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New Translation.—Hebrew•._And they said, come, let us
build a city and tower, with his top Like unto heaven.
"An undertaking as impious as it was foolish, an attempt to'
build a tower which should reach to heaven!"
Origines; or, Remarks on the Origin of several Empires,
States, and Cities. By the Right lion. Sir W. Drummond.—
The Literary Gazette, May 28, 1825.
'6 The tower of Babel whose top was to reach to heaven,'
and 'the confusion of tongues;' the sacrifice of Isaac and
Jeptha's daughter; the true age of Christ at the crucifixion.' "
—Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors.
The works of Sir Thomas Brown, Knight, M. 9., of Nor-
wich, 1686.

Authorised Version, Deuteronomy, chap. 14, v. 22 :—'
shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed."
c, It is a well-known maxim of English law, suggested by
common sense, and recognised by every principle of justice, to
infer, that the long and uninterrupted enjoyment of a civil
right must have originated in a regular grant from the original
owner, although no express evidence can be produced of
existence of such conveynnce." On Tithes.—Quarterly Re-
__

•" Thou

view, No. 53.
New Trans'ation :—" A tenth thou shalt tenth, of all the
increase of thy seed." Note—Onkelos, the most eminent of
all the learned Rabbis, who lived before the dispersion of the
Hebrews, and consequently made the translation of the Sacred
Volume into Chaldee at that period when the Hebrew was a
national language, he thus translates the clause—gnasaara
tignsarah, " a tenth thou shalt tenth," which is the same as
the Hebrew. The Septuagint 3EX27OV a7:iostal-xo-E1 (both
Alexandrine and Vatican) " a tenth thou shalt tenth." The
learned Selden, Le Clerc, and other great authorities on
tithes, say—" It is not likely that the Levites should have had
a tenth of the whole produce of the land, because the number
of the tribe of Levi, compared with the numbers of the other
tribes, was so trifling. Neither could it be of all the produce
of the land, but of the increase of the seed : as it is truly said
in the common version : for the increase mist necessarily have

been that part of the produce after the seed employed to give
the increase, had been returned to the grower out of the gross
produce ; otherwise it could not have been said it was the " in-
crease of the seed."
" The Council of Calcuith, or Calchite, held in 785, or, ac-
cording to others, in 787, on account of erecting Lichfield into
an Archbishopric, ratified the Canons of a Synod that had been
convened just before in Northumberland. Gregory and
Theophilact, who presided as the Pope's Legates, acknow-
ledged, in their letter to the Pope, that they were the first that
had been sent into England with that character. The follow-
ing are some of the Canons of the Synod of Northumberland,
'ratified by the Council of Calcuith Bth. The ancient
privileges of the Church are carefully to be preserved. The
17th urges the payment of Tithes from the authority of the Law
of Moses.
Ethelwulph's reign furnishes us with a subject, which,
though mentioned elsewhere, it will not be amiss to repeat a
little more largely of in this place; I mean the grant of Tithes.
The Charter runs thu :
" 'I, Ethelwulph, by the grace of God, &c., have, for the
health of my soul, and good of my people, taken the prudent
resolution of granting the tenth part of all the lands throughout
my whole kingdom to the Church and Ministers of Religion,
&c. &c.—Dated the Palace at Wilton, in the year 854, Indic-
tion the second, at the Feast of Easter."
The terms, date, and subscription of the Charter, have in-
duced several' learned men to believe it spurious. But without
entering into the controversy, I shall content myself with ob-
serving-, that long before this Charter the Clergy of England
claimed a right to the Tithes, if they were not already in actual
possession of them. This is evident from the 17th Canon of
the Council of Calcuith, held in 785, where we find they urged
the payment of Tithes from the Law of Moses. If this Char-
ter, therefore, is not to be considered a forgery, it seems at least
to be of very doubtful authority. Add to this, that by the
tenth part of the lands must necessarily be meant the tenth part
of the profits ", which must be owned to be a very forced inter-
pretation, especially in a primordial Act such as this."—Page
111, Rapin's History of England.
From the above readings the following scale is deducible :
Allowing agricultural produce to realise thirty per cent., which
is absolute—tithe impost to be included—and increase being
considered synonymous with produce—a tenth is 131. per cent.
Here we must observe we think the imposition of three half-
pence in every shilling quartern loaf a severe infliction for our
spiritual edification. Albeit it would almost pass without a
murmur, but that our hallowed Faith enjoins us " To feed the
hungry—and its denunciations are upon those who are unmind-
ful of " the child of misery baptised in tears."
Ethelwulph's Charter.—A tenth of the profit, 31. per cent.
Hebrew. New Translation.—A tenth of a tenth taken on
produce, 265. per cent.
Hebrew.—A tenth of a tenth, on the increase or profit, 6s.
per cent.
We cull from the "blaze of eloquence" of immortal Milton
the epitaph for the patron of this work—" Revolutions of ages
do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of
which whole nations fare the worse."
"In the House of Lords, the debate being on the state of
Ireland, the Earl of Liverpool said, The Noble Lord had in-
sisted on tithes, a property to which the Church had a right.
He could not go quite the length of his Noble Friend, and be-
lieved that ultimately the question must come under the con-
sideration of Parliament. '—( Hear, hear.)—See Morning
Herald, June 20, 1823.
There is the recorded vote of the House of Commons to 10
per cent. property or income tax ! being oppressive.
Under the operation of the property tax an esquire whose
principal of 10,0001. netted him 500/. per annum, paid to the
State 50/., under the operation of the tithe composition, an out-
lay of 5001. subjects the cultivator to the same 50/. ; this, in-
deed, is " th' oppressors wrongs ;" but thank GM, we seem to
outlive this.
Mr. Hodges wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of
her Majesty's Government to introduce in that House, or the
other House of Parliament, a Bill to amend and explain the
Tithe Commutation Act?
Lord J. Russell was understood to say that it was the inten-
tion of Government to introduce a Bill for that purpose.—The
Sun, June 14, 1839.
It being to the Editors of the Sun and the Examiner must
be conceded the onslaught on behalf of majesty and mind, here
we must observe, we consider we are fully warranted to make
our appeal to them to reassume their post of honour—" do
this deed of worth"—as we have maintained the field " through
ship, impulse
whereo f action
every
p o
renderr t, an do
uthrough
country evil
likeep oar t
G"
report"—our
man his stake in her," and that
goodb
n - rt
oe
"peace may have her vic-
tories no less renowned than war."

