N E W. BER N, S. C V O Li. XiX 1-NO. 33
WEEKLY-
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1837.
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A SONG P -THE OAK.-.ijl
BY F1EXRY F. CH0HLEY, ESQ.
From lAe London Alheneu ?.
'A song of the oak the brave oldoak, . z
Who hath ruled in this land so long:.
Here's health and renown, to his broad green
crown, ' I '
And his fiflytrm& so strong ! v
r,There is fear in his Irown, when the sun goes
' . , down, j. -i .
And the HjIn the west fades out; -And
he showjth his might, in the wild mid
night, When storms through his branches 6hout !
Theft s ing 6f the oik the brave old oak,
' A Who hath rul'd in this land so long -,
And Rtill flourish he, a hale green tree,
Wh-n a hundred years are gone! '
He saw the rare, times, when the Christmas
chimes j ' ... ".
Were a pleasant sound to hear,
And I he squire' wide hall and the cottage small
Were full of right merry cheer
And alt the tUv, to the rebeck gay, ;
Thev froli k'd with lovesom swains; .
They arp goi)"! they are dead! in the church
- . yard 1:5 id-pi "j , :- . -"-.
But the tree he still remains!
.;. :, ' j" '- . V- . , ;
Then sing ofthe oak. of the brave old oak, v
Who hath ruled in this land so-long ; -
j ..." .
And still flourish he, a hal green tree,
Winn a hundred years are gone!'
(From the Baltimore Gazette.) '
' The noblest national lyric is generally conceded
t ) he Drake's " American Flag" Hern is a lyric by
II l.nes without its laults and. equalling its beauties.
h tvra.H wrinn n. thejtunejg-a
po3itio.J to break iip'tlie hravf old irrigate Constitu
tion vds started, .nd is worthy ot its subject; the last
ptiinz i especially, ha? a loice and power, which we
haw neve? seen excelled. - , ,-
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! . -Long
has it waved on high,
;. As! rainy an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky; '
B- neath i rung the battle shout, ;
And burst the c mnon's roar
The meteor of the oean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more! . - r
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe, , '
; Whe,i wind were hurrying d?er the flood,
And watt's were white below, , J
'I No more sh dl fe-d the victor.s tread, .
f Or bow the conquered knee -
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
the eagle of the sea!
O belter th u her shattered bulk'
Should sink beneath the wave ;
U.-r thund ts shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave:
N iil to the mast her holy flag,
Set every thread-bare sail,
And gi ve her to the god of storms
The lightning and the gale!
PLATINUM ,4s a Coin.
To the Congress of th- United States
lhe desire is universal throughout our
country, to increase the amount of metallic
money, as . well for convenience in effecting
excnanges, as tor the purpose of securing the
worn i. unity against those evils resulting from
the banking system; arising in a great degree.
om m great Uisnronortion hft
-i r: i. - : - ' --"r r
mues, current amongst us, A
small-traction seem disposed to.dispense with
the banking systbtn altogether, but the great
majority regarding such a measure as an Uto-
piau scheme that cannot be realized, are in fa
vor of continuing the banking system, but or
ganized upon a Broader specie basis than
neretotore. ; r
If, then, any mode can be devised, wbpm
by the amount of metallic money may be ma
terially increased, it will surely enlist the sup
port of all: for, it is apparent that banks can
not be dispensed with unless a sufficient quan
tity of specie be substituted both for consump
tive circulation and mercantile negociatkins ;
na ills equally clear, that the specie basis of
iq oanmng system cannot be strengthened
wuh.iut diminishing the amount of banking
capital or increasing the anSount of metallic
money. How can the amount oi metallic mo
ney oe increased t By the
platinum into the currency.
introduction of
As this j.recious metal is very little known,
except to Chemists and a few classes of artis
ans, a short history of its discovery, and such
f us chemical and physical habitudes as re.
pl,e,l. ts U8e as coin, may not be improper.
riatina, as it was called previous to the late
reformation in chemical nomenclature, is a di
SrJverJa,, was so named
wmujanca tr it wn. fiP-.
brought to the notice of the public by Don
Ulloa, one of the party who went to Peru to
determine the hgure f the Earth, who ascer
tained the existence of such a rnetal in 1735.
