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      Jiwtahy2. 1847. Tfle Northern Star. 3

      JiWTAHY 2 . 1847 . TflE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      ••The Gates Op Rome—The Gates Of Heaves....

      •• THE GATES OP ROME—THE GATES OF HEAVES . " BV liDT BCFFiSlH ( From Fisher ' s Drawing Rom Scrap Bool , 1 SJ 7 . )

      Fling wriethy solemn gates , ORome ! A Kingly guest draws aear . Whose slightest frown in his far home Sad millions w » te" «¦* tari He comtth not , in pilgrim guise , To bow btfore thy shriae ; The blessing which lis faith denies . He * iB « ot ask trova thme * He cometh —» s a King sh-sutd come ! With porap and rich array ; With sound of trump and beat of dram , A conqueror—on his way ; He looketh—as a King should look—Proud f tep , aud lofty eye , — And gestures of command , that brook Sor peer nor rival nigh : The memory of one lost and dear .

      Hath touched that brow of pride , * The shadow of a human f « ar Ytt stalketh by his side ; But power to that stern spirit comes The weight aside to fling - , And be bears him nobly—as becomes A warrior , and a King . - Again fling wide thy solemn gates 0 Rome J Without there stands A pilgrim , who in patience waits With meek aud folded hands ;

      A woman—travel-trained and worn , Thy portal tottereth thro ' , Alone , unfriended , weak , forlorn , — And yet a Conqueror tool 0 noble heart ! whose faith upbore Tbe faint and feeble frame , Thro' hopeless years of travail sore , In torture , doubt , and shame ; The good fight bast thou fought ; and now , Thy promised rest so near . Why sinktth do « n that noble brow , That knew nor guilt nor fear !

      She cometh , .-. » the poor do come . With bated breath and sich . To ask a boon—0 mighty Rome ! Thy leave in peace to die . Of aU thy wealth ' s uncounted sums She asks but this—a ^ rave ; And craves it meekly—as becomes A suppliant and a slave . 0 Holy City ! art toon dumb Wnen ( as in days ofjrort ) The oppressor , and his victim . ' came Thy judgment seat before ! Shall the old thunders wake again The echoes of thy hills ? Sptak!—to a listening world ! In vain No voice the tileace fiL ' s I

      Shall he , who guiltless life destroys . Have sanction at thy shrine ! And , deaf to a wronged nation ' s voice . Hear " Welcome"now , from thine . ' A voice , as of a mighty flood , Shall drown that" Welcome" sound ; The cry of Hood . ' the innoctnt blood . That crieth from the ground ! Oh * when before the gates of Heaven Those pilgrims feoth shall stand , In His dear name—to whom is given To sit at God ' s right baud ; Xo rags shall hide , nor purple screen Tbe deeds by either done ; For God himself shall judge beeween The Emperor and the Jfun !

      * The Death Of His Daughter.

      * The death of his daughter .

      7s" " Poetry" And " Reviews" Must Make W...

      7 S" " Poetry" and " Reviews" must make way for polities and Revolutions . The extraordinary foreign and other news of the week compels ns U > omit several matters which otherwise would have found a place in this page .

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      The Yule Log For Everybody's Christmas H...

      THE YULE LOG FOR EVERYBODY'S CHRISTMAS HEARTH ; SHOWING WHERE IT GREW ; HOW IT WAS CUT AND BROUGHT HOME ; AND HOW IT WAS BURNT—Bv the author of ?' The Chronicles of the Bsstile . " London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortiracr-street , « CavendUh-square . It h the clsfortune of the author of thi- neat little Christmas work that he should have followed instead of preceded Dickens . Had be been first in the field we are persuaded be cou . 'd have written an excellent Christmas story , though he had never read the " Carol , " or the ' " Chimes ; " but , as it is , we feci that many of his pictures have too close a similarity to parts of the above named works . This hto be rei-reitid , for there is much excellent writing in the book which no mere cooyist could have

      had sense or seal enough to " get up . " There is , ton , a robustness , an old English truthfulness , about this storv , far superior to anything to be found in " The Battle of Life , " Whatever may be its fault * , we know of no book since the " Carol" so we'd calculated to inspire its readers with generous , kindly thought ? , and contempt for the mere money-grubbicg spirit , which is esteemed by so many the first of virtues . From first to last the story is well calculated to enforce its excellent moral "that we are seat into the world not to live for ourselves alone , but to do one another good ; and lighten and ease one an j ther of the burdens which it falls to our lot to carry . " We regret we cannot spare room for extract-. The book is admirably illustrated by George Cruiksbank . We heartily recommend the " Yule Log" to our friends , both young and old .

      Scott. Byron, And Shelley. When The Nort...

      SCOTT . BYRON , AND SHELLEY . When the Northern Romancer threw the bri « h t aurora of Jus magical genius over the musty chronicles of antiquity , weaving therefrom with fairy links , the creations of his vivid fancy , the reading world iiad already become weary of the tedious narrations , unnatural plots , and sickly sentiment of the school of Richardson , and Hannah Moore . The metrical i ' egends of our ancestors had become obsolete , and all the imajiinary talent of Anne Madeline could not inv < st her wildly extravagant conceptions with the c-. arras which hung around the productions of the giftt d author of Waverley . Scott struck out a new path , he created a new epoch in the history of Setienal literature .

      Wi . o ha > not sorrowed for the unfortunate Effie Beans I or lamented over the untimely fate of the amiable Amy R-jbsart ? But , perhaps , the finest conct'ptfcn of a female character which ever emanated trom the pen of Walter Scott , is the beautiful acd bii'h-souled Retecca . With all his undeniable kcro-wt-rship and wordly conventionalism , the noveli-t could not deny the qualities which constitute mural heroiscn to the datk-eyed daughters of Israel . In ot r opinion , Ivanltoe , is , in fact , the most brilliant creation ot his genius ; the character of Richard Cteur-de-Lion is , perhaps , too favourably Orawn , and that of Athelstan too weak atid vaecilating for our conception of the sturdy independence of t Saxon thune , bat the other characters are finely

      ilrawij . Isaac of Yoik is a good portrait , though not a I ' easin ^ one ; and t ie Templar is a fine impersonation of the turbulent chivalry ot that period , and tbe morals eng endered by the insane and bigotry-besotten wars of the Cross . Bois-GuuVrt is one of those striking compounds o * virtue and vice , in which tbe two seem bktided together without any very aeculately defim-d line of demarcation , which Uulwer l . ytton so often pr « tn 5 s its with iu hi * sublimely-conceived and hilf-metaphy-ical romances ; and the eeepc * with Rebecca , in which hu love fur the beaulifji ^ Tc wiys . struggle * for mastery with his stubborn prHtfar . d ambition , ate finely pourtrayed . The " . enitts of Scott revelled in the tournaments , festivities , and bat baric magnificent * of the middle ages ; lie ever strove to throw a halo over the past ; Ms mind was essentially foimed upon a love of aristocratic and feudal grandeur . It evidenced itself in

