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'• Extinction of Pauperism" by Prince Lo...
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Ebuebbtjaby 20,1847. The Northern Star.
ebuebbtjaby 20 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR .
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ENi ENGLISH SUBSCRIPTIONS AXD IRISH LANDLORDS . ( From the Examiner . ) [][ fce lrhe lives of the people are of paramount interest . " —Archbishop U'Bnle ' s speech , letewff tins left to the chances of individual bsnevolence . " — —Letter of Hie Earl of tkntcilmnf to Father Smyth ttitte suhe sum total of Lord Londonderry ' s subscription at trtonaitonards , county Down , was £ 20 . The Marchioness fed £ Ud £ 10 to h « Lord ' s princely donation . The agent 11 pru produced a set of resolutions , which had scarcely 11 rea « read , when the gentlemen competing the meeting sese , ase , as if with one impulse , and left the place . "—Irith m . Yr .
I'd I'd been reading M'Hale aud Lord Shrewsbury 1 With a puzzled and anxious mind ; An And I thought the Ministry much to blame , And the English very unkind ; fil TBI I dropt asleep , and wandering dreams 1 Flayed tricks with my tired brain ; An And I thought I stood at a " The Dansant , " 1 In Holdtrnesse house , Turk-lane , I r I really felt exceedingly proud "When I saw the company there ; TI The geatUmeu all , so straight and tall , And the ladies uncommonly fair . W What with jewels , and satins , and chandeliers , ( As my home is both poor and plain , ) I I was thoroughly dazzled with all I saw , At Holderncsse house , Park-lane !
5 The countesses , counts , and duchesses , Might be reckoned up by scores ; A And the royal dukes , —and the common dukes , — And the dukes from forei gn shores ; I And the jewelled Marchioness herself , And all of the name of Vane , I Did the honours well , of the " The dansant , " In llolderuesse house , Park-lane . ] Tolka , an & valse , and soft quadrille , Succeeded turn by turn' There was scarcely room for the nice new steps They took so much pains to learn . And the dancers fanned their rose-flushed cheeks , And the dandies drank champagne . ( Tea wasn ' t much sipped at the " The deintant , '') At Holderncsse house , Park-lane .
Till , all at once ( as lord Byron says ) , " A change came o ' er my dream , " And I thought that I was in Ireland , By the Liffey ' s turbid stream ; And over the Shannon , and far away , Among scenes of want and pain ( A contrast dread to the " The dansint , " In Holdsrnesse house , Park lane ' . ) Old men lay starved , and gasping out Their remnant of wretched life , — Strong hands unbought provisions seized , "With fierce and lawless strife , — And forms with a young child ' s height , whose eyes Were foil of old age and pain , Came round me , —instead of the forms I saw ¦ At Holdernesse house , Park-lane ! Mothers with infants ai the breast Stin ted the babe that wailed , To Boorish awhile an elder child
Whose cheek had grown wan , andpakd ; » With a piteous hope , half-starved themselves . Gaunt famine to restrain , — As it strode orer tbe soil so far removed From Holdernesse house . Park-lane . Hopeless and helpless' and fever-struck , Dropping from day to day , Death swept them Bke leaves from the autumn trees , Which rot in the year ' s decay : Like the plague , in the time of great De Foe , Besistlessin might and main : — ( Which I read of one day in a gilt-edged hook , In Holderncsse house , Park lane . ) But I fled , in my dream , from Leinster ' e gloom , And from Muaster ' s murderous bands ; And from Connaught's ragged , mournful crowds ,
With their ghastly outstretched bauds , The Northern Ulster ' s better hope , And its less amount of pain , — Where one of the Lords was the lord I knew At Holderncsse house , Park lane . Mountains of Morne , how fair ye rose As my grieved soul floated past ! How silvery calm lay Stransford Lough , And tbe blue lough of Belfast ! How the scattered town of Xewtownards Shone out in the sun in vain ; Where they met to hear the subscriptions read From tbe Holdernesse house , Park lane .
The * Marquis allotted them twenty pounds ; And the Marchioness gave ten more ; I thought of the scenes I had travelled through , And the sight I had seen before : I thought of the skeletons , fever-sick , With their hollow eyes of p . in , — And 1 thought a good deal of the " This deviant , " At Holdernesse house , Park lane . I thought how they said in the newspapers That the Irish wer » dying of want , And that it was « hameful to set any bounds To the sum of the Government grant ; And how a Qnsen ' s letter was gsiug forth , With comments most clear and plain , Adiisin ; subscriptions—like that of the Lord Of Holdernesse house , Park-lane .
I thought bow many had so subscribed , Who were not the soxs OF TOE SOU , Eon- many , co fragment ef luxury , But an alms from their daily toil . The artists—and printers—and bankers ' clerks—And tradesmen—whose names ( in vain I ) Had set an example , in newspaper lists , To Holdernesse house , Park-lane . Anl Ithmiht it was very preposterous , That Ireland should fret and scold , And M'Hale complain of the Government , And Lord Shrewsbury give our gold , When an Irish lnndlord thinks it fair
To subscribe , with tbe heiress of Tane , A tithe of the cost of a " ThtdiiuaHt , '' In Holdernesse house , Park-lane . # Fact .
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Tonicles Of The Bastjle.—Parts I, 2, Hto...
tONICLES OF THE BASTJLE . —Parts I , 2 , Htoiid scries . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Moruer Street , Cavendish Square , ontiaued from the Acrtftcrii Star of Feb . 13 th . ) e postpone for the present certain comments we mid ourselves bound to make oa the views exseil by tbe author . of this work concerning the : 5 pal characters of the French Revolution . For ^ resent . we shall confine ourselves to extracting » r two passages which are both interesting and Actionable .
1 UE EVE OF TBE CHEAT REvOLCTIOS . ¦ rn came into the market in such smaU quantities , it rescued an unprecedented price , for only the rich 1 purchase it ; and even they began to complain of iiutb ' . tmt rate at which this necessary article of imption was retailed . The people , meanwhile , dving by hundreds ; famished groups beset the mar-• hce =, and attacked the provision carts as they came lay after day the bakers' shops were pillaged , in of the presence of the soldiery , who , themselves , ¦ ¦ Ay better fed , / fibred but feeble resistance to the itude ; fir £ t , because they were sick at heart of the 3 ful carnage that was certain to ensue , and , SCly . bccaUEe their own crarings inspirtd them with lliSfration for the sufferings of their fellow-men . corn market itself was guarded day and night by cr-powericg military force , and buyers were , in like itr , escorted thence , to their houses or their shops ; jotBWistandingtIiese precautions , and the s ? cresv
•\ vd by corn monopolyts , in tho transporting of i . mtrcbamlize jfrom various parts of the country , ,: rette . ; had it in garner ) to tha capital , their wags ' :- ' wire frequently way-laid , and plundered , and the *• ' actors murdtied . In vain the Government estfi-• ltd a committee of subsistence at the Hotelde-Ville , 1 branch committees in every quarter of Paris , for mrpose of distributing bread , and potatoes , and other . amount tbe people , the quantity proved altogether Sklent : the cry was st 11—*• Bread ! Bread !" hit added to the distress prevalent in the capital , > imisbing numbers were augmented b y the constant x of the starving population of the provinces , who cd thither ia the forlorn hope of procuring the food was unattainable in their own exhausted districts : a ^ utd—and with some show of reason—that the * t having been bought up to supply the seat of the land Government , they fhouW , consequently , find every article of aliment in abundance : the roads
completely blockaded by these poor creatures , who , g in hope , that once in Paris they should fall into 'ip of plenty , and their miseries would terminate , Ked the iBcIcmencies of that bitter season , as Itrs , uitb the Oasis in view , brave the tortures of ; lit iu the arid desert . Hundreds died of cold and Jstion by the way-side ; mothers were left childltss ; ren , motherless : the strong man , who quitted his ble home , honest , was not proof against the temptat ' aat beset him durin ? Ms painful march , and
bea robber from necessity : hunger urged him to take -j . owe what he could not procure for the labour of his itds , or for the scanty pittance with which that labour wsi remunerat ed ; whilst those who even possessed smaU m * Hn « , soon exhausted their resources , and joined their «^ Dal ! y dictate and desperate fellow-men ia bold ven-«« s in search of food for their crying little ones : the suit was , frequent skirmishes with the military , or with » e ftnners themselves , who sought to protect their jaris from pillage : bloodshed no longer appaUed : men w « e grown reckless of We , aud cared not how they
Tonicles Of The Bastjle.—Parts I, 2, Hto...
