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      N Ovember 8, 1851. The Northern Star.

      N ovember 8 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR .

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      To Meschid, The Liberator Of 1 Kossuth. ...

      TO MESCHID , THE LIBERATOR OF 1 KOSSUTH . Va lour not always ia propell'd by War , Often he takes a seat , Un der the influence of a milder star , More happy and more great . foremost in every battle waved on hi gh The plume of Saladin ; He chased our northern meteors down the sky , And shone iu peace serene . In vain two proud usurpers side by side , Meschid ! would shake thy throne : Sit firm ; these outlaws of the world deride , And fear tby Go I alone .

      So God who Weeds from canvass on the crowd , ' 2 fo God who sweats from wood , 3 o God about whose dress priests wrangle loud , So God who sells his blood ; But merciful and mighty , wise and just , " Who lays the proud man low , Who raises up the fallen from the dust , And bids the captive go . In these thou followest Him , thou one sublime , Amid tbe base who press Man ' s heart , man ' s intellect ; the wrongs their crime Inflicts , thy laws redress . Justice hath rats'd thee higher than him whose blade

      The Drave and Danube won , Fastening the towers of Widdin and Belgrade To his Byzantine throne . Can Egypt , Syria , can the land of myrrh . Can all thou rnlest o ' er , Such glory on tby diadem confer ? , . Thy path leads on to more . Meschid I I picked up paras in no court . To" none I bend the knee . But , Virtue ' s friend ! Misfortune ' s sole support J give my hand to th « e . Walter Savage Lakbob .

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      A History Of Tie English Railway.- Its S...

      A History of tie English Railway .- its Social '" Etlations and Revelations . 1820—1845 . By John Fbascis . 2 vols . London : Longman and Co . The author of this work is well-known for his gossipy and interesting Yolumea OH Banking and Bankers , and the announcement of his name on the title page of a similar work , de-Toted to Railways , raised expectations winch will , to a great extent , be disappointed . Mr . Francis has , in the g r e a t e r part of th e s e volumes , substituted for hia former agreeable Style , all inflated and pretentous rhetoric ,

      which appears to have been modelled on combined styles of Samuel Johnson and Babington Macauley , and which , in his hands , is decidedly inappropriate to the subject . It was impossible , however , on such a topic to prodace a book which would not possess great interest . The rapid increase of railways , and their powerful influence npon society in the course of a comparatively short time , are very remarkable facts ; and Mr . Francis gives a glimpse of the various questions arising oat of their formation in a way which , if it does not satisfy the reader , is , at least , suggestive of their diversity and importance .

      People generally imagine that the Manchester and Liverpool was the first railway opened for passengers and goodsj and , undoubtedly , it was the commercial success and novel results of that undertaking which first directed public attention to the railway system , as an investment for capital npon a large scale . But , in fact , the Stockton and Darlington line was open before tbe Manchester got its bill . Of this first railway in the kingdom , Mr . Francis says : —

      Its act of incorporation was obtained in 1821 , it was opened in 1825 . Its promoters had only anticipated the carriage of 10 , 000 tois per annum ; they had not thought of passengers ; and the locomotive appeared incapable of acquiring the regularity required by such traffic . They began their work , therefore , with animal power . Prior to tbe formation of this railroad , there had been a coach traffic of fourteen or fifteen persons weekly ; the rail increased it to five or six hundred . Each carriage -wag drawn by one horse , bearing in ordinary cases six passengers inside and from fifteen to twenty outside ; "in fact , " says one / writer , "they do not seem to be at all particular , for in cases of urgency they are seen crowding the coach on the top , sides ,

      or in any other part where they can get a footing ; and tbey are frequently so numerous that when the ; descend from tbe coach and begin to separate it lookt like the dismissal of a small congregation . " The general speed with one horse was ten miles an hour . Another advantage conferred on the neighbourhood was in the unjust fact that the Stockton and Darlington Railway were assessed in the amount of tbeir net income , and paid in some parishes half the entire rates . In addition to the social advantages which accrued from increased communication—and who shall doubt the fireside

      union , the social pleasure , and the domestic happiness it conferred ?—was the development of commerce , and tbe increased importance of the various places through which it passed . A new trade in lime arose ; the carriage in lead was enormously reduced in cost ; the price of coals fell from 18 s . to Si . 6 d . ; the landlords received large sums for gravel , timber , and stone , taken from their estates . An obscure fishing village was changed into a considerable seaport town . The Stockton and Darlington Bailway turned the shopkeeper into a merchant , erected an exchange , gave bread to hundreds , and conferred happiness on thousands .