      his baronial hall at Abbotsforu , in his worship of rink , in his pictures of the courtly splendours of Kenilworth , and the turbulent barosiage of Scotland , llis favourite characters were Highland catcmns , toider il- ?{ redators . feudal barons , and tiiaoecrving cavalier- and courtiers . Charles II . was to his eyea , Uinded by tbe pomp and glitter of courts and eorsv lets , 0 ! . H- the " merrie monarch " of eiraedy—tho "famo'is Clavethouse a gra ' elu ! cavalier : while , on the oiitr liand , the sincere piety and re'igioas tm \ tf the Covenanter * , and the sterling Independence of t » e Puritans , were ridiculed and misrepresented , v ' e Jo > l- in rain tarritcb the writings of Scott for a £ l . n » I , e liberal sentiment , or the slightest in & nifcfition o ! syi-ipnth y with the democracy . U ' wasenseii Jiaily tii- hard ai . d t- ' ivioniekrof a past ago—the emwduncjj t oi -Jjo * e conservative op inions in polity ^ dicl ^ i ,, ! , ; ,. , ] ti-it , exclusive principle of social ' !' e . which niv no * rapidl rsing away .

      y pa fc jrou was" the ui'T .-tl ar . tip ^ de of the Northern l ^ niaiic-. r ; he was the re ;> rese » tativa ol tho present l , a , > v , { K- ; ts of the past—his poems embodied JJjelivi-ic spirit of democracy , as those of Scott did '' . esli . virtAv unsubstantial inmiie of feudal artstotM ( , y . T-. « " , agii ! , j . ! - , < - ] f a member of the privileged l -dir a- ! =: Wn if a fami ' y noted for its lovalty and i f ^ tihJi a ^ hfiriice : o church anil > tate principles '^ im ' i ' e , . f , vt ca-t the halo of his briliiant geniu-, v * r lb- \ , .: k-t lin-mc- ; iij , d the most liberal senti' - ' «' : ik- \> . ennoble humanity . His sympathies ¦ ere ,. ; -,. ; . .,. ; , t jj 0 SrJ w ;| f J s ,, i ;; i , t the elevation of ^ Eirf , i ' ..-v .. . , alj , j j K . l : u :: ic : lcd : he most brilliant , - ' -n- of :. " . v rou'e , fruifht with the keenest ir-my , '•"' tit the ; . l .: i . iS of thed .-iy . How unlike tiie time ^ U ; v . > a > , \ -. o ; :-w ( ir / n : / i- 'ii :- spirit of Scott ! B } ro : i ^ ti . v cni ' vidi-. ucnt of tha * . disati ^ aeuon with , ex-

      Scott. Byron, And Shelley. When The Nort...

      isting institutions , that restless aspiration for a , higher state of being , whkh characterises the present generation . The literary offspring of these thoughts were his < Vision of Judgment , drawn forth by the apostaey of Southey and bis servile adulation of George III ., and the Irish Avatar , unparalleled ror its better irony and cutting sarcasm . His Ckilde Harold abounds with noble passages ; we may mention his reflections on war , and his musings in the ruins of tbe Coliseum . His Don Juan has been stigmatised as an immoral poem , though we cannot but think that the objection has bees a mere cloak under which to exclude the -work for its democratic tendencies . The style is unequal , it is altogether a

      singular poem , but it is replete with thought , with pathos , and the true spirit of poetry . It is a poem which none but Byron could ever have written , it bears the impress of his wonderful genius on every page , and we may venture to assert that no one ever took it up without reading it to the end . It breaths throughout a spirit of genuine philanthropby , which those who rail at it on the score of morality would do well to imitate ; its gifted author has imbued it with the feeling which animated his own breast , an earnest aspiration for tbe welfare of humanity , constituting it a " record of free thought and an eloquent vindication of democracy , which every republican , every lover of his species , should have in his library .

      As Byron was the impersonation of the present transitionary state of the public mind , so was Shelley the representative and exponent of the future , not the futurity-idea inculcated by our clerical instructors , dim and shadowy as Ossiati ' s hall of Lotla , but the moral summer of the world , the realisation of Arcadian fable and Hebraic myth . Shelley was the most iiithly gifted harbinger of the coming brightness , his whole aspirations were towards the future , as evinced in the QaemMab and the equally beautiful Revolt of Islam . " This Is the winter of the world;—and here We die , even as the winds of autumn fade , Expiring in the froze and foggy air . — Behold ! Spring comes , tho * we must pass who made The promise of its birth , even a ( the shade Which from our death , as from a mountain , flings

      The future , a broad sunrise;—thus arrayed As with the plutres of overshadowing wings , From its dark gulf of chain * , Earth like an eagle springs . " Byron ' s morbid imagination , the mother of those dark creations of his fancy , the Laras and ( Jhilde Harolds of his great poems , received many a scintillation of eternal light from his intercourse with Shelley , and its effect was visible in those cantos ol Cuilde Harold which were written during their continental intimacy . The misanthropny which occasionally gleams forth in the writings of Byron , " The stinging ot a heart the world bad stung , " was unknown to Percy Bysshe Shelley . He wrote not of the past like Scott , nor lingered ever the present like Byron ,

      but directed his whole thoughts and aspirations towards the future , Byron , as he cast a melancholy glance at Spain and Italy , turned his eyes towards Greece , whore he saw the crescent waning before the rising splendour oi the star of Uelles , una be hoped ; but Shelley gszed deeper into the gloom of faturity , and saw in the coming time the realisation of his o < vn bring visions of Utopia—not only Greece free from the Moslem rule , and the unity and independence of Italy n stored , but the unity and fraternity of the whole human race , the actualization of Hebrew prophecy and Grecian fable , dreamed of by flaso , and preached by Jesus , when the individual thallbe merged in the universal , and Moore ' s Utopia and Harrington ' s Oceana shall have " a local habitation and a name . " T . Frost .

      Co-Operative League. A Party " Professin...

      CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A party " professing to take their principles from the •• Letterson Labour" by William Uowht , which appeared in the People ? s Journal . some months ago , has come into being under the above designation . This party held their Christmas Festival on Monday evening hut , at the Farringdon Hall , Snow Hill . About two hundred attended the Soiree which was presided over by Mr . William Howitt , who was accompanied by Mrs . and Miss Howitt . After the removal of the cloth , Mr . Huwiir rose and said , his first words . shoald be . " Success to tbe Co-operative League , " and it gave him the greatest pleasure to see in that numerous assembly the dawn of that success . He was told this was scarcely to be called a public meeting , that it should be considered

      rather as a meeting of a few friends . It was only a month or two a ^ o , that the league was commenced . Co-operation was nothing new , but heretofore the working classes had co-operated to raive wealth for others . Co operation had built tities , and laid the foundation of Kingdoms . We had been ruled , and often misruled by co-operation . Laud cheers . ) Armies bad been called together , and not untrequently destroyed the fruits of that power whieh had called them together , co operation . { Hear , hear . ) The immense masses of wealth by which we are surrounded , was created by co-operation . The great mischie f was that this co-operation had been in the hands of the few for the be efit of the few . ( dear , hear , ) Education had been confined to the few , and it were these few wh « had secured to themselves the

      advantages , but we had lived to see tho day , when allparties , were spreading education . The working classes were educating themselves , schools , colleges , & C-, were rising on every hand . No barriers were now permitted , the people had resolved to become Rebecca and her children , and breakdown all toll bars on the high road to knowledge . ( Cheers . ) Cooperation had been adopted in France and other plnccs , but their systems was too complex . We are not yet prepared for Owen , or Fourier . We must sow the seeds and then Co-operation will take root . If asked w . ' . at the plans of this League were , he would say they were as numerous as the multifarious religious sects , but his views were , that every man should begin to save something out of his wages , in fact that the working people should accumulate capital ; those accumulated driblets will be equally asf . 'Oodas the capital of the niillionarc , and would produce railroad gas or any company quite as well . ( Cheers . ) Once successful the great difficulty was

      over , and no master , or manufacturer had any right tofvel hurt or jealous at their attempt to better their condition . Who were the present great manufacturers , but operatives like themselves . ( Hear hear . ) He wasdelujhted to see so many ladies here , " ra that circumstance be saw tbe greatest augur ot success . He had faith that women would s * e its practicability , lie was at a meeting the other day at which man was described as the tree , and women as the flower , bat he would have a clock as the simile of which men were the hauds , or the great dial , and women the main spring sitting behind the dial . ( Hear , hear . ) The English are a mighty mation . We have established a great system of commerce . We have carried cultivation over the Indian empire , through the American Territories ar . d Australian colonies —( hear , hear)—and by our pro posed wide world system o" Co-operation , we sha'l confer on England great and illimitable blessings . ( Great applause . )

      The lollowing sentiments were proposed : — " The brotherhood of wan , may it speedily be recognised by the whole civilized world ; ' * * ' Co-operation , and may tbe Co-operative League prove an effect ! 'c instrument for the banishnmit of poverty , disease , and crime . " These sentiments were spoken to in eloquent speeches , by Messrs . Anger , Goodwin , Barmby , Roberts , Slancy , and Spenc Hall . In conclusion , the Chaihmsk said , he thought they wouid all acknowledge they had enjoyed a right

      happy Christmas festival , ' ( Loud chere . ) What was the ancient festival of the Barons , with their boar ' s head and revelries , as compared with the noble sentiments they had heard to-nudit . ( Cheers . ) They need not look to either classes to lead them , they had plenty o f talent Hwnrfjnt themselves . From the little exertions that had been made , it was curprising how tar a knowledge of their meeting lino spread . The fust move of the co operative principle would bring us comfortable homes , then happy wives and families , and political power . ( Loud cheers . )

      Health and happiness to the chairman , Mary and Miss Howitt , having been given with great eclat , the meeting dissolved .

      Mtsteoiocs Affair Is Sr. Pasciub.—A Rumo...

      Mtsteoiocs Affair is Sr . Pasciub . —A rumour of a serious character has obtained extensive circulation in the parish of St . Pancras , concerning the death of Rosctra Brown , aged twenty , late in the service of Mr . Jenkins , surveyor , of Huntley-strect , Tottenham Court-road , and which has given rise to a belief that ii-. ste & d of having committed suicide , as she was supposed to bavedone , she was murdered . The inquest ou Ro ^ etta Brown was held by Mr . Mills on the 23 rd ult . The evidence went to show , that although betrothed to one young man , she was in love with another man , when she consented a day or t » o previous to her death , to have the bantu between herself and her betrothed put up in Paddington-ohurch . The other peiwon was a lodger in the hewn- * here Rosetta Brown was in service , and aiKiut five o ' clock in the afternoon of the day in which she put up the banns of marriage she was discovered in Mr . Jenkins ' s coal cellar , with her

      throit cut from ear to ear , and a carving knife lyinjt noar to her . There was no medical man examined as to the nature of the wound , and some friends of tbe i' . ecca « ed charged the suspected party , with being the cau ? e of her death , and were about to give evidence in reference to her alleged seduction , but the deputy coroner would not allow them to proceed , uilctin ; . ' , as bis reason , if they allowed private character to be assailed in that court , titer might " sit them till doomsday . " A long altercation subsequently ensued , and ultimately , a" verdict was retun ;* - . } " , to t ' : c effect , " That deceased destroyed herself , but wh at was herstatc of mind at , the lime there was Rf't siiiiicicnt evidence to prove . " The friends of the dccca « cd , at tho time , loudly expressed their dissatisfaction , ai . d subsequently had the body examined bv a stinrcon , wii 3 , it is stated , declares that the ueee . iseit ' s throat was on :- in such a way that it was impossible she could have done the act hersel ' .

      A Bad Defence Of K Bad Cause. (From The ...

      A BAD DEFENCE OF K BAD CAUSE . ( From the Charivari , ) The perpetrators of the wilful murder of Cracow are trying to justify and to defend their abominable act . To this there is nothing to objects ; it is a necessity of position with people who , like tbem , incur a responsibility which necessitates their appearance in a court of justice . But what we complain ' of is this—that they choose arguments altogether , consistent with the cause—that is to say , detestable . The . Austrian Obwrver , which has constituted itself their advocate , alleges , by way of justification , that the three powers of the north were agreed to strike the blow , and that the instant" those three directly contracting Powers act in concert , France has no longer anything to do with the matter I" Here is a

      triumphant reason for you ! It is only requisite for thieves to understand each other ; there is then not the slightest ground for reproaching them . The complicity which in all codes is an aggravation of the oft-nee becomes , according to tho dictum of the Cos « ack lawyers , a certificate of innocence . In the second place , according to the Austrian Observer , there has been no violation of the Treaty of Vienna , seeing that the stipulations relative to Cracow " were onlv inserted in tbe final act . " Do you understand ? Those guarantees being inserted at the end , there was no obligation whatever to respect them ! Ah ! if they had only been at the beginning ; but , alas ! they were at the end ! The solemn engagements entered into at the latter part of a document signify absolutely nothing ; Epod faith and consistency depend upon tho place occupied by the matter sworn to upon a shcfct of paper ! What would bo said of an accused

      criminal who replied to hi . s judges . — "Ah ! bah ! the action for which I am brought before you is only in i-nntravention with the last articles of the penal code . Is any attention ever paid to latter articles ?" In the same way our Pasquiers and Sequirs might allege that it is always perfectly allowable to make light of one ' s last oaths 1 But we could even excuse tbi « ridiculous humbug , if a stop was made there . But , no ; folly has played its part , and indolence is now about to take its turn . To wit ; " To sum up , it is neither the conventions of Paris nor the respect due to the faith of treaties that have imposed any reserve upon the French ; if they had felt themselves strong enough to break them , they would already have done so long since , and we should not have blamed them for it ! " Is this concentration of cynicism and bravado enough ? Bat , no matter , let the estovers of the north wait a little ; a day will come when we shall pick up their glove , however dirty it may be !