quitted it : nor did things improve as they approached the capital ; on the contrary : and as their hopes vanished , these unfortunates became more desperate , and threw themselves , headlong , into the faction tha ' t accorded best wilh their views ; hence , Paris teemed with discontents of every station , ready to commit excesses of any kind soever ; men . restrained b y no ties of family or kindred , for these they had foresworn ; men uncurbed by fear of the laws , for these were arbitrary , and their new instructors taught them to believe , iniquitous ; men , who no longer venerated the institutions of the countrv , for these were contemned by the very personages who ought to have upheld them : in a word , men who were starving ; and whom that one cause alone rendered impatient , aud callous , and ardent for any ehsnge that promised to introduces healthier and more equitable system of govtrnmtnt .
The political excitement , too , was terrible . Sedition stalked through the streets , at broad noon : treason showed a bold front at court , and smote royalty oa the cheek : the Jacobins held their sittings in the public market-place : the Girondists , the Montagnards , and the Brisso tins—so named from the head of this party , one Jean FUrre Brissot : all Republicans , but differing in the violence of their creed , frequented the most popular Cafes , parading their opinions , without the shadow of a scruple : whilst a yet more democratic faction , whose real leader remained unknown , although susptcted , constituted the P . tlais-Ro . val its head-quarters , and at the Cafe Foy , held , under the auspices of Camille Desinou . lias , public lectures upon the social system , as propounded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau .
The next extract we select for its admirable description of ' the Bastile , which occurs in a chapter narrating how one "Philip of Lutetia" ;( the hero of tiie work ) paid a visit to the Bastile lor his own pleasmre ; and remained there for the pleasure of the governor . Philip seeks admission to the . Bastile to see a prisoner , . which admission is granted for the purpose of entrapping him , he being a marked victim .
THE BASTILE . When he reached the entrance-gate of the grim fortress that overlooked this part of Paris—like a grey , stone giant , ready , at any time , to devour the terrified inhabitants—he became aware of a mote than ordinary bustle and commotion ; large covered carts , heavily laden , were going in , and their counter parts , minus the load , coming out ; groups of soldiers wefe under arms outside , and other groups were under arms in the court yard ; with some difficulty , and not without a shudder , be passed the sentry : to enquire after a prisoner , at last sufficed , and he entered . Here other objects met his view : stacks of muskets piled up all round the court , heaps of paving stones lying about in every direction , cannon halls of various sizes arranged in small cones , field pieces tilted up in the corners against the wal ' s , and dispesed of in any way to tnfke room ; billets of wood shot out of carts , aud piles of tow , just emptied out of sacks ; rammers
and mops , aud little bags , very tightly sewn up , and very closely crammed with what appeared to be marbles ; and a little further oa , guarded by a couple of sentinels , a multitude of oblong cases partially covered with straw , and some Co or more small barrels . tbe head of one whereof having , by some aicidt-ut been forced out , a portion oi its contents were strewn about , leaving a long trail of tiny black grains , which , trodden into tbe snow , shelved like a dingy snake , its tail beginning at the ' outer gate . and its head marked by a broad splash where the bam-1 was cast down . In another corner a number of trusses of bay and straw served as a couch for a score of soldiers , who were lounging luxuriously upon them ; some playing at dies for straws , others drinking ; more dolus nothing at ail bat looking listlessly abuut ; all this our hero noted ou his way through the first court—that of the Elm , or Eatry-court—and as he stood at the foot of the first drawbridge striving to pass the sentinel , for beyond this bouniary strangers were not allowed .
The efficer on duty at this out-post having ascertained Philip ' s errand , and received his respectful message to the Governor , despatched his orderly into the interior of the fortress , the Governor befog at that moment in the Couueil-chamber . | In the course of a quatttr of an hour the man returned , and greatly to tbe officer ' s astonislimcat , handed him a written permission to admit the applicant , with further instructions to sceovd hita the honour of a guard of four mcu to the Council-chamber . Philip bowed , aud passed through the guard-house , immediately after , having tlie disagreeable satisfaction of seeing the drawbridge secured ; however , as he had heard of thetpscial precautions observed in sinilur cases , ke regarded this as an ordinary occurrence , and did not permit it to disturb his equsuimitv .
After crossing the first drawbridge , over tae smaller moat , and pasting by the two sentry boxt-s at the foot of it . each containing a particularly vigilant-looking sentinel , he cairn ? into the secoml court , called the GovcrnorVeourt , from the Governor ' s house being situated at the end of it ; this thfy traversed , and turning sharp round to the Kit , reached a standing bridge jutting out into the great moat that encompassed tkc fortress , and upon which fell the great drawbridge communicating with the principal gate , and the main bosly of the edifice .
It was a grim place to go in at , between those two maislre towers , bristling with cacnon , and rising on each side of the bridge like twin giants , stationed there to prevent anybody from going ia , or when once in , from coming out . The large door , studded with heavy clouted nails , seemed afflicted with iron pimples , and swung back upon its rusfy hinges , with a heavy grating cliackle , that brought a chill over Philip , making him feel as though his warm blood were suddenly beiug pumped out of his veins , and in its place icy water pumped into thi-in , through the soles of his feet . The corporal of the guard under whose escort he was , now exchanged the pass-word with tbe sentinel oa duty here , behind an iron wicket , and the partv was fairly inside the Bastile .
The great daor closed upon them , as creakily as it bad opened ; and they now traversed the entrance-guardhouse , ( corps-de-garde d'eitfreel with its complement oi six sentinels and a subaltern , till their further progress was impeded by a second iron wicket , iu the space between which and a second strong dour within two more sentinels paced oacKwards anilfonvards , like two human pendulums . Both these barriers opened to them , upon the delivery of the pass-word by the corporal affording them admission into a short , nar . row stone passage , whence the light of day was wholly excluded , and where the darkness of tho night was but bare ! v relieved bya dismal oil-lamp , which threw out a
pungent , offensive smoke , in its sputtering attempts to make a flame out of the rank fat that served it tor aliment . At tbe end of this passage , another thick door , iron-barred , and another wicket , opened into the second entrance guard house , likewise manned by six sentinels and a subaltern ; tlois was crossed iu turn , and a fourth barrier , similar in all respects to the former , passed also , brought then : into a very narrow space , divided from the great Inner Court by a fifth wicket , whish , though closed , commanded tbe entire court aforesaid , so that the sentinel on duty here could see all that occurred . The corporal ' s " open sesame" duly pronounced , Philip was escorted through the wicket , down five steps and into the great Court of the Interior .
