Y A N K E E A N A . — T H E V E R Y L A T E S T. New York Atlas. " Go it ye pippins," as the man said when the horse was running away with the apple cart. TOM COOK'S L A S T . — A person boasting of being able to sing alto, tenor, or bass— Tom turned on his heel and said, " Yes, I know you can sing very high, very low, and very middling." FAULTS.— People are seldom perfect. When they think they have cured an imperfection, the evil principle will show itself somewhere else ; like a fat man in a tight pair of breeches-— no sooner has he mended the rip in the leg than they break out behind. INTENSE AFFECTION.—- Captain Beaver, of the Niagara Militia, was possessed of a duck so much attached to him, that the poor animal actually plucked and roasted herself forhisdinner, having previously catena quantity of sage and onions. A young gentleman, lately bathing in the Mississippi river, on observing some ladies suddenly approaching, instantly drowned himself from motives of extreme delicacy. JONATHAN IN ENGLAND.— A young lady hung herself up instead of her guitar, and did not discover her mistake till she found her music master screwing her up for" Love Young Dream." " Why is the letter D like a ring ?" said a young lady to her accepted lover one day. The gentleman, like the generality of his sex in such a situation, was as dull as a hammer. " Because," added the lady with a very modest look at the picture at the other end of the room, " because we can't be wed without it." Candidates for the Office of Royal Nurse, WKT 0R DRY VARIETIES. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.— There are at present in blow in the open garden at Kilmanahan Castle, some moss, cabbage, and Scotch roses, and a few double violets; also a pear tree in full blossom, and an excellent crop of arti chokes ( not Jerusalem.)— Cork Reporter. LATE STRAWBERRIES.— We have been favoured by Mr. Matthew Dalby, of Linton, near Weatherby, with a few fine specimens of ripe strawberries grown in the open air, without any covering or screen, and which for this time of the year may be considered a remarkable production.— York Herald. REMARKABLECASESOF LONGEVITY.— In the small parish of Amotherby, near Malton, out of a small population of 226 souls, there ate now living six individuals, whose united ages amount to no less than 524 years, averaging about 87 years each! One of these " patriarchs," namely, Francis Mewby, his age is 90 years; three of them. Thos. Baxter, John Beal, and Richard Kneeshaw, are 88 years each; and the other two, James Natrissand Thomas Woodcock, are 85 years each. Such an instance of longevity is of rare occurrence.— York paper. NATURAL CURIOSITIES.— On the 9th inst. Mr. Thos. Carey gathered several ripe raspberries ( rom his garden ill St. Osyth. It is singular that a fruit which generally ripens only under the influence of a summer's sun should come to perfection when exposed to the chilling blasts of November. Mr. Carey has at various times during the last mouth picked many others equally fine and ripe. A further proof of the mildness of the season was furnished us yesterday, by Mr. Clceve, of Rettendon Hall, who left at our office a dish of strawberries of the Alpine sort, which were grown in his garden in the open air. — Essex Herald. THE PRAISES Ot ISLINGTON. What village can boast like fair Islington town, Such time- honoured worthies, such ancient renown ? Here Jolly Queen Bess, after flirting with Leicester, j Undumpithed herself with Dick Tarleton her jester. Her Gallant gay Essex, and Burly Lord Burleigh, Sat late at their revels and came to them early; Here honest Sir John took his ease at his inn, Bardolph's proboscis and Jack's double chin. Here Finsbury archers disported and quaff'd, Here Raleigh the brave took his pipe and his draught; Here the Knight of St. John pledged the Highbury monk, Till both to their pallets reel'd piously drunk. [ From a truly auecdotical paper in Bentley's Miscellany. by George Daniell, the author of the " Modern Dunciad," a poem in every respect worthy of its great prototype.] SUPERSTITION OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. ( From I'Audience, Paris Journal). In running through the judicial annals of the 16th and 17th centuries, one is astonished at the number of miserable beings sentenced to undergo tortures on conviction of sorcery ; and what is not the least surprising in the matter is the serious air with which many authors attempted to prove the existence of their crime. The lawyers, the churchmen, and even the members of the senate, sliared this superstition with the people, and woe be to him who dared to maintain that sorcery was a chimera. His want of faith was sure to be punished by the deprivation of his liberty, or probably by death itself The most remarkable of the trials of this description, during this period was that of ten individuals residing at Brecy, in the Duchy of Berri. It became known throughout Europe, from the extraordinary circumstances and details which it brought to light. A man named Barthelemy Minguet, residing in the parish of Ste. Soulange, was accused by an individual named Roland, his neighbour, with having bewitched him by making him eat a black pudding, into which he had put a certain powder of diabolic composition. The friends and relations of Roland, seeing that' he was reduced to a state of Imbecility, believed this to have been produced by the act of Minguet, and went to him, beseeching him to go to the assistance of his victim, who continued incessantly calling for him, and declaring that he alone could cure him who had been the cause of his misery, After in vain protesting that tie had not bewitched the man, he at length appeased them by saying that he knew an infallible cure for the sufferings of his deluded neighbour. He thereupon prepared some broth in their presence, put it into ajar, and carried it tothe sick man. On the approach of Minguet, Roland jumped for joy at the idea of being released from his bewitchment. He swallowed the broth with great avidity, and almost immediately afterwards, to the surprise of all who surrounded him, he discharged a quantity of clotted blood from the nose, and thereupon recovered at once his health and his reason. The report of this cure soon spread itself throughout the neighbourhood, and every body said that the cure could be the work of none but a man leagued with the devil. The report was quite enough to point the poor fellow out to the officers of justice, and he was taken into custody carried before the authorities, and underwent the following examination :— What did you give tq the man Roland in the house of « " f h l ^ e r ^ Wellesly, and sure f i n e ' s : the ' same, barring, t h„ and hearing that a comfortable " and sober sort o f T • , * pPo^ putlautimon m » a* bbeeaauutti. ffuull ddaauugghhtteerr,, gstoooodd l al c„ k,, wto" o f the dry line y'r honour,) and niver drinks any and 11 swear niver to kiss the Royal darliu to instil into it's swate mind the principles ... ...... J uaue wouia have in me a pattern of Virtue, Religion, and Unbounded Modesty DAME BROOM-— If her Majesty desires an excellent Nurse for her little daughter, she would have one in me. The Diffusion ol rKonyoawl ilnedfagnet, iIn sLhooaudlidn gs aSyt, r imnyg s lomradd, e- d eumpoann dSs cai epnetrifsiocn Porfi ncthipalte ss. o r t ; totally divested of old worldly prejudices, tha" t ' s* h3e may conduct the DAME BURDETT— Ah ! my lord, if the choice fell upon me, the nation or her Majesty would not regret i t , " I am sure. I hate all your new- fang- led notions of nursing ; give me the good old Tory maimer of bringing up a child, that's the safest/, and as to my eha racter, you have only to ask any body about Westminster as to that. DAME N E W C A S T L E — I hope your lordship WILL SUA* — ~ satisfied. I always brings up wot children I lit MI S T E R MELBOURNE... My dear good old _ .,- •-, . . . . . . . . . . MAT you a r e a d a y too l a t e w i t h your applications. Nurses have been engaged. In left to the Baroness ( Lehzen) and a . , a... me. We were manods t haemr paluyg upsrte pMarae dn efeodr tmhye iinntsetraenstt ianngd esvpeencti. al Iant teshnodratn, cyeo. u know, I am au f a i t in SUCH matters. So, good day, l adi e s ; the Princess rr caimmscer as to t n a t . V » » to my c n a - • dship will just examine into my abilities as to a Nm- io r J In fact, a... a... the matter was left, J X ' « " ' l " . ^ I 0 " a. d a y « >° ^ e with your Gobaille ? only gave him a small piece of blackpudding. What did you put in the black- pudding?— Nothing whatever. It must have contained something deleterious, as Roland was taken ill directly after eating it ?— I know nothing of it. You must have put somethiug into the bioth also which you gave him, as immediately after taking' that he recovered, having got rid of through the nose, what had distressed his body ?— I put nothing into either. Did you see what came from Roland's nose?— Yes, I saw some clotted blood, How long is it since you were present at a meeting of witches?— I never was at any such meeting ; 1 know not what it is. By what means did you obtain your acquaintance and familiarity with the devil ?— I do not know what it is, and have never before heard of such a thing. ,, J The prisoner was here told that he could not be speaking truth; that it was impossible that he could do what he had done without such familiarity. He again replied that he had never had any connection with the devil, nor had he ever been to a meeting of witches. On what part ofthe body did the devil mark you ( continued the examiner) in order to know you as his own? •— I do not know anything about him, which I am ready to attest. The judge hereupon re- examined the witnesses, and confronted them with the prisoner ; after- wliich he ordered his head to be shaved and his nails to be pared, in order to discover whether the mark of his Satanic majesty was any where to be found. A barber surgeon was employed to perform this operation. As soon as the hair had been removed from the head by this functionary, a white mark was found near the crown of the head, into which the barber stuck a needle until the blood flowed from Hie puncture. The judge demanded of the prisoner how lie had come by this mark, and how it was that the insertion of theneedle did not cause him any pain. At length the poor man was compelled to confess that the devil had marked him on the head— that he was a sorcerer— and that he had been taken to the meeting of the witches by an uncle when at the age of ten years. He was next asked how long it was since he had been to the meeting of the witches, and replied that it was six months. Were you then alone ?— I was. The prisoner was again told that he could not be speaking- the truth, as he must have seen many other persons there whom he knew. The bewildered man remained a long time without making any reply to this assertion ; but at length said that he had seen several persons there whom he knew, and whose names he now mentioned. In what place was this meeting held the last time you were present ?— near Billeron. How did you go there?— I went on foot.'' Who gave you notice of the time of meeting?— The deviltwho came to me in the form of a black dog of the spaniel kind. How many times have you been to the meeting since you married ?— Three or four times, and always at the | same place. What form did the devil assume at the meetings?— He always look the form of a black spaniel. What ceremonies took place there ?— The devil told us, among other things, that we should always avenge ourselves of our enemies. Then he would produce a table, upon which he served a quantity of black meat, cooked at a fire mueli more red and bright than ordinary fires ; and every one partook of this meat. After the repast every one danced the rest of the night. Did the devil give you anything with which to be avenged upon your enemies ?— He gave us a powder which he himself prepared. n what way did the devil give you this p » \ vder?— He I whisked it out from his tail and told us to gather it up. Did he beat any of you ?— He only beat me once, and on this occasion presented himself in the form of a black man. Why did you not tell us this at first ?— I had not called it to mind. On being further, pressed Minguet was weak enough to say that his wife and sixteen other persons were present at the meeting of the witches, in consequence of which they also were apprehended. Of these eighteen individuals accused several were sentenced to death, and others banished for terms of years. One of the judgments recorded in an accusation of this kind is to the following effect:— All the circumstances having been considered, and counsel having been taken, we declare the above named prisoners convicted of the crime of sorcery— of having assisted at the witches' meeting, aud participated with the devil, and as a punishment for their crime we condemn them to do penance in their shirts before the church of St. Soulange, each holding a lighted torch in his hands, of two pounds weight, and there on their knees ask pardo of God, and of public justice. This being done, let the > be conducted to Billeron by the executive, and there hanged and strangled at the gallows erected for the. purpose; their bodies being dead, to be burnt to ashes. D E S U L T O R Y S K E T C H E S . _ _ " From grave to gag." NO. I I — R E M I N I S C E N C E S OF AN OUTSIDE FASSLNUER. ( Written for Cleave's Gazette.) Railroads are not for us,— we lack the personal interest that can be attached to horses, vehicles, and drivers.— What is it to be whisked along by huge fire- eating machines ? — we have no pride in them, now they have ceased to be marvellous, or new,— but the Sovereign, Defiance, Eclipse, • what a perennial freshness seems to hang about those names. A Stage Coach, in this age of fast- going, is ., dream— painted, glazed, and set on wheels; - ...