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      Beauties-Op Byrox. H0.'Axxxv1. "Berro." ...

      BEAUTIES-OP BYROX . H 0 . ' AXXXV 1 . " BErro . " * 'Beppo was written at Venice , in October , 1817 , an a acquired great popularity immediately on its oublication , in tbe May of tbe following year . Lord Btbox ' s letters showed that he attached very little importance to it at the time . He wasnotaware that he had opened a new vein , ia which his genius was destined to work out some of its brightest triumphs . " Seppo is an amusing production—the precursor of JhnJuan .

      THE CABSIVAT .. 'lis known , at least it should be , that throughout AH countries of the Catholic persuasion , -Some weets before Shrove-Tnesday comes about , The people take their fill of recreation ^ And buy re pentance ere they grow devout , However hig h their rant , or low their station , With fiddling , feasting , dancing-, drinking , masguing , -And other things which may be had for asking . "The moment night with dusky mantle covers Tbe skies ( and the more duskily the better ) , The time less liked by husbands than by lovers Begins , aud prudery flings aside her fetters ; ¦ Sad gaiety on restless tiptoe hovers , Giggling with all the gallants who beset her : Aud there are songs aud quaver ? , roaring , humming , -Guitars , and every other sort of strumming . And there are dresses splendid , but fantastical .

      Masks of all times and nations , Turks and Jews , -And harlequins aud clowns , with feats gymnastical ; Greeks , Romans , Tankee-dsouies , and Hindoos ; All kinds of dress , except the ecclesiastical , All people , as their fancies hit , may choose , But no one in these parts may quiz the clergy , — Therefore take heed , ye Freethinkers ! I charge ye . You'd better walk about beg irt with briars , Instead of coat and smallclothes , than put on -A single stitch reflecting upon friars . Although you swore it only was in fun ; "They'd haul you o ' er the coals , and stir the fires _ O ? Fiuegethon with every mother ' s son , JNor say one mass to cool the caldron ' s bubble "That boil'd your bones , unless you paid them double .

      ITALY ASD ENGLAND . With all its sinful doings , I must say , That Italy's a pleasant place to me , "Who love to see the Sun shine every day And vines ( not nail'd to walls ) from tree to tree Testoon'd much like the hack scene of a play , Or melodrama , which people flock to see , When the first act is ended by a dance In-vineyards copied from the south of France . I like on Autumn evenings to ride out Without being forced to bid my groom be sure Hy cloak is round his middle strapped about , Because the skies are sot the most secure ; I know , too , that if stopped upon my route , . Where the green alleys windinglr allure , Reeling with grapes rei waggons choke the way , — In England ' twould he dang , dust , or a dray . I also tike to dine on becafisas ,

      To see the Sun set , sure hell rise to-morrow , Not through a misty morning , twinkling weak at A drunken man ' s dead eye in maudlin sorrow , But with all Heaven V himself ; that day will break as Beauteous as cloudless , nor be forced to borrow That sort of farthing candlelight which glimmers Where reeking London ' s smoky caldron simmers . -I love the language , that soft bastard Latin , Which melts lite kisses from a female month , And sounds as if it should be writ on satiu With syllables that breathe of the sweet south , And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in That not a single accent seems uncouth , lake our harsh northern whistling , grunting guttural Which we ' re obliged tobiss , and spit , andsputter all . Hike the women too { forgwe my folly )

      Prom the rich peasant-cheek of ruddy bronze , And large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays that say a thousand things at once , "To tbe high dama's brow , more melancholy , Bnt clear , and with a wild and liquid glance , Heart on her lips and soul within her eyes , Soft as her clime , and sunny as her skies . Eve of the land which still is paradise ! Italian beauty 3 didst thou not inspire Raphael , who died in thy embrace , and vies With all we know of Heaven , or can desire , In what he hath bequeathed us ?—in what guise , Though flashing from the fervour of the lyre , Would words describe thy past and present glow , While yet Canora can create oelow ? '' England ! with all thy faults I love thee sffll , " I said at Calais , and have not forgot it ; I like to speak and lucubrate my fill ;

      Hike the government ( but that is not it ) ; I like the freedom of the press and quill ; I like the Habeas Corpus ( when we ' ve gotit ) ; X like a parliamentary debate . Particularly when ' t is not too late ; I like the taxes , when they ' re not too many ; I like a sea-coal fire , when not toe dear ; I like a beef-steak , too , as well as any ; Have no objection to a pot of beer ; I like the weather , when itis not rainy ; That is , I Hke two months of every year . And so God save the Regent ; Church , and K ' wgl Which means that I like ail and every thins !

      Songs For The People. 50. Ziu. The Stren...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . 50 . ZIU . THE STRENGTH OF TYRANNY . The tyrants chains are only strong While slaves submit to wear them ; And , who could bind them on the throng Determiud not to bear them ? Then clank year chains '; e'en though the links Were light as fashion ' s feather , The heart , which rightly feels and thinks , Would cast them altogether . The lords of earth are only great While others clothe and feed them ! Sat , what were all their pride and state Should labour cease to heed them ! The swain is higher than a king : Before the Laws of Nature The monarch were a worthless thing , The swain—a useful creature .

      TTe toV ^ jwe spin , we delve the mine . Sustaining each his neighbour : And , who can show aright divine To rob us of our labour ? We rush to battle—bear the lot In every ill and danger—And , who shall make the peaceful cot To homely joy a stranger ? Psrish au " tyrants , far and near Beneath the chains that bind us : And perish , too , that senile fear Which makes the slaves they And as , One grand—one universal claim-One ptal of moral thunder—One glorious burst , in freedom's name , And rend our bonds asunder ! Cbables Cole , a London Mechanic

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      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. Mat. Edinburgh...

      TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . Mat . Edinburgh z Tait . Princes Street . London : Simpkin and Marshall . Tait onens this month with an article on " The Tariff and the Oregon , " by an Englishman in America . The letter is , however , dated as far back as February last , and is , therefore , somewhat stale . The "Englishman" handles our American friends rather severely , but on some points the justice of his censnre cannot be denied . Regarding the worst as but two probable , he nevertheless hopes for the best — -for peace , we hope with him . A review of " Bell's Lite of Canning , " is rather too eulogistic of that political trafficker , to please us . " His death , " says the reviewer , " was universally felt as a national calamity and mourned over as a private sorrow . "

