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TO THE QUEEN . BT . EUXEST JOFES . v ^ Tjr palfries are prancing , your people are pining , the Palace and Bastile in rivalry tower : jjemendxr ! the greatest gold crown « rer shining The breath of a people can blight in an hour . Your sycophants ringed round the foot of the throne May call you the Queen of the deep sounding sea , T behigh . oounding billows would break at the tone . Yon atu not—you are not the Quesn of the free . But exilelike Edward or J * n , e , »
, were you an , , Which of yonr courtiers would think of yon then Where would yon find all your B ishops and Than * - Queen of fat horses , and pate starving men . What care we , if Ma rshal , a-d * £ *' "I Feee Gird . ou around , like a *>« , U * tag «* tt * "KS ^ STSST-Si ?* - them all J
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UP FOR FREE LAND . « 0 h ! Gad ' s earth is fair 1 and a glimpse yon may catch , As j « u peer o ' er the waH of some neighbouring Park , pf I / two , Grove , and Paddock;—bat lift not a latch , Qr be torn by the Djgs at your footsteps that hark ! s « eet valley and glade—beamteous lake , stream , and river , Bes tufl ev'ry turn in our evergreen isle;—Ye have Heard they are lovely , but glance at them never Save y * ked—like scorned beasts—tounrecompensed toil' *' " Crawl on , ye vile slaves ! not a god is yonr own , Of thf soil where your fathers coursed fire * as the
air ; Tot a bird dare yoa shoot , where their footsteps have fl a » n , jfot a fish dare yon draw from the streams thatiwre theasl "With voar sweat yonr Land-robbers their ' scutcheons adorn , And would coin jour heats ' -blood , at your hearts they have riven ! If you ask for cue land—they refuse it with scorn ;—if vou bow to their witt , ysu d « erre it , by flatten !
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THE WESTMINSTER 1 AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW . Jam-art . 1 S 47 , London : G . Luxford , Whitefriars Street . The only political article contained in this number ;{ the ir « fntmrter and Foreign Quarterly Review , is ., a " tbe Spanish Marriages , " which has at least one food feature , itsjbrevity , —the briefer the better considering the interminable " leaders , " diplomatic lettersand ( bow ) speeches on both sides of the cbaa-• el which have poured upon us and yet continue w pour . " In one weak , washy , everlasting flood . "
Inotber good feature of this article may be named , ' be spirit in which it is written , that spirit being' decided anti-Palmerstonian . ' The articleexposesthe allrof our government meddling with this marriage afiir at all , and the wickedness of any warlike demonsration which might grow oat of this absurd med-£ inf . If we hare any fault to find with the reviewer . it is that he has dealt too leniently with Louis Phijr . pe . In exposing the meddling of Lord Palmerston Se writer in tbe Westminster has done well , had lie jaded a castigation of that kins of knaves , Louis Fniiippe , he would have done still bettter .
We must express our regret that the confiscation K Cracow has -een passed over by the writers in the fcstvdndtr , which is also , be it remembered , the Fireim Quarterly Review ; such a subject ^ should lave " found a principal place in such a publication . We earnestly suggest io the able writers in this work to make not merely Cracow , but the whole question of Poland ' s nationality , a leading feature cf their next number . This Polish question is a t ? rv diff rant affair to that of the iiontpensier marriage . With the latter , the English people have no feasiaess , with the former they have every business . Tie Spanish marriages is a question of court-intrine , and diplomatic thimble-rigging , which it is he interest ot the people of this country : o wash their hands of : but the existence
< i Poland is a question of the utmost tmwrtance , not only to the Poles , but to the people if every other land . A nation cannot be blotted out a existence without a deadly injury being inflicted upon other nations . The time has now come when the wlmle question of Poland ' s existence must be retired , and must be settled at ar , y cost . Yes , we say it deliberately , with a foil consciousness of iheevils of vir , that even war would be justifiable ; and we must sW our belief that ere long that " last argument , " wiii be seen to be unavoidable , not only for the sake K Poland , but for the welfare of this country , and j e general interests of humanity . Universal peace anaiics , may preach tbe speedy coming of their aillenium , " but nothing is surer than this , Jut the longer the struggle between the nations ad the tyrants is put off , the bloodier will that srnsgle be when it does come and the more afflicting
a > the people of all lands . We are not advocates of var ; rather than a single shot should have _ been trcd in ancer , we would have justified the British gottmment in yielding every inch of the Oregon terri-; crv . and as ' regards the Montpensier marriage , if Lciiis Philippe had a hundred sons he might marry 'i * ru to whom he pleased before we would back Lord Palmerston ' s negative by any warlike support ; but fiance at the map of Europe satisfies us that the nine has come when the government of this country iould contest the march of absolutism ; " if misisim will not do their duty the people must do theirs , ad this will be . Xot'immediately perhaps ; bet ere long . The land which produced Cromwell will not fjrtver remain the accomplice of the vile tyrants , Russia , Austria , and Prussia ; it would bs treason ' a England to believe her capable of a part so vile , » fraucht with dishonour and self-destruction .
