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Ywcmnmr 7,1846. The Northern Star. ,V
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Br _xssem jokes . „ _a _« -m . for jonrrisI _* tsas P 5 rin B B _°£ fl W tt your colour , true ! _^/^ _eS antwatchword : "Through . " .. Through "*™ * _" *•«<•? f _^ _JTnataro-ondyou . palsied , stand send the truth-cry ' s deadening volley , "" stre tch the _veil-uplifting hand—,. Through "the dangers , that beset you In the taverns solace vein : Slavery on the threshold met you ; Freedom beckons oat again !
«• Through "the false foes weak ensnaring « ' Through" the chains of foul desire _. Hearts . of hope ! and souls of _daring ! Burst , like a consuming fire ! «< Throug h "the battened wall , if need be , Spite the cannon bristling o ' er : Thoug h a million ' s death decreed be , Freedom ' s worth it all , and more ! "What , if dangers do surround us ! They can bring no sadder doom , ThaH the one in which they fonnd ns _. At the plough and at the loom . _Irenot livingboFoms bleeding ! Are not factories living graves ! He , who lives one day of freedom Tjves a thousand days of slaves !
\ _vlio would shun tbe cannon ' s rattle , Or the bayonet's deadly blow ? Better sudden death in battle _. Than by famine sure and slow ! - ( Te are men of peace and order _. But , if power abuse its might , _fTe can chastise a marauder , And the smiter we can smite ! Their _' s the fanlt , if battles take UP , Out , from slavery's abyss ; If tbey find us _tefctt they make us ,
They must Uame themselves for this ! What is peace , _tbatfs base and knavish ? "What is law , that ' s raised on lies j "What is life , thafs tame and slavish _. Bat a thing that crawls and dies ? No recoiling ! no retreating ! Erery soldier take bis post , "While the muster-drums are beating Truth's alarms to Freedom ' s host ! "Warriors ; for the fight preparing ! Freemen ! to yonr colours true ! Hearts of hope ! and souls of daring ! Hark ! The watch-ward ' s given .-Through 1
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_TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . _Kovbmbbb . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince ' s Street . London "Simpkin and | MatshalL . " _~ The article leaded "Passaees in the Life ofa Literaiy Blackguard , " will disappoint those who m ay expect to find in its columns revelations of any present or recent celebrities . The "Blackguard " exposed is one Pistro Aretino , who . in the sixteenth century , contrived to gain an eminence he ill deserved Mrs . Gore ' s " Temptation and Atonement " is c ontinued . The _' principal reviews are " * Brown ' s Lectures on Ethics , " and Dr . Alexander ' a " _Switzerland and the Swiss Churches . " We are glad to
learn from Dr .-Alexander ' s book that the gloomy fanaticism called Calvinism is exploded in its birthplace , Geneva , and is it a i iseount throughout Swit-Erland . An Edinburgh paper recently remarked , with much truth , that "Protestantism ( as the _Refsrmation fixed it ) has lost its hold on the masses throug hout Europe . Whether * we look to Austria or to France , whether we search the streets of Berlin , of Geneva , of London , or of Edinburgh , the instant we look beneath the surface , we findthat the operative classes have swung loose from tbeir old aschorage . " We take the following extract from the Doctor ' s book : —
A SWISS GUIDE . "We had the disadvantage , in making our ascent of the _Weiigern Alp _. _tohavetodoitunder tbe scorching beat of tbe snn . whose rajs not only beat on us directly , bnt were reflected from the sides of the bank , along the face of which we had to move . For tbe first hour Hie toil was almost overpowering , and though we bad denuded ourselves of all garments but such as were indispensable , the perspiration streamed from every pore . The first part of the ascent , however , is immeasoreably the worst ; after that , the path lies along a comparatively gentle slope , where there is little climbing . Having gained this easier path , we had time to survey tbe grand scene which wm ; read before us , and having now a little breath to spare wa could indulge in conversation . Here we found the advantage of a _gui- ' e like Michele , who could talk
* bv tie hour , or be as silent as an automaton , according as we wished . We found him perfectly famiUar with erery spot in the -vast _' panorama spread before us ; and exceedingly communicative even on points relative to his own _affaws and circumstances . He was a great patriot IB Ms way—a sort of-viBage Winfcelriea—had fceen ont kit year in the assault upon Lucerne , and was occupied continually during his spare hours in practising with the rifle , with which he could perform an endless multitude of marvellous exploits , such as bitting a half franc piece . _Iknow nothow far off , snuffing a candle without _extinguishing it , and for aught lean tell , hitting an apple off lis son ' s head without touching a hair . There was a touch of the gascon in bim that was exceedingly racy ; be was quite sure the patriots would take Lucerne as soon as the harvest was over .
• Why not take the long day for it , Michele , ' I said , sna settle the affair now , 60 that we travellers may have fhe satisfaction of seeing one , at least , of your perpetual molntions at an end I ' ' Monsieur knows we must be prudent , we must get onr crops secured first ' 'Amost commendahlecourse certainly , for as you are sure to be beaten , it is well to have something to comfort jonwhen jou come home , if you are lucky enough to escape with your lives . ' ¦ Beaten , Monsieur ! bah ! e _' est impossible ! So , we _sliall march into lucerne in a week from the time we fcg - . ii our campaign . It was all a mistake last year . Beaten ! bah ! Monsieur doesn't know the brave Bcrnois . ' And Michele raised his shoulders , on which rested our knapsacks , and strutted enwSitaire for a few paces , and then struck the point of his baton into the turf , and relieved himself by exclaiming , A bas les Jesuits 2 Hon-Mur aux patriotes Lncernois ! Vengeance vengeance !'