> stic car, on which we may journey and see strange things. Whip me the man that, travelling, buries a thick head in a high coat- collar, and— sleeps ! or reposes in the still assurance that " all is barren." Our minds should be awake, and expectant;— who knows what prophetic intimations, what especial revealings, may bless the longing sight ? If we make a pedestrian ^ tour, - it is odd indeed if our thoughts bear not some tangible impress connected with the scenes we slowly wander through— we imbibe essentially something of the " genus loci"— we carry away definable association with the very dust on our toil- worn feet. But from a Stage Coach, we see everything as through a mist, darkling, or as some panorama which is long unravelling; — we scarcely admit our eyes to possess the perception of reality :— we see a picture beside us, before us ;— we identify ourselves, but vaguely, with anything in it;— we only bear one certain idea, whence we came, and whither we are tending. Like the philosophic Aeronaut, ipentiened in, some modern novel, we have ascended from earth we are* o/ jit, yet cannot believe ourselves on it. Our balloon is above the " smoke and stir of that dim spot." We are not vexed by the ' paltry current of air the whirlipg globe creates — we have attained our ultimate elevation— the world is passing from us— we shall alight when it has sufficiently proceeded in its diurnal revolution for our purpose ; — t/ teii shall we descend from our lofty flight— a meteor from the upper regions— a prince of the powers of the air. Let us suppose some line morning in October, so fair and mild, that every thing seems recalling the summer's aspect, — l'ain to forget the flawing skirts of autumn,— you are leaving . some town of— say fifty miles distance, for the Metropolis. Just in time to save your place— you hurriedly part with some dear friend-- scramble into the only vacant seat— mechanically east an enquiring glance at the " cattfeV quality—" All right." is the word, and off you are; atl Outside Passmger, ( we take for granted, in fair weather, of the male sex, and untroubled by rheumatics or stupidity, you must be an " outsider,'') on a well horsed, well. appointed'fast coach. Yon adjust yourself as comfortably au circumstance will permit— and then, it may be, feel sur « prised as the victim of a certain unmanly moistening of the eye. lid, which, though rather contrary to usual habit, and but slight in extent, sufficiently proves " The heart itself can never all grow old." W Seeking some relief fiftm this, however, you just turft round to the most conversationdnviting countenance beside you, venturing the true English salutation— some trite eommon- place on the weather, and receive for anstter a monosyllabic acquiescence, or an accommodating nod,—• neither affording encouragement for another attempt, and you wisely resign the task in despair. Still you are not precluded from pursuing your studies under Lavatcr, and many a dark sccret of temper, many a disagreeable trait u character, have you wrung already from those harsh faclaj lines— but, hold! you have been vulgarly fixing your eyes on lhat old gentleman's frontispiece this half hour— Man \ aiive, have done. I Now will we turn to nature's btesfed book not an un- I nstructive one. JCkere are many green fields, nearly as t green and pleasanf as the haunts of our own childhood there is the rich brown arable— and there are floating tints 1 harmonizing the " wide old woods" with all things, and all things with the blue sky. MSI^. fflffi} witchery is evoked for us. Pleasant cottagcs, too,-— and there is a charm even yet in the name, the " cottage homes of England"— the shrine at which a Hemans could consecrate a deathless pman. Nothing in the whole range of urban erections can we blend with such sweet ideas as the white- walled, almost flowerencircled, cottage; we do not mean the senseless architect, ural fopperies of modern taste, that affect the name of a rank they seem to despise— but the oottage, we fear, alas ! of the olden time. Ah! here is one— we hurry by it— yet not so swiftly that the mind cannot drink in its details. It is a momentary but deep inspiration. Our capacities are on the stretch. We brood a little over this vision— yes, there was a rose- tree clinging to that lowly dwelling, like love to unobtrusive purity; aye, and we remember those two exquisite lines of Coleridge, Low was our pretty cot! Our tallest rose Peep'd at the chamber window! We have often pictured to ourselves that one— that " window- peeping rose ; " it must have been of deep loveliness ; an incarnation of beauteous womanhood, not alone, but separate' from other forms of sweet delight; not of herself ihrust forward, but shedding around, such majesty and grace, that all retire in admiration— like the Moon, whose calm beauty the Iris worships, but at a distance. And many a glimpse is ours of lordly domains, palaces embosomed in " ancestral trees" and looking over some smooth lawn into the bosom of a smoother lake, or a broad pure river ; like Narcissus, seeking to reproduce images of its own loveliness and— pride. But we let not envy, in our abstraction, embrace our " neighbours house," besides, something of fresh interest appeals to our sense at the next turn of the road—' tis a hostelry— we must dispense a few hasty minutes with our dreamings, and steel our bosom- s against the damp atmosphere, and our hearts against the bright glances accompanying that something, and we wonder whether those eyes belong to the landlord's eldest daughter or his niece. We have overcome our reluctance to leave, but have not yet settled the question regarding those orbs. Now " a change comes o'er the spirit of cur dream"— the last change of horses, and the proximity to the " great wen" every moment more apparent, has transformed us Into a Don Cleofas, and this is our familiar— but he wields a thonged whip, and is neither deformed ner wears crutches, or he would not have received the sundry pleasant looks that have fallen to'his share from the roadside damsels; aye, even that cherry- cheeked neice or daughter about whom we were so interested i— but we are on debatable land. To how many an incident of every- day life have we become witnesses— little • vanities that fancy themselves hid from vulgar gaze— c fill inspections of the looking- p-' ass's surface, for it. is n vellous how solicitous your demure and your romping, your young and your old maiden, and man, too, are, that no flaw in that particular articled furniture shall remain undetected. People always seem to consider none but the blind can occupy a Stage Coach roof, unconscious that inquisitive travellers are whirling by their windows " Asmodeur— is that I " " As what, sir? I know nothing of modes, but had need about careful driving— turning to answer what 1 can't make out, I had nigh gone over that old woman." * * # . * * " Any luggage, sir ? " — " Coachman, sir ?" Yes, tha sound may dispel aught but the real necessity of disbursement. We seem tohave traversed time and space indefinable. And yet the very dew of some parting kiss may net have exhaled from our lips. We have some notion of an etheriai medium ; but we are now, at least, on terra firma. Good bye, companion pf my journey, good bye ! i\ H A R R I S , - care- • mar OT, WAVE'S GAZETTE OF VARIETY. WHIPS FOR A. PENNY. B Y M A R T I N DOYLE. [ Extracted from a promising new periodical entitled " The Irish. 1' ci Journal."] ' W H I P S for a penny :' ihis <-• y attracted my at'ention ; I looked about," and sasv a stout yonng man with a bundle of children's whip" under his arm. standing on a flagway, in Ludgate Street, in the centre of a group of little boys; who, if n<* wealthy enough to buy from hi< stock, were at least iipanimou ly disposed to do so. The whips, considering the price, were very neatly made ar. d cracked irelo lionsly, as the man took frequent opportuniti- s of proving, for the cadences of his almost continuous)/ repeated cry ' Whips for a penny, whips for a penny!' were emphatically marked by a timekeeping ' crack, crack,' to the delight of the juvenile luditavs. Carious to ascertain if this person would mee> such a demand for these Lilliputian whips as would afford him the means of living with reasonable comfort I watched his movements for nearly an hour, during whic 1 period he disposed of five or six of them. One of the purchasers, was a good natured looking woman, with a male child, about two years old, to whom she pr- sented the admired object. The infant, with instinctive per ception of its proper use, grasped the handle with his tiny fingers, anil promptly commenced a smart but. n > t very effective course of flagellation 0 » the bosom from which he derived his earlier aliment, to the infinite lie light of the doting mother. A fine boy, st' utting about in frock anil trousers, was next introduced by his nurse to the vender of thongs, and the first application of his lash was made to an unfortunate little dog which had be- n separated from his owner, and was at, this time roaming about in solicitude and terror, anil probably v; Hh an empty stomach, when Master Jack added a fresh pang to his miseries. A hardier customer came next, and flourished his whip the moment he bought it, at some weary anil frightened la- nbs which a butcher's boy was urging forward through every obstacle, with a bludgeon, towards their slaughterhouse. A half starved kitten, which had ventured within the threshold of a shop, where, in piteous posture, it seemed to crave protection and a drop of milk, caught the quick eye of a fourth urchin, just as he had untwisted his lash, and was immediately started from its momentary place of refuge by the pursuing imp. Afiith came up, a bigknowinglookingchap, about twelve years old, who, after a slight and contemptuous examination of them, loudly remarked to their owner, ' Vy, these ere vliip a'n't no good to hurt no vun,— I'm blowed hif they h;•-..' j You young tyrant; thought I to myself. I was moving J off in disgust, when a benevolent lookinggentleman came i up, and was about to buy one for the happy, open- conn- j tenanced boy, who called him uncle, w ien I took the liberty of pntting one of my forefingers to my nose, as the ncostre-. dy but quiet method of indicating my ties' to prevent the completion of his purpose. The gentlema:, took my hint at once", supposing, in all probability, that there was some mystery in the matter,— perhaps, that I wished to save him from the awkward con. otences of purchasing stolen goods, and walked away. S followed him, and overtaking him, touched the rim < :' my freaVer, as nearly as I could imitate the Loni'. o i . ode, and ct once said, ' My dear sir, excuse me for oo. ••(••,.,.{ mJ advice upon you, but as you have the organ ot bent- i lence strongly developed and your little nephew i< already indication of its future prominence, b '> » exercised, 1 thought it better # iat you should not put , whip into his hands, les^ his better feelings shou d counter- influenced. ' Look there,' continued 1 as we reached the steep part uf Hoi born Hill, ' see tti, pair of miserable horses endeavouring to keep their tootinj on the steep and slippery pavement; hear the ct>- .' am reverberations of the driver s whip, which heapplii so unmercifully to keep them from falling, by the most Voiced an I unnatural efforts : » ee them straining e v e muscle to drag along i heir burden, wh le they paitt from pain, t ri or, and exhaustion ; look at the frequent vc- lt on their poor skins. Depend upon it, reives had a penny whip for his first plaything.' gentleman looked rather earnestly at ' me. ' You a> e right, sir,' said he ; ' early imitation in the modes ot cruelty,' ' Precisely,' said I. ' The boy- child is taii- ht to terrify any animal that comes within his reach, as - oon as he. is able to do so; his parents, sponsois, nurses, friends, aie severally disposed to give him for his first present a toy whip, an I he soo acquires dexterity in using it. Man, naturally overhearing and cruel, is rendered infinitely HIO e so by education. He first flogs his wooden horse ( the little boy pricked up nis ears, anil I hope will retain theimp ession of what passed, j and then his living pony or donkey, as the case may be ; he whips everj thing that crosses his vvny ; and even at the little birds, which are happily beyond the reach ol his la h, he flings stones, or he rMis thein of their young, for the mere satisfaction of rendering them miserable.' • Aye, sir,' said the gentleman, ' and he becomes a sportsman in course of time, and flogs his pointers, set ters, and hounds, for pursuing their instincts,— he becomes their tyrant. He goes to one of our universities, pei haps, and drives gigs, tandems and even stage ccache,, without knowing how to handle the reins; he blunders, turns corners too sharply, pulls the wiong rein, diverts the well trained horses from their proper course, which they would have critic ally pursued but tor his interference ; nearly oversets the vehicle by his awkwardness, and then, as if to persuade the lookers on that the fault was not his, he belabours the poor brutes to the utmost of his power; or it may he, lays on the thong merely for practice until he is proficient; enough to a ply it knowingly. Are the horses tired,' continued he, ' worn out in service ? — he flogs to keep them alive, and mak- s a boast of his ingenuity in forcing a jaded set to their journey's end, by establishing a raw, and torturing them there.' ' Depend upon it," said I , ' such a chap had whips for a penny when he was a child.' ' Quite so,' said my companion ; ' you have put this matter before me in a new point of view.' Here we were startled by the familiar sound of the coach whip, and saw a stage driver flogging in the severest stye, four heated, panting, and overpowered horses, coming in with a heavily laden coach ; the la h was perpetually laid on ; even the keenest at thedraught were flogged, that they might pull on the rest, and the less poweiful were flogged to keep up with them. The coachman, no doubt, when a child, had his share of whips for a penny. When he grew up and entered upon his vocation, he perhaps, at first, compassionated the horses which he was obliged to force to their stages in a given time ; he might have had his favourites among them too ; and yet often and severely tested their powers of speed or endurance ; and at length, as they became diseased and stiff in the limbs, and broken winded from overwork, he may have satisfied himself with the reflection, that the fault * as not iis, that his employer ought to have given him a better team, and that it was a shame for him to ask any coachman to drive such rum una. Habit renders him callous; he does not now feel for the sufferings of the wretched animals he guides and punishes : nay, she often coolly takes from the boot- box the short handled Tommy, which is merely the well grown and sever r whip of the species which his employer and himself had useA in childhood, when thoy both bought whips for a penny, and lays it as heavy » s his vigorous arm empowers him, on one of' the worn out wheelers, which unhappily for tha nselves hfe within range of its infliction. The hackney coach men and cabmen too, ' Though oft I've heard good judges say It costs more for whips than hay,' " are not much worse than their more consequential brethren of the whip, all of theiw consider the noble creature subjugated by their power, and abused most (. Timmally through their cruelty, as a mere piece of machinery, to be flogged along like a top as long as it can > ie kept going. We reached the upper end of one of the numerous lanes leading from the Thames; five splendid horses were endeavouring to drag up a heavy waggon load of coals ; but as the two first turned into the street at right angles to the others, they were nnt aiding those behind them. Being stopped in their pi ogress for some » .< nS, by a crowd of coaeties. chaises, cabs, car*"? arid omnibuses, the labour of keeping the waggon on the spot it had a r^ ady attained, and which wa- steep and slippery, rested upon the three hinder horses. At length the team was pat in motion af the leading ones being u eiess in sill- cession as they turned to the angle of the street, and ju- t at the critical point when the whole enormous draught rested on the shaft- horse, the wag soner, taxing its strength beyon I i'S capability, struck it with the whip. The noble brute made one desperate plunge to execute his tyrant's will, and fell, — dead upon the pavement. ' I think,' said my companion, ' that we have had a good lesson upon >> hips to day; I should prefer any other gift for my little boy liere ; for though it may be urged tuat he, like the rest ot his sex at the same age, would merely make a noise with a whip, and would inflict no serious pain, I am bound to bear in mind the actual fact, that with the very sound of a whip is associated in the imagination of all domesticated animals, the apprehension of pain ; that they are terrorized when they hear that sound, even through a child s hand, and I must, therefore, conclude that this symbol of cruelty should not be hi- plaything." I agreed with him fully, and as our business lay in different directions, we parted at Blackfriar's Bridge, not however, until my companion of the hour had handed me his card of address. Tiiis was an act o unexpected compliment, which I could not return exactly iu the same way ; I told him that I had never written my name on a visiting card in my life, but tiiat I was Martin Doyle, at his service, and a contributor to the new Irish Penny Journal, just started in Dublin. "' Is cot Dublin,'' said he, " in Ireland?" I stared. " 1 believe," added he. " that Ireland is a pretty place.'' 