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-V- ^ ~ WERE IA LITTLE BIRD . , « a bv W . Asdessos , from the French of <*{ B & T js ^ rsss-J . jor tr , e'en a * heauty ' 8 shrine i vdP » y * traveUcr ' scall nomore : , i would the little wings were mine j on which thou , pretty hird , dost soar ! ¦ jjjousee ' stfuUmany a country bright ; i jby spa rtl *& nat " ' * * orks MTite ¦ The sky is pure , the air is free . ¦ fd fly quick , quick ! ay , quick as light , ffere I a little bird like thee !
I'd learn of tuneful Philomel , i with gentle sounds to charm the glade ; - then novtr am the pastourelle , jlnd Ida in song the rus tic maid . : j » d cheer one hermit ' s dwelling low-TforeUcssdlethhe . I know , Bat the poor bless his ******' - IMflvqukk , quic k ! ay , * ereldgo , : Verel a little birdlike thee ! rdhieme to theturrets dread TOewsaafrP ^ e ^ T'ri Vim hidden wing and drooping head , Ti chant a song of plaintive tone . < jae at my s " ejbt would faintly smile ; Another muse—dreaming the while Offields he loved in youth to see . I'd fly quick , quick ! wcre't many a , mile , And I a little bird like thee !
To a king ' s court I ' d next awaygome p leasure-wearied , joyless elf—Filling his halls with carols gay , <) a olive-tree I'd perch myself . Then to the hiding-place , where lie Some poor proscribed family , rd bear a slip of that same tree ! I'd fly quick , quick ! blow low , blow high , Were I a little bird like thee ! So day and night , with might and main , rd See from beauty ' s dangerous eyes , lest powerful Love should once again Ky heart ia captive bends surprise ! If on fair bosom—likely ease-That hunter wise hit net should place ,
Too weU I know how it would be ; Pd fly there , quick , with headlong pace , Were I a little bird like thee !
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LOWBANDS . Say , have you been in Fairy-Land , Where beauty with abundance vies , Where loTeljr homes for freemen stand That make of earth a paradise ? I ssw these homes—each smiling cot , And Hess'd their happy , happy lot . I saw the chief , whose coble mien A patriot ' s heart , at ones bespoke , j . heart that is , like freedom , green , And cannot bear a servile yoke . Bis homely , mild , majestic air , Proelaim'd that something great was there Well , I exclaim'd , all must aHow Ibis mau was made for Liberty , Sore Cincinnatus , at tbe plough , flauld never poorer , humbler be ! So , , a pauper might afford The dainties of bis frugal board .
His simple , plain and neat aturc lev freedom ' s sous alone was made . His household is what men require Who wish to lire without parade . In all , a modern sage we find , To teach a lesson to mankind , ¦ arch is tbe man whom aU belied , Who said his projects were but sand ; While he with dignity replied , Bat by the wonders of hU hand . He ( truck the earth—and lo ! we see The greatest modern prodigy . O'ConnorviHe was hi * first-born , Where all seons fanciful , yet true , A city built by rosy morn .
To teach the earth what Si can do . Thus little worlds he can command , See , Lowbands now is Fairy-Land . The idle theorist defines His speculations , overwrought ; O'Connor , great in his designs , Alone has practie'd what he taught . Co , witness facts , no wordy plan , And then admire this mighty man . At morn , yon find him in the lawns , la quest of health , so light and free , With children , following like fawns . To sit , enthroned , upon each knee . Ah ! weU the little truants know The heart that feels for others' woe
At even , he sees the setting sun Hide it ' s red face behind tbe hill , Then homeward hies , when all is done , To teach tbe world , and labour still . Who would net envy such a fate ! Is such a man not truly great ? We need not seek in foreign climes The patriot's sterling worth to find , We have in men ef modern times , All Greeks and Romans left behind . Qt these same thousands left a name , But who can tell O'Connor ' s fame .
Yes , he shall have a patriot ' s part , When cold beneath tha coffin lid , His temples , unlike those of art , Shall long outlive tbe pyramid . Sis name , one day , inscribed shall be Tpon a nation ' s memory . O'ConnorviHe and Fairy-Lied , Are monuments that cannot die ; They immortality command , And may alike all time defy . The people there , from age to age , Shall be bis living , deathless page . What need he care whin knaves revile ,
When friends betray , or foes reprove ; He may at all their follies smile , Content to share the people ' s love . His rile tradacers can't be Jess—A worthless fry of nothingness . Live , worthy friend , thou hast been sent To trace s glorious , bright career , To raise up freedom ' s monument . Without a crime , without a tear . What greater mission can there be 1 Pill up , fill up , tby destiny . Hesry Geacchcs , Gentleman , toadon , August 23 rd . 1347 .
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Relations politiques , les trois UCTIMES . PiB IE COJIIE BE WlULBBOD . t jMtiltal Revelations . The Three Victims . By the W & at delVilibrod . ] Loudon : Armand , fiathwsa-place . ( Continued from the Star of August 2 Irf . ) A * a now we eome to the last hours of the Empire , r ^ HK-s to France , unfortunate for Didier , who % "flthm a short period , seen all his projects fail—^ " * iiathem , all Jus hopes of prosperity , founded * u > tir presumed success . lie became a desperate y - Alter having , ia turn tried Revolution and * 2 arch y—Buonaparte and Bourbon—political life , * d private occupation—ruined in fortune , bank-Si in character , yet active and energetic as ever , ^ fcr now turned bis eyes on a new personage in the 8 & eal world : —
?*•" © 1789 , toe eldest son of Philippe Egalite—% tlitv Philip , as the late Bake of Orleans was ^ edlhad taktna post which pledged him deeply f . leaders of the Revolution . On the other hand , f-f iaviug offered his services to the Yendeans , he £ j thrown himself on the clemency of Louis XVIII . gating him to forget the follies into which f & and impetuosity had led him . The Yendeans 3 » » jected the offers of the son of Egalite , but % ** could pardon the Duke of Orleans . Hence-? - "* ' « position was one which few honest men ^ envy . Bound to the revolutionary party by Bation . nreiridino . hpreditnrviffatrnct—nledeed to
^" a & archieal by the favour he received from his jpo , and by the marriage he then contracted , g * Phili ppe held in fact asort of midway position jjj . ^ Jacobinism and monarchy—between the old j ^ " * and the new philosophy—and thus was the ^•^ ef for a faction whose opinions rested on tbe t »* T knd between the old and the new { J ? ehy , and who wished to effect a compromise ^ - k & thB revolution and legitimacy . Besides . sus his wandering life he had made friends and ^^ ° sin almostevery country of Europe , and had £ r part J Wfl 0 gaveCTen " theieishto ! re ? 1 > j T « arj ardour , some disquietude to the Directory j ^ 'i ntz indeed , seriously proposed in 1795 . to give j ^ athe crown of France , but General Charette , «» ?¦? . * e proposition waa first made , replied , "¦& % than politely . » T „ ,. jaear Damourit-z , 'Tell - "" uJount-z , of
'" ^ e son Citizen Kgaltte to go and be hanged . n . Signed ) « tHe Cbevalieb Chamtte . ' ^> g tbe brilliant reign of Napoleon , the Duke rieaia appeared to remain quiet , but he was 3 taiW b Saining over friends to his party , fisi f f Buonaparte ' s power brgan to decrease , we t * - » £ « i . MlI , e of - Orleans at the head of the in-^ theuset on feot . fen « j ^ Dake of Orleans , then , that Didier falennn &&• T 1 » e prince was residing at % er L u ^ ' ^ "te in Ms family of going s iman ^^ "POMtiveterms , thathisyoungest son , JhnS ^ P " ^ U * at he should think of leaving **»* ofv . ^ Gathrie ' s Geography for eomeac-•^ d to ^ T 6 " ? 0 : ac ' ircomstance whjch caused the tiiea comt W * *« ** - Madame Didier did not & ted jo »« h lr chiUr 6 n tte dbject of his contemj-urtey , but in after years fix 1 } often . fK-
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pressed the most ; Uvely regret that the retum of Louis XVIII . of France should have nrevpnt .-. i 1 h « . difficulties would harebeenarranged by the dSSS Orleans , whom she never ceased U praise But whilst Didier was contemplating this journey the disastrous campaign in Russia tho « 1 j : .- ' and the return of the BoutK cbanLft - ° of affairs in France , and he hied ! fi »\ ? ?* Louis XVIII . conld land at iffit } S ^ T homage whichhad been rt « to ^ ft £ ; S nressed the most livelv regret tW « . « ««»_ .
