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      A. • Labodrer-S Thoughts On St. Vaiestis...

      A . _LABODRER-S THOUGHTS ON ST . _VAIESTISE'S DAY .: Mary , I _-tvork'd beside a wood On Jast St . Valentine ' s day , And as I delved I saw . two birds Sit on a leafless spray .... ' ' And where they sat a golden patch - ¦ - Of soft sunlight did shine , They _chirp'd and chirp'd as though thev said " Thou art my Valentine . - " And _then-I thought of thee , Mary , _. In London ' s noise and moil—My arms grew weary all at once ,

      And would not let me toil I thought how you had pledged your trotl And I had plighted mine _. And _jetl could not say to thee " Thou art my Valentine . - ' * : "Poor birds , " I said , "ii * winter time How hard has becu your tare ; When frost had garner d every grain , Aud stripp'd the woodlands bare . " As scant a meal , as cold a home , Dear Mary , have been mine ; Bttt _, though 'Ss spring , I dare not say , " Wiltbemy Valentine *?"

      "Eer long , " I said , "the buds will burst , And deck the trees with green " _, But stiU my cottage home must be The ruin it has been . " " And then I thought you once had said , " If your home were but mine 3 " "Though loved so weU , l dared not say , " Wilt be my Valentine ?" I said , " Yon birds will build their nest , And bless it _irith their young , And teU each other all tlieir iov ,

      Though with a wordless tongue . ;" And then I thought how I could love A face that looked like thine ! —1 saw my rags , and dared not say , " _-f- _vllt be my Valentine ?" " 0 , happy birds , " again I said , "TouTl rear your Uttle brood ; Your throbbing breasts wfll keep them warm ! your toil can find them food . " And then I thought how I could moiL Bear love , for thee and thine . —The workhouse _beUrang out ; I groaned , "I ask no Valentine' "

      * ' God feeds thc sparrow : " theu I said "And am I not a man * His Image—thc immortal work Tliat crown'd creation's plan . Am I forgotten on tlic earth , As though I were a clod ? Ho , I am a -sum— -from wan I claim Jay heritage of God _•** . Ood bless thee , love ! be patient _stUlj The hour wiU surely come , When every labourer in the land Shall o : \ -n a hisnan home . _^ Wiien laws shaU let us love—and live , As nature did design -. So keep thou to thy plighted troth , And I will hold to _-adse . _*~ _Dowlas Jer & d ' s 3 _' sgamc .

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      _j-gr tiniuug that our poetical scraps , bom original and selected , accumulate much more rapidly than we can dispose of them by the ordinary channel , wc have been induced to propose to ourselves and contributors the following arrangement—viz ., to give quarterly , in our columns , a selection of poetical pieces , sneh selection to be entitled " THE TEAS ! OF THE POETS . " The ikst selection will appear this month ( March ) , the next in Juno , the next in September , and so _oni Thc "first ofthe "Feasts" will " come off " "in the Star of March 22 nd . Any of our readers , disposed to try their fortune in an attempt to procure admission to the "Feast , " must send in their poetical contributions on or before the 15 th inst . Communcation ' s received after that date will not he attftndoil to

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      0o2ongsbt; Or, The New Generation. B* B....

      _0 O 2 _ONGSBT ; or , THE NEW GENERATION . B * B . _D'Ishaew , Esq . ., M . F . —London : _Cdlburn , Great _Marllwrough-strect . { Continued frot h tlic . Northern Star of March 1 . ) : _C 0 _KU _. _CSBS AND _SIO 0 S 1 A . _—ESGLASH ' _s _tiESEin : ASO

      FUTGZK . , Ton will observe oue cm ions trait , said Sidonia to ConiBgsIn- , in the history of this country ; the depositary of power is always unpopular , all combine against it , always it falls . Power was . deposited iu the great Barons : the Church using tbe King for its instrument crushed the great Barons . Power was deposited in the _Chuidn the King bribing the Parliament plundered the Church . Power was deposited in the Sing ; the Parliament using the People beheaded the ' Sing , expelled the King , and , _finally , for a King substituted an _adiuinistrativc officer . "For one hundred and fifty

      years Power has been deposited in the Parliament , and for the last sixty or seventy years it has been becoming more and more unpopular . In 1830 itwasendeayoured , hyaTWOnstnictiou , toregain the popular affection ; but in truth , as the Parliament then only made itself more powerful , it lias only become more odious . As we see that theHarons , the Church , the King , haTe in turn devoured each other , and that the Parliament the last devourcr , remains , itis impossible to resist the impression that this body also is doomed to be destroyed , and he is a sagacious statesman who may detect in what form aud in "What quarter the great consumer will arise .