      Of the next railway undertaking we have the following description as to the spirit in which it was proposed , and the early difficulties it had to encounter : — The 29 th October , J 824 , was the date attached to the first prospect us of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company ; and that prospectus in the calmness of its utterance and the almost dignity of its tone , formed a marked contrast to many which have succeeded it . The opposition of ihe landowner was alluded to and deprecated . " The road , " said the document , '' does not approach within about a mile and a half of the residence of the Earl of Scfton , and traverses the Earl of Derby ' s property over barren mosses , passing

      about two utiles trom the hall . The first names in the district were a tacbed to it , and "the importance to a commercial state of a safe and cheap mode of transit for merchandise , " was made a prominent consideration . " It is competition that is wanted , and the proof of this assertion may be deduced from tbe fact that shares in the old Quay navigation , of which the original cost was £ 70 , have been sold as hi g £ 1 , 250 . " "The canal establishments are inadequate to tbe great object to be accomplished—the regular and punctual conveyance of goods at all seasons and periods . In the summer time there is frequently a deficiency of water , obliging boats to go only half loaded . In winter

      tbey * re sometimes locked up for weeks together . ' ' The total quantity of merchandise passing between Liverpool and Manchester was estimated at 1 , 200 tons a day , of which the average time of passage was thirty-six hours , and the average charge 15 s . a ton . The astonishing fact already giten to the readerthatgoodsifere frequently brought across the Atlantic from Sew York to Lwerpool in twentyone days , while cotton bad been longer on its passage from Liverpool to Manchester , was solemnly recorded . And , pursued the paper , "By the projected railroad , the transit of merchandise between Liverpool and Manchester will be effected in four or five hours , and the charge will be reduced onethird . Here then will be accomplished an immense

      Pecuniary saving tO the public , over and above what is perhaps more important—economy of time . 3 ? or must we estimate this saving merely by its nominal amount , whether in money or in time : it will afford a stimulus to the productive industry of the country ; it will give a new impulse to tbe powers of a ccumulation , the value and importance f which can be fully understood only by those who are aware how seriously commerce rosy be impeded by petty restrictions , and bow commercial enterprise is encouraged and promoted by an adherence to fan- competition and free trade . " The principle , therefore , on which the country was invited to cooperate in the great experiment , was the public good . It was a principle at which the canal proprietow scoffed , and which the coach proprietors ridiculedThe

      . estimated expense of the entire line was given at £ 4 oo , QQQ ' , and tbe passenger traffic—that traffic which fias formed so marked a feature in railroads—was cautiously alluded to . " Moreover , " eontwned the prospectus on this point , " as a tr \ expeditions means of conveyance for travellers , the railway holds out the fair prospect ot a public accommodation which canaot be immediately ascertained . This prospectus created great in terest . Tbe excitement which was prevalent throughout England at the period , the freedom with wiiicn money was invested in foreign mines and foreign loans , in domestic milk companies and oomesfie umbrella societies , was ah additional assistance to those who were promoting tbe pro-, ert and the snares were taken without oMouW

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      The line previously examined by Mr . James was abandoned , and Mr . George Stephenson was employed to make a new survey . An application was immediately made to tbe House of Commons to grant a bill , and a most determined opposition ensued : every clause of that great argument was opposed ; every fallacy which had been refuted was again repeated ; facts were obstinately misstated and falsehoods confidently asserted as facts . The bill was argued against by one gentleman , " because there were already three canals between Liverpool and Manchester . They were rival companies , interested in opposing each other , and the competition produced a reduction of rates . It would interfere with private property . He knew

      one individual whose land was bounded by a 0 ; mal on one side , and bj the high-road on another , and now they were going to run the railway tin ouah the centre of his estates . " This logical reason why the proposed railway bill should not become the law of the land was probably conclusive oiily to canal proprietors and to tho honourable member himself . Mr . Huskisson said , and tbe remark is worthy notice , coming from this eminent man , " that the promoters of the scheme had a higher object than the mere accumulation of wealth through this channel . Tbey would render a great commercial benefit to this country . The subscribers were the merchants , bankers , traders , and manufacturers of Liverpool and Manchester .

      They had agreed that no person should hold more than teu shares each . He had seen tbe parties interested , and tbey had declared they were willing to limit the amount of dividends to ten per cent ., aud that they would be perfectly satisfied with five percent . " When the canal companies saw that the railway was likely to become what has since been termed a great fact , a wonderful change took place . Their fear conquered their pride , and they attempted to propitiate the merchant . They who once had laughed at such an application , now lowered their charges . They who once had haughtily declared it to be impossible , now increased their accommodation . Oue canal company offered to reduce its length three miles out of

      forty-two , at an expense of many thousands of pounds . They saw now , as the father of canals had seen half a century before , " mischief in those ¦ tramroads . But despite of this , though they deprecated where they once had defied , they found their efforts vain , and their offers of _ acco « i « mooation too late . - The raileay was determined on ; and every interest , direct or indirect , which the canal proprietary , —as influential , perhaps , as any company that every existed—could exert , was brought to bear on their formidable and fatal opponents . ' Next to the canal owner , the most important opposition was naturally expected from the landowner , and by both interests every art was used to produce an effectual hindrance . Every report which could promote a prejudice , every rumour which could affect a principle was spread ,

      Ihe country gentlemen was told that the smoke would kill the birds as they passed over the locomotive . The public were informed that the weight of the engine would prevent its moving ; and the manufacturer was told that the sparks from Us chimney would burn his goods . The passenger was frightened by the assertion that life and limb would be endangered . Elderly gentlemen were tortured with the notion that they would bo run over . Ladies were alarmed at the thought that their horses would take fright . Poxes and pheasants were to cease in the neighbonrhood of a railway . The race of horses was to be extinguished . Farmers were possessed with the idea that oats and hay would no more be marketable produce ; cattle would start and throw tbeir riders ; cows even , it was said , would cease to yield their milk in the neighbourhood of one of these infernal machines .