Hehad passed two towers , on entering-, namely , that of the Comti , and de la Bazinifre ; he now passed those of the T . esor , and de la Bertaudiere , which , with the tower of the Chapel , and that of Liberty , formed the boundary of the Great Court , its northern limit btinj , ' a new building erected by Jloniicur de Sartines , Lieutenant of Police during the latter portion of the rei ^ 'n of Louis XV .: and towards which they were now advancing . Being arrived before a ponderous , square door , painted a sage green , they were challenged by a sentinel , and then ushered into an entrance guard-house , previously to their admittance , through another door , to a flight of twenty-fire stairs , which brought them into a large room , about thirty feet long by twenty in width , and fiftaii in heigth ; this was the new council-chamber .
Philip thotlgt he had never in his life beheld an apartment so nriseralle iu every respect ; it was dark and cold , and altogether devoid of furniture ; with the sole exception of one chair for ihe Governor ' s accomodation , and an oaken tail" . The walls were un-whitevvashed , the windows unpaiuted , and ihe latter strongly barred ; the atmosphere was redolent of dust and mildew , akind of earthy smell predominating , peculiar to prave-jar . ls , or to vaults beneath a church : long cobwebs depended from the ctUiiig , Soppiug to aud fro in tiie drr ught , wlii n the door was set open ; whilst , in a remote corner , the thin shrivellvd legs aiid head of a spider , dangled from a beam , as though the poor wretch had hung itself in a fit of despair .
The Governor , Jourdain Marqais Be Launay—who drew his first treath in this hideous den—was alone when Philip entered . He was a man of about fifty years of age , with sum , harsh features , and a sinister expression of countenance ; his eyes were dark , cunning , and restless ; but when they became fixed upon a prisoner , it seemed as though they would never blink again , so stead , fast was their gaz ; . He was rather tall of stature , and of an erect , military carriage , with a frame eitremcly well-knit , combining strength without masriveness ; bis costume was that of the jrou ^ uefairs Xoirs , of which regiment he was colonel ; this { corps being specially devoted to the service of the Bastile . " So , young man , " sa . < he , after returning Philip ' s salutation , < 2 la militaire , " you have done well to sava us the trouble of hunting you up !"
Philip started ; as well he might ; and was rather puzzled whether to understand this as an exceedingly bad joke on the part of the Governor , or a most disagreeable and unexpected fact ; he was soon enlightened . " You appear surprised ! " resumed Monsieur Be Lannay : " are you not aware that a Ultre-de cachet was lodged against you last night !" "Good God I" ejaculated the young man : "then I am a prisoner . ' '' "Exactly so , " replied the Governor ; with extreme urbanity , "the Bastile is a famous id » ce to cool hot blood . "
notwithstanding his unfortunate position , he couid not help remarking the solidity of the terrible fortress whose very name struck such terror into the hearts of the Parisians ; as he did so , his heart sank within him ; for escape seemed hopeless ; and when the pond .-rous door of the Tower of the Corner closed upon him , he felt that he was in Iced cut off from the world , and from all he loved dearest in it , aud that despair andae were now to dwell t ogtthcr .
The O'Conxell Rest At A Dkcocst.—The Ren...
The O'Conxell Rest at a Dkcocst . —The rent ftr tbe week amounted to £ 17 . 4 a , 2 d „ of which £ 11 was remitted from Liverpool .
The People's Journal.-Pabt Xni. Lori Don...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL .-Pabt xni . Lori don ; J . Bennett , G 9 , Fleet Street . This is the first part of the third volume of the People ' s Journal , which , according to the announcement of the editor , has now a sale of twenty thousand copies weekly . Some excellent articles by Joseph ivfazzini , Julia Kavanagh , Harriet Martineau , L . Mariotti , and several other able writers are continued in this Part . The eloquent article on " Cracow , " by Joseph Mazzini , we transferred to our columns some weeks a « o . The same writer ' s article
on " The European Question" we do not like so well . From the preceding article wc had been led to expect that Mr . Mazzini would have shown the means by which the friends of liberty in countries comparatively free , like England , might best serve the cause of progrcis , and aid the Poles and otheropprcs sed nations in their efforts to redeem themselves ; but tins expectation is not realized in the article headed "The European Question , " which is a mass oi" generalities without practical ends , that we can discover . The folloYving extract contains the germ of Mr . Mazzini ' s second article : —
I am not aware if many Englishmen in the present da ? occupy themselves with the condition of the people o * Europe , and theirprobable luture ; and whatl sec of the opinions on foreign affairs uttered by the press , inclines me to think the contrary . But one thing I know , aud all serious mcu on the Continent know it with me ; it is that Europe rapidly approaches a tremendous cris s ; a supreme contest between peoples aud their despots , whichno human power canhenceferth hinder , but which the actii-e concurrence of all the brave and good would render shorter and less severe , and whose final result will be a new map of Europe . There is a literary curiosity contained in this part entitled "A Polish Poet ' s Impressions of Russia , " being a translated fragment from the "Dziudy , " or , " Feast of the Dead , " of Adam Mickiewicz . One of the most interesting articles in this Part is that on "The Literature of the French Working Classes , " hy Julia Kavanagh , from which we extract the following notices of tae people ' s poets :-
—BEEANfiEB . The most eminent of the modern French writers arc sprung from the people , to whom their humble origin , as well as their genius , has contributed to endear them . Beranger , the songster , stands at the head of French popular literature . No man of the people has ever written mure exclusively for the people : his sympathies are all for them ; and whilst the grace and purity of his style would have allowed him to aspire , ii not to a higher , at least to a more refined fame , he has never sought any applause beyond that of the hardy and industrious race from which he has arisen . Beranger is , nevertheless , one of ihe first poets of France ; and , though apart by his peculiarities from them all , he ranks fully as high as Chateaubriand , Hugo , and Lamartina .
The origin and life of Beranger are such as to explain the popular tendency of his writings and the admiration bestowed upon them by almost every class in France . He is the son ofa tailor , and began life as clerk in a banking house . Some songs which he sent to Napoleon ' s brother , f . ucicn Bonaparte , first brought him into notice . Luoien , delighted with the poet ' s efforts , gave him mucb encouragement . On leaving France , after his quarrel with Uapaleon , he did not forget his protege , but , with as much delicacy as kindness , he transftwed to him V . is right to the yearly pension of £ 60 , to which , as a member of the Academy , be was entitled ; thus placing him abOTewant , without compromising his independence . In the preface to one of the last editions of his works , Beranger has himself recorded this fact with feelings of deep but digni . fied gratitude towards his benefactor .
