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      Beauties Of Biron. Xo. N. Ethos's Mother...

      BEAUTIES OF BIRON . xo . n . Ethos ' s mother was Scotch—a Gordon , related to the house of Huntley . At two years of age Bibo . v was removed , by his mother , from London ( where he was born , in Holies-street , Oxford-street ) to Aber deen . Ileremained in Aberdeenshire until he was ten years of age , when , having succeeded to the family title , he was removed to A ' ewstead Abbey His sojourn in the north of Scotland was vividly impressed upon his memory , and subsequent ! v inspired

      his Loch na Garr , and other pieces . The lines on Lachin y Gair , or , as it is pronounced , Loch na Garr , are too generally known to require repetition in these " selections ; " we give , however , what may he considered thecompanion piece to Loch na Garr ; not so much for the prettiness of the lines—for they are pretty—as for the following romantic story associated with them . It will be observed that the Scottish beauty here described—tbe poet's "iiret love" Is { he ' Alary" of the lines here given . In Blues ' s Diary for 1813 , he says : —

      I have been thinking lately a good deal of Mary Duff . How very odd that I should have been so utterly , de-TOtedly fond of that girl , at an age when I could neither feel passion nor know the meaning of the word . And the effect ! My mother used always to rally me about this childish amour ; and , at last , many years after , when was sixteen , she told me one day , " 01 Byron , I have had a letter from Edinburgh , from Miss Abercromby , and jour old sweetheart , Mary Duff , is married to a Mr . Cockburn . " [ Robert Cockburn , Esq ., of Edinburgh . } And what was my answer ! I really cannot explain or account for my feelings at that moment , but they nearly threw me into convulsions—to the horror of my mother and the astonishment of everybody . And it is a phenomenon in my existence ( for I was not eight yean old ) which has puttied , and wiU puzzle me , to the latest hour ofit .

      In January , 1815 , in a letter to his friend Captain Hay , the poet thus again speaks of his childish attachment : — Fray tell me more , or as much as you like , of your cousin Mary . 1 believe I told you our story some years ago . I was twenty-seven a few days ago , and I have never seen her since we were children , and young children too ; but I never forget her , nor ever can . Ton wiU oblige me with presenting her with my best respects , and all good wishes . It may seem ridiculous , but it is at any rate , I hope , not offensive to her nor hex ' s , in me to pretend to recollect anything about her , at so early a period of both our lives , almost , if not quite , in our nurseries ; hut it was a pleasant dream , which she must pardon me lor remembering . Is she pretty still ! I have the most perfect idea of her person , ass child , but Time , I suppose , lias played the devil with us both .

      WHEN I BOVED A T 0 CSG HIGHLiiiDEB . When I rorea a young Highlander o ' er the dark heath , And climb'd thy steep summit , 0 , Morven * of snow ! To gaze on the torrent that thunder'd beneath , Or the mist of the tempest that gather'd below , TJntutor'd by science , a stranger to fear , And rude as the roefcs where my infancy grew , Ko feeling save one , to my bosom was dear ; Seed I say , my sweet Mary , ' twas centered in yon 1 Yet it could not be love , for I knew not the name , — What passion can dwell in the heart of a child t But still I perceive an emotion the same As I felt , when a boy , on the crag-corer'd wild : One image alone on my bosom impress'd , I loved my bleak regions , nor panted for new ; And few were my wants , for my wishes ware bless'd ,

      And pure were my thoughts , for my soul was with you I arose with the dawn ; with my dog as my guide , From mountain to mountain I bounded along ; I breasted the billows of Dee ' sf rushing tide . And beard at a distance the Highlander ' s song : At ere , on my heath-corerti conch of repose , No dreams , save of Mary , were spread to my view ; And warm to the skies my devotion arose , For the first of my prayers was a blessing on yon . I left my bleak home , and my visions are gone ; The mountains are vanishVl , my yonlh is no more ; As the last of my race I must wither alone . And delight bnt in days I have witness'd before : Ah 3 splendour has raised , but embittcr'd , my lot ;

      More dear were the scenes which my infancy knew : Though my hopes may have fsil'd , yet they are not forgot ; Though cold is my heart , still it lingers with you . When I see some dark hill point its crest to the sky , I think of the rocks that o ' erahadow Colbleen ; J When I see the soft blue of a love-speaking eye , I think of those eyes that endearM the rude scene ; When , haply , some li ght-waving locks I behold , That faintly resemble my Mary's in hue , I think on the long-flowing ringlets of gold , The locks that were sacred to beauty and yon . Yet the day may arrive when the mountains once more Shall rise to my sight in their mantles of snow : I Bnt while these soar above me , unchanged as before , WiR Mary be there to receive me ? ' Ah , no ! Adieu , then , ye hills , where my childhood was bred ! Thou sweet flowing Dee , to thy waters adien ! Ko home in the forest shall shelter my head , — Ah 1 Mary , what home could be mine but with yon !

      Beauties Of Biron. Xo. N. Ethos's Mother...

      , S " ? » ahift y mountain in Aberdeenshire . t V *? S « ? beautiful river , which rises near Mar i ^ e , andfells into the sea at Sew Aberdeen . i „ S * ?? «* n , ount * m near the verge of the Highs teJ ^ * «*» «* » m Castle . iUnJ iSl T ? - 1807 ' on recovering from a severe K & " ? to" « W «« i ; buthethusadvertstoit / ina SL , !^ i ? £ * £ *• anA ^ dressed to his fair cSrres-JShSndf W *? r ' Sunaa JJ S 6 t 0 ff f 0 r *« * EtJLt ! vx e . ? I * muw' accompanies mean my car-TtagetoEdmWh . There wc shall leave it , and proceed ™ JSi 1 trouKh tte western parts to Inverary , where ae . S " ! r chi , ! ? *•>• ' ««* . to enable us to view places insh . il m Ten « cnkw conveyances . On the coast we » 3 m-3 !!^ a ! e H d ' MdTisitl , » M «* remarkable of the itonaes , and , if we have tune and favourable weather , ft . ™ till J * I « dand , on ! v three hundred miles Ilerf , t wttixera extremity of Caledonia , to peep at A ™ " - \ mean to collect all the Erse traditions , poems , wMrf ^ , ' ! f aild , lte w "I * " * the subicct to fill a volume , 4 . -r , SP ? ? PI * ar next snrimr . under the denomination of

      Wh !! t « . „ i i nar l ' " ur SM" » title equally picturesque . The- «™ S , i 7 sa ? tu -Ku »« - * stanzas on Mount Herfa ? i ,- * Jl , ' } " ? . Tnttcii at least with my . '" fit is matter WnT *« ^ l ° J *«« - ' * never carried out ; hadi t , « . n ! : fi ,. rt T sla , tr ,,, a :: «»* '" >« = fis « l » towi what a been the « P . P ™* V * V might have

      Summer. By The Hon. Mrs. Norton. This Is...

