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‘by Tuomas Cromwetn ‘and his my! rmidons, says, “it
is safest to credit the existence of vices naturally cou-
nected with the véry institution of the monastic life.
The cruel and inv etcrate factions and quarrels, ther
» fore which the commissioners mentioned, are VER Y
CREDIBLE among men, who being confined togeth-
- er within the-small walls, can never forget their mutu-
alanimosities, and iho being cut of from all the most
endearing connexions of nature, arc commonly cursed
“seit heart mare selfish and tempers more tinrelent-
ving, than full to the share of other. men, . The pious
_ frauds, , practised , to increase the devotion and libe-
: rality of the people, may be regarded AS. CERTAIN,
‘ys, ia an order founded on illusion, lies and ‘Superstition.
‘The SUPINE, IDLENESS also, and its attendant,
‘PROFOUND, IGNORANCE, with. whieh the con-
yerts were reproached, ADMIT OF NO QUES-
“TION. No manly or elegant knowledge could be
expected ¢ among men, whose life, condemned to a te-
dious uniformity, and deprived of all” emulation, af.
forded nothing to) raise. the, mind, or cultiv ate ‘the | 5
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+ (To be continued) ©
_geniu:
| Siteitan Geography.
——
Major Laing’s Travels, just published, “affords much curious
information respecting the" tribes at the foot of the great chain
; where the Niger rises. The Koorankoos and Sovlimas are mild
* in their manners, and possess a considerable degree of civiliza-
“Yon. Their houses are earge and clean, their fields peatly our
tivated, and they are expert iu the mechan s
. part of the people are! Pagan but part have been Me aeertod
to Mahometanism. It is a curious fact, that this religion, which
entered Africa on te East, in the thre of the Prophet, has been
,impercepiibly gaining ground aganism, sceking its way
slowly through a a “multitude of barbarons tribes, and after hav-
- ing its progress long arrested the Jebel Kumra, or great
S€e citral chain of mountains, it has as last surmounted that bar-
and we now find it emerging almost on the shores of the
South Atlantic. The late aod. imperfect conversion of. thes:
tribes may be regarded as the last fechle surge of that mighty
ide which rose in Arabia twelve hundred rears ago, and. over.
+ whelmed so many powerful empires in its
A number of the Quarterly | Review, lately ipoblshed, affords
some additional intelligence fro: edition to Bornou.
‘The letters from Major Denhain 2 nad Lieutenant "Clapperton,
come down to June, 1824. The latter visited Old Birnie, the
+ former capital, destroyed by an enemy some years ago, the ru-
ins of which ‘attest the greatness of its wealth and population.
* Itis eight or nine miles in circumference, surrounded with
* walls of brick and clay, thirty feet high, and 10 or 12 thick. - He
afiorwards continued his excursion to the westward along the
Y¥eou or Niger, beyond the boundaries of Bornou. Then enter
ing the territories. “of the Sultan of Kano, (Ganain Arrow: smith's
map;) he was kindly received and promised a safe protection to
“.Gakatoo, fiteen days’ journey beyond Kano, and which must
+ be uear the lake or sea of Soudan.—Here so: ome Bernou traders
"reported they had scen him; and at this place he would be with-
~ ju fittle more than 200 miles of Timbuctoo, to which he was pro-
” Seeding. If he reached this famed town, his aecounts of the
- Niger will coonect with those of Mungo Park, and the eogra-
phy of the upper part of this rixer will want thle of being fully
explor
Little farther progress iad been made imexploring the Tsed
or great Lake of Bornou. Major Denham had again visited its
“southern shores, and had ascended the river Shary as vas
* Kernuck in the 11th degree of south latitude.
* great breadth, as'well as sien igth, and contains numerous islands,
pabaniced by pirates, who are a
boats, carrying from 15 to 20 men each. When the last
ane
. Jeter was written,‘in June 1824, Major Denham was ubont to
hhegin a journey quite round the Lake, proceeding by the south
When the result of this, en-
end, and retarning by the north.
* vill by no means prove a communication with the Nile. The
Tsad must be nea
parallel; and in that, interval there may be another lake or a
‘succession of lakes, of sufficient magnitude to dispose of the
«waters by evaporation, if the Tsad, 200 or 300. miles long, be
not itself large enough for the purposes The Reviewer enters
“Gato this question, and ¢ we are under his ban as jacobins
and what not, aad of course are not to be named, we have a sh
- suspicion that bis reasoning is meant as an answer to the argu-
“anents we used in our papers of Ith Jan. and 18th Feb. 1924.