It was after the fall of Napoleon that Beranger rose to the height of his fame and popularity . The forced return of the fiourbons , the humiliated and degraded condition of France after a career of unexampled glory and splendour , brooded ou his mind , until he gave his feelings free vent in many a bitter and satirical effusion . Forgetting the faults and oppression cf Napoleon in his misfortunes , he saw but the fame he had bestowed upon France , and the lonely rock on which he was doomed to die . The political tendency of his songs caused many of them to be
prohibited , and himself to be bned and imprisoned on different occasions . Such a course prodm-cd the results it must ever have ; the forbidden strains were sung in defiance of every authority , and Beranger was hailed as a martyr to the popular cause . Notwithstanding the nature of his popularity , no man is , however , of a more unassuming and retiring disposition , or more independent , even of those on whom it depends , than Beranger . Without being extravagant he has remained poor , and in A country where almost all the literary mea are rich ; this sp-aks strongly for his honourable disinterestedness .
BEBOUL , THE BAKER OF N 1 SXES . The genius of Keboui is of a wholly different Stamp from that of Beranger . It isniild , pleasing , and sometimes exquisitely poetical . # * * The title of " baker" is a true one . Iicboul has rclin-( juished neither his trade nor his shop . He is still the most poetical baker of France . Alexandrj Dumas once related that when passing through Nismes he called upon him at rather an early hour ef the day , and found him in Ids shop covered with flour . Reboul received him politely and betrayed no embarrassment . "In the morning , " said he with a smile , " I must attend to the trade , but if you will be so kind as to call again in the afternoon 1 shall be free to receive you . " Alexandre Dumas did so , and found him true to li ' u word , waiting for him in an elegant little study over his shop . In this study was a handsome library filled with the popular works of the day . A more precious collection could seldom have been found ; if consisted of copies given to Reboul with autographs and expressions of admiration from the authors .
Since the epoch when he first appeared before the public , UtbouVs career bus been one of happiness and prosperity . His poetry , though beautiful and harmonious , ofiWrs , however , little variety . His writings are certllilily elegant and lefme-d , but they do not display n sufficiently deep and natural feeling to ever render his name widely known to the people , although their purity of style and poetical merit certainly fully justify the success they have obtained .
JASMfH , THE BUiIIER OF PEOVENCE . Though he differs considerably both from Beboul and Beranger , Jasmin has more of the latter than of the first . As his poems are mostly composed in the Provengal dialect—for he is a native of the south ofFrauce — they are not very popular . Some of them , written iu excellent Fr * ncli , are better known . Jasmin is a barber . Jasmin though simple as a child in ordinary life , displays in his writings , with some pathos and satire of the ancient Provencal troubadours , no small portion of the shrewdness and wit attributed by tradition to those of bis calling :. For a lorlg time the barber ' s genius remained unsuspected , though the ladies whose hair he dressed occasionally complained that their curl papurs were always covered with
writing , and , as it afterwards turned out , with verses . One of those poetical fragments , which fell by accident into the hands of the celebrated Charles Nodier , brought Ja ? min into notice several years back . He was then somewhat adraneed in life , and having , as a barber , earned a comfortable independence , he resolved to devote himself entirely to literature , showing His lack of ambition by writing in the dialt-ct which the peasants of his native province could alone understand , sooner than in the cleg int French of the capital . It is , doubtless , owing to this patriotic feeling that Jasmin—who has been named master of the poetical academy of the floral games of Toulouse—enjoys in his native province a popularity , which for being circumscribed i & not tin less deep or real .
Wo wish the writer of the article from which we have culled the ab- > vo extracts , would favour the readers of tho People ' s Journal with translations of some of the best of lieranger ' s compositions , and other popular French melodies .
The Miners Advocate, Kdited And Publishe...
THE MINERS ADVOCATE , Kdited and published by Wiluam D . v . Mitu . 4 , 27 , Athol Street , Douglas , Isle of Man . This publication which Ins been suspended since May last , is again resumed ; and bsin » published in the Isle of man has now all the advantages of a newspaper as regards the post-oflice . The Advocate ^ may be had post free by subscribers , from the office in the Isle of Man , and may be reposted ( free ) anywhere in the United Kingdom . This month's number contains several interesting articles , and much valuable information . We earnestly recommend the Advocate to the miners , hoping tlicy will give it more than their former support . We shall be glad to know that its circulation is equal to its merits .
Mackenzie's Monthly Railway Taiif.Es ; A...
MACKENZIE'S MONTHLY RAILWAY TAIif . ES ; ADVERTISER . AND STRANGER ' S LONDON GUIDE . This immense . Penny Sheet continues its useful and wo trust wc may add successful career . The number for February contains in addition to the Time-tables of all the Railways , a mass of valuable information of the first importance to straiigers visiting Linden , and travellers generally . " A fool and his money is soon parted " may be truly said of every booby who will give sixpence for information ho miy obtain for one penny by purchasing Mr . Mackenzie ' s sheet . A word to the wise sufficcth !
'• Extinction Of Pauperism" By Prince Lo...
' Extinction of Pauperism" by Prince Louis Napoleon Ciionoparte , Cleave , Shoe Lane . We will try to notice this little work in ouv next .
Alimy Estimates.—The Estimates Of Effect...
AliMY Estimates . —The estimates of effective and non-effective army services from 1 st April , 1847 , to 31 st of March , ISJS , have been printed and issued by order of the House of Commons . It appears therefrom , that the total number of men to bo required for that year will be 182 , 039 , being 1 S 3 MI in the current year . The charges , howevcr ( required , are estimated at £ 0 , 352 , 804 ; this year bo ing £ G , IlO . Cll , or £ 242 , 253 less . Theappropria .-tionsin aid , 1846-47 were , £ 27 , 710 , while for 1847-48 they will be £ 77 , 990 , or , £ 50 , 080 more than in the current financial year ; thus , the actual increase of charges to be provided for in 1847-48 . will be £ 102 , 173 compared with IS 4 C-47 ,
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IRELAND ! TAB IMPERATIVE NECESSITY- OP A HNIVERSAI AND ENEBGETIC POPULAR AGITATION IN ITS BEHALF .
( From Howitii Journal . ) We had hoped that the time was come when the frightful mass of Irish misery before our eyes would rouse England , not only to acts of present benevolence , but of future and permanent j usticc . Wc did hope that now all party i ' eelirg' would perish in the gulf of national destitution opened at our feet ; that all temporizing would cea . se ; that all good men , ( ff all raaks and opinions , would unite to prevent the recurrence of such a spectacle as this winter has unfolded , of a portion nf the richest , tho wisest , the most benevolent nation in the world , presenting a scene of horrors such as no other nation in the world can parallel . But our hopes were vain : tho
measures proposed by ministers in- Parliament show us too plainly that neither Parliament nor ministers are prepared to ^ o to the bottom of the Irish evils , and to apply to them a real and sufficient remedy . The evils that exist will , therefore , continue to exist ; , the calamities , the famine , the perishing of whole families of starvation , and in utter nakedness , ontiieir own hearths , will bj but postponed , to revive in future winters with aggravated horrors . The sore that soes down to the very bone of Ireland is only to be plastered over ; it is not to ba probed , and thorougly cleansed , and healed . We are to have palliatives , not remedies ; we are to have quackery , and not cua \ We call upon the people , of England arisand
to awake , e , prevent this mischief . We call upon them , as they value the name of Englishmenas they Jfisil to be real men and Christians—to stand forth as one man and one mind , and declare that this sjstcm of fatal procrastination shall end . It is you , people of England , that must answer to God and man for the future . fate of Ireland . It is you that must now say whether tho evils tliat bear down that wretched country , and that rub the poor man of this , to help—and vainly help , under present circumstances—to keep it on the mere surface of existence , shall be put an cud to , or shall be ) ch to an indefinite period and an augmented malignity . From both God and nature you have now had warning ; and woe ta you , and to us all , if vou do not take it !