But the honor of its discovery is more gener
ally awarded to Mr. Wood, Assay master of
Jamaica, though his observations were not
published until 1749 '50. It is found in South
Aim j-ica, in St. Domingo, in Spain, throughr
out the Uralian mountains in Siberia, and oth-
er parts ot tvussia, and in various oiner lo
calities Platinum is the heaviest body, known
its density being about 21, while gold is 19,
and silver only 10. When pure, it is so soft
as to be impressible with the finger nail, but
a small portion of alloy renders it sufficiently
hard jTor the purpose of, coinage. Its colour
is a beautiful silvery white. It is very mal
leable, ductile and laminable; possesses con
siderable elasticity, and is susceptible of a very
high polish. If resists exposure to the weath
er cvn better than silver or gold, and indeed
its unalterability is not surpassed by any sub
stance whatever. Its low equivalent number,
98, (gold being 200) and the utter impossibili
ty of successfully counterfeiting it, peculiarly
recommend it for coinage. Its peculiar pro
perties give it an intrinsic value from its use
in the. arts: so that its value is inherent
and independent of , any1 act of Govern
ment authorising its use for coinage. ' In its
value it is intermediate between gold and sil
ver, being about one-third'as valuable as gold
and five times as'much so as silver. It would
form a most suitable material for coins of the
different denominations, from one to five dol
lar?; and seems to have been designed by na
ture expressly to fill up this hiatus, and sup
ply this acknowledged deficiency in our cur
rency. It will be found admirably to fulfil all
the conditions laid down bv political ecouo-
mists, as essential to fit a metal .for coin.
That it is well calculated to subserve the
purposes ot coin, is also the opinion ot some
of the ablest Chemists of Europe and Ameri
ca. Dr. Silliman says, 'it would be excellent
or coin." Mr. Parks says, "it would, be very
suitable for the fabrication of coins and metals,
especially as it is not injured by acids, and
would admit of the most delicate impressions
that a die .could possibly impart." The Ros
sians have already availed themselves of this
metal for coinage in large Quantities; and it is
air to presume, that they prefer it to either of
the other precious metals;ibr, while they are
cpn verting platinum ii.to money, the Castles of
St. Peter and St. Paul are jdlea with gold and
uv r bullion.
The 10th section of the 1st article of the
Fedeiral Constitution may possibly be cited as
an argument against the use of this metal as
rora raauing any thing hut goia ana surer a
tender in payment of debts." It is evident,
however, that this clause was adopted in re
ference solely to'" the precious metals then in
use, and without reference to, ahd no doubt in
entire ignorance of, the existence of any other
metal equally or better adapted ii all respects
for coin. But it is not proposed to disregard
this clause of the Constitution in the introduc
tion into our monetary system Art. 1st sec.
8. p. 5. provides that Congress shall have pow
er to "coin money and regulate the value there
of. and of foreign coins." So that there is
not the same limitation upon the power o
Congress as upon the State Governments with
regard to making money, coined of other me
tals, a legal tender in payment of debts due
to or from the General Government, trerlect
freedom is left to that body to coin any metal
having all the essentials of money, and make
it a legal tender. Again: Congress has power
"to regulate the value of foreign coins." Pla
tinum is already a foreign coin, and in course
of trade will no doubt find its way amongst us
(in fact I have already seen some of it, and a
more beautiful coin I never beheld,) and it is
the duty of Congress ''to regulate its value."
And surely it would be wise, when it is evi
dent thai a metal will circulate as coin amongst
us, to coin it ourselves, thereby regulating its
denomination and securing its profits to our
selves; as well as creating a new article of
commerce (platinum bullion) to ourselves, in
stead dfyielding it all to others. Would the 10th
section of article 1st, prohibiting the States
from making any thing butgold and silver a
legal tWnd.r," have; the slightest effect in im
pairing the value of platinum as a coin, when
it is provided by act of Congress that it will be
received in payment of all dues tq the Federal
Government? No one who considers for a
moment the twenty or thirty' millions of import
annually paid by our; merchants, and the 10,
15 or !20 millions yearly received for public
lands, jean apprebeud any such consequence.
So that for platinum coin to receive and enjoy
full confidence' and credit, there would not be
the slightest occasion to change the clause of
the Constitution above referred to. Should
subsequent experience however, demonstrate
any such necessity, it might readily be dbnein
me mode prescribed hy tna insirumeni, wnu
out touching any other feature theiein. -
These remarks are submitted,, therefore,
with ah humble hoDe. that the wisdom of Con
gress may apply itself to the consideration of
the subject of our metallic circulating medi
um and that its deliberations may result in
such measures as will place the property and
business of our country on a more solid, se
cure and permanent basis, than it lias been
their good fortune heretofore to enjoy.