      Where , then , would you look for hope ? Iu what is mors powerful than laws and institutions , and without which thc best laws and the most skilful institutions may be a dead letter , or the very means of tyranny ; in the national character . It is not in the increased _feebleness of its institutions that I see the peril of England ; it is in the decline of its character as a community . And yet you could scarcely describe this as an age of corruption ? - - Not of political corruption . But it is an age of social _dlsoijfjanisation , far more dangerous iu its consequences , because far more extensive . You may have a corrupt government and a pure community ; you may nave a corrupt community and a pure administration . Whieh would you elect ? Neither , -said Coningsby ; I wish to see a people full of faith , and a govcrameut fall of duly .

      Buy . upon it , said Sidonia , that England should think more of the community and less of the government . But tell me , what do you understand by the term national character ! A character Is an assemblage of qualities ; thc charac ter of England should he an assemblage of great qualities . " 5 ut we cannot deny that the English have great "rirtt * . es . The civilisation of a thousand years must produce great virtues : but we are speaking ofthe decline of public virtu _*^ no t its _existences In what , then , do you trace that decline * _** In tiie fact that the various classes of this country are arrayed against each other . But to what do you attribute those reciprocal hostilities !

      i , ot entirely , not even principally , to those economical causes of "which we hear so much . 1 think that there is no error so vulgar as to believe that revolutions are occasioned by economical causes , They come in , doubtless , ¦ ver y often to precipitate a catastrophe ; -very rarely do they occa-aoa oue . * * * * . Do you think , then , there is a wild desire for extensive -political change in the country ? Hardly that : England is perplexed at the present momeat , not inventive . That will be the next pliasis in her moral state , and to that I wish to draw your thoughts . _PormyscitwhUcI ascribe littleinflacncetophysiealcauses

      "for tiie production of this perplexity , I am still less of Opinion that it can be removed by any new disposition of political _poffsr . It would only aggravate the evil . That irould _beTccarriiig to the old error of supposing you can Becessariljiitid national content in political institutions . A political institution is a niachinc ; the motive power is the _natioaalekaraeter . With that it rests whether the Machine will benefit society or destroy it . Society in Wis Country is perplexed , almost paralyzed ; in time it "• _" " 21 move , aud it will devise . How are the elements of the _natioa to be blended again together ? In what spirit is that reorganization to take place ? To know that would be to know _eve-ty thing .

      In this country , said Sidonia , since the peace , there has been an attempt " to advocate a reconstruction of society oa a partly rational basis . The p rinciple of Utility has been po-. verfally developed . I speak not with lightness Of the labours of the disciples of that school . I bow to intellect in every form : and we should be grateful tO any school of philosophers even if we disagree with them ; doubly _grateial in this country , where for so long a period OUT statesmen were in so pitiable an arrear of public intdiigence . mere Las been an attempt to reconstruct Ma-sty oa a basis of material motives and calculations It has fa-fled , it must ultimately have failed under any

      •• teopiea kingdo m was inevitable . How limited is human reason , the prof tundest _inijuirers are most conscious . _^ are-no 4 _iadel 3 t eato Qie _Tasmofxasn for any of the great a _& _ievaneBts-ffhicl _, are the _Istndmarks of human - _^^ _dfcaaan progress . _Itvras not reason that beft _^ _Tlv _i _was no reason thatsent forth the Saracen _CrSXc f-f * _- _* _^ _laerthe-TOrfd ; that inspired the _^^ i _^ Wfcifaii _^ iiite _* , _itwasnot _**«™ _* r : _^ _- _" _-ed the _Jesoitsj - aboVe all , it was not _^ _JS _^^ _Vrench _-R _wmoTL Man _isonly _Sfht _^ m _\ e *** - _^> ti > - passions ; never _irre-J ™ _** when _heappeais to the Imagination . Even _thestat t _^ 1 thea ' _**•¦* as Imagination once subdued

      0o2ongsbt; Or, The New Generation. B* B....

      Man is made to adore and to obey : but if you will not command liim ; if you give him nothing . to worship ; he will fashion his own divinities , aud find a chieftain hi his own passions . But where can-. ve Snd faith jn a nation of sectaries ? Who can feel loyalty to a Sovereign of _Dowiung-strcet ? I speak of the eternal principles of human nature ; you answer me with the passing accidents of the hour .- Sects rise and sects disappear . Where are the Flfth-Monarciy me »? England is governed by Downing-street ; once it was governed by Alfred and Elizabeth ; We defer comment ; - but beg our readers to mark that Sidonia , who may be presumed to speak the opinions of "Young England , " considers that to attempt the reform of ike present system by " uny new disposition of political powa _* " —Chartism foi * instance—would but " aggravate the evil : " a view not likely to be acquiesced iu by Mr . I ) 'Israeli ' s Chartist admirers .

      Douglas Jerrold's Shillingmagazine.-Mabc...