1 wished the geographical gentleman a rather hasty farewell. As I walked on, I pondered on the many other instances it; which the whip is an object of terror or tyranny. First, I thought of the Russian Bride meekly offering a horsewhip to her lord as the token of her submission ( to the infliction of his blows, whenever it • night suit his temper to bestow such proofs of tenderness upon her, and of the perpetual system of Hog. nation, which, as we are told by travellers is exeicisedin ihe dominions of the great autocrat upon wives, chil- , servants, and cattle. I thought of French pos ; i! lt is,— flagellators of the first order, at least as far as j ' cracking without intermission testifies; and, finally, of the British horse- racer.' 1 ' . orses high in mettle, ardent in the course, without a oiimulus of any kind, strugg'e neck and neck for victory, they approach the winning post ; one jockey flogs more powerfully than his compeers; the agonized horse his fearful efforts, is lifted as it were from the ground by two or three desperate tvvinings ( the stabbing at the sides is but a variety of the torture) of the cutting whalebone round his flanks ; and at the critical instant, making a bound, as it were to escape from his half- flayed skin, throws his head forward in his effort, half a yard beyond that of his rival, who has had his share of tor- \ ture too, aud is declared the winner,— of what ? a gold / handled prize whip, which is borne away in triumph by itlie owner of the winning horse ! To be sure, he pockets some of that which i- so truly designated the ,'' root of all evil;' but the acquisition of the whip is the Wlistinguished honour. :' Aud how does this whip, in reality, differ, from any ; » of the whips for a penny ? It is of pure gold and whalej- borie; the others ate but of a painted stick and the i? cheapest leather; yet they are both but P L A Y T H I N GS j ; e one in the hand of a man, who has spent, it . may be, his patrimony, and as much of his time in the enthe fellow who j ,! ea/ our to win it, while he attaches no real or intrinsic Til" f. >• j to it afterwards; the other, in the hand of the irilil, to whom it appears a real and substantial prize. • jockey mad is not a whit more rational in this repect than the hoy who bestrides his hobby- horse, and flourishes his penny whip. Then succeeded to my imagination a far more brutal scene, the steeple- chase. A horse is overpowered in a deep and heavy fallow; he is flogged to press him through it; he reaches a break. neck wall ; a desperate cut of the whip sends him flying over it; again, again, he puts forth his streng h and speed, and fal s and rises anain at the instigation of the whip. He comes to a brook ; it is too wide for his failing power* and there is a rotten and precipitous hank at the other side ; he shudders and recoils a moment, but a tremendous lash, worse tli. ui ihe dread ot drowning, and the goading of the spur, force him in declaration to the leap; his hind feet give way on the landing side ; he falls backward ; his spine is broken, and, at length, a pistol bullet ends his miseries. In a word the donation o f ' whips for a penny' to any' child, fairly starts him on the first stage of cruelty ; and if, from peculiarity of temperament oi^ thie restraining influence of the beneficent Creator ( who, though he Jia* allowed man to have dominion, and has put uniler his feet a 1 sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field, lias withheld from huh the authority to abuse His privilege), the child grows into the man who is merciful to his beast, the merit is not due 10 the injq( lii^ ious pe H so who first presents him with his mimic whjuin infancy, " m Mahwb — is not so happy in the Drunkard," as u< ual, but we will endeavour to, usellhe lines at our first opporftjtuniti/. Dramaticus' note has been handed over to our theatrical critic, to whom he may (' if he please) transmit the first portion of his intended communication, which, if not approval, will be returned to him. J. L. G.— Under consideration. Z. can hare no idea of what constitutes " versification," much le" Poetry. An Apprentice ( BlackheathJ 1. " Equal union of all," the motto of the United States of America, and selected by ' Mr. (' leave as the distinguishing mark of the Gazette, and other works published by him, from admiration of ihe free institutions of that noble republic. 2. Our friend, Richardson, wai convicted at the Liverp ol A- stzes, and sentenced to nine month imprisonment, upon an indictment charging him with " seditious conspiracy,, attending unlawful assemblies, and uttering seili ious speeches a t Manchester." The conviction bears dale the 2ith March last, we, therefore, presume that he will be liberated on the 26th of December next. Every honest democrat will ivi'h liim the e ijoyment of a " merry Christmas." 3. The " Bet- hnal Green Chartists" have received an official notification that the prosecution which the Government instituted against them has been withdrawn. , Received for Mr. Vincent from Mr. Jameson ( 2 df 2s. 6 ti. i Mr. Harding, 2s. 6d. ; Mr. Humphry, Is. ; Mr, H. D. Griffiths, bs., being the amount of penny subscriptions. List may be seen at our office ; Mr. Humphrey, 6d. ; Mr. Tagg, per Mr. Watson, fid. Impnsoned Chartists.— Mr. Meihews, 6d.; from a few Friends of Liberty in Gra'f s- mn- lane, ( first collection J For Mr. O'Bnen.— A Friend, fid.; Mr. Humphrey, 6d. THEATRICAL GAZETTE. < The Play- The Play's the thing.' C O V F . N T GARDEN.—- Madame Vestris has, at length, succeeded, to a great extent, in giving what many Managers of less taste h ive signally failed in— a ' local habitation'to the ' 91 idsummer Night's Dream:' that most evanescent combination of the real and the faerie. We think there is little iluubt Shakespeare intended all his to be ' acting plays,' but in this one of, if not the most visionary ministering of his inventive genius, we are at a loss to reconcile stage appearances with outprevious conception on reading the play. Even Boitom the weaver was to us etherialized by his contiguity to the Fairy Queen, and we half expected to see even him like Milton's angels, ' smooth sliding without step.' But our wandei ing fancies must not preclude us from expressing our pleasure at being eye- witness to Madame V's exquisite personation of Oberon.— Mrs. Waiter Lacy, the Titania. evinced much talent of a delightful kind. Mrs. Nisbett's llermia, was full of tender feeling. Miss Coeper's Helena likewise deserves much praise. Harley could not, perhaps, assume such a character without producing good humour in his audience— but he was not THE Bo'lom— he wanted self importance, of a solid kind ; instead of the mercurial flippancy of a French Valet. tyr. Vining was the Demetrius; Mr. Biiridal, the Lt/ sander, and the ' quadruple alliance,' NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Business of importance has so much engaged our attention of late, that a mass of correspondence has accumulated upon us. We now select such as appear to us worthy of notice, and consign the remainder to our waste- paper box. " The population of London at different periods," shall be insert d in " doe season." The long tale, entitled " Edgar and Caroline," is declined. T. J.— IVe hare no time for searching a file of the Gazette, but the information desired would doubtless be Ol> i « itied upon addressing a line to the Editor of the " Penny Mechanic." A Fool.— The person ioho has favoured us upon several occasions, with a string of conundrums, ( aid such like trifles,) having neglected to attach his signature, we supply the omission ; and that will suffice for an answer. If " A Working Man" possess any influence over his friend, he will dissuade him fom becoming the dupe of as vile a schffhe, as was ever concocted by an unprincipled gang of hypocritical emigration swindlers. We much regret that we cannot afford space for afn. il ei/ mm e of the nefarious projects of this kind, by which kindreds of the industrious classes are annually fleeced of their hard earned savings. Every line of the " Prospectus" enclosed in our friend's letter, bears the impress of gross humbug. A Constant Reader is thanked. The charades, § c., are not however very original. F . A. Kentish.— We have not been enabled to give more than a cursory glance at the " introductory Letter, addressed to Sir F. liuxton, on the frightful honors of Modern Slavery as practised by the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association, in their mines at Gongo Soco." We have read, however, sufficient to convince us, that if but a tithe of the statements made by Mr. K. approximate to truth, the perpetrators must be a set of incarnate demon* rather than human beings ; and the British Legislature has been a party to the swindling their constituents out of twenty millions of money, under the pretence of abolishing Slavery. II. W. T. ( Manchaster.)— It is a great pity that our correspondent should have searched " family manuscripts" in order to prove that poetical talent does not exist in either ancestor or descendant. ^ Quince, Snout, Staiveling and Snug, ' alike, but O, how different,' by Messrs. Bart ey, Meadows, Payne, and F. Mathews— all most respectable performances. The Dresses and Scenery were respectively splendid and delightful. The Music formed a brilliant feature in the attraction, and our ears yet ring with delight at hearing Madame Vestris and Miss Rainforth give that sweetest of duets,—' I know a bank.' Madame Vestris has announced ' Midsummer Night's Dream,' four times a week for the present. ADELRHI.- - The only novelty sin. ee our last notice, has been a travestie of the. ' Beggar's Opera; the male Characters being personated by ladies; the female vice vena. Mrs. Keeley was the Captain Mac heath; ami the usual archness Qt" her demeanour grafted on a manly swagger, res'derecl part- pleasingly, but not boisterously_ dr^ ll. Paul Bedforcfas Polly Peachum, enveloped in a robe of white satin, had need to be seen by the lovers of the ludicrous. To the performers generally— praise must jie awarded for their spirited endeavours to make the piece tell. The daily- journals termed this' a novel idea,' but we have some notion that a similar'transmigration' was effected or attempted in the time of Mrs. Mountain, We must, however, confess to not having any ' penchant' for such pieces. We long to witness the production— either revivals or originals— of the class of ( beautiful domestic dramas, for wliieh the Adelphi has been so noted and is so fitted. VICTORIA.—- The Lessee of this Theatre appears perfectly cognizant of the importance of Shakspeare's trite, but oft quoted declaration, that ' there is' a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.' The " Wizard of the Wave' turned the tide of popularity in his favour, and continues to sail on its triumphant course. During the past week Captain Ratcliffe launched ( to keep up the nautical metaphor) a new built little bark, adinirahly manned by a crew of witches to consort with the renowned ' Wizard,' This novelty is entitled, the Young Waterman's Society : or, the Ramlan Club, and presents us. with a good reckoning of fentale sailors, ( fresh water ones of course), who are evidently quite at home upon the boards, and whose ' sarvice' will, doubtless, bring many a ' shot' to their commander's ' locker.' It is almost superfluous to add, that it was hailed by the plaudits of a gratified audience. We cannot sufficiently laud the beautiful Sylphide Dance, introduced by Mademoiselle Goodherliam, the Dame de Ballet of this establishment. The first representation of Sir E. Eulwe. r's new comedy of * Money,' which was announced for Saturday last, has been postponed, inconsequence of the indisposition of Mr. Strickland. Miss Ellen Tree and Charles Kean have been ' starring' at Liverpool with immense success. BRAHAM.— Intelligence has been received of the arrival of this veteran vocalist in the United Slates, where it is • calculated' that he will make a ' tarnation good hit.' Cheerfully though we may endure persecution in a good cause, we covet not the honours of martyrdom. We know that, notwithstanding we are at liberty to comment upon the past, and even anticipate the future, yet the present is a seated book for vs. In the liberality of their hearts, the enlightened legislators of this free empire permit us to ' go thus far— but no farther.' Yes, the past and future may be ours, but the present is claimed exclusively by our stamped — the slavery stamped— contemporaries of the ' broad sheet.' Well, be it so. We will not venture to rob them of their privilege, and, in good sooth, we envy them not. YVe abhor the party bickerings— the disgusting personal contentions— the vituperation,, and the unblushing falsehoo-' s in which they delight. The stamped organs of either faction may continue as industrious as ever at the work of defamation— they may continue to convince the world that they are ' rogues all,' without dread that we of the ' unstamped' will disgrace ourselves by any intermeddling with their paltry squabblings. We have no desire thus to pollute the columns ( nor to insult the good sense of the readers) of the GAZETTE Our political sympathies are not for the factions of the day. Politics in our vocabulary has a far nobler signification than this. With us it is a science; the science which teaches us how to extend the intellect, encourage the moral principles, and promote the happiness of the great mass of the community. To this— and to this only— we are content to devote ourselves. But ( it may be asked.) what connection has all this with ' Chartism— its objects and tendency r' Much. The preceding remarks are by no means irrelevant to the litle of our ariicle. We will show that our definition of the pur port of true rational politics, ( as opposed to the newspaper politics of such journals as the Times, Chronicle, et. hoc genus), and tile objects sought to be attained by Chartism, are synonymous. We will not indulge in any observations of our own in maintenance of this position, but will substantiate it by Ihe testimony of two virtuous, noble minded men, who shrunk not from persecution when truth was to be upheld • men, to whose purity of motive and integrity of character, even a base hireling press has been unwillingly compelled to bear witness. The reader will, doubtless, anticipate our intention of quoting from the recently published work entitled ' Chartism; A New Organization oi the People, & c.;' written in Warwick Gaol ' by William Lovett and John Collins.' Although we in a previous number earnestly reconmern ed the work in question to the attention of our readers, and would fain hope that the majority of t'aem have already become intimate with its contents ; yet, if the sub joined extra- t from the introductory pages, induce such of them as have hitherto neglected to obtain the pamphlet itself, to do so without further delay, we shall have ' done some service to the state.' The ' prison thoughts' of William Lovett and John Coll ns contain no party bias to mislead us— there is neither deceit nor mystery— the work deals not in cant or sophistry— it is eloquent, as truth and reason always are— it speaks in a language known to ail hearts, and felt and appreciated by all who revere virtue, and justice, and liberty It is a lesson which ought to be conned over by the oppressor, and whose counsel should be listened to by the oppressed. This digres sion was due to patriotism so exalted— so disinterested — as that which distinguishes Lovett and Collins, and now let thern show what true politics are, or in other words, what is * Chartism— its objects and tendency. " The spirit which has awakened, pervades, and moves the multitude, is that of intellectual inquiry. The light of thought is illumining the minds ot the masses kindled by the cheap publicalions, the discussions, an^ l mi. Hinys of the last ten years'; a tig' ELEVENTH A N N U A L IMl'ltLSSlONThis day is published, price One . Shilling, ZADK1KLS ALAI.