      Polytechnic Institution-Electric Telegra...

      POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , & c . On Monday a most numerous party of ladies and gentlemen visited this admirable place of entertainment , where science reigns paramount " day by day , " to wifacss the wonders of modern invention and listen to lectures on subaqueous exploits , and the valuable addresses delivered by Dr . Bachoffneron the electric telegranh . and Dr . Ryan on explosive compounds . Dr . Bachoffner introduced much new matter into his lecture upon the peculiar application of electricity to the purposes of the electric telegraph . In addition to the usually lucid explanation of the principle of magnetism , and a historical notice of the application of the invention to railway and public purposes , Dr . Bachoffner upon this occasion entered into a lengthened illustration of the

      practicability of the new mode of c ramuication by the magnetic wire upon the new principle , secured by patent to Messrs . Nott and Gamble . It is but just to observe , in a passing notice of the various instruments invented for the purpose of facilitating the transmission of messages , etc ., in such cages , that the new patent of tbe above eentlemen is far superior t » any other that has preceded it . The simplicity of the ir , dex , and the direct communicatien established by the electric current , both with regard to the pointing of the needle and the tinging of the notice bell to the most distant station on any line of telegraph , appear to he mighty strides towards the necessary simplification of this most important , but at present not sufficiently appreciated acent . Most admirable practical exemplifications of the applicability of the invention were given during the course of the lecture from two beautiful working models on the principle of Messrs . Nott and

      Gamble . Two gentlemen present , at the speeia' veqiest of the lecturer , put into the hands of Dr . Bachoffner their several cards , and immediately that gentleman set to work , communicating the different letters of each name to another gentleman , who was placed on tbe other side of thestagp . In a space of time incredibly brief , and without the slightest conversation ( except by telegraph ) between tbem , the name in each case was proclaimed amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of the auditors . —Of Dp . Ryan ' s lecture on Professor SchcB ' . ibien ' s gun cotton , and explosive compounds generally , it is only necessary to say that it was delivered to an over-crowded auditory with great effect ; and intense interest was experienced , as was evinced by the uninterrupted attention displayed by all who had the pleasure of hearing it . More visitors have attended this institution during the present holidays than at any Christmas before , since its establishment .

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      Corn Exchange, Dbcember 28. At Tins Day'...

      CORN EXCHANGE , Dbcember 28 . At tins day ' s market the supply of English wheat was only moderate , and met a brisk sale at a further advance of 2 s to 3 s per qu-ircer over the curreney of this da v week . The foreign is held for a similar improvement , and there is still a good demand for shi pment to Irel . ind , but the rapid advance has somewhat checked business .

      Provincial Markets. Richmond (Yorkshire)...

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) Cors Markkt . —We had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day , which caused a brisk sale at an advance on last week ' s prices . —Wheat sold from 7 s to Ms ; o . ; ts , ; ls to 4 s 6 d ; , barley , -Is 9 d to 5 s 3 d : beans , 5 s 3 d to 6 s pur bushel . WakkfieU ) Corn Market -The arrivals of wheat , indeed of all grain , are limited , owing to ves < els not being able to get up : there are , however , si-mp ' es at market . The attendance small , and only a moderate business done in wheat of aU descriptions , at last week's rate . ? . Makchebtir Corn Market . —At our market this morn , ing there was not much pasting in wheat , but holders , in some instances , required rather higher rates than on this day se'nni ght . Warungtw Corn- Market . —There was a fairattendance at the market , and a moderate quantity of wheat offering , whieh was readily bought by the millers at 3 d per bushel advance for secondary quality , and at rather prices for the finer sorts .

      Hott Con . v Market . —At this day ' s market with a cood supply of wheat from the farmers , our millers tried hard to buy on last week ' s terms , but in the little business done we quote prices Is to 2 s per qr . higher . Rvukikohah Coas Exchange . — During the present week , owing to the change in the weather , and less activity in London and Liverpool , wc cannot note any further advance in wheat , but some large sales have been made at last week ' s prices . Newcastle Cons Market . —Our farmers brought a fair supply of wheat to our market to-day , and we had a good show of samples from the coast , but a very limited extent of business wai transacted , although holders would willingly have submitted to last Saturday ' s prices .

      I . ivBRPOot Corn Market . —The wants of Ireland continue urgent , and large quantities of wheat , flour , India n eorn . meal , barley , beans aud j / eas , have been shipped for that destination within the past week . The sales for local consumption have been moderate , but an extensive business has been done on speculation , and the bulk of the recent heavy arrival of wheat , flour and Indian corn , from the United States , ban be tnken off the market . An advance must be uoteA ou last Tuesday ' s prices of 2 d to- ! d per bushel on wheat , fully Is per barrel and sack on flour , and Is to 2 s per quarter on beans and peas . < if barley and oatmeal the market is exceedingly bare , liidinn i-nriiis again rather dearer , and some quantity of Indian meal has been taken for Irish account at 40 s per : mhil * .

      State Of Trade. Leeds.—We Had Very Dull ...

      STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —We had very dull market ; ot our eloth-hhlls the attendance was less than usual , and purchasers only to order a-id <> f . "mail amount . Manchester . —It would be a nudes * task to attempt to Rive the prices « . f either cloth or yarns ; and until the Liverpool market becomes much nwru stable than it at present seems like to do , we shall continue in the greatest uncertainty as to the real market value of goods and twi « t Bradford . —There has not been much business done in combing wools . * For clothing wool there is » good demand . There has , during the w « ck , been mure business done in yarns . Many splutters have received orders for future delivery , iita small advance . Huddersfield . —The cloth market to day has been comparatively inactive , In cassinetta and cashmoretts there has been more doing .

      Hi ; ifax . —A ttir amount of business continues to he done in the heavier descriptions of piece goods , and yarns are no worse to seil , hut prices are very inadequate to those of combine wuol , which generally are fully a halfpenny per lb . over what was obtainable about a month hackfor the low and middle qualities , tlwe at present being mostiu request Wakefield . — There i » no variation from our lust week s report in either the ionif or -hort wool trade . ItociiDAi . E Flannel Market . -Tiitiv is little change to report In the ttanuel market toil . iy : lri- ' mc > s stiH continue * dull , with no exception .. r any speedy amendment . Leicester . —The demand for hoM .-ry has been dull for the last month . The cotton branch having become one of great importance in our town , several houses have been induced to lay iu very largely of cotton y . irns on spcnlation , and its late rapid rise has caused the wholesale houses to -ive out their orders very early for the spring trade , and so employment has hvuii eouthiiud to the workmen . The woistedsiiinncrs are very linn in their

      prices . NoTiiNOHAM . —Lace : All descriptions of goods kept their prices , the coarse plain nets arc higher , hut not "' pioiioitiuu to the actual rise iu the yarns from which they were . made . Tor cotton hosiery the demand is steadily improving . The glove- branch is in rather an iimctiv .. state . ( Ji . AScjow . —C « ittHiYarns : A fine market but sales not extensive . —Cotton Goods : The market for goods generally coiit ' nues very quiet .