The principal artic'e in the present number of the v : atmi » ftcrvi on the " Revelations of the Telescope ;" i more lucid , eloquent , and in every respect truly adorable article it has never been onr good fortune to : ad . We give the following extracts : — ASTZOSOHT . Of all the physical sciences , that which investigates tie laws ot surrounding planets — which extends the < nts of man to other spheres of existence , those " mnlti-M massi s of increased and still increasing light . "Astronomy—unquestionably is the most spiritualising : i's : toiplatcd as one grand whole as it is the mostbeau-Sal monument of the human mind , the most noble retrofits intelligence . * * * IIIt reveals to ns the growth as well as the decay of sens L " -i planetary stctcms ; it carries us into infin ty and
? - tius some faint conception of the stupendous magni' -leofan universe , where suns like our own may be tnkoued by millions , and where the planets which roll r / ind tbem are beyond all oar powers of vision ; it shows a that the whole system to which onr planet belong ? is i'' a suboidina'e unit in a firmament of stars—that irsument but one among many ; which , as vast in size t'A as slorious as our own , are scattered indefinitely ! " "Buh immensity , forming , doubtless , one stupendous f ' -tm , bound together by fine relationships ; these ^ nununts , however , placed so deep in space that to initr . i . r telescopes they seem like faint streaks or spots of c'i » y liquid upon the blue of the sky ; and the aggregate « V-isst not yet the whole , for , beyond the regions that f « re been penetrated by the telescope , there yet may Krc ' vh an undiscovered infiuty . And as « e survey
' d ~ -t marvellous truths , we are lost in the feeling of iteTieusity and of the comparative insignificance of this ? V „ t and its millions of inhabitants . Bnt this is soon fc-Uuwed by a sense of gratification , gratitude and * ' 2- ;« : r . that to us has been permitted such a know * ' * '?< : of the unbounded system of the universe . * * The inSaite extent of tiiig field , where no bounds can be *" ¦ ' to onr spreolations , peculiarly shows tbeprr-emiuence '• ? astronomy among all other pursuits af human wisdom . k metaphysics , in literature , in the arts , ignorant as we * tf , we can issign limits , and supply , in imagination at , •^ it , all that may be wanting to perfectu-n ; but , in the ' * 'iks of nature , beyond our power of scrutiny , we see ' Eotad to our inquiries ; we perceive only the littleness i '' "ntn , and the nothingness and vanity of all his boasted j •'• iJitimtn ts . " I
f Le reviewer traces the history of astronomy from \* ancient Chaldeans , Chinese , " Egyptians , and In" 1 * 15 , to the present time . Of course , a considert > -t portion ot the article is devoted to the sub-• 'fctof
tOED IOS . E ' s TEtrSCOPE . h is net ea « y to compare Lord Kosse ' s telewopts with " _ " s * instruments , inasmuch as their various relative ' - ' "' it- . es would require to be ascertained by direct ex-J ^ ait ; bat if , as seems fully established , his Lord-* ' ' three feet speculum is much superUr in space-• ' --ratiair p wtr t « the bilges disc in possession of his I «^ , I' ^ Htssor , we shall be obliged to endow the six I j .. ' ^ ' '"^ r whh an efficacy to pass without difficult ) I p . ' *'• ' *'; - at ieo ' -t tire huuire'l tiriK-s further than is I ctT . ' " * 'i'laS 5 t"ted vision : in other wurds . it will deso- ' t " *"' - ' - f ' -r O'J-llj times more remote than au average j ' '' ! silt tirn tr . agiiitulif ; or , tlioagi . it were S' p irattd ¦ ,. ' jUT at - ' ie ^ by an iuurvai so treniendous that , were M Si ur , at a similar distance created now , iis light , jr .. " ' "•'"• -h its velocity be next to inconceivable , would i ' , |" ' ' i ! . 1 tl : v ii-. tci-Tcisiiij ; ~ - , » :, ces probably » or inure ''C' :, "' ' " ' - ' " !' '' . «'"' - > tre . '' i reaching this e ^ rth , it '' '" "' l i lj-.-w exi-tcuce having been summoned from
t „; « itljjvr . is extracted from Dr . . Nichols " Sys-¦ ,. ' ¦ ; " ' fie World . " Th- ? Kcviewer adds : — . ^ ¦ ' » e , hy auv piijcibiiity , form any C'liccption of di ; - ' :.. ¦ '¦ . ' . "' ' l ! lu ous ? In round numhrrs it may be said , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ •• , ' . ?' . ' " '' ' s at tiitt ra , fe ° f l' . ' -. uot ) milts in a second , * i ' \ . " ' ' - " orms "s journey from the sun to the earth , -- ¦ Kii-b hi jT , millions of miles , in about eight minutes
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And yet , by this instrument we are informed , that there are star * and systems so distant , that the ray of light which impinges on ths eye of their observer , and enables him W detect it , issued from that orb sixty thousand years back . Thus , while we gaze upon that star , we view it not as it may exist at present , but as it did exist many thousand years ago . Such an Mea takes ns back into an eternity of time , in which the mind loses itself as in a dream . The following notice of M . Le Verrier ' s recent discovery is interesting : —
THE NEW PLANET . Its present distance , expressed in common measure , is about 3 , 200 , 000 . 000 } English miles'from the sun , and about 3 , 100 , 000 , 000 from the earth . It * distance from Uranus , whoie motions its disturbs , is about 140 , 000 , 000 of miles . Its diameter is estimated at 50 , 030 miles , that of Uranus being 35 , 000 , of Jupiter 86 , 000 , of Saturn 79 , 000 , of the earth 8 , 000 . while the diameters of the other planets are less than that of th * e * rth . Thus , with the exception of Jupiter and Saturn , the new planet is the the largest in our system . Its cubic bulk is to that of the earth as 250 to 1 . That the planets are inhabited there is every reason to believe , for that they have nights and days , and regulated seasons , with other conditions necessary for the existence of animated creatures , is proved beyond doubt . Of this the most striking illustration is afforded by
THE PLANET MARS . Baer and Maedlcr . two Prussian astronomers , have devoted many years * labour to the examination of Jfars , and the result has put us in possession of a map of the geography of that planet , almost as exact and well defined as that which wepassessofour own ; in fact , the geographical outlines of land and water have been made apparent upon it . Bnt a still more extraordinary fact in relation to this planet remains to be considered . Among the shaded markings which have been noted by the telescope upon its disc , a remarkable region of brilliant white b ' ght , standing out in boldest relief , has been observed surrounding the visible pole , Tbis highly illuminated spot is to be seen most plainly when it emerges from the long nigbt of the winter season ; but when it has passed
slowly beneath the heat of the solar beams , it is found to have gradually contracted its dimensions , and at last , before it has plunged into light on the opposite side , to have entirely disappeared . But the opposite pole , then coming into similar relations , is found to be furnished with a like luminous spot , which , in its turn , dissolves as it becomes heated by the summer sun , Dow these facts prove to us , incontcstibly , that the very geographical regions of Mars arefac-similegofonrown . In its long polar winters tbe snows accumulated in the desolation of Us high northern and southern latitudes , until thry become visible to us in consequence of their reflective properties ; and these are slowly melted as the sun ' s rays gather power in the advancing season , nntil they cease be to appreciable to terrestrial eyes .
Here is a brief description , as seen through Lord Rosse ' s telescope , of
THE MOON . It appeared like a glob * of molten silver , and every object of the extent of 100 yards was quite visible . Edifices , therefore , of the size of York Minster , or even of the ruins of Whitby Abbey , might be easily perceived if they had existed . But there was no appearance of any thing of that nature ; neither was there any indication of the existence of water , or of an atmosphere . There was a vast number of extinct volcanoes , several miles in . breadth ; titroagh one of them there was a line , in continuance of one about 150 miles in length , which ran in a straight direction like a railway . The general appearance , however , was like one vast ruin of nature ; and many of th « pieces of rock , driven out of the volcanoes , appeared to he laid at various distances .
We must forbear to quote further from this delightful article . We pass on to Grote ' s " History of Greece . " In this artic'e , the p rincipal subject discussed is the authorship of "The Homeric Poems . " and strong doubt is expressed of tbe truth of the popular be'ief that these poems were exclusively the work of Homer , or of any one man . "I've heard , " says Byron , " I ' ve heard Tr . iy doubteJ , time will doubt of Rome . " Here we have Homer doubted . Who will say that when Shakespeare ' s dramas have attained the present age of Homer ' s poems , that there will not be critics " argufying" that Hamlet , Othello , Lear , and ! Macbeth , weie written by different authors ? At least that the comedies were not written bv the author of the
tiagedies . Indeed , without anticipating critical discussions of tw » thousand years hence , we may state that an intimate friend of ours gravely assured us not long since , that he was quite prepared to strip the one Shakespeare ol his giory , " by proving that the socalled "Shakespeare Piays , " were the production of a number of authors ; and tha : Shakespeare had monopolised the fame which belongs of right to many . We laughed at our friend , and advised him to keep his criticisms to himself . Our friend has evidently commenced his critical labours some two thousand years too soon ; but let him take consolation , the time will no doubt come , when Shakesneare will be subjected to the dissection now performed en the remains of Homer .
