What though our burthen be not light We need not toil from morn to night; The respite of the mid-day hour Is in the thankful Creature's power. Blest are the moments, doubly blest, That, drawn from this one hour of rest, Are with a ready heart bestowed Upon the service of our God!
Why should we crave a hallowed spot? An Altar is in each man's cot, A Church in every grove that spreads Its living roof above our heads.
Look up to Heaven! the industrious Sun Already half his race hath run; He cannot halt nor go astray, But our immortal Spirits may.
Lord! since his rising in the East, If we have faltered or transgressed, Guide, from thy love's abundant source, What yet remains of this day's course:
Help with thy grace, through life's short day Our upward and our downward way;
And glorify for us the west,
When we shall sink to final rest.
ON THE SIGHT OF A MANSE
SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
SAY, ye far-travelled clouds, far-seeing hills, Among the happiest-looking Homes of men Scatter'd all Britain over, through deep glen, On airy upland, and by forest rills,
And o'er wide plains whereon the sky distils
Her lark's loved warblings; does aught meet your ken More fit to animate the Poet's pen,
Aught that more surely by its aspect fills
Pure minds with sinless envy, than the Abode
Of the good Priest: who, faithful through all hours
To his high charge, and truly serving God,
Has yet a heart and hand for trees and flowers,
Enjoys the walks his Predecessors trod,
Nor covets lineal rights in lands and towers.
THE Lovers took within this ancient grove Their last embrace; beside those crystal springs The Hermit saw the Angel spread his wings For instant flight; the Sage in yon alcove Sate musing; on that hill the Bard would rove, Not mute, where now the Linnet only sings: Thus every where to truth Tradition clings, Or Fancy localises Powers we love. Were only History licensed to take note Of things gone by, her meagre monuments Would ill suffice for persons and events: There is an ampler page for man to quote, A readier book of manifold contents, Studied alike in palace and in cot.
COMPOSED AFTER READING A NEWSPAPER OF THE DAY.
are severing link by link ;
Soon shall the Rich be levelled down-the Poor
Meet them half way." Vain boast! for These, the more
They thus would rise, must low and lower sink,
Till, by repentance stung, they fear to think; While all lie prostrate, save the tyrant few Bent in quick turns each other to undo,
And mix the poison they themselves must drink. Mistrust thyself, vain Country! cease to cry
"Knowledge will save me from the threatened woe." For, if than other rash ones more thou know, Yet on presumptuous wing as far would fly Above thy knowledge as they dared to go, Thou wilt provoke a heavier penalty.
[N. B. The figures within crotchets refer to the History.]
ABINGDON, skeleton discovered at, re- ported to be that of a Scotchman, murdered many years ago, 24 Accidents: loss of the William Penn' steam-boat by fire, 29-four persons drowned in a boat on the Thames, 52; fire on board a Dublin steamer, 54; accidents on the Manchester railway, 55; loss of life in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 63; ex- plosion in a coal pit, Harley Mine, near Blackrod, 72; a boy carried off by a wolf, 93; violent thunder storm at Prestwich, and several persons killed, 107; several persons seriously injured by a cow from Smithfield, 118; fires in Courland and Livonia, 121; loss of the Superb steamer, 170; fifty persons drowned at Liverpool, 173. Ady, Joseph, charge against, by the Rev. F. Tebbutt, 96
Agricultural Distress, [238]; increase of burdens on the farmers, [259] Algiers, debate in the French Chambers as to the expediency of abandoning the retention of it as onerous to France, [354]
Althorp, Lord, he and Mr. Sheil com- mitted into the custody of the Ser- jeant-at-arms, [12]; supports the amendment against the repeal of the Union, [34]; explains the measures of the bill relative to the Irish tithe system, [86]; reply to Mr. Stanley's speech, [91]; sends in his resigna- tion, [115]; announces the circum- stance in the House, [121]; returns to the cabinet, [124]; introduces a modified Coercion Bill, [133]; speech in support of the bill for admitting Dissenters to the Universities, [190]; his plan for the extinction of church- rates by granting a sum from the land-tax, [207]; contends that the plan ought to satisfy the Dissenters, [212]; his plan for the commutation of tithes, [215]; brings forward the new Poor Laws' Bill, [223]; his argu- VOL. LXXVI.
ments in favour of it, [227]; defends the bastardy clauses, [234]; his new financial plans, [284]
Alvanley, Lord, his speech against the Poor Laws' Bill, [244]; contends that a proper administration of the exist- ing law would prevent abuses, [245] Anglesea, Marquis of, letter from, to Earl Grey, urging church reform in Ireland, quoted by Mr. Hume, [48]
Army estimates, 288; reductions and savings ib.