Poor Michele ; with all his good-neartedness , and all Ms hatred of the Jesuits , we soon found that in regard to any correct conceptions of spiritual religion , he was completely in the dark . He was a Protestant , and in _profes-Eion _, at least , a believer in revelation ; hut hie real pori-¦ _fiim was one of utter infidelity or indiffentism . His wife , be told ns , was a Catholic , bnt he assured us tbey got on very well together , for she was a good woman , and be was no bigot : 'Indeed , " said he , * _I _oftca go to chapel with ber ; not tbat I care for it , bnt it pleases her . ' Well , and does she ever go to your church with yon ? 'Oh . no , Monsieur ; she is very good , bat she would not do that . ' 'Then it appears that she is mnch more attached to ber _religion than you are to yours . ' "Ah , sans doute . Monsieur ; the poor woman fe a derate , but as for me , I thank God I am more free . '
Uy friend here took him np , and endeavoured to impress npon him the necessity of sincerity and earnestness io religion ; bnt he appeared to make little impression oa the light heart of Michele . "Lok ' ee , Monsieur , " exclaimed the latter , after some abortive attempts to reason the matter with my friend , "I am a Protestant , and my wife is a Catholic _^ It ' s all one ; the great God does not trouble himself with our Enle differences ( le grand Dieu ne _s _' _embarrasse pas de cos petites differences ) . " The Scotch parson calls his Swiss guide an " ignorant peasant , " afflicted with " a miserable and irrational indifference to all religions distinctions . " It
strikes as that the good Swiss is a much more sensible man than his Scotch critic . If all felt like honest Michele there would be no religious persecution , no _rehg-ions bitterness . According to our -view , a more "Wiaffected and truly noble idea was never expressed hy mortal man than that enunciated by the Swiss guide : — "The Great God does not trouble himself with our little _oifferences _. It is true Michele avows his readiness to fight against the Jesuits , bnt why ? Not because tlie Jesuits are Catholics , but because they are conspirators against the rights of man , and the freedom of nations . In support of tbis assertion weshall quote the following simple enumeration of facts from Dr . Alexander ' s book : —
THE JESUITS . A continual source of disturbance in Switzerland arises from the supremacy ef tbe Jeiuits in certain of the cantons , and their incessant attempts to procure ia-¦ flnence inaH . These bold , restless , and unscrupulous emissaries of Rome effected a settlement in Switzerland about the end of the sixteenth century , not without great duncolty _. aadintheface of much opposition from tbe P _^ _-P-e . Since then , their history in this country has * nach resembled their history in most other parts of _Snrope where they have had settlements . It has verified
_ttealmost propheticdeclarationofthe third general of tour order , Francis of Borgia , — " We shall insinuate _OUrstlves like lambs , ana _govtrnlika wolves ; men shall hive us out like dogs , but like the eagle , we shall renew ° * w youth . " Under tbe most plausible disguises , and by _**" - " must unscrupulous means , they have effected an enfra _nceioto districts which seemed the most firmly barred _gainst _thtm ; and wherever they bave entered they have _"fcoiii usl y pursued their career of intoltrance and _self-^? raniHs < : ment . Again and again has the popular _iudjSJiatioi _, _hnm ont against _tliwn , * nd driven them from " _« « mutry , and as often as they bave been expelled tbey
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have returned to attempt new aggressions upon human liberty , and perpetrate new audacities againstthe dearest rights of the people . Their principal seat of power is _Frevburg , where they have a college , and where they reign with unquestioned supramaoy . InSoleure , _Schwitt _audHautYalais , theyalso exist in considerable strength FromFreyburgh _. as their centre , they send forth _misl sionanes whose duty it is to preambulate thelwhole country , and by all means la their power promote the objects ofthe parly . What theseobjects are they do not conceal . The entire extirpation of Protestantism , the complete triumph of _Ultra-montanism ia the Catholic church , tha _overthrew of political liberty , and the appropriation by their order of tbe entire work of _sducation these are the objects to which the Jesuits of Switzerland are at present devoting their vast resources and untiring energies .
In 1843 , a great association was formed under _-Ttsuit influence , which took the name of "The Catholic League' ( Katholis _ches Bund . ) This was instituted after the Reaction party , as the Jesuits adherents are called , bad sustained a defeat in the Diet upon the question of permiting monasteries and nunneries to be re-established in Switzerland . No sooner wai this decision given than a meeting was called of the canons of Lucerne , Uri , Schweitz , Unterwalden , Zug , and Freyburg , at Lucerne , and there , on the 13 th of September , 1813 , was originated this Catholic association . So strong was the feeling pervading its members , that it was even proposed that they should make a repeal of the Helvetic confederacy their war-cry , or , at any rate , seek the seperation of tho associated cantons from the rest . From this league , as a
centre , has pioceededallthe reactionary effort which , of late years , has kept Switzerland in a perpetual ferment . The great objects proposed by the Catholic League , as in the first instance to be secured , were the following : — 1 . The establishment of a bishopric in St . Gall , in the hope of bringing tbat canton entirely under ultramontane influence ; 2 . The overthrow and annihilation of the liberal party in Yalnie ; and 3 . Tlieaccompli 6 hraentofan old project , the recall ofthe Jesuits into Lucerne—a project which tbe League held to be , of all the rest , tbe most important .
In a country where so much intelligence and love of liberty exists among tbe people , as is the case in Switzerland , it is not to be supposed that schemes like these could be carried on without much opposition and leading to much popular excitement . Accordingly , wherever the Jesuits and the Catholic League have attempted to carry out their projects , the consequence bas been eivll commotion , and in some cases , civil war . They have thrown St , Gall , heretofore one of the most quiet cantons , into fierce contention ; in Yaiais and Lucerne tbey bave been the sole causes of tbe late insurrections and
bloodshed ; aud even in some of tbe Protestant cantons , they have not remotely led to much of the disorder of of which these cantons have been ' the scene . It is impossible to observe the workings of this mischievous body in Switzerland without fully assenting to the following remarks of a Swiss writer : " The Jesuits are the enemies of Switzerland , because they hate and wonld obliterate Swiss feeling and Swiss nationality . They are the enemies of Switzerland , because they detest and aim at overthrowing our freedom . They are the enemies of Switzerland , b-cause wherever they are they _ti-y to appropriate the civil poiver , to abrogate free institutions , and to degrade the Swiss people into a condition of slaves under a priestocracy . In fine , they are the enemies at Switzerlsnd , because they oppose all true intellectual education , and would put chains on men ' s minds , that tbey might the more _easilv enslave their persons , "
Every honest man , every friend to progress , every lover of liberty , will cry with honest Michele , "Alas les _Jesuitsl "
Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. November. ...
_SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . November . London : _Simmsnds and Ward , Barge Yard , Butklesbury . _Thereareajnumber of valuable articles in this number on the '" Fisheries of New Brunswick ; " the " Trade and Gommerce of Bengal ; " the " Revenue of New South Wales ; " and a very important article by the Editor , urging the propriety and showing the necessity of the colonies appointing agents in London to represent their interests . There are several other well written articles of a lighter character , to wit , " A visit to Coles's Cave , Barbadoes ; " " The Emirant , a tale of Australia ( concluded ); " " Reminiscences of Cuba ; " and an account of an " Exploring Expedition in New Zealand . " _\ Ve extract the foiling interesting announcement from the Editor ' s "Note-Book : "ME . _SICSAKDSON ' 6 _ANTI-SLiVEItT _3 HSSIOK TO THE
GEE AT DESERT . We are happy to announce tbe arrival in London of our friend , Mr . J . Richardson , from Central Africa . Mr . Richardson has made a tour during the last 12 months of some 2 , 500 miles through the heart of the Great Desert , and besides -visited all the great cities of Northern Africa . His principal object was to collect statistics on the traffic in slaves , in _whichhehascompletelysucceeded . He has also collected amass of _geo-jraphical and political knowledge on the hitherto unexplored regions of the Central Sahara . In his arduous mission , Mr . RichardEon had no assistance from any Consul or Government . He traveUed alone with a runaway slave I The French
_| Scientific Missions hare employed ten years m exploring Korthern Africa and the Great Desert ; they were backed by all thepower and patronage of their Government , and had a corps of officers to aid them , and yet they have failed to obtain tbat new and correct information wbich is in _possession of the English tourist , obtained by him alone , and an unsheltered wanderer in the wilds of the Great African Wilderness of stone and sand . We unfeignedly hope that Mr . Richardson will , at least , receive sufficient patronage from the British public to enable him to publish his researches , with a" profit that will indemnify him for the personal expenses of his tour , —all , we believe , that he requires from his countrymen .