      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLINGMAGAZINE .-Mabcii . We thought the first number of this Magazine was all that was excellent ; we pronounced the second number to be faultless ; but ihe present number is even an improvement on its predecessors . Indeed , this is the Magazine for the _Mfflons , and by them it should be universally read . We know that even a shilling a month—payable in one amount—is a greater sum than thousands can afford to lav out in the purchase -of a book . StUl , there are ways and means , wliich if adopted by the w orking classes would secure for this Magazine an immense circulation . The supporters of circulating libraries , and the fre-Quentei * s of the metropolitan coffee-houses , alone have it in their power by simply asking" for it ; to' procure it a sale of some thousands . Again , in the readingrooms which in different parts of the country the

      working classes have established or have access to , they could easily introduce this _Slagazine , and once introduced the number of readers whom it would not fail to interest would be sure to continue its demand . Lastly , in how many small towns ahd villages , where there are no libraries , no reading-rooms , but where working men , anxious for information and fond of reading , nnite for the purchase of a weekly paper , and assemble at each other's houses to hear the paper read—how easily could they club tlieir pence for the purchase of this Magazine monthly . In speaking of these several parties , we of _couise speak of those to whom even a shillingis an object of some importance ; to all who can _afibrd to purchase the Magazine for themselves , we strongly advise them'to do so . -They will not Only find the most delightful entertainment for the present , but will also have for the . future a work which will truly grace their book-shelf , a store of instruction and amusement ofthe best description

      for the time to come : It is almost needless to say that we have no pecuniary interest in thus advising _ourreaders . We may add that we know nothing of the proprietors of _tliis ; _Magazine , nor have wc any personal knowledge of the writers therein . It is for the love ofthe principles advocated by those writers , our admiration ol" their talents , and for the ardent desire we havo to see the social and political condition of tlic millions changed" for thc better , that we wish tliem to become readers and supporters of this Magazine , which so nobly and eloquently advocates then * cause , the cause of auffeuiug humanity throughout the -Wbtiu _"" . _, ThelEditor ' s " . St . Giles and St . James" is continued with increasing interest ; thc gems of thought which are scattered thrcugh the narrative are beautiful beyond all . praise . His characters , too / are drawn witll a fidelity to nature , only equalled by the magic pen of Dickens . From an admirable article on the _Window Tax , we give the following extract : —

      THE _tUXC-SY OF IIGHT . . ¦ .-V . ' e hardly know a more melancholy sight thau a house with half its windows blocked up , to avoid the duty payable upon them . The mind flies from the out to the inside of such a dwelling- —and a dreary picture it sees there . Rooms illuminated only by an eternal twilight , not bright in sunshine—dim when a summer cloud passes —dark from the morning to _^ _tlie evening of the cheerless winter day ; then passages , like the passages from cell to _ceu in gaols , where you grope , and stumble , and feel your way - staircases Where your only guides arc the bannisters or the wall , and kitchens like . the bottom of mines . . Outside the sensation is as dismal * , - You look upon , the house deprived of half its windows as upon a one-eyed man . The thing is unnatural . There is no cheerfulness , no

      lightness of expression about it . The architect may have been skilful , and the form of the fabric may be graceful ; butthe _skUl has been thro wn _' away—thegracelost _* , " The tax-gatherer has overthrown the artist * in the _strug-jle . Ask a frenchman what he thinks of our cities . Ten to oue tiie word " _friste" will be the reply ; and , compared to continental towns , they are " iriste . " The very first thing which strikes an Englishman ' as he puts his foot upon the soil beyond the Channel , is the light , gay , airy appearance of the town he is landing at . The houses appear all smiles , and affability , and cheerfulness—a curious contrast to the dull , forbiddiiig ' dwelh ' ngs he has left . In a moment the cause of the difference "dashes on him . The windows— "Aha . '"he exclaims , " as our ancestors of old believed that running waters couid stop

      the pursuit of unholy things—demons and night riding witches—so do the salt tides of the Channel stay the progress of unholy taxes ; here there is no window duty ! " To Sir Francis Dashwood , who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer about 170 * 2 , we owe the origin of tlic window tax , at least iu its present shape . Before that period , a house tat existed ; the manner of reckoning it was then , changed , and its amount based upon the number of windows contained in each dwelling . " Dashwood was a poor weak creature , a nominee of Lord Bute ' s : Wilkes fell foul of him in the " North Briton , " and Churchill lashed him in one of his vigorous satires . It is recorded , tbat after his window duty feat , the children in the street—no doubt incited and urged on by their seniors—called after him as hepassed along , " There goes

      the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer England has ever known . " The asseveration might have been bold , but there was no more boldness in it than truth . If Dashwood and George Grenville originated ' _^ tho light aud air tax , it was Pitt who , hy his immense additions to the burden , rendered it the foully oppressive thing it how is . Sixteen shillings and sixpence per window was the amount of tiie duty which the heaven-born Minister laid upon heavenborn light and air . Here was a proper retailing of sunbeams—a petty huckstering which intercepted the free gift of Ood , shoirn to be the most free , by being the most universal of liis blessings—and dispensed it to the poor at the rate of sixteen and sixpence per windowful ! Food does " not everywhere fall in the same profusion ; fertilising rain does not everywhere fall in the same warm , plenty * nurturing and fostering heat does not everywhere put