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      PICTURE FOIt THE PRESIDENT ' S BED-ROOM , ( From the New York Tribune . ) "IS THIS WAR ?" " Monterey , Oct . 7 , 1846 . " While I was stationed with our left wins ; in one of the forts , on the evening of the 21 st ., I saw a Mexican woman busily engaged in carrying bread and water to the wouhrled men of both armies . I saw this ministering angel raise the head of a wounded man , five h m water and food , and then carefully bind up his wound with a handkerchief she took from her own bed . After having exhausted her supplies , she went back to her own house to get more bread aiid water for others . As she was

      returning on her mission ot mercy , to comfort other wounded persons , I heard the report of a gun , anil saw the poor innocent creature fall dead : I think it was an accidental shot that struck her . I would not be willing to believe otherwise . It made me sick at heart , and turning from tho scene , I involuntarily raised my eyes toward heaven , and thought , great God ! and » this War ? Passing the spot next day , I saw her body still lving there with the bread by her side , and the ' broken gourd , with a few drops of water still in it—emblems of her errand . We buried her , and while we were digging h r grave , cannon balls flew around us like hail . " [ Cor . Louisville Cour .

      THE WHITE SQUALL . On deek , beneath the a- » ning , I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the srey of oawniog , Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnels' roaring , And the fitful wind ' s deploring , I heard the cabin snoring \ Vith universal nose . So I lay md wondered why light Came not , and watch'd the twilight , And the red glimmer of the skylight , That shot across the deck ; And the binnacle pale and steady , And the dull glimpse of the dead-eye , And the sparks iu fiery eddy .

      That whirled from the ehimuey neca In our jovial floating prison There was sleep from fore to mizen . And never a star had risen The hazy sky to speck . Strange company we harbour'd ; We'd a hundred Jews to larboard , UoWHsh'd , uncomb'd , unbarber'd , Jews black , and brown , and grey ; With terror if ; would seize ye , And make your souls uneasy , To see those Rabbis greasy ,

      Who did nought but scratch and pray . To starboard Turks and Greeks were , WhiskcrM and brown their cheeks were , Knormous wide their breeks were , Their pipes did puffalway ; Each on his mat allotted , In silence smok'd and squatted , Whilst round their children trotted In pretty , pleasant piay . He can ' t but smile who traces The smiles on those brown faces , And the pretty , prattling graces

      Of those small heathens gay . And so the hours kept tolling , And through the ocean rolling , Went the brave Iberia bowling Before the break of day . When ft squall upon a sudden , Came o ' er the waters scudding j And the clouds begun to gather , And the sua was lash'd to lather , And the lowering thunder grumbled , And the lightning jump'd and tumbled , And tbe ship and all the ocean Woke up in wild commotion .

      Then the wind set up a howling , And the poodle dog a yowling , And the cocks began 4 crowing , Aud the old eow raised a lowing , As she hi anl the tempest blowing , And the fowls and geese did cackle , And the cordage and the tackle Began to shriek and cackle ; And the spray dush'd o ' er the funnels , And dowu the deek in runnels ; And the rushing water soaks all ,

      From the seaman in the fo'keal , - To the stokirs , whose black faces Peep out ot their bed places ; Aud the captain lie was bawling , An i the sailors , pulling , hauling - , Aud the quarter-deck tarpauling Was shiver'd in the squalling ; And the passengers uwuken , M-jst pitifully shaken ; And tbe steward jumps up , and hastens For the necessary basins .

      Then the Greeks they groan'd and quiver'd , And they knelt , and moan'd , and shiver'd , As the plunging waters met theru , And splashM and overset them ; And they call in their emergence Upon countless saints and virgins ; And their marrow bones are bended , And they think the world is ended .

      And the 'lurkish people foi ' urd Were trighiened aud behorror'd , And , shrieking and bewildering , The mother * clutch'd their vhUdreD ; And men sung , ' Allah ! Illub ! Mashulluh and Bismillah !' Then all the fleas in Jewry Jump'd up and bit like fury ; And the progeny of Jacob Bid on the main deck wake up ( I wot those grcitsy Rabbins Would never pay for cabius ) ; And each man moan'd and jabber'd in His filthy Jawish gaberdine , In woe and lamentation , A howling consternation .

      This was the White Squall famous , Whieh then and there o ' ercame us , But we look'd at Captain Lewis , Who calmly stood and blew his Cigar in all the bustle , And scorn'd the tempest ' s tussel , And oft we ' ve thought hereafter , How we beat the storm to laughter : For well he knew bis vessel With that rain wind could wrestle ; And when a wreck we thought her , And dora'd ourselves to slaughter ,

      How gallantly he fought her , And thought the hubbub brought her , And , as tbe teinpust caught her , Cried ' George some brandy and water !' And when , its ftirce expanded , "She harmless storm was ended , And , as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o ' er the sea , I thought , as diiy was breaking , My little girls were waking , And smiliug then and making A prayer at home for me .

      The Ancient Britoks . — The best materials for getting at the early history of acountry areits coins , its architecture , and its manners . The Britons , however , had not yet converted tbe Britannia metal —for which their valour always made them conspicuous—into coins , while their architecture , to judge from the Druidical remains , was of the wicket style , consisting of two or three stones btuck upright in tho earth , with another st-mc laid at the top of thorn ; after the fashion with which all lovers ot ' the game of cricket are of course familiar . As this is tho only architectural assistance we are likely to obtain ,

      we decline entering upon the subject through such a gate ; or , to use an expression analagous to the pastime to which we have referred , we refuse to take our inninys at such a wicket , We need hardly add , that in looking to the manners of our ancestors for enlightenment , we look , utterly iu vain , for there is n > Druidical Ckstci field to iiffird us any information upon tbe etiquette of that distant period . There is every reason to believe that out- forefathers lived in an exceedingly rude stale , and it is therefore perhaps as well that their manners—or rather their want of manners , should be buried in oblivion . — Coim ' c history of England .