© tff / 6 ^ Zn ^ - Zrnlo whelmed fh J tlthB storm L ^^ h * d wwuniverle mSvt m * % whose fame ^ fi" ^ the from SlnVf Iri A l asse 9 ' could *<* *&** 2 £ ;*™ f " * t ( > * e conquered lien . His du-E » TlK ^ - ^ J weiwW Master of h m vnfT Grea ter a dv » "cement was promised St . ? c * ** , amonSthe fi » t to throw himself at ilff W 6011 on hia return from Elba , and again offer him his devotion and his services
. napoleon was indeed surrounded at this juncture dy -traitors and renegades , but the sudden change in the advocate Didier was too great , too violent , not to be suspicious . His name was erased from the imperial list of functionaries . Without office , em ploymerjt or private fortune , harassed with debts , r j ? * mortal hatred for Napoleon , whom he had looked on as his destroyer . Compromised with the elder branch of the Bourbons , and with Napoleon , lut ene port offered hiu shattered vessel a safe harbour .
The Orleans intrigues had recommenced with the fall of the empire . Various plots were formed for placing the crown on the head of theDuko of Orleans , who , notwithstanding his protestations and solemn oaths to the contrary , was no way unwilling to receive the gift . Thus was the Duke of Orleans , then reinstated , by an act of special favour , in bis rank and property , the only hope of the desperate intriguer , Didier . Moreover , the Duke , as an old acquaintance , and as uniting , or being supposed to unite , something of the liberal feeling of tho Revolution , with the time-honoured claims of hereditary monarchy , bad peculiar attractions fer our conspirator , who seems to have b-. en for some time after the return of 1814
a trusted confidant of the mongrel Duke . Nor is it astonishing that he should find Didier , during the Hmdred Days , publicly avowing his belief that France would never be prosperous or happy . unti ^ rejecting the rule of effete elder branch of theBourbons , she should place hersoeptre in the hands of the Duke of Orleans . This was the day dream of Didier—the favorite theme on which he based his political theories—his many projects v > f social organisation . lle was ssen awakened from his brief dream of prosperity . The turmoil and agitation of the Hundred Days had not subsided when Louis XVHI . once more ascended the throne of France , and Didier found himself poor , disregarded , and despairing . But the feeble monarchy was far from being established—the Chamber of Representatives , especially , sought but a pretext to overthrow a throne of which they detested the occupier .
The 20 th of March had shown how powerful and enereeticwas still the revolutionary spirit of France ; 10 , 000 men , intrenched behind the Loire , the last remnant of the all-conquering battalions of Napoleon , waited but a word , a signal from the Emperor , to march , not as formerly , to invade tbe extremities of the earth , but to conquer tbe crown of France . Tyranny , licentiousness , disorder , reigned through the land ; the fears of the people were craftily exaggerated by those who profited by the terror they excited—the Emperor of Russia and the Doke of Wellington had not yet condescended to decide the fate of France , and all the marks of the times promised success to any scheme that a daring and desperate man could concoct . The fall of Talleyrand , his best protector , hastened the events we arc about to
relate . Talleyrand loved power , for power's-sake—net for the good he could do with it . He knew himself deservedly suspected by the king . He felt himself unmasked by Napoleon . Hesoughtenlyto make himself necessary , by some means or other , to the new government . This drew him into closer intimacy with Fouche , who , though also dismissed from the Ministry , was better treated than Talleyrand , being sent as Ambassador to Dresden ; an act almost inexplicable on the part of Louis XVIII ., who could scarcely be blind to the character of the man be trusted : perhaps , he thought by these means to gain FoucLfe to his interests , or to deprive him of the possibility oi injuring him—if so , he was mistaken . ( To be cenfinuei . )
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The Family Herald . Part 50 and ol . George Biggs , Strand . From the first publication of this excellent pe riodical , it has held a high place in our regard , and we have watched its onward and upward progress with feelings of deep satisfaction . The variety and excellence of the matter it presents defy all competition , and the judicious selection of tbe contents , not less than tha deep thought and racy language of the leaders , show that , unlike tbe Fox ' s Mask in the fable , it is not only fine to look at , but there are brains within .