"A History of British Ferns , " is a pleasing and instructive articles . An elaborate review of Carlyle ' s collection of " Oliver Cromwell ' s Letters and Speeches , " follows . The reviewer backs up the biographer in his glorification of the great Commonwealthsman . " Ho that ean suppose , " says the reviewer , " Cromwell a hypocrite , after reading these letters and speeches , co uld not be persuaded that Charles the First was a lover of his kingly perogatives , or that Falstaff was sincere in his liking for sack . " Acquitting Cromwell
of the charge of hypocrisy , we cannot regard him as a friend to true liberty ; he was too fond of power for that . His persecution of the " levellers , " whose doctrines the Reviewer christens " premature Chartism , " showed him athorougb despot , ills idea of rule seems to have beea what is called " a strong government . " With all his psalm-singing bigotry , and Jew-taught recklessness ot blood-shedding , he was , however , by far the nob est of despots which revolutions have produced . Being a . despot , he was no Washington ; bit although a despot , he was far above Napoleon in all that constitutes " greatness . "
In the way he dealt with enemies abroad , we could whh we had his spirit back again to influence the councils of our foreign office . The question of the liberation of central and Eastern Europe would soon bedecided had we a mas of tiie people instead of a dandy aristecral to proclaim the , world ' s right through the voice of England's might . " Travels in Lycia , " and " Bankruptcy and Insolvency , " are the subjects of interesting articles . Any young fellow inclined to " Risk bis nob ,
Like Solomon Lob , AU for martial glory . " will do well to read the excellent review in this publication of the " Camp and Barrack-rooom ; or , the Btit . su army as it is . " If " standing armies " are to continue , at least for a time , surely such exposures as those contained in the above-named work will resuit in an amelioration of the present degraded condition of the soldiery . There is no class of men in the empire more interested in a radical reform of the government of this country than the army—that is , the working portion . ¦ A inong the reviews of foreign works , we have "' The Countess Haiin Hahn's Last Novels : "
Gutzkow ' s " Letters from Paris , " and " Irnpressiens of Paris ; " " Von Littrow's Miscellaneous Writings , " & c , & e . Finally , a host of brief critical notices of new publications concludes the number . Some very iut-restinu extracts are uiven from Gutzkow ' s works , which describe the hollowness aud instability of the pre-ent cider of things in France . The monarchy , the chambers , in short the whole framework of political society in 1 Vance , is represented in the light of an " or « aiiised hypocrisy , " and it is clear cannot for lone continue . Being in Paris at the time of Lecomte's attempt on tbe King ' s life , liutzkow ' . was astonished to sec the apathy manifested by the public . Here i * a ludicrous exhibition ot
look rniuprE ' pomlamti ! People say that the king is much beloved in P . iris . I will not contest tbe point , 1 will not ducuss the opinion of bis political opponents , who call him a traitor to the maxims and men who put him on the throne ; and I will even say that it is not to be expected of a man ot his years , and whose course of life has been such as his , that he should wear tbe poetic , grand , and genial physiognomy which unhappily we so sorely miss iu almost all living sovereigns . I repeat , that all Parisans who live in dread of imcvXes , of the breaking of their shop-windows , and of the reduction of the rate ol interest , behold in the king their stauuehest support . He \ a liked , therefore ; but this I can aver , that the expression of that liking is the coldest and tamest that ever was witurssed .
It was the first of May , the King * fete day ; tho weather beautiful . A heavy rain had quickened the vegetation in the garden of the Tulieries , and filled the air with the fragrance of the blossoming trees . A soft moonlight evening f -llowcd ; the king was to appear in the balcony of the chat-au , and more than ten thousand persons had been admitted by special tickets iuto the smaller garden . The regimental bands played under the balcony . At last appeared the king , who so recently had had another escape from assassination . With him were his two grandsons , iheComte de Paris aud the Due de Cnartres , and tbe Duchtss of Orleans now aud then joined the party . In the ministerialpaj-ers appeared the following statement . — " iiiuneuse acclamations filled the air . Never was tfeu rojal family so r . ceived ; never were the cries of Vice le ltoi : so prolonged and vehement . Eiitliut , ia » ni was , carried to the highest pitch . "
Not one worJ 01 this is true . The vast crowd was silent f > V a Whole hour . The kin- irppeared in military uniform , with a three-cocked hat , a tall . gaunt figure , altogether unlike the usual stout , plump , portraits of him , with white whiskers , and the inlirm carriage of a very old man , for wIikui we felt twofold compassion iu presence of that cold iiis'fiisible crowd . Not a man of them raised his hat , whilst th « king was incessantly taking his off and boning . Thice or four persons , cotmnUsioned fur the purpne , » houied Yiule ltoi ! No one responded to thu cry ; the king fat down . Sentinels were posted , of coutee with loaded weapons , on all the adjacaut roofs and salaries , for it was a daring act of the king ' s to ex
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11 ose himself so openly . His little grandsons , designated , in the official newspaper style , Vacenir de la France , heat time to the music . The king encouraged tbem to do so ; it gave them a gay , saucy , perhaps martial , appearance . It lasted ranch too long for a spontaneous impulse , this time-beating ; children soon tire of such sports , but tbe Comte de Paris durst not cease , he was obliged to work on unceasingly at his enforced musical programme . The Duchess of Orleans , who has learnt , what is called in France s ' effaeer , to make herself small ,
did not remain long on the balcony , but slipped away as soon as she could . But the "immutable thouglit " Ipensee immuable ) held on . The claqueurs of the police again shouted Vive le Roil Again he stood up , took off his hat , and bowed smilingly . Dead silence as before , no response . Vwe la Heine ! some one shouted , and still tbtre was silence , and when at last the cry was g iven out of Vive le Comte de Paris I the farce was dissolved in laughter . And this was the scene ef which the Journal ties Pebats said , "Immense acclamations filled theair , " & c .
So much of Paris as was not present , tbe provinces , the electors , foreign nations and foreign courts believe these words . When I recounted wha t I bad seen to a banker , he answered coolly— "People do not shout in France . When there is no hissing , it is just the same as if everyone had shouted . " This , I own , astounded me . Our warm , strongbeating German heart ! Our enthusiasm for all wc love and reverence ! The blase Frenchman lets the claqueur shout , and joins tacitly in the applause , inasmuch as he does not hiss . 1 should like to know whether Louis Philippe views the matter in the same light as docs his banker . Would not a little more love and affection be welcome to him after another attempt on bis life ? Or do we Germane take too sentimental a view of such matters ? It may be so ; for , while we were thus reflecting , one of out party had his pocket picked .