Assessed taxes, alterations in, [292] Assizes:-Cambridge; the King v. Se- ward and others, 37
Chester; W. Nailer, shooting at Mr. Wilkinson, 55; J. Mosley and W. Garside, murder of Mr. Ashton, 290 Derby; G. Maltby, &c. miners, mur- der of J. Bagshaw, suffocating him by smoke of combustibles in a mine, 290 Dorchester; J. Loveless, &c., admi-
nistering unlawful oaths, 39 Exeter; the King v. Brice &c, ad- ministering of unlawful oaths by Trades' Unions, 106
Kildare; Patrick Waters, murder of Christopher Broughill, 45
Kilkenny; Robert Malone, murder of Mr. Leonard in 1833, 104 Launceston; Alfred Rae, assault on Grace Brenn, 48
Norwich; J. N. Reeve, stealing pro- perty found on the person of Mrs. Pyne, a passenger drowned in the Earl of Wemyss' smack, 42; J. and W. Jones, highway robbery, 44 Old Bailey; W. Collier, forgery on the Bank of England, 3; T. Good- win, B. Swaby, and J. Ward, rob- bing the post-office, 130
Meath; M. Devine, J. Slevin, and P. M'Kenna, for murder of T. Cudden and J. Bunn, 309
Philipstown; the King v. Rev. Mi- chael and Rev. W. Crotty, 99
Reading; B. Gardiner, a private sol- dier, shooting a serjeant, 102 Warwick; Bird v. Smart, crim. con. 113; J. Fitter, murder of M. Webb,
Wells; Dan. Marogh, perjury, 120 Worcester; Anderton and Wife v. Gibbs, case of legitimacy, 33 York; Joseph Ratcliffe, manslaughter, 50; G. Webb, manslaughter, by administering Morrison's Pills,
305 Attorney-General, his right of prece- dence before the Lord Advocate of Scotland, decided, 119
Baboon, one trained to commit robberies
by some itinerant showmen, 122 Baden, a censorship established, [457] Baring, Mr. A., his speech on the sub- ject of the agricultural interest and its relief, [260]; opposes the repeal of the corn laws, [277], [279] Barron, Mr., speech against the Union, [29]
Bastardy clauses in the new Poor Laws' bill, [227]; Mr. Robinson's motion for their omission, [233]; Lord Al- thorp's defence of them, [234]; pro- posed modification, [236]; alteration proposed by the bishop of Exeter, [247]; decrease of bastardy in such parts of America where the burden of supporting the child is thrown upon the mother, [251]
Bavaria, the King's speech, [457] Beer licences, taxation on, [291] Belgium; (see Holland); tumult at Brussels, and destruction of the houses and property of Orangeists, [448]; French influence in regard to altera- tion of duties, [449]; change of mi- nisters, ib.; opening of the sessions, and votes of the Chambers, ib. Bienne, singular phenomenon exhibited by the wells at, 1
Book-trade with France, 181 Boulden, Judge, sudden death of, in the House of Representatives, United States, 14
Bow-street, information against dealers in game, 100 Bowring, Dr., [278]
Brazils, measures for establishing a
federal form of government, [471] Bristol, bp. of, (Dr. Gray) death, 242 Brussels, riots at, against the Orange- ists, [448]
Brougham, Lord, his speech on the Irish tithe bill, [158]; on the poor- laws bill, [237]; injurious effect of
the present system, [238]; points out the expediency of the proposed mea- sures, [253]; his visit to Inverness,
Budget the, [290]; France, [353]; Portugal, [440]; Holland, [447] Bulwer, Mr. E. L., proposes that hold- ing office should entitle certain of the ministry to seats in parliament, [301] Burns, Mrs., funeral of, 49 Buenos Ayres, attempt at a revolution, [471]
Cambridge, petition from the university of, admitting dissenters to take de- grees, [169]; counter petitions from do., [174] [175]
Campbell, Gen, Sir J., case of his im- prisonment by the Portuguese, brought before parliament, [320]
Canada, Mr. Roebuck's motion for in- quiry into the state of, [323]; petition from Quebec, presented by Mr. Hume, [326]
Carlos, Don, attempts to cross the frontier from Portugal into Spain, [376]; his baggage taken by Rodil, [393]; he escapes on board the Donegal and comes over to England, [394]; returns to Spain through France, [395]; his landing at Parts- mouth, 84; Death of his wife, 238 Carnarvon, Earl of, his speech against the bill for admitting dissenters to the universities, [198]
Catholic priests, dispute between two, as to possession of a chapel, 99 Catholicism, a new Romish saint added to the calendar, 129
Chameleon, revenue cutter, run down by a frigate off Dover, 128 Chancellor, Lord, disavows intention of favouring Catholicism in Ireland, [65] Chandos, Marquis of, brings forward the subject of agricultural distress, [258]; resolution moved by him for remitting taxes pressing on agricul- turists, [259]
Charlestown, destruction of a conventat, by a mob, 128
China and East India trade, meeting respecting, 19
Cholera, successful treatment of, 109 Characters of Lord Rosslyn, &c., 388 Church establishment, Irish, Mr.Ward's motion for reduction of, [37]; pro- portion between Catholics and Pro- testants, [38]; church revenues, [39]; commission appointed to in- quire into the state of the church, [45], note
Church, declaration in favour of, by the king, [44]; do. of the laity, presented to the king, 71.