      This is rather " strong . Did the writer in Tait never hear of the two famous Registers by Cobbett ; the one on Canning ' s death , the other on his burial ? Those Registers tell a very different tale ; and for our part we must beg permission to accept ^ Cobbhti ' s history of his own times before any version of that history by the writer in Toft . Gassing ' s biographer admits that his hero was a traitor to the principlesof his youth , a traitor even while he was yet a youth ; and if we are to believe the tale told by Mr . Bell , we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that CAXNrso'was not merely a turncoat , but an informer . Having first obtained the confidence of Godwix and the Reformers , and being put in possession of their secret—a projected revolution—he communicated that secret to Pitt , and was rewarded for bis treachery with an under secretaryship of state . Of course , like all apostates , he signalised his after life by ridiculing and denouncing the principles , the advocacy of which had

      first gained him notoriety , and persecuting the men -whom he hated because , unlike himself , they had not abandoned their principles . Through all his career from tbe time of his treachery to Godwix , he was one of the readiest and most malignant opponents of reform . The sufferings and rights of the many , were by him ever treated withjbrutal jestsand foul-mouthed abuse . He delighted to figure as parliamentary buffoon , and "tbe revered and ruptured Ogdeu , " -will long be remembered as one of the choice witticisms with which he was used to set his brother rascals of St . Stephen's tax-trap "in a roar . " Even witbin the year of his dea th , when pretending to have become a great "liberal , " he declared—emphatically and insolently declared—that he would oppose parliamentary reform to the latest hour of his existence . If Mr . Bell will send us his "Life of the Eight Hon ., & c ., » we promise him we will do his hero justice . We should like very well to devote a eolum

      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. Mat. Edinburgh...

      or two to the subject , but this week we cannot afford room . Enough that we now add bur declared conviction , that GAninses was ' one of the Worst of men in tha worst of time ; a clever and flash ; knave he was —but not the less a knave—to whose memory the Seople owe nothing but hatred and scorn ! Colonel ohnson's beautiful romance of " Jenny Basket , " is concluded in this number ; but a ' new fiction is commenced under the title of "Truthand Falsehood , " from the pen of Emsabbth Thornton , which promises to be interesting ; Spain supplies the scene of the

      new story , and the moving adventures- are sufficiently Spanish to gratify the reader . There are two brief , but pleasing reviews in this number of "The King of Saxony ' s Journey thronsh England and Scotland , " and the "Travels of Mohan Lai . " There is also some good poetry by Elizabeth Robests , J . Walker Ord , Calder Campbell , and Mrs . Tixsley ; this last named lady ' s lines on ' the Centenary of the Battle of Gulloden , " are truly beautiful . There ia nothing very striking in this month's number oi Tait' but the articles are generally readable and entertaining .

      The Almanack Of The Month.—Mat.— London:...

      THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH . —Mat . — London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street . As usual this Mmanach contains . lots of good things , but we must take exception to one ^ article , that headed " Our Library Table , " wherein is volunteered a most ridiculous , wonld-becbivalrous defence of Royalty , and Prince Albert's pension , in reply to the just and sensible strictures of that excellent publication the Popular Informant . Joking is all very well in it » way , bat joking will not clothe ragged backs , fill hungry bellies , and bestow comfort upon the wretched p lundered thousands who are constantly suffering the extreme of misery , while

      pampered idlers are clad in purple ana norm auunuance , carin" nothing for the miserable condition of those from whose labour they derive their unjust superfluities . The true Tory defence of Royalty contained in the article alluded to , may tend to make the Almauack of the Jfonth popular with the flunkies of the palace , bnt is not likely to add to its friends among the people . We advise Mr . A'Beckktt to leave such nonsense , for the future , to the congenial columns of the John Bull . The principal topics of the month are capitally quizzed both in prose and poetry , and there is hardly a page which does not afford rare entertainment tor all joke-loving readers . We subjoin a few jokes from

      THE TALX 0 ? THE MOUTH . The Aran . Fool or the Month . —The Earl of St . Germans played off some capital jokes on the first of Ap ril , Host of the letters which should have been deli , vered on March 31 st ivere kept back purposely till the following day . We regret to state that one of the sufferers was the Duke of Cambridge , to whom an invitation for the 31 st had been sent to preside at a public dinner . The mortification of his Royal Highness at receiving it a day too late can be to make use ef the nervous language of the penny a-liner—" much better conceived than described . " Fimxx Million Afbil Fools —Prussia was particularly favoured in April Fools this year , for it was confidently reported in all the papers that the constitution which the king had so long promised his subjects , would , without fail , be published on the first of April .

      " If tou have Tiabs mepabe to shed them now . "A young painter who had been exhibiting a portrait of Louis-Philippe with a crown of glory round his white hat , was met at the door of the Louvre by one of his friends . " Why , Raphael , what ' s the matter f Yoa look so pale , and you are in the deepest mourning . "— " Why , n > y dear friend , I see you haven't heard of my calamity . Yesterday I was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour !" An VsexvzcTEif BrxssiKC—The fog . was so intense one day last month , that the Whole of Trafalgar Square was completely concealed from view from 10 A , if ,, to 3 P . M . Here are some capital rOLlTICAL SUXIH 3 .

      The sun nerar sets on the English dominions—and we show our gratitude by taxing the light that comes from it —If nature reaUy abhors a vacuum , wfcata hatred she must have of a Queen ' s Speech!—China has its opium —but hasn ' t England its debates ?—O'Connell ' s motto is : "Bents carefully eoUected . "— £ 70 , 000 were voted for the Queen ' s horses in the same year that £ 10 , 000 were given for the education of the people . The reason of the difference was because the former are fed with corn , and the latter with chaff . —The National Gallery may be justly deemed one of the "Burdens on Land . "—The sense of the House of Commons is always the last thing that a Minister thinks of taking . —The reason ladies are excluded from the House of Commons , is because it is found there is talk enough without them . —Tbe only person who is safe in Ireland is the Cove of Cork . —The nearest approximation that has ever been made to the discovery of the longitude , have been the speeches on the Corn Law Debate .

      The Connoisseur. May. London: E. -Macken...

      THE CONNOISSEUR . May . London : E . -Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This number opens with a review of the paintings , sculpture , and other works of art , forming the present annual exhibition at the Louvre , and will be interesting to the numerous class of " tarry-at-home travellers , " who must depend for their information concerning foreign art upon the fortunate few who , like the editor of the Connoisseur , may see with their own eyes , and be gratified or disappointed as the case may be . Artists are amongst the loudest of grumblers with respect to government patronage , having ever on their lins the assertion that " they manage these tuinp better in France , " but it is Tery questionable if sueh management is at all advantageous to artists , or at least stimulative of excellence in art .