A word of advice to Karl Gutekow and bis reviewer . Both these gentlemen write very flippantly concerning " Communism , " about which it is evident they know little or nothing , unless , indeed , what we are unwilling to believe , they wilfully misrepresent the "faith" of the Social Reformers of France . Karl Gutzkow may be a very " sober , sagacious , practical" man , and "tbe most remarkable of living German authors ( ?) " but he does not give the best evidence of deserving these eulogiums , when we find him denouncing Communism as a " craving for enjoyment without labour . " It certainly is the height of shallow impudence to attempt to affix to Communism the odium which justly attaches to the present social system . It is under the present system that hordes of idlers reap enjoyments without labour ; and this evil—the cause of the miserv of the many—has called forth Cimmunism , which aims not at securing for \ t % vot . rieg enjoyments without
labour , but enforcing labour upon all , and securing enjoyments for all . That labour and rewards should be as near as possible equalised , is the creed of the Communists . It is not necessary for us , now , to express our views as to the practicability or desireability of Communism , it is enough for us that , seeing a noble-minded body of men calumniated , wc offer this passing remark in their delence . Very clever writers and reviewers may , 5 be ignorant of somethings ; and the most charitable construction wc can put upon the misrepresentations put forth by Gutzkow and the Westminster Reviewer is , to suppose thai " they know not what they do . " On the whole , we have read this number of the Westminster and Foreign Review with much pleasure , and shall best express our sense of its merits by declaring the truth—that arrived at the last page , we regret that there is not more of a work which , in a single number contains some three hundred and twenty pages .
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TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . January Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox . Loudon ; Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . This Ions-established and popular magazine has changed hands . Mr . Tail's name no longer appears on the cover as proprietor and publisher , but in all other respects we note no change . The principal articles are "A Visit to Aueh Melvich , " Life and Correspondence of John Foster , " "Notes on Walter Savage l . » ndor , " and some articles on Ireland . The " Notes" on Landor are by that odd fish of a writer , De Quincey , who surely must have returned t' » opium eatinu , in no other way can we account for his outrageous "funninss . " Of course there is a
pretty considerable quantity of good sense associated with his nonsense , and from the sensible portion of his Notes we select the only extract for which we can afford room . Savage Landor in his " imaginary dialogues" introduces "Marshal Bugenud and an Arab Chieftain , " and the subject of their discourse is that infernal and ever-to-be-execrated atrocity the roasting and suffocating of the unhappy Arabs in the caves of Dahra . After properly denouncing that horrible act , De Quincey reminds his readers of an act , to say the least , equally deserving of being held in eternal abhorrence , perpetrated by command of Buonaparte , the account of which we shall here introduce ns
OSE OP THE ELOODV DEEDS OF THE TVBANT NAFSLEOX Just forty-seven years ago , on the shores of Syria , was celebrated by Napoleon Bonapart , tbe most damnable carnival of murder that romance bas fabled , or that history bas recorded . Rather mere than four thousand men—not ( like Tsrolese or Spanish guerrillas ) even in pretence ' * insurgent rustics , " but regular troops , serving the Pacha and the Ottoman Sultan , not old men that might by odd fractions have been thankful for dismissal from a life of care or sorrow , but all young Albanians , in the early morning of manhood , the oldest not twenty , four—were exterminated by successive rolls of musketry , when helpless as infants , having their arms pinioned behind their hacks Uke felons on the scaffold , and having surrendered their muskets ( which else would have made
so desperate a resistance ) on the faith that they were dealing with soldiers and men of honour . I have elsrwhere examined , as a question ia caiuistry , the frivolous pretences for this infamous carnage , but that examination 1 have here no wish to repeat ; for it would draw off tbe attention from one feature of the case , which I desire to bring before the reader , giving to this Jaffa tragedy a depth of atrocity wanting in that of Dahra . Tbe four thousand and cid young Albanians had been seduced , trepanned , fraudulently decoyed , from a post of considerable strength , in which they could and would hare sold their lives at a bloody rate , by a solemn promise of safety from authorized French officers . "But , " said Napoleon , injpart of excuse , " these men , my aides-decamp , were poltroons : to save their own lives , they made promises which they ought not to have made . " Suppose it so ; and suppose the case one in which the supreme authority has a right to disavow his agents ; what then ? This entitles that authority to refuse his ratification to
the terms agreed on ; but tbis , at the same time , obliges him to replace the hostile parties in the advantages from which his agents had wiled them by these terms . A robber , who even owns himself such , will not pretend that he may refuse the price of the jewel as exorbitant , and yet keep possession of the jewel . And next comes a fraudulent advantage , not obtained by a knavery in the aidS'de-camp , but in the leader himself . The surrender of the weapons , and the submission to the fettering of the arms , were not concessions from the Albanians , filched by the representatives af Napoleon , acting ( is he says ) without orders , but by express falsehoods , emanating from himself . The officer commanding at Dahra could not have reached his enemy without the shocking resource which be employed : Napoleon could . The officer at Dahra violated no covenant : Napoleon did . The officer at Dahra bad not by lies seJuced bis victims from their natural advantages : Napoleon had . Such was the atrocity of Jaffa in the year 1799 .
Aware of the blind and brutal prejudice which in other countries , besides France , has invested the name of Napole in with a popularity which that tyrant never de-served ; we consider it a . duty , when opportunity offers , to expose his real character . The horrible atrocity above described stamps his name with eternal infamy . This number of Tail ' s Magazine commences a new volume and affords a favourable opportunity to new subscribers to inform themselves of its merits .
Lovis Philippe's Speech . (From The Dome...
LOVIS PHILIPPE'S SPEECH ( From The Domestic Monitor , published by E . Macken . zies , 111 , Fleet-street . ) Infatuated king!—great is his power , now . ' immense his wealth ! greater his cunning ! Yet all his schemes are doomed to vanish like glittering meters ! To fis the destiny of a nation is not in the power of man ; nor is Louis PhilippK the man capable of carrying out such plan ' . He is too old and cautious ; and when his hour iscomo , —when the part which Providence has allowed him to play is at an end , the liberty of the press will once more call into action the generous feeling of those among the French nation whom his gold has not corrupted ; and the cordial understanding which under Louis Philippe had existed for a few moments onl y , as a diplomatic fiction , will be renewed for ever , as a sacred alliance of two nations , who * e mission is to destroy , at home and abroad , absolute despotism ; and to establish all over the world the rights and privileges of the
many . The subject , however upon which 1 must principally rix the attention of our readers , is the manner in which hi expresses himself concerning the annexation of Cracow . He mentions the occurrence in his speech , and calls it " an un . xpccted event . "Unexpected , " indeed , when he—Louis Philippe—was one of the partus secretly engaged in sanctioning it ! * * * * Louis Philippe . - . fleets to have been cut to the quick when the '' unexpected" event was announced to lum , he—the gallant king—protested ! •* Protested ! " Yes , and he " protests" again in his royal speech . The Austrian laughs at his protest , and keeps Cracow ! Nicholas turns Poland into a Hussian province ! Lauis-Philipne makes a new alliance with the one , and protests against the other . What a comedy ! What duplicity ! what cowardice !