Ist Samuel, c. v., Authorized Version. " Saul abode in Gi
beah,"under a tree in Ramah."

New Translation—" Now Saul abode by Gibeah, in the grove
by Ramah."—Classical Journal, p. 203, No. 5 for April, 1811.
Twenty-eight years since this emendation was submitted to
notice. There has been uncommon apathy, or ignorance in
our councils.

Translation."
.a
A letter to Mr. Bellamy, by Samuel Lee, M.A. of Queen's
College, and Professor of Arabic in the University of Cam-
bridge,perfectly ofwith th
• . •
" I give it oonscien-
wor
tiously, I have not been able to discover any thing like
bwr
ei
rg
"Youre7,
rl
a 8 2n s 1
Anti-Deist,a.
merit in your traylation." Advertisement--" The author
takes this opportunit of making his grateful acknowledge-
ments to the Syndics of the University Press. or their libe-
rality in taking upon themselves the expenses(( . wing these
sheets."—Extracts.
Mr. Bellamy's Reply to S. Lee, M. A., Professor of Arabic
in the University of Cambridge, 1821.
" You say,' The only writers, who in this day have rejected
these helps (the sister dialects, Arabic, Syriac, and Coptic)
towards ascertaining the meaning of the Hebrew Text, are the
author of the ' Remarks' (the Regius Professor of Oriental
Languages at Oxford) abovementioned, and myself.' It is
certainly much to the credit of the author of the ' Remarks'
that he rejects those lame ' helps,' the sister dialects." . • •
" But you have entirely passed over the vast destruction of
the infant children in Egypt, as recorded in the common ver-
sion. I have shown, so as not to admit of a contradiction, in
truth, that no such destruction was ever executed on the first-
born, but on the bekor,'—the firstling of the animal in their
tabernacles, which was the object of their idolatrous wor-
ship." • • • " Here I shall close my remarks
concerning the speaking of the ass, by observing, that though
you have given the reader to understand that the ass literally
spoke, the obvious sense in which Mainaonides understood the
matter was, that the messenger spake, and not the ass. Really,
it is time you should get rid of such childish notions. To say
any thing more on your absurd conclusions, would be a total
waste of time. Depend upon it that, whatever they may now
do, asses never spoke in the days of Balaam."—Extracts.
The Critical Examination, refuting the statements of Mr.
Whitaker.
" The reader will, by attending to the answers I have given
to the remarks in his book and in his Appendix, from a proper
judgment of this gentleman's great opinion of his abilities in
Hebrew, when he finds that the Third person singular of the
verb is made the plural—the Third person singular preter of
the verb is made the Participle active—the adverb instead of
the verb—the common plural They instead of Them—pronouns
where they are not in the original —errors in conjugation sanc-
tioned—the Masculine rendered Neuter—palbable errors, which
sanction the remarks of Deists, countenanced—obscenities at-
tempted to be confirmed, which are not in the pure word of
God—absurdities admitted—the chafacters of the holy men of
God represented as immoral and wicked."