Indigestion Familiarly Treated, With Ref...
INDIGESTION FAMILIARLY TREATED , WITH REFERENCE TO ITS PREVENTION AS WELL AS CURE . By Jacob Dixon , Surgeon , & _:. London : Sherwood , Gilbert , and Piper , Paternoster-row . We must pronounce this one of ibe best medical books we ever read ; because , so far as we can see , entirely free from quackery . The great majority of medical books , while describing the symptoms and causes of disease , give but little information as to the means of cure or prevention ; the reader coming to the end of his book with the impression that if he would learn _ou-tht of either cure or prevention _, he must betake himself to the doctor ( the author of the work he has been reading ) , to obtain the wished
for desideratum—of course on the " usuaHerms . ' Inclined , therefore , to view medical works in the light of "decoy ducks , " we are not predisposed to indiscriminately praise them ; the work before us is , however , an exception , and well worthy of our best recommendation . The disease treated of in this little book is so widely spread , and is productive of so much _misery , that any faithful exposition of its nature aud the remedies which , in all but special cases may be safely resorted to , must be considered as a boon to thousands . Such an exposition the reader will find in the work under notice . We have but too good reason to entertain a " fellow feeling" for the victims of dyspepsia , . ' and _W _6 Suit CO _ifess that Dr . Dixon ' s work has afforded us intorination which we hope to _nrofa't by .
We have always considered it a most strange oversight on the part of medical authors to omit a glossary ofthe anatomical and medical terms employed by them . The work before us contains but few technicalities , nevertheless those few wiU be stumblingblocks to some readers ; and we advise that a glossary attached to a second edition , be given in explanation . With this recommendation to the author , we heartilv recommend his book to our readers .
—I The London Oracle Almanack For The Ye...
—i THE LONDON ORACLE ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR _18 i 7 - London ; B . D . Cousins , 10 , Duke-street , _Lincolns-inn-nelds . In addition to tbe usual contents of an almanack , the London Oracle contains a deal of useful and interesting information , entitling it to an extensive sale .
Mackenzie's, History Of England. No. 1- ...
MACKENZIE'S , HISTORY OF ENGLAND . No . 1- London : E . Mackenzie , No . Ill , Fleet Street . This is the first number of a new penny portable edition of tbe History of England , intended to be comp leted in about twenty-five numbers , and which will contain a faithful summary of the Monarchy , Aristocracy , and People ; with a chronological list of eminent and learned men , of the principal memorable events , naval and military battles , discoveries , inventions _& e < kc , & c This is a work intended for
, , the people , and , judging by the first number , we think will be worthy of the people ' s patronage . _^ In this number " we have an account of the " Ancient Britons" the " Druids , " a sketch of the" Roman invasions and conquests , " a " chronological list of remarkable events" from the earliest record , to the end ofthe Roman power in Britain ; and ' general remarks" on the state of Britain before and during the Roman supremacy . As a specimen of the truth-telling propensities of the author we quoted his notice of
ST . GEORGE . A . D . 290 Aran 23 rd . —St . George beheaded at Lyddia . Tbis it the tutelar saint of the English nation , the patron of arms , chivalry , and of the garter . St . George was born at Epiphania , in Cilicia , in a full « r _* s shop . By servile art * , he became high in the Christian church . By patronage , he procured the lucrative appointment of strving the Roman army with bacon . Ha accumulated vast wealth i but his fraud and corruption compelled him to fly from justice ; and he concealed his wealth and peison until his crimes were overlooked . He joined the
Arian faction ofthe church , and by his riches became Bishop of Alexandria . His tyranny , iu compelling conversions from Heathenism , aroused the mob , who killed him , dragged his body through the streets , and afterwards burnt it . lie was made a martyr , a saint' and a Christian hero , by the _Arians . A legendary fable of his heroism in killing a nondescrip * animal , called a " dragon , " to save the life of a princess , is only put forth to give fume to his name , and excuse to those bearing tbe honoured _fcaiige of his order . We cordially recommend this work to our readers .
Beauties Of Btron. So.Xun. The Vision Op...
BEAUTIES OF BTRON . so . xun . THE VISION OP JUDGMENT . We have not room to notice many more of Southey ' s "blasphemies ; " the following is said of George III . Lift up your heads , ye Gates ; and ye everlasting portals , Be ye lift up ! for lol a glorified Monarch approacheth , _Onewhoinrighteousness reigned , and religiously govera'd Iiis people . D _^ e next lumps together " Nassau the Deliverer , " and the Stuart wno "bowed his anointed head beneath the axe of rebellion . " Strange conjunction ! Amongst the " elder worthies" Southey generously allows the " rebel" Milton a place ia heaven , but represents him as no longer hostile to kings and hierarchs !