      It appears that in the present exhibition there are a great number of large pictures , chiefly religious subjects that have been painted by command of the kbgortheministre . de I'interieur , which ( according to the Connoisseur ) are mere botches , —collossal specimens of insufficiency . But there is a reason for this ; it appears that "religious painting in France has become a means of political corruption . " " If the ministry would procure the election of a deputy of the centre it presents a Martyrdom to the church of tlie arrondizementhe would represent ; but as the government must be carried on at the lowest figure ol expence , and as a connoisseurship is not exigeant in the provinces , the minister obtains his means as cheaply as possible , aud sets Ms own price upon tlie talent of the artist : thus the notitico-reliriousian

      vasses are covered to order at from two to three thousand francs each , or from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds for some two hundred square feet of painting ! Now , in producing such subjects , the artist must pay at least a thousand francs for canvas , models , and colours , and there remains about a thousand francs of remuneration for his six months' labour ! So much for the French government patronage of which Englishmen talk so highly ! Of course as these prices are not temptations to artists of reputation , we have at once an explanation of the extreme mediocrity of these extensive botches , and why they occupy the best places . " How well this compound of corruption and meanness accords with the political character of honest Louis Phiuppe , affording another illustration of the dirty doings of this king of the

      shopocracy . The remaining articles are on the usual topics , but we think hardly so interesting to the general reader as we usually find them . This number is embellished with a beautifully executed portrait of . Michael Angelo , from a painting by himself , forming one of the series of lithographs drawn by G . II , Maouieb , whose { productions we have repeatedly and justly laudod . In an article in the present number , the editor replies to the cavillings of certain parties who appear to have smarted under the criticism of his pen , complaining of his " severity . " The editor remarks of the complainants ; — "The opinion of the public is sought ; if in some cases it is given in soft , honied words , great is the joy ; but if , on the other hand , some not very complimentary phrases are deservedly delivered , the

      outcry is against the person who boldly tells the truth . lie , forsooth , has no bnsiness to injure the feelings of the other ! His observations might have been uttered in more soothing terms ; to say the least , they were ' uncalled for ! ' This is the position we would resist , for at this rate , criticism would descend into a mere mass ef gross flattery . " Well does the Connoisseur say that " a criticought to have nonparty : he has nothing to do with tbe individual ; " his duly should be performed quite independent of all personal considerations . For ourselves we are so well satisfied with the impartiality and the ability of the writersjn the Connoisseur , that we bidj them go on and prosper ; maintaining their publication as "the harbour of refuge for honesty , " and the terror of quacks and quackery .

      Punch. Part Lvm. London: Faneh Office, 8...

      PUNCH . Part Lvm . London : Faneh Office , 85 , Fleet Street . We are sorry to note a falling off in Punch which we hope will be but temporary . In the present part the illustrations are very inferior , and the contents generally are not at all equal to the " spicy" outpourings which not long since delighted the publicthe world . There is one exception , the series of articles on "The Snobs ef England , " worthy of Punch in its best days . The writer , apeaking of ' noble snobs , " gives the following description of

      WHAT SNOBS ADM 1 BB . Suppose he is a young nobleman of a literary turn , and published poems ever so foolish and feeble , the Snobs would purchase thousands of his volumes : the publishers ( who refused my Fassion-Flowers , and my grand Ep ic at any price ) would give him his own . Suppose he is a nobleman of a jovial tnm , and has a fancy for wrenching off knockers , frequenting gin-shops , and half murdering policemen ; the public will sympathise good-naturedly with his amusements , and say he is a hearty , honest fellow . Suppose he is fond of play and the turf , and has a fancy to be a blackleg , and occasionally condescends to pluck a pigeon at cards ; the public will pardon him , and many honest people will court him , as they would court a housebreaker , if he happened to be a Lord . Suppose he is an idiot ; yet by the glorious constitution , he's good enough to govern us . Suppose he is an honest , highminded gentleman : so much the better for himself . But

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      he may be an ass , and yet respected ; or a ruffian , and yet be exceedingly popular ; or a rogue and yet excuses mil be found for him . Snobs wilh still worship him , male Snobs will do him honour , nna femates look kindly upon him , however hideous he may be .

      NOBLE AND CIVIC SNeag , Our City Snebs have the same mania of aristocratic marriages . I like to see such . I am . of a savage and envious nature , —I like-to see those two humbugs which , dividing , as they do , the social empiae 0 f this kingdom between them , hate eaeh other naturall y—making truce aad uniting—for the sordid interests of , either . I like to see an old aristocrat swelling with pride of race , the decendant of illustrious Herman robbers , whose blood has been pure for centuries , and who looks-down on common Englishmen as a free-born American dees on a nigger . I like to see old Stiffueck obliged to bow down his head aud swallow his infernal pride , and drink the cub of

      humilia-I tion poured out by Pump and Aldgatc ' h butler . " Pump . and Ahhjate , " says ha-, " your grandfather wan a brick , layer , and his hod is still kept in the bank , Your pedigree beg ins in a workhouse ; mine can be dated from all the royal palaces of Europe . I came over with the Conqueror : ! am . own cousin to Ghailes Martel , Orlando Furioso , Philip Augustus , Peter the- Cruel , and Frederic Barbarossa . I quarter the Royal arms of Brentford in my coat . I despise you , but I waat money ; and I will sell . you my beloved daughter , Blanch Stiffueck , for a hundred thousand paunds , to pay off mortgages . Let your son marry her , and she shall become Lady Blanch Pump and Aldgate . "

      Old Pump and Aldgate clutches at the bargain .. And a comfortable thing it is to think that birth can be bought for money . So you Ieara to value it . Why should we , who don't possess it set a higher store on it than those who do ? Perhaps the best use of that book , the Peerage , is to look down the list , and see how many have bought and sold birth , —how poor sprigs of nobility some how sell themselves to rich City Snobs' daughters , how rieh City Snobs purchase noble ladies—and so to admire the double baseness of the bargain . It used to be the custom of some very old-fashioned clubs in the City , when a gentleman asked for change for a guinea , always to bring it to him in washed silver : that

      which had passed immediately out of the . hands of the vulgar being considered " as too coarse to soil a gentleman's fingers . " So when the City Snob ' s money has been washed during a generation or so ; has been washed into estates , and woods , and castles and mansions ; it is allowed to pass current as real aristocratic coin . Old Pump sweeps a shop , runs of messages , becomes a confidential clerk and partner . Pump the Second becomes chief of the house , spins more and more money , marries his son to an Earl's daughter . Pump Tertius goes on with the bank ; but his chief business in life is to become the father of Pump Quartus , who comes out a full-blown aristocrat , and takes his seat as Baron Pumpington , and bis race rules hereditarily over this nation of Snobs .

      A New Poet! In Our First Page Will Be Fo...