      Mr . Francis is uniformly and extravagantly laudatory of the railway magnates . Even Mr . Hudson comes in for Ma panegyric . If we believe Mr . Francis , there never was such a victim to circumstances as the Napoleon of the Uorth . Tbe panegyric , however , not only proves too much , but seems to know too much for an unbiassed critic . Who would have supposed that the present age had got hold of a Mecsenas and a Man of Ross both in one , and that one the ci-devant Mayor of York ? yet so it is—at least Mr . Fancis says so .

      The mental and moral nature of Mr . Hudson , as proved by deeds wbich , never meant to be known , cannot be specified , is as necessary to a conception of his character , as a record of his public acts is necessary to his career . He did great good by stealth ; he availed himself of his riches to assist the needy ; be has helped scores of persons through improvident or unfortunate undertakings ; he lias made loans to many without the slightest prospect of repayment . The widow—it is a bold

      assertionnever appealed in vain ; and the orphan rarel y left him unrelieved . To literary men he was peculiarly and especially kind . The poor clergyman—and , to our shame , there are too many such—found in him a fast friend ; poor artists—and . they form too numerous a class—were never forgotten . ~ With a well-founded case of distress the most . thorough stranger was rarely , if ever , denied . Much of his munificence , like that of an Abraham Goldsmid , was spontaneous . Many a one has been benefited who never knew from whom the favour camo .

      Many an embarrassed family has been relieved who never saw the nlmsgiver . He has made speculations in grain , and told his agent to give the profit away , if profit there were ; be has bought shares , and directed his broker to baud the gain to others , if gain accrued ; he has maintained in credit many who must otherwise have been mined . Where a ten , or twenty , or even a fifty-pound note would relieve the affliction of individuals or soothe the distress of families , it was unhesitatingly given . Of such the cases are Jejioii . Nor was an application always necessary . " Without an appeal , but from

      natural good feeling , he has directed payments to be made to many whom he thought required it ; he has purchased shares in the market and given them to those whom he thought were deserving . Of the labouring community he was tbe sincere friend , and instances are not wanting of some who , now holding an elevated position , owe it entirely to Mr . Hudson . Those around him partook of bis kindness . It needed no intercession of others , and no interference of their own , to procure a pecuniary advantage . It is a pleasure to record that his household servants were not forgotten in the allocation of his benefits .

      Nor was it in money matters only that bis disposition was shown . If he were offended , he always tried to forget it . If any one transgressed , he was always willing to forgive . His chief failing , and it is a remarkable thing to assert of such a man , is the leniency of his disposition .

      Taifs Edinburgh Magazine, For Noyember. ...

      Taifs Edinburgh Magazine , for NOYEMBER . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Taxi opens this month with a panegyric on Queen Victoria . ' Inspired by the recent public progresses of the Sovereign , and preluded by an explanation intended to allay any surprise that may be felt by its readers at this outburst of royalty , Tail is * Liberal , Radical if y on will , but not Republican ; * and it proceeds—we do not say in too complimentary a manner to the present occupant of the Throne—to draw a distinction between her and her predecessors , and between tho abstract

      sentiment of loyalty , an d t h e persona l and warmer sentiment felt towards Queen Victoria . After all , divested of its wordiness , the sum and substance of tho article is , that the Queen is estimable in proportion as she has no will of her own , and the perspicuity to see when the popular will—expressed through legitimate channels—is decidedly made up , and bow to it . Such an explanation of sovereignty is one at which even Republicans will hardly cavil in the concrete—whatever may be thought of it in the abstract . ' The Messenger , ' from the Danish , commences what

      promises to be an interesting tale . * How to put iu air , and put out fire in a Coal Mine , ' is a well-written and practical p aper on a subject of national importance . * The Working Man ' s Way in tire World' maintains its interest ; and there is a good ghost story or two in the short paper entitled * The Ghost Seer ofFresillou , ' wbich will do excellently for the fireside in the long winter nights . A very carefully and admirably executed review of Thomas

      C a rl y le ' s last work , 'The Life of John Stirling' will well repay perusal ; and the closing sketch of 'Heine , his Works and Times , ' throws light upon the personal character of one who , in his day and generation , largely contributed to the formation of a public opinion in Germany , adverse to the maintenance of tyranny . The article , however , which will be read with the most general interest at the present time , is that under the head of ' Louis Kossuth , ' from which we take the following

      extract ;—In the " Hue and Cry , " in which the Austrians proscribed his wife and three children (!) as well as himself , Kossuth ' s portrait is given to the following effect : — " His proud forehead is set id contrast with his smiling lips and pearly teeth . The brilliant glow of his dark blue eyes is as well defined as tbe sickly paleness of his noble countenance His charming voice ia specially remarkable ; no lees his knowledge of all the principal European languages . In ' summer hs nerer wears a cravat .