We still think these assuments conclusive against the Supposed
‘communication of the e Tsai with the Nile, for which the Re-
viewer contends—though we admit that ifthe Taad be bona fide
© a fred water lake; the fact may almost be received as a Rroof
that ithasaneMlux stream. The Reviewer refers to the Al
ns, Which he says falls 7 inches per mile, and by a a fraudulent
calewlation he finds, that h’ che lake Tsad is 1200 feet above the
sea, this will afford a fall of 7 inches per mile to its waters in
their cireu! itous course to the “nlediterranean. " Here we are at
issue with hia. We maintaia, ‘arst. that ifthe barometer stood
at 29 deg. as the Reviewer states, tho height of the lake is not
2200 fect, but 959 or 1000 ;-secon aly, if the length of both
rivers is cateulated i in the same way (by taking the satne space
in the compasses) an elevation of 12( feet in the Tsad would
notafford to its waters wach more than half the average fall) w
' per mile which is assigned to the Amazons? thirdly, the Nile
aappreaches the sea with a Considerable current, and has scveral
ataracts in its course, while as not a sinzle
eataract below Jaen—has a fall of only 11 fect in the last 669
forms’ the two rivers, which as they
In all other respects, either hypothesis seems to u
It is curious that the travellers met with a sou of Horacinans by
an Afvican woman, and they received a pretty distinet account
from a native, of the circumstance of M
has a most pittiful article on Rail-wa ays 's, made up of
patches, strung together by some
of the subject rhe was writing about.
The Bel is of
je, it is said, ta muster a thou-
ly 1000 railes frovr the Nile in the 10th
Setler,
He Crusy |
west; or else that one common stream parts into two, and
ame lake, must encompass a great portion of central Aftica in
heir Delta. The one of these branches he thinks may be the
Joliba, the other the Quolla, both of which have been called the
ger. That the Shary comes from the west is sory probable.
untenable,
ungo Park’s death.
Since we are alluding to this Journal, we may Tattoo. fr
profoundly } ignorant
tt alludes to other state-
ients, and even borrows one two facts from English Papers;
but the Reviewer, though he Tenows nothing of mechanics as a
science, is abundantly mechanical in. bis concepti ions.” It
passes his comprehension, that time and experience, which have
smproved every other invention, should make any change at all
a the loco-motive machize. We heg to remind him, that though
the Quarterly may be stationary, and’ his ideas going backwards,
the science of Mechanics is making “We said that
these machines which, though rndely coontrcte, have already
tnade more rapid jouruies than the mail on-v imperfect rail-
roads, may at some future time go twenty mi nites an hour. Ow
profound critic thinks it is impossiblé ‘they .can ever go more
than nine or ten miles—for no reason that we can discover, ex-
cept that they have actually gone twelve miles an hour already! !
—(See tie article near the end.)—The first steam boats sailed,
or rather crept, at thé rate of three or four miles an hour.: How
incredible, or rather how ‘chimerical,” would it thea have
appeared to our Reviewer, had any body told him the power of
steam would by and by carry us as rapidly as a mail coach !—
Yet we should not be susprised to find that this incredulous
critic is the very person, who thought that the melting of a few.
icebergs on the shores of Greenla and, was to make the vine and
the sugar cane flourish in England! or his brother critic, who
discovered an Elysian climate and lu-uriant soil i the fright.
ful desarts of the great Karroo in Southern Africa! But we
marvel how the Quarterly, witiee, if at is not rich in honest
fame, has atleast got some no! hould peddle with a sub-
ject it docs not understand. “Teres isa wore article upon rail-
ways, which positively does not contain a single idea that bas
not run through fifty’ newspapers! How differently is the
scientific department o of the Edinburgh Review conducted? It
dog Ss} but it never utters words’ without
knowledges it ors not deal in articles put together by the
scissors; nor would it approach a subject which occupied bat
e inquisitive heads in the kingdom, without being able t
something better than make a disclosure of his: own poverty of
ideas, and defect of sciences
ge
: eee
A Staping Fuilge0% various occasions (says a ‘corre-
spon 1 have witoessed the anxiety of the Judges to pre-
serve jnvvolable the dignity and decorum. which should ever-be
observed in a Court of Justice—it is however impossible so to
do at all times—for during the trial of Browne vs. Murray on
Tuesday last, in the Court of King’s Hench, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice, seating himself very composedly in one corner of the Judi-
cial Seat, having oue leg horizontally placed and the other dan-
sling, went tos sleep for’ better than half an hour, and this too
while his Majesty's , Attorney “Genera 1 was addressing the Jury!
is’ Lordship awoke however in sufficient time to sum up. the
case with his wonted precision.