- VN'ACK, anil; Herald » f Astrology, for 1841: containing an increased number of General Predictions of the WARLIKE EVRNTS -^ OW AT iiANr>: Accounts of the Weather in England, anil of Storms, & c. Abroad; Review of Books on Astrology, & c.: the usu& f List of Fulfilled Predictions; and Ephemeris of the Planets' Longitude", & c.; also the Nativity of Napoleon. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, Paternoster Row. Just published, price Five Shillings, cloth, the Second Edition of the GRAMMAR OF ASTROLOGY; CONTAINING all things necessary to calculate and'judge a Nativity, with a n A p p e n d i x . By ZABKIEL. This work coniains the Nativity, worked put in full, of Lord Byron's " Ada:" and in the first edition this lady's marriage " Was accurately foretold by the rules of the Science^ foAstrology. Also - v* ULLY'S FAMOUS INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY. New Edition, g r e a t ^ m p r o v e d , and reduced in price from 14s. to 10s. 6d- London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster Row. CLE AVE'S GAZ( ETTE OF VARIETY. LONDON. SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 1840 C H A R T I S M — I T S O B J E C T S A N D T E N D E N C Y . However closely the heading which we have selected for our present article may appear to approximate upon the ( to us) forbidden topic of the political princip es or opinions of the day, our readers need not apprehend that we shall afford the Prosecutor General an opportunity of visiting us with his tender mercies. ht ibhich no power run extinguish, nor control its vivifying influence For the spark once struck is inextinguishable, and will go on extending and radiating with increasing power thought will generate thought; and each illumined mind will become a centre for the enlightenment of thousands, till the effulgent blaze penetrates evencranny of corruption, and scare selfishness and injust. ce from their seats of power. Chartism is an emanation of this spirit : its aim is the regeneration of all, the subjugation of none; its objects, as righteous as those of its opponents are wicked and unjust, are to place our institutions on the basis of justice, to secure labour its reward and merit its fruits ; and to purify the heart and nctifythe conduct of all, by knowledge, morality, and love of freedom. Discord and folly have lo some extent unhappily prevailed, for'the want of sufficient investigation ; but still Chartism has already been led by knowledge beyond the crushing influence of irresponsible and vindictive persecutors ; and though prejudice and faction may contend with it for a season, it is yet destined to become a great and efficient instrument of moral and intellectual improvement. It will be well, therefore, for all those who seek the happiness and prosperity of their country— who seek to enjoy the fruits of honest industry, to extend their hands and exercise their hearts in acts of benevolence and humanity— to make wiser preparations; to meet this growing spirit than are advised in the arming proclamations, and found in the acts of whiggery. Our rulers may exasperate by coercion, but they will find it powerleas in conquering the minds and subduing the hearts of the millions ; of mffn who, tracing their burthens to exclusive legislation, are determined to obtain their just share of political right at any sacrifice. Those who madly rule the destinies of England may adopt the same policy their equally insane precieces- ors pursued towards unhappy Ireland; and like them may succeed in widening the gulph between rich and poar, and severing those feelings of justice and humanity wh ch ought to unite man with his brother man. They may extend their blue- coated gend'urtnerie from town to viilage ; they may fortify with soldiery every workshop, and convert the peaceful hills and dales of England into one great arsenal, to keep the haughty and extravagant few in possession of unjust po « erand domination ; but in the maddened attempt they will throvv back the rolling tide of intellectual and civilizing refinement; they will generate a military, suspicious, cunning, and vindictive spirit in the people, which, with taxation, oppression, want, and misery, will afford abundant materials for the storm of a frenzied and desolating revolution. But will the spirit of Christianity, philosophy, and justice permit ol these results ? Will those whose active charity has caused them to explore, midst dangers and death, the remotest tent and wildest glen to instruct the mind and humanize the savage heart, forbear to exercise their benevolence in favour of their care- worn brethren at home? Shall Christian eloquence be employed against every species of slavery, but such as is found in the fields, the factories, and worshop9 of Britain ? Will those who esteem all mankind as ' brethren, and all the nations of the earth as one great family'— whose golden rules of Christian duty are based on principles of brotherly love, equality, and justice, permit these glorious principles to be outraged by men of wealth and power, merely because they profess to tolerate the teaching of principles they Once persecuted and still scorn to practise ? Will the followers of him who ever denounced extortion and njustice, and proclaimed that the poor and oppressed were the especial objects of his mission, remain silent spectators of oppression and injustice? Will the teachers and preachers of his inspired precepts be so far forgetful of their duty, as to side with the exclusive and oppressive few, whose ambitious projects and mercenary designs have converted earth's fruitful blessings and man's happiness into the curses of war, destruction, and misery .'— with men who, not satisfied with the black record of the last hundred and fifty years of blood and human wretchedness, the curse of which still crushes us to earth,* are still pursuing the steps of their fathers, in warring against the rights and liberties of humanity ? Can Christians read of those scenes of blood and carnage which exclusive legislation has engendered without horror? Can their imagination depict the fraudulent means by which fathers, husbands, and brothers have been torn from their families and homes, to bleed and die midst hecatombs of victims, without feeling the virtuous desire to remove the unholy and brutalizing cause 1 But these, say the advocates of exclusiveness. are the acts of days past, of scenes conscientiously lamented, and never to be renewed by any government. Friends of peace and humanity, trust not these deceitful boasters ; hug not the specious deception to your hearts, but rather let the violated rights, the burning cottages, the 6lain, unburied, brutedevoured victims in Canada be their answers. Nay, refer them to ominous truths nearer home, and let the formidable answers to our supplications for ' justice,' in the shape of rifle brigades, mortars, rockets, and bludgeon men, convince you of the improved feelings of exclusive and class legislation. The black catalogue of recorded crimes which all history deve loped, joined to the glaring and oppressive acts of every day's experience, must convince every leflective mind that irresponsible power, vested in one man or in a class of men, is the frii'tful source of every crime. For men so circumstanced, having no curb to the desires which power and dominion occasion, pursue an intoxicating and expensive career, regardless of the toiling beings who, under forms of law, are robbed to support their insatiable extravagance. The objects of their cruelty may lift up their voices in vain against their oppressors, for their moral faculties having lost the wholesome check of public opinion, they become callous to the supplications of their victims. Irresponsible, except to their own order, and equally extravagant and regardless, are those who now hold the political power of England. The working classes, therefore, having long lelt the evils resulting from this irresponsible authority, in the partial laws they have enacted and unjustly executed in the partial and overburthening taxation they have imposed upon them, and in the insolence of those who live on the plunder they have exacted, seek to establish a wholesome aDd R E S P O N S I B L E G O V E R N M E N T , such as shall develope the energies and promote the happiness of all classes in the state. And it remains to be seen whether the generous and philanthropic minds with which our country abounds will second these exertions. Whether those who are really intent on reforming vice will perceive the necessity for beginning at the root of the evil, having so often felt the difficulty of improving the plant by merely trimming its branches. And still more difficult will assuredly be their efforts, morally and socially, to improve the people of this country, while the present anomalous system of representation is permitted, with all its demoralizing influences. While we see virions examples of bribery, fraud, perjury, and intemperance held forth, in all their admitted baseness and public notoriety, as means by which the post of ' honour' and seat of ' justice' may be obtained ; thus sapping the very vitals of morality, by diverting the aspiring minds of our country from the just and honest pursuit of public estimation and public reward. While by far the greater number of our legislators begin their political career by the adoption of such unworthy means, can we be surprised at the corrupt, unfeeling, and often immoral conduct, so many of them display, or wonder at the varied and multitudinous crudities they dignify with the name of laws? And when the effects of all these corrupting and pernicious influences are seen and felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, engendering poverty, vice, and crime, are we not justified in directing the public mind to the attainment of political reformation, as the most certain and direct means of ail moral as of all social reformation." It is probable that we shall again revert to a theme so pregnant with reflection as the above. * The war of lt> 88 lasted nine years, and £ cost, at the time 36,000,000 Borrowed to suppnrt it, twenty millions, the interest on which, in 152 years, at three and a half pe; cent, amounts to+ . . 106,400,000 The war of tile Spanish succession lasted eleven years, and cost . . . . 02,500,000 Borrowed to support it, thirty- two and a half millions; the interest, in 127 years, 1 amounts to 144,462,500 • The Spanish war, ending in 1748, lasted nine years, and cost . . . . 54,000,000 Borrowed to support it, twenty- nine millions; the interest, in 102 years, amounts to . 103,530,000 The war of 1756 lasted seven years, and cost 112,000,000 Borrowed to support it, sixty millions; the interest, in 77 years, amounts to . . 161,700,000 The American war lasted eight years, and cost 136,000,000 Borrowed to support it, one hundred and four millions ; the interest, in 65 years, amounts to 236, COO, 000 The French revolutionary war lasted nine years, and cost 464,000,000 Borrowed to support it, two hundred and one millions ; the interest, in 38 years, amounts to . . . . ' . 267,330,000 The war against Buonaparte lasted twelve years, and cost 1,159,000,000 Borrowed to. support it, three hundred ar. d eighty- eight millions; the interest," in 25 years, amounts to . . . . 339.500 000 £ 3 383,022,500 To which amount must be added the increase of army, navy, civil list, hnlf- pav, pensions, & c., which, » ithin the above period, have been enormous ; ihe value of British merchant vessels and their cargoes ciptured and destroyed, or wrecked by being deprived by those wars from access 10 friendly ports; and the enormous sums raised by poor- rates and charity which have been applied to mitigate the ca. lamities those horrible wars have occasioned. The estimated number of British alone slain or perished in the war ending in 1097 In the war which began in 1702 I11 the war which began in 1739 Tn the war which began in 1756 In the American war in 1775 In the French war began in 1793 180 000 . 250,000 . 240,0110 . 250,000 . 200.000 700,000 The above note is compiled trom various sources. - t- The lowest rate of interest has beencomiiutated, and that from the conclusion of the war. OT, WAVE'S GAZETTE OF VARIETY. T H E F A C T O R I E S R E G U L A T I O N A C T. NO. i n . SINCE we wrote our ast article on this subject, we have been favoured with the sight of a few letters from the late M I C H A E L THOMAS SADLER to his friend RICHARD OASTTLER. We have been permitted to take extracts. They contain sentiments at once honourable to the living and the dead ; we should neglect our duty to both, if we failed to avail ourselves of this kind offer from the friend of SADLER. Though he be dead, we would che rish his memory, as we honor his disinterested philanthropy. ' He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.' We are sure that our leaders will be glad to become acquainted with the sentiments and feelings of such a man, communicated in confidence, as they were to his sincere friend. These extracts exhibit the spirit in which SADLER entered upon the great « uestion of Factory Slavery. Some of them afford a melancholy proof, that the Satanic spirit by which he was persecuted, weighed most heavily on his susceptible iind tenderly benevolent mind. Perhaps these words of SADLER may now be read by some of his persecutors ;— if so, we envy them riot the pleasure they will derive, from the certainty that their arrows pierced their victim's heart. Fain would we hope that their remorse may lead to their sincere repentance. We shall take the extracts in their course, and continue them in our future numbers : — " London, Sept. 1st. 1831. " I need not inform you, that I not only concur with M-. Hobhouse's Factory Bill ; bur, as 1 have expres- cd to him over and over again, 1 go much beyond it. Had he not taken it up this Session, 1 should have d ne so, as my views and feelings are very strong, tipon that subject; and II have made calculations and published them in my bo « k upm Ireland, showing the excessive mortality & c. that the infamous and unnatural Factory system occasion*. " I have been, within these few days past, urging a pro ' vision for the poor of Ireland, and was beaten by 12 only— which, even the ministers themselves, acknowledge to IK> a defeat. I hope, and indeed tVel sure, that you will be w> th me upon this point. On this day fortnight, I k > f e to lay betore Parliament, a Ion* considered plan, to the bettering the condition of the labouring poor of th s country : on * hich I think, also, we should agree. My greatest toss is, that I have no energetic friend like yourself, at my eloow, to prompt and encourage me in these endeavours." " London, 20< h Sept. 1831. ** I cannot refrain from thinking you most deeply tor the kind interest you take in a subject just started in Leeds, re latino to so humble an individual as myself.