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      May 10. 1846, ^^ -^^-.^^ ^ . ^ ^ Thje No...

      MAY 10 . 1846 , ^^ - ^^ -. ^^ ^ . ^ ^ THJE NORTHERN -STAR . . 3 '

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      Beautih3 Of Btuos. Ko. Xx1vd. "- Jilzepp...

      BEAUTIH 3 OF BTUOS . KO . XX 1 VD . " - JilZEPPA . The storr of Mazeppa is a well-known one ; namely , that of the ' voung Pole , who , being " bound naked on the back ofa wild horse , on account of an intrigue with the lady of a certain great noble of his country , fras carried fcriissteedinto tiie heart of the Ukraine , and being there picked up by some Cossacks ,-in a state apparently of utter hopelessness and exhaustion , recovered and lived to be long after the prince and leader of the nation among whom he had arrived in this extraordinary manner . Lord Byron has

      represented the strange and wild incidents of this adventure as being related in a half serious , half sportive way by Mazeppa himself , to no Jess a person than Charles the Twelfth of Sweden , in some of whose last campaigns the Cossack Hctuian took a distinguished part , lletulsit during ihe desolate bivonack of Charles and the few friends who fled with him towards Turkey after the Mooch * overthrew of pnltowa . " The " gallant Mazeppa died soon after his flight with Charles , and thus probaoly escaped a worse fale , that of failing into thc hands of the Russians . It is needless to praise a poem so well knowr as this , suhii-e it to say that its merits are at least equal to its great popuiar . iy . " Wc can only afford roam for a few lines . THE WILB BOUSE AXD MAZIIITA . " Br :: i * r forth the horse r tfie liorse was brought In truth he was a noble fcU-i-d , A Tartar of thc- Ukraine breed , Who ; i « ok * d as thosijh lie *** eed of thought TVvrt in his limbs * , but lie was wild , AVil j as the u-ild deer , anil unUiiight , "With spur and bridle nndriil ^ d—* * « *

      They Bound Me On, That Menial Thron-R, X...

      They bound me on , that menial thron-r , XTp- > a ills back with many a iii <> :- * - ; 3 * iivj i"j = eU him vrith u sudden Jash—-A-. vay 2—away !—and on we dash "Turreius less rapid aud less rash . * * * # *" . £ ¦« -- *»" , a * rar , my steeil and 1 , Uj'iv . i the pinions of the wind . Ail human dwellings ' left Oeiuud ; "We s * _ 't-u like meteors through the sky , "Wiion with its tracklia- ; s . ; uud the night lr chevjuei- 'd wiiu the no : fiiei-a light . * * * * Tho coughs gave way awl ci < l not tear 21 * liiabs ; aud I found strtcgth to bear 31 y nx-unds , already scan'd with cold-

      —3-y I' -.-iidr Ji-rbade to loose my hold . h ' c rastied through thc leaves tike wind , ieft hi ubs , and nves , and -tvolves behind ; -By -aS-jiit 1 heard liiem on the track , Tiit-Ir u-oop came liard upon our back , "With their long . <* allou , wait-li can tire The honud ' 5 deep hate , ana hunter ' s fire : Where ' er we flew thi-y followed on , 2 » or icf i ns with tlie morning sun -, Seuind I saw them , scarce a rood , Ai day-break winding tiiroa-jh the wood , And si-rough the n " g , t had heard their feet , Their stealing , ruitliag stt-i » repeat .

      -Metkonj-ut the dash , of waves was nigu ; Tiic-re was . a gleam too of the fiy , Stu & L **! vain stars ; it is no dream ; The wild horse swiais the wilder stream ' The bright broad river's gushing tide Sweeps , winding onward , far and wide . And we are half-way , struggling- o ' er To von uskn jira and silent short . * * » * ilethoaght I heard a coarser nei-jh , Prom out yon tuft of blackening firs . Is it the wind those branches stirs ? So . no 1 from out tbe forest prance

      A trampling troop ; 1 see them come ' In one vast squadron they advance ! 1 strove to cry— -any lips -wr « re Urmib . The steeds rush on in jdunyin-jpride ; 3 ut > vhere are they the reins to gui-Ie * A thousan-i horse—and none to ride ! "With flowing tail , aud flying mane , Wide nostrils—never stretch'd hy pain , Mouths Woodless to ihe hit or rein , Aud feet that iron never shod , And flanks unscaix'd by spur or rod , A thousand horse , the wild , the free , like waves ihatfoUow o ' er the sea , Came thickly thundering on , As if our faint approach to meet . The sight re-nerved my courser ' s feet , A moment staggrr . ng , feebly fleet , Amoni-. nl , -with a faint low neigh ,

      He answer'd , -ind then fell ; "With gasps and glazing eyes he lay , And reckless limbs im .-noveable , His first and last career is done ! Ou canie the treop—the * saw him stoop They saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong : They stop—they start—they snuff the air , Gallop a nibuiint here and there , Approach , retire , wheel rvund and round , Then plungin-j back with sudden bound , Headed by one black mighty steed , Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed , Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide : They snort—they foam—neigh—swerve aside , Ano " bsCi-W- rd to the forest fly , j By instinct from a human eye .

      Ox The Yoog Axd Beautiful Gotxtess Piute...

      OX THE YOOG AXD BEAUTIFUL GOtXTESS PIUTElt , 3 rTio organised and commanded a troop in the late Polish Revolution ; and when thc independence of Poland was finally crushed , died of a broken heart . {? rom the Literary Gazette . ) Tbe missile with resistless fury sent , Though fragile be its nature , in that flight Gains iresli endurance and unwenied might , Through all opposing strength to force a vent : But that new nature , for the purpose lent , Enduring only ' till its task is o'er , It then resumes the same it own'd before , And falls and shivers as its power is spent : Tims was a woman ' s heart for Poland ' s sake , Inspired with energy before unknown , [ own ; And armed with strength and firmness not its Ikus did that heart , its trial ended , break , To prove , when all that made it move was past , That it was still but woman ' s at the last . s . r .

      S05gs For Tee People. X0. X!V. Oui{ Sc3i...

      S 05 GS FOR TEE PEOPLE . X 0 . X ! V . OUi { SC 3 IM 0 XS . Jlen of the honest heart , 3 fen sf the stalwart Iiasd " , Hen , willing to obey , Thence abk to command : Alen of the rights withheld , Slaves of the power abused , Hachines cast to neglect . When your freshness has been used Ye labourers in the vineyard , "Wecailyou to your toil ! Though bleak may be the furrows , Thc seed is In the soil . J Tis not to raise a palace ,

      v % here Royalty may dwell , Kor huiit fur Lit-lra- hearts The petty -. lavish hell * . a Tis not to turn the engine , * Tis not the field to till , That , fur the meed j / ou gain , Slight be a desert stiil 2 'Tis not to dig the graft , Where the dying miner delves ; 'lis wot to toil for otters But to labour for yoursclees . And nobler coin will pay you , Than kings did e'er award To the men , they hired to murder , The brothers they should guard .

      So glittering stars of tcigSthood , Shall soil yonr simple vest—But the better star of honor , Brave heart ia honsst breast . 2 CV . . changing Xorman titles , To hide your English name—But She be'ter one oi freeman , With its blazoning of fame . "Cp Labourers in the vinvyard ! Prepare ye for the toil ' For the sun shines ou ths furrow * . Aud the seed is iu the soil . Hount "Vernon , H-unpstead . Eexest Jones

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      Douglas Jerhold's Magazine — 3hr. London...

      DOUGLAS JERHOLD'S MAGAZINE — 3 hr . London : Punch Oinee , 85 , Fieet-street . The portion of the Editor ' s stoiy of " St . Gi ; es and St . James" contained in this number , is brief , hut good . Mas . y b- ^ autiful thoui'Lts and striking reflections arc strung like gems of rarest value on the thread of the story , as , for example , the following : — srr . ixG axd n ? rc . The sweet breath oi the season sho-dd open hearts , as it uncloses myriads of ba-is and flower *; . So , let us sit upon this tree-trunk—this t-lm felled and lopped in December . Srrip *> e-5 , maiieiHl , and overthrown , a few of its twigs are dotted wiih £ reeu lean's 7 spring still working within it , lite hope in the coWjilt-rcd brave . FZTTED WltCXGS . The doings of men are not to be thought of with less

      Douglas Jerhold's Magazine — 3hr. London...