"Luke xvi. 9. And I say unto you, make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that when ye fail,
they may receive you into everlasting habitations. Such a
command certainly could not be given by our Saviour. This
verse remains in the state it was in when first translated out of
the native language of Judea, in the early ages of the Christian
Church, not translated': and this is the case with numbers
where the Hebrew words have been retained by the translators
in Greek. I call upon Mr. Todd, and the writer of the Cri-
tical Inquiry, to favour the public with the solution of the above
difficulty. If they cannot, they are not qualified to translate
from the Hebrew."

• •
" Surely, every one who believes in the sanctity of the Word
of God, for the reasons above given, will be convinced that it
never was subject to those casualties which ever attend on the
writings of men, and will not hesitate to say, that the most
confirmed infidels, from the time of Porphyry, of Celsus, to
the modern Deist, could not have broached a more impious and
untenable dogma—than the sacred original Inspired Volumes
were corrupt."'
" As the University is implicated, by the Syndics defraying
the expense of the publication called A Critical Inquiry, it will
be something new in the annals of that high seat of learning,
and will be heard with astonishment in the Continental Univer:
shies, that a book containing such dangerous and infidel dog-
mas, el lculated if believed to shake the faith of all Christen •
dom, is printed at the expense of th.e Syndics Of „ e
IA University
of Cambridge, written by a man who says that the Third per-
son singular of the verb is also the participle active."
Specimen of emendations to be introduced in Part VIII. ;
Sang of Solomon, authorized version, chap. Ist, v. i).—" 1
am black, but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Soloinon.,,
Neither in this verse, nor Isaiah, chap. 42, v. 11, is the word
the Examiner, Nov. 3, 1822 ; the
the Courier, April 23, 1839.
" Kedar"--" m ournin
light, as the New compa-
nion Translation—" of peace, when the habitation of the daughters of Jerusa-
lem is as the tabernacles of mourning. "_See Clasical Journal,
No. 30, for June 1817 ;
Examiner, Sept. 2, 1827 ;
"I_;traratn:leattning
London : Longman and Co. Also; by Bodd and Callas.
No. 118, Pail-mall,

nseo to further the interests of jobbing
JOBBING.—The Tories here are desperately
raonrteifinetdfroamt thbeelinogtended motion to prevent seats in Par-
of the honour and credit of Parliament, must not be
ottoreeys, as well as to remove honourable professional
men from the liability to an imputation vvbieb, tor the sake
#llowed ellist.--(Adtenham Examiner.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STO
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IHAVE the honour to state, that it is not
X my intention to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the
present VACANCY in the EAST INDIA DIRECTION.
but from the advanced state of my canvass, affording me a well
grounded expectation of success, and for which I am (kepi)
indebted to your kind support, I look forward with confiderici
to the results of an appeal to your suffrages on a future
occasion.

I have the honour to be respectfully,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and obliged servant,
JOHN FRASER.

35, York-terrace, Regent's Park,
23d August, 1839.

I.ANDS IN NEW ZEALAND
A The DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND LAND
COMPANY hereby give notice, that Orders for Land may be
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of Wai-heke and Paroa, the borders of the Thames, or any other
part of the territories already purchased by the Company, as
soon as the same shall be surveyed. The holders of such Land
Orders will also be entitled to claim from the Company a pas-
sage to New Zealand, fee of cost, for themselves, families, and
servants, to the extent of 60 per cent. of their purchase money.
Further particulars as to the terms of purchase, may be ob-
tained on application to the Secretary.
By Order of the Directors,
JOHIS WARD, Secretary.
New Zealand Land Company's Office,
No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, 23d July, 1839.
EMIGRANT

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CONFESSIONS OF A THUG.
By CAPAIN MEADOWS TAYLOR,

Of the Service of his Highness the Nizan.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

No. 36, OLD BOND-STREET.
EYESIGHT and DEFECTIVE HEAR-
ING.—Mr. ELIA-SOLOMONS' VOICE CON-
DUCTORS for DEAF PERSONS have been eminently successful in
the most extreme cases of defective hearing; are worn unperceived,
being constructed on a smaller scale than any hitherto offered, mea-
suring only one quarter of an inch in diameter; possess the peculiar
power o f conveying the slightest sound with accurrte
affording at the same time tha greatest ease and assistance in all cases
of Deafness.
The success of his Amber Spectacles (the exclusive disposal of
hich is sec".red to his house by Royal Letters Patent) has induced
parties to offer publicly as a new invention, professing to relieve Vi-
sion, Deafness, and CATARACT WI'T'HOUT OPERATION,
common glasses of many years' standing ground on the principle of
the meniscus lens (employed for spectacles forty y ears ago), which are
highly injurious to the sight. These quack and absurd misrepresen-
tations might have been safely allowed to pass um, otieed ; but as the
names of some apothecaries and others are used, it behot es one to in-
quire by what means their signatures have been obt tit ed (if obtained
at all) as sanctioning a direct untruth, by procla.ining such as
"Newly-invented Spectacles," which are unansweral ly nothing more
than common glasses of a pink or reddish tint. This fact may be
easily asce_tained by applying to Mr. REARDON, SPECTACLE
GLASS MANUFACTURER, residing at 42, Easton-street, Ex-
mo,l.h-street, Clerk enwell; wt ere the newly-invented Spectacle
L,2lis s are purchased at 7s. per dozen pairs, or a single pair at Mr. E.'s
establishment for Is.