* " No man living can be more conscious how humble are his claims to any distinction of the nature contemplated ; iudeed, I am distressingly conscious of that fact, and am only cheered by the thought, that my earnest wish is, to belter the condition of the oppressed and degraded pari of my fellow creatures, and especially those, whose cause you nave so generously and painfully ad vacated." « • London, Sept. 22,1831. s< I am entirely with you on all the important topics you mention— and tbev are the mo t important tothe cm try, of any that can be mooted , and I take up not one of t'tem fro n personal considerations,— for the first time, or for electioneering purposes,— a course which I am sure you w- uld despise me, if you thought nie capable of adapting. Being in some mea ure however' embarked,' i must go forwards j but I lo si with the deep ( I mty say distressing) conviction" of my " wn weakness and unw > rthiness, which are not words of course with me, but which I feel deeply, and yet know that I do not feel enough. A< Accept my best thanks for your kindness, and for that energe- ic friendship which you. I know, are exercising in my behalf. I have very few recommendations in my favor, and those are simply, an earnest wish to better the condition of the inlustrious* classes, ( who, between ourselves, have been shamefully neglected and in some cases cruelly depressed,) joined with a full determination to attempt the task. " [ thank you most deeply for your concluding advice— I need it greatly. May my motives be kept single, and my conduct upright and humble! Indeed, I have more temptations arising from despondency and want of confidence, at this moment, than vanity or pride which would ill become me; having no pretensions whatever to any thing that could make me proud. The happy medium, is, what religion alone can give : I have of this, a little— may God increase it; that is His gift, and the most precious one He bestows. ' " The Mill owners, I am aware, are very powerful in Leeds. I meditate nothing but what I think would be for their interest, properly understood, if carried into full effect ; nothing that I would not gladly submit to, were I one oi them. Adieu. " Our objects are the same, and I hope I shall live to see some of thein realized. In the mean time, allow me, in great haste, to subscribe myself, my dear Sir, your affectiouate friend and fellow labourer, " M. T. SADLER." It will be pleasing to the operatives to know, with what feelings Mr. S A D L E R received their kind atten tions. An address having been presented to him from the Operatives of Huddersfield, he wrote to his friend OASTLER, aa follows :— " The rone of kindness and affection, which pervades the whole address, unmanned me I am, I hope, a sincere friend and lover of the industrious poor: but this mark of their kindness overpays the humble labours of my past life ; and overwhelms me. 1 owe to yourself no little lor the kind • way in which you have interpreted my very humble but sincere efforts." The following extracts show the estimation in which SADLER held the opinions, judgment, and exertions of his friend OASTLEB : — " Leeds, Nov. 2, 1831. " My dear Sir, " A succession of gentlemen have been with me thi* day, leaving me, till this moment, no time " whatever to <: raw u « the ; I regret this much, but not so deeply as I should have done, had you not said you intended to be here on Friday evening, when, what 1 shall pen, will be submitted tqyour inspection, and so modified as to meet your views, which, I am sure, are more enlarged than my own on the point at issue ; as jou are so well aware, what would least alarm the mill- owners, I have principally attended to what it was right to propose in behalf of tuose employed : you have attended to both considerations. • 1 shall, therefore, he entirely governed by you in this important matter, in the course of conversation with those who have been with me to day, I find that the public are ripe for our attempt, in behalf of ihe poor fiiendless facti r\ victims. If it conduce to a saiislaciory issue, the chief merit is yours— for your zeal in their behall has not be a hatred of slavery in the abstract,— but you have man u ly come forward and have unceasingly advocated ihe c use the most degraded and abu- ed class of beings exi- tmg." We sh& ll be much mistaken if the next letter be not read with peculiar pleasure by every one who takes an interest in the well- being of the Factory Labourers. " Leeds Nov. 20ih. 1831. " My dear Friend, " The question of Factory labour never has been taken up with sufficient energy i" Parliament -, and the law as present carri* d, is not only nothing, but actually worse than nothing: I will mention why I think that the ' welve hours' labour, assigned to young children, under a bill professedly passed for their protection, is worse, than if no bill had passed as I find, that even in the flax mills here, they NOW woik little more than that ti. ne, f in several instances not any more, not so much: still their health fails, and a'. l the pernicious consequences, you so much deplore, ensue. * Perhaps there may be many mill- owners, ( if left to them selve*) who would NOT work so long as that ; several hav. not, even in •• more barbarous tunes, i1 possible, than these, worked their children more than TEN hour*,— DALE ot LANARK, for instance. But, if Parliament deliberately takes the thing up, and settles twelve hours, or even elevee hours per day, labour for children, the private individ re " f/ Onsibili'y of the employers seems done away with, in a great measure: they will argue, and feel, and act under the impression, that, if those who seek only to serve th hi dreu, prescribe those hours, it would be worse than folly, tiot ' o abide by them ; deliberately considered, as they must h < ve been, Qn. the other hand, I am persuaded, and all I he; r - nad read confirms" me in my conviction, that TEN hours c » n never be receded from, by those who love childien, or who wish to obtain the approbation of Him, who was indeed ih ir Friend and Lover. I amsoiry, therefore, to see that SlK JOHN HUB Hon SB has not only conceded his Bill, but his very views and judgment tothe Political Economists, who, in this, as in many ether things, are the pests of socicy und the perstcmors ) the Poor— unknowingly, 1 hope— but wV. ether they are so guorantjy or wilfully , makes no difference, as regards their Miserable victims. Their principles and schemes have led to the degradation, misery and destruction of the working classes. ' I had rather have no Bill, than one that would legalize and warrant their excessive labour. * I hardy think it will be proper for me to appear, at least. ju-* tat jire ent> agrtinst and more especially as yon < ue r- al y < iu » principal, a*. d I am the instrument, in our sacred cans:. '• Meantime, do not suppose me idle. I shall have a dose for the worshippeis of mammon, which they will find it difficult to digest. If G » d gives o e health, I will stand hp against the ridicule which I nnd awaits me; and the certain loss of some support— out I trust I shall look at higher things." , And then he adds : — " A vtut news from Sunderland! It is certainly the Spasmodic or Asiatic Cholera which has broken « - ut there. God seems to hav. a con roversy with us; may we humble ours ivea uauer His mighty hand, and repent and turn to H im. All looks dark, but His Providence can dart a sudden and cheering ray tniough the ihhk<- st gloom, dispel the darkness, and pour upon us once more a flood of light, life aud happiness. " Excuse this very hasty scrawl, and be so kind as to give my best respects to your help- mate in m re respects than one, I mean VI rs. Oastler, who 1 know is a " co- opeiative" with y > u in this sacred cause. " 1 send you John Hanson's letter to me, pray let me have it again, when you have done with it, as I mean to keep it, as a noble specimen o! the high and cultivated intellect of our operative classes. " i remain, my dear Sir, most affectionately, yours, " M. T . SADLER." My dear Sir, « Leeds, Nov. 24th, 1831. " I differ ifo/ n you for once, and I think for the first time, in denominating your letter to most capi al j it is not always that we are judges of our own performances, and when you tell me that this did not satisfy you, you were not the proper'jndge. We all think it 4 a finisher.' Among many other things, the appeal to Mr. ' s conduct to Wilber < rc. , is decisive. Indeed [ can hardly express how much I am pleased. I immediately went to Mr. —— and from him to Mr. . I am, in one sense, very sorry that it cannot bo inserted this week. But, I can explain, wfcen 1 see you, why that also will ' work for good/ to those who heartily love God and little children. 44 With best regards to Mrs. O., yours, most aflVctionatel y, " M. T . SADLER/' Excuse extreme haste. I have only just come from Mri ' s. letter.' Mrs. , as well as himself, thinks it a most capr ita Th * This refers to Mr. Oastler's suggestion, that arrange* irents should be beguu amongst the Factory workers to secure MR SADLER'S election, for Leeds. f In consequence of the exposures of OASTLER, the Factory Masters had begun to pull in their horns, and reduce the hours of labour. They knew that the 44 King" had his eve on all their Mills? and they knew also, that he would keep no secre's. Facts, with names, places, and dates, were articles which told too effectively against their cruelties to be disregarded— so, they altered their plans to evade exposure. following extracts prove that SADLER had not such strong nerves as OASTLER. He felt most poignantly the malignant efforts of his foes • but his friends, the operatives, will rejoice to find, that their friendship blunted the edge of his assassin's knife. 44 Leeds, Dec. 8, 1831. <( My astonishment and disgust incr- ase. i cannot really feel whether I a; n in a world and country inhabited by human beings— christians, men of veracity— or, in a state, in which all is lying and deceit ! T am cmellv used ! I have a hard game to play. The sons of Zeruiah, will be, perhaps, too many for me. I am not what represents me to be. I love my fellow men." ' « London, Dec. 12,1831. Mr. — has written to me, stating that Mr. has accused me, upon what he calls authority, of fraud and falsehood. 1 have been positively lost in mingled feelings of disgust. astonishment, and contempt. To what length will political lying at hst proceed? 1 foel cruelly hurt at this most audacious and dastardly lie being thrown upon me. Do von think, Mr. , Mr, , and others, will believe so auda cious an untruth ?" " London, December 13. 1831. They wish to 4 BURKE* my character, and would, there or • take my life if they durst. I am strong in the affectto , of e operatives— never was more elevated conduct than tl.- ir* ' they have behaved to me, in all quarters, nobly ! Rrfore I anticipated their kindness, I was their friend, as far as inhumble abilities and means permitted— and since 8 hav « received it, mv ri: ht hand will forget its cunning, bef - re I forger them ! R. ad it not been for the kind operatives, I could not have walked the streets of the town of LEEDS, without irrsult! Such have been the assaults latterly upon me, but thanks to them, and particularly to you, who made me known them. T want no protection but the favor of God, and the affection of my f How men. Oh, that I may deserve either ! I am, and shall be, cruelly treated. The oppressors, indeed, dare not openly assault me, but they have all their engines ilv at work— J shall be ridiculed, accused, in> ulted. But, if f am spared, bv God's help, yonr's and ihe operatives, though our enemies came about us like bees— in His name will we destroy their attempts. " M- iny thanks to you for your very kind encouraging letters from time to time, which are very welcome, and very necessary, surrounded as I am. Oh, how our opponents are labourto injure and vilify— but. I am. I think, calm, under all thpir abuse." We do not apologise for interrupting: our narrative by the insertion of theso extracts from Mr. S A D L E R ' S letters. The private views, opinions, and statements, confided to the bosom of a friend, explain, if any- thing on earth can explain, a man's motives. No man was mere maligned than SADLER— none ever deserved it lecs ! It is time that he spoke for himself. The readers of this narrative now know sornet ing of the heart of the CHAMPION of the Factory Children- of the Victim to their cause - M I C H A E L THOMAS SADLER! AS we proceed, we shall avail ourselves of other opportunities, to introduce the mind of the Great Leader of this question, to our readers. ( N o . 4 in our nea t.) S I G H T S O F BOOKS. The use of Brandy and Salt, as a remedy for Inflammation, illustrated and explained by the diseoverer, WII. LIAM LEE—( third edition). London ; Simpkin and Marshall : Leeds; Somersc& le.— Price One Shilling. ' What's in a name >' says Shakspeare j much' nay, in nine instances out of ten, " every thing, reply we, and the pamphlet before us i, s an evidence of this. ' liruiidy and Salt,'— what a spirited title. Why, no one but a confirmed tee- totalU r can possibly resist it. At what a seaso iable tinje is it put forth The piercing winter winds rend° r you cheerless— colJ ; the rain pours down, ( a regular dmn/ ier), saturating every pore in your body, and making you feel Vetv poorly indeed ; or the murky atmosphere of a London No vember clings heavily to you. VVhv, man alive, ywu're ill, you musl take some ' Brandyand Salt.' * Brandy I' the very sound invigorates the frame with a genial warmth: and ' Suit' to ' savour it withal ' Ah, that could well be dispensed with ; b'it no, they form a ' holy alliance ;' and so ' sweet' and ' bitter' must e'en be swallow, d at ooe gulp. We wonder not that so attractive a title pasje should luve enticed thousands to purchase the pamphlet with the hope that an apparently ( lor alter all, we areassured * Brandy and Salt' is a most nauseous mixture) pleasant medicine might prove an effectual rem » dy for every malady that flesh is heir to.' Of th< merits or demerits of this ' discovery' ( as Mr. Lee designates it) we can offer no opinion, as, thanks to the preventive influence of tempi ranee, we are under io necessity of seeking medical aid. Nor are we so paitial to experimentizimj as to desire to injure our healti; for the mere pleasure of'Brandy and Salt.' Acting, however, upon the wholesome principles, that evtrv invention professing to alleviate the sufferings, to which all are at times liable, d^ servus the utmost | wblicity ; so that, tested by experience, it may receive universal adoption if found efficacious, or instant rejection if fallacious : we shall— imitating the example of our stamp d contemporary, the Globe— quote from, and let the pamphlet speak for itself. Such, therefore, of our readers, as are unfortunately invalid, will thus be enabled to follow the bent of their own inclinations upon the subject. And, as anew coat is more valuable than a second- hand one, purchased of some Jew barker in Monmouth Street, we shall prefer selecting our quotations from the original work, published by Mr. Lee himself, instead of from any of the spurious editions, foisted upon the gullible hy certain interested parties. We must prdude our quotations by intimating, that the Author is represented as a gentleman of independent fortune, residing alternately at his native town of Leeds, and upon an estate possessed by him at La a life of pain and misery to one of comparative comfort and ease," LIVIIII COMPLAINTS AND A « FECTIONS OF THE HEART ' errjn\ eli by rulitung the crown of the head once, on retiring to rest, and each morning raking two table spoonsful « f the n ine. 1y, diluted with hot water, an hour before breakfast; perhaps it r quires to be takea for months before the coinplaints are curt'd. '* " COLDS AND COUGHS are greatly relievqjl by the application of this remedy to the parts aff.