      ? , a . * i-y for a gossip in a green iane . I-T ay , try it , reader on you '* " ™ account . Say that you have a small wrong atj-ourl .. ' * - - rt- say , tbat in jour bosom JOu nurse a pet injury like » . l > ct snake . AY ell , britij- it here , juv . iv from the briek-amW ""* ' - * - ' " Id- , se » th- ii noccnt ' beauty spread around yOO ; Ihe sniiny Ji « , vens sniiling protecting love upon you } l »* ton to the h .-irmonies breathing al : out yon ; and then fay , is not this immortal injury of yours a wretched thing , a moral fungus , of no more account than a mildewed toadstool ? 01 course . You are abashed by omnipotent benevolence into charity and you forgive the wrong you have received from man , in your deep j-T-atiuide to God .

      Neva-theless , there are natures hardly susceptible of such influence . There are folks who would take their smallest wrongs with them into Paradise . Go where they will , they carry with them a travelling-ease of injuries . Do we not know Trumperly ! A very regular msn , ami a most respectable shopkeeper , lie taketh his sabbath walk . He looketb round upon . 1 wide expanse . The heath is illuminated with flowering furze . He stands upon a veritable field of cloth of gold . He is about to smile on the natural splendour , when again he recollects the had balf-sovereten taken ten days ago , and at the extr-uuest eorners of his mouth the smile dies , a death of

      suddenness . And Grizzletou ! Did he not travel for enjoyment , aud did not some past , particular wrong , always blot out , destroy the present beauty ? He made a pihrrima-re to Niagara . He was abaut to be very much wrapt , astounded bv its terrible graudeur , when the spray fell upon his new hat , and he could not hut groan for the cotton umbrella , price one dollar , that he had lost at New York . And in this way do ws cf . cn shadow present pleasures with ihe thoug ht of some - < ort of counterfeit money—Suinc sort of departed umbrella . " May-day for the PcOjiie" is an excellent article , bv Avers Iykach , in wliich ihe wtiUr warmly urges •" trareiJii . g for ths inil'i .-m" •»* -one of thebt > stmeans to eiijiiyiiiynt which could be conferred on the people , jni-i ihl * wry Ivst means for breaking down local and n ;* tion ; if prejudices , ai : d thus ai . ih-g nrogrc . 'sion and mwtTiiiiij ; ws » r . 13 e would have the " cheap Iritis" not - * t ? : j at the " whito ciills of Albion" : —

      'Tis hnt a hup . skip , and a jump to the Filiated of l-rauc . * , awl I ' lv l-. * li a Sea dykes and level corn-Selds of J- 'iandcrs . In a year or tuo the f > Miiei * country uili Oti : iteisvc * -cd by railrr-ads—the glvr ' ams old tuwns of the latter are already knit hy their iiou bands . Well , then , ¦ -e'ltlesiicii L'h-i t-tor . -i ol ' tlie Great * * Js > rti : ern Line of Praneo and it * many branches—Directors of the Flemish and the E : v , ) i * li r ; i ! lw . v , s , uhy not C-Miie t « some auiieabl . ' arrangement and concert cli . ap trips in comuiuuieation with cadi other ? . Easter is a festival in all three countries ;—why not teach the people of either t ; -c sweets and a-ivaiitagts oi foreign travel ? Why aot diqiatch the Lon-Jo :: er , ai . <\ i » r Uiat matter the men of Lancashire and York , across thc water to orchards of La belle ^ oriiiaiidie , and thence away by Ami * -ns and Lisle , or Yalencitniics . d-. wn into tbe historic "Low Countries : " white

      -a e m uar towns should reesive equal crowds of our friends tln » Bracks Jlc ' gcs and the Wonsii « chvi men of Xormandy and I'ic-.-rdy . There is nothing imjira-iieahle in the srheine . Only let such trips be performed—anil ihey could fat-so pelf-r .-ned—at the expense of a ie-. v , a very few poaads , and hundreds of thousands wiio n « w no more iliiuk of visiting Dieppe anu Bouen , or C :: t-ut ano lirnses , ilrau of siarling for the antipoaes , would be all cgog for a week to be passed in some strange landliiihcrio dimly known -by il : c vague phrase " abroad . " Wc are certain that thc happiest results would flow from such au intermingling of France , Uelginni , and E-i ^ lauJ . It would foim friendships—dissipate prejudices—convey iDstructio :. —bind tvg « ther l > y the ties o * afQu . diiiaiici-siiip and pleasant rect-llcetions thousands who , igne . r--nt of sach other" and each ether's land ? ,

      ivoald he the first in cheer on quarrelling statesmen , and stairar np their caps for war . L . tt nations know eaeli other , and acquire the habit of iuta ' -eomuiuiueation , and yoa will check hostile feelings iu tln-ir bud . Acquaintances are not so likely to quarrel as strangers . Time was when the inhabitants of England were as much divided for ail practical purposes as the inhabitants of Europe now are . What was the consequence ? Civil war—county against county—the strife of the Hoses . When Scotland and England fought the battle of Uan--uockburn , London vras nearly as distant from Edinburgh as it is now from CoiiFtautinople . Paris will soon he as near us , or nearer , than the Scotch capital , ana as su * -eiy as tbat time will come so will au age which will regard the idea of thereturrcaea of a Waterloo just as wild as ws should now look upon the notions of a man who waited in expectation of another Floddeu .

      In ibe " lleugciiog- Letters" the cabman nioralisetb on tbe iaie war with the Sikhs , anil the glory , gore , and G-Td-praisin ! - * , relating thereto . This number contains an excellent chapter of the " History for Young Enjiiatiil , " giving a graphic picture ot the wringing of Magna Uhartrr fr « un the i , < rant Jons , of whom it is well raid that . " lie died more thoroughly hated , and more deservedly coi-ticiuiied to everlasting infamy , than any other man of whom history keeps coatc-mptuous record . " There are several poetical contributions in this numl-e : *—one from iho pen of Air . Coomk , entitled " The Poor Man's Gout" but we have no room for further extracts .

      Simmoxds's Colonial Magazine. May London...

      SIMMOXDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . May London : Sinmiuiids and Ward , Barge Yard , Buekler . A ) ury . The present number opens with a condensed account ef Gapt . Fremont ' s reports of his discoveries in the Kucky Mountains , fourth California , and the Snowy Ridge * . Capt . Fremont ' s expedition was exectitetl underjthe orders of the United States Government . This account , although much condensed , imparts startling information of regions hitherto hardly luiuwn to exist . Wc have also in this number the continuation of Air . Eooton ' s "Hides , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas - "Jdecidcdly the most interesting series of papers yet published concerning tbat country . Mr . liootoii ' s exposure of the infamous frauds of the emigration buck-makers well deserves the utmost publicity . Wc give a few extracts : —

      THE TEXAN CAPITA" -,. What doss the reader think of the capital city of a country consisting of at most some fifty or sixty wooden houses really built , and some thousand of statelystone erections of tbe imagination , forming visionarystreets , and adorned with splendid jmhlic edifices of marhle , 2 ug from nndug quarries , and not yet existing in enYbryo even in the brain ot an architect ! The Hew Mr . Lawrence , who , iulSlO , visited tbhinteresting spot , either in his own proper person , or in that of afriend equally trustworthy with himself , says , in allusion to Austin , " Some distance towards the extreme north part of the city "

      ( the log-houses before mentioned ' , "is a broad an . * heautiful street called Congress Avenue , passing through the wlio ! e extent of the contemplated city . " This is just as much as to say , there is a line marked out by the plough upou the prairie , to he called Congress Avenue when it is an avenue , aud upou which many wonderful things aie to be done , that will look very fine when they are cone and do look nnel Y « t by this rascally hind of easile-buiMing are poor , anxious , and striving emigrants deluded into a wilderness , to live like wild men mayhap , if they liie at all—or , more probably , to perish outright , because they have no means left wherewith to return !