      SUMMER . By the Hon . Mrs . Norton . This is the time of shadow and of flowers , When roads gleam white for many a winding mile ; When gentle breezes fan the lazy hours , And balmy rest o ' erpays the time of toil ; When purple hues and shifting beams beguile The tedious sameness of the heath grown moor ; When the old grandsiie sees with placid smile The sunburnt children frolic round his door , And treUised roses deck the cottage of the poor . The time of pleasant evenings ! when the moon

      Riseth companioned by a single star , And rivals e'ea the brilliant summer noon In tbe clear radiance which she pours afar ; Ho stormy winds her hour of peace to mar , Or stir the fleecy clouds which melt away Beneath the wheels of her illumined car ; While many a river trembles in her ray , And silver gleam the sands round many an ocean bay ! O , then the heart lies hushed , afraid to beat , In tbe deep absence of all other sound ; And home is sought with loth and lingering feet , As though that shining tract of fury ground ,

      Once left and lost , might never more be found J And happy seems the life that gipsies lead , Who make their rest where mossy banks abound , In nooks where unplucked wild flowers shed thenseed ; A canvas-spreading tent the only roof they need !

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      Chr03sicles Of The Bastile.—Parts 15, 16...

      CHR 03 SICLES OF THE BASTILE . —Parts 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , l » i 20 . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . The first series of these thrilling Chtwncles is completed , and safely we may assert that a better work of its class never issued from the British press . We defer , for the present , any further remarks wc may have to make , and confine ourselves , for this week , to the giving of the Mowing extracts from parts Id , 16 , and 17 . To explain the following it is necessary io state that Beatrice , the sister of Jacques , the hero of the story , had been seduced by the Duke of Chartres , and being abandoned by him had sought an asylum in a Convent Finding herself in an unhappy position , and dreading the discovery of her shame , she fled from the convent , and proceeded to Paris to seek her lover whom she only knew by his christian name of Philippe . Failing in hersearch , and driven to despair , she attempts the commission of

      60 ICIDE . Why did she retire to Morel ? Were not the sisters certain to discover her position ? Every day that she remained with them , increased therisk ! She would lose no time ! All was ready 1 How surprised they would be on the morning to And her gone I She knew where to gol It was not far to Paris . ' She would ask the first person she met if he knew her Philippe ? No ! Well ! there were more people to ask the question of ! Xever mind that laugh ! She is not crazed , although she hat walked up from Fontaiuehleau t * Paris to find her lover ,

      baring no other clue to him than that his same is Philippe ! How people store ; and point at her ! she knows what they mean . ' Hard-hearted scoffers ! Some say she has escaped from a mad-house ! But no ! she is net mad ; only tired , and hungry ; and very , very ill ! * Tis useless threatening her with the name of D'Argenson ! ^ ho is he I Is he called Philippe ! Another loud and naockin glaugh ! Cruel mob ! But they b ave let her go again , and she will remain in her dark hiding-place tiR night—and then—then—she knows a spot where the water runs so dark , and cold , and deep ! It is only a plunge , and aU is over ! Blow the lights dance ! and how

      Chr03sicles Of The Bastile.—Parts 15, 16...

      cold the wind strikes' Is death so cold J There is the bridge ! She marked the phwe when she passed in the morning , as she fled from the mob ! How lonely it is ! Sow ! There is no one by ! Hark ! a step ! Another moment and it will be too late ! She will be discovered ! If that footstep should be Phili ppe ' s ! 'Tis gone ! Courage ! One look at the bright moon—and at the brilliant stars—and at the deep blue sk y ! How quiet they seem in their beauty I Hut the moon is cold though bright ! and the stars , though brilliant are cheerless , and the deep blu * sky smacks of the frigidity of the grave ! Oh ! for one ray of sunlight ! only one ! Yet wh y ! The sunlight and the broad noon are for the happy ! Night and its darkness for the wretched and miserable ! Why should she hesitate any longer ! How fearful to look down into that deep , cold gloom beneath , with Death returning the

      gaze ! Courage ! Forgive , an unhappy wretch , Great God ! Phili ppe ! Philippe ! Thou eoukVst sate me . Down ! Down ! Down ! 'lisdone ! 0 ! tlie horrid consciousness of an unnatural death ! Nohopenow ! Ha ! A straw ! What strength to grasp it ! How rapidly and buoyantly it rises to the surface ! Again the keen air—and the bright moon—nnd the brilliant stars—and the deep , blue sky ! Horror ! Horror ! She has clutched the wheel ! Hi gher it rises , and higher st ill ; now sinks again ! Lower , and lower , and lower ! Again the hoarse plash—and the cold plunge—and the deafening rush of the gelid waters—and the still colder darkness—and the fiery , bursting brainand the choking throat ! Then this awful , awful stillness ! Yes * this is death ! And Phili ppe , her lover , meets her amongst the dead ! 'Tis his warm arm encircles her , and bears herrapidly—whither sheknowsnot—but on—onon ! All is suddenly blank—and dark !

      The following description of the reflections of Mie de St . Auney , a prisoner in one of the cells of the stronghold of despotism , pictures with painful truth the

      H 0 B . E 0 B 8 OP THE BA 8 TI 1 T . Uncertain now as to her ultimate destiny , overwhelmed with grief at the melancholy position of her father , whom not even the sacrifice of her liber ty had been able to save , looking forward to a change , from day to day , only to be daily disappointed , and from this state of suspense gatheringthegloomiest forebodings , the poor girl ' s health began rapidly to decline , nor could tbe well-meant , though com . mon-plaee condolences and comforting' assurances of Sister Bridget succeed in raising her drooping spirits . It became too apparent to her that she and her father had fallen victims to the odious machinations of D'Argenson , whose name she had from childhood never heard without a shudder , so constantly had he been mixed up with the calamities that had within her recollection befallen her

      parent , and she sickened at the thought of their being perhaps doomed to pass the remainder of their days within those loathsome walls , without the possibility of exchanging one word of consolation , one kiss of affection , though so near to each other . Her sister too 2 Was she fated no more to see her ! no more to hear her endearing voice calling her by name no more to feel her warm Itiss upon her cheek ! no more to ramble with her amongst the flowery meads of their native home ! Were they then no more to lire together ? to smile together ? to weep—to feel—to sympathise together , but thus be suddenly cut off from that sweet interchange of thought and sisterly lore that had hitherto been to them so replete with felicity ? The thought was bitter in the extreme !

      And her lover ! her betrothed ! Had she then heard his voice for the last time J Was it for the last time they bad exchanged vows ! Was that bright day-dream of bliss which had up to that time formed a part of her existence , and to the realisation of which she had looked forward as the consummation of her earthly happiness , was it to fade only as a dream , and be numbered with the shadows of the past , instead of shedding its refulgence upon the future ? Was it , indeed , true that she should never see him more !—new . ' new . ' never ! The thought was maddening ! And must she bid adieu to the world ? To the world so full of charms for her ? To all that she loved dearest in it ! She , so young ! Would the pure air of heaven

      never again fan her cheek ? Nor her eyes again be gladdened by the sight of the transparent firmament with its golden orb by day , and i ts sUver moon and spangledvault by night , and its azure sky , and fleecy clouds swift travelling on the wings of the wind ? No spring ! No sum . mer ? No autumn ! No winter ? No morn ! No day but night always ! No green fields ! No sweet-smelling flowers I No crystal streamlets ? No birds twittering cheerfuUy on the dewy spray ? No relative or friend to cheer her solitude ? No hand of affection to smooth the pillow that supports her heated temples ! No voice save her gaoler ' s to respond to her dying call ! Must all this come to pass ? and she to foresee all and live ? The thought was death !