- cted. If in the head, the head should be fubbed : if in the tlirnat, the ears should I e filled, one after the other, and let remain for ten minutes, t'. e ihroat gargled, and tlienrck and hieastrubbed. If the ciicst, ' lie patient shoult1 apply a p ece of * ott in. en, of several thicknesses, lo tl. e breast, saturated with ihe remedy, and k1 pt mois ." " CONSUMPTION," Mr. Lee doubts not, may he cured " by first rubbing the crown of the head once, and taking one or two table spoonsful of ihe remedy, diluted v. iih hot water, f- very morning, an hour before breakfast ', it will be well to ruh the chest once each m rning Who can comprehend the vast change to be brought about by such agency j if Mr. Lee do not, like the fairly presagin ® witches in Macbeth " K- ep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. Why, the new Cemeteries will turn out a bad speculation, and the shareholders in those projects must fain turn from the dead to the quick, and become Life Assurance Companies— and that too at a very low premium. __ __ Ferte Imi- ault, in France. He stafes, that he dis- COMMODORE NAPIER.— Perhaps there is not any other man in the world so fit in all respects for the work he has to do as Napier. When he commanded a British frigate, he was always looked upon as a sort of Lord Cochrane run mad ; not mad, however, without method, for he is both skilful and calculating; but mad to run to the cannon's mouth on all occasions, and never so much delighted as when en gag. d in the turmoil and danger of close action. To a personal appearance highly eccentric, he adds an unceasing activity and untameable enterprize. In the last American war, he and Captain Gordon took their frigates, HI spite of a thousand obstacles, up the Potomac, to the town of Alexandria, where tbev destroyed the national stores and did immense damage of various kinds. On their return, they had to pass close to a point of land which jutteH into the river. Here were posted four or five thousand American troops, covered by the brushwood, and these made sure of the two frigates, supposing that they could sweep off the crews by a single volley of their musketry. Gordon and Napier were not so easily caught. They were quite aware ofthe trap laid for them. On approaching the point of iand, the frigates were weighed down on the starboard side, which had the effect of elevating the muzzles of their larboard broadsides ; the crew were protected from musketry by an impenetrable rampart of hammocks, sails, & c.; the guns were loaded with triple charges of grape, canister, musket halls, pieces of iron, nails, and other missiles of the like kind ; and with these the underwood was severely scoured, and the American troops scampered off without their expected prizes. Napier, however, did not go scot free. Disdaining all cover, he jumped upon some elevation on the quarter- deck to " see the fun," and received a musket- ball in the back part of his neck, one of the effects of which severe wound is a forward inclination of the head, thereby increasing the peculiarity of the Gallant Captain's personal appearance. His subsequent exploits are well known, not the least distinguished of which was his capture of the whole of Don Miguel's fleet, an operation completed in about twelve minutes. . . Such a man at the head of British seamen and marines, can accomplish whatever is in the power of man,— Edinburgh Observer. covered the sanative qualities of Brandy and Salt about five years ago, while residing in the latter country, and now presents the remedy to the world solely for the benefit of suffering humanity. 4 I do not,' says he, ' believe th it it was known, though so simple in its composition, befote that period; it is easily made, being composed of Brandy and Salt only, and. it is ^ urprisiO;. in its operation, as I have never known it to fail when applied to inflammation, thou « h I have seen it applied hundreds of times. The proportions are one- third salt and two thirds brandy ; thai is 10 say, one table spoonful of salt and two table spoonfuls of brandy ; it is fii for use in a few minutes afterit is put together; but the best way is to mix i' in a small b ntle and apply it when wanted. This is for outward application. Ii is also a powerful remedy for bruises, sprains, bum., si aids, cuts, & c., as well as a ct- riain remcdt against potsons, artsit g from bites of serpents, & c., the slin s 01 wasp*, bees, & c. Wash the part atfecied by infiammauon, which it geneially removes in a few applications. It way be done with the u ni" 8t safety, as it is sure to caus, t no harm. It has also been tj, p ied with great ^ ucci- ss in towel complaints. such as cholic, • ' ol ra, violent pur. ing and vomiting, in whicli cases it is 1 .( cossary to d litre it vitb iwict as imii. h hot water as brandy , mi snl , nud dfitili . it. as ( iot-^| S posslbJj." Several remarkable eases are then adduced, of the successful application of the retoedv, soon after its discovery. To this succeeds an ' appeal to the British Empire in general, but pariicularly to professional gentlemen, & c.,' reciting at length the ccmvictidus and experience of the writer, and concluding with the following :— METHOD OF MAKING THE REMEDY " H a l f fill a b o t t le with Brandy, and add to it one third the quantity of Salt ; corn aud shake well together. When mineo, let the salt settle to the bottom, anil be particularly careiul to use it when clear; the clearer t e betier. Many persons have made a great ini. tak. t in shaking it up just belore it is used. The efficacy is not near so great, and to open sores the application is much more painful fiom the particles of salt which ar not Iissnlved in the I randy, hut n e salt and ti e brandy should remain logeiher, ant) when all the braiidy is used . if re may be allied lo t' n sail. Though it is ready for use in weniy itlluutis after it is ptii log th. r, it is good at any ime aiter. and it. is a perfect medicine, as it has the rare quality of being greatly efficacious in eitht r internal or external application. He ante not to shake the salt up when jou use ihe remedy, as it raust be quite clcar." We have then a second address, directed especially to the inhabitants of Leeds, whom Mr. Lee earnestly entreats to make some effoi t towards the erection of an institution devoted to the cure ( by his remedy) ol the poor; and he offers an annual subscription and donation 111 aid of the same. He also animadverts upon the spui ious editions of his work before mentioned, and affirms that any profit that may accrue from the sale ol tils work, shall be exclusively applied to charitable purposes. The Author th n enumerates a long list of diseases, and the mode of treatment sought to be obtained by the application of his specific. We subjoin the following brief abstract. " Dizziness in the head, Head ache, Inflammation in the Brain, limy- worms, Erysi, das, anil indeeu compl . n. ts gi nerally a1 thai . lass, art: said to be cured, by waslliny the crown of the head withilu remedy pure.'* " CHOLKKA, ASTHMAS AGUE OR INTERMITTING FEVERS, INFLAMMATION OF THE I. MNci. FEVERS, DYSENTERY, ( if v i o l e n t ; BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, JAUNDICE, AND INDIGESTION. Ily WASHI'G THE HEAD, and by TAKING THE MIXTURE dilutea with hot watt r, one, two, or three table spoonsful al a tune, as ihe violence ol the disease may require. ERUPTIONS UPON THE FACE AND HEAD, RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO, BURNS, AND SCALDS, CHIIBLAINS, CANCERS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, BITES of poisonous ripn. es, or mail dogs, STINGS of wasps, bees, and other noxious insects, by tbe application of the mixture to the part atfecied.*' " TOOTH ACHE, simply by tilling the ear on that side ofthe head where the pain is with the remedy, pure, and letting it remain in the ear for ten minutes, in most cases sufficient to remove the pain." EAR ACHE cured, and Deafness greatly relieved by the same method." '' CHOLIC IS generally cured in fouror five minutes, by taking two table spoonsful ot the remedy, diluted with hot water If it is not cured by the first oue. ration, it ought to be repeated, and the dose madestr o ger." " QUINSY, or SOKE THROATS, by gargling, filling tbe ears with the pure mixture, 10 remain ten minutes, and saturatea linen, should be wrapped round the neck.; " MORTIFICATION.— Boils, Abscesses, Whitlow, Sores of longstanding, Cn s, & c. The application of saturated lin n is recott men. ed in tl. fse ca< es.'' •• SCROFULA.— I'hc blond must be purified hy first rnbbin the crown of tilt- head once with the remedy, aft. r whith the patient should lake one or wo table sp. oiislul ot the remedy, diluted with hot water, an hour before breakfast, every morning, f.* r at lea* t a m nth. And the sores should he c vered w th solt linen, saturated with the remedy. It wil also be well to app'y sorm thing softening lo ihe sure. Tallow forinsta te." " I f , " says Mr. Lee, " this does not cure, it will certainly alieviate the pain of the sufferer, and change I WAS THE LATE WM. COBBETT, M. P., IN PRINCIPLE, A CHARTIST? R E A D THE FOLLOWING, EXTRACTED FROM H I S ' ANSWER, TO STANLEY'S* M A N I F E S T O .' I have always been, ever since I have well reflected upon the subject, of opinion that a House of Commons, chosen ANNUALLY, would be the best. It was the ancient practice of the country: it is the practice now in the best governed State, in America. My Lord John Russell objects to the period being very short, on two acceunts, first, because the members of the House would be kept in a perpetual canvass.' This objection, his Lord ship must see, would be completely obviated by the use of the B A L L O T ; for, if that regulation were adopted, there never would be any canvassing at all by any members. His Lordship's other objection is, that if elections were so very frequent, the representatives of tbe people would not be able to consider any great questions with freedom, being placed in such a continual stale of dependence. I do not well understand his Lordship here. Why, men who represent others ought to consider themselves as constantly acting for those others, whether they be or be not chosen frequently ; and with regard to there not being time for the members to bring to perfection any great measure, so far are annnal elections from being likely to cause a perpetual change of persons in the members, they have an exactly contrary tendency. They cause a good understanding to be constantly existing between the people and their representatives ; and, therefore, they cause a permanency in the personal composition of the representation. If the reason ofthe case were not sufficient here, the lists of the Houses of Representatives of the Congress of the United States who are elected for two years; and the lists of the Senate and House of Representatives, in the State of Connecticut, who are all elected for one year, would establish the fact beyond all contradiction. It very rarely happens that the members of these assemblies are replaced by new members, except on account of death old age, ill health, acceptance of some office, or eleva t on from one branch of the legislation to another Look at the history of the seven presidents ; look at the history of all the speakers that these assemblies have had ; and you will find that that republican and democratical government has expeiienced less of personal change in its legislative bodies, than has been experienced in our House of Commons, during tbe time that the American government has teen in existence. In what case has the choosing of a new Congress prevented or retarted the adoption of any great measure in the United States? Look at the steadiness of purpose: look at the profound political wisdom ; look at the unbroken uniformity, in pursuit as well as in principle, which has marked the wonderful progress of that republican and demccratical government; look at the profound political science, whether foreign or domestic, which has marked all its measures : look at the astonishing influence which it has obtained, and the unshaken confi - dence which it has inspired in all foreign courts; see how steadily it has gone on establising a permanent and powerful forcc ; observe how carefully each- succeeding House of Representatives has continued on, and carried to perfection, the good measures begun by former Houses of Representatives, in short, let ir. y LORD J O HN R U S S E L L behold a nation swelled up from three millions to twelve mil ions of people in the space of fifiy- two years, exchanging half a dozen gun boats for a powerful and the mo> t complete navy as the world ever saw ; and exchanging a tew trading sloops and brigs, for a commercial marine, scarcely surpassed by that of Eng land herself: let my Lord J O H N RUSSELL look at these things ; and, let him remember, that these have all proceeded f. om a parliament, chosen once in every two years ; and if he thus observe, and thus remember, these objections will be instantly swept from his mind. 