      KXAX DISEiSrS . Biliou ; fevers , of different degrees of intensity ; ague and fever producing irrecoverable postration of the system , d-. lirium , and eventually death ; with cholera , in different mitigated stages , constitute the general diseases in ' f eaas of a formidable character . At the town of Houston , which isadmirablysiiuatedin a swamp , the latu-r malady most extensively prevails , and numbers die there every season . The hlthiness ami corruption of thewster , wbioh there is execrable , appear to he one main cause uf this periodical summer mortality ; aided , doubtless , by the inia « nia of the pestilent surrounding neighoourhood . A tolerably correct idea may be formed of the nature of the locality of Houston , from the f . ict that after the . « = etui : giii of the rains the town becomes next to totally iuaeetas ' ible save by water * , neither carriage nor horse heing able to drag or flounder through the deep miry groutnl hy which it is at that season , as it were , i entrenched .

      Houston is seventy or eighty miles inland ( a long distance within the " narrow strip" ) , and yet Mr . Kennedy £ * IVS th- 't " * J » er *< : ns who arrive in summer wall be quite safe by retiring fifty or sixty miles inland . " To " retire " to Houston in summer is exactly the same to a stranger as rstiriijg to a church yard to see his on n grave dug . Take newly-arrived emigtants on the average , and not two ia tea would survive twelve months .

      A TEXAN HOSPITAL . Connected with matters of a sanatory nature , I must not for- 'et to add that Air . Kennedy has mentioned the existence iu Galveston of a General Hospital for the sick . Whethi-r it be a junior St . Ilartliolomew ' s Or a Guy's , wc are not informed : nor did I ever ascertain whether * iny saint in tho calendar had or had not any pationagi * over it . Of this fact I am certain—that , as the juveniles of Coeaigm * have it , it was a " regular ( jih / to look at . A -mile and a half from any human habitation , it stood aljni- in the desert , dead , silent , and seemingly aloof from all living and active Christian sympathy . It was nothing more than a long and ordinary weatherboarded smil shingled house , one story high , raised on

      cedar b . ' ocjis about two or three feet from the ground , with two windows in front , a door in the middle , and a flight of four oifivewodcnst qis by wliich to communicate within t-nU without . Ou one iiile it looked out upon a landscape of wild sea swam }) , covered with hundreds of slniikiug and screaming aquatic birds ; while an old and ruined -aociIvu fort , comhintd with the wrecks of once gallant sailing vesseis , now fast embedded in the sanris cf the bay , funue-l the background . On the other hand , the * . iv- *> ,-et «• =. .-= that of a wild flat wilderness of sandy shore , UII--H which the breakers of the Guif , whether at ehh or How of tide , were everlastingly easting the foam of { htirmadn-ss , a . ; d chaining to the ears of the poor sick ar .-. l dying within , day an-J night , the . dolefu l and soloum soi . g of eternity 1

      D 0 *« T CO TO TrXAS . Ou ? of the Siim- individuals who went out in the same vessel as mystii , not more than three entertained for a moment any uther views than those of obtaining land , cither hy purchase , or through the medium of the government grails—of squatting upon it , and becomim- for the remainder of their natural lives good citizens of the iipiv Itepublie . Look at the result . Of all this number , not

      Simmoxds's Colonial Magazine. May London...

      one succeeded in effecting the object for which be had left home and country , " crossed-thong-ind * of " miles of ocean , and gone to Texas . U = ior . ; Christines of the same year , some of them had returned . home , or go . no into tbe United States ; some were dying , some dead , m ? d sonic almost perishing from sheer want , either because they could getnotbing to do , or were too sick and reduced lo work at all ; and some others , alas ! were imprisoned upon tbe island , merely because their resources being completely exhausted , they bad not left the means wherewith to get away . Several other interesting articles are continued in this number , and a beautiful poem by Mr . W . Salmon , of Jamaica , extolling "The Black-Eyd Creole , " which last we should like to have transferred to our columns but cannot afford room . Seven volumes of this useful periodical are now complete ; tbe present number is the first of the eighth volume . Asa record of Colonial history , and a * , epresenfcative of Colonial interests , this publication is unrivalled .

      Matilda: Or, The Memoirs Of A Young Woma...

      MATILDA : or , THE MEMOIRS OF A YOUNG WOMAN . By Eugkne Sue . PAULA MONTI : or , TIIE HOTEL LAMBERT . By Eugene Sue . London : "W . M . Clark , Warwick Lane , Paternoster How . These two works form portions of the " People's Edition" of ( he writings of M . Sue , now in course o f publication by Mr . Clark . The extraordinary che . ipness of this edition is truly astonishing . " Matilda , '' an immense work , is sold for two " shillings ; and " Paula Monti" for eightpeneo . Thc cxtrnordina ! y mass of print , besides illustrations , contained in these volumes must be seen to be understood , any description would fall short of the reality .

      Pictorial Shakespeare. Purtviu. Pictoria...

      PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE . Purtviu . PICTORIAL BALLADIST . Partvm . London : J . C . Moore , 137 , Strand . The parts before us of these excellent works fully justify the praise bestowed on both by . us in a recent number of ths Si . tr . Jn ibe B-i ] i ; idi- ? t part there arc several excellent ballad- * , including , "Adam Bel , CIvni of the Ctouehe , and WyHvatn of Cloucleslc , " " Valentine and Ursine , " and "The Birth of St . Georsie . "

      The Musical Herald. London: G. Biggs, 42...

      THE MUSICAL HERALD . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . Wc shall best explain the nature of this new periodica ] by quoting an extract from tbe introductory address " to the reader : "This work will be published in weekly numbers , at a price which will render it easily accessible to everyone who takes an interest in the sul-jcct . Each number will be divi-ied into two ' p :: rts ; the one composed of music , aud the other oi mufieal utefatlu-e . 1 he YnUeie will consist ofa selection of vocal and instrumental pieces of . 1 very varied description . It will comprise songs hy the greatest ancient and modem composers , both English and foreign ; and the finest national ballad . * , both of our own

      and other countries , but uniformly wiih English wor . ls : vocal du < -is , trios , glees , niadrigals ; and short pieces for the pianoforte and oilier instruments . Tbe vocal pieces will be with or witliout a pianoforte accompaniment , according to tbe intention of the composers and the character of the music . In general the songs and duets will he accompanied , the glees av , d madrigals without accompaniment ; but there must , in both cases , be occasional excrptions . Among tbe instrumental pieces , 110 long or elaborate compositions will be included ; they will he short , light , and cUgant ; not calculated ( as instrumental pieces too often are ) to puzzle thc pltiyer arid ' weary the listeners , but to give variety to the domestic enjoyment of a musical evening .

      Thc literary portion will he adapted , as much as possible , to the instruction as well as entertainment of the general reader . It will include articles ( partly original aud partly selected from tbe best authors ) on the history of music , and its present state in this and other countries ; on the lives and characters of thc greatest musicians iu every age ; on the objects of the art and the best means of tlifeir promotion . Such are the promises held out by the editor , and , so far as we can judge by a first number , they are realised . The music contained in this number is well selected , and from first to last it has the appearance of a publication born for success ; ind-cd , if tllflt COllSUIllIll-itioll there pan be no niis' -fving when we see it produced under the able management of tiie enterprising publisher of the Famify Herald . We should , state that the weekly numbers ( each number cohtaing several pieces of music ) are sold for twopence . To all our musical and would-be musical friends we cordially recommend the Musical Herald .

      Tiie Family Herald. Part Xxxvi. London :...

      TIIE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXXVI . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . This Part concludes the third rolunic of this excellent publication , and it a / Fords us much , pleasure to learn that its unexampled success , placed las it is at the head of thc penny press , continues undiminished . The prosperity of the Family Herald has naturally excited competition , and many imitators and rivals have sought the patronage of the public , but none with the success which has attended and still attends this periodical . Success is sometimes achieved without being deserved , and sometimes deserved without being achieved , but in the present instance the merits of thc work arc of the first order , and its success has been commensurate

      with its merits . " Political information , " and "scientificknowledge" are both of the utmost importance , but still it is not possible , nor desirable , that people should always be occupied with politics or science ; mental refreshment ofa lighter character is needed for relaxation , and such refreshment the Famil y Herald amply affords . Tbe reader must not suppose that polities and science are prosoribod in the Family Herald , quite the contrary . Politics are to be found in its pages , but not party politics : its politics are those of Universalism , affecting the whole human race . In science , too , although the reader will not meet with dry disquisitions , be will find no lack of " facts and phil . sophy" presented in an

      agreablc form . Ihe editorial articles are singularly clever and original performances . In the pre .-ent p-irt , for instance , tbe two articles on " Ths Capitals of the World , " and tbat on " Good and Bad Men . " if published in a high-priced form would be cried up as essays worthy to rank with any in the English language . Besides the " editorialises" ihe several departments of the Family Herald—the " Romances , " "Poetry , " and the other and varied matter—are all excellent . It is really and truly the purveyor of " useful information and amusement for the million , " and to ? the million < ve heartily recommend it . Thc fourth volume just commenced will , we doubt not , acquire a vast increase of subscribers .