      In Chapter 52 is an account of the end of the wretch Etienne Quinatdt , the notary oftheRuoVielledu Temple , and the accomplice and tool of IfArginson , the infernal chief of the police . Quinault has been betrayed by D'Argenson , who comes to arrest him . The notary charges the Lieutenant of Police with treachery , who says : — "' Then hadst no cause to suspect my sincerity . "" AndChamillart ' s letter ! " exclaimed Quinault . — " Some secret enemy of thine , friend Etienne , against whom thou shouldst hasten to place thyself on thy guard . "—"' Tis thou—thou who art the secret enemy , " replied the notary with fearful energy . " I know it—I have received certain information that 'tis ttou . Proofs—palpable proofs too . Didst think I could always be thy fool—thy dupe ! Did I ever have reason to doubt thy sincerity , sayest thou J Yes ,

      often . True thou didst perform one of thy promises , hut it was because thou hadst yet foul work to do I Even so lately as three months since , thou didst partly bribe , partly force me to—to forge a murdered man's signature to a deed intended to benefit thee alone ; then , thou didst rob me of sixty-five thousand crowns ; then , finding me grow irksome , thou didst betray ms , thinking thus to rid thyself of me for ever ! But no , I have had time to recall everything , to think upon everything , and to determine . An hour ago I was a coward—I felt afraid to die ! Since then I hare made atonement for a few of my misdeeds ; I am now once more a man . A man such as I was , Sieur D ' Argenson , before crime had weighed down my soul —it man such as thou wilt never be , for crime was born in thee ! Thou hast deceived me ; I wDl have revenge for thy treachery , though I die for if— "What—what

      dost thou mean ! " interrupted D'Argenson , quailing , he knew not why , before thedecrepidoldman . "Thou hast no proof that I have deceived thee . "— "I have it here , " retorted the notary , striking his breast ; "" tis the presentiment of years fulfilled ! I know 'tis truth , because I feel it . Thou art a liar and a cheat ! Thou hast wrought my destruction , and I wUl be revenged . Those papers are no longer in my possession . I have delivered them to one who will make good use of them , " — Thou liest ! " hissed D'Argenson ; "thou sayest this to cheat me . But I am not to be thus duped . I will ransack thy closets , thy chests , ay , even to the walls will I pull down but that I wUl find them . Ho ! without there !"Immediately upon hearing the signal , the door was thrust open , and a party of soldiers , five in number , entered . — " Seize your prisoner , " continued D'Argenson ,

      rising from his seat and pointing to tlie notary ; "in the name of the king I arrest him . "—Whilst two of the picket advanced to apprehend Quinault , tlie remainder drew up in a line so as to bar egress by the door ; however , before they could reach him , he withdrew from his pocket a small phial that he had abstracted from his desk whilst engaged in conversation with D'Argenson , and suddenly carried it to his mouth ; but perceiving the movement , and anticipating his intention , the latter bounded to his side , and dashed the vessel from his hands ; the next moment he was struggling in tbe grasp of the soldiers . — " Ha ! ha ! ha V shrieked the lieutenantofpolice , with savage delight ; " thou wiltbaugyet . " "My heaviest curse upon thee ! " muttered Quinault , fiercely , making desperate efforts to break from his captors : " thou wert the murderer of the Count de St , Angin ,

      not I . 'Twasthou didst give me the poison . But thy turn will come ere long . My revenge shall reach thee yet . My everlasting "— "Away with him , fools ! ifort dieu ! Do you intend to stand here all day ? To the Bastile with him—I follow . Tell St . Marc to . " At this moment Quinault , who had continued to struggle , suddenly feU back into the soldiers' arms ; D'Argenson uttered a faint exclamation of horror , and the men themselves shuddered and turned their heads . Quinault , overcome by intense excitement , and bursting with rage , in consequence of finding himself foiled in his meditated suicide , had ruptured a blood-vessel , and was now literally weltering in his blood , which gushed from his mouth and nose in one large continuous stream . There ensued a fearful pause that lasted some three or four minutes , all the assistants being perfectly horrified , D'Argenson

      himself not excepted . The notary , still conscious of all that had passed , and that his life was rapidly ebbing :, made a dying effort to release himself from the soldiers , who no longer held him so firmly Tor a few seconds the purple tide ceased to flow , and the moribond recovered himself sufficiently to stand erect ; fixing his eye * , fearfully distended , and gleaming with the unnatural light that belongs to them only when they are about to close upon the world for ever , full upon D'Argenson , he raised his bony hands high over his head , and uttered a few words , but so inarticulately they could not be understood ; then his arms dropped , and he once more staggered back , and would have fallen but for the soldiers ; his face now became awfully distorted , every muscle of it being frightfully contracted ; again he writhed , again stood erect , again extended his shrivelled hand

      menacingly towards his persecutor ; twice he gasped for breath , twice hisjaw dropped , and a shudder passed throughhis frame ; at last he exclaimed , in a hollow , unearthly whisper « Cu—urse thee ! " It was a last effort ; his head fell ' upon his breast—his legs bent beneath him , powerless—a gurg ling noise was heard in his throat—the blood once more rushed from his mouth and nostrils , saturating his clothes , and those of the soldiers who held him ; he was dead . D'Argenson sunk into a chair gazing at the scene in silence . — " What shall we do with him , monseigneurl" asked one of the men . —The lieutenant of police started . "Leave him there , "' answered he ; "lay him down . Return you to y « ur quarters . " --The guards laid the dead man full length upon the ground , in the pool his own blood had formed , and wheeling about withdrew . As soon as they were gone D'Argenson arose

      and locked tbe doer . " VICTIMS OF THE BASTILE . It was midnight ! . . In the dungeon of the ditch of the Bertnudicre tower , sat two human beings , the one an old , dei-repid man , with a long beard , white as snow , reaching half way down his scarcely dad body , whose Besh and mvse ) s had wasted away from his hones , fibre by fibre , until nothing now remained save the thread ui'O" which his life hung ; who-e eves were lustreless . who = e voice was tuneless , and

      Chr03sicles Of The Bastile.—Parts 15, 16...

      ffhOJfl limhg were paralysed } the Other , a man In the fall prime and vigour of youth , with the sinews of an ox , the frame of an Hercules , the eyeof an eagle , and the courage of a lion . Five and twenty years before , the old man had entered that den , the living prototype of the younger man ! The former was reclining upon a stone—his couchupon which the younger had spread the clean straw given him to form his own bed ; he had cast his cloak about his aged companion , whose head rested upon his shoulder , and one arm upon his knee ! the gray light of a full moon streamed upon them through one long , narrow aperture , the only one by which air was admitted . The old man had not yet spoken to his co-mate ; but he had wept because he was kind , and fallen asleep upon his bosom , like a child !

      Whilst the old man slept , the other watched , gazing upon his countenance the while , with the large tears rolling down his manl y cheeks ! The two prisoners were Jacques and his father . * » * # In the month of June , 1700 , were buried in the cemetery , the bones of four persons found chained together in the dungeons of the Bastile , A monument was raised to their memory , bearing this inscription : — " Beneath the very stones themselves of the dungeons wherein they groaned , living , repose in peace four victims of despotism . Their bones , discovered and collected by their free brethren , will not rise again until the day of Justice to confound their tyrants . ( To be continued . )

      Tales Of Shipwrecks And Adventures At Se...