. .,
‘
at rthe west Massage “or Novthtvnte,
oonseom >
‘Of all the hoaxes that were ever played off for the amuse-
ment of John Ball, and the emolument of those who thus amuse
him, there is none more conspicucus for its absurdity and use-
lessness from the beginning, and the doating perseverance with
which it has been persisted in, than this Same attempt at a
North-west passage—from which poor Capt ain Lyon returned
the other day, with his own finger in his check, and those of his
crew bitten off with the severity of the climate, It will beiu the
recollection of many of our readers what grand discoveries, not
only of change of place, but change of seasons, certain learned
persons of the Admiralty, who wanted nothing more but being
at sea to make them, know at least all the coasts in the world,
madé upon this subject ; and it will not be forgotten that, rather
than go a second or a third timé to find out disappointment i in
that dreary and hopeless region, some of the gallant tars
land chose to commit suicide.’ Still ever, either a North-
west passage had to. be found, or the secretaries of the Adini-
ralty inst have been convicted of i ignorance, an alternative to
which, as they had the power in tele own hands, they of course,
saw no reasonto submit. Hence, we have Captain Lyon back
again j repulsed at Repulse Bays 3 Parry expected to meet with
no better fate; and this same Northwest passage set down in
the same catezory with the philosopher's stone aud the univer-
salsolvent. Indecd, so notorious has this project become, that
where ‘Any person proposes to find, to do, or to believe that
which is not very likely to be found, done, or believed, the at.
rept is is ealled—"a North west st passage,” ora’ ‘North wester.””
of Eng-
That there will be any goo, oreven ‘clerable new rama at
‘any of the theatres this scason, is— rth-wester.”
, That the old Royal Society will be vst to science, or the
Rew one to literature, is—‘ a North-wester.
- James’: sstrect and Poll-Matl will be put
in Co uuncil, is— a North-
le: ig will, of his own free intent,
vote for Catholic emancipation, and lay upon the table of the
Ifouse of Commons an account of all stationary furnished by
him for the Court in Dublin Castle, is—" a North-wester.”
That Messrs. Wilberforce and Bankes shall vote in accordance
with the sentiments expressed in their speeches, is—‘a North.
wester.”
That Lord Eldon will bring in a bill for. reducing the fees
payable to the Chancellor of England, is—“aNn
hat any monarchial Government | shall ever, a
cord, give liberty to its subjects, is— a North-wester.”.
vn ace
auiles of its course, and is so remarkably level’ and motionless».
that the tides a are feR over all this space.
Reviewer thinks that the Shary: ruvs parallel tothe Yeou
\ Bong the ¥: 3B of the Jebel Kumra from a poict ucarly as far’
\
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\
Bhat an Alderman of London shal ver die of starvation, is
‘a North-western,”
hat: he Archbishop of Canterbury shall ever bring ina bill
fall ultimately into the | neficed clergy
North-west
Tha
is—*a
Shakspeare,
philosophy, is—“ a
tions conveying the thanks of the meetlng to. N. P. O
!
VOL. T.
church dignitari ies, or enforcing the strict residence of the be- :
North-wester.
That Mr... “Xider man Cox shall ever, ata Court of Aldermen,
ora dinner in the Bagsion- house, pronounce the word “ horns,”
is— a North-we
That Mr. Southey shall compose an. official ode, one stanza
of which shall be remembered for three weeks by any ‘body bar
himself, is—* .
a North-wester,
That the Members of the Stock: Exchange ‘shall ever petition
ie, Legislature for more severe and, summary Jaws _Bgpinst
aud, is— a North-wester.””
That Alderman Wood shall ever “bur the Thames, isa
(Me. Secretary. Croker shall ever. find out the longitude,
Nort
That the next parliament shall ‘contain, more liberal niet,
r more eloquent speakers, than the presi sent, isa, Nor
-wester.””
pester. .
That England shall produce another dramatic writer equal to
—*a North-wester.
That there ever shall bea tuanel under the Thames, is, — a
North-wester..
That Ex-Sheriff Parkins shall ever deliv er lectures on maornt
North-wester,
That Lord Byron told Mr. Medwin the tenth part ¢ of what he >
he ales es, is—‘‘ a North-wester.”
‘That there could bean an end to the applications of these wi vords,
se a North-wester.”’
IRELAND.