! ALB. SAGUM.
The. Quadruple Atu ucc.U is not a little
remarkable, that among the parties to the
quadra le alliance there should be no less
than three female sovereigns, neither of whom
much 'exceeds the mature age ot eighteen '
namely, the Queens of England, Spain and
Portugal. The facl is "unprecedented in the
annals; of diplomacy. Verily the King" of the
French will have enough to do, to keep his
.11!.. -J- . '
vuug allies u. ow'
THE OBLIGATION OF. CONTRACTS.
The Federal Constitution says Section 10.
Art l.i "No state shall nass any lawi'mDair-
ing the obligation of contracts." 5 'iie tra-;
dilion is," says Mr. Hnnlerarsriiado in
Sturges r vs. Crowninshield 4 Wheat, p. 151
" that Mr. Justice Wilson who was a riember
"of the Convention,; and a Scottish Bwyerj
On1 lnK.MAft kn.'.lir. 1 - . : il. i - a f. '
B"u iiuuitu iu. mic civi iaw, was invaumor
" of this phrase." ' V y I
Poor old justice'Wilson He little vtaou'I frfc
of the manner in which his clause fould be
treated in after times. He doubtless jittered
himself that he had done something b wards
compelling his countrymen through All suc
ceeding ! generations to keen the faithW Dro-
misns inviolate, Deluded old gentleman I he
did not foresee the impudence.and the cunning
of the speculators of - the year lBJC.
Let us take two illustrious examples of last
winter s Albany work. Every body kntws
what a mortgage is. One person havingro-
ney loans it to another who wants it, at a
gal rate, for a given time, say two years, on
pledge .of real security or mortgaged r But
says the Render, I can't stay out of my monej
after the two years are ud.: Affreed. savs thf
borrower, you shall be at liberty at the end of
that time, if I don't repay, you, to foreclose
or to seH the property forphat it will fetci
and reimbuse yourself, and' my right to itshal!
be terminated; or in legal language, says: "Au
"if default shall be made in the payment of
' the said sum of money, that then and thence-
"forth it shall be lawful for the lender. &C
"lo entejr 'into ahd upon the mortgaged prei
" mises, and sell and dispose of the same, and
"all right, title and equality of redemption of
" the borrower therein, at public action.
Now such an old dotard as Justice Wilsoi
would say that this was a contract binding
and obligatory in all its parts, and that no al
teration could be made in any of its terms
without a deliberate violation of the ConstH
tution But what say the Legislators of -Nevf
York? A maioritv of them having borrowed
money on real security, which they cannotpay,
or being under the influence of persons in the
same predicament, they very deliberately en
act that the lender shall not foreclose,'and that
the borrower shalr be at liberty, wilhm a year
it i. nouses, un payment ui itsu c4ii-, jiu
repossess himself of the property. Nov what,
we ask, has become of the mortgage? What
of .the contract ? :
Let us treat ourselves to another instance,
By our wise laws no private person is a'Jowedllar of the specie which could be forced from
to issue promissory notes for the, purposes of
circulation; but bv a series of special, acts, a
number of incorporated companks-have been I
allowed to do so onrtajn. conditianf andlheaiwxlfr- - --r f &
ni.u. nuynie terms
of the "contracts they
were authorized to form?
Why, that thepro-
mises to pay what they should issue should be I
kept; that when specie was demanded it should
be paid, and knowing how long, expensiveand
ineffectual was the remedy of suit, they vere
only authorized to issue their promises upon
condition, that if they were not lept,
their business- should be at once arrest-
ed, their doors closed, and their property pass-
ed over to the hands of receivers.
Relying upon this contract, the people read
ily received the bills of the Banks, when, af
ter having issued some score of millions more
than they can redeem, the officers of these in
stitutions hold a secret meeting and very de-
liberately declare it inexpedient to, keep their V
mnrA aA frtnh,;tK htxr to h iTonprtAf from
the necessity of preserving their faith. And
what say the legislature? What say the re-
nreseniaiives of the neoole? Do thev reolv
"keep your contracts do-what you have un-
dertaken to do. If you cannot fulfil your
nlArraa it ia nn nna'. i"a til t hilt Pflllr Anrn. mid
we' at least will not share in the ignominy of
the transaction?" Not they! Nosuchquixo-
tic honesty reigns in our legislative halls the
Bank and the House of Assembly, the cashier
and the legislator are too well identified
for
any romance of this kind; and the petition
for
relief is scarce presented when it is acceded to;
the only efficient part of the remedy struck! out
and these bankrupt institutions are allowed to
to go on! unchecked in full careeer. Eve.