      A NEW POET ! In our first page will be found a letter from a gentleman addressed to the Chartist body , offering himself a candidate for election to the next Chartist Convention . Judging by his letter , the writer appears to be a frank , straightforward man , possessing the three grand requisites for a popular representativehonesty , talent , and enthusiasm . Mr . Jones feels that he has a mission to perform , and we doubt not but that some one or more localities will accept his services , if on closer acquaintance his views are found in accordance with those held by the great body of the Chartists . Of course , it ' will be the duty of those

      who may be disposed to appoint Mr . Jones their representative to fully satisfy themselves as to the " orthodoxy" of his principles . Our business is with another subject . Since the receipt of Mr . Jones ' s letter , a friend has informed us that the new candidate for Chartist honours is a Poet , and a poet too ef high pretensions if we may accept tbe praises of his critics . IntheJVew Quarterly Review published in January last appeared a review . of a poem entitled " My Life , " published by Mr . Newhy , Mortimer-street . When we say " published , " we should say the first part only was published . Thus saith the critic in the New Quarterly Review : —

      The first part of this pleasing work lies before us . It contains more pregnant thoughts , more bursts of lyric power , more , in fine , of the purely grand and beautiful , than any poetical work which has made its appeaance for years , if we except the magnificent productions of Browning , and perhaps the lays of Tennyson . The author of this poem is , Mr . Ernest Jones . Be it observed , . 'that we hare not seen the poem , except such portions as are contained in the few extracts given in the Quarterly , we , therefore , cannot affirm the decision of the Quarterly reviewer . We roust be in a position to judge for ourselves before we give an opinion ; we read before we review ; nevertheless we may give another extract or two from our contemporary , which shall also include an extract or two from the poem .

      The following is a passage from the ' Introduction , ' pourtraying the career of many a modern patriot . The author tells us , he has seen hopes arise , and hopes depart , and ardour die away , and manhood scorn youth ' s virtue ; and now , in pursuance of this monitory strain , he continues : — Have met the young man , ardent all , Starting on fire at glory ' s call ; Have heard him , too , with patriot grace Refuse—yes ! even refuse a place ! And , yet invincible to bribe , Launch forth his noble diatribe ; Have heard him coughed and jested down , Alike in parliament and town : For every one was held uncouth

      Who smacked of honesty and truth , — Till drawn to Fashion ' s shot-silk banners , She taught him principles and manners : False Beauty ' s smiles like snares were spread , Cold Irony ' s keen arrows sped ; While bright before his eyes were set Gay ribbon , star , and coronet , AU , all the hopes of joy and ease , At that one price alone—to please ! To please . '—to dress by fashion ' s glass-To serve the few , and spurn the mass ; Cease to be bold , and frank , and hearty , Abandon country for a party t While dignities were let for hire , The highest bidder still the buyer , Till little of the man remained , And country lost what parry gained .

      At first I have beheld him burn , Then stand—then waver—and then turn ; How few could brave—how few could shun The many bearing on the one ! Oh ! who tbe tempting could withstand ! Who would not choose the safe left hand , Within the ceurtly harbour get , And anchor with a coronet , Held by a ribbon from afar , And blazoned , bondsman ! by a star t The epigrammatic and forcible terseness , tbe apt and choice phraseology , of this passage , is fully apparent . We cannot pause , however , for remark . Suffice it to say , that this whole introduction is a species of protest against theindi & erentism and political , social , and religious hollon'ness of the day , with some explanation of the causes from which this work was undertaken .

      Here is a remembrance of the poet's sister , and their father ' s home : — But oh ! a dream of childhood ' s day , \ On winter sere one summer ray , One flower to plant above a tomb , To warm the frost , and light the gloom . Grace ! Grace ! my sister , spirit-sainted , S weet visioned thought , all angel-painted , That makes my worn heart leap and shag , And memory turn to thanksgiving !

      Dost thou remember that old room . Oppressive with ancestral gloom , With heavy carvings quaint and dark , And windows opening on the park , - Through which the sunset-glades were seen , And old oaks , trooped on pastures green , Forth standing in the golden glow , With clouds above and flowers below ; Like knightly champions set to screen With leafy shields from charging storm , The tender blossoms shrinking form !"

      Again : — The house-clock rung the homeward toll—Dusk shadow crowned the beechen knoll , — The mitts crept round with large , dim tears , Forth sbadowings of uprising years , — The night drew in with darksome weather , — Thus passed our childhood ' s last together . After bestowing the warmest praise upon the above and other specimens of the poem , the Quarterly reviewer adds : — " Finally , we may say of this poem ,

      that for alternate pathos and epigrammatic vigour , it has few , very few , equals . " One thing is certain , that Mr . Jones is possessed of talents which will make him a valuable acquisition to the democratic ranks , it is a glorious proof of the progress of democratic principles , that in spite of force and fraud , political and social persecution , such men as Mr . Jones are avowing themselves converts to Chartism , anxious to do their share in promoting the triumph of the good cause . That triumph will come !

      Fatal Acmdeet At An Hotel.—On Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., Held An Inquest At The London Uni-

      Fatal Acmdeet at an Hotel . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the London Uni-

      Versity College, On The Body Of Thomas W...

      versity college , on the body of Thomas Wells , ageti fifty-three years . The deceased was head-waiter at flick ' s Hotel , Duke-sireet , Afanchester-squarc , and bore a most excellent character . About half-past eleven on Friday night he was about to descend the kitchen stairs , when being seized with a fit , he fell , and was precipitated to the bottom striking his head against the stone floor , and he sustained an injury which proved fatal . A surgeon was immediately called , who recommended his removal to the hospital , and he was forthwith taken thither , but expired in a few minutes after hisadmission . The house-surgeon proved death to he the result of the injuries consequent upon the fall . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

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      THE © HURCH . I .. - ¦ - . :,.-. ., XX . 1 ¦ . I-:-- ¦¦ Dear Protestants ! youisee my Muse grows-riotous-l : , And longs to bully Briel & te , Pope , awhBfiest ,, Wlen , lo ! some Benedictine Monk says , "Why at Uff 6 ut so severely *—look , at home at Ivastr . But do not , if yeu ' re-prudent—try at us r { Whoare ofhumau . doughtheyrorking-yeast ) ,. . Bot while I own n > y Creed is grub and gammou !—Religion , as reformed by . joa isl-MamrnoniY ' { Ablot of Florencsi canto i , )>

      In the Star of Apil 118 th we directed theattentiom of our readers to a , publication issued by Ml * . Effingham Wilson , RoyaJ > Exchange , entitled , WteBotmlaar Informant . As we have already expressed our warm approval of this puMicafcieH ,. it is not necessary that we should now , when , agaia referring to Mr ,. do more than select a few extracts , which extracts will indeed better testify to the merits of the work than anything we could say in its . favour . The following extracts ( are from that portion of ^ the Popidtm lhfarnvmt devoted te > an exposure of the rapacity of

      THE ESTABMSafiD . OHOHGa Off JBK 6 LAND AMD- XUSIiAMh The Church of England is-paramount in England , and Wales , and a branch of the same establishment in Ireland . The Swereign of the realm is head of theChnroh of England ; and in that character nominates , archbishops and bishops , assembles and dissolves convosations of the clergy , and is the last judge appealed to . in ecclesiastical cases . The chureb , is governed by two archbishops ajid'twaaty . four bishops in . England and Wales , and hy twslve in Ireland . The clergy are technically divide * into three classes , vi * ., bishops , priests , and deacons .. Bat they

      may more properly be classed as ieueficed clergy , comprising bishops , dignitaries , rectors , and viuars j and nonbeneficed clergy , or curates in all amounting to about 13 , 800 individuals . The beneficed clergy may be subdivided into single beneficed and pluralist ( or those , holding several livings ); into resident or non-resident . They are computed to amount to about 8 , 010 ( 7 , 130 In England and Walts , 8 S 0 in Ireland ) , and enjoy nineteen twentieths of the revenue of the church . The n » n-beneficed clergy , or curates , auieunt to 3 , 700 ( 5 , 200 in England and Wales , 55 u in Ireland ) ., They may be considered as fairly doing three-fourths of the work , and receiving less than one twentieth of the emolument .