.....
The following eminent practitioners pronounced Mr. E.'s PA.
TENT AMBER SPECTACLES to be the most efficacious for pre-
serving and strengthening the eyes when exerted in reading, writing,
or looking at minute and dazzling objects, from exposure to the sun
by day or lamps or candles at night, and to extend to vision the gicat-
est assistance that art can accomplish :
Sir James E. Anderson, M.D„ 11, New Burlington-street.
Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S.. President of the Royal College of Sur-
geons, and Senior Surgeon to the Westminstet Hospital, Langham.

place.
Sr Benjamin Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., Saville-row.
Ja • es Johns() M.D., Physician to tile late King, 8, Suffolk.

place.
Bransby B. Cooper, Esq., F R.S, Surgeon to Guy's Hosp tal, 2, New.
street, Spring-gardens.
iartin Ware Eq.,s Ocu'ist, 25, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
John Scott, Eq., Surgeon, t pthalmic Infirmary, Moorfields, 10,
New Broad-street.
calbert Mac Murda, Esq., Surgeon, do. do.
E. W. Duflin, Esq., M D.
C. Aston Key, Esq.. Surgeon, St. Helen's place.
J. G. Andrews, Esq.. Senior Surgeon to the London Hospital, 4, St.
Helen's-place.
J. T. Conquest, Esq. M.D., 13, Finsbury-square.
J. Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R S., Bulstrode-street, Manchester-square.
E. W. puffin, Esq , M.D., 14, Langharn-place.
\Vm. Coulson, Esq., Surgeon, Frederick-place, Old Jewry.
C. J. B. Aldis, Esq., M , Old Burlingt,n-street
Dr. Marshall Hall, F.R.S.. Manchester-square.
John Stephenson, Esq., Oculist to his late Majesty, 38, Conduit-street.
S r Charles Aldis, Old Burlington-street.
1 tus B.rry, Esq , Surgeon, Chester-terrace.
John S. Soden, Esq., Surgeon to the Royal Eye Infirmary, Bath.
J. Hodgson and J. F. Ledsam, Esqrs., Oculists, Eye Infirmary,
Birmingham.
R. Middleinore, Esq. Surgeon, do.
Thomas Blair, Esq., Esq.,
Physician to the Sussex County Hospital,
Brighton.
John Lawrence, Esq., Surgeon, do.
Tweedy John Todd, Esq., M.D., Grand Parade, do.
Andrew Plummer, Esq., M.D., Old Steyne, do.
Brewster F. Seabrook, Esq., Surgeon, Eye Infirmary, do.
A Martin, Esq., M.D., Rochester.

Samuel Newsom, Esq. ;I`d. R. C. S. , do.
Dr. Chisholm, Physician to the Kent and Canterbury HospitaL
Henry Denise, Esq., Surgeon do.
Professor Hufeland, Physician to the King of Prussia, Berlin.
Professor Kreysig, Physician to the King of Saxony, Dresden
Professors Celarus and Kuhl, Oculists, Leipsic.

TIIE LATE FLOOD.—The effects of the late
flood, in loosening and washing away the banks of the
Severn, have been disastrous. _ _ .

Mrs. GORE'S NEW NOVEL.—" A " fashion-
able novel" of the Court of Charles 11, from the pen of
Mrs. Gore, must needs be a very piquant affair, when we
call to mind who were the fashionables of that day, name-
ly, the Hamiltons, Rochesters, Buckinghams, Jermyns,
Grammonts, the Castlemains, Clevelands, Stuarts,
Churchills, &c. ; but the " Courtier of the Days of
Charles II." is something more and better than this ; it is,
in fact, a singularly impressive story of the most romantic
times, as regards the personal chances and changes they
brought about, of any recorded in English annals. In
force of character, depth of interest, and brilliant de-
lineation of the manners and modes of life of the time,