      "The Beaso.Ver."—The Advocates Of Free T...

      "The Beaso . ver . "—The advocates of free thought and champions of mankind ' s progression will be glad to learn that Mr . G . J . Ilolyoak-s is again in the field , and about to assume the editorship of a nt-w two-penny weekly periodical , bearing the title of " The Reasoner . " This new champion of right and truth will make its first appearance on Wednesday , the 3 rd of June , and . according to thc prospectus , will be " Communistic in Social Economy—Utilitarian in Morals—Republican in Polities—and Antitheological in Religion . " The "iieastiw" takes for its motto the following : — It is . time that men should tolerate nothing ancient that reason does not respect , and to shrink from no novelty to which rea « on may conduct . It is time that tbe human powers , so long occupied by subordinate objects and inferior arts , should murk the commencement of a

      new era in history , by giving birth to the nrt of improving government , and increasing the civil happiness of man . It is time that legislators , instead of that narrow and dastardly coasting , which never ventures to lose sight of usage and precedent , should , guided by the polarity of reason , haz-ird a bolder navigation , and discover , in unexplored regions , the treasures of public feeility . —Sir James Mackintosh .

      Royalty. " God Save Tbe King—And Kingslo...

      ROYALTY . " God save tbe king—and kingslor if He don't , I doubt if men will longer ; I think I hear a little bird that sings , ' The people by and by will be the stronger . '" 13 VB 0 N . We have already given our readers two samples o f the good things to be found in the Popular Informant The blessed system of British Taxation , and the rapacity of the black slugs of the Church , meet with ample justice in its pages , as we have shown by the extracts given in former numbers of tliis paper . Another subject is treated of in the second number ol this fexcellent work , a subject dear to all "Joystl Englishman , "—Royalty . How treated thc reader will learn if he will refer to the work if self , which wo advise * hini to do if he would enjov tlic cuod things its pages afford . Just to whet the vendor ' s appetite we will give-Mm a , taste of thc feast * , but of course , if he is a sensible man , lie will not be satisfied with the mere morsel we oiler him .

      THE GUELPIIS . ' THE nOYAL I . \ CJI * . 'BLKS A . \ B IXCIJRABLliS—l'l'M TUB FOUKTH—THli m * KK OF CLARENCE AND MISS . JOilDANMOBAL SUSSEX—URUXSWICK ' s IIKJKCTKD . If we examine tbe history of the members of tliis family since George the first ascended tlic throne of Great Britain , in the beginning of tbe lust century , wc do not find them distinguished i-itlur b y their virtues or iheir talents . let us pass over the arbitrary spirit of George the first , who never even learned to s-. iaii English , ami Hi avarice and corruption of George the second , to consider how their posterity and su . cessors have done credit to their exalted station , as princes 01 the blood royal of ibe realm of England .

      Let us see how they have contributed to the weal ami glory of the couniry , and what example they have set to the nation at largo . in the first place—all tbe most serious reverses that

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      . „ S .. T " - ? y ? bjirmie 8 hnv . s met with against the French during a eeiiturv pnst , liaro occurred under the leader-. sl"P of princes of tho house of H-jiiovei-. ¦ A duke of Comb-i-laml commanded the English army at ' . he buttle of Fontehiiy , where , through his mismanagement , it was bmucii \> y tlic fr-Uich under Marshal Saxe . The late Duke of York , the uncle of the present Queen , commanded a British force which was always unfortunate , and at length through , his blunders , whs defeated by a set of beardless French recruits , and for the most part , perished miserably in the marshes of the Scheldt . It was through the ignorance and obstinacy of George the third , that the United States , now rapidly treading on tlic bee ' s of Great Britain iu population and prosperity , were separated from i \ These untoward events , of course , occurred only through the obtuseneas of these individuals .

      George the third at last sank into drivelling idiotcy . Tlic late Wutv of # K > uceater , t-is nephew , was known as * ' Silly Billy , " and his son , the . Puke of Carahridge , might worthily have inherited bis cousin ' s nickname , having recently made himself remarkable even amongst the very silly Dukes , who have lately been taking the bread out of the clown ' s mouth and spoiling the pantomime . He is the author of an observation which will hand him down to posterity , and whicli I dare say you remember . He called in question the existence of the potatoo disease , and the impending fiimine in Ireland , "hscause be bud always found the potatoes at bis own tabic verv goo i . " So much for the incnpables of this family ; let us now examine the remainder of it

      The Duke of Toils , for instnnce , the blundering soldier , was deprived of the chief command of the army on nc count of his corrupt practices ; and these were brought to light through the exertions of the late Dnlu- of Kent , ivho hoped lo step into his shoes bv exposing a brother ' s infamy . George , Prince of Wales , first regent , and then fourth sovereign of that name , was a bloated mass of moral mid physical corruption . He was a " Hoary . 1 I » 1 , " without his courage , wit or generosity . He has been justly stigmatised as " one who was never true to lii ' nn or' win irti . n , who was False -dilto to bifl friends and bis principles , and who lias left behind him on ex-ampl * - I ' ot'yonth to shun and age to avoid ; whose abilities were confined

      to some skill hi cutting coats and nn tmdeniiililu taste for cookery . " The chief historical act of his public life was his refusal of the petition of the fallen > apnIcon who tlnviv Iiimsclf 011 bi-i generosity to be nll- 'wed to end hi ? lay- in England , and whom he sent to die on the rock of St . Helena . Of the ninny rcmnrlsnhlc incidents of his private lite , nut tbe le .-ist disgraceful was , his being turned off the turf by the Jockey Club for cheating . William the fourth , who often shared with his cousin the epithet of "Silly Billy , " was an oxemphrry father and considered one of the hest of the family ; but he left Mrs . Jordan the actress , the mother oi his cbiidrcn , to die in positive destitution , though he bad formerly been in the habit of waiting at the door of the theatre to receive her

      snhiry when sh' * performed , Of the Duke of Cumberland , now King of Hanover , and better known as . the ¦ "Devil Duke , " it is unnecessary to remind you . The lute Duke of Su > sex , who was always considered the flower of the flock , married Lndy Augusta Muvray . and then abandoned his wife ' and cV . ildven . iri pre tended deference to a J .-iwmade sifter the event , which declared invalid all marrhiges contracted by members ot the royal family witliout the Sovereign ' s consent . But though lie unquestionably took advantage of ibis act to repudiate a tie which no cx-post facto law could dissever

      ( for Parliament , though it cin do most things , cannot roal-e right wrong ] , * -till his pretended obedience to the laws of his country did not prevent Iu ' , after the net was passed , from marrying Lady Cecilia Buggins . Lady Augusta Murray , who mavi-iuu him when it was perfectly lawful to do SO , w'a * taken no notice of by the court because she had children by him . But Lady Cecilia BugpiiiB , who had married him after such marriage had hern declared by law a state of concubinage , was received , and nftr-r his death created Duchess of Inverness by the present Queen .

      Prince George of Cambridge , one of the lust male scion- , of this houpo , is already walking in the footsteps of his father and uncles . It K not , therefore , on the plea of having served 01 edified tlie nation by its virtues or its talents , thnt thfi house of Hanover can ground any claim to a permalie-it provision . Tbe most plausible reason it can plead in support of its claim to the continuance of the national bounty is , the faet of bavin- ; so long enjoyed it . But this is an argument that mi *» ' * t be plcmh .-d with equal justice in filVOlir of the ruts , who for several generations hnve bred unmolested in a farmer ' s ham and lived upon his corn .

      This hopeful Guelphic stock has been attempted to be improved by a graft from the Brunswick . You have a specimen of this family in tbe laic reignin-j Duke of Brunswick , now cooling bin heels 011 the pavement of the streets of London , because turned out of his native Duchy —an event which speaks volumes for his princely virtues .