The tales in the present numbers deserve approbation , not merely as pretty and gracefully written , but as working out a purpose . We may instance particularly the novelletta called' The lives of Grace and Isabel ; or , to be and to seem , ' as containing many lessons of deep import to the young and the fair on their entrance into life . Several others de-Serve pirticalar notice , did our space permit it , but of the whole we may safely say they are very pleasing , and perfectly unexceptionable , as the contents of all Family periodicals ought to be . But that section of the work which pleases us the best is , the weekly leader , The papers are indeed admirable ; full of
profound , though perhaps somewhat eccentric , thought , affording the reader ; ample food for meditation . Perhaps tbe most practically useful leader in the present numbers is one on Godfathers axd Godmothers . The relationship is one which , confined within due bounds , might be made eminently ueeful in many social circles , but it is notorious that the utmost indifference prevails on the subject . That Godfathers are chosen from the merest strangers , and that very few indeed regard tbe duties they owe , and the obligations they incur , in any more solemn light than as a mark of courtesy to the parents . The cause ef this universal neglect is thus commented on in the'Family Herald . '
Perhaps one main cause of tbe abuse and neglect of the relationship we speak of is tbe language of the obligation incurred . This is a modern appendage to the institution itself . The lbnguage is , ptrhaps , too strong . The tax is too burdensome to be borne . It is a tax like that of the law of Moses , which neither we nor our fathers could bear . We are compelled , in standing godparent to a child , to become its surety . < that it nil ! renounce the Devil and all his works , and constantly believe God ' sboly word , at . d obediently keep hia
commandments ' This is mere tban we ourselves can de ; and bow can we undertake that other people should do it ? Yet it must be undertaken , or the child is not baptised ; and it is undertaken , just as the cabman undertook it , without consideration . The intention is good ; bat tbe exaction is so severe , that we might as well undertake to keep tbe whole law of Moses as to incur tbe responsibility of god-parentage imposed upon ns by the language of the service . It requires perfection , aud perfection we cannot give ; but we undertake to give it . We undertake to do what we know to be impossible .
Or » r'exacrion is over-reaching . It defeats its own ends . The State has found this to be the case in taxa . tion . Over-taxation brings in a small revenue ; aud , moreover , it encourages smuggling , which is tantamount in the State to apostasy and profanity in the Church . One of the principal peculiarities of modern political reform is the reduction of taxation for the purpose of increasing the revenue !—a singular idea , not at all intelligible to a barbarian , nor in a barbarous age . But experience has proved the idea to be correct ; and it is quite as correct in spirituals as in temporals ; and the two worlds are in strict analogy with one another , and go arm iu arm with each other down tbe stream of time , either legitimately or illegitimately . At present our children are smu g-rfed into the Church . Tbe exaction
is so severe , that we evade it ; and the clergyman assists us in the evasion . He permits parents to supply the place of godparents , and he permits godparents to stand sponsors , without inquiry whether they even know the parents of the children or not—whether they know where they live , or ever expect to see them or the child again . This is spiritual smuggling ; and it is done every Sunday , without self-reproach , just as men smugg le whiskey or tobacco without rtmorse , because they regard the tax as exorbitant , or a burden too great to be bcrne . The more reasonable an engagement is , the more likely it is to be kept . The common-place fashionable professions of friendship , esteem , and respect are received in society with a very large discount , because experience has taught us that , like depreciated paper
money , the nominal does not fairly represent the real value . ' My purse is at your service , ' ' Make my house your own , ' 'Tours faithfully , ' ' Yours truly , are so many formalities , which want the spirit that they nominally represent . We take them at what they are worth , and laugh good-naturedly at tbe t-hgant and deceitful polish with which thiy flatter the car and soothe the feelings . Sue ' I promise to pay ten pounds , ' with a signature attached to it , is a very different thing , and is not very easily obtained even from a man who says , * My purse is at your service . ' An impossible or extravagant promise is easily made , We are all readyto die fcr one another—to spend a thousand lives for
her Majeity—to give the world for a draught of soda-1 water , where we know we cannot procure it ; and to give the planet Jupiter to any man in exchange for a glass ot cidir ; yet we would grumble at a charge of one shilling for the cider or tho soda-water ; and , perhaps , be the first to turn heel ( the coward ' s most invulnerable part ) , were her Majesty ' s person or crown in danger from a foreign invasion . Extravagances are not measurable Quantities , and therefore have no definite value . A godfetherwho merely promised to teach his godchild to read or to pay its schooling , and to catechise it once a weekou religious subjects , would undertake something practicahle ; and wouldmost probably , falfil bis promise , if « rcumata 3 C « af « n « tted , * bathe who promises to
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» ake it renounce the Devil and all h . g worit , i DeIieTO God ' ihol y word , and keep his commai 'dments , whilst be hinwelf renounces all the vanities rt the world , all carnal and covetous desires , only smiles it ' his 8 , eeve at the extravagance of the undsrtaking . an ff- 8 a >' ha wiU do it no doubt , as other people do it—that « » not at aI 1 , We have observed so often the unconcern * w «* h which people undertake the responsibilities of godp events , and iadeed their utter ignorance of tbe promises t » pay that they ara signing on such occasions , that we do * ' aot won " deratthe disrespectfnl manner in which thet "cremony is spoken of by the enemies of the chureh . The church of course is not to blame for people ' s infidelity to « Iema engagements ; the people themselves must answ *• * for : \
the manner in which they fulfil their promises . Bi " * ' •* is a serious thing te think that our most sacred inst * tu * tions , instead of lessening , increase the amount of o ur guilt by multiplying and magnifying our unredeeuu * d pledges ; a curious illustration of the saying of St Paul , that' the law entered that sin might abound / for such solemn engagements seem to have been made perfect and impracticable on purpose to increase our eailt by j contrasting so strikingly our duties with our perfor- ¦ mances . In this latter sense they may be made useful i to those who thus look at them , and no doubt they are j useful and have their mission for good . But the best j good they could do , we suspect , would be the conviction of our own evil compared to the good that we ought " to have done .
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Tun Portrait of Charles 1 st , nr Velasquez . — Exhibiting at 21 , Old Bond-street . This is an extremel y beautiful painting , executed when Charles was Prince of Wales , aud during his romantic visit to the Infanta of Spain . The picture represents him as a much handsomer man , than de any of the other likenesses we have seen ; the gloomy and morose expression which is usually given to his face , is ,
in this picture , softened into the most touching pensiveness "; there is a bloom upon tbe cheek , and a rotundity about the whole countenance which strongly contrasts with the angular and longish featured face of after years . But it must be remembered that this picture was painted when Charles was in the first bloom * of manhood , and before he had suffered from the small-pox , whieh shortly afterwards attacked him . The painting now exhibiting has great historical interest besides posessing uncommon merit as a work of art .