Mkjoh' 8 severer shade I saw , and in reverence humbled Gazed on that soul subline , of passion now as of blindness Healed , and no longer here to kings and hierarchs hostile Bie was assoil'd from tait of the fatal fruit ; and in Eden , Not again to be lost , consorted an equal with Angel « . But we must have done with this rubbish ; and now for this " rancorous _rcnigalo _' _s" appearance in Byron ' s "Vision . " The concluding stanza of the _i-xtract given in our last , represented the company assembled to try King George , as being interrupted by an unlooked for arrival : — At length with jostling , elbowing , and the aid Of cherubim appointed to tbat post , The devil Asmodous of the circle made
His way , and looked as if his journey cost Some trouble . When bis burden down be laid , "What _' _ethis ! ( cried Michael , ) why , 'tis not a ghost ! " "I know it , " quoth the incubus , " but he Shall be one , if you leave the affair to me . Confound the Renegado 1 I bave sprained Hy left wing , he ' s so heavy ; one would think Some of bis works about his neck were chained . But to the point ; while hovering o'er the brink Of Skiddaw , ( where as usual it still rained ) , I saw a taper , far below me , wink , And stooping , caught this fellow at a libel-No less on history than on the Holy Bible , The former is the devil's scr ipture , and Tbe latter yours , good Michael ; so the affair Belongs to all of us you understand , I snatch'd him up just as you see him there , And brought bim off for sentence out of hand ;
I ' ve scarcely been ten minutes in the air- — At least a quarter It can hardly be ; I dare say that his wife is still at tea . " Here Satan said , " I know this man of old , And havs expected him for some time here : A sillier fellow you will scarce behold , Or more conceited in his petty sphere ; But surely it was not worth while to fold Such trash below your wing , _Asmodeus dear ! We had the poor wretch safe ( without being bored With carriage ) coming of bis own accord . ' But since he ' s here , let ' s see what he has done , " "Done ! " cr ied Asmodeus , ' he anticipates The very business you aro now upon , And scribbles as if head-clerk to the Fates . Who knows to what his ribaldry may run , When such an ass as this , like Balaam ' s prates , " Let ' s hear , " quoth Michael , " what he bas to say , You know we ' re bound to that in every way . " # * * *
The varlet was not an ill-favoured knave ; A good deal like a vulture in the face , With a hook nose and a hawk ' s eye , which gave A smart and sharper looking sort of grace To his whole aspect , which , though rather grave , Was by no means so ugly as his case ; But that indeed was hopeless as cau be , Quite a poetic felony " de se . " * * * * He said —( I only give theeheads)—he said , He meant no harm in scribbling ; 'twas his way Upon all topics ; 'twas , besides , bis bread , Of which he battered both sides ; 'twould delay Too long the assembly ( he was pleased to dread ) And take up rather more time than a day , To name his works—he would but cite a few-Wat Tyler—Rhymes on Blenheim—Waterloo . He had written praises of a regicide ; He had written praises of all kings whatever ; Hehad written for republics far and wide ,
And then against tbem bitterer than ever ; For pantisocracy be once had cried Aloud , a scheme less moral than 'twas clever ; Then grew a hearty _anti-jacohin— - Had turn'd his coat , and would hare turned his skin He had sung against all battle , and again In their high praise and glory ; be had call'd Reviewing " the ungentle craft , " and then Become as base a critic as e ' er crawl'd—Fed , paid , and pamper'd by the very men By whom his muse and morals had been maul'd ; He bad written much blank verse , and blanker prose And more of both than any body knows . He had written _Welsey's life;—here turning round To Satan , " Sir , I ' m ready to write yours , Iu two octavo volumes , nicely bound . With notes and preface , all that most allures The pious purchaser ; and there ' s no ground
For fear , for I can choose my own reviewers : So let me have the proper documents , That I may add you to my other saints . " Satan bow'd and was silent . " Well , if you , With amiable modesty , decline My offer , what says Michael ? There are few Whose memoirs could be _rendtr'd more divine , Mine is a pen of all work ; not so now As it was once , but I would make you shine Like your own trumpet ; by the way , my own Has more of brass in it , and is as well blown . But talking about trumpets , here ' s my Vision ! Now you shall judge all people ; yes , you shall Judge with my judgment ! and by my decision Be guided who shall enter heaven or fall ! I settle all these things by intuition , Times present , past , to come , heaven , hell , and all Like King Alfonso . When I see thus double , I save the Deity some worlds of trouble . "
He ceased , and drew forth an MS . ; and no Persuasion on the part of devils , or saints , Or angels , now could stop the torrent ; so He read the first three lines ofthe contents ; But at the fourth , tbe whole spiritual show Had vanish'd _, with variety of scents , Ambrosial and sulphureous , as ha sprang _. Like lightning , off from his " melodious twang . " Those grand heroics acted as a spell : The angels _stopp'd their ears and plied their pinions ; Tbe devils ran howling , deafen'd , down to hell ; The ghosts fled , gibbering , for their own dominions—( For ' tis not yet decided where they iwcl \ , And I leave every man to bis opinions ;) Michael took refuge iu hii trump—but lo ; His teeth were set on edge , he could not blow .
Saint Peter , who has hitherto been known For an impetuous saint , upraised his keys , And at tbe fifth line knock'd the Poet down ; Who fell like Phaeton , but more at ease , Into his lake , for there hs did not drown , A different web being by the Destinies Woven for the Laureate ' s final wreath , when _' Reform shall happen either here or there . He first sunk to the bottom—like his works _. But soon rose to the surface—like himself ; For all corrupted thing are buoy'd , like corks , By their own rottenness , light as an elf , Or wisp that flits o ' er a morass ; he lurks _. It may be , still , like dull books on a shelf , In his own don , to scrawl some " Life" or " Tision , " As Welborn says— "thedevil turn'd precisian . " As for the rest , to come to the conclusion Of this true dream , the telescope is gone Which kept my optics free from all delusion _.
And show d me what I in ray turn have shown : All I saw farther in the last confusion , Was that King George slipp'd into heaven for one . And when the tumult dwindled to a calm , I left him practising the hundredth psalm . We conclude with the following extract from Byron _' _a - Notes" to his " Vision : "Mr . Southey , with a cowardly ferocity , exults over the anticipated' death-bed repentance' of the objects of Mb dislike ; and indulges himself in a pleasant 'Vision of Judgment , 'in prose as well as verse , full of impious _impadenee . What Mr . Southney ' s sensations orouri
may be in the awful moment of le aviug this state of existence , neither he nor we can pretend to decide . In common , I presume , with most men of any reflection , I have not waited for a death-bed to repent of many of my actions , notwithstanding the ' diabolical pride' wbich this pitiful _reufgadoia his rancour would impute to those who scorn hik . Whether upon the whole the good or evil of my deeds may preponderate is not for me to ascertain ; but as my means and opportunities have been greater , I shall limit my present defence to an , assertion , [ easily proved , if necessary , J that I , 'in my degree , 'have done more real good in any one given year , since I was twenty , than Mr . Southney in the whole course of his shifting and turncoat existence .
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Jbknt Li . nd . —The celebrated Jenny Lind is uow singing at Frankfort-on-the- Maine , and , in spite of the threefold increased priceof admission , it is almost impossible to find places at any of the performance . A Swoon . —A young man , at Paris , fell down apparently in a swoon , after a dentist had drawn his tooth . The dentist ran for assistance , when the patient dccam ;> ed with a gold watch and a purse of gold . I
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_FrvE-SovKRii taN Pibces . —Some live-sovereign pieces have latel y been struck at the Royal Mint by Mr . wyon , the senior medalist , and though as yet du- in the hands of a few of the authorities , and not consequently in public circulation , they stand as a portionjf the coin ofthe ' realm ; but whether they will _oe called out for general use immediately or otherwise , the eovernraent have not decided . In P ° _« nt of size it bears resemblance to a crown piece , but other wise irrespective of valuei , it is much neater in detail . . The obverse displays a representation of her majesty , and the reverse the figure of her Majesty as Una , so beautifully described by Spencer , guarded by the lion ( standard of England ) , and holding the sceptre .