      TIIE COBURGS . THS ROYAL GREtiSGROCl'lt—LEOPOLD A * SD THE OLO WOMliN 01 * TUB AUDESNKS — THE SAXE-COUUIIO " SMASHER" — PRINCE ( PAUPEn ) ALBERT AND HIS D 0 IS 0 S . The (? u- - lphic breed has also been enriched by a cross of the Coburg , though of course this is meant only as n figure of speech , because in a material point of view , the Ooburgs , like all tin-so Goi-nmu families , bnvo enriched their poverty hy their alliances with the Guel phs ; for which John Dull has paid tho piper : the Cohnrgs more than any , because poorer than any . They arc very thrifty , and up to a trick or two to raise the wind , though not remarkable for any other kind of ingenuity .

      Prince Leopold , now king of the Belgians , who lodged on a third floor when he took the fancy ot the I ' rineess Charlotte , was endowed with fifty thousand a year , and u palace at Clartmont : but he continued to sell his cabbilges and preens , and to feed his household upon rabbits , until called to the throne of Belgium , where , with the money he had saved in England , he has bought large estates in the Ardennes , and having eased us ofa good deal of cash , now deprives us in some measure of our good name , hueanso , passing for an Em-Hsh Prince , he turns thc old women out of bis woods , where , according to the custom of the country , thoy have been in the habit of gathering sticks since their infancy .

      I have said that the Cohurgs are up to a few schemes to r .- ; isi ! thc wind , as well as thrifty . The late reigning Duke governed as sovereign prince over an independent state , the Duchy of 3-ixe-Cuburg , with a population ol some forty thousand souls , which brought him in a few hundred pounds . 1 year , £ 2 , S 0 O if I remember right . This was Hot much , considering that he had a court , minisfars , ehiimberhiins , mid an army to pay out of it ; but , like ei-cater sovereigns , as bo could make nnil unmake laws , and levy taxes , if' there had been anything left to squeeze out of his subjeuts , and establish any customhouse regulations he thought fit , he soon devised a way of turning these privileges to account .

      lie h-p-nn by coining silver money of base metal . This money , whicli was made a legal tender , v .-ns taken hoth in and out of his dominions . People knew that there was not n pennyworth of metal iu a shilling , just as the people know iu England that there is not : i farthing ' s worth of paper in a five pound Hunk of England net * * , but one was considered to represent thfe value of n shilling , in the same way that the other does live sovereigns , by passing current , and being received in the government offices as such . Hut as soon as this very little potentate bad issued as much of this money as either Ins subjects or any of the nei-rlibour ' mg stales would take , be suddenly refused to receive any of it back into his treasury , or even into his principality ; and consequently all those who had trusted to his ducal effigy stumped upon the coin found themselves with u'ortli ' .-s . i trash instead of so iii .-mv

      shillings upou their hands . Tboueh n very little prince , he thus became a smasher 01 : a very largo scale ; and having no one to control him in hi .- dominions , was naturally transported at the success of this tnanceuvre , at the expense of his own and his neij-hbour ' ssubjects ; so he would have been in England , though at thc expense oi government , ami iu a somewhatdillereiit way . . Aftertils ver y illustrious example ( but ivith au excuse which this illustrious personage hud not ) , the worthy people on whose kanils tliis spurious coin was left , became smashers in their turn , ami tried to palm on all passing strangers these base pieces called Ci > buiv * hers . 'fhete Coburgltera were coine *! for issue only , as the princes of Coburg seem to have been bred for the sole purpose of opoi-tntion though I would always advise you , whatever you do with Cubnrgs nthomc , tc avoid Cobuvghers when you goto Germany .

      Certain qualities ^ which will be by-and-bye explained , peculiarly fit them to play thc p .-irt of consorts to coiisritiit : on : il queens ; and from this batch our own Prince Albert has been provided . There is not much in him—bowsliotild therebcina Coburg , even harm ? Since he bus been Prince Consort , though at first he threatened to du preposterously ridiculous ' things , ho has sunk down into insignificance , chequered hy a few quiet abmrdiiies . When he first camt over from Onuany , we heard , : t is true , of attempts to change the uniform of thc Briiish army from red to a policeman's bine , and of ovderinj- private meets with the royal stag-hounds , uve : ui-che had Ijccn laughed at hy tha held for want of pluck in riding at his fences . Dot whim ho found that 1-lugland was not Saxe Coburg Goiha , ho meekly resigned himself lo the perpetration ol ' the eei ^ brate ; , Alber * . tom-lool-h" -. ! , with which he has

      ind-. imi ilnl hlif .-.-.-ell 1 ' . n ilia failuru of bis other designs mioii tbe Ilrilisli army—tu the encouragement of animal obesity by breeding fat porkers , for which ho obtained a prizo at the hist King-iti-eet Cattle Show—and to pattering aft-. 1 * a quiet pack of harriers , safe and slow . But do not hit us complain of his want of sjiiiit , lor when he docs pluck n spirit up , it is only to H-unbble with the parish otVieovs about Vr . eratim ; of l ! : i > . Windsor farm , on which da breeds fat cattle , contending that hi docs not 0 ' - ettjyilbeneficially—an allegation whieii is . iu this sense of Uu-word , undvidabU , that it would be lai raiwobeueli ,: i : > . lly occiipieil , if I ' m- poor of the parii-li were settled on it , . ind i'rhiiM Albert located in the Union . Doth arc i- <* mtlly dependent , upon public' - . luu-ity , with this sole dis-I tii-etion . Unit many ., i * the U : ikm paupers have at some lime or other contributed 10 Uie burthens of thc state , and that the Consort-pauper who shows so little feeling for his fellu-. vs , has he « u 11 burthen to the country eve * 1 since he has been iu it .

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      Q / JW ROYALTY MIGHT BE SUPPORTED . '' tOUO . 'VGS TO LET "—" WAS 111 SO AND MAXGLINll noVl UEUJ-i '' - " " W'Al . K UP , LA 1 MKS AXO <* E *> TJ . HME !* , JUST A-GOI . W , 'fO KKlimt "—THE . MOBAb . Her present Majesty , per .-TOuall . V ilioll ' -m .-ive , and from her sex entitled w jour respect , but for what jou contribute to he .-support , would have been confined to the bare enjoyment of her roy . il residences , she might l-. m , * « out Windsor Castle in . lodgings , or stack up a bill with " Apartments to let for Singh * Gent ! emen " owr Buckingham Palace . She might m- We taken in washing t or private families ; and Prince Al . ' iert might hare turned the inangle , or plied with saddle douI' *»** s i » Wimlsor Park / or hire ; for any means of livelihood wbi <& either UOSS-iSSCd from any otber source than tbat 6 lerivc «\ - from tbe thews and sinews of the hardworking British people .

      I know that there are many who like to see tbe dignity of the nation maintained by the magninetf *> co of the sovereign representing it ; and this is a . veryjv-rdmiabll ! vanity : it might be even commendable if royalty were supported by voluntary contribatiim , as it would be if good sunsu and justice were attended to . If a sort of begging-box were carried round * at the levee * - , and drawing rooms , or a high price plaoed on ticket ** for court parties , or the royal -family shewn'SO many times a wcek , atso much a head , with half-prjeefor ciiiblreB ; er any other voluntary system established , there would be nothing to be said , thm *) -. \ Il five millinnv in » terifJ of one were-lavished upon vcrt »; tj ; though all the-penslons of all Ihu Princes belonging to ,. -31 ' connected ' with ,, the royal fu-nily were doubled ; and though all ' then-innumerable German i-elutions . were provided with a new suit of clothing a piece with the movbey of Old England , I for one should be right glad to aee rltem in tho enjoyment of it . . .

      Uur . whether such gr-Mits he made either by £ * : real or supposed majority of the nation , which mir-ie rh f * supposed minority pay for their Ititiey ; or wliethti-bj- < -n tirel voluntary contribution , one thing should always ' be f > ome in mitul : A man has a rigid to keep a footman in r «? pla-a Ureecfl . w ; a eoaelnmn wilh a powdered wig , a tliree-cornerul ftai , ' ml noscjny in his ' mlton-hole ; a flnnhy to wvXh after ! iin * * s / e and iltHtphtcrs , wfl / i < t gold-ltcuO ' d iUt ' . ttceit oane ; lwi ? ic- ' . 't « s no right to do all litis mhibihh In'Oili- !' - is uiiti'iii-ir * . If Hie poor ¦¦ lutes were uUem ! h their prts-wt opprsssh '¦& cruelty lo save a couple of millions , we have no right i o H'lmnder a million on / loyalty vAcn vie could get an Americai i President for fee thousand a year , or a . Uube fornotkhig ..