The Bosjesuans ; or , Liiilk Bosh-People . — Egyptian Hall , Piccadilly . These extraordinary little animals , ( God forbid we should call them Men !) form a curious and jlnteresting exhibition rather than s very pleasingjcne . They are very diminutive but not ill-proportioned ; their countenances sharp and peculiarly ' knowing , ' but scarcely intellectual ; and their clothing ( if by courtesy we can designate that which is certainly sot a covering . ) evinces a
total absence of natural taste and refinement . Their heads present an interesting study to the phrenologist , and a comparison drawn between them and the skulls of the North American Indians , exhibited at the Egyttan flail a few years since , places the latter race in a much higher position in the scale of being tban these funny little creatures were ever destined to fill . Tbe Bush people are truly curiosities , and we cannot but look upon them as one of the links in that mysterious chain which seems to unite the different varieties of existence throughout
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Mr Em ' s Piciobes op Joan of Arc—These important historical pictures , which formed the great attraction at the last exhibition of the Royal Academy , and were purchased by Messrs Colls and Mass , from the artist , for the large sum oi 2 , 500 guineas , hare just been completed byMrEtty ; who has been actively encaged painting upon them since their removal fnm Trafalgar-square . We observed several great improvements as the results of his libours , especially iu the clump of trees introduced behind the head of the monk in the last picture of the series , and also in the general tone of colour and finish in the largest picture . They form an
intellectual treat , now that they ean be viewed alone and away from the distraction and glare of the Academy walls . In colour they are rich and powerful in the extreme , the subject sublime and elevating ; they are noble works , of tbe highest order of art , and worthy of the mind of the greatest painter of the age and country . None but a great master like Etty could have embraced so large a subject , or treated it with such grandeur and success . The pictures . ; rj about to be exhibited at Liverpool , and other large towns , and also at Paris and on the continent , tnd will afterwards be engraved : we are glad to find ¦ hat they have fallen into the bands of enterprising men , and that the public will have an oppartunity of seeing theis , for they are works of art of which the age and country may be proud .
Royal Polttbchsic Isshtutios . —Among the numerous works of science and art deposited in this most noble institution , there has been added an engraving of his grace , tbe Duke of Wellington . It is not too much to say , in the most emphatic language it is possible to use , that this likeness will take precedence of all others which have been published . The character of his Grace ' s countenance is admirably preserved , and the light smile which plays upon his features recalls vividly his ordinary aspect ; not a
trace oi the original man has been lost , for the image of the illustrious Duke has been seized and retained with a literalness and individuality about which there can be no dispute . This portrait of the great captain has been engraved from a smaller one originally taken from a daguerreotype . It is the same size as that splendid engraving of Napo'eon , by De La Roche , of Paris , and for which it is intended for a companion We may add that Mr Ryal has executed the engraving with exquisite skill y and effect ; the lights are delicately diffused and given a softness ef tone not to be surpassed .
The Colosseum .-Some interesting additions have recently been made to the valuable and extensive collection of sculpture at this establishment . They include Secular ' s exquisite group of' The Deluge ;' Mr Thrapp ' s « Arethusa ; ' ' The Fall of Satan , ' by Brown ; ' The Boy and Lizird , ' by Sharp ; Mr Crowley ' s Drowned Boy ; ' and some other works of high merit equally well known , besides several busts and figures of prominent public characters . As an exhibition of Modern Art the Sculpture Gallery at the Colosseum is now , we believe , one of the bestin this country .
Ckemobke Gardens . —On Monday evening a more than usual number of persons were attracted to Cremorne-gardens to witness the ascent of two balloons , viz ., the Victoria and Coronation ballon?—the one directed by the veteran Mr Charles Green , and the other by his brother , Mr II . Green . The wind was blowing very fresh from the north-east at the time of the ascent , seven o ' clock , aud the machines were carried through tbe air in the direction of Wimbledon-common , with extraordinary speed , the Victoria taking the lead . Tbe whole of tbe very numerous company seemed to thoroughly enjoy the various entertainments provided for their amusement .
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Akciest Relics—The discovery of human bones by the workmen engaged in preparing the ground for the railway terminus at Sfc Leonard's , in Perth , has been followed by other and more extensive remains . Several stone coffins of Saxon workmanship have been come to , containing burnt clay urns , with ashes in several cases ; showing that this bad been a public burying place long ere the Catholic days . A very singular discovery has also been made of a Roman road , many feet below tho present surface , and immediately below a deep bed of clay . Perth , or Victoria , is well known to have been one of the principal Roman stations north of the Forth ; and the remains of the roads communicating with the camp at Ardoch in the west , and at Delvin on the Tay , are still to be seen .
AsnquiiT of the Ekctric Telegram . —A correspondent of the Spectator points out that although the electric telegraph is considered by many to be the most wonderful of modern inventions , yet the following extract will show that the idea of such a medium of communication was started long ago . It is from a paper by Addison , in the Spectator , No . 141 , entitled Letter on the Absence of Lovers : Remedies Proposed , ' and runs as follows : —* Strada , in one ef his Prolusions ( Lib . ii . prol . 6 ) , gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone , which had such virtue in it that if it touched two several needles , when one of the needles so touched began to move , the other , though at never so great a distance , moved at the same time and-in the same manner . lie tells us , that the two friends being each of them possessed ot one of these needles , made a kind of dial-plate ,
inscribirg it with the four-andtwenty letters , in the same manner as the hours of tho day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate . They then fixed one otthe needles on each of these plates in _ such a manner that it could move round without impediment , so as to touch any of the four and-twenty letters . Upon their separating from one another into distant countries , they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day , and to converse with one another by means of this their invention .. Accordingly , when they were some hundred miles asunder , each of thcra shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed , and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate . If he had a mind to write anything to his friend , he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for , making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence , to avoid confusion . The friend in the meanwhile saw his own
sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent pointed at . By this means they talked together across a whole continent , and conveyed their thoughts to one another in an instant over cities or mountains , seas or deserts . ' A Chartist Bask . —The Chartists are raising subscriptions to establish a bank , to be called the Labour Bank , ' with a capital of 450 . 000
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> r a ™ . THE FORKING CLASSED ' ^^ 'WssrssitawK ' : ^ r .. K-L- ; » ' Ht t gtomog- colours , the inevitable consequence of hl urt-uoion and Acad union amongst yourstW that CT « x «« » Bngfcnd um , t look forward with hope to th , period , not very distant , -when that class from whom fl 0 „ , i the wealth of our island-the class of labmZ m » dbad huveadue voice iu the making of thelows by rtmons trance Shall preven t the passing of many an \ au VXV t * rd an Lu " common Practic » 1 K ° ¦•«" shall be . ward , and its suggestions carried out , In deB . ance of th « crafty sub tlety-the theoretical Jip-knowJedge now misua vned Policy . ^
But I am *> o truly and sincerel y your friend aud welt wisher , to co uceal from you tbe fact , that the most in * - portant steps towards this grand consummation must be taken by voim Uivus . Your destinies are in your own . hands—but you' must labour to make them bend to yow will . In intellect , in feeling , im > sense , you are inferior to no people on tbe face of tho globe , but as the richest soil require * csltiiration befoie you can make tt bee ? grain , so do your minds require training before you caa have tbe full benefit of that rfoh crop of thought audi energy which such culture will pxoduee .: Now Languaoe , the power of uttering our thoughts , io . one of the distwetive marks of rational beings ; it is thatt organ by which we convince , pessuade , or terrify our fellow-creatures—by which we may melt tbe heart with joy . or petrify it with fear—by whiehwe may publish our wrongs , or spread through the world the stery of our triumphs . Is this grand , this ennobling power , to be dee . j pised I Should we leave this fertile land uncultivated « I
Surely not . Language may become all that I have said , but which of you has not known many individuals whose power of utterance scarce sufficed to-make tbeir fritudg comprehend their most ' ordinary thoughts-and who could not write a letter that could be uuderstood ? All this arises from want of cultivation . Language is like steam —it will , if properly applied , send a ship across the Atlantic in defiance of the loudest gales of Heaven in its face—but it may also serve only t » lift tbe lid of a tea . kettle ! Kow the science of Gbahbiab will , if properly understood , enable you to use Language at will : ic will teach you—not indeed to think , but to express your thoughts , in the clearest and most forcible manner . It will teach you to arrange your thoughts hi order , so as to bring conviction to your readers and hearers ; it will raise you iu your own estimation and in that of others ; for a sensible speech , or a well-written letter , is , like a pleasing countenance , a perpetual letter of recommendation .