      forth the same strength and regenerative power ; but light is evcty where—it clothes the world as with a garment —; it flows from the grand centre of the universe to its uttermost limits—it is _allrpervading and all-penetrating . Through thc stained glass of the cathedral , through the loophole ofthe prison—through broad portals and through narrow chinks it makes its way , reviving all , cheeriug all , blessing all . Such is light , or rather such was intended to be light . Man ' s legislation wars against God ' s designs . Man ' s contrivances mar God ' s gift . Our _^ finnament may be as the skies of Claude , but legislation saysi our dwellings shall be as the interiors of Kembrandt ! always , unless you pay!—pay for liberty of lungs and of eyes _^—pay for a chance of health aM strength . If you . ase rich you can—if you are poor , typhus will prevent you from feeling the want of either li g ht or air . You will need no windows in a coffin !

      The "Recollections of _Uazlitt" is a most delightful paper . *[ The Genii of Steam , and the Great Britain Steam-skip , " gives us an imaginary conversation between Worcester , Watt , and Fulton ; in which they discuss the past and probable future progress of the michty -power—steam . *¦ The Crimes of Quacks , " and "The Tally System , " are _admu _* able exposes of two gigantic evils of ourprcsentsocialsystem , fraught with injury to millions . The poetry is of a superior character _tliis month—we give one piece , which will be found elsewhere ; another , "The Meeting of the Metals , " we reserve for future extract . We conclude with thefollowingcausticeffusion from "TheHedgehog Letters , " whicli we hope Sir James Graham will "read , niaik , learn , and inwardly digest : "—

      To _., _"KTapies . Tuakk heaven and thc printer that there are such things as ! Tou , my deal * friend , will know to whom they apply , and may , therefore , receive this letter without its bringing down upon you the government of Naples . However , don't venture to write me any answer—for I ' m in Sir James Graham ' s books ; I ' m do « * n—a marked man . Unhappily for me , a Polish refugee lives in our garret , aud the eye of Russia is upon me . Nevertheless , there has been , I find , some good luck in this . I ' ve now discovered that the two gentlemen , with beards , who used to hire me when the Emperor Nicholas was here , to drive them from one end of the town to thc other , did so to come at the plot which was hatching in our attic ; However , they got nothing out of me , but as old lumpy says , icicey

      _WOrsy . Still , I m not comfortable . As a cabman , I ' ve been boxed up with Spaniards , " Italians , Sardinians , Austrians—men ot all countries and all colours . . Well , 1 don't know at this minute that every letter to Juniper Hedgehog—that is every copy—isn't in the office of . Sir James Graham ! A nice thing this to go to bed and sleep npon ! _Whenlthinkof thesortof letters—full of delicate and tender matters—tliat has * come to me , - 1 own it does make me burn and fluster to think that I may not bave a single secret to myself : no—Sir . Tames , the Postoffice _hutglar— "has broken into my affair ? , and at this moment he knows all my poverty , all my little _smugglings with little debts , in fact , all my inner man . I _seemio myself to walk about the world turned inside out ! And

      this evil , he it remembered , may be the fate of thousands , although , poor wretches , they may not know it , Who shall tell how many men's souls are at the Home Office under the Graham lock and key ! Still , says Sir James , the whole security , not only of this country , but in truth of the whole world , depends upon wax and wafers . There k no doubtthatlastsummerafew Italians weredenounced to _thego-iCTriTO'iwt of "Naples , ami My shot , — -in _ consequence of seals broken at _Downihg-strcet . This is comfortable . to * reflect upon . Though if Sir James was a squeamish man—which he is not , for no man ever braved the pillory with all its unsavory accidents with a stronger stomach— -then would he never again behold the Queen ' s head upon the red post-stamp without thinking of human blood ! i

      Douglas Jerrold's Shillingmagazine.-Mabc...

      Sir James , however , has two natures , —or rather , _*^ . two parts , hike the pictuve of Heath and the Lady , Sir James is only corrupt on one side .- Thus spoke Tom _lluucoinbe to the foolscap burglar—the _se- < li _* ig-v > ax . _JtjeXSheppard : — '' - ¦ _' ¦¦ - ' / "" ' " He has had the meanness , - ay , and the baseness , ' to conceal his act , aud lias not had the courage to avow it . " -Upon this , the Speaker , inone of his conciliatory moods , observed * that " such observations were very personal . Would the honourable gentleniaii withdraw" them- ?" Whereupon Ifr .-Duncombe answered :-r- - ' ' ' ¦• • '¦' - ¦ '¦ . _. ' ¦ Sir , I applied those observations to the rig lithpnoui _* - able gentleman in his Ministerial capacity : to those observations and to tliosc'topics I adhere : ' so'they must mid shall remain . " ¦ ¦ - "¦ ' ';¦ : ' '' '