Ca THOLIG AGGREGA TE MEETIN a:
" Yesterday, ‘the. most numerous and respectable aggregate
meeting we ever witnessed took place in North-Aunestrect
Chapel
were, crowded, and wh
tremendous. At one o'clock the Chapel was completely filled.
and the coup d’eil was extremely magnificent
There were from
the motion of Mr. O’Connell, Lord Gormanstow:
anid general applause.
At an early hour the avenues leading to the Chapel,
en the doors weré opene rusit was
and imposing.
Persons present. On
took the chair
six to seven thousand
Ir. Lambert said he had the honour te.move the frst resoln-
$q-,, for his zealous discharge of the duties of Secretary to the:
Catholics of Ireland. He thought such a resolution did not re-
quire any commentary, and he was! sure it would meet with the
unanimous approbation of all p:
Mr. Russell begged leave oo "pecond this resolution. _ It was
ie carried by acclamation a.
Mr. O’Gorman. rose, and said—My Lord and Gentlemen, *.
since } last had the honour of attending an aggregate meeting
force. Yes, Gentlemen, I shall
call it by no other nanfe: ‘The acts which preceded and which
followed that abominable and despotic measure, warran| i
so denominating it. Jt was a measure which had neither rea;
son nor argument to support it. I hope you, my countrymen,
will follow, on future occasions, thoglorions example sel you by
that Association—that you will Proceed and assert your rights
loyally, firmly, temperately,. and, above all, unitedly. (Loud
are not degraded by the act of our oppressors: the
degradation recoils upon themselves... As the Catholic Associa-
tion lived nobly, so its death was honourable and glorious. 1
will not hesitate to affirm, that it conferred more benefit on this,
ountry, in the short space of from twelve to eighteen months
than all the Kings, Senators, Statesmen, &e. that flourished in
Ireland for the last t 800 years. Butit yielded a prompt obedi-
ence to the law of the: land, and.1 am sure you will alw ays be
ready to imitate its example. I trust, however, that from its
ashes another Association, like another Phanix,: will arise-
(Loud and long continued cheering.) “I say, lik2 another Phe-
nix, an Association will arise, which, by all legal means and
constitutional tgotry aa may yet strike terror into the core of
the heart of bigotry and despotism, After eulosising the splen-
did services of the Catholic Deputation, which he had accom:
panied to England, he procceded—Look at the. situation in
which we are placed. The-Prime Minister of. ‘England, at the
head of an implacable and intolcrant faction, in a speech attri-
buted to him by the public prints, in denounced you all as re-
bels.. (Cries of shane, shame.). He has pronounced your ah;
legiance to be divided—I say, that itis is a gross and unfound-
ed. falschood. (Here some cried shame on the mushroont Peer.)
I say. that your allegiance is ondivided, and that your loyalty
is uustained. (Loud cheers. ). You adhered, even‘in ike worst
of times, to your allegiance, and to thew vorst of Prin The
state in which you are.at Prenat placed is awfully important.
Unless, then, you stand b: selves—unless every, individual
amongst you feels, as if the rhceess of the cause depended on bis
single exertions—ualess ‘all press forward to promote the cause
by “their exertions: and I trust these exertions, will not be con-
fined to the men, but that the women will also exercise theit
influence—(loud, cheers)—unless, then, the Indies. themselves
come forward, and teach their young children to lisp th
cents of fir eedom; 3 Unless they bring them to the altar, and make
em swear not to hate any one, but to stand by and support,
i y uecessary, by their blood, the liberties of their country;
less you do all this, my countrymen, your cause will not suc-
os i Lord Livpeuts principles be carried into.exccution,
erhaps, in the course of twelve months, not a m e pre
sent would be possessed of asingle acre of land, * (Hear; hear.)
Lord Liverpool cannot stop, neither can you. He must either
open to you the portals of the Constitution, or he must re-enact
the penal laws Are you willing to abide such an event ?—(No
no!)—TI hope that every man here is determined to fight the bat-
tle of his country, with that spirit implanted by the Abnighty in
the heart of man, and which even slavery cannot subdue: “Legal
and constitutional exertions will do more to advance the caus
and interests of your country than plains covered with blood.
[lle then read letters froui Lords Fingal and Killeen, apologiz-
ing for absence; and he piso read the Resolutions come to at
the Duke of Buckingham
Mahon proposed: the second resolution,’ for appointing
a Cernwaitee to prepare new petitis
Mr. Coppinger seconded it. He took a view of the past si-
tuation of Ireland.’ He said, from the first invasion{by Ieary Ue
for abolishing Easter oflvrings, increasing the duties of the
down to the Present moment, she has been the victim of perse*
a er perenne:
tec mgninye on
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