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J " How many years of experience mfeist it have taken to discover the various fingerings of one and the same note, as we have here developed. It will not depend on our commendation for tlute players to purchase these scaless there is not a iiutist who will not eagerly possess himself of them. But the author must not stop here: ne has a much harder task yet to accomplish. The Harmonics of the flute yet remain imperfected; and we know of no mind of Che - present day who can bring to the task so much practical philosophy to discover, or industry to simplify this branch of the art, as the author of these scalcaJ' . ^ — London; Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster Row, a-„ i may he had of every b o o ^ ^ e r throughout tbe Kingdom> ^^ O T , W A V E ' S G A Z E T T E OF V A R I E T Y. P O E T S ' C O R N E R. THE NIGHTINGALE. The sweetest notes that ' neath the sunlight swell, Through flow'ry grove, ami ilew. bespangled dell, Are insignificant compared to thee, Thou queen of night and rural melody. Much do I love, beneath the morning sky, T o ramble, while the blythe lark, rising high, Pours forth his jocund song, and warns the son Of labour that his time for rest is run. But I delight far more at eve to rove, Through moonlit glade, and zephyr- courting grove, There would my soul for ever gladly dwell, Ravished by thy soft strains, sweet Philomel. O. L MOONLIGHT. The Moou shines brightly o'er the wave serene And robes the landscape in a flood of light; Quick! launch my gilded bark of comely mien, I long t' enjoy the beauties of the night. The distant harp strikes sweetly on the ear, And holds the heart in absolute controul; While fragrant odours, wafted through the air, Thrill with delight the captivated soul. Now tiny waves, with mimic force, assail The vessel's sides, as with a flower- wreathed prow, She cleaves the fulgent element, and hails With joy each breeze that fans the rocky brow. Gladly would I for ever tarry here, And feast my eyes with scenes as fair as theseV Where each translucent ray lulls each dull care, Each soul- inspiring thought from bondage frees. Amid such grandeur let the sceptic rove, When the lone bell proclaims the midnight hour: There, as he views the glorious sphere above, His heart will ne'er deny th' Almighty Power. O ^ L SONNET. B Y W I L L I A M S. VILLIEItS SANKEY, M. A. On the Dagger being Emblazoped- on the Arms of the City of London, in Commemoration of the Assassination of Wat Tyler by Walworth, Lord Mayor of London. Why is the dagger blazoned on thy shield ? Foul weapon of the assassin's coward aim; And wherefore dost thou glory in thy shame ? That thou the treach'rous weapon oncc did wield, " Gainst the defenceless patriot's bosom steel'd, When Tyler, trusting to the sovereign's word, Bade his victorious followers sheathe the sword, And hold a parley in the peaceful field. Alas! how vain on royal faith to build. Vor lo! a Walworth, dastardly and base, Before the plighted perjured Monarch's face, Struck the death- blow at which the patriot reel'd. Haste, then, the poignard from thy shield erase, Which brands thy Walworth's name and city with disgrac T H E M I G H T Y WARRIORS. The following fragmentary lines were written during Marshal Soull's visit to England, but at the preseut time, may not wholly have lost their interest. Old men of blood have met—— And o'er the dim remembrances of years Of carnage, woe, and the insensate cries Of victory, from the surviving fools Of slaughter^ thousands,— the much- vaunted meed For which they dared inflict calamity, In all its dreadful shapes on fellow men; Held horrible carousal, and their ghastly cheeks Were furrowed with a still more ghastly smile. Because they saw such things WOULD B E again. S U C H are the men who live to desolate The face of God's creation,— beautiful! Yet do their minds despise its loveliness : S U C H are the wretches who with heavy treaA Crush out man's life- blood, and yet speak tc\ him Of glorious W A R ' S E X P E D I E N C E . L What unto them the famish'd peasant's cry ? ' T i s but strange music :— they behold unmovc' 1 Mothers hug children to a broken rest; Affection is no dream for them : they degrade A l l things unto the level of a brute, In end and in existence. And these MEN Unto the unreasoning multitude declare That war is instituted by their God ! And from His Justice seek for parallels Confining the amount of human life. Godsends a plague, a fitting punishment: Man flies to war, and impiously drags down Curses on his own head. F. H A R R I S . ANSWER TO J. R.' S CHARADE IN CLEAVE'S GAZETTE, OF NOV. 13. Tt really is a grievous sin To use the Grain in making Gin. The Grapes the sparkling fVines produce To cheer us, if not too profuse; But those who drink to sad excess, Oft times are in a beastly mess, They then appear like Pigs and Apes, And get into a many scrapes ; They cause their wives their hands to * Wring, Their Tears to flow from misery's spring; They Prate and get into a Rage, And into broils they oft engage, And when that all their money's gone, Their Gaiters from their legs they'll Pawn, In Rags they at their haunts appear, Which like a JVasp will Sting severe. And not a hope their hearts to cheer. For those who oft the poison Sip, And raise the tankard to their lip, Will oft be drawn into such straits, They cannot buy a meal of Sprats. In Winter cold with wind and rain, The Gripe it brings with dreadful Pain, And with some Straw to lie upon, Not the white covering of the Swan. Against their use a many Wring, ( As easy back a pig to sing) As check a sot in his career, Because he will not give an Ear; His shame is spread both near and far, And with his family oft at War. Then justice just to make amends, A Warrant to the culprit sends. There's many a Sprain been caused by gin, ] And Traps the drunkard's fallen in. Some Priests make use of Wine and Gin, While others tell you ' tis a Sin. But I must own ' twixt you and me, I take some Wine as well as Tea ; And hope to do so oft again, And wish our Queen a happy Reign; And now, Sir, having done with Gin, I think the next in turn is Tin, And Pewter next, and then comes Rain, Then Wet; ( I'm sure ' tis right again.) And next, I can almost declare The word you've figured means Repair. The News I think a grievous thing, If, like a Wasp, it leaves a sting ; And surely I shall ne'er be lacking, To speak in praise of Warren's blacking. I think I've seen, but don't now when, In Crawford Street, the name of Penn. And now J. R. Painter, Bristol, I'll meet you, not with sword or pistol. But when, perchance, that we shall meet, We'll take a glass of something Neat; And pledge your health, your wife and daughter. Ti\ something stronger than SPRIVGWATKR. T. W ? oMk> » 1840, CHEvt^ ell, WILIS. T H E G Y P S E Y S Y B I L ; OR, T H E R I D D L E O F D E S T I N Y . A ROMANCE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. ( Continued from our last.) I t wanted an hour of midnight, and the moon was sailing high oyer head, the vast curtain of the heavens being begemmed with starry ornaments, when the attention of a sentinel, on an outer rampart of the city of Hermanstadt, was attracted by the echo of horses' hoofs in the distance, and soon afterwards, by the approach of three horsemen towards the western barrier. They came on at length, and having demanded admittance within the gates, were informed that they must wait without till morning. This intimation excited the wrath o f t h e travellers, who soundly rated the sentinel, and consigned the city, with all it contained, to the tender mercies of . that personage who is supposed to have a monopoly of such kinds of offerings. ' Let me tell you, sir travellers,' exclaimed the exasperated sentinel, < if you don't desist from this clamour, I shall be compelled to give you a taste of a leaden bullet.' ' As you will/ replied one of the two, advancing his horse out of the shadow of a jutting barbacan into the moonlight, ' L e v e l your musket; if you hit us, we will trouble you no f u r t h e r ; but admittance we must have.' The person who thus spoke, was, apparently, in the prime of manhood, and clad in the knightly armature of a roving chief of Wallachia. The other horsemen appeared to be his followers. ' W e l l , how foolhardy some folks are,' exclaimed the sentinel, ' but that's no business of mine ; I must do my duty ; so mark me, you, careering there so jauntingly; there's a cloud now covering the moon's disk, if, when she again shews her face, you be not out of the reach of my carabine, why take the consequence, t h a t ' s all and the man presented his piece. The horseman set up aloud and long laugh of contemptuous defiance. Even while the sound rang in the welkin, the moon slowly emerged from behind the cloud, and ere the last rim " bf t h e planet had become visible, the sentinel fired. There was the flash, the report; and then the eddying smoke hid for a few seconds from the sentinel the fallen figure of the horseman at whom he had aimed. What was his amazement as the atmosphere cleared, to behold him sitting his horse with as firm a seat, and unconcerned an air, as if his life had not been in peril. What the effect might have been on the mind o f t h e simple and superstitious sentinel, had not the captain of the night- guard just then made his appearance it is difficult to say. With no very vague apprehension that they were three foul spirits riding the earth in the guise of warriors, he made his r e p o r t ; and after a minute's pause, the subaltern informed the nearest horseman that it was utterly impossible for him to enter the city that night. The equestrian, inclining his body forward, inquired whether the speaker was the captain of the night- guard. Having been answered in the affirmative, h e authoritatively replied, ' Well, then, do you understand, I must have speech of the Lord Regent to- night: I bear missives from Coloswar; so oppose not our entrance, lest worse should come of it.' * Why,' returned the subaltern, as if deliberating with himself, * were Father Domin. ick in the way— but no,' he added, lowering his voice to a tone of significance, ' his reverence hath ceased to walk o* nights as was his wont.' This communication seemed to strike with an electric force on the ears of the horseman, who, starting his animal forward, exclaimed, as if thrown off his guard, ' What say you, Hubert V The officer, apparently without noticing the interrogatory, cast a scrutinizing glance at the sentinel, and resuming his official reserve, drily remarked, ' I repeat, sirs, ' tis impossible '.' But, ere the words had passed his lips, the horseman impetuously interposed. ' Impossible ! I will lie this night in yonder citadel, though all the fiends of hell should gainsay me 1 Father Dominick not walk o' nights ! Is he mad 1 All Hungary up— the archduke in arms ; and Father Dominick not walk the ramparts ! You must lie i' your throat man ! We must be on the eve of some mighty convulsion; but though all nature were in uproar, I will speak with a voice that might pierce the depths of chaos and of darkness— a voice more fearful than the t h u n d e r ; and though the towers of Hermanstadt topple from their foundation, and the grave of John of Zapola give up its sheeted relics at our last whisper— though this be, which, cannot well be otherwise, I yet swear that Father Dominick* and I will balance accounts this night ; if I be perjured, let him tremble— so be it, in God's name.' ' Amen, in God's name !' murmured a hollow and well known voice in the speaker's ear. He started, and then with a strong effort to recover his self- possession, slowly turned his head. The response came from Father Dominick, who stood close beside the knight, having detached himself without notice from the stretch of brushwood and huge masses of rock which were scattered over the heath, almost from the base of the ramparts. The torrent of rage into which the chieftain had just been precipitated, had thrown him off his balance, and it was no easy matter to bear up against the reflux of his feelings. The man whose appearance he had invoked with such indignant violence, having, like a spectre, obeyed the summons of his enchanter, awed him in spite of himself. He stood abashed in the presence of the ghostly father. The monk was wrapped in the flowing habit of his order, girded by a strong cord, which, suspending a leaden crucifix of uncommon size, fell downwards to the edge o f t h e robe. With his arms folded upon his breast, his head bent, and his cowl drawn over his face, he stood in silence, apparently awaiting the determination of the chieftain, but as he spoke not, the father at length said in a hollow under voice, * dismiss thine attendants, they can await their orders at St. Agatha ; you will follow me.' Having thus said, the monk slowly glided away amidst the thickets and underwood, from which he had first entered upon the scene. For some moments the chieftain noted his form, appearing and disappearing, until the brow of a rising ground concealed him from - sight, when, as if lost in musing, he muttered, ' n o , he dare not play me false; though the stake he holds, and the prize he aims at, might make such a man as he venture boldly ; and my cognition of his position, perchance, is the sole drawback between him and impunity. I'll see to i t ; ' aud the chieftain raised his voice, and addressed himself to the captain of the guard, in a tone and manner that implied more than the literal purport of his words. ' Here, friend, receive this packet and sealed box I have under my dolman, either of which contains a treasure, dear to this land as is her sainted crown. If ere to morrow night I do not reclaim them, convey them - to the Queen liegent, mark me— the Queen Regent: give them into her royal keeping, and as you would realise the promise of Unna, into no other hands but hers. It is a scaled commission ; wilt thou accept it?' The officer having intimated his consent, the chief desired him to descend the turret stairs, and then, turning to his attendants, he said, * do you, Reginald and Walter, return to the Drawbridge of St. Agatha. Should you not hear from me before the next sunset, go back to the Moldavian quarters, and tell Peter to look to himself ; and when next you see Unna, give her this token,' and drawing from his finger a ring, he handed it to one of the men ; ' ' Twill suffice— or, should you say a word, be it only revenge ! Meanwhile, have a care of my gallant grey, and away with you.' He consigned the reins of his beautiful animal into his follower's hands, who, with his comrade, departed at a pace which soon carried them out of sight, and the receding echoes of their horse's hoofs died away on the breeze, as the iron grated wicket was thrown open by the officer who had just descended the stair leading from the battlement to the archway beneath. He reached out his hand through the interstice to take the packet from the chief, who, after the'man had received it, thrust through the aperture, the heavier article, a small, though strongly secured, iron box. ' Be careful of them,' said he, in a low but impressive v o i c e , ' and remember they are to be delivered only into the hands of. the Queen's mother; on your allegiance, Hubert/ he added, in an emphatic whisper, ' As you would fulfil the prophecy of Unna, do this.' The officer made no reply, but closed to the sallyport. ' So,' thought the chief, f [ am armed at all points for the issue / and he turned away from the barbacan to follow Father Dominick ; when at the distance of a few paces from the arched entrance, underneath the porch, his eyes lit upon the ill- omened figure o f t h e very person in question, who stood motionless with his eyes bent on the ground. ' Here again '.' exclaimed the dark eyed chieftain : ' h e looks likesome fiend incarnate, giving palpable form to my unexpressed misdoubtings. Courage, Ragotzy! Think what mighty isues are on the c a s t ; yes, a blow must be struck; the worst can be—' he paused, a4 he stood beside Father Dominick, who remarked, as the two slowly advanced along a scarce tracked path, which led to the summit of a rising ground, ' I had hoped, from your delay, you might have changed your purpose. It had been hen ex. Why should you rashly venture on the verge of a dj?