To aid you in this pursuit of useful and necessary knowledge , the Editor of the Noktbebn Stab has kindl y romised to devote a column weekly to my letters on Grammar—tbe principles of which science I trust you will shortly comprehend , as I Intend to avoid using any words which disguise the meaning of that which I wish you to learn and understand . In studying G mmmar we study the art of speaking and of writing well . Host people in tbe higher ranks of so ciety consider themselves at good grammarians—but I mean , when I have gone through the rudiments of the science , to show you , bow very little our authors , divines , or statesmen , know about the matter . If you do not , in six months , know mora of the English Language tban they do , I shall indeed regret having wasted my time in writing to you .
There are four parts in Grammar—Obthogbaphi , Pbosodi , Etiholoot , and Svntax . Orthography is the art of Spelling ; Prosody , the art of Fronoundny ; Etymology teaches the power and changsi of words ; and Syntax shmui Mhoui to make ottr words agree together , to construct sentences which shall express our meaning . The first part of Grammar is Ortaoa-rapluf , or the art of Spelling-. On this subject I have very little to say to you , except to point out how important a knowledge of Orthogviiphy is , and how , you may acquire it in the tttthst manner .
All words are made up of letters . There are twenty , six letters ; namely-AB C DEFGHIJKLMNO P Q R S T U V W X Y Z . These letters mako words ; but as in our language , many words are sotthrferf in the same manner , which are spelt quite differently , and mean different things , it is necessary to know what letters make any word we wish to write , lest we should write something we do not mean , I have used tho word write often , and you understand me , but there are three other words which are sounded exactly the same : — Wright ... a surname , also a maker of , or workman In , —as wheelwright , a maker of wheels . Rite ... a ceremony Right ... correct As well as
Write ... to put words down on paper . You may bring all these words ' into one sentence— ' Mr Wright , will you write the marriage . rito for the wheelttright right . ' Now if you were to spell one of these words incorrectly what nonsessa it would make ! Aud there are many other words in tbe language which require as much care . The best way to learn to spell is first to copy , word by word , a sentence from any book , then to read it carefully , then to read the sentence aloud , two or three words at a time , and write them down without looking at tho book ; having finished the
sentence , compare what you have written with tbe words in the book , correet any mistakes , and do the same until you find you write that Mntenoe correctly . If two or three join together for this purpose , and one roads each night in turn while the remainder write , the labour will not be so great , and the improvement will be more rapid ) for in this , as in every thing else , Union is Strength , I should advise you to use slates and pencils iu preference to paper , as cheaper and more convenient ; and if you carefully follow the plans I propose , I am certain in less than a year , you will know how to write , not as well as , but much better than , some lords of my acquaintance , . I am , your very sincere Friend , M . M . P .
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The Pbotbctiosists . —Scarcely any of tho county members will consent to stand by Protection , or propose its restoration ; and it appears Lord George Bentinck ' s views on Catholic Endowment have given great offence to his No-Popery adherents . The Morning Herald , the leading organ of his party , has given the signal for mutiny , and in civil but unmistakcable terras , has told the statesman of the stable mind that his leadership is at an end . Chinese Cheating . —Captain Superintendent Sir Thomas Bourchier , of Chatham Dockyard , has been
holding a court of inquiry on board tho Pmctiers , at Chatham , to examine the captain and officers of the Iris , recently arrived with a part of the money paid by the Chinese for breaking some of ourcountrymen ' s heads . Upon opening one of the chests , supposed to be filled with silver , - to the amount of £ 1 , 000 , it was discovered to be filled with lead . Tbe chest was strongly elapsed down , so as to resemble tho other chests . No doubt exists as to the knavery of the Chinese , and that tho one was substituted by thorn for the other . Captain Mundar , who commanded the Iris , received the chests from the Vixen .
Soddex Death op as Italian Gxxtlemas . —An inquest was held on Monday evening by Mr Bedford at the Sabloniere Ilotel , Leicester-square , on the body of Signer Vincenzo Visconti , aged 48 , who died whilst entering the above hotel on Friday evening last . The deceased gentleman , it appeared , lett Milan on the 3 rd instant for this country , on a tour . Whilst at Turin he complained to a fellow-countryman travelling with him of a burning sensational his chest , which continued until they reached Cologne , when tho pain left him . On Wednesday he arrived in England , appcaringin excellent health . On Friday evening the deceased dined with a party of friends , and on his return was about entering the hotel when he fell into the arms of one of his companions , a corpse . Mr Lenton , the surgeon , said that , on a . post mortem examination , he found the deceased ' s heart to bo twice its natural siz ^ , and much ossified : Tho jury returned a ^ ordict of Natural death from disease of the heart , producing
apoplexy . Agricultural QuEitr . —A farmer would bo thank ful for information as to the fittest time and best manner of breaking up and converting into tillage a few acres of laud , which have been in grassabout ten years ; also the most suitable course ol manuring and cropping ; the soil is chalky . Abuses op Ethek . — On Monday , July 26 , a young person called upon a dentist of the Palais Royal to hwe a toi > U \ extracted . She was reudevad ummuscvousby ether , and soma hours after it was ascertained , by a medical examination , that her person had been violated . The dentist has been placed under arrest . —Medical Times .
Case op Distress . — A severe loap has been sustained by a mechanic in the employ of Mr Snare , named Major , residing at No . 4 , Whitley-street , Reading , from the destruction by fire of nearly the whole of his linen , bed-clothes , and articles ot aprmrrel : it appears , that on Wednesday last , the linen of the family , after being washed , was hung on a screen in the bed-room , and other portions placed on Hip bed . where , as it is supposed , one ol the children , o which there are tour , wt firo to the screen , and caused the destruction of the whole , as well as the Sd clothes : the wife has been quite disabled for seven years with rheumatism , and the loss altogether i « Verv heavy upon this industrious individual . Readla Mercury . [ Surely some benevolent individuals are to be found in Reading , or elsewhere , who will think it a Christian duty to so far aid this poor man as to enable him to replace the necessaries sq unlor * tunately destroyed , Ed , K . S . J
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The Whigs And Jersey. ' Awake , Arise! O...