Church and State, petition for separa- tion of, [165] Church-rates, Mr. Divett's motion for abolishing, [206]; withdrawn, [207]; Lord Althorp's plan for their extinc- tion, ib. opposition and dissatisfac- tion of the dissenters, [209] Claville, Rev. J., law suit respecting the validity of his will, 311 Coal-pit, accident in, at Harley mine, 72 Cobbett, Mr., his motion for repeal of the malt-tax, [265]; assets the house- tax to be unobjectionable, [286] Coleridge, S. T. memoir of, 377 Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the Irish Protestant church, [45], note; the measure ob- jected to by Mr. Stanley, [49,] by Sir R. Peel, [53]
Common Pleas, court of, opened to all the bar, 60
Commutation of tithe; see Tithe Conservative meeting at Dublin, 123 Constantinople, festivities on the mar- riage of the Sultan's daughter, 74 Convent at Charlestown, burnt by a mob, 128
Cooke, G., engraver, death, 215 Cooper, Mr., examined relative to the
fire of the House of Lords, &c. 164 Coorg, rajah of, operations against, on the part of the British, [337] Corn-laws, discussion on, [267]; their injuriousness, [268]; a change of the system, demanded by Mr. Hume, [269]; Sir J. Graham's defence of it, [270]; fluctuations of prices not pre- vented by them, [274] [276]; danger of free trade in corn, [280] Cosway, Sir W., inquest on, 76 County-rates, report of the commission- ers for inquiring into the charges on, 329 Court-martial on Captain Wathen, 11 Courts of law
Chancery, application for writ of pro- hibition to a court-martial, 63 Consistory Court, Tongue v. Allen, dulent publication of banns, 98 King's Bench, Cording v. Ballantine, false imprisonment, 14; Dewar v. Purday, pirating the music of a song, 83; the king v. T. R. Davis,
Vice Chancellor's Court, Marato ". Hall, Captain Nisbett's debts, 171 Cross-examination, latitude adopted by counsel in, 2
Crime, state of, in France, 93
Dallaway, Rev. Jas., death, 228 Debating Club, fracas at, 21 Depravity, case of, 43 Derby, earl of, death, 243 Dissenters, remarks on the hostility of the dissenters to the church, [164]; petition from the university of Cam. bridge for admitting them to take de- grees, [169]; counter petitions from do., [174]; Mr. Wood's bill for their admission, [175]; bill brought in by Lord J. Russell relative to dissenters' marriages, [213]; interview of the deputation from the Nottingham dis- senters with Earl Grey, 7
Divisions of the House of Commons, re port relative to, 334
Divett, Mr., his motion (afterwards with- drawn by him) for abolition of church- rates, [206]
Dog, lives of two children saved by, 31 Doyle, Dr., funeral of, 85
Drury-lane, the play called the "Wed- ding Gown," I
Dublin, horrible condition of the poor
in, as described by Mr. Cobbett, 151 Duel between gen. Bugeaud and M.
Dulong, members of the chamber of Deputies, 10
Earthquake at Santa Martha, 71; at Carthagena in Spain, 152
East-India and China trade, meeting relative to, 19
East-India Company, action against by
the Bank of Bengal, to recover amount of bills forged upon the Company, 5 Ebrington, lord, presents a petition from the Devonshire landholders, for commutation of tithe, [215] Edinburgh, meeting of the Brit. As-
sociation for the Promotion of Science, at, 132; public dinner to earl Grey, 141 Egypt, Mehemet Ali marches into Syria to put down an insurrection at Naplous [465]
Ellenborough, lord, his remarks relative to the communication between Mr. Littleton and Mr. O'Connell, [131]; speech against the Irish tithe bill, [152]
Ellice, Mr., brings forward the army estimates, [288]
English produce, reluctance of the con- tinental states to admit, [279] English Opera House, the new, opening of, 111.
Epsom, murder of Mr. J. Richardson,
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