      TALES OF SHIPWRECKS AND ADVENTURES AT SEA-Pams I . II . London : W . M . Clark , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row . This is a highly-interestingpublication , containing , as the title betokens , stirring talcs , marvellous yet true , of battles , shipwrecks , discoveries , mutinies , encounters with pirates , hair-breadth escapes , funny adventures , and an endless variety of other matters illustrative of the wonders of the great deep , and the adventurous life of those who " go down to the sea in ships . " In the parts before us we have a history of the famous "Mutinyon board theBountv , " "The Bombardment of Algiers , " "The Arctic " Discovery Expedition , " "Tlie Lobs of the Kent Indiaman , " an account of tho " Dreadful Sufferings of iMadame Deuoyre , " " The Loss of the Wager , " in which is

      contained a narrative of the five years' sufferings ol Lord Byron ' s grandfather , the celebrated "Foulweather Jack . " There is also an account of the " Robinson Crusoe of the Polar Regions , " whose wonderful story , did a De Foe exist to write it , would throw that of Alexander Selkirk ' s far into the shade . We have named the above as some of the principal of the contents ; they give , however , but a very inadequate idea of the mass of matter contained in the pages before us . For cheapness , instruction , and entertainment , this work will bear comparison with any publication . These Tales are published in weekly penny numbers , and monthly sixpenny parts ; each number contains sixteen quarto pages , embellished with several excellent wood engravings . To the youth of our sea-girt isle this work will be a treat of no ordinary character , and we have much pleasure in giving it our hearty recommendation ,

      The Meteor—Edited By J. L. Buckbioxe—May...

      THE METEOR—Edited by J . L . Buckbioxe—May , Juke , and July . London : Westerlon , Knightslrilge ; Yickers , IloljwaU-strirt . This is a monthly sixpenny magazine , three numbers of which have appeared ; that it has not been noticed in this paper before the present time is not our fault , as we only this week received the numbers for May , June , and July . We must confess that on looking through the first number , our " first impressions" of the Meteor were anything but favourable . The second and third

      numbers , however , exhibit a decided improvement both in matter and appearance these two numbers are far superior to their predecessor . In the second number is given a steel engraving of B . Websteh , Esq ., the talented and enterprising lessee of the llaymarkct Theatre , together with a brief sketch of that gentleman ' s theatrical career . In the same number is also contained a " Memoir of the late Robert Strickland" of the Haymarket Theatre : from this " Memoir" we give the following extracts : —

      Mr . Robert Strickland was born in November , 1801 his father was seal-bearer to Lord Eldon . Mr . Strickland , at an early age , was placed in the chambers of a barrister , where he remained till his passion for the stage induced him to try his success as an actor in the provinces : after the usual probationary struggles of a youthful aspirant for theatrical honours , he was engaged at the Tottenham Street Theatre , then under the management of Mr . Beverley . In a sword-fight with Mrs . II . Beverley , that lady , withher weapon , accidentally struck out several of his

      front teeth , a circumstance that induced him to turn his attention to the stndy of old men : he shortly afterwards appeared at Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , then under the direction fo Mr . Egerton , of Covent Garden . At that period , Douglas Jerrold , then a very young man , there produced his first dramatic effort , "The Smoked Miser ; " it was greatly successful , and gave excellent promise of better things ; a promise which its author has since so well performed . It is a singular and melancholy coincidence that in that first effort of Douglas Jerrold , Mr . Strickland sustained the character of one of the old men of the dramatis

      persona ; , while the last original part that he performed was Professor Truffles , in Mr . Jen-old ' s last comedy of " Time Works Wonders . " After his engagement at Sadler ' s Wells , Mr . Strickland considered , for the better study of his art , that he should return to the provinces . At Liverpool , he fulfilled an engagementof many seasons at the Liver Theatre , where he became so great afavourite that the managers of the Theatre Royal proposed that he should join their company , aproposal which he accepted . At this promotion in his profession , a large party of gentlemen of the town of Liverpool presented him with a silver snuff-box , on which the names of all the parties whoso honoured him were inscribed . Mr . Stuart , of the linymarket Theatre , then the leading tragedian of tbe Theatre Royal , Liverpool , and his very old acquaintance , was a

      gratified and active member of the committee on the occasion . After some time , he returned to the metropolis , and appeared at the Strand Theatre , in an introductory piece written by Mr . Leman Rede : here he attracted the notice of Mr . Morris , the manager of tlie Haymarket Theatre , who , on the retirement of Mr . Gattie from the profession , engaged Mr . Strickland to supply that performer ' s place . He made his first appearance as Sir Walter JFaKoiUn "Killing no Murder , " on the 4 th June 1832 , and continued a member of the Haymarket until the time of his death , yearly advancing in his art , admired by the public , and respected by all who knew him . During the vacations at the Haymarket , he entered into engagements at Covent Garden Theatre , and the St . James ' s ; at the latter house he greatly distinguished himself , by his

      excellent acting in "TheMiser ' s Daughter . " On Saturday , the 2 tith of April , 1845 , Mr . Jerrold produced his cemedy of "Time Works Wonders , "inwhieh Mr . Strick . land admirably performed the character of Professor Truffles . He complained of being indisposed at the time , and a night or two afterwards his indisposition appeared greatly to increase , though none of his friends were alarmed , or at all apprehensive that his illness was of so serious a nature as it proved to be ; he continued acting tSaturday , 10 th of May : his ' anxiety that the success of the comedy should not be disturbed by his absence , was such , that for several nights , he left his dying bed , as it really was , to fulfil his duties at the theatre . His friends were now anxious that he should remain at home , and after leaving the theatre on Saturday , the 10 th of May , he

      continued to keep his bed till the Sunday night , tight days afterwards , when he expired . Only those who were present could know tho anxiety that prevailed amongst all his many friends and colleagues , and their bitter sorrow when they found he was no more . He was interred in the St . Pancras Cemetery , in the same grave with his mother , in accordance with his expressed wish to that effect , followed by all the members of the Haymarket company , and many performers from the various theatres in the metropolis and the provinces . There are two or three good articles in the third number , the most striking of which is a translation from the Frci . oh , entitled " The Life of Talma , " the celebrated French tragedian . " Paris and its People" is a good article ; there is also a humorous account of the eccentric " Captain Ackerly ) " and his orioinal " Lectures in St . James ' s Park . " In the three numbers is a " Story" by Mr . Charles WEsrEitro . v , entitled " Emily Morton ; or a Broken

      Ueart , " which we must confess we have not read , the title being quite sufficient for us ; we have , however , read two other contributions by the ^ same writer—tlie one , "A visit to Hever . Castle , Kent ;" the other , " The Sham Fight in Hyde Park ; " both good . There ate some -well-written , theatrical notices in the Meteor , which , indeed , seems , to have for one of its principal objects the popularising of dramatic matters . Politicians , lawyers , churchmen , artists , soldiers , sailors , and nearly all classes have their respective organs in the press ; wc do not see , therefore , any good reason why players should form an exception to other classes . No body of men have at their command a richer fund of entertainment for readers in general than what maybe selected from the boundless stores of histrionic lore ; a judicious selection from which would , almost ot itself , ensure the triumph of any publication . Yt e mustj . however , in conscience add , that the Meteor musftshine brighter than it has yet done to ensure that "' '

      Consummation devoutly to be wished " -success ; at the same time , we hope that the writers therein will be encouraged to greater efforts by the patronage of the public , who may lay out their sixpences much worse than in the purchase Of the Meteor .