      Canute and his CouttTtEns— One day , when in tho plenitude of his power , he caused the throne to be removed from the throne-room and erected , during low tide , on the sea-shore . Having taken his seat , surroiiBded by his courtiers , he issued a proclamation to the oc .: an , forbidding it to rise , and commanding it not on any account to leave its bed until his p ermission lor it to get up was graciously awarded . The courtiers backed the Royal edict , and encouvaged with the gjoswwt adulation this first great practical attempt to prove that Britannia rules the waves . Such a rule , luwevcr , wjs soon proved to be noliiing better than a rule , tm , which it is impossible to make absolute when opposed by Neptune ' s irresistible motion of course . Every wave of Canute ' s sceptre was answered by a wave from the sea

      , and the courtiers , who were already U |> to their ankles tn salt water , began to fear that thev should soon be pickled in the foaming brine . At length tbe monarch himself found his footstool disposed to go on swimmii . g ' v of its own accord , ami there was every prospect that the whole party would undergo the ceremony of an immediate iuve ^ i tnre of the bath . The sovtr .-i gn , who w ; is very lightly shod , soon found ti at his pumps wvre n > t capable ol getting rid of the water , which wa « now rising very rapidly . Having sut with his feet in tho sea fur a few minutes aivu not relishing the slight specimen of hydropathic treatment he had endured , he jumped suddenly up , and began to labu ^ c his Ko nriiers for the mess into whieh he had been betrayo J by their outrageous fltttery . —Ibid .

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      Goon.—A P Lan His Been Tried For Five Ye...

      Goon . —A p lan his been tried for five years past a-Birmingham , of binding young offenders to masters when these can be found to receive apprentices from the dock , instead of committing them to prison . Tin number of such apprentices , up to tost Michaelmas , was 113 . Of these 40 bad returned to bad courses ; 29 were doubtful ; and 44 had entirely reformed . Kise in inn Price of Coals , —On Saturday there was a general advance in the ton of coals , made b ; . the retail dealers , throughout the metropolis those of the most ink-nordcscriptionde-criution being now chanred at tlierare of 30 s .

      Dkadlv Fish EscouNiEn —The o her day an unusual commotion was observed in the Findhorn , at one of tho spawning beds , b y a party of men . It was soon discovered to be occasioned by the Bulitim ; of two salmon , both lar ^ e males . After a long struggle the water became still , and one of the combatants ( hated to the surface dead . Tho fish was picked up by the onlooke > 8 , and it was found that the wbo ' e of its flash , or fish , had been torn , to the depth of the bune , from head to tail . . Tfrkific Accident . —A train of six coal wageons

      ran over the shipping ' drops at Monkwcarmouth Colliery Straiths , into the River Wear , on Saturday List , and damaged a vessel underneath the drops . This accident was caused by the breaking of the rope on the incline : happily no person was injured . Frexch Geksk . —Thursday being the eve of Christmas day , nearly 30 , 000 geese were brought , says one of the journals , to tho market of the Valleu , which was literally encumbered with thera . Geese are nearly as favourite a food with the middle and lower classes of the French at Christmas , as at Michaelmas with the English .

      SisouLAR lMPOivmiON . —A vessel , arrived at the St . Kathaine ' s Dock from Nassau , New Providence , has brought among a variety of description . * of wood and other articles of West India production , ninetyseven logs of hoise flesh wood . Another Disaster on tub Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —On Friday last , another collision took place near Bisbop-bridge , on the passenger train which left Edinburgh at a quarter to eight o ' clock , reaching Glasgow near to eleven . Singular . Death . —The death of a young woman ivas lately occasioned in a somewhat curious manner near Charleroy . Two dogs were fighting near the mouth of a coal-mine , in the vicinity of that town , when in their struggles they approached

      the brink of tbe pit and rolled over , to the great mirth of the spectators of the combat , Lamentable cries , however , wore immediately heard coming from the mine . The dogs , in their fall , had alighted on and broken , the cover of the basket which was ascending the shaft , and the pieces falling on the young girl who was coming up in it , fractured her s ' uill in so shocking a manner that she died on the spot . Cobde . v Tribute Fund . —The Manchester subscriptions to thin Fund have been considerably in creased during the week , the principal contributions being from places at a distance , including Tillicimtry , Scotland ; Norwich , Leek , and Newcastle on-, Tyne . Total of the Manchester subscriptioa £ 52 576 , 1 s . 6 d . — Manchester Examiner .

      Short-Work is Stockport . —We have authority for stating that the cotton waste spinners of this town have unanimously agreed to commence working four days per week . —Stockport Advertiter . A Rare Bird . —About a fortnight ago , a large and unc-mman bird made its appearance in the nur-Rcry grounds of Mr . Faulkner , near Kersal Moor , and was seen afterwards almost every day ; but though many attempts were made to shoot it they all failed , owinis to its extreme wariness , until Thursday

      last , when a person named Smith contrived to gut within shot of it , and brought itdown , when it proved to be a remarkably fine male bittern ( ardea dellaris ) , a bird now rarely seen in England . Indian Gourd . —There is growing in a garden near Morpeth , a fine specimen of the Indian gourd , or pumpkin . It measures upwards of five feet in circumference , and five feet six inches in length . Game Laws , —It seems that some further proceedings with respect to the Game Laws are contemplated m the next session of Parliament .

      trench Cattle , — The Fir William ' Wallace steamer , arrived at Bhickwall from Boukgne , has brought another entire cargo of live cattle , comprising 42 cows and 600 sheep . The importation of cattle from France has continued since our first notice of the sulgect , and the arrivals have now included several thousand head of live stack . Christmas Cargoes on the Eastern Coustus . Thursday the Eastern Counties presented an unusual scene , in consequence of the arrival of exteusive trains , carrying passengers , luggage and baskets , hampers , < fcc , containing a most extraordinary supply of poultry for the London market . By the morning mail _ train upward of 2 , 000 packages were brought to the Siioi-editch station . An afternoon train , which consisted of nearly thirty carriages , carrying between 300 and i 00 passengers - , arrived considerably after its appointed time .

      Sunderland . —Die weather has been very severe , and tbe poor are suffering gieat privations . Penitential , —On Christmas-dav a gentleman in Edinburgh received through the Posl-ofiice ths fol - lowing letter , enclosing two half-crowns : — " Sir , —In a foolish and ma-. l freak , 1 last summer , stole your bell-handle . 1 beg to send you what I hope is the full cost , and to express my sincere sorrow for being so foolish . Tub British Museum and tub National Gallert . —On Monday the doors of these " National Institutions" were thrown open to the holiday folks , and during the hours app-inted for remaining open were thromrcd with visitors .

      Deplorable Accjdejvt mat Fias Aems . — A melancholy accident happened at Milverton on Friday last . A person of the name ' of Cross had been r , ut shooting , and on return i ng neglected to draw the charge from his ' gun , which he pined near the clock ; his son , a little boy , took up the gun an- ! snapped it , when unfortunately it went off , and the whole of the contents were lod ^ 'cd-in the mother ' s head , who fell deid on the spot , leaving several motherless children . Increase or Intoxication in Edinburgh . —The number of persons found on the public streets in a state of intoxication and" unnb ' c to take charge ol themselves has of late very much increased . A Veteran Lawtlr . —The senior member of the Paris bat- is at present M . Girard de Bury , who his just completed his 100 th Year .