Mystery and CoN _* rusioiT . —A mother and daughter being together in this county ( Westmorland ) , were brought to bed on the same day , of each a 8 ( ) * In the bustle ofthe moment both babes were ? l , n u cradIe ' and to tho co » fl » sio « of the mov W u n tu 8 youngsters , were taken from the crathe , the nurses were unable to tell which was the mother s and which the daughter ' s son ! A matter which , of course , must for ever remain a mystery . bHAKEspEARK _' g HousE .-Dted , October 23 d , at Mrattord-on-Avon , Mrs . Court , aged 75 ; forupwards of twenty years the occupant and exhibitor of the house in which the immortal Shakspeare "first saw light . —By the death of Mrs . Court , the owner of the house , that property will be disposed of ( according tO thO Will Of hot * Info lin . _KonJ \ Tn _*! .: „„ l „ k- „ _i „ _J
„ househewasborn and educated ; there he married r ' , Anno Hathaway ; and spent the latter part of his days , and was burried ( as is universally known ) , in the chancel of his native parish church . , ?« A A r _* . ? _* *» ' op Bank Notes Amounting to £ 300 . —During the last Newmarket Races , Mr . Samuels , the resident engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway , entered a first class carriage at the Cambridge station for the purpose of returning to London , and on his journey he kicked his feot against something lying under one of the seats . On stooping to see what it was . he found that it was a pocket-book , containing Bank notes and cheques to the amount of £ 299 . From the name on the cheques , the owner was discovered , and on the arrival of the train in London , the book , with its valuable
contents , was restored to him by Mr . Samuels . - ' - .-Astonishing Fbat . — Tho Davenport Telegraph says : —0 n Thursday evening , one of the most extraordinary feats we ever remember to have witnessed , was performed by a man named Irvine . A rope was stretched from the lamp at _Stonehouse Bridge to a pole on the opposite side , a distance of about 400 feet . The rope was about 80 feet from the water , and he engaged to walk across it , executing his task amidst the cheers of at least 2 , 000 spectators . A FuNNr Oaneidatb fob the Stirling _Bubohs _, —As the _fol'o _ffing address to the electors of the Stirling burghs , by Mr . Henderson , of Westerton , which is now going the round of the papers , is rather unique and out of the common run , we give a place
— " Gentlemen— -As there is nothing like a good entry for the M . P . stakes , I have the pleasure of joinin the ruck with the sincerity of honest principlespolitical ? I hitherto have had none ; but being a new broom , I should try to sweep clean if I was intrusted with your many and valuable interests , and only told from time to time , what you wanted . 1 should then leave no stone unturned , by fair means if possuVe , to gain your point . It may be well to give a short sketch of one ' s life to inform some of the electors . I then have the pleasure of stating that I have been studying men and manners , and things in general , in parts of three quarters of
the world— -in India , the Mediterranean , and Nova Scotia , and also Home Stations , for twenty-one years and have now turned my bloodless sword into a ploughshare , or political new broom , as the case may be , and free of all prejudices and incumbrances _, social or otherwise . But as there is nothing so bad as an empty compliment , I shall wait impatiently for your acknowledging tbis , my maiden address , before I fix on a series of dinners in the district for us to arrange and discuss our political catechism . " A Hint to the Lnsdloeds . — " There is no foundation in nature or in natural law , why a set of words on parchment Bhould cenvey the dominion of land . " —Blackstone .
nANns Off . — -Kissing other people s wives is a hazardous business . We see by the Louisville papers that a _raverend gentleman there has been held to bail in 500 dollars for kissing the wife of a pretty Frenchman , one of his tenants , when he went to receive his rent ; and a correspondent of the Boston Traveller , writing from _Newbery-port , gives another illustration . Death op a Misrb . — The Now Orleans Times mentions the death in that city of an Italian named Roscende , who had served as a city watchman there for the last 26 years . He was a miser in his habits , and at his death left an estate of from 25 , 000 dollars to 30 , 000 dollars . Honesty its own Reward . —An American paper says : — " The man who lost his eyesight by reading a borrowed newspaper has recovered it again since he became a suhscriber . "
_vlfiBS op Leading Pplitioans . —The Dnke of Wellinaton is 17 ; Lord Lyvulhuvst , 74 ; Daniel O'Connell , 72 ; Joseph Hume , 70 ; the Duke of Rutland , 68 : Lord Brougham , 67 ; Colonel Thompson , 63 ; Earl Fitzwilliam , 00 ; Sir Robert Peel , SS ; the Duke of Devonshire , 56 ; Sir James Graham , oi ; Dr . Bowring , 53 ; tlie Duke of Richmond , 53 ; Lord Stanley . 40 ; Enrl Grey , Lord Morpeth , and Lord GeorgeBentinck , are each ii ; Sir W . Molesworth is 30 Ladiks * _Busti-bs . —A eommiltee of tho Essex
county . New Jersey , Fair , it seems , has recommended to favourable notice , a certain India rubber lady ' s bustle , a new invention , intending to answer the double purpose of an article of dress and a life preserver ; and they pronounee the affair in their opinion woFthy of a diploma . —New YorkExprcss . _^ Beware !—Miss Fly , of Massachusetts , has recovered three hundred and sixty-three dollars of Mr . Frost , for » breach of promise of marriage . lie courted her for one year , and the jury allowed a dollar per day .
The Best Yet . — ' My dear Polly , I am surprised at your taste in wearing another woman ' s hair on your head , ' said Mr . Smith to his wife . ' My dear Joe , I am equally astonished that you persist in wearing another sheep ' s wool on jour back . There now . Poor Smith sneaked . Tub Business op Nations is like the business of individuals ; it requires the employment of stipendaries to carry it on lor the good of the master and his family . That is the only objeot and end of management ,, whether of a family or of a nation . — hampden ' s History of the Aristocracy of England . Indians visiting mE Ameiucan President . —The Union , noticing the arrival at _Wasbinfjton , ofa delegation of Winnebago Indians , says : —They are twenty-three in number , and the finest-looking , best
and most appropriately dressed and painted bands of Indians we have ever seen . The President received and welcomed the delegation in his . usual bland and courteous manner . Shaw-go-nik or Little Hill , orator ofthe delegation , said , the _Winnebagoes had heard the voice of their Great Father along dis tance off-that their Father , the governor of Iowa and their agent had informed them that their Great Father wished to see a delegation of their people on business—that the chiefs and braves now here were chosen to represent the Wihnebago nation—that the principal chief , " Wen-ne-shick , " was now very old and infirm , and could not accompany the delegation ,
but his brother was here in his place . The agent ( Gen . Fletcher ) then announced that the brother of _Wen-ne-shich , had brought a pipe from the old chief for the President , which he desired now to present . _Ah-hoo-zhib-kaw , a young chief , then rose , and after making a pertinent little speech , in which he called the pipe the " emblem of peace and friendship , sent by the Great Spirit to the red man , " he presented it to the President . He had previously charged the pipe with their favourite _Pin-ne-kin-ick , and lighting it , desired the President to smoke . —The pipe was then passed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and to all the Indians , and in the circle around the room , each taking a whiff as a mark of good will .