      Only two numbers of 111 Popular Informant h-v ? ' ) asyor np * -earcd , but wo are eonvinu . ' -i ! thiutlhi autinut * has--ond stuff in him , enmn-h to prodncci-tai *} nior * numbers as Valuable ; : s these two . Tlierc . arc plunb 1 of . subjects I ' m * his pen . 'At homo there nvc thuiuif-j ferinjts of tbe Poor Law victims—thc ovils of ' , » -. ••! factory sys ! em—the wrsn-rs of ! ho min'iig piipiilit-i-i-.-iuji —tlic grievances of our penmen—the ibm-i' -i' in tho- ' army and navy—tin : wrongs of . Irclsni ] , tyranny < if I ) her ! antiIoi * il . s VascaUty oilier " up . triois , " nr . ii wis- ;' L-bievotis .- > iliiiini . sti * atii » i oi * lit r rulers . Abroad til'TO . i aie colonial joWiing ami misnumat / meni—Ru ^ i -n ' ambition and tyranny , ' amf statenl ! " Eaatr-i'ii liiirope—State of Germany—Stat * of Italy—i . oiiiV-Cfn'ii'pc ' s fraud and force supnorted system of •¦ liberal"

      trranny , &¦¦ . ifca . ' &• :. On a l rhe . -jf : subjects the nuti-orof the Popxilar Infonnont may employ bis V-. ' -n wLlh iulvaiitajju to tlm pllh'ic , nipj > vu Ubpfl that ' at le *>' -t . -itiine of them will he treated of in innirc number * Of course wc also hope that the . ar . lUoi * v-iil lis f-no-iura-red in his labours by tin : supnort . of the public . We mav as well remind our rcaile's that thc Popular Injitrunnl is published by Mr . r ' l-i-ififiiUM NVit . so-Royal Exchiitigo , and tho iHnnlvr . - ; ( 1 - dudl ) may ha hai ! tos-eti . er I ' m * cijihtaT ' : ** . It is a public-atum that should bo found in every pfi-. mhir library , idac "' - ! on the table of * every coffee-room , ' bo iliscussed i :: ¦ jvcry meeting -mil wni-kidio ; ,, road at ovui-y iiicsiib-, and , fiii / ily , bo handed doiva to our sous , and soil ' s so ; : s , that

      "fney may see , That such things were b . fore the world whs fr- e . " 1 "' " - ^ - ™ ' ^~— . ^ .- ^™*™ -. — . '"* - *^— . --J-r ^^ . .-.-. ^ J .- .. . ai

      Feierai Fotidttpnie*

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      D'Sor.Acf-Fcl Sckni*.—A Few Days Ago, A ...

      D ' sor . ACf-FCL Sckni * . —A few days ago , a pitched biUi'le VVitS I ' OUght ill the Mo-idov . ? ) near . Nottingham , tho other cvenim ; , near ten o * clock , between two female combatants , Mary Ann Good and Maria Oheeuie , i ' or the sum of one shilling ; two men profess ! ni ; to be their * ' lovers , " acted as seconds on . thc occasion ' Many rounds were fought , and no doubt it would linvi Gdutiuuid a urca-ti length of t-irau but foi'thuappeavanceoi' a pidicoman , whicli compelled them to nialro off . They arc , however , far from satisfied with liiiving litwulcil themselves to this extent only ; to show still iinUiui * their lamentable depravity , they have already made another match , ivliicit is to conic off on "VS'liit Monday .

      Assviiiax AxTiQi-iTii-s . — -Letters have been received from Moi-snl throwin- * light mi the researches of Mr . La-yard , at Nimrnd , at the junction of tho / Sab with the Tigris . The works had been interrupted by tlio Just Pacini of M'h-miI , » n i-h « pretence that he must sf-c whether the antiquuic- discovered were fit for the Imperial Museum ac Constantinople . Mr . Layard appealed to C < inatautiuop : e , and , although no firman bad avrivod , ho . had aj-nm begun his excavations . Th ' . ! hill on which the ruins stand is artificial , as at Khorsabad , but- thcsiipcriiicumbentstratnm of earth

      with which they are covered not being so deep , many of thc bas-reliefs want tho heads . The garments of thc figures arc different to those found by Bothft , but thorc ' is no doubt that ; these , like the latter , are oi Assyrian origin . A much n ' . ore considerable part of the sculptures are more my ihoiogical than atKhorsabad ; the architecture uf both palaces are the same ; and at Niinnid , . IS at KiiO- 'Siib' -d , arc found porticos with oio ^ sal winged bulls or lions with human heads and arms , holding llowcrs or deer ; there are also a great number of inscriptions in the pevsepoliran and cuneiform characters .

      Thk CiiOLKit . * .. —In a late number wc stated tbat the Asiatic cholera It-: tl spread through several of the provinces of 1 ' evsia , and had niven rise lo . 'rc-it mwtnlitv in some of thc rincipal towns , h is reported to have t-xtemh d from Bokhara across the Persian frontier to Herat and Meshid , thence south of tho Caspian lo Teheran , and still further south colspahau . Recent acemmfs from Odessa state that it lias crni-seii the Russian boundary , and has appeared at Tiilis , taking si course northward between thc Caspian and Mack Seas ; while , according to thc latest Intclliitcnco from Riga , it has broken out at Orcnburj ; in the Ur . iiian mining districts , crossed the Vo ' ii'i . and sp-ie / iivd on tho European side at Kasan , about 1 , 200 miles from St . l-etcrsburgh . If these accounts nro to be trusted , the disease has taken a

      somewhat irreuu ' . ai' course , in a direction west by north : and it dues not appear to have followed the innl < s of great rivers as in the fufmev irvaption ot l * - * 2 S-aO . The disease which reached EnglaniHu 1831 , prevailed in Persia for seven years , Irom 1823 to 1830 . It appeared at Orenburg for thc first time 111 1823 ; ami was confined to this quarter for _ a period of five yours . It reappeared at Oronbun- in 1820 , and its prevalence and fatality in this province were so great , that , upwards of one-tenth part ot the inhabitants were seized with it , and one fourth , of those who were attacked died . It reached St . Petersburi-ii in July , 1531 ; and England on the 26 th ot October of that year . At Tiilis , where it is again reported to havt * broken out , the mortality from tbe former epidemic was so great , that three-iouvths ot tiios < - wim wore . t ! iick ( . (! ju-ri-iiu-i ! .

      Tug WKLMxcrroN Stat'OK . —IV . i-feiR-hy will observe thai hoarding in in flu ! oi ! nr > c i >' eiL-i . 't ! : * . n niuiid the Palace-j ; ale entvancc at U . -. d-. ' -piivk-wruor , * . viiieh is preparatory to the plai-iu ; . ; < l . Mi * . Wia ' . t ' .-. i ( ' •¦' . ¦ . ¦ trian siatuc of tlm Duke of Weilin- - i .. * j ispmi the a ' . -c !* .. _ it not allowed to lie tho mdilcsi , it must bo iiliowed to be toe greatest , ImuiKesculpiu o over produced in the world . Tlic h-.-ii .-lit is i , uTi ;* v-.--ove ) i feus , and a mounted Life ( . ' it-in ' sinaii ini-.-ht ride under the belly - . f the mighty hero ' . ? niighiy charger . StUCIDE rilOM l . OSSBS ut I- ' ikb . — On Saturday cvciiiiii * -, Mr . I ' nyi" - held a .-i iofjtiest at tbo-llcd Lien . Red Linn-court . " l ' -i' « 'f-street , on the body of Mrs . Sarah ilrowis , nj-od 35 . a grocer , wh ' . sv shop , No 0 , Greai ; Now-strcct , FcrtL-r-iann , was destroyed by lire on Thursday niehf . Julia Mai-donald said tbat tbe tlcee .-tsed h-i < l c-ai-ried on her linsiiio-. s until a liri "

      broke out there on Thursday night last , when site and witness were got out ot" the . pavloiu window and removed to ihe Rod Lion . Site lost a s . ' 1 'cat deal of VM'optvty by Utu live , and was very melancholy all the next day . That morning ( Saturday ) witness awoke and fot-dn her suspended by a haudkercniei'to a rail of the bed-stead . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " EXTKAORDLVAKV SulCIDK BY A Cllil . U A ft'W dllVS ago , a litile lad , in tho empluy of Mi * . Oliver , priuta * , S ' fwporfc , named David Davies , aged twelve years , and residing with his parents in ik-court-lago of Mrs . Ji-n- .- * , lliil-street , committed suicide by banging himself in the privy by bis hand kerchief . He was uUeovered by his sister sunn alter he had committed tin * awful deed , and cut down by Mrs . Jones . iSo other remon can be assigned for this very extraordinary crime than that the deceased was ofa quick and violunt temper , and bad IVequently been ill the habitof thi-eaton ' msr tu haug liiiuseit ' , ov cut his throat , when excited by his laymates .