\ V liat are the remedies proposed by Lord John Itti < sell ? To grant money to the Irish landlords , to improve their estates ; and to give some undescribed modification of the present absurd Irish Poor Law . A more wretched frtrce was never attemptc : ! to be played , instead of a great , a wise , and successful politica deed done . What and who arc these > Irish landlords ? Ave they men who have ever shown , as ab . idy , any ( lispo-ition to improve their estates ? There are some few brilliant exceptions ; and these exceptions don't want help—don't want your money . Their improvements have enriched them , and rendered eleemosynary aid needless . Such arc Lords Lansdowne and lilzwilliam , — Wallscourt , Lord George Hill , of
Gwetdor , etc . But the body ot the Irish landlords arc , without question , the most reckless , the most proud , the most hardened and thriftless race of men in existence . We rejoice to see that now nearly the whoieVress of England has come to this necessary discovery , and avowal of it . These landlords have lived amongst their starving neighbours , and on their starved estates , for ages , without an attempt to improve them , and to employ the people . From the very invasion of Strongbow , the Irish landlords have done nothing , or next to nothing , towards enclosing their wastes , draining their bogs , and cultivating their estates . They have neglected the very fisheries , and instead of busy fishing-towns , have vast extents of solitary coasts . They have done nothing ; but lie like big t / ogs in the manger , idle themselves , and preventing others from doing anything . IlcnCr , nearly half of Ireland is a Iwg , or a desert . There arc four and a half million acres of waste . From
time to time they have had large grants from this country to aid them in their difiicu . ties ; but when did they ever repay a penny of if ? From time to time wc have been called on to send government help to the poor Irish ; and where has the cash gone to ? To Paris , or Vienna , or Home , or Naples , the very next summer . To swell that beggarly state which Irish landlords maintain in rivalry to each other , while their neighbours are living in cabins worse than dog-kennels , and on offal that they would not give to their own hounds . If these Irish landlords had ever spent the money they have repeatedly had from us on their estatesif they had not paid a shilling <> f it back—wc had Ions ago been gaineishy it , and Ireland had been now a garden , and not a bog—a paradise , and not a Golgotha . And to these very men Lord John Russell would now send more money , to ease the distresses of the Irish people !
Countrymen ! we do not want a landlords' measure ; we want a people ' s measure . We do not want more money Hinging into that gulf where it yet never did any good , and out of which it never rose againthe maw of an Irish landlord ; wc want money bestowing on the people of Ireland ; we want land bestowing on the people of Ireland ; and that money must come out of the pockets of the Irish landlords ; and that land is lyintr all over Ireland ready lor occupation , but still unoccupied ; ready for culture ,
but uncultured ; ready for draining , but undrained ; ready to make a busy and a happy people , but lying a dreary desert in the midst ofa famishing nation . Lord Lansdowne tells vou that one acre of potato ground in Ireland costs * £ 10 rental , and yet that lour millions and a half of such land lies waste ! Countrymen ! you must take that land—it is yours and God ' s—and give it to its true owners—the Irish people . Let the crv of O'Connoll be realized—let " Ireland ba for the Irish . " 'flies ? Irish landlords tell you that these lands are their . " . It is false I tllCV are
God ' s e . nd Irishmen ' s . Where are their titles ? They are certain nuistv parchments—if they have even these . But the title of the Irish people is Ihe right to live 1 Life , and not yellow crumbling sheepskins , are the grand title to the land , and that title must be asserted—ay , asserted by the people of England . Wc must tell the Irish landlords and the world , that , whatever titles their fathers had in the land that has never been cultivated , is now become void . They have lost the whole by neglect of occupation . Thev have neglected to fulfil the conditions on which they received it—that they should occupy and cultivate it , anil make it of benefit to the commonweal . We have invaded many nations in many regions of the earth , and seized on them , and driven cut tha aborigines ; and juslified ourselves by the declaration that the only true title to land is occupation—not merely wandering over it . We must put
that doctrine in forco at home ; and every acre of land , not merely such as is not Wbrth 2 s . Cd . per acre , ? . s Luvd John Russell says , but all that has not yet been occupied , must now be occupied by and for the people . In Prussia , the case was beginning , m the last generation , to be like the case of Ireland . The aristocracy lived on large estates , and the people starved on nothing . The king put the matter into the hands of Count llardcnhcrg , and llardenbcrg at once ordered the aristocracy to give up the greater portion of their estates to the people ; and these estates were quietly given up , and divided amongst the peasantry . What was the effect ? It was speedy and universal prosperity ! To a dronish and useless race of great landlords succeeded a race of small proprietors , who worked with g lad alacrity on the soil which was their own ; and the country now is a garden , populous , thriving , and powerful .
That is what must be done in Ireland . That ^ is the first and greatest measure . The second is , You must give to Ireland a wise and cI'Lient Poor L ^ . \ v . You havo given it , instead of that , " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " You have given it a Jaw which makes it optional who shall receive relict ; which refuses it to all but the old and decrepit , as if the starving and utterly destitute were worthy of no resource . The law , therefore , h an abortion and an insult . It says to the starving , "You must perish because you are young ; or because you are able-bodied ; or because you are not a hundred years of age . Don ' t tell us that there is not a potato in the country , or a rag in the village , to cover any one of you—you ought to die , aud arc to die , because you are young , or have a good constitution , or a large family . All these things are crimes of the deepest dye in the eye * of the English government !"
These arc the atrocious declarations which the Irish Poor Law makes on your behalf . Countrymen ! you must alter this . You must plant the English Poor Law , so far as it gives a full claim on the land in Ireland ; you must make it "a great fact" there , that every man that can work must have work , or must be fed . When that is done , then the great change will come . Then all the drones of Irish landlords will be up at ence , each buzzing lustily . They will buzz in anger , but they will al * o buzz in selfdefence . They must , according to the old adage , " work , or he worried . " They must set the people to work on their lands , in order to find the means of maintaining them ; and these lands , once cultivated , will maintain all . The waste reclaimed , the enclosed cultivated , there will be plenty instead of famine , and dances on the green instead of dead bodies on the hearth .
But will Lord John Russell do this ? No ; he neither will nor can without your propulsion . With you , then , Englishmen , it rests , whether Ireland shall now be dealt with effectually or not . If you are not up and determined , you will leave ages of misery to your children , and pauperism to Ireland . You must turn out , and call public meetings in every town , and pour petitions , and those strong ones , into Parliament by thousands , that Ireland may have an eff ective Poor Law—that Irishmen may have the waste lands , and that England may cease to bs at ou te a £ * eat foolish pelican , feeding her Irish children out of her own life ' s blood . Now is the day and the hour for doing what must be done , if we do not desire again and again to witness the existence of far more misery than we now affect so deeply to deplore . William IIowiit .
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Cmur Maoihnk . — A Frenchman has invented a little machine for manufacturing cigars from common shag tobacco . Into a tube of wood is inserted a tuba of paper , which is then fastened at the top by a closely-fitting ferule ; in this a ' cup is inserted to receive the obacco , which is pressed down with a r ,, l ? ntl 1 i L tube i 8 fllled . a »« forms a cheroot , traions . —A Westmoreland paper says that a few ?& h- « a * ? . ° - man at U 1 ™ rston found a mouso its hiding place but the hole not being large onmHi Soft ? s . f ° * ** * ° T ^ . * " «* I * JS Si h , & fff 1 C , mS S , UCe eshblted the cockle and the tail ot the mouse .