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      but simply a curled collar" His mental and phy sical qualities are summed up by the author of " Revelations of Russia " in these words : " ! believe Kossuth to have as profound a knowledge of human nature as his favourite writer , Shakespeare , of whose bust his feature * in some degree remind you . To complete his physical portraiture , I would only add to this description tho chin and mouth of Byron , tho eye and complexion of Bonaparte , as painted by Itela Roche , and beg the reader to suppose the effects of a few years' imprisonment , of his long parliamentary campaign , and of the period of his ministry aud presidency . His knowledge of human nature , together with his power of adapting himself to the capacity of those he addresses , is the source of his eloquence ; and if the

      test of eloquence is to tnovo and to persuade , he is assuredly the most eloquent of all men living . The masses admiringly term his style , in addressing them , Biblical ; and perhaps do not inaptly characterise it . His enemies reproach him justly with being a poet ; and assuredly his writings and his speeches are filled with poetry of the highest order ; but they fell into a grievous error when they thereby intended to imply that he is nothing but a poet . The distinctive peculiarity in which he differs from all other popular leaders I can remember who have been gifted with that poetical gen '" which is bo important a constituent of eloquence , is the rare combination with this talent of an equal aptitude for figures , facts , and administrative detail . There are two men in him ; the Kossuth ,

      eloquent with tongue and pen in half the languages of Europe , who can raise tho . whirlwihd of passion in the masses , and lead the people as Moses did the Israelites ; and the logically : irgumentative Kossuth of deliberative assemblies , the administrator and financier who writes a secretary ' s clear round hand , and enters willingly into the most laborious detail . Add to this the most fervent patriotism , and an integrity and disinterestedness which has never been assailed except by notorious hirelings of Austria . You will say from all this that I who repudiate so energetically the idolatry of hero-worship have Mien into it . It is not so . I am perfectly awake

      to Kossuth's faults , which ars various and many . He is too soft-hearted . He could never sign a deathwarrant ; he was hardly ever known to punish . I believe that if Kossuth had a servant who could not clean his boots , he would never think of superseding him , but clean the boots himself . On this principle be wastes his time and energies in details in which he should have no concern , and wears out , if not his untiring mind , a body which would he otherwise robust . These weaknesses , which might be amiable in an individual , are fatal in one who is literally a nation ' s representative , But I believe that he has judgment enough to see , and will have sufficient determination to correct these faults . In

      conclusion , I can only say that , after the calamitous issue of the struggle which he directed , the people call him Father Kossuth , wear shreds of his portrait on tbeir bosoms , invest their hoarded savings in his notes , which I hare seen purchased at twenty per cent ., though their . ' possession is felony , and that if he could present himself on the frontier with 400 , 000 muskets , a few presses , and some bales of paper , 400 , 000 soldiers would rise up , and he would find his paper-money received as eagerly as before . The peasantry affectionately remember Kossuth as their emancipator , and the proprietors gratefully recall that to the measures into which bis eloquence persuaded them is due that heart ; reconciliation between all classes which has made the Magyar nation the only one on the continent of Europe in which , amid its misfortunes , all heartburnings between caste and class are set at rest . " ( "Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady . " By Theresa Pulzky . Vol , ii ., p . ' 364 ««? . )

      Specially deserving of notice is Kossuth ' s gentle , tender , and trusting heart . His unsuspiciousness is illustrated in tbe fact , that though he was well aware of Georgey ' s ambition , he did not till the last believe him capable of treachery . His goodness of nature made him respect the life of man as the highest gift of God , and he neither could , would , nor ever did sign a death-warrant , though placed at the head of a fearful revolutionary struggle . His religious earnestness and high moral principle shone forth advantageously when the propositi made by Turkey to himself and fellow-fugitives , that if they turned Mohamedans the government would be able to guarantee their safety , as tbe Koran condemns , as an unpardonable crime , tbe delivery ot a Mussulman , to his enemies . Most of the emigrants

      replied to the overture , " Rather the Russians than the Austrians , rather Mobamedanism than tbe Russians . " Kossuth answered that he did not pretend to control the conduct of any of his compatriots ; that every man ' s religious convictions were a matter which rested only between hirn .-elf and God ; that , consistently with that sincerity and truth to which he bad always rigidly adhered , he could hold out no hope that if tbey refused the offer made them their extradition would be averted , and that if given up to Austria be knew its Cabinet too well to allow them to cherish for a moment the illusion that any mercy would be shown . Nevertheless , for his own . part , he would , when asked to abjure the faith of his forefathers through terror of the executioner , welcome rather the gibbet and the

      block ; and he concluded by denouncing curses on tbe tongue which would dare to propose to him anything so infamous . It is not easy to form an exact conception of a man who has been engaged in a great political struggle , in which parties of various sympathies and aims have been actively engaged . The preceding statements , however , contain f . tcts and views out of which a correct judgment of Kossuth ' s character may be gathered . Highly gifteJ as a man , he has appeared in different lights according as he has been regarded trom different points of view and by disagreeing partisans . His admitted tenderness of heart , bas been reproached as a weakness ; and doubtless in a statesman firmness of nerve , if not vigour , is sometimes necessary . Yet if his aversion

      to severity detracts from his efficiency as a Governor , it makes him more estimable in his private relations . His enemies have pronounced bim sn agitator rather than a statesman ; but occasions there are when the qualities of an honest agitator are of great value . Even friends of Kossuth , however , hold , that had bis mind possessed more statesmanlike qualities , he would have less confidently reckoned on receiving succour from Liberal governments ; and so , with a less incorrect estimate of available resources , have served the cause of practicable good more effectually . Tbe truth seems to bejtbat , with a most impressible temperament , he is more fitted to arouse an oppressed people than to devise the measures or procure the resources