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      THE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE . Paot VII . London : 13 . D . Cousins , 13 , Dukestreet , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . This part of the Entertaining Magaxine brings to a conclusion Eugene Sue ' s celebrated " Matilda . There are also several other excellent tales and romances contained in this part . A feature m this publication is the giving in each number a page ot " Materials for Meditation , " consisting of original and selected aphorisms and rtllcctions on history , morals , and manners . We give two or three specimens : — Woman-. —Shrink not from a woman of strong sense : for if she becomes attached to you , it is from seeing and

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      viewing the different qualities in yourself ; you may trust her , for she knows the value of your confidence ; you may c ° nsu" ner fw she is able to advise , and does so at once , wiui the firmness of reason and consideration of affection , her love is lasting , and it will not have been lightly won ; for weak minds are not capable of the loftiest grades of passion . A Theoki of Lovb . —He knew that love , without a prospect of success , can never stand the test of lengthened absence . The reward which the future holds out keeps the flame alive , and our imagination cools when we know the object to be beyond reach . In order to retain our eagerness , we must be ever approaching , but never reachnig the desired end , for ever as possession tames , so hopelessness crushes the strongest passion .

      A IlEiwar KrcBEATioN . —Among the pleasant employments which seem peculiarly congenial to the female sex , the culture of flowers stands conspicuous . The general superintendence of a garden has been repeatedly found favourable to health , by leading to frequent exercise ill the open air , and that communion with nature which is equally refreshing to the heart . The tending of flowers is a fitting care for tho young and beautiful . They then dwell , as it were , among their own emblems , and many a voice of wisdom breathes on the car from those brief blossoms , to whieh they apportion the dew and the sunbeam . Despair . —Ib not grief without hope—is not regret for that which can never be restored—is not sorrow for what is irrevocable—are not these despair ? ¦ » You shall listen to that voice , you shall behold that form no more ! » Is

      not this mandate in itself despair ? A writer , more skilled , perhaps , than any other in the anatomy of passion and sorrow ( Madam de Stacl ) , has somewhere said , that in our language , these two words no mobe ! possess , in their very intonation , * greater power of mournfulness and gloom than any other expression that was known to her . And so , indeed , it is . The sense nnd the sound mutually accord with each other ; they form the knell of expiring hope , the befitting voice of despair . ^ Tho London Entertaining Magazine is one of the cheapest and best publications of tho day , and well worthy the public's patronage .

      The Mysteries Of Paris. By Eugene Sue. T...

      THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS . By Eugene Sue . Translated from the revised Paris edition , with explanatory notes , by Hu . vnr Dowkes Miles . London : AV . M . Clark , Wanvick-lane , Paternoster-row . This " People ' s Edition" of the famous Mysteries of Paris forms the first portion of Mr . Clark ' s complete and uniform edition of the works of Eugene Suk , intended to be published uniform with " The People ' s edition of Cooper ' s Novels , " issued by tlie same publisher . Without now offering a word as to the merits of the work , on which we may have something to say on another occasion , we must confess that tliis is the cheapest edition of the Mysteries we have yet seen . The entire volume—the work complete—is sold for half-a-crown . For the convenience of the humblest it is also published in numbers at

      threehalfpence , containing sixteen closely printed pages , each number being embellished with a well-executed wood-cut . The mass of type contained in one of these three-halfpenny numbers is trul y astonishing ; and although , of necessit y , the letter is exceedingly small , yet it is perfectly clear , and may be read without any trouble . The text we believe to be unexceptionable , the translation being from the most recent Paris edition , as revised and corrected by M . Eugene Sue himself . This edition contains also the explanatory and illustrative notes , so useful to the English reader . Indeed the arrangement throughout is such as to warrant us pronouncing this well worthy of the title of "The People ' s Edition . " It is certain that if the public desire a cheap book , and publicspirited enterprise meets its reward , this edition of the Mysteries of Paris will have an immense circulation .

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      THE FAMILY HERALD .-Parts 25 , 26 .-London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand , These parts ( 25 , 20 , ) are the first two of the third volume , and well sustain the character which the preceding portions of this publication have won for it . The Family ^ Herald has "commanded success" by "deserving it , " and we are happy to learn , from an editorial notice contained in the first number of the new volume , that " the Herald has attained the great distinction of being tho highest in circulation of the English periodicals . " We rejoice to know this , because the Herald is a publication every page of which must have a beneficial effect upon its readers . It is impossible for us to give even a catalogue of the excellent contents of these parts , and as to canvassing the merits of each particular number , that , with the limited space we have at command , is out of the question . The Family Herald must be seen and read to have its merits appreciated , no description can do it justice .

      There arc some admirable articles from the pen of the editor in these two parts , on " Art and Nature ;" "The Religious Propagandas ; " "The Character of Woman ; " " Nationality—the good and the evil ol it ; " "Superstition ; " "Friendship ; " "SecularEducation ; " " Roads ; their influence in promoting the progress of society . ; " and " National Independence . " Of course we do not agree with all the views of the editor of the Herald , —that is , we cannot sec as he sees , —and probably many of his readers will be in a like position ; still , all must admit that in the articles weiiave named there is abounding food for thought and meditation , upon subjects of the utmost importance to mankind individually and socially . We give two extracts , the first from the article on "Nationality , " the second from that on " Secular Education : "—

      KATIONAMTr . The evil of national law-making becomes more and more apparent daily , as civilisation advances . When nations have little intercourse with one another , the evil is not perceptible . It is not perceptible in China , for China is an empire which is complete in itself . It is not very perceptible in Russia , for a similar reason ; but in all kingdoms and republics which cultivate social and commercial relationships with other kingdoms and republics it creates embarrassments for governments to which there seems no possible termination , except in the establishment of an imperial system—the promulgation of an imperial code for all nations , s To legislate for Englishmen only is now an impossibility , because Englishmen are now cosmopolites in spirit and adventure . They are denizens of France and of Spain , as well as of England . Tiiey have

      capital vested in Franca and Spam ; they have sympathies , relationships , with these and other countries whieh their fathers had not ; and these new relationships have so expatriated patriotism itself , so denationalised and expanded it , that we are driven by necessity into a universality of legislation and a unity of authority . The want of this universality and unity is already severely felt in many particulars . TVe may mention that of copyright in books as an example . Whilst nationalism exists in its old-fashioned alien state , an English book might be printed abroad in so cheap a style as to destroy the author's chance of remuneration in any other country but his own . He writes lor all nations , bnt he is paid by one only . An imperial law would settle this and all other similar questions . We are approaching the idea of this in our police arrangements . A criminal may be pursued