Post.
f rom the Mobile Register,
The Whigs are practising another political
They are
manoeuvre, tor political purposes
changing front on the currency question, with
J . - T- -
farilitv nf movement '
aent which nothing but long
experience d the art of political wheeling
could have taught. They are now affecting
to be Lard mbney, men, to be opposed to
j sn,.n nntom ami tt. ntr
irno ,i.nnn.taM kf tfio imotflllir. bsi Thv
hnrrnnr , Hamnor.tSo orrrnmpnts lor tflP nrr.A.
J i'I. ...
ionprjoclaim lustily that they are the friends
nf iW Pnrrpnpv. in moderation, and
that they never warred against any thing but
an exclusive metallic currency. - After four
p, nf.Kno .oinct ih ftflvocfttfi- of ft enr.
rency of coin, after four years of violent
for abolishing
small notesrestraining bank issues, the gold
coinage, the specie circular, and every step,
indeed bv which it was attempted to restore
lh .nnnctitntinnnl .rnrrnev:T alter exhaust-
ing the English language for terms of ridicule
thit o-old 'hnmbmr '
VI tWU WMV ; 7 ! V V1U UUUiUU&t Q O
the 'Benton humbug, they are suaaemy smu-
ten with I the discovery, or affect to ne, mat
iu.J .ii tUnrKii.'nniv heen ODDosin? an
rm.t.n;. rnrronrv. and are " hard
mnnv mn irood its most ofthe Democratsl
hem selves. ' '
They made the giants first, and then toeyi
killed them. iney una
cover their sudden conversion
,i:., thav hatA . fiopn acting
k conservative horror 'of extravagant doctrines
which' are, in fact, entertained by a very
'small class of men, neither poweiful by num-
'bers or influence. The adminwtration wtucn
they have been attacking. whh such bitterns, -
holds no part of the Loco-loco ultraism, which ;
they manufacture" into such an object of ter- j.
ror. No public annunciation or authentic ex-;
position of principle from the President, or!
any of his cabinet, has ever given counten
ance to the idea, that an exclusive metallic
currency was ever in their contemplation.
Mr. Benton, often quoted as the ultra bullion-
ists in this country, never proposed dispensing
with bank notes, redeemable in specie, above j
uic suuiui -ana negoes uejuuu me iwn
of most of his political friends. In fact, the doc-j
trines of the Loco focos, the radical anti-bank
men, are held by but a small party In several of
the cities, particularly in New York, and they
have, in general of late years, been counted
by the Whigs among the opponents cf the
present administration. ;
w 1 hey 'have had their own candidates, and
whenever the election was over, the Whig ar-J
ithmeticians always figured the Loco-foco votes J
as against the Van Buren party. The W higs
have several times coalesced with them, ana
it is certain that the success, in parU of the!
opposition ticket for Congress and the Le-
p-islatnre. in New Vorlr 'Ar. arose from a Coa-
lition between thn Whiffs and the Loco-focos
these parties adopting each others -tickets.
Undoubtedly on principles of general politi
cal doctrine, and 'constitutional construction,
the Loco-focos have a nearer affinity to the
Democratic party than to the Whigs, but, on
the subject of 'exclusive radical hostility to
the existence of banks and the credit system
they actfor themselves, independently of and
hostile to the nominations of the admliiistra-
lion party. 7 f
The peculiar notions -of this fragment of a
party, are paraded by the Whigs as dangerous
and growing heresies of the" whole. Democra-
tic party, and when driven by the current ot
public sentiment to yield assent to the real
principles held by the administration, they
cover their own retrogade movement, the a-
bandonment of their own favorite dogmas and
their sudden change of political position, with
the skill of adroit1 tacticians, who kerp up a
furious hre where there is no enemy, to con-
ceal their own wheelings and turnings under
the smoke.
The Biddle men are extremely indignant
at Mr. Kendall for his letter to the Philadel-
Dhia committee, in which he alludes to the
wicked trick of sending to England every dol-
our banks,or bought from individuals, under
pretence of its being necessary in order to
pay what' we owe to that country. . They sayl,, .-j,nerebv the oDtrator
to see American merchants nay their debts.
