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... utbighw. PEACE PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL :, its Practicability, Value, ard Cox sistency with Divine Revelation; a Prize Essay, by H. T. J. MACNAMARA. London: Saunders and Otley, Condait-street, 1841. This is one of the most eloquent and powerful essays upon the subject on which it professes to I treat which has ever issued from the British press. J It was composed in consequence of a circular ...

Literary Extracts

... Ilf~erariD xfractS. TOTE SCHOOLIMASTER'S EXPEDIENT.-The able re- view of HaHfura's Lire'ciaf 'sho's3pBurgess, in the Eclectic of tidis month, 'relates the followini' tt'*y df Dr. Juseph ,Wavton, when master of Winchest6r .school :- Wartin was a main of tast, ral''d bad ihb measotastent for poetry ; but, like uost men' of the same celas 'he disliked philology, -and that dislike entailed ...

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... li eb (C113 I. THE LABOURER'S LIBRARY, No. 1. The Right of the Poor to the Suffrago of the People's Chlarter, or the Honesty and Justice of the Principle of Universal Suffrage, established and maintained, by the late Win. Cobbett, M.P. Leeds: Ilobsot,, Market-street ; and by all Booksellers. This pamphlet is a reprint from Cobbett's Two- cenny Traslh, and a valuable and timtelyone it is, too. ...

Poetry

... 3portrg. A GLEE FOR THE MILLIONS. TUNE- ScOt ?? Ihae. Britons now by Feasgus stand, Spread his tidings o'er the land, Foremost of the patriot band, O'Connor, liberty! Welcome, Feargus, to our shore, British hearts Will thee adore; Britishihearts can thee secure, For we shall be free l Champion of the noble few, Ever straight and onward true, ?? will tyrants' power subdue, Death or victory ! ...

Poetry

... SONNET ON A WHEEL CHAIR, 0n 04}TUIIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE WRITER BY MIR. SMITH, TANNER, OF TIllS TOWN. O life returning chair, with gentle motion, el To thee I owe 311 locomotive pleasure, . For solitude's lone shades of irksome leisure, Deep buried me, as 'twere, in caves of ocean, Or ovorgorged me with its changeless lotion; of But now the change of scene, and nature's treasure, Cl Is mine ...

Poetry

... 3J!o~rI?. -Mrtp THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION, AND THE MOTION OF MR, DUNCOM BE. -it was borne to the House on the shoulders of eighteen ' fustian jackets,' who performed their duty well-preceded by a procession of the members of the Convention, and other leading Chartists, amidst the deafeoing shouts of congregated thousands. Northern Star. Hark to the cause of liberty I The ...

Poetry

... ilgoetrpp. TRANSPORTATION OF JOHN FROST. AIR-NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD. (Fpone tie Wheathx of Liberty, or Gem qf Chartism, a workpreparifngfor the press.) No farewell was heard, not a friend stood near, When he forth to the transport was hurried; The fond ones he lov'd were far front the spot, And in night's darkest gloom all .wa buried. They bore him away at dead of the night, His tears for his ...

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... lirbirwo, I THE PLEISUPRES AND ADVANTAGES OF LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATED AND EX- PLAINED. ByJ. N.BAILEY. Leods:Joshua, Hobson, Market-street. l No one of ordinary capacity will call in question l the pleasures and advantages of literature and phi- losophy. low tew are there, however, who, admit- ting this as an abstract truth, permit it to influence . their lives, and devote ...

LEEDS HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL SOCIETY

... The second exhibition of this Society took place in a ,spios tent erected in the gardens of the Zoological and =oaical Society, at Headingley, on Wednesday, the 4th inst. The day was very favonrable, and the show good beyond expectation, particularly that of fruits; a large and Las respectable company was present on the occasion. The c, Hadinleyhandentetaied te copan during the after- - nonby ...

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... V-16(rivo, ?? The ADVENTURES and SUFFERINGS of JiMES WUUD, a Native of Ipsrich, &c. Londoe:: Sisnpkiis, Marshall, and Co.; Ipswich: Burton. If those who think of emigrating were to read this book, they would be very cautious and con- siderate before doing so. The writer is a working man, who was compelled, as narvoy other men have been, to think of bettering his condition by emigrating. He ...

Poetry

... ip*etvg. CINES TO WILLIAMS AND BINNS, ON THEIR RETURN FROM PRISON. WELCO E>, ye patriots! ye gems of creation, Undaunted and free, from a prison's lone cell ! ye who have fought for the rights of a nation, And wept at the tale that oppression doth tell ! Wpe tyrants shall know that the gloom of a prison- The chain, 'neath whose weight strengthloesondeth its knee, points not those patriots who ...

Poetry

... p1oetrp. ACROSTIC. L ife, what is it ?-toil and woe; I nfernal Whigs have made it so; B lood is on their heads; and weeping E yel bedew the sod, where sleeping R ests a victim. Hark! that cry! T 'is fron a voice that cannot die- 1 outhful, smiling, LIBERTY. JAMES CLARRE. Clayton West, May 19th, 1841. ANSWER TO ELLIOT'S CHARADE. Dly dear friend Elliot, your charade, as you call it, I vill ...