      Going Ahead . —Ar American has proposed to cast ships in one piece from an alloyed metal , which , accoding to the discoverer , combines tho strength ot iron with the durability of copper . Site for tub Wellington Statue . —Mr . Barry has been applied to , and under his direction , as a preliminary step , s » me men were set to work to dig a hole in the parade , simply to ascertain the nature of the ground there , so as to judge of the propriety of adopting that site . The excavation ha-i since ken filled in .

      Oil Cakr . —1 he Lanarkshire arrived from New York , has brought a large quantity of this article , consisting o * ' 137 casks , 60 tons to one patty , and other parcels in which the exact quantity was not mentioned in tho official report ; and also the large quantity of 101 . 133 lbs . weight iu bulk of the article . Novel Importation . —The American line-of-paeket ship Hendi-ick Hudson brought thirty barrels of pork suet . The late Storm and Inundations at Rome . —Letters from Rome of the 12 th state that the disasters occasioned b y the overflowing of the Tiber hail caused so much distress that the Pope has appointed a committee to open a subscriptimi for the poor . The Pope has already contributed a sum equal to 20 , 000 francs from his privy puree .

      Andoveii Union . Dec . 25 . —The inmates had bread and cheese dinner to-day—no subscription ent- ted into this year , to provide extra comforts for those unfortunates . Death oi- an Eminent Character . —Colonel Bat-on B'vvy St . Vincent , honorary member of Ihe Academy of Sciences , and memr-cr of several learned societies ' , baptist expired , aged 68 . Under the Empire this officer was engaged in many ot the great hat'les then fought , and was successively aide-de-camp to Miushal Ncy and Marsjial Sotilt . The late Sir Powell Buxton . —Small allotments of land having been granted to twenty-four poor inhabitants in the parish of Trimin ^ ham , by the late Sir Fowcll Buxton , Bart ., the occupiers thereof desire to express publicly their incut grateful thanks for the boon bestowed upon them , which has already been of great benefit to themselves and families .

      Longevity . —A venerable and patriavehal labourer named Charles Vincent , died at Sydling , Saint Nicholas , Dorset , on Saturday week , having attained the ago of 101 . The British Mcbislm Clossd . — On Saturday morning , long before ten o ' clock , the hour for opening , a considerable number of persons , a great portion well-dressed artiiins , bad assembled in the front of the Museum , but were , with nearly 20 , 000 others who called during the day , doomed to disanpointmcut , as , on applyhij ! for admission , they viei-o severally informed that the Museum was " never open on Saturday . " This appeared so astounding and inexplicable , it being generally understood thai this institution would be always open on hoitdavi , that crowds during the d ; iy assembled in the stri-ol murmuring at the injustice of exclusion on ihis- , perhaps the onl . . holiday in the vear .

      National Gallery —To this , another of onr " imfcion : il" institutions , the public were also denied admission , and through the same punctilious etiquette , viz ., " not open on Saturday * , " while , to prevent p . u-ioy , the outer gates were " most rigidly kept closed . Tun Danish Army . —A k-tier from . Copenhagen i-taten , that in consequence of the dearness of provisions , ih 0 Kin ; : of Denmark luis published an order of tho day , giving to each soldier an augmentation of pay ol four shillings ( about 20 centime . ' ) a dav , and an additional loaf cvry three days . Each s ' ukuu-. married with tho authorizition oi ' Government , and having three children or more , is to receive a second additional loaf every three ( lavs .

      Goon.—A P Lan His Been Tried For Five Ye...

      Salr op this Trades' liuiiauy at 1 aislhx . — is one of the most melancholy pictures which can be presented of the state of society in Paisley , that the principal part of the stock of bonks composing tho Trades' Library has had to be brought to the hammer to clear off the debt ugainst that institution . Railway Tunnel .-The cutting through of the tunnel on tbe Diepoe railroad from Petit-A ppoville to the valley of Avqncs , a length ofabaut 2 . 4 . 00 metres , has just been completed , and tho masonry work commenced . Brigands . —The diligence of MM . tialline and Co .,

      running between Valence and Avignon , was attacked , Hivs a Lyons journal , a few days sinco , br a hand of robbers , who carried off a sum of lO . OOOf , The details are not given . Bodv n £ a Child Found in the Regent ' s Park . —Mr . Mills held an inquest at St . Marylebnne workhouse , on the body of a new-born female infant , found on Tuesday morning in the Regent ' s Park , by a man named Craig , a workmen in the cmplo ? of the Commissioners of Woods nnd Forests . It was "rapped in an o'd cotton handkerchief . Mr . Allen , "iirgpon , gnv <; it at bis opinion that it was still born , Vi-rdict ' " Found dead . "

      • » m . MPTKD Murder . —On Saturday ni » hr , a man " the namenf Lynns , who lives in Lincoln Court , Wil rUtrcet , Drury-lane , went home and abused his wife in a mo « t shameful manner . The women , it appeared , pa ; l no attention to his threats for some time , when the fellow took up ft wooden chair in the room and struck the poor creature several blows over the head , lying her insensible on the floor . Her cries for help brought tbe lod ger and neighbours to her assistance , who , or entering the room , discovered the floor covered with blond . The poor woman was -conveyed in a dyins state to King ' s College Hospital , and < t is not considered likely that phe can survive . Prolific Canary . —A ben canary with a nest of three young ones two weeks old . being the eleventh brood she has hatched within tbe present year , is now in tho possession of Mr . William Skol ' ly , Alnwick .

      The Faithful Doo . —On Sunday morning , as a diligence was proceeding on its journey near Verdun , n man was discovered frozen to death on the road . His dog waslyinewi his breast as if to warm him , and it was not without ranch resistance on tho part of tbe animal that the conductor could remove the body to a hou « e near the spot . Gun Cotton . —We were present on Saturday at the rock-bla « ting by gun-cotton , in the qunry hehind the Necropolis , and we were truly astonished at its tremendous powers . The unwedueable and so'id white rock was split by it as quietly and instantly as if it bad been a soft myrtle . What would a hale of the cotton not do , when a small quantity ( xtuffed into a bore six inches by one and a half ) was capable ofcueh effects ? It would blow up a little city . —Glasqmu Constitutional .

      Lord Ashlry . —We understand that Lord Ashley i * willing to become a candidate at the next election tor the representation of the city of Bath , on the Conservative interest , on the condition that his suppliers will defray his expenses ; otherwise he will not accept tho requisition which has been forwarded to him , although it is signed by an actual majority of the constituency . —Gloucester * shire Chronicle . Baths and Wakh-Housks for the Poor . —On Tuesany , tbe Committee of the Baths and Wash-Houses made a report of the numbers of persons who had avava'ded themselves of the benefits of the institution in Georce-street . Euston-sqnaie , since its opening on the 3 rd of AiViiwt last . Un to tbe 27 th Decernber instant ,, 31 , 63 i males , and 4 30 i females , have bathed , & c .