LiwAii Halo . —A splendid lunar halo , 0 f a , veHow or straw colour , and accompanied by faint indications of a paraselenon or mockmoon , was observed for th ; ee hours on the evening of the 23 th ult . at Louth , Lincolnshire . *' Mkxica . y Privateers . —It is understood that three Mexican privateers have been fitted out and dispatched . They sailed under , Spanish names . The object is said to be to stop outward bmind American shipping which may havo specie on board . The report , or ; the fact , is already creat ' nis ; a difficulty in insurances . Tub Au . MT .--Tho government have determined to reduce the force serving 'in N « rth America to the extent of two regiments , and the 52 ud Li ; lit Iwfawtry and 81 st Foot will accordingly come home next spring .
Ijik GovHnxon-GB . vEBA / , of h-vi . \ . —We enn cimfi . dently repeat tho assertion which jwe lately made in our Gazette , relative to the return to this country of Viscount llardinge , the present govcvnor-ger . eral of India . His lordship will arrive in England the beginning of next year . —United Service Guzctto . ( Austrian Flekt . —At the foundry of M ; wia 7 A \ , in St-yria , many Paixham mortars arc being c : ist for the Austrian government , which wishes to place its fleet more upon a footing with the navies of other countries Lose Yarxs . —King James the First was wont to deliver to his Parliament as long and as prosy speeches as tho messages of a Polk or Tyler . Going Ahead . — A train on the Great Western Railway w » , » few days ago , urged at the astonishing speed of seventy-two miles an hour .
Tub Chartists' Land . — Mr . Feargns O'Connor was the purchaser of the Mathon estate in Worcestershire and Herefordshire , sold a few days . since . The price was £ 20 , 000 . —Leeds Mercury . Amkrica . v Dialogur . —A gentleman addressed the lady next him , " Ma ' am , are you going to Bosting ( Boston ) right off ? " She answered , "No , sir , I reckon I'll make considerable ol a circumlocution first . " Stowed Paimbst . —The [ firm of Bo and Co ., silkmanufacturers at Leghorn , have stopped payment . Their liabilities inLotidonand Manchester are stated to amount to between £ 40 , 000 and £ 50 . 000 .
Extreme Age . —On Sunday last , Jane Culliford , of Yeovil Marsh , aged 107 years was buried at Mudiford , at her own request , and in the same grave which received her first husband ' s remains in 1785 . A Street Flowing with Beeb . —On Friday morning early one of the waggons loaded with beer , belonging to tho Sectch brewery , broke down On tile Ilijli Bridge , Lynn , when several barrels burst , and also a cask of rum , when the whole , or greater part of the liquor in them flowed down the ehiiiiiel of ' thc street . Loxomrv . — On Wednesday , the 10 th inat ., died in St . Thomas ' s Hospital , Uoncastcr , Fanny Myers , in her lOGtb vear .
CoKKcaui , Complication . —In the parish of Cruwys More-hard there is a remarkable lady , who is now in her 70 . ii tyear , and is | thc mother ' of ten children , who have ail given their hands in wedlock , and who has upwards of forty grandchildren . Tlu vencniblo dame hath now for the third time bum led to the altar by a young farmer of the parish aforesaid , who is ahour . the age of her ninth child by a former husband , in order that she way enjoy " tho solace of a marriage life in tho sweet society of a young and tender consort . The old lady ' s niece has been married to her sister ' s husband ' s father , and consequently has become grandmother to an older sister ' s children . Monarchy in America . —Tho "National Intelliejerr cev , " a Washington paper , contains an article , tracing , in Mr , Polk ' s war policy , slow but sure steps to a monarchy .
Jr . ws . —The total number of Jews in the world is computed to be about 6 , 000 , 000 , halt of whom reside in Europe . Mr . Elihu BuRRnr . —This gentleman is now in Manchester . On Monday latt he delivered a lecture in tiias town— "On the organic sinfulness of all war . Michael Angelo . —An original painting , by Michael Angelo , has been bequeathed to thu Oxford University by Mr . Fairholmo , of Berwickshire . Higu Lice . —The "Limerick Chronicle" states that a deed of separation has b . 'on drawn up between a Noble Earl , the colonel of a Hussar regiment and his Countess , The latter is to receive £ 2 , 500 a vear .
" Without Mosey and Without Price . "—Tho following notice is posted on the door of Christ . Church , Cheltenham : — "Applications for pews and sittings to be made to Jlr . Davis , at I lie Montpclier Library , every day , Sundays excepted . Day tickets may bo obtained at the same phice , admitting to all the services of the day , at Is . G . I . TicLc ' - s for single services , Is . each . " Mr . Murray , the chemist , depreeat ' . s the use of chalk with coals for fuel ns highly dangerous , find likely , if adopted , to occasion many deaths , by evolving largo quantities of carbonic acid pas . Wonderful . —An actor , who is totally blind , has made a successful dchut at the Victoria Theatre ; tkroudiout the piece , called " Algwnnn , or tiie Blind Guide ; " the stage was paced with an accuracy truly surprising .
Receipt fob Cooking Potatoes . —Boi ! or steam as usual the quantity you wish to use , awl mash , them with a little butter or dripping ; hava ground rice ( ready crved in milk ) suliicicvit to m : iJ < c an eq'ml bulk with the mashed potato , mix them' well together , and brown before the fire—this dish , even if the potatoes are not of the best kind , looks and eats weli . A Cottager ' s Pig Assurance Society has jii't been established at Hereford , for the purpose of protecting the industrious cottager from loss by disease or accident happening to his pig . Flogging . —A petition against flogging in gaols has been extensively signed in Preston . Chkss . —The Liverpool chess club is admitted to be the largest chess club in the world .
Appalling isstancb of Creduivty . —A person in humble ciivumstances residing in the iiei ; - ; hi )' piiriiood of Bradford , has a daughter grown u » , wiio is terribly afflicted with epilepsy , the fits of which havo grievously affected her both mentally and bodily . The father went to one of those half quacks , half " wise men , " as they are termed , which io tho disgrace of the ago still infest this neighbourhood , for advice respecting the young woman ; the quack seriously advised liivu to get the skull of a young woman , not decayed , and to pound it small , mix it with treacle , and give it in small doses to the young woman , asserting that it would be a sure remedy ; for the disorder . After some trouble the father obtained tho nauseous compound , all of which was scrupulously administered , of course without elfoet , the young woman remaining in tho same deplorable state .
Burns . — Among the statues of celebrated men , kinjis , warriors , statesmen , poets , and philosophers , designed for erection in the Palace of Westminster , is a statue of Robert Burns , Tub Artful Dodge Done !—It is said that , after all . Loais Philippe has been cruelly taken iu , in the . affiir o the Mutitpensier marriage , the dowry of the bride being only 30 , 000 , 000 Spanish reals , instead of as many francs—in other words . itftf . OOO , im-tcad of & 1 , 250 , 000 . Batterska Park , —On Saturday the surveyors were busily engaged taking tha levels for the bridge to cross the Thames to the new park about to be formed in Btittersea-fields , from near the Chelsea waterworks , having direct approaches on the Middlesex side from Sloanc-strcet ami the Commercial-road .