Magisterial Logic—Magistrate to Gentleman . —Your offence , sir , is most atrocious , and cannot in any way be justified . You have nearly killed one man , and seriously injured another . Your conduct was most brutal , and dererves to be reprobated with the strongest punishment . I shallt < " therefore , " inflict upon you the penalty of five shillings . — -Vide the _papers every day . —Punch . _Phdbbtrianism _ExTRxonmNAUt . — On Monday young Mountjoy performed the following extraordinary fete within one hour , at the Northumberland Cricket ulub Ground , in Newcastle : —Walked forward one mile , ran one mile , trundled a hoop half a mile , hopped on one leg 200 yards , ran backwards 200 yards , picked up with his mouth forty eggs , placed a yard apart , without touching the ground with his knees , or the eggs with his hands , and afterwards despositing them in a bucket of water without breaking any of them , and finally leaping over twenty hurdles placed ten yards apart .
Nothing New under tub Sun . — Professor Otto Von Fogginkopf , the well-known Greek professor of Gottingen , has pointed out that the ancients were certainly acquainted with gun-cotton . The shirt of _Nessus , which burnt poor Hercules to death , must evidently have been made of this combustible . — Punch . . . A Good Man Gone . —From an American journal we recorded under this title last week the death by drowning of a man in whose pocket was found a receipt for payment of his newspaper ! It W ! i 8 a credit payment for a year past , and we have since ascertained that the breast pocket containing it was the first tbat floated . All the printers in our establishment taink that if he had had another receipt for ayear in advance in the other breast pocket , he —might have floated as secure as a tub .
The strictest orders have recently been giveu by her Miijosty to all tlie royal servants , that if any one ofthe name of Louis Philippe should call , they are to be sure to say her Majesty is " not at home . "Punch _S _^ "_ .., _* ,
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A Wham at Hulls—A whale measuring 51 feet has been captured in the Humberby the crew ofa fishing vessel . It was sold for £ 40 . Sib Robbbt Pbel . —We understand that the right hon , baronet lias been suffering from an attack of gout , A Donkbt GOT nis Thistle . —We understand that the Earl of Stair has got the Green Ribbon of the most ancient Order of the Thistle , vacant by the death ofthe Marquis of Ailsa . Opening op the London _HoMmopATHic Hospital . Oh Monday the above hospital , situated at No . 17 , Hanover-square , was publicly opened for the reception of gratuitous in-patients Buffering under acute disorders .
Bossing in Manchester . — The first landing of goods at the wharf lately erected , connecting the Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company ' s warehouses , Salford , with the river Irwell , took place last week . More Food from America . —A letter from Liverpool , ol Friday ' s date , says :- " Within the last two days , and in three vessels only , from America , we have the following imports : —50 , 500 bushels of wheat ; 6 , 400 barrels of flour ; 7 , 500 bushels of Indian corn : COO casks of beef and pork ; 370 barrels of hams . Robbery op Platb . — On Saturday afternoon a large quantity of plate was stolen from the kitchen of the house of Mr . FontyenB , Clarendon Villa , Netting Hill . A Lkaovjeu Silbnced . —John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., is now seriously indisposed , arising it is said , from an ulcerated throat . The Tories threaten to oppose Bright John at Manchester .
During the nights of Saturday and Sunday sixteen prisoners wero lodged in the Birkenhead Bridewell , out of which number there were no less than 15
Irishmen . RuRAii Post iw France . —The Journal de la Somme gives the following curious instance of tho mode in which the rural postal service is performed : — " The distance from Tr 6 vrcs to Famechon is about a quarter of an { hour ' s walk , but Trevres'belongs half to the department of the Somme , and half to tbat of the _Pas-de-Calais . Tho latter is nearest Famechon , which alio belongs to the Pas . de-Calais . Now , if a letter be written to a friend at _Trievres-Somme , it performs the following circuit : —From Famechon it goes first to Pas , 1 kilometre ; from Pas to Labret , 10 ; from Labret to Arras , 16 ; from Arras to A . iiens , 60 ; from Amiens to Doullens , 28 ; from Doullens to Acheux , 16 ; and'frora Acheux to _Thievres 10 ; making a total of 141 kilometres , or thirtyfive leagues for a service , the real length of which is a quarter ofa league . "
Consultation per Telegraph . — The services of the electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch were put into requisition on Thursday in a novel manner , being made the means of _communicailon between a physician in London and his patient in the former place . On Wednesday Dr . L , a celebrated obstetric physician , was sent for from London to attend a lady , lying there in a dangerous state _; on his return to town , heleft instructions to the medical attendant to convey information of the state of the patient tho next morning by means ofthe telegraph . This was promptly dona on Thursday morning , and the perseription was as promptly returned . This , it would appear , was repeated more than once , the services of the telegraph being continued for four hours . Unhappily the telegraph completed its communications by announcing the death of the lady . — Essex Herald ,
The exportation of British gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but such restrictions has been discontinued for some years past , and at the present time a French bark is lying at Erith _, in the river Thames , loading with this destructive material . Itwill take in a cargo of 4 , 000 barrels , which has boen supplied by Messrs Hall , the gunpowder manufac turers of Davington , near Faversham . Lord Mayor ' s Dat , —The line of the _paceant will be from Guildhall along King Street , Cheaps ' ule , Poultry , Cornhill , Gracechureh Street , King William Street f > Arthur Street , to Fishmonger ' s Hall , London Bridge , when his Lordship and the civic authorities will embark and proceed to Westminster Hall , returning from thence to Blackfriars Bridge . Sir George Carroll , the Lord Mayor elect , will commence the proceedings at the Mansion House Police court , every day during his mayoralty , at ten o ' clock instead of twelve , as at present .
Pin-sic Gardens at Chelsea . —The company of apothecaries have appointed Mr . Fortune as curator of their gardens at Chelsea , in room cf the late Mr . Anderdon _, F _. L _. S , Sir Henry Pottinoer has been appointed , in addition to the office of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope , the [ Queen ' s High _Coramsssioner for settli !!;; and adjusting the affairs ofthe Eastern and North-eastern frontier ofthe colony . A Railway Example . —The second class railway carriages in France are well lined and padded , with cushioned seats , glass windows , and lamps for the tunnels , quite equal to many of the English first class . Sporting Pars-ins . —The game list shows that 75 of the Yorkshire clergymen _haye taken out certificates to kill game . The Famous Oak at Ribbesford , Worcestershire , was destroyed by the late equinoctial gales . It had been in existence about eight centuries .