      The hearers of the Church of England are variously estimated at from seven and a half to fourteen millions , the former being probably nearest tho truth .

      THE REVENUE OP THE CUDBCU Cannot be safely estimated at less than ten millions sterling in Great Britain and Ireland ; very plausible calculations raise it above eleven millions and a half . * # * # At least ten millions is the sum paid to the clergy of the Church of England for tending a snug little flock of fourteen ( or as some reckon , ten , or even seven and a half ) millions . The remaining Christians in the world are computed to amount to about 261 millions of different denominations , that is to say ;—ISO millions , Roman Catholics ; 60 millions of the Greek Church , and about 51 millions of Lutherans , Calvinists , and Protestants of different sects . You have no doubt heard of the regal state of the pope

      and cardinals , and of the pomp and state displayed by the spiritual chietota church of ISO millions of communicants , who is , at the same time , the temporal sovereign of three millions of people . ¦ You have no doubt heard of the magnificence of the Greek Church with its iconastas or screens , adorned with gold and silver plate , and pearls and jewels . You have heard perhaps of the Protestant Church of Sweden , with its archbishops , and bishop , sand regular hierarchy . You have heard of tho Lutheran State Church , and Calviuistic establishment oi Geneva ; but did you ever suspect , that all the revenues of all the clergy of all these 201 , 000 , 000 of Christians do not , in 184 o , exceed those which are received by the clergy of the Church of England for the cure of the fourteen millions (\) comprised within its holy pale .

      If therefore , it ba the only true church , and that the other 261 millions of Christians are wandering in the paths of damnable heresy , a . fact I am not disposed to call in question , it is certainly not a cheap church— -far from it , since its establishment is , in proportion , rather more than eighteen times more costly than all the others of Christendom taken at an average . It may be argued too , that as the Church of England is the true church , aud all others in error , that they are dear ; and our own is cheap at any price . But even if we admit that there is more piety , learning , and truth

      in the Church of England , than in all the other churches —with their 261 millions of misguided members—I do not thiuk that the archbishop of Canterbury , or even the bishop of London ( and heaven knows at a pinch , he is not particular in what he says ) , will venture to assert that the Church of England is more holy or effective now , than in the time of the apostles . Yet , its communicants were then , voluntarily , more than eighteen times poorer than even those Christian churches ef the present day , which are—very voluntarily I believe—eighteen times poorer than our own holy mother church .

      OBIG 1 N OF CHOBCB PROPEBTT . I know that it is argued , that the church has , right or wrong , an inalienable right to all endowments made throughout all ages , by princes , parliaments and private indiriduals , who chose to dispose ot their substance in its favour . But if we refer to the origin of the first accumulatien of property by a class of men professing evangelical poverty , we shall find them to have been made for the purpose , or under the pretext , of collecting it for the poor .

      It was on this understanding , that men contributed so freely to it in the early and middle ages ; and jou have all heard how , as long as Catholicism existed iu England , the monasteries and the convents doled out their alms to the poor , devoting one-fourth of their revenues to tho indigent , as they continue to do , even to the present day , in southern Catholic countries . Thatisto Bay , that these trustees of Lazarus appropriated the funds intended for his relief , to enable them to lead the life of Dives ^ though still allowing him the crumbs of his own meat , swept from their luxurious tables .

      But the Church of England , stepping into the shoes ( I mean into the bishopries and livings ) of the Romish Church , practised no such deception ; for it denied Lazarus even the crumbs , and referred him to the more Charitable laity with their Elizabethan Poor Law . , This Church of England , framed , as we are told , upon the model of tbe primitive apostolic church of Christ , now devours a revenue which more than doubles the amount of all the money levied . throughout the country fer the relief of the indieent under the name of poor rates .

      CIIUKCD REFORM , One half the revenue of the Church of England would more than suffice to support the poor , as they are . now supported in the Union Workhouses ; but as this starration system would be less charitable than to knock them on the head , God forbid that I should seriously suggest it to the reverend gentlemen in question , Let us rather imag ine the abandonment of three , fourths of their revenue for this benevolent purpose , which would be productive of the following advantages : — Firstly . —The rate-payers would be entirely relieved .

      Secondly ;—As half the revenue of the Church of England equals all that is at present spent In feeding and clothing the poor , it follows , that three-quarters of such revenue , if equably distributed , would furnish half more than is now doled out for their relief . They would thus , at least , enjoy sufficient of the first necessaries of life , to induce them to abstain from devouring raw potatoes or from picking rotten bones . Thirdly . the Church of England itself would spiritually benefit , by a nearer approach to evaii « elical poverty and simplicity : though even this would still be far remote ; because , if parting with three-quarters , aud only retaining one-quarter ( or £ 2 , 000 , 000 ) of its revenue ; its clergy would be still three times better paid than that of France , which , with an income of less than one million and a half , has to fulfil the duty of tending a flock of more than thirty five millions of individuals . .

      It would still be twenty times better paid than the Greek , Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy in the Russian Empire , who receive something less than a half a million sterling , lor ministering to the spiritual wants of more than CO millions of Christians .

      OUT AM > TUBUS ! AT TUE CHURCH COBMOBANTS . A man may keep a private chaplain if it suits him . He may lino his pew at church with cedar , rose , or satinwood , and adorn it , if he choose , with spring cushions of crimson velvet ; but what would the world say of him , if he were guilty of this extravagance , whilst his relatives were hungering in rags at the church-door ? The poor rates amounted to about seven millions Stirling , before the new Poor Law passed in 1834 . Man and wife—the mother and the child—were separated in the Union Prisons , and the paupers driven into them reduced to the lowest rations of the worst food which would keep life and soul together . AU this was done to save two millions sterling .

