of i l g e hboui of suspicion, and we would therefore suggest tha t In n' ; ';_ e 44t tk: dt o th. ti drain. _ The _ _. e p, They parted, she refusing to s spel _pc: and found the body of th • They drew out her lifeless body, ing be called wait n ai L t Leeds, n o r a i n n d M a a s n eo ci r t t e a s i t n er t , h a e nd pr a ec c i o se r u Ae / ir Zat ti er appointed 4 1 4, 1, 1: : e ::: „: c had t r. pr s e h se e nc h e ad of m be i e n n d t f o or cal s l om fo e r mid tions of the noble lord. Not a mtithent should be iv 14 : 4 % , ;( I 'e to restore life. The deceased ho Guardian and Public Ledger. , c 4 are shawl. The unfortunate girl had ill:4 THE COLONIAL QUESTION. It is stated on the most undeniable authorit: we are enabled to confirm, namely on that of nourable gentleman himself, that Mr. Fowell has a copy of a bill in his pocket, which he asserts ministerial bill, for the immediate emancipation slaves in the West Indies. Our readers will recollect that some three we' we stated this important fact, and we shall not st, get the consternation and alarm which it excited city: Our statement was denied, but in rather terms, by some of the ministerial journals. Loi name was shuffled in to give weight to the contra but in a manner which left no doubt on our that our original statement was substantially It is now admitted to be so, on the autrority of of considers himself, on all questions connected W West Indies, of ten times more power and influet all the imbeciles of Downing-street put together. Here then is the game of ruin fairly begnn, in one hundred and fifty millions of property is at and likely to be sacrificed. Talk of the church' only robbery on a small scale compared with the sale robbery and destruction of the planters and prietors of our West India colonies. And mark reader, the detestable hypocrisy of the men by this sweeping measure of confiscation is concocted , the imposition practised (for we can give it no name), in order to elude the vigilance of the W Committee, and advance their mine while the _ were asleep. It is already known that Lord Colvi given notice of a motion having for its object the of a committee of enquiry in the upper house on fairs of the colonies. When this notice was Ministers signified their intention to assent to it' the very moment they were assenting they knew, they did not confess, that they had a bill of ernai actually prepared, and which they had resolved duce into the Commons at the very time when mittee of the Lords should be sitting to invest: question. We are told that all this is true—we hope it i! for Ole sake of the honour, and integrity of Britisl men. That Mr. Buxton is in possession of thi which we have alluded is not a matter of doubt. not chary in concealing it. We have also been of some of its details; but as in all probability a tion of the West Indians will wait to-thorrow Goderich to demand an explanation, We shall c, remarks and wait the result.—Guardian and Ledger. the ccest: Verdict—" Drowned h( Of aberration of mind."—Spalling He 1 ' thent:,td ~iT, m e .43d in n whrlit John a Y e l will be 1 well 'll' ~080arke,, b ge, fair c iuristiiegahli'sh"rj" o the fl ti of L'ordws.as a he 11 01 ' iss to l ' i 44 the me fi xe d 'll4 1:46:11k aeliiplghna. se trans( t' d - - , e stole e N ioh 11 n• pr Is to ed f oi ,9 0, is I t isters of a his appre tale. Inches in or irter 1 o a good add 4 ooli . 1 To BE il I ' .butte j e verson—.o, )rati i te , I YI van ' to l T yes old I'l,X,'ltYe.e€l 9s. 6d. xggrarliv. ' 4 e th e i ; e l ';, l that .1 Intoel: k.;tlp,orsue.dorae j,4, cendalte4l a 4itti.an‘?: t, .fer of 'usci left i u: . s on gr° ttoofjutil: Alp :ar to C l '. ' AAfi a w ater c hart ! 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