The same men said nothing about Mr, Biddl
that
suspending specie payments at the time
he arrogantly boasted he was abundantly able
to go on, or of hisre-i?suing, daily, at his coun
ter. Bills of the old Bank, whose charter has
by law expired, in payment of checks and dis
counted paper belonging to his new Bank,
This they said, was and is perfectly righu
Mr. Biddle, by this means, has flooded the
country with paper which he disclaims, when
payment is asked, having any thing to do with,
and has received for it Bills of local banks
and -necie. Hence the recent dividend and
surnlus of which he so much boasts. If Ame
rican merchants are bound in duly and honor!
o pay specie, Mr. Biddle should surely set
hera the example, tor it was lis borrowing ana
. " . . i
fas manoeuvres which got the balance against
as. He has managed, m connexion witn ; tne
Bank of England, to get the price of American
produce down to a ruinous ebb, and he will
' - " UH saiu'. ilc. "
turncl Cotton speculator and is sending cargo
after cargo of the article, (purchased here on his
wn lerms,; io uie iw, ..c.c c
otners must send specie. Ano yet no per-
I son, (not even the principal members of the
American government) must say ought against
I'-. Li. . l.'.knlM.I mai.li.iia If ttiiiv iln
; he has but to " cry havoc and let slip the dogs
llllll-tir Ilia uiauuutai lucaguicii mi mivi
of war." The hounds will be out in lull
Ichace, and he must be a fortunate man who
can escape being hunted down and destroyed.
jyrw xotk x tmes.
Scott and Shakespeare. The taste of Scott
wns that oi his lime, me lasie i iaiiawsut-iirtj
. - . i a .. n t3 1 1
was that of his time also; they both wrote for
I. . . ... - ., f
the world; they walked tne way tney touna tne
woria warning ; mey maue no aueiui iu m iu
new schools, and yet they are founders in the
truest sense oi tne wora. iney com ioveu
home subjects and delighted in working up the
I ordinarv occurrences of life or history, in a
Isniritand shane at once natural and national.
I . .L - t 1m. f OL - I . .....
Ill WaS ine iaUU OI OliaKCSUfttre S tt"H iu WTCi-
rate rank and high descent, and to regard all
as "base, common, and popular" beneath the
condition of a gentlemen. ; It was the gipry
of Scott's day to honor man as uoa maae nnu.
to IhiaH wiui corns, "A man s a man ior a
that," and to look with respect and affection
on the humble children of the cottage. To
this difference we owe the pie-coated fool and
heroes of luistcheap, and the utter aDsence on
me ooia yeomen oi juugionu iu mo duuiuciu
I DOei; 8HU VUB prescucc ui mo 1iuwouw auu
Headrigs, and tho Ochiltrees, in the novels of
I tht bard of the north. Both poets were men of
I H
large uui uuu wue oyiupaiujf, uui,
to account lorinis omerencewa.cuu
Imoie of those qualities than Shakspeare, wei
l would say more then we feel t yet it ts not the
less true that our national dramatist has failed
to give a faithful picture of English life, as
was in msuay, ue was luuro u a cuui ncrt wo
country companions-. - .
. Shakspeare and Scott resemble each other
too 1 in never exhausting either subject or
enwacterj ana in tne iuii coonna mey, noia
...j... .a I . n w inn n f.nTW anri inniifrn b Kin u.r n I iiddf itnniiiiifin ill 11 u 1 11 ir inn g tnni ipb nnu iiliiht
by preien-1 nimseii, ueuiuuu iuvc iur -nuu, uic& uu ; lucuuiui ancs nnu wmui it swuus umigcu, m
underl Hick, wan ciuds ana cioutea snoon, witn nis pay on wntcn, u is now saia, mai me outiuuigs
over both. That monster of wit, Falstaff, is
evidently, 'killed by his maker out of pure
wantonness, and .not because h was exhausted,
for some of his latest sallies are the best ; and
we know that the author had to bridle and res-
iraiu UIUJ9C11, uum iu vfciimree nnu iaigetty,
lest their humors should,overwhelm their ccm-
panion characters. Their handling,too,i., in the
easiest and happiest manner imaginable; nor is
their sense rf propriety less visible than their
ease ; all is in its right place ; nothing is out of
ntcpiug, auu mc uuny ui meir periorinances is
wonderful, since they sf em not to have studied
it. lint a man who follows nature . will sel-
dom break rules, for rules come from nature:
a truth acknowledged-by Walpole, ! when he
said, Gil Morns observed all the rules of
Horace, but is such a way as showed that the
writer had never heard of either Horace or
his rules. Defroft Spec.