      requisite for the successful assertion of their liberty . Equally true is it that his sympathies and principles were too exclusively and too ardently democratic to conciliate and bring into effective union tbe hereditary , prescriptive and traditional forces of ancient and historical races who had little else in common but the same soil . Hence was he disliked and distrusted by the nobility , from whom he obtained concessions chiefly in virtue of his command over the people . That command was supreme . Its potency may be illustrated by an anecdote . A file of Hungarian prisoners was led into Szegedin , attended by a strong Austrian guard . Being a market day , tho town was crowded with sturdy peasants who had come from the whole country around . From some cause tbe van of the soldier *

      had fallen a little behind , and the first prisoner entered the market-place almost alone for the moment . As he came to the spot where Kossuth's last and very stirring speeches were made , he suddenlystopped , took off his bat , raised his fettered bandx W heaven , and with a vioee which rang liko a trumpet over the immense crowd , shouted again and again , " Eljen Kossuth ! Eljen Kossuth ! " In a moment , despite the Austrian cannon and tbe long line of soldiers whose bayonets almost touched them , the people put forth a shout , like the roar of the sea on the shore , again and again ringing out tbe words " Eljen Kossuth ! " The whole Austrian forces were at once called out for fear of an outbreak .

      For this empire over tbe people Kossuth is much indebted to his eloquence . Certainly , if eloquence is to be estimated by tho effects it produces , the eloquence of Kossuth is surpassingly great . But with even the roost highly-gifted natures eloquence waits an occasion , The centre of a great national struggle is pre-eminently the point for the concentration of the electric inflnence ; and for the due utterance of eloquence a native language , if not a native soul , is indispensable , Moments of vexation , ceremonious audiences , and municipal small talk quench rather tban stimulate eloquence . We are not , then , to question Kossuth ' s oratorical power , if we find his travelling words somewhat high-flown . Besides , eloquence is a national erowth . It varies with latitude and longitude . If

      to us Kossuth ' s eloquence appear tod ardent , too imaginative , even a little flighty , we must remember that we are of Anglo-Saxon blood , and li * 'i » r north and west . His own countrymen are the best judges of Kossuth's oratory ; and they have felt its power and acted under its impulse , whether * ais wisdom equal his eloquence will be made clourin his future career . That he is not a mere poet nor a mere agitator , but a noble-hearted patriot as well as a good and disinterested man , what he tins already effected make abundantly manifest . Undoubtedly his imagination is strong and vivid , we hope that in strength of intellect and breadth of Best

      view he has powers of corresponding potency . of all is his nobility of eouU It is moral greatness that makes truly great men . In this particular Kossuth stands foremost among the characters thrown into prominence by the revolutionary movements of the year 1848 , only the first act of which drama have we as yet seen . Our remarks would be incomplete did we not make reference to the imputations of his calumniators . That Kossuth is not without faults may pass for certain , seeing that he is a human being . But that anything he ever devised or did , justifies , or even extenuates , the gross and unblushing charges made against him by the ; « Times" newspaper , we Tehemently deny . In

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      truth , we fancy we at this moment see tho sneering race of its Mepbistophiles peering over our shoulder IJ ™ V » u £ rite . * e worl £ l < a ,, d '" itsexpression iP g ? s . r m ¦ II " * "ee , "ess trouble ; who believes it ? That unscrupulous journal having done its utmost to paraly . se the Magyar arm , and to strengthen and encourage its despotic assailant , now appropriately enough vituperates the mau to whom a whole nation looked in its hour of hope and its hour of peril . Whatever sinister purpose , however , the writer in the " Times" may have in view ho may . rest assured that his woris will avail out little against the flood of sympathetic admiration which in either hemisphere bears Kossuth surely on ua swelling bosom .

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      Olympic Theatre. Miss Laura Keene's Perf...

      OLYMPIC THEATRE . Miss Laura Keene ' s performance of Rosalind in As You Like It , " on Monday night , tended to confirm the opinion that the high-r class of comedy » more adapted to her than » line in which tbe representation of the . stronger passion * is required . In Pauline we could admire the intelligence and even the pathos of tbe youn « actress , but we could not help missing the force arid intensity with which the part was originally rendered by Miss Fancit .

      anil that so completely that a qun-ter version seems to fall short of tho correct standard . Rosalind , on the other hand , was played in a manner satisfactory throughout . We have seen more force , and heard lines more pointedly delivered , but these peculiarities are not essential to the character . Miss Keeno showed a nice perception of the meaning of her words ; her vivacity was pleasing because it was natural , and her tone wasthtt of unaffected ease and < Iegance . If she makes the most of that quiet intelligence she evidently possesses , and does not strike into paths which are foreign to her nature , there is every reason to believe that her professional career will be marked with prosperity .

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The lectures on the subject of ores and metals , particularly tbe manufacture of iron and steel , form still the basis of Mr . J . H . Pepper ' s discourse at this establishment . The lecturer , in continuation of his subject , is now bringing tha composition and nature of various ores of iron into view , and very properly remarked that if they were represented by one only , that one being magnetic iron oro , which , ia a mixture of the two oxides of the metal , to be of no use except as a magnetic agent , iron would still be one of the most useful metals with which we are acquainted , for without the magnet our communications with foreign countries must be extremely limited , if not impossible in many cases .