The Tea Trade , Feu . 15 . —The deliveries ot tea last week were 502 , S 2-tlb ., being again a large quantity . Within the last fortnight tho deliveries have been larger than at any period since October , IU 5 . The Houses of Parliament . —On Monday , the whole of the scaffolding that has hitherto concealed the architectural proportions of thu Xjw l ' ahiccol Westminster was removed frum that part I renting the Thames and Westminster-bridge , the galvanized iron roof having been completed . Juve . vilk Offenders . —Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the lLmio Department , twenty-five juvenile criminals were on Monday admitted into the Philanthropic Institution , St . George ' a-roail , Southwark , upon the conditions of the expenses of their board and clothing being defrayed . The criminals transmitted to the society were from Parkhurst prison .
The Smithfield iNuisance . —On Monday ^ afternoon , as two oxen were driven from Smithfield towards Bayswater-road , one of thcra being struck , turned and attacked the drover . The second ox turned and gored the flanks of the first , which gave tbe drover a chance to extricate himself , leaving the animals to continue their combat , Ik-fore they couid be parted , a cab was overturned and several persons were injured . Destructive Fire at Wandsworth , —On Saturday evening , between seven and eight o ' clock , the premises belonging to Mr . Bell , inciter match manufacturer , in Uarrett ' sdanc , Wandsworth , were discovered to be on fire . The flames commenced in tho steam engine boiler house , and very speedily they penetrated the roof , and rose a considerable height . The fire was extinguished before ten o ' clock , but not until considerable damage had been done to the premises . Queer Victoria rises at seven o ' clock ; enters the
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nursery at eight , to indulge ia a romp wil .- . her chi * dren at nine the household assembles / W . oravers ; and aftcrten o ' clock prohibits breakfast W ; n : < served to any one in the palace . Thk Bear-Skix Caps , hitherto worn h- Fusilier Regiments , are to be discontinued , so s ^ n as tho caps now in possession of thoso corps : ( rc worn out . Provisions from theU . mkd States . — Tin ; <> . LD from New York , Shenandoah from P : i ! : ii ,: ! ,. i ; ia , and Harmony and Rowland from New Orhwng , which worn reported at Liverpool on tlu i ; j ;! i hv . t . brimr 0 , 873 barrels Rom ; 12 . 000 buslu-U uln . at , 8 , 340 sacks Indian corn , 1 , 000 barrels Uuu ., v . < - ;« n meal , and 400 barrels bread . Akrf .-t poit Debt ( Ireland ) . — -The TWi i " . M livid before Parliament "To limit arrest )' . ;• -h .- ' : in Ireland , " provides , that arrest in a ' . i act ^ Y :--, for debt , not exceeding £ 20 and costs , sh .-iii I .: * boiisbed .
The Coxdb nn Moxtkmui . v — The ' ..: ; . ¦¦ : . ¦ . iin visited the Home of Commons on Monday li-. lit , and lis'ened with marked attention to . ' . " ¦ ' '•;! .-ate on tho Irish quest ! ai . Rise ly Rents i . v EnrxnuRGFi . —T'V- rwi- ot houses , shops , . fcc , within the city for Hv c'Trenfc ypar arc much Inciter as compared with 'sc ! -m-: r . But the landlords have made a most > , r . ri <>; :- * jmd uncrac ' oux advance on the mats of nc ' ye : > ,. Ia some aisos 0-3 nor cent , over the rents o f' ihe j ; : > sent yenv bw been added to that of next . WiTCjuf-RAFT . —At i ' armoiitb Police ' . ' o ^ ri ? asfc week a A-Irs . Lrgiiett applied for protoo ' m ; , a ^ - ' . nst her shtn ; who had assaulted and the-:,--sv . iior , because the defen d ant smpcetcd that the .-. ¦ i r .: > :. " - i : i : int had hewiichn * her husband , who was w . m well , though no oao could tell wlv . vt ailed him . '' \ -r- magistrates endeavoured in vain toconviii''' ; la- d- 'endant ib . it her sister w -s not a witch .
Gaol Pekqi'isites . —It came out in th- <¦ : -... » of proccpflinas at Lambeth Police Court ye : ^ r . Uv , that the Governor of Ilorsemonger-lane G .. ' , ' ' . ;¦ ' . a perquisite by siving copies of the comni )! . <¦ : > + ¦¦ u' the prisoner * to their friends , for which b ¦ ! i-- > ciOwn each fc charged . Petticoats . —Tho ladies , now-a-d . vys . ' , o wr . art told , wear petticoats hooped with m-. ^ tir : wire . This , wc suppose , accounts ' for their unu-i : 'l ! y all motive qualities . Tub Rulk of the Majouitt , —An Tri «! : nir . : i , hring sbnvt to join a company in Lawrencelm .-fr , Indiana , forming to go smith , wa * questioned by oi ,. j «! ' tho officer * . ' : — "Well , air , when vou get int . ' : ha : tic , will yon fight or run ? " " An' faith , " VC' A'd tk IIIIwrnJan , "I'll be after doin ' as a m . vjwJh av yo docs . " American Snrr-riNo . —No less than 1 ! V :, l \ ' -s of shipping have boon added to the tonnage f i . a ' ^ Erio duriiio f he las ! six- veara .
Ax Aist Union is about to be pib . Mi-b ^ i ir Oincinnati , ton the model of those of New s i erl ; aud London . Smoke . —The amount of money anmuiiiy rsw .-ndcij for cigars in the United States , " is near Iti . i . wi ' . OOO dollars . A Shgotixo Galleut —The " Bradford Obse . vcr " mentions that in a neighbouring village th' » W ^ man was sent around to announce that : • lu-ei .-thopkenncrh'id opened a shooting gallery—\ r . i > i .-. cellar . F » n Love k . vock ' s ' fi . M noff . Y . —The l / onion pucilists by a- srrio . s of sparing exhibitions , have raised nearly , £ 200 for Uio relief of Irish distve , ' . Decline op Coaching . —The last visusc of the onec ( monvmis coaching businessattachr-d to the . old AVliite Lion hotel in Clumber-street , has at length succumbed to tho spirit of tho times , ai . d durine the prevent week too old booking-ofiiee , a <; ueei' little nun-storied building has entirely disapproved . — Nottinaltam Pn view .
A GREAT MANY H ? . N ROOSTS WCre plUlKtOI ' v ! last we « 'k ii < . and around Liverpool . _ The TX-kf . of Lkeds has recovered £ 2- " > , < ' iOO against his f . \ th , r ' s executors for damages done Id the family estate by hit iat-ber , who pulled down Kiiierlo .- ; Hall , and converted the park into a farm . The North Polk . —Captain Sir John Itoss , il . N ., ha * submitted a plan to the Admiralty , t-r reaching the North Pole by sledges drawn by Sw rv'iW ; Imrses , starting from Sr > itzbcrgcn early in April , lie is quite sanguins of success . Episcopacy flourishes in the United Si-atos , without any as ' -dstaiieo from an establishment . There arc atjpresent 1373 clergymen of the episcopal order in tho Stat' - , and one hundred and eighty-eight candidates for holv orders .