      The Quehn of Spain . —We eive the following from the correspondence of one of the morning pitpers as a specimen of the beastly items of " Court Intelligence "; delicacy and royalty have no connexion : — " In a former letter 1 mentioned th <* precnan . ! y of the Queen , and the faint hopes entertained by her medical attendants of preserving the fcatus . I haye now to acquaint you that her Majesty mise rried a few days a so . without any suffering , of a six weeks' child . Her general health was not in the least affected , and she only kept her room two days in consequence . This untoward event is kept as secret as possible . "

      A Mahommedan Saint — Sidi Abdallah , a most venerated marabout , who had given his name to the street in which he resided , recently died at Algiers in the 110 th year of his age . He had not quitted his dwelling for twenty years , except at distant intervals , and by night , to enjoy a bath . During the same period he neither touched his heard nor his hair . The natives altirm that he never beheld the faec of a Frenchman . It was no daunt on account of this peculiarity that the Mussulnieu regarded hira as a saint . Lord Stanley has issued cards fo a distinguished circle of Protectionist Peers , inviting their presence at a grind banquet , to be given by hisL >> rshtr > on the evening of the 18 th proximo , the day before the the opening of Parliament .

      • Post-office Proceedings —( From a Correspondent ) —Thomas Mitchell , the subsorter , who was dismissed from the Post-office service on an alleged cha'ge ^ of in solence to John Piayle , an assistant inspector , h » a been appointed by the Government to a situation in the new railway office about to be permanently established in Great George-street , Westminster . It would oppear from this step that the Ministry are not satisfied with the groan ' s upon which Mitchell was expelled from the Port-office . Death of tub Italian Patriot Frederick . Gonfalioneki . —The little village of Hospentha ! . is situate in the St . Gothard Pass , almost on the summit , and only a couple of leagues from the hcuicc , in

      the most lonely part of the mountain . There arrived there on the night of the 8 th December , a man , sick unto death , and accompanied only l . y his wife , on their road from Paris to Italy . The stranger was so ill that he had to be carried from the carriage into the ion , and on the next day he was a corpse . He , who had thus expired within a few miles of his native land , from which he had been so long exiled , was one of the noblest of the n-. avtyrs in the cause of Itolian freedom , Frederick Gotifrdionei-i . Extreme Cold in Rome . —A letter from Rome of the 13 th says— " An excessive cold , accompanied by snow , has succeeded here the inundation . The population is the more sensitive to these variations of temperature that it is not accustomed to them .

      Cold in Switzerland and Florence . —In Switxsvhad frost has been so intense , that at Neuf ' chatcl last week the th-nnnineter fell to 27 degrees below zero of the Centigrade scale ( 174 below " zero of Fahrenheit ) , On the banks of the lakes the thermometer stood at . 20 Centigrade . We find also , by a letter from Florence of the 19 th , that the weather has been very severe there . There had been a heavy fall of snow , and the ice was so firm that skating took place daily ; two sledges also were seen—a very unusual night for the Florentines . Wolf at Peckiiam —A large and ferocious wolf < supposed to have escaped from some travelling melingerie , was last Wednesday despatched in si field near Peckhnm . The akins of several doss and cats , found near tbe animal ' s lair , sufficiently showed how the master wolf " got his living . " A Great Fact . —In proportion to the monopoly of the land in any country is there miserv and crime .

      Human Horseshoes . —There is iron enough in tho blood of forty-two men to make fifty hofje-shoes , each weighing half-fl-pottnd . A Man is taller in the morning by half an inch tlrui he is at niuht . Hope for the Fat and the Lean . — About the age of 50 , it is said the lean man becomes fatter , and tho fat man leaner . The Ohio . —Fosa ! remains on the Ohio , prove that it was once covered by the sea . The Sea . —When the sea is of a blue colour , it is deep water , when green , shallow . Old Map —A map of China , made 1 vears before Christ , is still in existence . lx the Artio Regions . —Iu the Artie regions when the thermometer i < bvlow zero , persons can converse at more than a mile di-taut . Dr . Jamiesmi ass ert * that lie heard every word of a sermon at the distance ol two miles .

      Horse Measure . —A hand used for hoives is lour r inches . Fish . —Thore ' . are two thousand five hundred , known n species of fishes . Productiveness . —A single horse ttv produces in n one season 20 , 0 ^ 0 , 320 ' . ' . . How Far a Flea Jumps . —The lieu jumps 200 ) 0 times its own Icinth , equal to a quarter oi a mile le for a man . The Black Ostrich stands 7 feet high . A Settlement for Life . —A gentlemen in Vir- , rginia , aged 103 years , has just completed a pedes- : striau tour of 1 , 300 miles through the west . It is is . -opposed that he went to look for au eligible loca- -attt ,-n to scttlo tor life !

      CaiTiQUEs — Among others , a lady correspondent nt heves the following to the Gateshead Observer . Thev lev refer to an exhibition of paintings in North Shields * Is as detailed iu the oatal :. gtie : — "A * o . 2 , was ' Ship-ipping Askew . '—Jjut 1 could st » nothing that ailed the the ships ; they all seemed straight . No . 10 , Pigs feed- " ed- " ing Morland . '—1 asked a little gentleman inspecta-tao ' o * were Morlaud wits ; but he only hwgii-ii at me . ue . Ye ? I assure ymi , sir , all tlmt was to be .-: < , < . ¦; was a is a little lad feeding a pig with a cabbage leaf 1 " v- - ? 3 , 33 , ' Tobit and Angel after Rembrandt . ' Tobit I could uld see , and a Scotch Angel , Hyim ; nluft in kilts w .-i > . a eon- onspiciunts objeot ; but ir , whcre could I find thi : I ' . isitiYeiYe i Rembrandt ! No . lity , ' Cattle Story , '—1 ! . . everyery eow ' there hung a u ' u , ' but 1 could not get at tho tho i story . " " AnNvx . moN and War , " — " Thai ' s inn- every ,-ery word of it , " said : i pert old maid , " no sooner do youyout got uuimed than v « u begin U < fight ' . "

      Good on Both Sipks . —A Quaker having sold ad a , fine looking lut blind horse , asked the purchaser ; - ; " Well , my fnci . d , dost thou see anv fault in im him ?" "Nmi' ! wh . itevcr , " was the reply . " Nv tier will he ever see any in thee , " ssid houcstucstt llrauluvttYi . Gown Aiikad . — " Received by lightning— PrintedntedJ bys'eam !"—istiiflstcvoi-iyped head of the telegra-gra-r pbic nev . s in the Dc' fu ' o Courier ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02011847/page/3/