      And they do remain . And Sir : James remains , " as a minister , " a " mean , " "base , ' , ' cowardly agent : How straHgs is the distinction between the minister and the man—they ' re quite two different things * , like the ' calipee calipash of a turtle . ' . < ¦ : ¦•¦ > ' ,. Sir James Graham rose , to answer , with a . confidence that would have honoured . the Old Bailey ., He said"Mr . Duncombe was a person quite indiffereiii to him . " This reminds me of the chap , who after he'd been " flogged half a mile and more at , the cart ' s tail , with aU the ' -world looking . on , said to the man that had flayed _hini-r- " Sif , _j'OU'l'C btmeath mv notice . " : '

      I could mite more , but Eumpy ' s called _ihei fdf a fare ; The fun , however , is ' uot over yet ; andyoumay hear more of Sir James in my next . Meantime , if , you write , ' . don't either , use was , or wafers . * it ' s only wasting property . Send your letters open , and believe me , yoiii * faitliful fripnd , _JejiipiB HEDGEboo . ( .

      George Ortjikshanies Table-Book. March.....

      GEORGE _ORTJIKSHANieS TABLE-BOOK . March .. ' . . ; _-: " . . . ., / i This is a good number . The illustrations are , as usual , rich with humour ; but the principal ! of them , ' entitled " The Folly of Crime , " conveys a lesson tothe viciously inclined , which we have never seen surpassed . . Moralists labour to , dissuade from ; crime ; priests—themselves too often thc greatest criminalsdenounce crime i legislators and their instruments punish crime ; but George Cruikshank exhibits the folly of crime . His . inimitable pencil exhibits ' a . thousand-fold moreforcibly'tban pen or tongue of moralist or priest the miserably self-destroying fruits of the course pursued by the votary of vice . The literary contents are good , particularly tha poetry * . the " Song of the Months" is beautifhl . From one of tlic prose articles we give the following humorous sketch of- ' * ¦ ' . ' : THE STAGE _^ ABIES' MAID . "' " ' .

      A most striking peculiarity m the position of _thesttige ladies' maid is the ascendancy she immediately gains over every one in the house she happens to have got admission into . The only person she condescends" to jJatronise is her young mistress , whom , however , she never assists in anything but a love affair , but that even . is . _- 'beneatli ' hoi ' notice unless it is clandestine , and terminates in an elopement , which she insists on having tiie entire " conduct of , She permits no scruples of delicacy or propriety on the part of her young lady , who , by the by , seldom expresses any . stronger sentiment of self-respect thau such as niay be implied in the . words , " _lte-illy _, Betty , I . tremble at , the step I am about to take , " when tho iugeuious interrogatory of "Eor _, Miss , what ' s the use ? " from the stage ladies' maid , at once removes auy feeling of compunction

      by which the stage young lady may for a moment have been influenced . There , is gcwiraUy ' a struggle going on ih the mind of the latter between duty and affection , when the casting vote is demanded from the stage ladies' niai-l , who _^ black-balls duty at once , and gives a plumper for disobedience . The stage ladies' maid , nevertheless , , receives bribes _fi-oni tiie representative of the duty interest , namely , the heavy man who receives thirty * skiilings a' week for * doing the respectable' utility ,:: and talks of having just dined , with the minister . ; While , _hpw-i ever , she gains a knowledge of the heavy , man ' s plans , and accepts from him at every interview a' _heavy'jhjrse filled with " gallery check ' s , as a reward for her _exertfoiis in ; his . behalf , the . stage ladies' maid ' is urging iier young mistress to rush into the threadbare arms , of ivhjul _* - pay captain who makes , lore to her , by whistling lip , at Ithe , window , following her into the "Park , kiss ' nig her maid _,, and practising other elegant little arts whieh military men ¦ —on the . stage-rrare ordinarily , addicted . to . ; .. Periuyps , _-

      however ,, the most curious . portion of the , stage ladies ' maid ' s conduct is her treatment of the master of the house , whom she keeps iii a state of continual' subjection , by . an uninterrupted course : of insult and violence .: oShe ordinarily addresses him . as an old hunks , shakes her fist in his face , thrusts , his hat . and cane into liis hand , — all the while pushing him towards the'do ' or _.- _^ wheii sho has any purpose to serve by ' getting rid of him : If-he begins to talk , she talks him down , so that . he can only splutter , and say , " _"Whe-v , " but he never , thinks . of cither giving her a mouth ' s warning , or . paying hev wages and sending her about her business . The stage _ladies ' . raaid never thinks of leaving the di _* awing room when visitors are present , but often remains in it alone to . sing a spng with Swiss variations which must , be heard all oyer the house to the great , disturbance of the family . Jn dress she always excels Iter mistress , and frequently wears very thin muslin over pink satin , the muslin being open all the way down the back , and ah apron with pockets of very recherche embroidery . . , _,- .. .-.: - ..., ; ¦ ( J ¦ - - .. i ,

      Heartily recommending the Table-Book _toalLoui friends , we conclude with the following tit-bit : .