      If the country had been a wretchedly poor country , to which two millions was a great object , this cruel economy might have been painfully necessary ; but when we consider that ten millions a year arc lavished on the , Church , or more than four times the amount squeezed out of the sufferings of the poor , it becomes matter of doubt , whether it is more disgraceful for the nation to give , er for the successors of the poor and humble apostles to receive it . The above extracts may serve to indicate the views of the author of the Popular Informant ; the statistical details we must pass over , as also all that the author says concerning the iniquitous Irish of tbe

      establishment . Each page of this portion work is headed with texts from the bible , sarcastically introduced as " Scriptural Authority for Church Revenues ' . " When having read some ot the details of this awful exposure , the reader directs his eye to the " texts" at the head of tho page , the effect is not to be described . If priests could blush they might find cause for burning shame in these disclosures of their heartless rapacity ; but , as the Pomlar Informant well says , it is matter of doubt whether it is moro disgraceful tor the successors of the poor and humble apostles to thus plunder the nation , or for the nation to submit to the robbery . We again recommend this excellent publication to our readers .

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      Loviko Darkness hatiikr than Light . —An edict has boon posted on the walls of Rome , denouncing the modern innovation of gas light , and ordering that all private tjaa works should be suppressed ,

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      THK CmNBaBRAMSOM . -On Thupday ^ nother instalment of theChinese ransom . arrived at . the Jiojal Mint in nine waggons , each drawr . by chree huvm and a cart drawn by two horses , Tim value is upwards of half a millibrKiterling . The treasure was escorted from Portsmouth , via Southampton Railway . to ^ London , by a detachment of the military- . ,, Green Ginoib ;—The Severn steamer has brought a considerable parcel of West India'ginger , Inasreen state , and as fresh in appearance-as if ; just taksfl'OUfc of the ground , which is entered ' at * the reduced duty of five shillings-per cwt .

      Tire Leeds Eikctmc TELKaiup . m—We- understand that the appliances necessary for the working of the electric- telegraph will ba- " completed on . tlie Midland Railway to Leeds in another week- This extraordinary moae of communication has-already been opened to- lorU . Elopkment . —The gossips in Taunton have-had aa interesting subject to chat about during the last few days—an elopement—quite an e * ent in these unromantic , matter-of-fact days . The gay Lothario was a pupil in the house of a worthy clergyman ,, residing

      within twoiui \ es-o £ Taunton , and . the damsel nothing less than the rev . tutor ' s housemaid . It appears that for sometime-tbe young gentleman , had ; devoted himself to a more , interesting pursuit than perusing tho rev . gentleman ^ classics , and last week they started to Bridgwater ^ , and soon "tied the nuptial knot . " On returning ! , they divulged the secret ,, and a ^ in started . Tlie- "happy" couple have not since been heard of , but having only £ 5 & between them , they will doubtless soon return to their anxious friends . An uncle of the young man is iin pursuit of the fugi-¦

      tives . "'•' , ''• Glass Mox-pans . —The repeal of the duty on glass , which led to the employment ! of this substance as a material for pipes in the conveyance of water , has been succeeded by its use for milk-pans . Is PEoaT . Is?—Last week a young girl , fresh from the West Highlands , came on a visit to . a sister she had in Glasgow . At the outskirts of the town she stopped at a toll-bar and began to rap smartly on the gate . —The keeper , amused at the girl ' s actions and curious to know what she wanted , cams , cut , and she very demurely interrogated him as follows : — " Is this Glasco ? " " Yes . " " Is Peggy in V

      ExTiuORDiiVARv Showkb of l WES . —As a gentleman was entering Luton on Tuesday , in a chaise , he was suddenly almost blinded by what appeared dust driven by a gale of wind . On a more minute examination , he found the annoyance was caused by an immense multitude of ftie » . They came in successive armies for the space of half a mile , and often flew with such violence against tlie face of the driver , as to make it difficult for him to see his way . The fly was of the same general appearance as the conimun house Hy , but not more than the eighth of an inch in length .

      Nambs . —Emma is from the German , and signifies . a nurse ; Caroline , the noble-minded ; George , from j the Greek , a farmer ; Martha , from Hebrew , bitter- ] ness ; the beautiful , though common name Mary , is j Hebrew , and means a drop ofsalt water— a tear ; > Sophia , from Greek , Wisdom ; Susan , from Hebrew , j a twin ; Robert , from German , famous in council ; Rosalind , from the Spanish , lovely ; Juanita , ( pronounced Whanetah . ) from the same , the consoling ;! Charles , from the French , the active . Oliver , from the Hebrew , the ambitious . -Death or a Veteran . — Died at bis residence , Derby , on Saturday , the 2 nd instant , Admiral the

      Honourable Henry Ouraan , in the eighty-first year of his age . The deceased Admiral was the youngest son of the first Baron Scarsdale , and uncle of the present Peer . He was a midshipman on board the Superb in three genera . 1 actions in Snffrein in 1782 , and Lieutenant of the Monarca in a fourth in June , 1785 ; Captain of the Pallas in Cornwall's retreat ; Captain of th < 3 Indefatigable in the expedition to Ferrol , where hecaptureuiue French frigate , Venus ; Captain of the Elizabeth , blockading the Tugus in 1 S 08 , and superintending the embarkation ¦ of General Moored army at Corunna . The gallant officer also commanded a snnaoron at the blockading of Cherbourg ,.

      Robbkry by , a Seryans . —At the Thames Policeoffice on Monday , Margaret Savage , an Irish woman , was charged with stealing a £ 5 Bank of England note , four sovereigns , 20 s . in silver , and a quantity of wearing apparel , the property of Daniel Hayley , a shipping agent and boarding-house keeper , of No . 7 , Gould-street , St . George ' s nVthe East . The prisoner admited that she had robbed her mistress of all that was taken from her , but no moro , and that she was not aware there was a £ 5 note in the purse till next day when she asked a man in Bedfordshire what it was . Mr . Broderip committed the prisoner for trial .

      " Haso Oui sue Baskeu os the Wall . "—A New York lady has hung out a semi-monthly publication which she calls the " White Banner . " RuMAnKABLE Prksence ov Mind . — "When Lieutenant M'Nair , of the 62 nd , only son of the late General M'Nair , fell at the bead of his company , in the first terrible assault of Ferozeshah , Serjeant M'Culloch , of the same regiment , knelt down beside the body under the hottest of the enemy ' s fire , and deliberately cut off a lock of hair , which he preserved to console the sorrowing relatives—an affecting proof of intrepidity and thoughtful tenderness of feeling , as well as of the estimation in which our lamented young townsman was held by the soldiers under bis command . —Galloway Advertiser .