      p Glouckstkr A » -si 7 . E 5 . —The old man named James Ware , against whom sentence of dealh was recorded at the last assizes , for setting lire to a house iu Temple parish , Bristol , baa had his nuiiisluuciit commuted to transportation I ' m lifu . Stim-n-diauy Magisthati * i'Oit the Mining Dis-TRicx .- —it U stated that Mr . Serieaia Allen Is a candidate for the ollitc ot * stip .-ndiarj niajjisi rate for the miniii }!; district of South Stvitfusdaliii ^ the salary of which is £ 1 , 0 U 0 per annum . Mnnii l- ' mmpiuATiossroiiTUK Sunvr . v . s ov l ' . su \ s

      — Ihe Counter Francais says , " 1 lie fid on ; uysitna . tion of GanonviHs has nioro ' tban once been placed in doubt , k is now certain that the pie > c id ennitnl , whore 100 acres have been already i-lcared , m the wood ot'Yiuecnncs , is der-tiiu-d lo the .-.. nsiuicucn ot two forts and an arsenal . Already the dili-hes that are . to surround them have bt-ou s ahcd out and I ' avtlv dug . lluildini : lllllteriais have been collected on the spot , six hundred workmen arc employed at the works , mid thy number is soon to bo increased to two thousand .

      P,7orosah To Raja* . Onk Uu.Vniien 1 Ime...

      P , 7 orosAh to Raja * . Onk Uu . vniiEn 1 imesA . v . y Suiu , r « os .-An at . tem ' p . * ' is abontjlo be made to free the Bairtist Missionnrr S ' omety > rom its poctinr-trr embarrassment- *; tho " R < -v - , l ^ .. Cox iiiivin-r nt . oeei taken tho arduous tank of ^¦ J ' - 'fltin i' Me rrqmsihK sum . The proposal is , to pay di . * wn fuc t-liiiliti . * - onlil . and is addressscdto everv member of th ~ Baptist denoc niination . If 101 > , 000 present each a , shilliiisr , thin whole object will b-jaceompiisiiei ' ,- —Edmb & rr jh papcrx [ These insatiate Irisck-slujis , like tho leech * and thai grave , ever cry " giv ** , give . " " ] The Gni-AT Bhitain ,--Thi .-Tai ^ entTiO - * teames * is onn her way to-New York •; she * has a number of pivssen-i-{ -ers and n . fair cargo on- hoard . S-. m-.- ol tlio jw ' -lotaa wlm met her , i' 0 ) mrt that she was running at the latoo of 12 nautical miles an hour :

      Flood at New Oiim-a :-:-, — Heavy rains huM swollen thc Lake on the Gth and Tth filf ., so that ik <& swamp and rear of tho city were overflowed . The J houses , vavds , stables , hotel-v-md ottUiuildings off the end of the Now Canal or Shell Road ' , , were iriuu- " datcd and lor two miles towanfe- tho citrine canal [ had overflown He , banks , ieavinj . ' the Imusetf in the t distance to appear as if the . r wsra floating on the t sea The destrncf i"ii to bridses bsd b- en very great . The Charity Hosuital . 'and the inlira-iark-s ¦ " - ¦• nci-ally , were all inundated , rendering access to tht'ai e : cseidinp-ly difficult , „„ _ Russu-v TnEATMt-ST OF Bask « itts .- - - -J he Lmpcror of RiMs ' -i has . bv nbi .- 'e d-ited the ' JOt ' trof April , pro--mult'iitcd . in the form nf a cO'ViUtei cinl code , a \? xr upnn failures and Imnkruiiteics . Tim br-r is Imrrowett from the French code , the only css-cnti .-Piiiih- 'reucer being the severe punishment ii .-flieud t-n _ bankrupts ; , who are condcmiied to perpctuai b-inisbiwoit to-Sibe' * ia .

      Raii . wav aciioss Git ! - -t :. v \ vicir Pari ; . —Ths Lords nf the Aduiiralty have at , U .-ii-if . ! i { rtven tln-iremtsent to a railway passing across ( ireenv .-ich Park , tiv . eh a scheme , liuwewr , cnun ** t ohta ' m I ' .-rriiaiiicuisry ¦ s .-iiic--tion this year , us tho Jjnuth-Pai'ti .-rii ij- > iii-H » ny . in desnair of ( ibtainiiiK fha pcriui-i-ion oi th" A-imir / tity , had iiba :-idm *! C-d that part- of their line (¦> Wc . . hviolh Exoisk AxnTAXKs . —A rumour isnn- ' -itiiiihu City to th * eftbet that- there is to be .-in iiituiudiate COitsnlid-. tion ni' the Board of Kx-isi : and li-e ijonvd of Stiii-npn aud "iiiKtia , an sa to leave only fine rovr-nue b'liird for customs or fiiveij'ti dut ' s-s , and -.- :-- I ' - 'v iiilmul duties . I *; is even ' said t ii « fc Sir ii--d > , rt IV . 1 inirnda to make 'hi * . iri . ;*? , ee . . ' ? . rnt pr , rl of hh for . bcomijjg ' iiiitluct . The vej-es-. i of m ; -n . v of tin- lr ' . x--i * e duiies , and tho c-x ^ eot cil repeal of otaovs * . p . . u « li * r yorilt- * clis ? lltiC neee -fury , nm ) the pivsont nnitrd r-.-vcnisc- ' of both the I'xisiina boards do mir , amount t ;* - so l .:.-r . ;; e an incmio itii snid , : i-t v , ;\ s wr ; :. cr ' y collect :. * . ' hy une Lh . nvd ifOHU .

      iyIiikk Cira . ' . r R-. iv 1- at Tail's-. —Tin . * dii-cetors oft lie I ! * i * iV (* - |> l ' s and Gar'l-ic It .-tiln-ay si- > v <; rnn-uii-nci-d ji inuin * ei ; e .-. p trsins to all ihe : i ; :, t ; o ! : c- . ' ilon *; thei *' L / i ; e :- on iriuiiiiavfj ; - . i , tho low taiu ¦ . * , ;' oin : iini . 'beiiiiv : ; eV aule . \ . ; . ' To \ vj :-. vt STii . vxoB Uses :. iav tvs comb . \ t j . ast . "Jk oi * -iit A . i ' oi ' . niui .-i aj-u . as » . iv . mi u . uuoU Tuumiis ii- ; -li . * iiiil , v , > ii in iJju ao ! of : : ; ii ,, ' ; : . y ravo in the f - . va id" (" o . ' . - ^ ill liriiii - i-. ijiisfo .:, in ijont . ii -i-icashire , ivhyi he had tiit- * abm !*; foiii * fret m . * .-p he came in eiKifuict wilh askiiii . Un iftkinKit up , ho ftu-nd in tlI & i- iliMili ; ;; . f . jniiKtir . y of hny Mill sir .-v .-. o :: i uf which u- >! ha »( i iUu'i'i- iiih . z-jiiia'it uf Mr . liiii ' aud . jiiir . jied two fall i * ru \ vii liiiet :. i . ( i' - , v bin-y i-m , there , or what waittlwir I ' itncy far btiildintr a inrsti so much below tliS-sud ' aiic of . the jirnuni : remains a nivsterv .