      OS THE _PBESENT BAIL WAV . SPECULATION MANIA As ' gudgeons hurry to their fate , To railway bubbles some incline '; ' : Forgetting that beneath the bait A hook's the end of many a line . -

      Tue Illuminated Magazine ^ Marck; A Good...

      TUE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE Marck ; A good number this of , our old favourite . The chapters of Mr . _Carle-ios _' s tale , " Fatherland , " contained in this number _unprea _' _s us with a higher opinion of tliis tale , than we had previously entertained . " Travel and , Talk , " by Luke Rodek , _, is continued , and , despite some eccentricities , of the writer , ; is most entertaining and instructive . His denunciation of the system of cruelty formerly uhij versally pursued towards children by their . ischoolmasters , will be read with much interest , and , the just and kindly sentiments , of the writer will undoubtedly bcreciprocated by the entire " body of his readers . His descriptions of Naples axe the most delightful we have ever perused , * but we by no means

      sympathise with his regrets that' the English Sovereign lias not a palace " as magnificent as that of the Caserta : for this reason—that such pomps must- be paid for by the people . We are not wanting in _admiration for the beauties of architecture , nor insensible to the charms of that magnificence with which princes delight to sun-bund themselves ; but we would have the revenues of states devoted to other and better purposes than pandering to the selfish luxuries of one or a few individuals . We would have the people well fed , well clothed , and well housed , before'the people ' s money is expended . in apportioning indescribable luxuries , and building palaces , for kings . We admire national edifices . ; aha agree with'LukE Roden that most of-the ' buildings so called iri

      _England are a disgrace to the English name ; but let us add , that the kennels where tens of'thousands of the English people are doomed to vegetate are a disgrace a million-fold more degrading . We would nave all this changed : and then say we " all hail ? ' the triumplis of architecture , and let England in her public edifices outrival , if tliat be -possible , the glories of Greece and Rome;—with this proviso , thatthe national edifices shall be the property of the commonwealth , for the use , advantage , and enjoyment ofthe universal people , and not as now the exclusive nests of Royal automatons and public plunderers . Luke RoDEif furnishes his readers , no doubt unconsciously , with the most cutting satire on the vaunted glories of these Italian palaces . On the very grounds in the neighbourhood of , and close to the Palace of Caserta , the pauper population swarmed in miserable wretches

      crowds , and the noise of the _pre-, ferring their petitions to the visitors was absolutely deafening . These are the natural fruits of kingcraft ,-and that svsteiu of class "domination to wliich Luke Roden is politically attached . " Perish the palaces , say . we , so that pauperism perish with them ; if that be the only way of ridding us of the _monster-degra--dation . . ' "Thc Adventures of a _Scixnip" become every chapter more interesting 1 ; and now that his _misfortwuea have , _co-mnienceii , _avu may expect them to beconie still more so , as gentlemen of his character usually shine best when put to their wit ' s ends . " . The Philosophy of Newspapers" is a capital article , b y _Afl-ous ( _1 J . Reach ) , combining with _' _amusementsome * sterling reflections which the gentlemen of , the ' * fourth estate" would do well to reflect on . From "The Past , the Present , and the Possible" —a very clever paper—wo take the following : —

      _THIUMPHS OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS . ' To this union of Celtic , Saxon , Danish , and Norman blood , mingling in one general stream , must we attribute that rare combination of impulse , caution , courage , energy , and indomitable perseverance , which marks the English , nationally , as the natural aristocracy of the world . It produced the intellect and abstract wisdom of a Baeon ; the . world-filling poetry of a Shakspeare ; the ruling genius of a Hampden ; the stern purposes of a Pym and an Eliot ; -the religious' enthusiasm of a Cromwell ; and the lofty works of a Milton . It perpetuated the naval ascendancy , first commenced by an Alfred ; _and te & _isb . _'i ' i the military skill which tbe whole world has witnessed under many names , besides th 03 e of a Marlborough and a Wellington . It went forth to other lauds , aiid gat _* e them a " Washington and a Franklin ; and the sea banner oi England was once more renowned In its " star-spangled '

      offspring . . It gave to the world a Brifldley , a "tt ' , a Smeaton ; and taught the lesson that the primal curse , rightly understood , was only , a disguised blessing .. By _. the sweat of the brains wiUnu their foreheads , these great ones ofthe earth made clear to mini ' s understandings that human drudgery was to cease . They established' _& ' dominion more powerful than that of the Romans—a dominion over the powers of . nature , never to , cease till human Intellect shall wither , and be no more . Many . are the nations of Europe who have sent forth _coloiiles into other lands , butnone so numerous , as those ofthe English ; and still more remarkable is the fact , that the , English or their des ceridahtshave invariably possessed themselves ofthe do ; minion ' over the colonies of fbreign nations ; whenever causes bf dispute have amen . In- . the 'East Indies _/ _the'Ereiich possessed colonies .- During the process of war . they chauged hands ,: and the English became _, their masters .