Sea-Gulls . —During the prevalence of the equinoctial gales , several sea-gulls were shot in the ponds in Yorkshire , far inland . Ripe Raspberries . —There is now in the garden of Mr , Thompson , York , a fine crop of ripe raspberries . Rather Tall . —A chimney was finished at Wigan , last week , one hundred and forty yards high , and contains nearly a million of bricks . Tait ' s Magazine . —It is not true , although reported by several of our contemporaries , that Tait ' s Magazine has been disposed of , and that the purchasers arc Messrs . A . and C . Black . —Edinburgh Advertiser .
Sale at Ford Abiiry , —The arras tapestry in the grand saloon at Ford Abbey , Dorsetshire , the seat of the late Francis Gwyn , Esq ., was sold on Wednesday last , by Mr . _English , ot Bath , to Mr . George Miles ' , the purchaser ofthe Ford Abbey Estate , for £ 2 , 200 . A Night ox a Rock . —During the stormy weather last week , a clergyman at Scarborough set out with the intention of walking to Filey by the sands am ! rocks . Having got a considerable distance , he found it impracticable to proceed further , and attempted to return ; but the tide had flowed so high he could not succeed . He remained on the ruck all night . _Tnu Hessians . —Great numbers of Hessians are at the present time in the United States In a starving condition .
A Gluttonous Brute . —A fellow named Evans , on the occasion of the late election at Craborchard , Kentucky , in presence of all who were about the polls , made his dinner on fourteen chickens , drank forty cups of coffee , nine pints of whisky , and ate ginger cakes and other things in proportion , and called for more chickens . Significant !—It is said that Mr . Hudson recently entered into a contract to purchase an estate for £ 800 , 000 , but has preferred to pay a forfeit of something under £ 10 , 000 . The English Popess . —In a work sanctioned by the head ot the Church of England is described as at once a Queen and a Popess [ Papessa ) . _Tne Chinese Collection This very curious collection will very sbortly be removed from the metropolis , the proprietors being about to exhibit the contents in the various large towns and cities of the country .
An Old Almanack . —There is in the British Museum an almanack , written on papyrus , nearly 3 , 000 years old , which , having been used by some Egyptian of the olden time , was buried with him . A Set of Fools . —According to the Gloucester Journal , General Tom Thumb was nearly kissed and caressed to death by the gentle fair ones of Stroud . Consistent—Very!—The Philadelphiansare rigid and very consistent ; oyster cellars are not allowed to be open on Sundays ; but any number of mob fights are permitted ; hence the inference that oysters are more dangerous than mobs ,
Grand Mexican Aloe , —This maguiticent plant , recently in flower at the Colosseum , has now upon it some thousand young aloes , each bud after dowering produced a new plant ; it may , therefore , be _regarded as an extraordinary . horticultural curiosity , differing in this respect from every species of aloe before known to flower in England , and it ia presumed to be the only specimen of the sort ever brought from the South American wilderness to Europe . A _Numkuous Family . —The present Emperor ol
China has several hundred children , and the Peking G . tzette , the court journal , occasionally contains accounts of riots and disturbances at the palace , _arising from disputes _among the heirs as to who shall be the next Emperor . Something Wonderful . — The Immrtial de Smyme , of the 10 th ult ., says : —A few days since a shark was caught near Chesrae , weighing _ncii-dy twenty-six quintals . On opening the monster , the corpse of a man . unmutilated and dress-id , was found in his belly . "
Great Scullers' Match for Two _Huxdrrkd Pou . _N-ns . —A match , which excites considerable interest in the aquatic circles , has been made between Henry Clasper , the celebrated sculler , and Anthony Maddison _, to row on the river Tyne , on the 16 th inst . Opposition to the Proposed City Improvements . —The F . _ii-nngdon-Withoutonians are "in arms " against tlie proposcd _^ utlay of the corporation funds in the formation of whew street . Tun Most Extraordinary Passages on Record . —The new Clyde ship Daogaum , built bv Messrs . W . Simon , and Co ., sailed from Greenock the 22 nd of September , 1815 ; arrived out in Calcutta in ninety days ; sailed again the 28 th of January , and arrived at Greenock the 19 th of May ; left there again the 13 th of Juno , and was out at Calcutta on the 12 t , h of September ; thus making the _tlirco passages , including tho time in port , iu ! 355 days . Sons of _Ibuaiiim Pacha at Worksop . —Two ol
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the sons of Ibrahim Pacha are now under the care of Dr . Heldenmaier , president of the PestaloKiaa school , at Worksop , in Nottinghamshire . Sbuvb nw right . —An officer in the Pacha ' s army was lately shot at Pompey ' _s Pillar , for having murdered his wife by hanging her for the sake of her jewels . „ . To PRB _VRst Roi in _PoTATOBs .-Eatthem below they begin to decay . —( American paper . ) Pkbttt Well . —The ' « Nouvelliste , " of Marseille ! , states that , a lew days ago , a female of that city was safely delivered of a boy and three girls , whb are with the mother , all doing well . _„„ _£ r ' t _USDATiON in SiciLT . -On the night of th _« 30 th of September , a tempest of wind and rain ravaged the Melazzo and Marsala . A terrible flood ravaged the former town . The inhabitants were 8 urpri 5 _edin their sleep * trees , sheds , and houses were carried away , and a hundred persons perished . Captain Warner ' s Long Range . —Colonel
Chalmers , R A ., attended by Captain Warner , has just _telected the range oOnarsh required for the purpose on tho each side of tho Essex coast , suitable to the occasion , where no danger can arise from such experiments . Pirates . —It is rumoured that seven large pirate vessels have been destroyed by an English man-ofwar coming from Singapore , and bound to Borneo . Tnu Cholera . —Letters from Treblzonde to the 26 th Sept . state that the cholera had passed the line of the Russian quarantine on the Caspian , and was ravaging tho districts of Salgan and Leukeran . In the towns west of the Caspian the mortality was great , from dysentery and other diseases considered forerunners of she Asiatic cholery . The inhabitants of Teheran have been reduced from 80 , 000 to GO , 000 by this dreadful scourge .
Floods in Italy . —The heavy rains which havo fallen lately have occasioned in Italy and Piedmont , very disastrous inundations . In the Alps , the torrents have become suddenly so swollen as to prevent in several places all communication between France and Italy . According to a letter from Nice of the 20 th ult ., there had been heavy falls of rain for several successive days which has caused the rivers to overflow , and several bridges to be demolished . Death of Mb . P . M . Stewart , M . P . —This gentleman expired at the residence of his mother . Lady Stewart Carnock , Falkirk , N . B ., on Friday morning last , at eight o ' clock , after a painful and protracted illness . Inundation in Switzerland . — The _Reuss has overflowed its banks , and inundated the vast valley of Reuss _, in which there are 11 villages
The Celbbrated _Vibnnbsb _Danci-rs . 48 in number , under the direction of Madame Weiss , _s-iiled a few days ago in the packet-ship Yorkshire , Captain Bailey for New York . Grkat Trottino Match for £ 50 . —On Tuesday the match betwaen Mr . Robson ' s grey horse and Mr . Baker ' s brown mare , to trot two miles in harness for £ 25 aside , came off at Wimbledon Common . The mare won . The Ichaboe _Mummv . —After making the tour of Lancashire _axd Scotland , the relic of humanity has found a resting place ac the Cosmorama , Regentstreet .