Had Louis-Philippe possessed a spark of generous royal feeling , instead of causing his scribblers to draw up a contemptible protest , he would have signified to Austria , that , since it thought proper to seize Cracow , in spite of the treaty of Vienna , a French army would be ordered to cross the Alps , and take possession of the provinces
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which formed part of the kingdom of Italy , and were taken from France by the same treaty . Austria would have no other alternative but to give up Cracoiv , or to engage in a contest which would have deprived it o : most valuable possessions . But the King of the French has made himself an Austrian and Ilur-siaa tributary . You mig ht take him for a Russian or Austrian police officer in royal disguise . However , Louis-Philippe is not immortal , '' Mors aequo pulsatpede . " "Pauperum tabernas regumque turres , " Land of Sobieski and Koseiuseo , mourn not . Fragrant garden of Europe , birthplace of Dante and Michael Angelo , do not despair , the day of your liberation is not far . When France , once more free from the encroachments with which cunning corruption bas retarded the development of its liberties , shall have joined in friend ship with the freeborn children of England , The day will dawn for the emancipation of all white slaves in Europe , and you will be rescued also from Austrian aud Russian slavery , *
The War In Mexico. (Extract From Young A...
THE WAR IN MEXICO . ( Extract from Young America . ) lACKA & NDERs WANTED—SECOND CALL . Another regiment is called for fi-om Pennsylvania , and it is said that gome companies have volunteered ! The lacklandcrs of Pennsylvania want light . The regiment from this state ( New York ) is not more than two . thirds full , if it is that , and they can't get a regiment , for the purpose intended , from the old Teapot State I Spread tho doctrine that no lncklander should fight except for his right to the land ! LET TBE LANDLORDS ENLIST .
A Washington correspondent of the Evening Post says that in consequence of the difficulty of getting from some of the States their quota of the nine regiments of volunteers callsd for , it is contemplated to call for another regiment from New York . This is glorious news , because it is but a short time since they were boasting in the papers that 300 , 000 men had volunteered for the war , and tbe indication is that the lacklandcrs are getting their eyes open . Of course in communities where there are people actually starving to death , as in New York , there will always be necessitous men who will enlist m mercenariss ; but if all men had their right in the soil , none would be in this condition ; therefore no landless man who could keep life in him by any other means ought to enlist in any war , except such as would tend to secure the equal right to the soil ; the Mexican war is clearly not one of this kind , but the reverse .
The managers of this war ( many of them slaveholders and land speculators ) want the landless people of the United States to go and kill more of the landless people of Mexico men women , and children ; and if they don ' t want them to commit worse crimes than murder , why have they bought 65 , 000 gallons of whiskeyfor the army ? Much more sensible would it be for the landless people of both countries to untie and kill off land speculators ! I do not propose this , mind , by any means ; there is a much better way to get rid of land speculators than to kill them , which is to vote away their powers of mischief ; but I say it would be more rations ! and humane for land ess people to unite iu killing off those who have usurped their birthright than to kill each other for seven dollars a month .
"UrtJBl A HON . " TO THE BOTS . My Lads , —If you have read the President's Message yen will see that he makes some calculations respecting the expenses of the war now going on with Mexico , and proposes to Congress to borrow twenty-three millions ef dollars for 30 years . If he should succeed in this , as 20 years is more than the average life of voters , many of you would be taxed " your whole lifetime " to pay the interest of a debt contracted for an unjust purpo « e , without having a word to say in the matter ; that is , if you
acknowledge the debt when you come to vote . But ' taxation without representation " was one of the causes of the revolution , and a just one ; and it will be your right and duty to " repudiate " such a debt as soon as you vote for representatives . I should like to write you more at length on the subject of public debt and interest , hut have not room . Think of it . Those who make wars should take their own property , not yours , to pay the expense . Just calculate haw many tax-eaters the interest of 23 , 000 . 000 dollars , at fi per cent , would fasten upon you , at working men ' s wages , say 300 dollars a year . G . H . EvtNB .
The Ten Hours' Bill. Meeting At Manchest...
THE TEN HOURS' BILL . MEETING AT MANCHESTER . On Thursday cvenini : a crowded meetin ; was held at the Town Hail , King- street , for the purpose o' promoting the passing of a Ten Hours * Bill . The Right Hon . Lord Ashley ( with his son ) was present . The Rev . G . D . Wbav , one of tbe canons of Manchester , presided . The Rev . W . Blcasdale , and M « ssrs . Greene , Lear , and Marsden , having addressed the meeting , and the usual resolutions having bean passed , Tbe Right Hon . Lord Ashlkt then addressed the meeting at great length . He said : Gentlemen , we are again , they say , upon the threshold of a conflict , and your enemies would tell you that you arc upon the threshold of defvat ; but , whatever may be your
position , whether you arc on the threshold of success or defeat , I come here to cohort you to undying perseverance—( chsers )—and , Whatever may be the result of thie struggle , to appeal to you by every sentiment which you owe to your families , by every sentiment you owe to youtselve and your country , to maintain this eause . ^ a cause whig ) , you all know and ever have known to be a cause which is the most just , the most righteous , and the ' mos 1- . honourable . ( Applause . ) My business is to urge ) . upon you the necessity of perseverance , to point out . the degree and the mode of that perseverance , whereby we may be able to obtain the great obje : t we have in view . Now , as to the degree of perseverance , let me exhort that that perseverance be absolute and without limit . Now , as to the mode of perseverance , you
cannot do better than go on in the way in which you have begun . The mode in which you have begun has obtained for you the approbation even of your enemies . Go ou as you have begun : but in this one point let me give you my earnest counsel ; never be turned aside by any seduction or sophism from pursuing this object by the assistance of the statutes of the realm . Look to Parliament ; conciliate tbe Legislature ; conciliate as you can , and make as many private arrangements as you can , towards the attainment of the objects in view with the master millowners ; but having made those private arrangements , go with them to the Legislature , ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Without a law there is no security , ( Hear , hear . ) I cannot believe those who wish you to rest upon private arrangement—I cannot believe they are serious
in their arguments . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) And if they were serious , surely late events must make us cautious , when we read that several weeks ago , a number of ma « . ter millowners had met to consider tbe desirableness of putting ( heir mills upon short time , and that even in the present state of difficulty they had separated without ceming to a conclusion on the subject on which thay were assembled . If they will not do that which is necessary for their own good in a period of difficulty like the present , you may be assured they never will be agreed in a period of prosperity upon that which is for your good . ( Hear , hear . ) It ' they will not do this thing at a period when there is no temptation to go wrong , do yon think , fallible creatures as they arc and as we all are , that in a period of prosperity they will put their limit
on their machinery , which limit they tell you will be in . juriousto your own intensts ! ( Hear , hear . ) Depend upon it you have no resource but tbe law . ( Cheers , ) The law is your right ; to your right , therefore , make the appeal , and never rest till you have not only got an affirmation of the Ten Hours principle , but till you shnll have received ths sanction and the countenance of tho statute Jaw of the realm , ( Applause . ) The speaker went on to show that the late measure of Cern Law repeal had given the Ten Hours advocate undeniable claims on the Free Traders . I recollect , said Lord Ashley , one of your present members saying , " If I vote with the Noble Lord upon the present measure , will he follow me into the lobby on the corn measure V and he stated that his opinions were in favour of a relaxation of the hours of labour . I hare followed him into the lobby for the repeal of the Corn Law ; will he uow follow—not mo , because I am no longer a member of tho House of Cora .