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      - . _) . i v f _» . , i " Ay 1 ?* 5 . Cap ? of Good Hope , ' . t ' he . Dutch . possessed colonies , and the E nglish became their masters . At the Mauritius , the _^ rench possessed a colony , and the English became its masters . " . In Canada the Preuch possessed a colony ' arid the"'English ' became-its masters . Iii Louisiana the _Ureii _' _cbfposseused a colony , and the English descendants becanie it _^ mastcrs . : In Florida ,-the , Spaniards possessed a colony , and the English descendants became its masters _'*" aild gradually from Texasj . these same English descendants' will penetrate southwards , ahd ultimately become , the rulers . of Mexico . In La Plata the- _Spaniard ' s Possessed , a . colony , and the English . took-possession of it , _^ _. _VB'e . _^ _rive-a 9 _iit again , because they went " _mra sly _iis military adventurers , aiid not as rulers . Yet how , b { - a

      slower yet-surer : process , " they are gradually colonising and . gaining the . dominion . -: . In-. Nc w South ; Wales aiid Van . Dieman ' s Land , . is _^ _tlicr-ingUsh-race ,. though of the _i-ddei * Mfid , surely planted . In " Tahiti , the Friendly Island * - * , _ihtfSandwich-Islands ,- 'and New Zealand'is the same Stock fixed . - The Grecian Islands are under their sulci ; a-adgladly . would the Grecian , mainland receive them iii exchange foi * the imbecile Bavarian . " In the West In- ' diaT slan ds ' , Spaniards , Frenchmen , * and Dutchmen , 'have possessed .. lands now ruled by Englishmen . -Even the unwholesome Sierra Leone _. is their domain ; _, and the time must , ultiinatoly come when the Barbary States will rescue themselves ' from French misrule , by proclaiming themselves- 'the subjectsi of English ' -taws ' Over the largest portjoa , . of ; India is . their sway i acknowledged , _* ' and the

      land they _Jiave . gained in China ; by the strong hand , will _S l' _?"*^ . . _acchmiilafe , till a beaten aud vanquished people-acknowledge that theirs are the '' ' circumstances in which an invasion is a questionable evil on the one hand , aM auositive good . _Batta other . And where shall we seek tiie reason of this triumphant superiority of the English _, race over all others 1 In the fact , that they - are the most just and . ' most _ihteUigehfrof conqueror ' s in modern times . They _. rulc by the same process' which--ensured' the dominion of . Home , over conquered nations . , The people they conquer are * happier under their , _i-ule than under anyo thcr . ' The French iii Algeria stable their steeds in the holy mosques ; the . 'English in India offer no violence _, even to , the most absurd of religions , _ibut respect the prejudice ' s of their subjects . The- French , are _destructive s—the " bricklayers' labourers" of revolution * the

      English arc Conservatives , destroying nothing till they have . well , ;; considered ; the . necessity . ' Not that the men wielding' the English power haveahvays been superior to the wielders of French power . On the contrary , they h . * _wfc- frequently been inferior to them ., The most advanced philosophy of human progress is put forth by French . writers ; but the utmost a Government , can' do , is to * guide the torrent of natural impulse ; no . Government can wholly cliauge its direction . French ' rulers and writers may' be in advance of their countrymen , and English rulers inay be in therear , but the different results whieli history gives of the two nations up to thc present hour , _maMi' distinctly the * differing national characteristics . ' The preponderating ' principles of action in France ave those-of the Celtic virtues and _vieds ; while those of England . are marked , by the stronger qualities , of the Teutonic race .

      We cannot close this notice witliout expressing the delight'we have felt at reading the " Old ' Man ' s Ramble in the Footsteps of Whittington , " by G . H . Francis . " It would be but tantalizing our readers , and doing .. an injustice , to the author , to % ire any brief extractSvc might squeeze in this week ; wc , therefore ; 'resist the temptation , '• hoping to have 'tlic opportunity :, oi' quoting , from it at lcugth in a future number of the .. Star . The illustrations this month _iii-6 hot numerous , but are good _! . Onthe whole this U an excellent mimbbiy and _aflbrds ' us the _opportunity of again recommending _tlie Magazine to our readers , ¦ which . we do most cordially . ¦ ¦• . ¦

      The. ..Illustrated .Family Journal.— No....

      THE . .. ILLUSTRATED . FAMILY JOURNAL . — No . I . —London : Sherwood and Co ., _Paternosteri : ' _* ; ' _;* _'** " . ' : . " . / ¦ ' , . r ' .. _'" ' _- .. ' ; _SbiiokoN was a wisenian , atleastsowoaretbld . For biir own part we hare always considered that the proofs ; of * Ms foolishness are much more evident tliah those , of his wisdom ,. But let . that pass ; lie has the haiiie of being the wisest of men ; and in spitcof Shak-¦ sPEAKB-h ' nairie _^ iV ' everything : ' Still , we fancy when hedeclared that there was " nothing new under tlio sun , " _hiswisdomsliip was for once , at least , at fault . _OYivfe ' any ratc . if true in his own day , his wise saw , so often quoted , is altogether erroneous now . _Soidmon knew nothing of the wondcrfj of literature . '" He could , not . have had the remotest'prescience of the