THE WHIGS AND JERSEY . ' Awake , arise ! or be t ? r ever fullen . ' TO THE EDITOB 0 * THE NOltTBBBN" MAB . SiB , * -Mo \ r me , an old correspondenf , to draw your attention to tho tricks of Whi ggery , likely to her practised sooner of later upon the people of the island of Jersey , who have , from , time immemorial , possessed chartered rights BKd liberties , granted to- them when they wore being turned over , neck and crop' by France , to the tender merries ol England . The treaty then entered into at that tiase by France , England , and Jersey , is in ever , ? way likely to > b « violated b y the mnwnlate Whigs . The commisstow lately appointed by thero to make certain inquiries lnto'thegjate of the laws ef that island , have made tbeir report , and In that report , tiie commiss ' iohers recommend several material and hnportAn * e-hanges , which , If carried ' out , will at once strike-a- deadly blow
at their liberties-,, and place in the tends of tSe most despicable govsrament that ever held sway over these dominions , tho power of taxing that island t < y what amount it may think-proper . And if tHe government succeed , then tobaeoo is to be the first article taaeif to tbe tuneof fourpcxeb in thepound , to assirrt ' some of ike rotten branches o'thearistocracy to misrule that island , The changes recommended are thus : —a paid poliw ; : the separation of thejiidleial from the legislative powers ' , ; and a re-organization- of the former . There are to-be some alterations in the powers of the Crown officers ( mark , the Crown oScersh and there is a project for changing the language of the courts of justice 1 TWe al teratioiis that will most affect tbe Jtraeyaas may-be enm nwrated as follows : _ 11 Tile abolition of the present courtand instead
, , the instituting of three courts , each presided over by a qualified summary judge , { faark'J to beiis » by the CbowMi £ Throwing open tbe bar . o , The adoption of the English langua e in atlicases were primes may required ; orotherwise , ( which means in plain terms , that they are to be- Ibelandibed crPo . lAHBunuy into it ) , i . Trialiby toy , ( packed jcrfes Jersyans look out ) . 5 . The abolition of the honomry and the institution of a pnid „ polic ? , ( which will portly consist ef those belonging to the Fopayschool ) . 6 . The establishment of a police court ; or sitting magistrate for jthesummary disposal of petty , offences . 7 . Assimilation of the criminal law to that of Eoghmd . This in'a change whi * h will entail upon that island an expeaae which it is not able to bear ; Arid to meet it , the com ; missioners recommend that Her-Majesty's government should impose a duty of fourpertce-per pound on the Sobncco * consumed In the island ; whfcfc , it is estimated ; would'produee an annual revenue of £ 4 , C 00 , qaite
suffloient for the purpose , In looking thorough tho report , ]! find the commissioners do not recomraend Her Mujdstiy nofcto tax the island any further , so that part of their report regarding taxing the tobacco traed in the island being so indefinite , will be made use of by the Wbigs for still further putting on tbe screw . Already is the Jersty Nem > m ecstasies at the reporr ,. no doubt expecting to become the paid organ of the government party in return for the base part it has taken . If ever there was a time for the people of Jersey to be up-and stirrinp . it is now .. Bet the people of , England , who suffer so much from taxation , assist their Jersey brethren to foil this Whig onslaught . Onoe allow the brEtolising Whigs to trample upon the llbentiss-of that island ! you bid adieu to the liborftes of © aernsey , Aldernsyy and all other placet hitherto comparatively free from taxation . I ask the people ef England , through your > Journal , will they allow the rights of their brethren to be sacrificed ! I know ,, from their former conduct , tbeir answer will bo—emphatically—a thousand times—no .
I am , respected Sir , Westminster , Tours obediently , August 22 nd , 1817 . T , K . R
The Young Irelandeits Of London. To Mb T...
THE YOUNG IRELANDEItS OF LONDON . TO MB T . D . o MAHONEr . Sia , —You will , I trust , excuse me attempting to sd-. vise one whose experience in Irish agitation for the list seven years has been of such a nature as to embolden you , after having met with sach an unjust reward for your services by tbe Old Ireland , otherwise Domination Hall , party , to attempt to rally your countrymen in this metropolis around the standard of Young Ireland , And I trust that your exertions will meet with that just re .
ward they are entitled to . We have worked together for the last seven or eight years for Irish nationality ,, and I have dedicated this letter to you on account of the straightforward and manly manner I have ever observed in you . You are about forming Young Ireland clubs in London , the first of them being now held at the ' Green Man , ' Berwick-street , Oxford-street , on Sunday evenings , and I trust they are held upon quite a different footing from tbe old ones . Nothing , I trust , exclusive in them . For many were the persons who left our for . mer meetings in disgust upon that account ,
Excuse me when I say that the assistance of no person sbould be refused , let his politics be what they may . The Chartists are looked upon , now that they have a voice in parliament , in quite a different light . There is now ever ; inclination to listen to them . These men must not be excluded from your clubs , or , according to law , auxiliary clubs ; they are men wbo feel as deeply for liberty as ourselves . I think you will agree with me that the working classes of tho metropolis ought to be acquainted with the real position of Ireland . Throw , then , your meetings open to them , and they will come ; and I have no doubt that their leader , Feargus O ' Connor , will also visit our meetings . How many an Irish heart in this metropolis would pant with joy to listen to him addressing a Young Ireland meeting . I know what their
feelings were upou learning that he was returned M . P . for Nottingham ( the Clare of England ) . I am fully aware of the joy exhibited by yourself and your brother Confederates at learning tbe joyful news of his return , as likewise that of tbe O'Gorman Mahon ; the latter was silenced for a time by our lato leader , but the other never was . I know , and so do you , that a doubt , to a very great extent , oxists in the bosoms of the thinking portion of Irishmen , whether tbe conduct of our late leader was justifiable or not , and there remains not a doubt as regards their verdict , when we look back to the conduct of the Irishmen in Loudon and at home , when they rallied around Mr Wm . S . O'Brien , when the extinguisher was attempted to be applied to him . We must not refuse aid from the English working man , nor from their leader . There is no man who wiH ' enter tho Commons '
House of Parliament who has a better right to be called a gentleman , by birth and education , than Feargus O'Connor , the Chartist . I trust that you will sue the great good that will arise from the co-operation of En . gliahmea and Irishmen iu thi »]> netr » polis . It will be upon those tirms , and no other , will that I join the Confederates . It was tho doctrine I always advocated , and I ean never desert it . Now is the time for us to ha up and doing , and let us trust that should we be in the agitation this time seven years hence , that we shall find we have reaped a better harvest for our services than we had in tho last seven years ; and that we will not allow
any leader or leaders ts put an extinguisher upon our body in this metropolis by calling us ' things , ' or as an O'Connell say , after remitting to tho association noarlj £ 2 , 000 per year , ' I dissolve that thing called Wardenmote . ' My dear sir , those words , which I have just quoted , are not forgotten in London . Go on and prosper—persevere , persevere , peiscvere —and your exertions in the end will be crowned with success . And no one thing will give me greater de . light than to sea the toll-worn sons of labour shouWet to shoulder with ui , hurling over the brink of oblivion tho hydra-headed monster—despotism .
