And there, racking thought, is our favourite tree,
That so often conceal'd my dear lassie and me,
O cease, recollection, too happy I've been,

With my young bonny lassie, my fause-hearted Jean.

What a blank is this world, when in life's weary round,
No pleasure we have nor no hope can be found,
Ye grief clogged moments, O wing your career,
My woes are too many, too heavy to bear.

Yes! soon the dark briar and the bin-weed shall wave
O'er the place of my rest, o'er my weed-cover'd grave!
And the sigh that shall rend my sad bosom I ween,
Shall be farewell, my dearest, my fause-hearted Jean.

Pollockshaws.

R. MD.

Lines descriptive of the Dream of Mary Macoal, on the night preceding her death in Kilsyth Moor, 4th Dec. 1818.

'Twas dark December-stormy weather

Loud the rapid Carron roared,

Round the Ben the tempests gather,

Clouds with wintry armour stored.

Distracted sore, of terrors dreaming,
Mary wearied for the morn,

While, through the night, the raven screaming
Sat upon yon leafless thorn.

On the moor, above her dwelling,

Where her lover used to stray,

Mary heard a doleful yelling,

Oft his voice cried, "come away."

Quick she flew to his protection;

Long she strove the moor to cross,
But, straying far from her direction,

She wandered in the settling moss.

Frantic she at first beheld bim,
Silent sorrow tore her breast,

Then in loudest strains bemoan'd him,
And him to her fond bosom prest.

Lone she sat beside him wailing,
By the noisy Garrel stream,
When the power of fancy failing,
Mary found 'twas all a dream.

THE DREAM REALIZED, IN THE FATE OF MARY.

To-morrow's weary sun had scarcely set,
When Mary, wilder'd, shivering, cold, and wet,
Had lost her way upon the pathless moor,
Far, far she wander'd from her master's door.
The sad forebodings of the former night,
With all their horrors, rushed upon her sight,
Methinks I see her wild distracted form
Exhausted, fall before the howling storm;
Unfit to stand by angry tempests driven,

She raised her hands, and begged relief from Heaven.

O Thou, who sitt'st above yon starless sky !
No darkness hides from thine omniscient eye,
No stormy tempest can thy power withstand,
The raging ocean sleeps at thy command;
Shield me, I pray thee, in this dreadful hour,
And to a wretch extend protecting power;
But if thy wisdom should see best, that I
Upon this wild and trackless waste should die,
O thou Supreme! I'll pray with latest breath,
Save me in this the dreadful hour of death!

O wretched maid! thy sufferings to relate
Too hard for me to tell thy doleful fate;
O'er all thy frame the freezing cold prevail'd,
And death with fatal dart thy heart assail'd.
Long ere the morn thy griefs were all assuag'd,
And o'er thy head in vain the tempest rag'd;
Stretch'd on the heath, thy snowy bosom bare,
The morning saw thee freed from all thy care.

Kilsyth, 15th March 1819.

Kennedy:

Nay, this is earnest which I now relate,
That pale-faced poverty stalks o'er the land,
Seeking his prey even from our low estate,
Stealing a morsel from the meanest hand.
Fell tyrant! why now whet thy cruel fangs,
Already sharp enough to reach the heart,
Why add another to the many pangs,

Which wretches feel, and groan beneath the smart!
Seest thou the miseries in rueful train,

Which follow at thy heels, relentless power!

Seest thou the miseries, I say again,

Which fills our cups with gall each day and hour!

Behold, what groups around!-firm in the grasperku vaheta
Is yonder pale blue wretch that sneaks along,

Rank as the venom of the mortal asp,

Soon wilt thou lay him with the noiseless throng.

Can buoyant Hope still in the bosom live,
Where Disappointment rules without controul?

As well the smile of England's King may give us dow
Heat to the frozen regions of the pole.

O Poverty! thine evils who can tell,

We were lately favoured with the Perth Courier of the 6th current, from which the following is an extract.

FORBET versus REID.

This case, which excited a considerable interest among the manufacturers and weavers in this place, as tending to settle a point of much general importance to persons engaged in the cotton manufacture in Scotland, was on Thursday morning last decided by Lord Gillies in favour of the weavers.