mons— but . irill he follow your present leader , Mr . Jo ) , n Fielden , when he calls for the redemption of his pledges ? I should have felt a double pang in resigning my seat iu Parliament , as I did in February last year—1 should have felt a double pang iu retiring from that honourable post of your representative ia the House of Commons had I not felt that in so doing , although I retired from the leadership , I was , so far as a single effort could avail , advancing your cause by removing that which so many had said was a great and leading obstacle to the final relaxation of the long hour system . He introduced thuir Bill last session into Parliament , but the introduction and the management of that Bill must hereafter be con fided to other hands—hands which he knew to be most faitiiful and trustworthy ; and his sincere and heartfelt supplication was , that they would give to that good man all the support in their power . ( His Lordship resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . )
Oldham —The Ten Hours* Factor* Bill. — O...
Oldham —The Ten Hours * Factor * Bill . — On Saturday evening last , a meeting of managers and overlookers of cotton mills in the borough of Oldham , was held at the Albi . in Inn , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament in support of the Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . James Conlon , mill manager , whs elected chairman . Several speeches were dcliv-. red , and Hit p etition was agreed to . Blackburn—On Friday , Lord Astley vMted this town and addressed a meeting in tho Theatre , which was tilled to overflowing . The greatest enthusisu' prevailed . Meetings have been also held at Bolton and other places ,
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Died at Bristol , on the 18 th last ., after a protracted illness , in his 3 ! Mi year , John Bowsey . He was for many yi ars Secretary , to the Bristol Lodge of the General Union of House carpenters and Joiners . H . ' s remains were followed to the grave ou Sunday last , by a large number of his brother unionists asd associates , by whom be was universally beloved aud respected , he was a firm unionist to the last , and a Radical in politice ,
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Goon . —John Congreve , Esq .. of Mount Congrevehas saved all the grain which was grown last season on his domain for the use of his tenants , and the labourers on his Kilkenny properly are employed in uising embankments along the river Suir at his own vXpCflBB * uiii m ^ TTV I 0 N — " office has been estar'SSr ? ft ° h rd > bul ; 'M a sub-P ° st ^ Holy wood . Letters should be directed ' Crawford ' s-burn , Holy-Irish Police -It is proposed to augment the pontn ?„ fbI n ± n ? T ^ n * " ^ S »^« K «* men to the present force . Two additional stations r ' im i T l ! ' ° > tween Muu £ a ! itan « l Ballyhate , and another at Owning .
PLKNrr op Cash , —Mr . Atwood , of London has subscribed £ 10 , 000 of the capitalrequiredfcvr'S larney and Valentia Railway , and the bill will bo prosecuted this seosion . Indian Corn . — -The porfcof Cork is full of vessels with Indian com . An Old Book . —Some yearsago , an old brok which w . issold to a druggist at Gainsborough as waste paper , and be subsequently sold it to a bonkseller in the same town . The title was "The Bokeof St . Albans . " of the Lady Juliana Barnes , or Berners , printed at St . Albans , id H 86 , and it was one ot the most perfect epics . This book was afterwards purchased by Mr . Grenviile , who has bequeathed it to the British Musenm , Anti-Barbek-ors . —According to the correspondent of a Scotch paper , shaved faces are now a rarity in Paris , for thoss who do not wear the full beard , wear tho moustache .
Gun Cotton . —The Austrian government has prohibited the use of Gun cotton , till official rule * shall have been laid down for its manufacture and sale . " &> u > Without , "—A . correspondent of the *• Gardener ' s Chronicle mentions , as a proof of the hardiness of gold fish , that while tho whole number oftrogs and toods perished during the late severe ! rosts , some gold fish , which were kept in the same pond , remained in good health . REruEBBNTATiON of Lincoln . —Sir Edward Buhver Lvtton has intimated to his friends in Lincoln his intention of again presenting himself as a candidate for the representation of their city at the ntxt genural election . Still too many of the Bho » d . —Of forty-six European reigning sovereigns , married or widowed , thirteen have no children .
Machinbrt . —Picture frames arc now made by machinery , at a price much lower than that at which they were formerly sold . Rumour of an Increase of Bishops . —It is said that a measure is intended to be submitted to the legislature for the creation of live or six new bishoprics in the established church , with seats in the house of lords . The Evangelical Alliance has been holding a session at Leeds . Correction . —A gentleman who has received the appointment of stipendiary magistrate in Australia , is not the ex-magistrate of llatton-garden , but Mr . W illiom Laing , who , five years ago , wo are told ; filled a similar situation in Van Bremen ' s Land . A "Cheat Fact . "—It is rumoured that a loan of twenty millions of dollars , or four millions sterling , has been negoeiatcd for the United States by a wellknown City firm .
Destitution in Ireland and Scotland . — Asubscription is about to be immediately commenced throughout her Majesty ' s and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ' s households , in aid of the fund f < . r the relief of the distress in Ireland and Scotland . Death of Admiral D'Arci Preston , —This distinguished officer , whose latter years have been devoted in his capacity of Daputy Lieutenant , & :., in the iNorth and West . Ridings of Yorkshire , , ' died on the 21 st instant , at askar , in that county , aged eighty-two .
Name tub Robber ? . — We have heard it ? aid that certain influential persons in the CitT i of enormous wealth , are buying up every quarter of com they can get , for the purpose of holding it for higher prices ; and , at the ? ame time , are running about talking of the famine in Ireland , and the propriety ot large subscriptions ! Two names we have heard specially adverted to . One is that ef hereditary money-jobbers , whose race , whose habits , whose character , lead us to cxnect nothing else but unbounded avarice , and the shabbiest duplicity ; but the other is that of eminent English merchants —an honourable name throughout the world—and of that name we have heard the rumour with surprise and regret . —Post . Legacies to runnel Charities , —The late Miss
Primer , of New street , Birmingham , has bequeathed legacies , in addition to £ 100 to each of our hospitals , to the under-mentioned charities , free of duty : —the General Dispensary , £ 1 G 0 ; the Blue Coat , School , £ 100 ; the Deaf and Dumb Asylum , Edgbaston , £ 100 . ' the Eye Infirmary , £ 50 ; and to the Institution for the Relief of Deafness in Cherry-street , £ 50 . A Guardian of the Poor !—We understand that the poor-law commissioners have addressed a communication to Mr . Daniel Turner , of this town , requiring him to forward to them any explanation hi may have to give respecting the charges preferrc < i against him as a guardian of the poor , of misappropriating property belonging to the parish of Birming ham . —Birmingham Advertise r .