I am . Sir , yours respectfully . An Ex-London Repeal IVabden . Bridge-street , Parliament-street , August 23 rd , 1817 . P . S . —I bad almost forgotten to mention that I have selected the Northern Stab for this address , as it has always been tho sincere advocate of tho rights of the working man , and a staunch advocate for Repeal .
T1ie Land Plan, To The Editor Of The Nob...
T 1 IE LAND PLAN , TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTUEBN STAB . Sib , —I wish to ask you a question or two respecting those peop le that are spending so much of their valuable (?) time , in attempting to depreciate the noblest uf plans —the National Land Plan . How Is it , sir , that certain persona who pretend to bo the friends of the labouring man , no sooner hear of anything that would bo likely to be of any advantage to the labourer , than they rack and torture their brains to discover jome flaw , some error , or oversight , that may or may not have been committed
on the first outset of any plan that would be of any service to the working classes ! Are they in league with the people ' s oppressors , or attempting to become so , by writing puny articles in their papers against the interest of the poor man ? Papers , sir , that have fl imished—papurs that were mainly supported by mechanics and labourersbut which are now going gently down the stream of oblivion , for their supporters have bad their eyes opened to the wolves hi sheep ' s clothing . One paper , the l ) is . patch , is afraid that a great many Chartists will be offended with their statements ; but , sir , not only will Chartists bo offended , but the thousands of many different creeds that belong to tho Land Company will , I take it , be offended also . _ .... their time ti
Now sir , in lieu of these writers wasting no purpose , for the Company will go on just the same , why do they not propose something baterfor the poor mau j some groat , original , good thing , and some great and good men to carry such plan into operation "I Simply , because the only plan to emancipate the labouring classes fiom their thraldom , is tho Land Plan , and these would be ' people ' s rriendg' " ore chagrined because they have nothing to do with it . It is the old foblo over again . - The grapes are sour , I am a four-acre shareholder , and place every reliance on Mr O'Connor ' s sound practical judgment , knowing him to be tho poor man ' s best rriend , —for what othei gentleman has ever done , or even attempted to do , so rauoh good for the working man as Feargus O'Connor ? 1 am sir , yours very respectfully , James Henby GairriTus . Marjlebone , Aug . 23 rd , 1817 .
The Sleaford Tragedy. To Tue Editor ©V T...
THE SLEAFORD TRAGEDY . TO TUE EDITOR © V THE NOBTUEBN STAB . Sib , —I beg to Inform you that , in consequence of the kiud atteutiou of the Land Company to the late uufor-
The Sleaford Tragedy. To Tue Editor ©V T...
tunate circumstance at Sleaford , in investigating tliej cause of the death of William Dodson , the branch at Boston , have had a meeting on the subject , when it wa « proposed Jby myself , and socouded by Mr J . Woodward , that " 0 communication thereof he Immediately forwarded to exprt"'" our grateful thanks for the notice which has been taken O fthat affair » and - tbat we t « ko this our earliest oppor" *" ) ' « f wbniitting to you , that we intend ' without delay to ? nter into an arrangement for collect * ing what each menii ' M way have in his power to contribute for the benefit oi the poor widow and fafherleM children . Humbly and stosap lj hoping that our small endeavours may be acceptable , and that they may meet with the co-operation of the society at Isrge , and Via approbation of its officers . » I am , air , yours truly , jr . PlNBiBD ;
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tsz mxi ELgeiioy .-AiiE wh tMm fo » it ? « Bs always ready / TO THZ B » WO » S ? THE HOfcTHBEJf 3 $ AB . Sii & r . Sib , —Jf j we ?» asked nhen we s-isjht to Be * ready far the next eluerton , I should answer' now , for tho sooner we begin preparations , the more . prepared tie shall ba when itcoaiesr . ifr Gammage has-throws out a goc ^ sustgesttoil'respecting the union of Chartists , ¦ aud the formatihirofaponny election-fund , butl-would : not eonfins the unioa ' to Chartists , my plan being-tha . union of oil Iteformtis-of' ^ lwtscs , ' whatever then ' po * ilitics may be . andhencalwonfejatartan 'Electors ' ' tfncf Won . ehctors leagoe for tkr Abolitioa of A ' atiemvi
Wrongs , ' suoh League to incite the three countries- * and htivo headquarters in llondoni . Tbe objectt . f tBTT league shouhTbe to eraw up ; i } : » $ of National Wronge ? w * jiehoughttc-beaboli » led ,. as K all to join who apiprove of the plan , 'and , n'at onlysiarteandidates of their * " own , free of expanse , but itesist the s & ction of any other ' candidate who would not go ' tbo whole boy' in tha ' Antf-National Wiong' " way . As- eveay member of this league would be afroluBtarj ^ cairva ^ . s-of vote » for tho Leagse , as well as voluntary oonvmit ! at"Hiin at elrstions , votes-would be obtained byiw ' jolesale- ,. aad in an honest way too ; and , if this is not the wny-flo-eeiid to Parliament traoli men as Peargas O'Connor ; ¦ Sbcranpson , Vil « liamsj . and others holding the same nob ' s yainui pl e * as they , cherish , I know not what is .. Why iiavo we no * la
fhelloase ( in addition to the cbove ) , 3 tlith * rd O .-istler , Deuglas Jerrold , William" Howitt , and other nobles of nature ?* 'Because we were not united . ' fireplaces of OasJler , . Jerreld , and Hotritt , . have been filled'toymen not Worthy , to wipe their shoes .- But thefault h > o-nr own , for , had we been as prepared for th » election , now past , ; as-I trust we shall be for theoleetion . that is- to come , . thinkyou that such rubbish ; - as-we have septi'itetorned , wovibi haw got in 1 No •' . fovour National- Fntotv would bave been a National Bream , and with it'we woafd haveswept our house clean . Bin- ' we will- have a glorious ' sweep yet f Tbe wrongs which we should abolish ' , would ! of course include Class legislation ( or- exclusive -roting ) , Injustice ( or no Parliament ) fon-Ireland , Execution ( or Strangulation according to act of Parliament ) , Gbrporal Banishment ( in all cases save the case of bad . IS . y . ' s ) ,
the Game Eaivs , Enclosure Bills , - Poor Baws , Window Tax Laws , & c . In short , ' alllaws begotten by thedevil . ' through the agency of bis clasi-legislating . children fOh , ¦ It would be avglorious contest ! : At'holy- war' against , tlie ' dcvilln which ' Satan smitten with amazement ' 1 would fall , never , Iitrust , toriso again in this nation . ;—ino , nor in any other where enemies-to wrong were so ilive to each other ' s interests , that their union was ; 'devil-proof ! " Let us unite thenfor ' good , " and to re . jsist' evil . ' . line do uot ,. If we continue to be as mdiffer . jent and . as false to each other as-tbe great maj .-alty of us jhave been , the devil is quite gs 0 d enough for . our com' panion . ' Sod- helps those who . help themselves , -- is a ' truesaying ( Iknow it from experience ) , and until wo help ourselves , and to good 'Members of-Parli . iment , ' w « deserve all the wrongs we endure , and more too !