      from one country to another - , but even this is clogged with so many formalities of transferences of power , that a delinquent in general considers himself very safe when he has made his escape into another nation . This weakness of justice is all tho result of the want of imperial union ' . An empire is wanted to make nations one ; not to destroy the relative individuality of the nations , lut to unite them by a common law nnd by common interests , so that nations shall seem rather to be provinces of one great nation , or empire , than independent legislative powers . The only power that can legislate with propriety and with justice is an imperial power . With such a power in society , France would not be busying herself , like a madcap , building fortifications , passing votes for tlie supply

      of armaments for walls and detached . forts ; nor would Great Britain be strengthening her navy , and conciliating the Irish by puny grants , on purpose to prepare for offence and defence , in case of a war with America about a tract of uninhabited land . Louis Philippe has boasted that he would render it impossible that there could be another war in Europe—a vain boast for a fortifier of cities . What is the cause of war but nationalism , or Gentilism % Destroy that cause , or subdue it by a power that is greater than itself , and you destroy war for ever . But Louis Philippe has never even suggested the idea of an imperial power—hever , apparently , even thought of that which hi * own religion , if ho ever studied it very seriously , might have taught him was the only possible , and withal the predestinated mode of putting an end to strife amongst the

      nations

      EDucmos . In a national college at Rome , Soman theology may be taught , because there are no sects in Rome to contend the matter . In Constantinople also , Mahomedan theology may be taught , for a similar reason . In King ' s college , theology may be taught to Tory men and Churchmen . In a Wesleyan or Baptist college , theology may be taught to Wcsleyans or Baptists . But in a national college in such a country as ours , theology cannot be taught , for this very reason , that there is not a national theology . We cannot teach Protestant theology to Irish Catholics , we cannot teach Catholic theology to Irish Protestants , and there is no theology known which will suit them both , and no professor can be found to whom both would , listen ; nor would two professors , one for each party suffice . Each Protestant sect would then claim its professor , and justice could not , with propriety , say nay to such a demand . Government , therefore , in founding a national college in these modern dissenting times , must either exclude theology , or the collcgo fails to possess the nationality which it boasts of . * * * *

      Education must be imperfect , because man himself is imperfect . How can we teach un til we bo taught ? How can the aged teach the younger , when the aged themselves so much require instruction ? What can wc tench nationally ? Only that upon which we are nationally agreed . We are nationally agreed upon arithmetic , therefore wc can teach aritbmeticin a national institution . No party will find fault with this . This is all-important to practical men . We may also teach English rending and writing , for there is no dispute about these . Heading , writing , and arithmetic , these three , " them ' s" the tilings for a national education . The rest being particular , should be left to particular individuals . Some dispute tlie use of Latin and Greek . Old Cobbett would have none o ' : them—the stout old J-higlfch gentleman . As for botany , coiichology , miueralogv , civil engineering , anl all the

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      other mysteries of art and science , they are all professional . The three fundamental alone are unprofessional . But In order that a university may be , In fact , something * like what it is in name , let all professional sciences be taught in it , if they can be taught . Civil engineering and mechanics can be taught—there are no sectarian divisions in these ; mineralogy can , be taught—there is not a Protestant and Catholic , Episcopalian and Presbyterian mineralogy . If there were , it could not be taught , What can be taught nationally is very easy to determine . It is that which sectarianism has not rent into rags and tatters —that which retains its integrity , its totality—that which

      all parties will be pleased to learn from him who is skilled in it . That may be taught without oftciice . But each sect , whilst it objectsnot to this , will have something else taught to please itself , forgetting that in pleasing itself , it is displeasing others ; that in consulting its own comfort , it is discomposing others . When men arrive at uniformity in faith , theology will take the very highest place in education . But till that happy period of unifor . mity arrive , the independence ot mind , created by the liberty of private Judgment , « 111 orerrule any attempt to establish new national institutions upon partial prin . ciplcs . We again recommend the Family Herald to oui readers ; its merits entitle it to universal patronage ,

      A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed. _ As Tv...

      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . _ As tve have never taken an article , or even a single line from Punch without acknowledgment , we have no qualms of conscience in republishing the following article from the pages of our ill-used contemporary . Wo have not only acknowledged all we hare copied from Punch , but , with few exceptions , our selections from that publication have appeared in tho Northern Star when the number of Punch

      from whicJi they were copied was a week old ( we have departed from this rule in tho present instance ) , and when , therefore , it was impossible that any injury could be done to Punch , while at tho same time the selections copied were calculated to instruct , improve , entertain , and delight our readers , many of whom , from their belonging to the worst-used and worst-paid sections of the working classes , have it not in their power to lay out even threepence weekly in tlie purchase of Punch . We may add , however , that we know—and it is no small satisfaction to usthat our selections from Punch have done much to extend the sale of our contemporary amongst the class of better-paid artisans wlto read the Star .

      PU . NCH AND TUB " PICKERS ASD STEALERS . Old Plutarch speaks of a little bird that lives by picking its daily morsels from the teeth of the alligator . Now Punch , though most unlike an alligator , has , who shall say how many , of these living toothpicks ? Not a tit-bit can he have in his mouth , but thievish birds—literary jays and magpies—clamour about his jaws to carry the morsel off . ' True , in his charity for all mankinu , it may be some consolation for him to know that these daily morsels afford nourishment to many , who , foregoing the larceny , would necessarily be doomed to the ignominy of honest labour . Nevertheless , when a man ' s pocket is picked of a guinea , the loser—unless most harmoniously touched by divine philosophy—finds little satisfaction in the

      thought that the thict can regale hiinsclt with rumpsteak and port by means of the plunder . Punch is now little better than four years old ; and never was any creature of that tender age more barbarously stripped than he . Petty larceny quill-nibbers of all sorts have plucked at him . Even the great Vidocq would be tasked to classify the foolscap thieves that have beset him . foremost in . the rank are the pen-and-ink swindlers : the fellows who come before the town looking as much like Punch , in the cut of their page , and pattern of their cover , as they can , that they mayobtain some three-halfpences , under false pretence ; in fact , cheating and embezzling under the guise Al * D ..... I Alrttt I na 1-l . A »/ ... » aa .... <<* I . A . r tiiti-4-n .. Ul KHbff JUttO i tlO l / bUUilllbVUl

      J . . UU OUllg OUJB , J and they die ! " Punch , though but four years old , may say with Nestor , "three generations of men ( grubs ) have I beheld on green Pylos . " It is a pity that tho present imperfect state of society does not afford us a literary police-court , whereat such offenders might be justly sentenced . Then might we see even Lords picking rags for paper ; aye , men of " high rank , " as the gentle Aiusworth , " ever iu the haunch" of his advertisement sings , doomed to manipulate printers' ink for the use and benefit of worthy pressmen . Every honest soul must sigh for such a tribunal ; but then , how muoh has honesty to sigh for in this slippery world !