Tobacco . —The cultivation of tobacco is increasing immensely in Cuba , in con-. cquence of the great de " mand for ' llavannah cigars . Things vs . Hamburgh . —Provisions arc exceedingly dear , and work very scarce at Hamburgh . Population of Vienna . —According to the recent census taken at Vienna , the population of the capital of Austria , is 410 , 047 souls , French Eggs . —In 1845 , France exported eightyeight million two hundred thousand eggs , of widen Great Britain received eighty-two millions . About , nine millions were consumed by the French people . Another Mozart . —There is a boy pianist at Paris , named St . Scans , and only ten and a half years old , who plays the music of Handel , Sebastian , Bach , Mozart , Beethoven , and the more modern masters , without any book before him .
The Stuests of Liverpool . — There are about one hundred miles of streets in the old borough of Liverpool , Chapping of the Hands . —A drop or two of honey well rubbed on the hands while wet , after washing with soap , prevents chapping , and removes the roughness oi the skin ; it is particularly pleasent for children's hands and face in cold weather . Mane Theatres , —Two new theatres a e intended to be built in London . A Bishop ' s Sunday School . —The Bishop of Ripon has established a Sunday school in his palace , for tho neighbouring cottagers . A Weather Glass for the People . —At the corner ot Moor-street , Birmingham , a public batometcr has lately been suspended . On market daymany persons from the country take a peep at what tney . eall " Nelson ' s weather-glass , " and walk away wondering what " old Brummagem" will produce
next . The Coal Trade is said to be very brisk in the Forest of Dean . Effects of Frost in Building . —The late severe frost , did great injury to many buildings in London . Spirits and Malt . —lfc appears from returns just laid bei-irc Parliament , ^ hat in 1 . S 00 tticro were 0 , 900 , 984 gallons of British spirits , 3 , 040 , 590 of Colouial , and 1 , 980 , 927 gallons of forei « n spirits charged
with duty for consumption in the Uuted kingdom . In 1845 , the quantities so charged were 23 , 122 , 588 gallons of BriiUh , 2 , 409 , 135 of Colonial , and 1 , 080 , 754 of foreign spirits . In the former year the population was 15 , 500 , 794 , and in 1841 it was 20 , 715 , 920 . In 1820 the number of bushels of malt charged with duty in the United Kingdom was , 32 , 468 , 778 , the total amount of duty paid being £ 4 , 177 , 277 . In the last year the dotal number of bushels of malt was 41 , 979 000 , and the amount of duty £ 5 , 605 , 200 .
Oaths in Prussia . — Prussia has substituted a brief oath in her courts for the long formula hitherto in use The reason for this is obvious : —Prussia , with a keen recollection of Cracow , wishes to make as little of an oath as possible . —Jtoirh . Reduction in the Price of Bread . —On Saturday , for the first time during the past eight or ten weeks , the price of bread underwent a general and considerable reduction , with , however , some variations in different districts of the metropolis . Foundling Hospital . —The Rev . Dr . Crol y . has been elected to the otlke id " afternoon preacher at the Foundling Hospital . Mademoiselle Rose Cheri . —Mdlle , Rose Cheri , who was such a favourite at the French Plays in London , is about to be married to M . Lemoinc Mmitigny , directeur of the Theatre du Gymnaae , Paris .
Noblh Conduct of a Belgian Priest . —We read in a Belgium journal : "Tho cuv 6 of one of the poorest parishes of Bruges , havitig . cxhaustcd ail Ins own means , as well as the arms given to him , in relief of the distressed , has sold his plate and every article of his Itirnitiire that lie could posMbly dispense with , and distributed the products as he had done boforc . Roman Coins . —An inhabitant of la Gangnerie tie Quipor-.: ( Maiiic-et-liOire ) , whilst digging a few days aw ) , in a fielil belonging to him , turned u ;> a vase containing 457 jjold coins worth in mere weight as -old 10 , 225 f . They are all Roman coins ot various
I'CIIMIS . A Profk'Sor'UIii' of Chinese is about to bo established in King ' s College , London . Dkatii of an Eccentric . — The eccentric and benevownt Miss Catherine Lee , kite vA * Vveiwvngton House , and of Knightsbridgo , has left to tho Hospital for Curing Diseases of the Chest , lately built near her former residence at Old Brompton , £ 200 ; to Cltariiig-cross Hospital , the chariry schools of St . Gilcs-iii-thc-Fields and St , Georges , Bloomsbury , the National Benevolent Institution , and the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to animals , nineteen guineas each . She has left numerous other bequests
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and made ample provision for her favourite ^ ird , spaniel and parrot . Mr Gutmt , late M . P . for Pontcfact , is spoken of , as Hie second Liberal candidite for Andover . Distribution of above £ 700 amongst Di « ikk . « rd Jews . —On Sunday evening a meeting of the Rabbis nd other officials connected with the van <> m metropolitan Synagogues , was held at the Jewish Free Schools , situate in Bell-lane , Spita'fieldi , ioi tho purpose of distributing relief to the poor mer < i >» rs of the different Synagogues , great numbers of . ¦ m . -m , in r . onscqueuce of the severity of the weather arid the dearness of provisions , have been reduced ve inai distre s . Above seven hundred pounds sterling were distributed . .. . A Wholesome Battue . — At the festival of hairam tho Mahometans sacrificed 75 , 000 lambs .
Duelling . —A very good blow lia » been si -holt at dnelliiwin Mississippi , by a case of enforce" ' -utofa law of the state , which requires that the > -. ' vivor shall be respon > iblc for the debts oi a man h ¦ ¦ .-: Us in a duel . . ,, , Poets . —The Chinese have a notion that ww soul of a pout passes into a grasshopper became n * ings still it starves . A b ' MuooLKR worth Four Millions of Mo . ' *! . — There lives in Silc-ia , a peasant , named G . / dalla , He was formerly a smuggler . One day the Customhouse officer was in pursuit of him , and having tiro'l , the b » U passed through his right arm . 'vhicfl
was obliged to be amputated . Gudalla , loiwd to resort to another calling , established hims ^ in » village called Rita . He had only been then- a few days before his fortune turned , and he had th- good luck ofdUcoverinn a valuable zinc mine , caled Mary's Mine , and it has now become one of tlh ; most profitable znie mines of any in Europe . G . tdalla , having asked and obtained permission to w ^ k his discovery , this peasant , who can neither re ;\ d nor write , !* now in possession of a fortune estimated at 30 , 000 , 000 of thalora , or about four . millionsof rounds sterling 1
Steam . —The " New York Sun" mentions the invention of a steam type setter , which , by thft aid of t > wo men and three boys , cau put in much pnnted mutter us ten compositors can do by tho present system . The Conde de Montemolis attended on Monday night at the House of Commons to hear Lorii John Russell ' s speech . Imports from the United States . —The Da'matin from New York , Columbia from Philadelphia , and John P . Ilarward from New Orleans , which wore reported at Liverpool on the 23 rd inst ., bring 10 , 457 barrels Hour , 2 , 124 bags and 8 , 552 bushels Inuian corn , 3 , 930 barrels Indian corn meal , and 2 , 600 packages lard .