Nkoro Co . vepiKAcr . —A letter from . tk-mpn ; - ! , in the "Nov .- Orleans Jeft ' ersonia , " states irci r . plot had been discovered among the negroes iut ' -atneigh-IvMirhond . Tim signal for the breaking out of tho insurrccfion was to have been given by sot ' b . i : fire fo a iionep at night . Several negroes have b :: cn arrested , Kiid it ia said that some of tV'v Ivd ""\ ito confessions . Coat , Smike . —The county of lm-: ¦ . . ¦ ; n >•?> wholly cHoaoc . l the potato blight . ;¦! ' . ;! ; . ¦ : • the "Smuhvlnnd Herald" somcv tbt . ;! ? at tribute thei'xomption to the abunda-- ' . i- >! - : roke and vapours fr-m tbe alkali work' . Fr . non . ) at Windsor . —In consequent ' . ' > . ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' "'id thaw , accompanied by rain , the riv * ' - ' -. ;¦ .-, ' . k !< abavc and below Windsor Bridge , has overflowed its banks in all directions , thousands of aci \ s being entirel y under water .
On Simovs Tuesday nearly 500 fmiriK loaves , of the- he 4 whoaten bread , were given at the church dnors to a ? many poor people residing iu tae parish nnVau (! i - . v . vfIi . Dkath rnoM Si'fpocatioxijt Eatixp . ~ -Ok Monday nftornc » . ' !« an inquest was held before Mr . W . Yoiton , nttlio Canteen , in the Tower , on tho bod nf John Hayes , as ^ d for ty years , a tide-waif •« ill ih : v Majesty ' s Customs . The deceased was o ;\ <; : " "« ' on board llu * I ' mcrnld , a foreign vessel , j yir ? orf the Tower . On Friday afternoon last ho w ; : s ratiu r c soma hi'cf at hi * dinner , on hoard the ve » sel . v ; hi > n n piece of the meat lodged in his throat , and b : Toiv 'distance co'dd be procured he was suffocated , v erdict , "Accidontal Death . "
Kl . SC fWSOl" . \ llsPRmOTATWE PV . K' ..- . i'O't ! bC 0 T » lanp . —Tiio G' jzeite contains a proid-wa ; .,-, » corav . uwwTwg all tW peers of Scotland to met- ' : A llolyrond Ilcu ^ . ? , on Wednesday , tho 17 th of J'iaveh next , to chno'o another peer . of Scotland v > sit in tho Hou'eof Peers , in tho room of Jo' i . . \ f « : \ Rolle , dfc . vased . IksTnccfiox or inr . Theatre of V : ; - " h ^ v 'Fire . —The magnificent German Theatre •> .. ' l \ - ? Ji , in Hungary , ha 1 ; ( alien ' a prey to the I ' . a' -iM . The fire broke out between the hours of t ! t' " ; and four o ' clock ou the morning of the 2 nd iunau ! . So intcHse were the flames , that the building w . - .-i : v-: luccd to a mass of ruins in an incredibly shoh .-: set of tii « i > . 2-io lives were lost . ThethsaUv w . a ^ iut insured .
Sorur . Lin- ; i . v tub States . —We lean , i ; • ¦ 'n ? h a scutlenwi just from Tcxa « . that Dr . 3 . ¦ - . C' .. imera ( brother of ' thc senator , from Mississippi , ) \< a > killed in Austin , tb ;> capital of Texas , about ic-n da ¦ . since by a Mr , Holdc : ; . The difficulty grew on : o : ; : dispnt ;> in rclati'ui to some property , wli ^ n » iu" octor drew hid pistol : Mr . llolden . with hi * ' . ' ¦ : ' " . ; fiictcd a wound which resulted iu tea i . i-tant dc ;; f ) i of Dr . Chalmers .--Xew Orkan- ' : ; nian , January 1-1 , , ... Tin ; Ni : wlhn : sK op Lords . —Mr . Larn : <;\ s intimated to the Marquess of'Lansdowne tiiaf i ? io / ft > osa nfhorda will be completed for the lvc .-pxoi , ¦ : > : tneir , lordships afiiTtho Easter recess , with the > . v , > tion of tin ! frcso naiiitimi ' s and tho statues in f !> .. . niches . T 1 ) . " dpw llmiso of Commons is not expo * . !* . " , to bo readv for sonic timo .
Liverpool—The Sanatory REon . v ; -. ,.,, -JIr . Williams lus succeeded in applying his \< l : \ u of coasuming smoke to the prevention ef ¦ . ¦ k" -: q in bakertvS . Nolbingcanbomore satisfoe ¦ ¦ ¦¦ % t-.-u \ tl \ c exiierimenfs which have been made in O ' v , : \ sonee of Me . 1-VpsU , inspector of nuisances , nnu Imv . Willinnis i- ; > o " " . ti ' hVd wilh his plan that ho guui - . ntees ro apply it to any oven . Mr . LardW \ v- -i . » . > p . a present during tho experiments , stated tha . ! in h ' .- establishment , whore-his furnaces had W-n wW-ri y . v > with y . r . Wi ' ti ; ams ' . s apparatus , not only was . snicV . o prevonvo-A . hut a very considerable sa'in ;; ir . tha consiimnti : ) . ' ! of coal effected .
Crai-i's Ciiici-mstance —A curious fire instance in copnee-tioii with tho habits of on'tic tx-c > urcd a few d iv- ago at Priors Lee Hall , near . Sliiiinal , tho cslace ' of John Ilorton , Esq ., where , or , ki'ling & young fat heifor , in a cavity of the stomuth , fortyfour large pebbles were found , varying between tho size of a walnut and a small hen ' s egg , and weighed altogether six pounds : how they got into the elomach is a mystery . Or . ioix or tuk Name of " Meuthvr Tv > yil . "—It is not generally known that this ffourkhiiic ; town owes its name to a ladr . A young ciri , Tydlil , was burnt there , and Tydfil , who would not re ' .-. unce her religious op i n ions , became Tydfil the mart y c . Merthyr Tydvil i ? a corruption of tho poor giri ' j name and fate .
ltoiTKX Doyalties . —The remains ol ihe rmprcss Matilda , lately found in the Abbey of 1 W \ iu Normandy , are ; lo bo transported to tho Cathedral of Rouen . The Government intends to take ! ids as an occasion for raising a monument to Kin : ilMiavd in the Cathedral , to which that valorous T ^ uce be qiicalhcd his lion heart . n t Tin : Flouks Expedition—The P / mr : <' . ' " ( ti / onn contains the following : " For some day- ; .. ' = ! scvera men have been observed wanderin g ab 'U' our streets in tattered uniforms of a yellow colour . ;«„! Pres ®»* ing a most wretched appearance . » 'c umierstana that thry arc L ' rench subjects who had i . r .-n en oiled for tho expedition of General I % ros b . t i ,- ch um been abandoned . There were about 10 » t t , hmen enrolled , and 1 ,-500 Spaniards , all ot who . ¦ ¦ are now
dispersed . T . ., , „ . _ KlLW BBF . AUWATV . U AT THK IsLAM > «> .- .... l-. K ^ . X . — On Vviday last tho foundation stono o a breakwater , or har bour of refuge , was laid m the Lay m Crawby . 'fur Ikish Fakty asd the Pukss .- I he Insk party have determined to exclude the representatives of the press fiom their meetings , and have directed their leccrctarv to furnish to one particular reporter [ an , outline of their proceedings , who , on application , will give to the other reporters an account of wbafi transpires .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20021847/page/3/
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