      The properties of other ores were also treated of , and the laudable efforts of tor . Lolly to improve British iron for manufacture of steel , were highly spoken of at this part of the lecture . Mr . Pepper exhibted several beautiful specimens of swords , manufactured by Mr , Wilkinson , of Piill-lliall . Some very interesting applications of the tests , V 5 oi 8 then made , which displayed the nicety required in chemical analysis , and the learned lecturer concluded by observing , that iron , useful as a metal , was equally important in other shapes—its solution was used in a very valuable medicine ; it is also the basis of Prussian blue , which dissolved in oxalio acid forms blue ink , whilst black ink and many dyes were produced only by its agency .

      ASTLEY'S THEATRE . The subject of " Azael" has been adapted to a " new and gorgeous spectacle , " which was produced here on Monday night with all the advantages of costumes , from too most unquestionable authorities , characteristic dances , processions , strange animals , camels , aebras { actually from the desert , ) Brahmin bulls , sheep , goats , and everything which could tend to give reality to the scene . Several performers new to this stage made their appearance on ' the occasion , and amongst them were Sir . Maddoekg and Mr . Hale . Mr . Bally has displayed that peculiar taste in the ' . ' getting up " of the piece for which Astley ' s bas always been celebrated , and any deficiencies on the part of the bipeds were amply redeemed by the performances of the ' quadrupeds , who disported themselves with

      as much credit to their " keepers" in the great Bqiaro of Memphis , aa in the " mighty desert " wnere they were free to roam as they pleased . The animals were well supported by a low comedy lady and gentlemau , who were also introduced on the occasion with a view to afford time for the necessary changes of scene . The scenery , dresses , and decorations were prepared with great care and taste , and the effects produced were equal to any that have been seen at this theatre in former days . The dances and groupings were also excellently managed , and tbe original music of the original opera upon which the piece is founded was not marred by the performance . The spectacle was altogether well worthy of this establishment , and the applause bestowed upon actors , horses , camels , scenery , and dances was such as to betoken tbe most unequivocal success .

      QUEEN'S TUEATRjS . The "Marble King , " a grand spectacle , by Mr . C . J . James , is the chief feature of attraction at this theatre . The piece is founded upon the following tale of enchantment . Ulin , the Geni Queen ( Mrs . J . Parry ) animates by her mystic power a marble statue , Zeyn ( Mr . E . Green ) , and is his guardian and protectress . She has a potent enemy in Amrock , spirit of evil ( Mr . Burford , ) whose hatredjis caused by tbe rejection of his suite , and who determines to destroy her hopes in Zeyn , which , if effected , the Geni Queen resolves to re-transform the object of her idolatory again into stone . This portion forms the prologue . At the commencement of the

      first act , we find Zeyn a victorious general returned from the wars , and loaded with honours by the tyrant sultan , Almurah ( Mr . Clarke , ) who promises to grant any favours ho may ask . Zeyn solicits the liberation of one of bis prisoners , the Princess Almazaide ( Miss Rivers , ) and is refused . The noble bearing of the warrior and his determination to liberate ' the princess , consigns bim to a dungeon , from which he is rescued by his guardian Geni , who transports him to her fairy grotto . Here his protectress avows her love for him , and ho in return vows everlasting fidelity , and is warned of the awful doom consequent on being foresworn . His wish for revenge on the ingrate Sultan is gratified . He bears a charmed

      life—receives a sword no human power can withstand , and a ma ^ ic ring , whose colour will pale when he is in danger of breaking his oath . The canle is taken , the Sultan destroyed , and Zeyn reigns in his stead . Prompted by hia evil genius , he resolves on espousing tho princess , and at a banquet given on tbe occasion , the Geni Queen asserts her power , the palace is destroyed , and Zeyn is onca more transformed to marble . Like all pieces of enchantment , ample scope is given for gorgeous scenery , brilliant costumes , and magical effect , and of this there is an abundance . The scenery , painted

      by Mr . C . J . James , is splendid and in , good keeping , and the magical denouement of the spectacle is awfully'imposing . All the characters were ably supported by the company , and great praise is due to tho lessee , Mr , C . J . James , and , to Mr . Green , the stage manager , for the effective manner in which tho piece is put upon the stage . The curtain fell upon the unanimous plaudits of a crowded house , and the spectacle promises fair to have a long and successful run . The favourite drama , entitled" Old Father Thames" followed , and the entertainments concluded with the laughable farce of " The Bloomers . "

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      w /^/ z /^ isirfl ^ xy ^ j ^/ *** . Loss or ihk Schooiver "Alert , '' and Fatal Accidbnt . —Intelligence reached Ipswich on Monday of tbe loss oi this schooner , the property of Mr . Waight . The following is an official report of her loss' . —Mr . fiadmau , master of the Alert , arrived in town on Monday , having left the . Uncle Billy , of Goole , off the Cork Light , which vessel picked him and his then up about eight miles N . N . W , of Cromer Light . The Alert had been in contact with s billy boy , name unknown , at 2 SO a . m . on Sunday . The master of the billy boy boarded the Alert , and , in returning to his vessel , was so seriously injured that he shortly afterwards expired . The Alert becoming unmanageable , and being in a sinking condition , the

      crew left her , and were picked up four hours afterwards by the Undo Billy . The SvjBMiRlNB Tulbgraph . —We understand from authority that all the necessary arrangements have been made to open to the public the submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais very early next week , and that the works are in the most perfect condition . Indictments for Pkbjurt . — It is generally known that there is an act in force called Lord Campbell ' s Act , under which all courts can order an indictment for perjury , including the Courts of Bankruptcy and Insolvency and County Courts . It is important that this provision should be known . Some difficulties have been removed from indictments for perjury by the same act .