Death op Marshall Boubmont . —Account * * have been received ofthe death of Marshall Bourmout , at his _^ chateau in _Anjou . The Marshall was 73 years of age . Importation of Flour Dutt Free . —Leopold , King ofthe Belgians , has decreed that till the 1 st of December , IS 46 , flour of all kinds originating in countries out of Europe are declared free from duty when imported into the kingdom . Thb Chinebsb _Gazbtib is the oldest paper in the world , and is supposed to have been commenced several hundred years before the discovery of printing in Europe .
: ¦ Cost of Cleanliness . —A writer in the" Builder " estimates the laundry expences of the metropolis at five millions per annum , and proposes the formation of an extensive washing company . ( What is to be . come of the laundresses ?) 1 ' usch ' s Statue . ;—A Mr . Livington has opened a new inn at Hull , which he has called the" Punch " Hotel . The town has been greatly amused by a colossal and grotesque figure of Punch attended by his dog Toby , which has been erected outsid e . A Startling Incident for the Great
Novel-Grindbr . —The celebrated French novelist , Alexander Dumas , who with his father and a party of friends , eight altogether , set off a few days since to visit Toledo and Aranjues , on their way to Andalusia , had a near escape _Irom being robbed and probably murdered , on the road from Toledo to _Aranjuez . Jewish Colonies . —A letter from _Posen , of tho l _* 7 t . h , states that an association formed in that _olace , under the patronage of the King of Prussia , for establishing Jewish colonies , ha 3 purchased land to the value of 624 , 000 fr .
The Ipswich and Bury Railway is rapidly approaching completion . A Strange Visitor . —On Monday , one of those rare birds , tho bittern , was shot on Wandsworth Common . Fatal Accident in the Regent ' s Canal . —On Tuesday , a lad about fourteen years of ago wa 3 amusing himself by what is termed running the barges , near the Kentish Town lock , when he lost hi .- - footing , was precipitated into about twelve feet of water , and was drowned . Extraordinary Scene , —At a meeting of the vestrymen of St . Pancra 3 , held on Monday last , those " potent , grave , aud reverend 3 i « nors" Amused themselves for the space of an hour in _investigating a charge against a man named Pike , of having "chucked" a vestryman ' s servant girl under the chin ! Ultimately the unfortunate Pike was acquitted .
Fatal _Effects of British Cholera . —At Torhouse Moor , by Wigton , Cormick Flanigun had been oniined to bed for about eighteen months , when , in September , his famiiy were attacked with British cholera , and himself and four of them have since died . There are still four more of this family lingering under this complaint . New Opera —Mr . Frederick Bowen Jesson _, the celebrated pianist and composer , is at present engaged in producing an opera , founded on the story of Amp Robsart , the herione of Sir Walter Scott ' s _JCt-iulu / _ori _/* . . The _CrcLors Frigate , and Steam Ship Pottinger on Shere . —These vessels grounded off Cowcs , on Sunday morning last , during the fog . Both were got off again without damage .
Military _Pensioners . —On Saturday , tho north division of the Chulsea _ouh-pensioners . under the command of Captain Carr , completed their drill in Regent ' s Park . The expected _fiold-day is pnstponed till the 13 th of November , when , should the weather be favourable , all the divisions will be inspected in Hyde Park b y the Commander-in-Chief . Nike Hundred Poudxs . —Stolen , or Lost , f-om the coat-pocket of Mr . II . Aldhouse _, of No . 37 , Marystreet , Kingsland-road , Shoreditch , between that and Bishopsgate Church , Bishopsgate-street . Public Baths and Washhouses in Liverpool . —On Wednesday morning the new public baths and washhouses , just completed by the wealthy corporation of Liverpool , for the benefit of the working classes , and for the improvement of the sanitary condition ofthe poor , were thrown open to the public for inspection . An Association for the Reduction of the Duties on Tea , is now fully organised .
TnE French Government has decided that all its civil functionaries , t . « ., all its clerks and such people , shall wear a distinguishing uniform . The Glove Trade of Worcester has been reduced to a lower ebb during the past month than it has been known to havo reached for years . The Exportation of British Gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but such restriction has been discontinued for tome years past , and at the present time a French barque is lying at Erith , in the river Thames , loading with this destructive material . A New Park Entrance . —Workmen are _nployed in formi ng a new publio entrance , leading from Grosvenor-place on to Constitution Hill , Green Park , at the north end ofthe private gardens of Buckingham Palace , and nearly opposite Tattersall ' s . The Carpet Trade of Kiddeminster , which had somewhat revived during the month of August and September , has declined again to so low an ebb that the first houses arc now only working four days a week .
Railway Accident . —On Monday morning , the stoker of a luggage train , named Ilagan , on the Brighton and Chichester Railway , had his arm broken in a shocking manner by the wheel of the engine . Explo 8 ivb Invention . —A letter from Vienna states that Dr . Heller , of that city , has prepared tow in the same way as has been lately done for cotton , and that its explosive force is far more considerable , Puuitt . op Election . —The Bristol Times says that the _ilisiifFHoieiit between Lord Fitzhardinge andhis brothers may be attributed to the influence of a fair and artful Delilah . A pretty state of things that allows fair and artful Delilahs to return county and city members !
Anti-Slavery Lectures . — Messrs . Lloyd Garrison , George Thompson , nnd Frederick Douglass , are expected in Inverness , in the course of their antislavery mission . _Snoai Time Movement—We observe that the hat ters , drapers , and clothiers of Ayr , have agreed to shut their places of business in the ovenui" at seven o ' clock . Atmospheric Railway betwixt Paisley and Glasgow . —It is proposed to construct a railway , to be worked on the atmospherio principle , between the above cities . Silvio _Pbllico _, whose name is so wvll known in Europe , by the account of his sufferings , is now Oil a visit to M . dc Lamartiiie , at his chateau in Bur-S _* y- . , r . 1 u A Tnip . p Caught . — The clerk , Cowap , who _absaouded from _Wingate Colliery with a large sum of money belongin _* '' to Lord Howden , has been arrested » t Ghent by _tiwilelgian Consul here , with the _propci-tv in his possession .
Australian Discoveries . —A _supplement extraordinary of tho _Swan River News , published in Lsndon , mentions the discovery ot coal , aud of a new port in Western Australia .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07111846/page/3/
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