By the act 43. Geo. III. cap. 151, sect. I, entituled-" An Act for preventing and settling disputes which may arise between masters and weavers engaged in the cotton manufacture in Scotland," & commonly known by the name of the WEAVERS' ACT; it is provided that "in all cases relative to the weaving of the said manufacture, that shall and may arise, within that part of great Britain called Scotland, where the masters and weavers, or the weavers and those employed by them cannot agree," &c. any Justice of the Peace shall, on complaint made to him, summon before him the person complained against; and, at the request of either of the parties, "nominate referees for the settling the matters in dispute." By the 20th section of the same act it is provided, that with every warp given out by the manufacturer to a workman to be wove, there shall be delivered a ticket denoting the work to be done, and the rate and price to be paid for the same, according to the standard ell, &c; and by the 21st section, there is a penalty imposed on every master, foreman or agent, refusing or ne glecting to give a ticket, in the manner prescribed by the act.

It seems to be a complaint by the weavers, that this act, intended as a sort of protection to them against their more powerful masters, has been generally disregarded by the manufacturers; and in particular, that with the materials of the web, the manufacturers are in the custom of giving out tickets, fixing the price of weaving at so much per cut, instead of the standard ell; and containing also other clauses not authorised by the act.

In the present case, Reid, an agent for a house in Glasgow, had given out with the materials a web to the appellant, Forbet, a ticket, containing, among other particulars, a clause, that "if any dispute arise about the warp of this web, which cannot be settled by the parties concerned, the beam and heddles must be returned along with the web (if required) free of expense, to the subscriber, till finished by another hand."

The materials of this web having turned out to be bad, Forbet, in the month of November last, applied by petition to the Justices, to have referees nominated in terms of the act, but upon hearing the parties, the Justices found that there was no occasion for a remit to referees, and ordained Forbet to return the beam and heddles with the web, in terms of the clause in the ticket. Against this decision For 1811 anin

bet appealed to the first Circuit Court of Justiciary to be held at Perth, and the appeal having accordingly come on before Lord Gillies, his Lordship "sustained the appeal, altered the judgement appealed from, and found that all disputes betwixt masters, manufacturers, and the workmen employed by them in the branch of their manufacture in question, must be settled by referees, in terms of the Act of Parliament. Remitted, and hereby remits to the Justices to proceed accordingly. Found the appellant entitled to the expenses of this appeal, &c.

It thus appears that a manufacturer cannot supersede the Act of Parliament by whatever clauses he may introduce for that purpose into his ticket. Indeed, it is apparent, that if the contrary were the case, the Act of Parliament would just be so much waste paper, because a manufacturer might have it in his power to put the most absurd and vexatious clauses into his tickets, the poor weaver compelled by necessity to take out a web on any terms, would thereby necessarily deprive himself of the whole benefit and protection intended by the act. This would seem to be at direct variance with the avowed object and meaning of the act. Lord Gillies said that the act was very explicit: it provided that all disputes should be settled by referees; and, as in the case in question, a dispute had occurred, it behoved that the mode of settling that dispute pointed out by the act, should be followed. It was of no consequence what clause was in the ticket given out before the dispute had happened.

STATE OF TRADE.

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MAY 31st 1819.

Silk Plaids, Shawls, and Trimmings still remain in a depressed state, and the manufacturers are continuing to discharge their hands. Sill Scarfs still meet with a ready sale. Prices of weaving remain pretty

steady.

Imitation Cotton Shawls, of every description, continue very dull.
Imitation Gown Pieces are likewise very flat.

Zebra Dresses and Shawls are giving out by a number of manufac turers, but the price of weaving is very low.

Common Harness Robes are more in request. The price of weav ing has been much reduced. sil

Full Harness Robes. The demand for these goods has encreased since last report. Sprigs, with Gauze and Crape Stripes, and Half Covered Sprigs, with and without Cording, have been engaged for by a considerable number of weavers, but at very low prices."

Full Harness Dresses, for the East India market, are more in request. Prices of Weaving are, however, very low.

Damask Shawls, with Silk or Cotton grounds, are very dull.
Seeded Stripes, Robes, and Shawls are also still flat.