      Thcsecond class of robbers are those who , struggling for Punch yet recking from the press , in < i few hours afterwards oppose him on the mart with some of his choice articles . Honest this , isn't it ? to steal the golden pippins from a man's garden , and then , bringing them to market , to put them off against their kindred apples at half price . But then , thieves can afford to undersell the folks they rob ; and there arc people who love a bargain so passionately , that they cannot nose in it any taint of moral felony , though strong enough to poison Newgate . The next class of forlorn criminals comprises those who weekly fill their columns from Punch , never naming their benefactor , but putting off their goods as their own peculiar make . Benighted

      men—hesotted creatures ! And can ye—in tlie low wriggling of your souls—can ye hope that the robbery passes undetected by the world ? If the bold Blood had made off with the regalia , would the magnificent thief have walked the streets with a crown on his head , insanely believing that men would think the glory his own private property ? And yet there arc newspaper thieves who weekly crown themselves with our Caudle cup , and , in their forlornness of intellect , hope the Cup will be taken as a thing of their own family . We now give them warning : if this wickedness continues , we shall gibbet the names of the robbers . Though we should as soon hope to call blushes

      into the dust of Jonathan Wild ai to shame these people into truth , —nevertheless , for the sweetness ot our own private revenge , we tvitfgibbct them ! We find another sneaking class in those who , imitating the outside look of Punch , call him their " friend , " and modestly ask the world to receive them also for their " friend's " sake . Avaunt ! Clutch not hold of our robe ; seek not—monkey-like—the eminence of our hunch ! Punch loves to believe that he has friends ; men with honest faces , and plain hearty words of their own ; not gentry of the swell mob of letters—smashers worthy of a literary Tothill Fields .

      Again are we robbed and shamefully disfigured by the stage-thief ; by the man who , scissors in hand , and his eye twinkling on paste-pot , watches the birth of the new book , clothing and feeding himself , llotteutofc-like , with its intestines . And this man has the same relation to the dramatist as Old Fagin has to Samuel Rogers , banker—stolen pocket-handkerchiefs to virgin bullion ! And thus , by this man , is chaste and decorous Mrs . Caudle—one lump of propriety as she is!—belied and slandered at a playhouse Sn Oxford-street ! And Punch—save in the boundless sympathies of all honest men—has no redress . Nevertheless , we here declare war—inextinguishable war—against the " Pickers and Stealers . " We will erect a weekly pillory , and woe to the offenders . Punch dixit . '

      General Donald M'Leod. — A Correspondent...

      General Donald M'Leod . — A correspondent of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser , says : — " This distinguished veteran , who took an active part in the late Canadian rebellion , and who has been an exile in this country since 1837 , has received an unconditional p ardon from Sir Charles Metcalfe , Governor of Canada , and is on his way to report himself to the Canadian authorities at Montreal . General M'Leod was one of the patriot leaders excluded from the benefits of the general amnesty granted by Lord Durham in 1839 . During the rebellion rewards were offered for his person , by the Canadian authorities , to the amount of 10 , 000 dollars , besides a reward of 500 dollars , offered by Governor Marcy , of this state ,

      for his apprehension ior a violation ot our neutrality laws . After the burning of the Robert Peel , he was pursued on this side from one end of the frontier to the other , and , after many hair-breadth escapes , was arrested near Detroit , tried , and acquitted . General M'Leod was informed some two years ago , by the Canadian authorities , that he would be allowed-to return on his asking permission to do so . This offer was rejected with disdain . During his exile , the General has published a . history of the Canadian rebellion , in which he has given a brief and spirited view of the causes which led to it , the unfortunate events which caused its failure , and the sacrifices , loss of life , and miseries endured by the people of Canada

      during its progress . A considerable portion ot his time has been spent in visiting the west , and . preparing a work on the history , geology , topography , and natural resources of Wisconsin , which is now ready for the press , and will be published in a few months . The pardon of General M'Leod , unsolicited as it lias been , will give universal satisfaction to the Reformers of Canada , and will undoubtedly add much to the popularity of Sir Charles Metcalfe . Tho pardon will also be gratifying to the General ' s numerous friends throughout the length and breadth of this frontier . The General will now return and obtain possession of his extensive property , after having suffered much poverty and hardships during his exile . "

      Birkhnheau Markbt . —The new market-house at Birkenhead was opened on Saturday , and presented a most lively scene . The building is one of tho largest in the kingdom , and certainly superior to anything m its admirable arrangements and accommodations . Large quantities of eatables of all sorts were displayed at the various stalls , and the purchases made were such as to ensure success to the renters of shops and stalls . Tho entire cost of the building is about £ 24 , 000 , and there can be bnt one opinion as to the taste and skill manifested in every department ol this valuable addition to the township .

      Thf . Apollo . — The gratifying intelligence of the safe arrival of the Apollo troop ship at Quebec , en the 1-lth of June , was received at Lloyd ' s on 1 ' ritlay , Julv lllh .

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      Pki.Ncelt Precaution.— It Is Rumoured Th...

      Pki . ncelt Precaution . — It is rumoured that Louia Philipre is iu treaty with the proprietor of the Electric Gun for the purchase of the secret of its construction ; for , since the statement has been published that it discharges 1 , 000 balls a minute , his Majesty has been most anxious to get the gun into his own . hands , lest its doadlv powers should ever he tried upon some of the finest buildings in Franco , particularly the fortifications of Paris . Should tho secret bo brought up , we advise his French A / ajeity to have boards set up the whole length ofthcf ««"« ifc continue , with the inscription of "Electric Gun set on these premises . " It will effectually save his subjects the siiame of any more " glorious" days of July . — Punch .

      Lboal Retribution-. —Considerable sensation has been excited among that happily limited portion o £ the bm- which comprises attorney " , com cil , clerk , and client , all in otic , by the unceremonious disrobing of one of tho crew , which the Benchers of Cray ' s Inn . have very properly resorted to . The learned individuals who hang about the outskirts of the Old Bailey , extending their bags for briefs and holding out their wigs in the hope of getting fees thrown in ! " them , have been subjected to a heavy blow and emit discouragement . Self-instruction may be all very well in an educational sense , but when a council begins instructing himself ; the transaction is sun ? Io bo dubious . We arc delighted at tho determination of the Benchers of Gray ' s Inn to keep the forensic bombnzin unsullied , and the white cravat of tho Courts completely spotless . The wig of the advocate ought not to bo even suspected , lest lie bring down the leeal horse-hair in shame and sorrow to the uvave . —

      B ) id . The Mosaic Cromwell . —Considerable sensation has been created throughout the country by the expected dissolution of the Parliament through the seizure of its goods and chattels . The celebrated passage in history which describes the entrance o £ Cromwell and . hislsoldiers into the House of Commons , when the Protector , pointing to the Speaker ' s mace , bid them "take away that bauble ' . " is likely to find a parallel in the proceedings in Howard v . ( Jossett--though the actors in the scene will be much more ignoble than those who took part in the affair that happened at the time of the Commonwealth . . It isr anticipated that the part of Cromwell and tl-. c soldiers will be personated by Officers of the Sheriff ; and tho words , "Take away that bauble ! " will be used in the sense of " Seize that mace in execution ! " If the House of Commons should have all il , i sticks seized , what on earth will become of Sir t ' . ileutine Blake and a few others ?—lbid .