I ; hnvB refrained from starting an JStcotioti Seague , ia the hope tha * the Chartists generally will do so , and trusting that the above will induce others to ' eome oat ' upon this really important qurstion .. I remain , sir , With thanks for last insertion , Tours , for the Abolition of National Wrongs , Henht Dowem . Gaisyiiiis . Maryleboaa , Aug . 2 Drd , J 847 ;
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Ilerr Andersen, The Danish Poet, Is At P...
Ilerr Andersen , the Danish poet , is at present on a tour through Scotland . He was honoured by an invitation from Prince Albert for Osborne , which has been exchanged for Ardverikiej in Badenoch . — Perth Courier . Upwards of 300 of the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital , together with their wives and ! families , will embark from Belfast for Auckland , in New Zealand , in the course of a few days . The ' boy ^ Jones , ' whose name became so familiar to the public ear by his intrusive pranks at the
Queen s palace , Buokingham . house , and frequently baffled the utmost vigilance ot * the police and palace guard , is now trumpeter in the Ssh Hussars in this garrison , perfectly cured of his wayward il ispusitiou , and one of the best conducted young men in the regiment . To tho men and officers of the Sth he continues to be known by no other appellation than that of ' boy Jones , ' which acquired him such celebrity three or four years ago in London and Windsor ; —Limerick Chronicle . The Rev . Mr Cudihy , 0 . S . F ., at the Watered election said : —
. ' 'Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by the return of O'Connell and Meagher : ' But hear me . I think only half t ' -ie victory is won while a Whig remains in the country to contaminate it . '—The summer seems over-clouded at oi . ee . By a parliamentary return just printed , it appears that , to the 21 st ult ., £ 35 , 773 , 730 14 s . 8 . 1 . was paid , and £ 1 , 830 , 701 13 s , 1 W . remained to be paid by the several railway companies having had purchase , sale , lease , or amalgamation bills before parliament iu the lite session . There has been formed in Glasgow , within theso few days , an association of a very remarkable character ; its title is ' The Anti-Gold League . ' Its object is the overthrow of Peel ' s monetary s . istcmthe abolition , in short , not merely ol ' tho Bank Charter Act , but of the Currency Law of 1810 .
Six children wcro nearly poisoned last week , at Penrith , by eating some berries of the sturge laurel , which they had found in a garden ; but emetics were administered to thorn and they ultimately recovered . ' A French surgeon states that , by fitting bedsteads with glass feet , and isolating them about eighteen inches from the wall of the apartment , he has cured the patients sleeping on them of-a host of nervous alloctiens . 'We hear , ' says tho Stxmfonl Mercury , ' that a large quantity of old wheat is yet in the hands of several farmers on the Trent-side , and that some of them are flogging themselves severely for not selling when prices were 50 s . a quarter higher . ' he
Burritt ' s Christian Citizen of the 17 th , says— ' 1 sea serpent was seen at A ' ahant ( U . S . ) on Sunday , by six pertous who were uuon the recks . He raised his head apparently ten feet above the level of ^ ne water , and then gradually sunk and disappeared . A person inquiring at otto of the North Railway stations , what time the 7 45 train would start , was sharply answered at a quarter to eight— ' God bless me , ' exclaimed the inquirer ' you are always changing the time on this line . ' One of the American papers had ahead 'Marriages intended , ' under which aro ranged tho names of iffi'inced candidates for the state of matrimony . So de vent a Maliommedan is the Turkish Sultan , that he persists in abstaining from intoxicating liquors , although his physicians think that the moderate use of wine would improve his health .
It was stated on tho hustings at Darlington , that John B 0 W 04 , Esq ., the former member , had spent the sum of £ 30 , 000 in two contests for South Durham . Measures are being taken in Lont ' on to establish an asy lum for the reception of idiots , whose intellectual and moral capacity the promoters of this design consider capable of some dcvelopemenk Uv an act of pavU-Ainent of lait session , pomna sending threatening letters may be imprisoned and thrice whipped , or transported . The capital employed in the coal trade of ^ M > thumborland and Durham is estimated at nearly ten millions .
An American paper says that during the bombardment of Vera Cruz , Gen . Worth sent a servant . to fetch a bucket of water tor his horse . At the moment when the man returned , a shell fell within a few feet ot - the general , who cooliy ordered him to pour the water on the bomb , and by thus extinguishing the fusee , prevented the explos ' on ot the pnjJctile , which would probably have killed or wounded several persons . Sir John Ilobhouso will probably before long ba raised to tho peerage . No fewer than sixteen gentlemen connected with Manchester , and eight with Liverpool , have been returned during tho past election . The last desceatlaut ot * Martin Luther , now living in Germany , ami very pooi \ lately abjured the reformed , and adopted the Catholic religion . The Jews residing at Constance are to te admitted to all the rights of citizenship .
The fares on the Eastern Counties Railway wore raised last week nearly 25 per cent . „„ Di „ . The clwsvman in a certain town , as tbocMtoa is , having published tho bands of niatrnnonytetwin two persons , was followed by the clerk s , eaiingthehymnbeginniiigwithlhe 3 CWon ! 3- 'M . StrAcn ^ tJ ^ Tto Bi wtata . bar * **™ Jrl than thrco lish this season , and several « f tliea 0 n ! lf ° Se 13 V prison *** for trial at the Mayonssias . i „ , t seven could either read or write . , 1 , t « nrnttv well on towards iO . OOO , 'torKb is building a Uwidsome palace m \ m rioa . When it is completed , never will an edi-Aw JS 5 been raised on so small a fouadauw ' , * Vanch ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081847/page/3/
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