      'l ' ssu uiAiW-rai . huo of ) Vi- >' ocm . \ v . —By the last Wi' -si . India mtvii ive | . >; u-n that our l ' e : ! iiv-. ' .. ir-ji-i-t > at . lismhiras > vt .-n- -i-joti-in . :, - ii > tho piis-M .- ^ ion « , f what ili--y ' * ' « -: J ' . ii-i * - ; -:-- ? g . ' } - ;))! . * " . Vi .- ; -j » i-::- ; iJi- h % . '' The sciic-Siiei'Yiailaiit had lowed up IV . m Glover ' s Reef the laiTCss ' oj * si-en in the tcial ' .-mciifc- for many years , it vvas « 5 ns rrupoi ty oi ilc-j ^ rs . VVc-isii , Gouj-ch , and Si .-ke , and win * . - h * nhipjiod to liiifiiiiinl in the . St . Croix . Tim mil id-a .-iiienieMC > - - .-: —husih 19 feiit 'JTmei-. i-s ; breadth , . 3 lite ! . ; d--:-. ih-i l ^ i 12 inches ' and s ; .- * , do-vn at f- , ' 750 ¦ icet , excatdin ;; li . tons in v . - eiiibi-. This log was cut about three yours niiu , at the Kio Cuero ; but . in consequence of its eat draught of water , could not be got oyer tho bar until recently , when advantage was taken of a great freshet in tho river . The colony was doinj ? well . By the Superintendent's message to bis Parliament , it appeared that the balance of revenue- over expenditure for the past year wss £ ' 1 , 070 .

      Sudds . v Dkatii in a Chapel . —On Sunday afternoon , about seven o ' clock , during thc performance of the evening service at the large Weslcyan Chapel , in the Back-road , St . George's in tho East , Mr . John Mofiatb , a roliw-d servant ut * the Eusfc India Company , residing at 11 , John-street ., St . George ' s , who formed one of the congregation , was obser-ed to fall as if he had been shot . Mr . Luke Farrow ,, who also formed one of the congregation , rendered immediate assistance , in which he was assisted by Mr . Hues , a surgeon , residing in the neighbourhood , but their ? efforts were of no avail , as life was utterly extinct . Outrage in * IVi * . stmi . \ st ? . ii .. — On inquiry at the Westminster Hospital , on Monday , it wasrtated that thc unfortunate women Elizabeth . Pullen is j-ohi - on . favourably .

      The AsoASsmTios is Drur \ ' -Ii \ nb . —Death op Blewitt . — On Monday morning , soon alter one o ' clock , tbcunt ortunate man Blewitt expired , in tbe King ' s College Hospital , from the effects iA' the injuries caused bv the shot fired at him in Erury-lane , on the evenin ** of Saturday , April 23 rd . by the Jad Graham . Fatal Fight , —A fight took place on Sunday last , in a field near the Marlcy tunnel on the South Devon Railway , between two " navies , " when one of ihera fell a corpse on the spot , just as he roeeivsd a blow from his antagonist .

      Death in a SiATios-nonsB . —On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . Baker at the Marlborough Head , Fox-lane , Shad well , on view of the b ; dy of Hannah Barker , aged 21 ) , a single . voinaii , who died in Sliadv-eli l ^ uJice station-house . On Saturdayafternoon sonic wo-ds ensued between deceased and a female named Craufurd . Deceased became much excited , aud in hot * passion bit the woman and pulled her hair by the roots out of Ivr head . Mrs . Craufurd having losit three Ualferowns and five shillings , subsequently save deceased . in charge of polics-constable Harris , Kdivision , who conveyed her to

      thestationhouse . Upon bein ;; senvched there by the female searcher , she- took an oath , cxliibitiii ; , - two pennrpicces , with a horrid imprecation she declared she had no more . In tlic other hand six penny . pieces were found . In a few minutes afterwards a fall was heard in her cell . Upon a policeman goinj-in she was discovered on the floor in a state of insensibility . Mr . Ross , astir-icou of the neiVhbourlioed , was si-nfc for , who stated she was attacked with a fit o ! apcplexv . He used the necessary means to-restore heiv but witliout ellect , and life was shortly afcerextinct . Verdict- —'* Visitation of God . "

      Di-Atii Of A Disti-Ngijisiied Ckntknauia...

      Di-atii of a Disti-nGijisiied Ckntknauiax . — Mis-j Huj-in .-i Leslie , tbe last representative of tho no less ancient than distinguished house of Leslie of Lindores , died at Cupar , on Wednesday week , at the advanced age of a hundred years , live weeks , and three clays , bavin * ,- been born on the 15 th of March , li-lG . In " the rebellion ot * 45 , her father took a very prominent part in the army of the royalists under William Duke of Cumberland , and long survived that eventful period . Death or Viscount Hood—Wo liavo to record the d' -alh of Viscount Hood , who vspival on the S-h inst . at his residence iu Bryanston-square , at the i-su-lv use of thirtv-eij'ht . He was son ot thc second Viscount , bv the ' daughter of the late Sh * Amirew Simpc JJaiiiriififd . Hi-- LiwlbUip was k , rn m ISO , ? . The iir .-l !'' .-U' was the cr :-brand Admual v . :: o ' to : ! k " * 'i !; fc hi U =- * Jm *; . ' s ccleb-iaii-d viclory over Count , ti-.- li : ; i > s .-.

      DbaTU of 'fin * Dkax oi * » Vi . * .:-b-i :.. —TnU-il'iiCJiCO reached Windsoi' on Monday evt .-ni ; ,:-., t i wu * 1 - ' . ' i ' -t the lion , and Bev . Dr . Ih . batt , J . h . - .:=: ¦ - ! \ U . mIs--i * , wiio exp ired on tbe afternoon of r ' rid . > y last , at-iVoi * - toti Priory , Lincolnshire . Till * 1 ' ohtu * ic . \ t ; oks at Veboxa . —A h-ttev froni Verona , of ; i | - ! -il-0 , i , i the VoUsiiini > os ») elsnyih 'Ue have been for sunm davs past ill a certain agitation .. The immense fortiiicatious , at which workv * , . eu havo been emploved for -. even years , arc now completed , but it was understood that they were not to be armed ; nriifii-s in auiicip ation of a war . However , a commission ot three Austrian en « incers arrivsd litre two- , davs since , and thc rumour has been circulated that tho inrthii-a' -ions are to be armed forthwith , andthat the park of tlm Auij ; o is U > bo pvo \ ided . with a eonsidcrablo referve , ''

      Devi-u ot- ' I'l-ori-s-iva Mi-ikleitam . — William Mcikleharn , K .-q .. Ll ., 1 . ) ., professor oi natural philo-. poi > iiy iiubo University , Glasgow , died on Ihursday , at iii ' - h .. iise , in th . e Cullcse . SenecTioN is Fha . nci- ; . —A case of unusual occur-, reive wii -i last week brou-. dit bsjorc the Civil l . ri--bunal . A voun *; woman named Alphonsine brought an act ion tors-od ' uotiun against M . AlexandrcBoileau , iiiviu * , ' tho dama-ies at 12 , 0 i ) 0 f . Jiid' - . iiicil "' was deiiferiid on Saturday in the following ternv * : — " Con- , sideriui * tliat every act ennimiiled by a man which oausi . * s pivjudice to auothciv obliges him by whose fault tin ,- damage was occasioned to moke lvpai-atitin *; inn ! afiisiik-rint ; that Alexiuidro lioilo . au , by scdiiehl £

      • Dphoiisine i ' l'OJii her niniwniai aboue . keeping up an iiiiiintite eoiineelii'i ) wilh her , and . afier abandoninst her in a situation diffitttjit and painful to her , and injurious to her reputation , which may be au impediment to ii- 'i' futuvy establishment in . life , and bring upon her disastrous consequences , has caused liei a real pivjudi . ee , ' ibv which lie owes , her reparatk-n —• the tribunal c . ' -odemus Aicxatulrc Boileau to pay 2 , 000 frmies to Alphiiusine- by way of dainasies , and all the costs oi tlv ? j suit . " Thk B-. DKS Status , —Tho states of the Grand Duchy of Baden were rei'pentd m the -lth , with ah the usual eereuionic-s ; the Minister of the interior , as Commissioner ol * tbe Grand Duke , delivered the S-. cei-l . In tU , ; i ,, iiuu of his Highness , who directs tut atu-niiiin uuhe Chamber pariicuias-ly to the qtitatmn of railway j

      Deat ^ L Intelligence has been ^«!»* ; ehe ^ , r- ^ , oiii . ciii ''' ¦ * ' - 'i ;^ , " s , < f e Davoure , . mo . licr o . lire ^ - » ^ Aula ire , who expired a Jew day e sim- - ' ago of 81 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 16, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16051846/page/3/