Representation of Bath . —The committee fojc supporting Lord Ashley have resolved to accept his Lordship ' s conditions , that he shall be returned free of all expense , and subscriptions have been comra & nced for raising a fund for that purpose . Curious Circuhstance . —A few days ago Mr . A , Oliver , tin plate worker and brass founder , & c , in Coldstream , was called to Carbarn Hall , in order to put a pump in proper working condition . The pump is a small one , brings the water from the I ' weed , and is fitted with very small brass valves After Mr . Oliver had done the needful repairs , lie was surprised to find the pump still defective , and whilst working the lever in order to remove any internal obstruction , a living eel , eighteen inches in length , and of proportionate thickness , was discharged , alter which the pump worked well .
Tragedians . —The Widow and step-d . iughter of George Frederick Cook , now residing at St , Louis , U . S ., have presented the great tragedian ' s gold ivatch to Mr . Charles Kean . Middlesex Election . —The election of a member for Middlesex , in the room of the late Mr . Byng , will take piace at Brentford , on tho 3 rd of February . Representation of Tamworth . —It ia currently reported in this locality , that Mr . William Peel , on the part of the Prou-ctionists , had determined to op . pose his brother , Sir Robert Peei , at the next election . Reported Death of Donizetti . —The " Roman Advertiser , " of the 2 nd of January , in a note loan article on i » n opera of this eminent composer , states i " we have just learned that Donizitti is no mure . " Right . —The Pope has prohibited dog fighting in Rime .
A Mother of Six Soldiers . —Died at Kilburn , on Sunday last , in her 70 th year , Amelia Barber . She had six sous in the Grenadier Guards , who served together in the Peninsular ivar . Four of these veterans survive their mother . The Duke of York granted her a pension of 3 < . ft week , which was continued by the Duke of Wellington up to tho time oi lier decease . The National Club , which was first formed after the passing ot the Maynooth Endowment Bill as a rallying point for the Protestant party , have taken the houses . No . 2 and 3 , Old Palace-raid , between the House of Commons and the Ilotue of Lords , which will o ven as awlub-house in tho course of a low days .
Singular Circumstance—On Thursday afterwnn hist a partidge supposed to bo pursued by a hawk , ( 1-iW into ths bed-room window of W . Hawkins , Fsq ,, of Martiusiown , pitching into a band-box that lay open in the room at the time , and which by tbe Hitting of the timid bird , brought the cover to a close , at once making him a captive . Bbastkd . —Poetical Shbepstealers . —A few days ago the carcass ot a sheep was stolen from the farm uf a widow lady at Toy ' s Hole . The panv by whom the robbery was effected left the following poetical memento of their exploit appended to the skin , wkica was left behind : —
Pstatoes ara scarce , and turnips are thin , We take the carwiss , and leave vou the skin . The Palatinate of Hungary . —A letter from Vienna , of the 17 cb , in tho Augsburgh Gazette , * -, ™ — " 1 he Emperor has appointed the Archduke Stephen to the post of Palatine of Hungarv ad interim in place of his father , lately deceased . "Catch a Weaz ^ l Aslekp . "—The Emancipation of Toulouse says , that for several days the gendarmery oi Pangeaux have been in active motion , and the people ot the country imagined that it was on account of some apprehended corn riots , but it appears tuat the Cavlist chief , Cabrera , is the solo object of their researches , there being strong reasons for suspecting that he had slept during the night of the 18 th at , i chateau near Fangeaux
Munich , Jan . 19 . —A few days past the celebrated artist , Sigismund Frank , a painter on glass , died at the age of sncnty-seven . lie was born at Num . nurg , and made himself famous by his indefatigable researches on the art of the ancient nu'thod of glasspainting , which was almost lost to the present generation . Death ofS . Mackenzie , Esq ., It . S . A .-Wo learn , that this veteran artist breathed his last on Wednesday , at bis residence , in Edinburgh . The Use of Ether in Surgical Operations — Medical men employing the agency of ether to effect wgical operations without paining the patient , should be reminded that the vapour constantly given forth by this body is highly inflamable , and if brought into contact with flame , while being inhaled , will be productive of very dangerous effects to the patient .
The Dock-yards . —The system at present pursued in H . M . Dockyards with regard to the enonomy of labour and materials , as well as the general principles of efficient superintendence and accountancy , is now undergoing a thorough investigation . Irish Distress . —The Pope . —A private letter from Paris , dated the 19 th instant , states that it is there rumoured that his Holiness is about to address an encyclical letter , calling on ail the faithful in Europe to come to the assistance of Ireland . —Dnllin Freeman ' a Journal .
Death of Rbar-Adaiiral Edward Elliot . —We have to announce the demise of the above officer , who expired on Sunday , at Alcombe , near Minebead , Somerset , in the 79 th year of his age . The deceased enered the navy in 1781 , at a comparatively early age , and saw considerable service during the war under Admirals J . Mnchbridge , Sir Richard Strnchan , G . Palmer , F . Cole , Lord Bridport , and the immortal Nelson . Failure of the New Potato Crop . —The Gardner ' s Chronicle states , the disease has appeared in potatoes which have been recently grown by artificial heat . Suicide of the Hon , II . E . Addington . —On Wednesday last the Hon . Henry Estcourt Addington , son of Lord Sidmouth , committed suicide at his father ' s residence , at Aluuvy , near Guilford .
Wilful Damage . —On Tuesday evening , between fJie hours of 7 and 8 o ' clock , a man , having the appearance of a well-dressed mechanic , was observed by some passers-by to walk deliberately to the shop front of Messrs . Brown , 47 , St . Martin ' s-Jane , Cliaringcross , and force his arm through the window , throwing down various articles of expensive cut glass , and otherwise damaging many services of china " to a consideral extent . He then effected his escape by a rapid flight , the object being evidently to commit the greatest amount of damage in the smallest possible time . Lucky Fellows . —The grand prize of 100 , 000 dollars in the Royal Lottery at Uavanoah , has been drawn by fi'ty negroes , most of them slaves , who clubbed a dollar each for the purpose of three whole tickets .
An Artful Do » oe . —A few day ? , na . - > the officers of excise Heiz- 'd the soap maiiiifacU'r . v of Messrs . Allan , of Newcastle , in consequence ( l . ' . h ' s . nivering s"vph soap-1 lames ingeniously inserted iuto a wall , and faced with mock brickwork , in such a manner a * to be ordinarily invisible . They contained moro than ten tons ol ' map-liquor . ScMvmxc . —The UMv of mortality for Newcastleupon-Tviie , exhibit the extraordinary increase oi I 239 deaths during the last year , as compared with 1 * 15 . Rather Dear . —The celebrated mare Alice Hawthorn was sold on Friday week , at York , for SOQ guineas .
En!—It is stated that the wealthiest widow in Ireland is about to bring an action for breach of promise of marriage against a duke lately wedded to " love without money . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30011847/page/3/
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