. -
iShochnff Casualty Edward Carroll, for-
meny ot Charleston, C. died at Barnwell
on the; the llth inst. The occasion of his
death is thus related in the Charleston Con
rier. He had been appointed to deliver the
rourtn oi
th .ofSJuly oration, in the neighboring
of Aikin. At day-light, on the 3d inst..
town
e enierea nis suiKey with the intent to start
for Aiken, but scarcely had he seated himself,
when his horse, dashed off. and after running
about 130 yards, brought the sulkey in con
tact with a tree. The shook threw Mr. Car
roll out upon one of the wheels, and his be-
came entangled in the spokes ; and the horse
continuing to run, Mr. C. was whiiled round
six or eight times, his head striking each time
against the ground which wasvery hard. In
"s situation he was kept until his leg was
snapnea on, ana me spokes of the wheel !
breaking at the same time, he became disen-
Mseu iroo sulkey. it was so early in
morning that lew of the villagers were
UP but the noise soon brought many to the
jspot to sympathise with and aid the sufferer,
j Mr. C. j was then inpossession of his senses,;
ana continued so for several hours;aflerwardv
His leg was immediately set, and everything
uuue icn skuiui mertical assistance,
and numerous friendlv stipniinni nnU'- j.. .
m J VUUIU UC""
Vise. Air was. however, in vain Tl.
" - - V MIM J HV Ot
vere contusion of his head brought on a fever
of the brain, and after lingering ia the state
of insensibility for seven days, he breathed
his last at one o'clock on Sunday, afternoon
last. -.
. Pearl ' Fishing A company has been. form-
.j t, . P ' .
J ! " JJ1" lli:"lu' S fi.s.h,nS P5"ls -
can remain submersed for a b.nrr Sm nA
make himself master of the waterv element.
I A beauliful brig ek understand, is about to
uc imcu upio proceed to South America, in
a short time, on this promising business. And
we believe that Capt. Taylor, the director of
this new enterprise, will ere Ms departure,
give the citiztsns of New York, an oDportu-
nity of witnessing the importance of the ap
paratus he is about to use, by taking a walk
on the bottom of the river, from the Battery.
JSew York Express.
COSMOGONICAL SQINTING.
America. Money not to'-" be smelt under
cent, per cent. General Shaving universal
Barbarism Liynch Law literal distress
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greai jscarcuy oi v. s, jv. s, l.. s, and U.'s
No trust y but distrust. Great cuttings up
Mexico. Losing Texas and gaining Taxes.
rvows ru. xveruiuuon once a month. Two
Presidents and a thousand Vices. Hpneroi
row, General discontent, General Busta-
menie.
pOLAND.p. Wo-land present. No
land future. .
Spain. Withi n an ace of losing her nneen
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Civil
war,-
Seville oranges, servile courtiers, save-all min
isters, and several Dons done toa dungeon for
donning Donna Maria's livery.
England. Nothing moving but stagnation.
War with the Church Radicals running
Steeple Chases. Dolorous signs from brother
Jonathan, and sinedollarous remittances.
Russia.-Rasher and rasher. Czar wants
to spar, but is not such a'calf as to take the
Bull by the horns. Can't tell whether an au
tocrat ought to crow or to cry.
France. Louis Philippe doing badly
daily expects a bullet-in. AH Paris going gua
ning at c monarque, metallique. Vaults
groaning with gold, table set with silver
coach plaited with platina, and covered with
copper to keep off steel knives, iron muzzles,
and leaden balls, because his popularity is in
a state of pewter-ifaction. Royally rolling in
riches, and manufacturers in misery. Another
revolution hourly expected. Pupies pamp
ered, and Lyons starved.
Ireland. Taxes, tithes, and taters. Agi
tators and their imitators White-boys with
out a yellow-boy. Dozens of families with
out a thirteener. No rent paid but the Con
nel rent. Orange faction looking blue, and
many a son of Green Erin without a red her-Tiag.-Gentlemah's
Magazine. "
: The Pavilion at Brighton This cele
brated specimen of the sometimes perverted
taste of its founder, is said not to be a loyal
palace, or as such descends to the crown.but
it : Was the private property of George the IV,'
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nd the ground ifsold ; and if sold the proba-
bihty is, that the Pavilion itself will be pulled
down, and the site itself be converted to mora
prpniaoxe purpose.
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