      Tremendous Sufferings of the Housf .: idi /> Brioadu . —The papers have the following article : — " The > Household Brigade . On the 1 st July the 1 st Life Guards will march from Regent ' s Park to Hyde Park ; the 2 nd Life Guards from Hyde . T ' avk tc > Windsor ; and the Royal Horse Guards from Windsor to Regent's Park . " Bless the gallant fellowi , wherever they go ! Every Briton ' s heart must kindle as he reads of their heroic hardships and sublime gallantry . — Ibid . Mike Gibhs and Billy Gibbs . —The Lord Mayor was placed in an awkward situation the other day " by the following burst of honest indignation fiom the lips of a policeman , at the Mansion-housn : — " My Lord , this Billy Gibbs is one of the worst char . ictcrs

      we are acquainted with , and I should bcglad to know whether I am not at liberty to apprehend him in this case . " Whether it was tenderness towards a namesake , or for some other cause , we know not , lut certain it is , that Mike Gibbs would not sanction the apprehension of Billy Gibbs ; "for , " said the Lord Mayor , "I cannot see any ground for apprehending Billy Gibbs in tho present case ; but , as he is a person of such desperate character , he must in all probability soon ( all into the hands of the police . " Mike Gibbs thinks there is no occasion for Billy Gibbs tobe brought to book at present . His time will eome some day or other , and so there is to be no hurry . Mike Gibbs disapproves of Bill y Gibbs hoin jj called to account just at present . —Ibid .

      Irish Correspondence . —Mr . Smith 0 Brier , will not attend the committee of any English railway . To state this , he has written a very long WUtir . This was certainly the most Hibernian method of I .-.-brming the British public ho wanted "to drop .--. few lines . "—Ibid .

      EPICRAM On ])> : Rcid's being allowed to ventilate the ih ' . ' . sis of Parliament by alternate blasts of hot and c-J-. i . \ ir . Peel ' s patronage of Dr . Keid Is very natural indeed , For no one need be told The woi ' tliy ^ scientific man Is acting on the Premier ' s plan Of blowing hot and cold .

      Everybody , from the Thunderer , in Priniinir-I . ttisesquare , down to the Cabinet of Catnach—frois the palace to the prison , if the truth were toi . l , concurs in despising what Canning would have al ! i ' .- ? vatively designated the execrable expediency of tin n . l .- ' rallt Minister . Dan ' s Boiuioweb Lights . — Tho Mcnu \> p . y- ! has denuded Dan 0 'Council of all his acumen an- ' . ) n-il liancy as a public orator , by declaring of him , ? : reference to his head- Pacificator and his Graduation Secretary , that he derived aU his brightnem iro ; . i his Ray , and all his sharpness from his Steele !

      The Two Great Scotch Rats . —r orbes u & ekcnzie , the new Treasury Lord , is admitted by all p . v . tics to be the largest rat that has been imported SVom Scotland since the memorable Sir George Warre . 'ider . Mackenzie ' s pedigree and performances arc worthy of the attention of the curious . Some may b > old enough to remember that Wairender , who had always been a great supporter of the Whig interest , all of asudden went over to the Treasury benches , te . tlereagh being then at the height of his power ; but the consistency of Sir George Provender's conduct w ? . 3 iu

      a lew days accounted for , he having . accepted ill ? appointnient of ono of the Lords of the Admirdty . When the Admiralty accountscame before the jfuiise of Commons , which happened soon after WarronJer ' s appointment , one of the items stated was a riargo for killing rats , upon which Whitbreiul ruse , and proposed tliat a committee should be appointed ( o J ; . cuiro into the propriety of the charge , as" tho hu-goEi rat had been left unkilled . " The hon . baronet , rose in a fury , and expressed a fervent hope that Whil ; ...: cad meant nothing personal .

      Reasonably Mad !—Tho authorities of the 1 own of Greenwich have issued a proclamation to the local police to destroy all wandering dogs who may be " suspected reasonably mad . " The matter being left io the judgment of the policemen on duty , and ihcro being moreover so many strange dogs about Grceiwvieh and the suburbs , the question of being recm . ' . albj mad becomes rather difficult of solution . A Fkw Nkw Wonns fou Gbsehal Cincm . AT - . osi . — Alberlise ; To fail in design , to alter for the- ? crse . Broughamdieatt : To talk a great deal to little purpose . Bunnic-Verse : A term applied to p-jftry , or compositions , not understood , or if uiukviriood , not worth understanding . Ellenbrojeetion : Ti \ z act of sending a wanderer home to his friends against his own will . Ferrandic : Fabulous , very imaginative . Gibbsidious : Unaccountable . Grahamitivc :

      inquisitive about other people ' s affairs . Oconnelttealion : Distraction , anarchy , confusion , discord , also l . e ^ -ary . Vteloric : Ambiguous . Peelvcrsotlous : Given to turning , not to bedepended upon . An isTEHESTisc Relic—The coat which Sir It . Peel turned on Catholic Emancipation was lately traced to the possession of a poor widow of a Jew clothesman , who asked for it the sum of 6 s . 3 d " . The author ol * the book called Sir Robert Peel ' s O / ^ . ions proposed to purchase it by subscription , and a list was commenced accordingly ; but an exalted pers-jiiage hearing of the circumstance became the purchaser of it on the widow's terms , and testified much feeling on receiving the garment , whieh is to-be depositediu a museum at Turnstile . There arc clear marks on the coat of the Premier ' s wear on both sMw of it , and the trace is left of the Relict' Bill wkri Sir

      Robert had it hidden m his sleeve—Lmmwr . The Late Laman Bi-anchard . —Poor Bkr . ohard had ever a ready wit—quick scintillating yiot-Us of talent and vivacity , ready to fly out at every Miokc from the hammer of that lively blacksmith . Conversation , lie was one ' of the editors ; of the 7 Vt'i * » S' it » newspaper , at the time that Grant and Bell were tho proprietors rand tkc latter , in spite of Sergeant Talfourd ' s aid , and Bell ' s own powerful eloquence , were mulcted in the penalty of imprisonment in the Queen ' s Bench . This to * for political libel ; and , as far as their conduct was concerned , was deemed by tlie public honour , rather than obloquy , A boy , of the name of Bull , was employed by Mr . Bell to

      run backwards and forwards , from the prison to the office of the paper . And from the peculiarity of a phvsiognomy , in which an enormously larjrc mouth nearlv swallc . wed all the rest of the countenance , he was called " Bull and Mouth . " One day this boy had lingered most provokingly on an errand ofimportance , and returned to present his message just at the moincnt when Mr . Bell was surrounded by a bevy ot friendly visitors , of whom Blanchard was one . Bell damn ' d him soundly ; and was only stopped rn hia lingual sweeps of indignation by the laughter which choked his utterance , at hearing Blanchard wy to the rest of the company— " I can't stand this monopolv , by gad , —wh y , hero ' s the junction of the two coach offices , Bull and Mouth , and Bell-Savage .

      Old Saxon . —On turning to the " Saxon Chronicle , and taking a sentence from the first passage wo meet with , wc find nearly every word assimilating to our modern English - . —Brittenc izlandis dta-hund milalang , awl tiva hund brad , and her sindon this izland if yet / ieode . The island Brittain is eight hundred miles long , and two hundred broad , and beware in this island five nations . A Desirable CoRRnsrosDEsr . — states that the Emperor of China s : x feet long and three feet wide the United States . It is filled love and esteem . The document si'k case , which was ag ; -. in inserted

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19071845/page/3/