Mrs. Gore, has in this instance equalled the best of the
previous works.
THE ARMY.—Reeruiting for the army is going
on briskly in Ipswich and neighbourhood. The parties in
the Ipswich Recruiting Subdivision are enlisting young
men under 18 years of age, at 5 feet 5 inches in height ;
and above 18 at a standard of 5 feet 6 inches. Parties of
the 21st Fusiliers, 43d Light Infantry, 70th Foot, 94th
Foot, and 98th Foot, are stationed at Bury it. Edmund's;
of the 20th Foot, 43d Light Infantry, and Ist battalion of
Rifle Brigade at Cambridge ; of the ht and 2d battalions
t,f Rate Brigade at Sudbury; of the 21st Fusiliers, at
Colchester; of the 98th Foot, at Woodbridge and Brain-
tree ; and of the 12th Foot, 30th Foot, 46th Foot, and Ist
battalions Rifle Brigade in Ipswich. The bounty of
recruits has been raised to 3/. 17s. Gd. as an inducement to
many to enlist, and the regiments of the line which are to
be completed to the establishment of 800 men are rapidly
filling up.—Szujo/k Herald.
DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Thursday morning
about eight o'clock, a lad, named Battle, in the employ.
ment of Mr. White, farrier, Lancaster-mews, Button-
crescent, was taking two horses home which had been
shod, when the led horse started off at full speed, and
before the lad could loose the rein, which he had twisted
round his band, he was dragged off the horse ho was rid-
ing, aild along the ground a considerable distance. He
i had several of his ribs fractured, his right arm broken a
little above the wrist, and a severe gash on the cheek,
idlietad by the horse's hoof. He lies in a very precarious
state.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.—We have frequently called the attention of our
readers to the subject of life assurance, and its utility and
benefit when founded on right principles, and conducted
with a duo regard to the interests of those for whose be-
hoof they are established. The groat object of the above
institution is to secure, as far as possible, that no after-
misfortune during life shall prevent the assured from reap-
in; the full benefit of his contributions, and to exclude
the possibility of forfeiture. This it accomplishes by lend-
ing back to the assured, as circumstances may require,
to the extent of two-thirda of all previous contribu
tions. A person insured at this office, therefore, has
always a fund at command to provide against periods of
temporary misfortune during his life, besides securing to
his family at his death the usual benefits of a life policy.
The Society's scheme of deferred annuities, whereby a
provision is made, not at death, but at a certain fixed pe-
riod in after life, is calculated to be of very great service
to the working classes, as well by giving their savings the
most profitable investment, as by fostering in them habits of
prudence and frugality. The same principle of giving
back two-thirds of all previous contributions likewise per-
tains to this scheme ; so that the industrious operative has
in this Society always nia sick-money ready for his neces-
sity, besides a comfortal>l.e provision for his old age. This
society is repitlty extending its branches throughout the
empire', and we believe its success will contribute much to
the welfare and peaceable habits of the operative popula-
tion.—Soottish Pilot.
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—
The traffic on this line is on the increase, and already far
exceeds the expectations of the Directors. En the month
of June 11,783 passengers were conveyed on the line, and
in the month of July the number was 16,089. Not only
in passengers, but also in merchandise the traffic was very
extensive. In June 4037 tons of goods were carried on
the line, and in July s,276.—Railway Times,

WATERING OF THE STREETS IN

THE CITY.

Several complaints have lately been made to -the
MLigistrates of the City of London by the owners of
omnibuses and stage coaches in consequence of the
slippery state of the streets in the great thoroughfares.
The complainants state that those who are employed to
tv-Iter the streets use just as much water as makes the
pavement like s t much ice to the poor horses, and re-
present that if a good quantity were scattered about
there would be no accidents from slipping. They par-
ticularly complained of Holborn-hill and Ludgate-hill as
places in which the wet is most severely felt, notwith-
standing the skilful manner in which the stones are laid
down. Our correspondent's experience enables him to
confirm this account given by the owners of the poor
horses, which suffer so much in ascending each of these
hills. It is an undisputed fact that the great majority
of the street obstructions which take place are all
attributable to the falls which the toiling cattle get
in consequence of the defective mode of watering
alluded to ; and it has been often observed that in very
wet weather, although vehicles of all kinds are more in
requisition than when there is no fall of rain, the stop-
pages are incomparably less numerous. Application is
we understand also to be made to the Commissioners of
Sewers upon the subject, Alderman Gibbs, who resides
in the heart of the City, and whose activity and zeal in
contributing to the comforts of his fellow-citizens are
duly appreciated, is the Chairman of the Commission,
and as he is now in town, it would he advisable in those
who are most interested to submit the matter to his
management. We are convinced that many horses
have been, by the falls they have got in ascending and
descending the two hills, rendered totally useless to their
owners, not to say a word about the cruelty to the poor
animals.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A large woman, of very formidable appearance, was
brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having
committed the ugly assault of spitting in the eye of a
rival oyster woman, named Mary Hill.
The defendant, who said that her name was Nance
Young, was introduced to his Lordship as the terror of
that pattern for all neighbourhoods, Whitechapel Mar-
ket. The policeman by whom she was escorted to the
Justice-room, said that the moment she appeared with
a little drop in her eye there was an end to their func-
tion of peace-making, and the d—l himself was but a
mere baby compared to her.
Mrs. Hill said, that being rather thirsty, she went
into a neighbouring public-house for a drop of water,
which she considered to be the most wholesome drink
in the morning. As Mrs. Young entertained very dif-
ferent opinions on the subject, they were not quite fit
for each other's company, and Mrs. Young tried to pro-
voke her to fight, by reflecting upon the drinkers of
Adam's ale, and, finding that bad language would not
accomplish her object, gave her what she called a
" spectoration "on the left eye. As soon as she got her
eye clear of the treat, she called for the police, but
Mrs. Young got hold of her, and both went down to-
gether in the pugilistic style, the big one uppermost.