      The MrsrtRr Som : » . — Some years ago attention was particularly called to a tombstone in "Worcester Cathedral , inscribed with the one word " Miserrimua" ( a most wretched man . ) So brief , yet so painfully expressive a record naturally awakened a good deal of conjecture , and we believe that a whole book was written upon the supposed career of the nameless tenant of a mysterious grave . In Widcombe Churchyard , Bath , lately , * like inscription , the word "Annette" upon a broken column , attracted the notice of a poet of no mean pretensions , who wrote some very affecting lines full of touching conjecture as to the mortal pilgrimage and affecting death of the fair deceased , which veraea were inserted in one of the most popular of our monthly periodicals . The denouement of the subject is rather curious . A surgeon , who dates his success in his profession from

      the time of the occurrence , states that "Annette was almost his first patient , and that he was called in by mi old Duchess d « i ? ager , the foster parent , who resided on the North-parade , Bath , and who with tears in her eyes entreated the doctor ' s best offices for the poor invalid . The physician was enabled to effect a temporary recovery ; the wioZade , however , eventually had a relapse and died . But who was the fair deceased ? None other than a favourite Blenheim spaniel ! The Ponager was at first inconsolable for the loss , but so sensible of the kind attention of the medical attendant , that she not only appointed him her own professional adviser , but recommended him to others , thus establishing his fame , and making hia fortune . The defunct spaniel was , by means ot a douceur to the sexton , interred in a Christian burial ground , and hence the touching elegy of the Muse ! ' . ¦ ' ...

      A Deist ' s Evidence Rmuseo . — At Bow-street Police Court on Friday , a Mr . Courtenay , a reporter , summoned another reporter for threatening to assault him , but after he had been sworn , the complainant stated , in reply to a question from Mr . Payne , the counsel for the defendant , that he did not beliove in the bible . Mr . Payne , therefore , objected to the evidence of such a person being taken , and after some questioning the magistrate , Mr . Jardine , refused to hear him . The complainant , asked whether Atheists and Deists were not to have the

      protection of the laws ; but Mr . Jardine reluaed to argue the question , and dismissed the complaint . t Tub Colonial Office . —It is reported that in consequence of the multiplicity of important business in the Colonial-office , Mr . Gladstone , the Secretary of State , has found it necessary to appoint an additional Under-Secretary in that department , in order to relieve Mr . Stephen from some portion of his labour ; and we are informed that Mr . Gladstone has selected a gentleman of well-known talent and acquirement * to fill the new situation .

      Fiue in ToriKsiiAM-CouRT-RoAD . —On Saturday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs . I Heal and Sons , 196 , Tottenham-court-road . The flames were not extinguished until a large portion of the manufactory and its contents were destroyed . Tlie houses , 1 , 2 , S , i , and 5 , in Alfred-mews have been extensively injured . The cause of the fire is unknown . Tub Earl of Lincoln , after a very long rustication , has been returned to Parliament for the Falkirk district of burghs by a grand aggregate majority of eleven votes . Fire at the London ako Cnornojr Railway Works , Nkw Cnoss . —On Sunday evening , shortly after six o'clock , a fire , that for upwards of three hours continued to burn , most .. fiercely , broke out upon the premises termed the Coldblow-whari , the property of the London and Croydon Railway Co ., near New-cross station . The fire was not subdued until after nine o'clock .

      Monumbnt to Jons Knox . —A meeting of tho ladies ot" Edinburgh interested in the erection of the proposed monument to JohnKnox on the spot where he lived and died in Edinburgh , was held on Tuesday , in the saloon of the Royel Hotel . The hall was completely filled , and the greatest interest was manifested throughout the proceedings . Sir James Forrest was called to the chair . A committee ol' ladies was appointed , who are not only to appeal to the inhabitants of Edinburgh , but to correspond with other parts of Scotland , for the purpose of affording

      to all the opportunity of aiding in this great work . Effects of Working amomo Diseased i'OT ^ ior . s . —About lour months ago , we mentioned the circumstance of three individuals whose hands , more or less , it was supposed , had been poisoned hy coming into contact with the diseased potatoes . At that time we Stated that one of the sufferers was gutting better , but that it was doubtful whtilher the other two would not require to lose a portion ol' a limb . We regret to say this has been tho case . One who was poisoned in the thumb , after the best treatment thai the medical skill of this town could afford , had ,

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      ultimately ,. the , other jday , tor submit . to the loss off that member ^ tb pre rent mortification in the arah . Since tlie operation , itis beliered the individual wiJIl soon be able to resume work , so favourable is bias hand now appearing . —Perthshire Courier . ^ flOUSEBRKaiUNG . ASD ExTENSlVB ftoBBBRY . — On I Monday information was received by the Commissioners of tha Metropolitan Police , » t Scotland-yard ,, oi a robbery effected at the house of % Mr . Perring , a i watch merchant and jeweller , residing in the Cityroad St Luke

      - sveonsisting of one hundred and sixtyeight valunb a-watches , beside a large and valuable stock ot j ewellery , consisting of diamond , pearl and other costly rmgs ,. lockets . pins , brooches ear-rines gold brequet chains , wedding rings , < fec . The felony was effected by-the robbers secreting themselves in ayard at the back ofi the premises , and gained access by a window which had been left insecure . After the plunder the thieves effected their escape by the Iront door , which had . been locked and chained oves night , and was found fastened on the latch only .

      WiFE-Sfii / LLVSi—A correspondent informs ua , thafc on Saturday last ,. a fellow named Vowles sold his wife in a public-house , at Abridge , to another man , the price paid being 5 * . and a gallon of beer . Pronunciation ob Ikdian Puopkii Names . — A correspondent o £ the Glasgow Htva ' d says : ¦— At a time when Indian aftairs are exciting no ordinary interest , the following hints as to the pronunciation of certain names of places , in and near the seat of war , may be acceptable to your readers . These observations have beeiiitaken- down from the dictation of an officer who has served on the spot—every relianee may be placed on their-accuracy : —l . All names-eiiding in " an" have tho . accent on the last syllable ,-and-the" an" is sounded , like the Scotch " ah" or nearly

      " aw "—thus Moultan is pronounced Multawn . The same remark applies fc « words terminating ia " ab " —thus the riven-Ghenab is sounded ( Jhunawl > , with the first syllable rapidlv uttered , anu . the full weight of the sound in the ^ awb . " "Punjawb" is another illustration . 2 : Compounds of the words Ferine have the accent on the " ore , " not on " poor" or " sha , " asone often hears-it . Ferozepoor must be imtered in threei . syllable * 3- " 1 " has the sound of " "thus Sikh is pronounced "Seek , " noi Sheek or £ yke . Alexanpeii ike ( S axAT is the 1 ' uKJAUB . —Alexander the Great laid siege in person to the ancient capital south of Lahore , 2 , 170 years ago .--lie led on iiie

      storming pantjvand was the hrst to reach the top of ' . the ramparts-, when , finding that lie was a mart tor the enemy ' s arrows , he jumped down in the midst of them , followed hy his soldiers . —Althouafi , severely woiiuder , theliold act secured to him victory . Alexander entered the Punjaub by crossing the Indus at Attock , and substqiiMitlv reached , but never crossed , tlieSutlej , which formed the boundary ofhis conquest . A Reasoh . ? or a DivoucE . —A petition was recently presented in the Ohio legislaturcfrom John Noel , praying that George Kob ' ebauuh be divorced Irom his wife ,, and that she be fiiven to petitioner , in pursuance of a previous contract of marriage .