      The funeral of the Duchess d'Aogouleme took place on the 28 th ult ' ., in the Franciscan Convent at Goritz . The cortege , which was very numerous , was headed by the Count de Cbambord , Don Carlos of Spain , and his two sons ; and in it were the Count de Montbol , Duko de Levis , and Count de Blacas . Waiting i » the church were the Countess dc Chambm-d , the Duchess of Parma , the Duchess dc Berry , Count Lucchesi Palli , and Marshal Marin out . Owiso to the extremely low cost of materials and labour in China , a Bible in the Chinese language , it is said , can be sold for about six cents .

      Criminal Infoh & mtioh against Db . Kbwuan . — Sir P . Thesi gerobtaiPed ' on Tuesday in she Court of Queen ' s ; BeBch . ' arJile , calling on the publishers of Dr . Newman ' s , lecture to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for a libel on Dr . Achilli ,

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      Coxs . —Vfnicb is the best flavoured tea . '—Generoi-ty . What metal indicates flight . '—Iron ( I run ) . Why is the letter A like a honeysuckle . '—Because a B follows it . Love at Fiust Sight . — -A mother ' s for her newborn infant . Thk Hollow World . —Mr . VVyld ' s Great Globe . —I ' unch . Empty Greatness . —The Crystal Palace with everything taken out of it . —Punch . A Qukry . —Somebody asks , what is more soleharrowing than pegs in one ' s boots ? Anagram . — "The Crystal Palace " contains the following perfect anagram : — " Cry that ' s all Peace . " " I ' ll ring your noae , " as the man said to the pig that was rooting in his garden .

      Thb mind may be overburdened : like the body , it is strengthened more by the warmth of exercise than of clothes , Bl-iomkrism —A batchelor friend of ours says the . only objection he has to the new costume is , that it puzz es him to tell the young ladies from the great , girts . t Hasty words often rankle the wound which injury gives ; r . ut soft words a ? suage it , forgiving cures it ' , and forgetting takes away the scar . _ These Six—The peevish , the niggard , the difsatisfieti , the passionate , the suspicious , and those who live upon others' means—are tor ever unhappy . Deceive a man prepossessed with his own mt-rit , and you render him as ill an office as that which was rendered to the Athenian fool , who believed that all the ships which arrived iu the port were come to him .

      afternoon Employmknt Wantkd—By a gentlewan , who , in consequence of the closing of the Great Exhibition , doesn ' t know what on earth to do with himself . Address , A . Lounger , Esq ., Pop ' s A ley . — Punch . Sleeping in Church . —A publican ' s wife , in Suffolk , whist in church fell asleep , and let fall her bag , in which she carried a large bunch of keys ' . Aroused by the noise , she jumped up and exclaimed , * ' Bally , there ' s another jug broke 1 " Revolvjno Pistols . —it is said that the manufactory of Colt ' s revolving pistols , in the United States , employs 3 , 000 men and boys , and 100 , 0 U 0 dollars worth of machinery , and that 40 , 000 of these weapons will be turned out this j ear .

      Solbmn Hours . —An old " beau" says , that of all the solemn hours he ever saw , that occupied in going home one dark night from the Widow Beau ' s , alter being told by her daughter Sally that " he needn ' t come again , '' was the most so . Goon Time-keeper . — " How late is it , Bill ?" --" Look at the boss , and see if he ' s drunk yet—if he isn ' t , it can't be much niter eleven , "— " Docs he keep such good time ? " ' * Splendid ; they set the town-clock by his nose . " Matrimonial Metaphor . —If the hedgehog marries the porcupine , they will both be troubled with prickly heat aa long as they live . —Jusl no it is with " two humans" who are ill-tempered ; they wilt fight during the whole of their existence .

      A Hard Name , —A man named Stone exclaim e d in a tavern , " I'll bet a sovereign 1 have the hardest name in the company "— " Done J" said one of the company ; " what ' s your name . '" "Stone , " cried the first . — " Hand me the money , " said the other , " my name is Harder . " " Broken English . "—A well-known editor of a morning paper inquired of Alderman B , oue day , what he thought of his journal . " I like it all , " said the alderman , " but its broken JEnglMt , " The editor stared , and asked for in explanation . " Why , the List of Bankrupts , to be sure . " Lover ' s Vows . — " Don't put too much confidence in a lover s VOWS add Sighs , " says Mrs . . Partington to her niece ; " let him tell you that you have lips like strawberries and cream , and cheeks like a tarnation , and eyes like an asterisk , but such things ofcener come from a tender head than a tender