There was no additional evidence as to the assault
but multitudes were present who begged that Mrs.
Young might be removed from the plane for ever, as
nothing could resist her temper or strength.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mrs. Young, so we are
to be constantly annoyed by you ?
Mrs. Young—Arrah, thin, God knows it's meselt
that's abused by such varmint. There aint a quieter
nor a better conducted lamb in this town nor meself ;
and I'm sure I'd rather take a beating a thousand times
nor give one, God help me. But this is what I get for
my kindness.

The LORD MAYoR—Do you call the brutal offence
of spitting in this woman's face a kindness ?

Airs. Young—Ah, then, its meself that didn't think
of such a thing. All I did was to offer her a drop of
beer I was drinking meself, and the d--1 a drop
she'd take in friendship.
Mrs. Hill—lt was a very nice way to give a lady a
drop of beer, for to go and take a mouthful, and let
it fly through her teeth into my eye.( Laughter.)
Mrs.Young—Oh, the Lord save us, my good womP,n ;
you don't say that, do you ? Well, you surprise,; me ;
but you see, my Lord, in my country when wo'-re trying
any liquor to see whether it's good, we've a way of run-
ing it round our mouth and squirting it out, so that the
good woman might have got a little of it unknownst.
' " _

A policeman:--My Lord, she says to us that she does
not care a pin about a man, and she snaps her fingers

at us.

Mrs. Young—. God bless the man, I never said such
a thing ; sure aint we made for each other—don't we
just fit ?—(Laughter.) Why there is meself and my
husband. If I didn't care for the man, do you think
him and me would be so comfortable together?
The LORD MAYOR-Your husband is not able, if I
am informed rightly, to manage you.
Mrs. Young—Faith, he has managed me these four
and twenty years, and I hope he'll manage me for
twenty years more ; if not, by my sowl, I'll try and
manage him.—( Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—WaII, he must come and bail
you, for I shall not let you go without receiving secu-
rity that you will not offend the neighbourhood any
more. I dare say you will find it difficult to prevail
upon him.
Mrs. Young—Oh, Lord bless your Honour, he'll
never be happy till I'm with him again. " Peg, dear
(to a dirty-faced girl), fetch Bill."
The husband made his appearance in due time. He
was a tall lank Chelsea pensioner, who had evidently
seen a great deal of service—since he came home.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, my good man, do you
know what you are going to do ?
The pensioner stared at the Lord Mayor, and then
at his wife.
Airs. Young—_Arrah, then, to be sure he knows what
he's going to do, your Honour. (In an under tone, to
her husband)—Why the hell don't you speak up, ould
Snooks ?—(A laugh.)
The Pensioner—Oh, your Lordship, I am ready to
bail my wife ; she's a very good woman.
The LORD MAYOR-Take care what you are about.
You are to become responsible for her future conduct ;
and if she commits another breach of the peace you
will be imprisoned if you don't pay 401.
The poor man looked terrified, and again turned
round to his wife, who had prepared her face for him.
After giving him a poke with her elbow, she said to
him, in what is called a pig's whisper, " 'Why the d—l
don't you tell him you aren't afeared ?"
The Pensioner (with a very dejected visage)—l an't
afraid of her, your Lordship ; she won't do no harm.
Will you, Nance ?
Mrs. Young—Harm! no ; I'll do no more harm nor
you can do ; and God knows that's not much.—(A
laugh.)
The LORD Alnvou—Well, you may take her away
with you now ; but I would advise you to leave that
neighbourhood.
Mrs. Young—Yes, your honour, we'll quit it altoge-
ther, for they're such a blackguard set about it that no
decent respectable Irish people can go through the street
without being mislested ; and I return your Honour
thanks for serving them out so properly.—(A laugh.)
The veteran soldier and his wife then left the police
room, but the poor husband appeared not at all to reli'h
the serious manner in which the Lord Mayor described
'.he nature of the responsibility in which he was held.