      Presents . to Her Majesty . —A private letter from 1 unid , of the Will April , > ajs : —in five or six davs more the Tunisian frigate Hisnh will leave this place forjMalta . Seven beautiful horses , a lion , and other animals will be put on boaul , as a present from his highaess the hey to her Majesty Queen Victoria . General S-uSy ILimet Miralei , of his higbness ' s avalry , will embark as ambassador . ' We suppose t at a steamer will be sent to England from Malta hto convey the Bey ' s munificent present to her Mnjest y . Bigamy . —At Liverpool , on Monday , Edward Darcy , a seafaring man , was brouula ' up on a charge of bigamy . It appeared -from '' the statements of the witnesses , that the prisoner was married on the 11 th

      July , 1836 , to Mary Ann Hall , at St . James ' s Church , Liwupool , and again in Janunn , 1 S 43 , to Mary Brown , at St . Peter ' s Church , the former wife being sciM n ) ive . The prisoner " -nn apprshweted ' on Saturday by police-constable' Air . swurih . at a moife in Masruire-street . The certificates ot marriage were produced . The prisoner was committed for trial . — The first wife was then taken into custody , and brought upon a similar charge to that preferred against Darcy . The evidence went to show that on the 24 th February , 1845 , she was married to Charles Oakes , a mariner , at St . Nicholas Church , in the name of Mary Ann Darcy . The certificate was produced . She was also committed for trial .

      . Prosiitutiom . —We understand that a meeting of influential members of both Houses of Parliament took place on Tuesday , at the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor , on the subject of the bill about to be introduced into the House of Commons by Mr . Spooner , "for the more effectual suppression of trading in seduction and prostitution , and for the protection of females . " The Manchester Isfant Goliah . —This natiye production of Manchester is certainly an infant prodigy ! Born on the 11 th of April , 1815 , the child of Joel and Elisabeth Fildcs , of Great Ancoats-streefc ( near Ancoats hall ) , is now in the 13 th month of his age , and weighs 901 bs ., measures round the shoulders 34 J inches , round the body 31 inches , round the

      thigh 181 inches , the calf oi the leg 12 inches , and the ankle 6 i inches ; he is 31 inches in height , and has already 22 teeth . Ills parents are exhibiting him here for a few days , previously to presenting him to the Queen , and his mother though a strong , healthy woman , finds the weight too heavy to support for more than a few minutes . He is placed in a child ' s carriage , and drawn up and down the room of exhibition . This making a show of him evidently teazes and annoys the child , who shrinks from being touched and handled . The head seems inserted into the body close between the shoulders , the fat completely concealing the neck , if there be one . The child does not look sickly at present , but must soon suffer if his parents continue to exhibit him :

      1 ' London Society for the Protection of Young Females . —This society , which has now been established more than ten years , held its anniversary dinner on Monday evening , at the London Tavern , when the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor officiated as chairman , and was supported by Luke Hansard , Esq ., Mr . Under-Sheriff Wire , Mr . Deputy Brown , the Rev . Dr . Sprangcr , F . J . Richardson , Esq ., Dr . Sparke , & c . From the report we find that , at the present time , there are not less than thirty young females under fifteen years of age seeking admission into the Asylum at Tottenham , but who cannot be relieved for want of funds . This , indeed , as the secretary ' s report very justly states , is a " melancholy fact , " and it will , no doubt , be te many a matter of

      astonishment , amounting almost to unbelief , that vice and depravity have extended their corroding * touch even to the very ajeof innocence and childhood . Tho above association has done much , for since its establishment in the year 1 S 35 it has suppressed 106 improper houses , and saved from ruin 3 ft } young females under fifteen years of age . During the last few months it has suppressed in tbe parishes of Whitechapel , Stepney , and St . George , nearly 50 improper houses . Vauxhall Gardens , — We hear that Vauxhali Gardens will open for the season on Whit Monday , June 1 st ; and we find that it is the intention of the proprietors to keep them open every evening- in the week but Saturday for the convenience of their country friends .

      Middlesex Housk of Detention . — On Tuesday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Middlesex House of Detention , which will be erected on the site of what was formerly the New Prison , Clerkenwell , was conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Salisbury , the Lord Lieutenant of the county , who was accompanied hy the Sheriffs Laurie and Chaplin , the Honourable Salisbury Butler , Colonel Wood , M . V . for Middlesex , Colonel Wood , M . P . for Brecon , Sir John UaiT"l , Alderman , and several of the county magistrates .

      Merchant Seamen . —The receip'sol ihe corporation for the relief of seamen in the iiHich'iit . s' service , their widows and children , for tin * yrar 1845 , amounted to £ 23 , 191 19 s . od . ( including JSU . ' . m , from the duty from London vessels ) . The pensions to London pensioners amounted to £ 12 544 : ; tho-e to outports peHsioinrs , £ 4 , 960 , « fcc . And there was at the close of tho year a balance in hand of £ 517 4 s 7 d . Lost Children . —One of our letters from Pari * recommends that the example of the Parisian police

      at the late celebration of the lung ' s FCte be followed in this country on all foreseen occasions likely to attract a crowd . The police stationed in the Camps Elysecs , the Place do la Concorde , and the Garden of the Tuileries , oh Friday last , were ordered to bring to a large tent erected in tho middle of tha Camps ElyaOes all the children they might find straying about , or who had been separated from their parents and friends . ' * By this admirable' precaution , " says our correspondent , " no fewer than twenty children were rescued from danger , and safely restored to their families , "

      A » Exoixk am > Tender throws into a Canal . — On Thursday night , as the goods train approached the Blisworth station from Birmingham , it was found that the points had not been properly set , in consequence of which the engine was jerke ' d aside , snapped the chains by which it was attached to tha train , and running down the embankment rushed right into the canal which cresses the line at this place , and was drowned . The goods train went a considerable way down the line by its own momentum - The escape of the engine-man and stoker was almost miraculous . Guardian Societt for the Preservation op Public Morals . — The seventeenth anniversary meeting was held on Tuesday at the Asvlum at Bethnal-green , when tliecliair was taken by the Her . T .

      W . Wrench , M . A . Notwithstanding a considerable depreciation in some sources of the society ' s income , the _ report announced that it had been enabled t » maintain its efficiency , and that during the past year sixty-four inmates had been received , making a total , since its establishment , of 1 , 096 , of whom 512 had been restored to their friends , ill placed in service , or satisfactorily provided for , 53 sent to their respective parishes , 8 J 38 discharged or withd died , whilst 33 were now under the care The total ineomo of tho year was £ 802 which £ 130 10 s . lOd . was received from and washing done by the females in and there remained a present balance £ 2313 s . 0 d .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09051846/page/3/