      heart . " Reflection and Resolution . —The keeper of a groggery in . New York happened one day to break one of his tumblers . He stood for a moment look * ing at the fragments , reflecting on his loss ; aud then , turning to his assistant , he cried out , "Tom , put a quart of water in that old cognac . " A RlBDLE . —Life in death , three in one ; riddle me that and my life is gone . Answer : A . bird ' s nest , containing three of her young , in tbe skull of a lion . [ The above was set by a condemned convict , who was promised his life on the condition his puzzle was not answered in two days , lie was

      spared !] Judicial Wit . —A barrister tormented a poor German witness so much with questions , that the old man declared be was so exhausted that he must have a drink of water before he could say another word . Upon this the judge remarked ; " 1 think , sir , you must have done with the witness now , for you have pumped him dry . " Fashion . —To he a woman of fashion is one of the easiest things in the world ; akue ' writer thus describes it : —Bay everything you don't want , and pay for nothing you do ; smile on all mankind but your husband ; be happy everywhere but at home ; hate the country ; adore Paris ; neglect your children ; nurse lap dogs ; and go to chwett every time you get a hew shawl .

      Natural Philosophy . —An Irishman and Scotchman were once talking about the sun and moon ; the latter asserted that of the two luminaries ilw £ Un was the most useful . To this Put replied , " How can that be ? For , sure , doesn ' t the moon sbinc when it's dark ? aud the sun only makes his appearance when it ' t * daylight , at any rate . " A Difficulty Submountbd . —A certain noted physician was lately complaining that he had three fine daughters , to whom he would give ten thousand

      pounds each , and yet that he could find nobody to marry them . — "With your lavt , doctor , " suid an Irishman who was present , stepping up and making a very respectful bow , " I'lltake two of them . " Progress of Bloomkrism . —Hloomerism seema to be making but little way iu England , yet most people agre < ' that the costume is neat , and likely to be both economical and serviceable . It has been introduced on the stage in burlesque , but the effect of the costume , instead of being what the authors and managers expected , is admired , and not laughed at .

      ; Thb " New York Tribune " says that tbe use of the new costume is greatly on the increase , and adds of the Bloomers : — " We are glad to observe a better behaviour towards them by the sovereign public . It is one benefit at least of the increased adoptien of the dress . Bloomers are getting to be too general to excite surprise or ridicule . " "Fcsr Raib , "— "Doctor , that ererat ' sbane of yourn is fust rate , " said a Yankee to a village apothecary . —" Know'dit ! know'd it , " said the pleased vender of drugs . "Don't keep nothing but filtrate doctor ' s stuff , "— "And , doctor , " said the joker , coolly , " 1 want to buy another pound of ye . " — "Another pound ?"— " Yes , sir ; I gin that

      pound I bought the other day to a nibbling mouse , and it made him dreadful sick , and I am sure another pound would kill him 1 " Music for the Million . —M . Pape , of Recentstreet , a French pianoforte maker , lately deposited in the Exhibition an invention , provisionally registeied by him , which he states can be adapted to pianofortes , organs , or musical boxes , and by which any person will be enabled to play upon thaie instruments , " without possessing any knowledge of music , with all the delicacy of the best pianoforte player . " M . Pape states that he will be able to supply the music , properly arranged , at from 2 d to 3 d per yard , or polkas at the rate of lid .

      Blanching Celerv . —This year 1 adopted the following plan with my celery , which has answered extremely well : —¦! planted it . in a trench , and left it to grow to its proper height ; I then drew each plant through a circular drain-iile , stopped the top of ' the tiles with moss , and levelled the ground . ; in less than three weeks afterwards they were beautifully bleached , quite clean , and came in earlier tban in the old way . The drain-tiles are very inexpensive , and tbey do not harbour slugs , & c—H . M ., in Gardeners' Chronicle .

      Scavengers of the Olden Time . — Wild and shy as hawks are , it will scarcely be credited that at one time the common glades or kites were numerous in London streets . In the tinie of Henry Till , they were attracked by the offal of the butchers' and poulterers' stalls , and as , on account of their use in removing so offensive a nuisance , they were not allowed to be killed , they became so fearless as actually to mingle with the passengers , and take tbeir prey in the greatest crowds . Turkish Passports . —A good story is told about the recent arrest of a Turk npon the frontier of the Herzeaowina . For some time past , the Turkish

      government have allowed their authorities to wring a little more out of the people by means of passports and the devices thereunto belonging . But it chances that a great many persons in power can neither read nor' write , and , therefore , a shrewd fellow may palm any species of oficial looking paper he tpinkg proper upon people m his regular puss : thus it was that a Turk who bad travelled for some time in peace with a document of imposing appearance , which he had picked up in tbe streets of Constantine , at last found some one who could read it , when it was found to be one of Jean Maria Farina ' s Eau de Cologne labels !

      A JEU DS MOT , Cook , the actor , one day To a lady did say , Whom he afterwards took unto wife , "You ' re in heart and in feature Such a duck of a creature , That I would you my own were for life . " To which she made answer , "If really I am , sir , A duck to your liking , why , look ye ' . 'Tis on these terms alone You may make me your own—Ere possessed , you must properly Cook-ma . " H . L . W

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 8, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08111851/page/3/