ARTIFICIAL IVORY.—Certain parties in Slief•
field have just obtained a patent for the making of a sub.
stance so nearly resembling ivory, and so applicable to al
the purposes of that valuable material, that it is almost im
possible to detect the difference. We have not ourselves
seen the mock ivory, but we are told that, in one instance,
a working cutler had a quantity of scales given out to him,
consisting partly of the fictitious compound, and partly of
ivory, and that he used them in hafting his knives, and re-
turned his work without discovering the difference. We
understand that an imitation tortoiseshell is prepared and
in use, which, for some purposes, is little inferior to same
varieties of the real article. It may be expected, there-
fore, that the quadruped and the reptile, for which our ar-
tists have hitherto been indebted for the precious substances
above-named, will henceforth be " left alone in their
glory," the former of his tusks and the latter of his
cuirass.—Shegield Iris.
PLOUGHMEN IN IRELAND.—The most A
ludi-
crous of all human objects is an Irishman plo!ighingt.atoes
gigantic figure—a seven foot machine for turnip
ImElreadful impreca-
tions human nature, wrapt up in an manse ggrepaot coat,
and urging on two starved ponies
coming perquisite, and is not inattentivehinh
and uplifted shillala. The wlriitshh ctruo wth e discerns ais to be the proceed-
ings of the steeds. The furrow which
depo-
sitory of the future crop either in depth or
punished of
the meek and much-injured regularity, to those
.domeististinewoiffuerproluwusgiwi,hiienh
stohmeenafailms
tofall c-n , knowing that
hus-
band.ily
The weeds seem Y
quarrel, upon the cheeks
of
the
deservedly
Y-
for
resurrection of the ensuing spring,
an
abundant and
they have fulfilled their destiny, and left behind them,
the
healthy
progeny. The whole is a scene of idleness, lazi-
ness, and poverty, of which it is impossible, in this active
and enterprising country, to form the most distant concep-
tion ; but strongly indicative of habits, whether secondary
or original, which will long present a powerful impediment
to the improvement of Ireland.—Rev. Sydney Smith.
TILE APPROACHING HARVEST.--The wheats
have been much less laid than might have been expected,
from the heavy rains and high winds, and almost every
where give promise of an average crop. The' eats and
barley crops are very much improved since the rain ; in-
deed there is every prospect of a most
York Cot rant. plentiful harvest.—

(From the York Corrant.)
In his palmy days, he was in?eetbr to none and
the skill and courage which ho displayed procured him
the jockeyship of the first horses of the day, from the
best of the breed of the celebrated John Hutchinson,
down to those 'of Mr. Watt. and Mr. Pere. He pos-
sessed great nerve, although-rather timorous at the first
onset. He bad a good seat and a good head: looked
well upon the saddle ; was strong in the arms, and
possessed the skill of reserving the powers of his horse
until the very moment when they were the most te-
quired, and when he brought them into successful
operation. Resolute and untiring, he possessed correct
judgment and discrimination ; and, increasing in courage
as the race became more desperate, he was yet averse
to pushing his horse beyond the reach of his physical
powers, and invariably acted with feelings of humanity
when he saw that the chance of winning was lost.
Jackson was the most successful rider in the St. Leger
-race ; and won that great event no less than eight times,
viz., in the year 1791, on Mr. Hutchinson's Young Tra.
yeller ; in 1794, on Mr. Hutchinson's Beningbrough ;
in 1796, on Mr. Cookson's Ambrosio ; in 1798, on Sir
T. Gascoyne's Symmetry ; in 1805, on Mr. Mellish's
Staveley ; in 1813, on Mr. Watt's Altisidora ; in 1815,
on Sir W. Maxwell's Fitho da Puta ; and in 1822, on
Mr. Petre's Theodore. Nor was his successful career

confined to the St. Leger ; for at other meetings be
won many of the principal stakes and matches in a matr-
terly style. To his other winnings of the St. Leger
would hive been added Mr. Watt's Blacklock, had he

not incautiously pulled him up, opposite the Grand Stand,
being confident all his competitors were defeated, and
not seeing the approach of Mr. Peirse's horse, Ebor, until

it was to; late to get Blacklock into his full stride again
in sufficient time, although he shot past Ebor as,seen
as he bad got beyond the post. Jackson was much
blamed for this ; but the fact was, that he did not see
Mr. Piersc's horse, and was, if anything, too confident of
the race, and checked his own horse when he ought
not, in that race at least, to have been checked at all.