\ v precipice? For both our sakes ' twere well you should h a v e Hermaostadt J for BOTH our sakes — your's temporally, mine, perhaps' his voice trembled, and he added, in a milder tone, ' let this subject end here, and I will forgive the past— the present* . There was a long and solemn pause, each holding communion with his own heart, whilst apprehensions of approaching evil, crude, undefined, and dreadful, flitted like vague glimpses of the mysterious future across their brains. Neither seemed disposed to interrupt the mutual silence, or to start the momentous subject they were on the point of discussing, though it was evidently still the. uppermost in both minds. From the point of view where they stood, the city at a short distance reared its battlements against the sky ; and, relieved by its gloomy shadows, stood out sternly fair with its double walls and glacis. A little beyond, to the left, in the mid- moonlight, loomed against the starry horizon like the dominating genius of the place, the frowning donjon- keep, to which Herman of Nunemberg gave his name. Before them stretched the distant prospective of a wild moor, closed in by an amphitheatre of swelling woodland. A strange solitude reigned over that dark brown heath, intersected with masses of rock and furze, and chequered with plots of close greensward, bedeck'd with hoary rime, that glittered like diamonds beneath the broad light of the silvery moon. Tha universal quiet was undisturbed by any sound save the soothing melancholy gurgling of many a mountain streamlet, fretting and foaming in their contracted ravinps. The night view was a beautiful one, fend withal serene and solemn iu its loveliness. There sto? d the monk and his companion, like two gladiators in the irena, furbishing their mental armoury for the onset; eachconfident in his own courage and prowess, but unwilling to throw down the gage of defiance. There, and thus, they stool, face to face, t h e sole animations visible in t h e universal quietude. After a long and fearful silence, Ragotzy sought to terminate the deep suspense— the awful calm of which might be said to resemble one of tllose portentous pauses of nature, which precede some dreadtil convulsion of the elements. ' You looked for my arrival to n i g h t ? ' he remarked. The monk made a slight iffirmative motion with his head. * How then am I to i n t e r n e t ? ' began the chieftain. ' Hear m e / ' interrupted the other. ' Let me once again condescend to the language of entreaty. Proceed in thy present design no further. By my care of thee in boyhood— by my preservation of thy being— by the memory of what thou once promisd'st— by ; he fatal certainty of what thou art— by thy departed innocence, and by all that I have done and suffered by thy infliction and for thy benefit, I charge thee forego thy terrible though unknown purpose. Urge me in that thou threaten'st no further; I am but a mortal man ; be advised, Count Ragotzy, I implore thee ; but beware! remember my power, aud try not my temperament beyond bearing.' The spirit of the Count blenched not a j o t , while, concentrating all his powers of voice, and energies of mind, he replied, ' Why these conjunngs"? why this exhibition of superfluous charity? Be thy daims on my gratitude what they may, they do not exceed the measure of my services to thee.' ' Monster of insolence and ingratitude'.' exclaimed the incensed Father, ' what, save hate and horror, can be owing to such an abandon'd as thyself?' ' Your station, your fair name, your very l i f e / replied the other, with undaunted mien, ' they are all in my keeping, proud man'.' ' C a p t a i n of brigands, take heed 1' ejaculated the priest with a quivering lip. ' Thou dost forget thyself. Be warned ere ' tis too late. Thou hast said and done too much already for even the vile worm to endure; and yet thou dost accumulate thine injuries upon me, as if I were not that I am. Again I warn thee, take heed I' The chieftain burst into a loud laugh of defiance. ' Who art thou ?' he exclaimed. ' I hold thee for Father Dominick, ah! ah! a h ! the inscrutable Father Dominick, the dreaded and the dark one I But I reck not now who thou art, nor what thou seemest: here, on this open moor, with none to observe us, with nought but this wilderness around us, and the clear expanse over our heads— here at least we are on an equality; here we can bear our inmost souls, and comport ourselves as man should with man— free to speak, to strike.' ' W e l l then, so be i t ! ' returned the monk, in a calm but hollow voice, and fixing his eyes on those of the brigand as he spoke. ' For this once I will lay aside all reminiscences o f t h e past, nor remember aught, save that you and I, face to face— but not alone, mark me !— not alone, Ragotzy !— stand on this barren heath. For t h e last time, I will abdicate my rights and descend Irom the pinnacle of power. Here then, Alaric, with earth, and air, and sky, for witnesses, let us proceed to business! with God's finger visibly impressed on all around— with God's eye as surely fixed upon us ! Look up!'. How the massive cope of Heaven hangs suspended ove<? u s ! Come, let's to work! Tf, Ragotzy. it own no terrors witfcv which %?• inspir e your soul— perhaps I wrong you. For me—> Kere, sir; take my hand and judge if my heart be not faithful t o j ny will; the pulse beats regularly, doth it not? Not even in your grasp, Alaric, doth the blood retire or the flesh shrink'. Like that hand is my fixed soul and stedfast spirit.' The speaker paused, withdrew his hand, and fixing a commanding aud penetrating glance upon the countenance of the brigand, as if to read his inmost heart, he proceeded, ' Now, your errand? Why hath Count Ragotzy left his canvas palaces, and come uninvited, like a disease, to Hermanstadt? On what ground of fell mischief doth he seek to darken my life by his presence, bound as he is by plighted oaths and solemn pledges to forbear me ? What sacred office doth he wish me to yield up to be abused for that which may be wrung from out its vitals ? What boon must now be granted to bribe his venal and injurious tongue ?' Whatever may have been the impression which this bitter address made upon Ragotzy, neither his look quailed, nor his voice trembled, as, confronting the monk, with an eye as unappalled as his own, he replied, ' I need your services; you only of all mankind can oblige me.' ' Say on,' rejoined the other with a cold smile, ' I have already shower'd no slight obligations upon Count Ragotzy ; let him but show me how further I can contribute to his pleasures, and he shall find me a very slave to his wishes The monk ceased, but Ragotzy repHed^ not. ( To be Continued.) T O M S T A R B O A R D ' S Y A R N S . NO. III. P E I R C E P I M P L E , THE P I P E R OF THE PEMBROKE. CHAPTER IV. ' Art thou t spirit of health, or goblin damned?" SIIAKSPEARE. Tlie unearthly sounding feet continued to patter- patter, aud most of us sat up in our hammocks ; but it was dark as pitch ; nothing could be seen, but we heard still the sound approaching, till it reached as it seamed straight below where we lay, and a loud breathing and puffing, as if of some one out of breath, was distinctly heard at no great distance. " D'ye hear that, Jack said I, and a cold sweat broke over me ; " D'ye bear that ? there's never a man in the ship has a pair of lungs like t h a t !" " T h e n strike me handsome, matey, if there's a ghost in the Red Sea c m breathe like that. Sowl, it puts me in mind of old McCraw's bellows, that I was hammer ing horse- shoes with, when a boy. Turn out, Dan Do ran, and see who's there !" But Dan, with the rest, pretended to be fast asleep ; the occupants of the screened berth seemed also to have lost the power of utterance, as they lay at the approach of this unearthly visitor, without daring to draiv their breath. " Turn out yerself, Jack " said I, " and see ; it seems to have made a dead halt under, or near, our hammocks." " Blessings on yer ugly mug, my darlint, and you may do it yerself, sure, if you li kes, but never a part of j a c k Gibson ' 11 start from his hammock till his watch be out." All again was still. The deep and long- drawn breathing commenced again, and a kind of grinding noise, as if a person's, teeth were gnashing together. I was cer tain that it was none of my shipmates ; and that it was a man at all I was greatly in doubt. We were standing out from the land under a fine top- gallant breeze, and the bands on deck were asleep as I supposed, on the forecastle or between the booms, as nought was heard but the pacing of the officer of the watch on the quarter deck, whose step was heard, softly in the distance ; not a sound was heard forward, where we were on the lower deck, save a snore or so from some of those who had been disturbed, but had again dropt asleep. " I say," whispered Jauk Gibson to me, " D'ye hear old Greenwood grinding his teeth ! My eyes, if I think he had aboove two altogether when he died; but it sounds as if he'd got a new ret, for I bear them as p l a i n ' s I can see Pimple's mulberry beak shining thro' the canvas screen there." At this moment, some one slowly raised my hammock on their back, and jammed me up against the batteris. " Speak out," roared I , " speak out, whoever ye are. Drop it, now, drop i t ; you're far enough." But still no one answered. " Lord, J a c k , " said I, " d id ye feel that ? We're gone entirely !" " Aye do I lad, there now— there— I'm going up ! He must have a d— long back. Sowl, he's been five minutes of drawing the length of it across my hammock; but I ' l l out knife, and chalk his fingers; here goes ! " The words of Jack were distinctly heard, and the click ef the knife, always sure to frighten away any prank- players that may be waiting to trick their shipmates, sounded through the silent deck ; but it failed of any effect on the strange visitor, who now stood athwart both our hammocks, and did'nt budge a foot. " This is strange," said Jack, who was never afeard as long as he thought it was a human being, come with what intent it pleased; but now he turned faint- hearted, as he found out that whatever countrymau it was, it minded not his threats, and seemed to have become a fixture underneath his bed. At last, plucking up courage, he bawled out, " By the powers, I've said my pater, like another Christian, and I don't care for all the Greenwoods that was ever hatched ; not one in the world. In the name of Blessed Mary, I'll feel if I can't see— here goes! Where are you ?" and stretching out his hand below in the dark, gave one long, loud, tremendous yell, that echoed through all the ship ; and, jumping out by his foot- clue, he slapped on the deck, roaring, " Bill, B i l l ! Horns ! ! by the holy Paul." I was soon out and following Jack on deck. I was followed by others, and all swearing the Devil had come for Jack Gibson, and run him through with his horns ; but on gaining the deck I left them to listen to Jack, who told that when he put out his hands, the first thing was a horn he got in his fist, and on seeing this sure and certain sign of the devil being on board, he had fairly run, expecting the imp would take away the married men's wives. The ship's corporal proceeded below, to steal a march and come the double over black bags ; when we went down the main- ladder, nothing was heard, or seen ; we all advanced, the corporal first with his lantern, and we following; some with handspikes, crowbars, & c., to anahiliate, as Jack said, the big black devil. " Now, be cautious, Corp'ral dear," said Jack, as we approached the scene of action ; " asy, asy ; for by my sowl, it' y e get a punch in the g . . s wid a red- hot horn like yon as I got hold of in the dark, yer bread's baked for life : now, bring the light this way abit. Faith' yonder he is ; and a great big black devil he is, sure enough. See his fiery eyes, like the bottom of a marine's canteen !'' I looked along with the rest, and saw by the dim light of the horn lantern, a large black object, with what I took to be a pair of fiery eyes, glaring wildly on us No sooner had the rest seen this terrific apparition, than they took to their heels, as the creature uttered a tre mendous bellow, and retreated backwards through the slender screen of canvas that separated the married men's berths from the rest of the deck, and it was joined by the squalls and scjeams of the women, two of whom had been turned out by the sudden rise of the huge monster's back. We were meditating a sudden re treat, when another and louder yell, or bellow, was heard behind, and a clattering of hoofs coming gallop ing along the deck ; out came the one- legged cook slap on the deck, in his shirt, and at that moment ano ther large white monster appeared behind; the corporal dropped the light, and I scampered through the cook'; mess in midships, followed by Jack and the corporal. AH the ship was now in an uproar; they beat to quarters, and every one got some weapon or other | o retake the lower deck from the fiends that seemed to have got sole possession. We now found out, however, that it was two of the bullocks that, having got adrift, had fourvd their way to the lower deck ; and who, being now maddened by their strange situation, scampered up and down the deck among the hammocks, despite our every effort to catch them. Pierce Pimple, on trying to get out of his hammock in the dark, fell across the back of the black one ; who, poor animal, not being used to carry weight, galloped off with the piper across his back, in his shirt, and only stopped when we presented a solid phalanx against his further progression. Peirce was landed, nearly wild with fear, on the deck ; and on the other side I saw the cook hopping aft on his one leg, dressed in his shirt, with his wooden pin beneath his arm, to a place of security, leaving his wife and Mrs. Pimple ill fits under the hammocks forward. Who. o. o. o. o has let the. e. e. c hanimals down here ?" cried the master's mate of the lower deck, in his shirt and trowsers, and who, on aacount of his abominable stutter, got the name of Hobble- gobble Jack. " I can't tetl, s i r , " said the corporal; " but there's two of them adrift here, and I can see it'll be no easy matter to seize such rough customers,"— but off they set, upsetting some, knocking down others, and playing the very devil with the crockery and delf in the different berths. They soon cleared the deck, and kept bellowing aloud, in which they were joined in chorus by their brethren on the main deek ; nor were they caught till, tired of their gambols, they arrived at the main ladder, and seemed meditating on the way to get up ; when a rope was cast over their horns, and a hundred hands dragged them up the ladder to their old quarters. It was never found out who had decoyed them down, or bow they got down; but as some bunches of hay were found on the ladder, it was suspected some of the dare- devils bad managed them down, and decoyed them forward to where the cook and the piper slept, for a quantity of Way was iying just beneath where I slept. (" To be continued. J On Thursday, December 3rd., will be published, Price THBEK. PENCE, ( containing 24 pages in a wrapper,) No. 1, of A V I N D I C A T I O N O F T H E R I G H T S OP £ Y- WOMAN ; abridged from the eelebrated work of MAJLV WOLLSTONEORAFT. Revised and re- edited by a Philosophical Socialist. 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