But perhaps the most successful feat of Jackson was,
when he was appointed to ride Mr. Petre's Theodore
for the St. Leger, in 1822. Theodore, who bad run
successfully at two years old, was defeated a few weeks
previously to the decision of the St. Leger ; and from
being high in the betting scale, he was knocked down to
the lowest point. In proof of how much be had sunk in
public estimation, it need only be mentioned, that, on
the morning of the race, a hundred guineas to a walking
stick of the vahre of one shilling was laid against him,
and taken. Jackson was sadly mortified at his chance
for the race, and was very desirous of riding one
of Mr. Gascoigne's horses, either the colt or the
filly, and declared that he could win upon either
one or the other. But his chance was unalterably
fixed upon Theodore. The extraordinary success which
ensued will be seen. He was extremely low spirited
during the whole of the forenoon, especially when he
knew the state of the odds ; and at length grew rather
ill tempered. As the time drew near, he walked to the
ground with his saddle at his back, in no very enviable
frame of mind, and was weighed in due course. On
inquiring afterwards if any one had seen Mr. Petrc—or
his groom, or his horse—he was answered in the nega-
tive. He then proceeded into the field and repeated
his inquiries there with the like success. At length he
discovered a horse at the far side of the field, led by a
little stable boy. He thought that it must be his horse
Theodore. He trudged across the lands, and approach-
ing the boy said—" Is that Mr. Petre's horse, my boy ?"
" Yes, Sir," was the answer. " Bring him here,' said
the veteran, " and pull off his clothes directly ;" and
proceeded to adjust his saddle, to strip himself to his
riding dress, &c. The little boy assisted him to mount,
and be recrossed the field in the direction of the course.
When he was passing the rubbing-house, a gentleman
asked " What horse is that ?" " Mr. Petre's Theodore,"
said another. " What will you lay against him ?" "A
hundred guineas to one." " Done,"—" Done," and the
bet was booked. Jackson heard this, and looked not
very pleasant—in fact, he was mortified, and ill-tem-
pered ; and had, even previous to that, let Theodore
feel that he had his spurs on. But Theodore was all
alive, remarkably fresh, and ready for the struggle. In
fact, he had done little in the way of exercise since his
previous defeats, and was almost wholly disregarded.
Whilst parading in front of the grand stand, the
objects of universal notice were the first favourites
Mr. Watt's Mut:, and Marion, Mr. Gascoine's
colt and filly, Mr, Powlett's Swap, Mr. Riddle's The
Whig, &c. whilst Theodore was little noticed by any one.
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mediately. The pace was very fast, Jackson was sur-
prised at his own position ; and afterwards observed, in
allusion to this extraordinary race, that, " when we got
to the first crofts road, I had lost all my iil temper and
mortification—l turned my head for a moment—a crowd
of horses (twenty-twu) were close at my heels—the sight
was terrific—the speed was tremendous. Theodore

pulled hard, and I held him pretty tight,' now, my little
fellow,' said Ito myself, keep up this speed to the top of I
the hill, and I don't care a straw for the whole lot.' I
felt as strong as a giant, and the blood rusked merrily
through my veins—away we went—l was first over the hill,
and never headed in any part of the race." Imme-
diately after descending the bill, however, he eased hies
horse a little ; and was instantly on the look out for
sonic of the favourites. He could see that Swap, a
grey horse, was defeated. Not so the others. They
challenged him in turns, first Marion, then Gascoigne's
colt and filly, right, and left—then Muta,—then Gas-
coimne's again ; and here the skill and judgment of
Jackson were powerfully evinced. Theodore, peathaps,
partly frightened by the tremendous thunder at his
heels, still wanted to go further a head, but his rider so
continued to use his powers as not to waste them.
Challenge after challenge was given, and as often de-
feated. Jackson never suffered his horse to go much in
advance of the rest. Holding him with a firm hand,
but still going very fast, he only slackened the reins
when he was attempted to be coupled. " I could,'
said the veteran jockey, see head by head advance as
far as my boots on each side, and when I encouraged
Theodore forwards I could see head by head glide
backwards out of my sight, observing, to myself (said
he) Now, I think you are all done. 1 felt then that the
race was my own, as I heard the exhilarating sounds,
from the Grand Stand as I approached, Theodore—
Theodore—Mr. Petre—Jackson—Theodore wins,' '°
which he did is the most gallant and skilful manner by
nearly a length, to the perfect astonishment of all the
betting men and of the immense crowd of spectators
who honoured Jackson with three loud and hearty
cheers as he approached the scales to be weighed.
Jackson was highly praised by all parties for the
superior jockeyship—his caution, skill, resolution, and
correct judgment,—which he evinced in this extrordi-
nary struggle ; and as it was his last successful effort in
this far-famed and matchless race, it may be considered
as crowning all his exertions during a long, an interest-
ing, and eventful period of horse racing. He rode seve-
ral times afterwards ; but age was stealing silently upon
him. At that time he ci'ltivated the farm at Broom-
field, near Northallerton, and had a numerous faMily.
He afterwards occupied the Black Swan and St.
Leger Hotel ,in the same town ; and expired on the
sth instant in the 71st year of his age ; and has left
behind him a name, as a skilful and resolute jockey,
which will be long associated with the brightest events
recorded in the annals of the good old English cast=
of horse-racing.