      wonders of the cheap literature of the present , day , otlierwise'Iie would never have left on record the now exploded fallacy that there is " nothing new under the sun . " Here is * something new—the Illustrated Family , Journal—soine ' _thingjthat ¦ _' . Solomon , in . ill his glory" and . with all his power , could not command . We ' cohfess that we ouraelves had doubted the possibility of printers and publishers producing anything which should exceed in cheapness and beauty publications already in the field : hut we were wrong as well as Solomon . . Here is a publication of the possibility of ' which we had never dreamed . Most of our readers may know the size of the hew series of Chambers ' Edinburgh Journal ; this publication is of'the same form and size . Each number contains sixteen double column pages . ; the paper is , good , the type new and clear , and tlife printing beautifully executed ' . But there is something more—a feature not to be found in

      any similar publication , viz ., a profusion of wood engravings done in the first stylo of the art . The . first number contains , besides the beautiful head-piece , no lessthahteh of these wood _engravings , of which two or three are perfect gems . Of the Sterary contents it- is our good fortune to be ableto speak- in equally favourable terms . Amongst other articles the . first number . contains one of Tennyson ' s beautiful poems —•" Mariana ; " One of Douglas _JEanotn ' s pleasant theatrical sketches . A capital review of Serjeant Talfoobd ' s . " Vaeation Rambles . " A description of the progress and processes of " Photogenic Drawing . " A romance from the French , & c ., & c . The first number of the MustraUd Family Journal was published on the first inst ., the price is but twopenee , * and we understand not less than £ 20 worth of engravings will appear in each number . Such a combination bf art and literature cannot fail to _proyea hit . . The success of the Illustrated Family Journal is certain . ...

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      Publications Recbivbd . —Tait ' s Edinburgh Magariiic—Wade ' s . London Review—Simmond ' s Colonial MmaziM- _^ The Edinburgh Tales , Part II .

      Biography—The Rev. Sydney Smith. ' ¦ '-¦...

      BIOGRAPHY—THE REV . SYDNEY SMITH . ' ¦ ' - _¦"•'"• - ' { Compiled fmnvarioussoitrces . ) A gentlemen of the name of Smith , who resided at Lydiard , near . Taunton , in Devonshire , was the father of" the ' reverend and learned person whose name stands at ; the _Headof this article . Although his fapvily . were inhabitants of Devonshire , it so happened that the subject of this memoir was bom at Woodford , in Essex . The ancient school founded at Winchester by William of Wykeham was the seat of learningat which Sydney Smith imbibed his first draughts of knowledge ; there laying the foundation of those attainments , and developing those intellectual powers , which have during the last half-century exercised a . much more considerable influence upon

      the literature ana social _conuu-ion oi nmgiana tnan to the cursory observer might at first view appear . He was elected to New College , Oxford , in the year 1780 , where , ten years afterwards , he obtained a fellowship , ; but it was not until six years subsequent to the last mentioned date tliat he took the degree of '¦ il . A . Some years afterwards he becanie tutor to the soii- "" of'Mr . Beach , M . P ; for Cirencester , and accompanied him , to Edinburgh , where he remained for-five years , during a considerable portion of which lie officiated at the episeop . nl ehapel in that city . At this time and place his career as an author may be said to have commenced ; and amongst the earliest of his literary acquaintances were Lords Brougham , Jeffrey , and Murray . It was from ' a suggestion ot

      Mr . Smith tliat one of the most famous periodicals in Europe originated . He proposed to the noble and learned persons just mentioned—all of them still liyin g _^ thatthey should unite with him , in starting a . review ; . and of that publication the subject of this memoir was appointed editor . Few readers require to bb informed that _tM ¦ publication hero referred to is one which ' , hasi . enjoyed . almost uninterrupted popularity for a period of more than forty years , under the title of the Edinburgh Review . Very SflOtt after tiie commencement' of the review Mr . Smith ceased to be tho editor , for he removed to London , wncrc he settled in the year 1803 , and in the 35 th year cf his age married the daughter of Mr . Pybiis ,

      thebanKer , \ ; . ; , .... r ., - . That such a man as Mr . Smith should become an extremely popular preacher will readily be imagined ; accordingly * . we _; find him about this . time in the full enjoyment of fashionable notoriety , preaching at the Foundling Hospital , and the Berkeley arid the Fitzroy Chapels . One of the publications of that period de--scribes hira _' as having been " engaged" to preach at those places of resort , ; just . _as . one mightspeak of a theatrical " star" being " engaged" to perform at Covent-garden or Drury-lane . Doubtless the Rev . Sydney Smith was , in his own way , a star ofthe first magnitude ; and too happy were the proprietors of whatever trading chapel had the . good fortune to place in their pulpit a man whose ' _sei-mons were pointed and elaborated without the appearance of art ; natural ,: without the affectation of ease , and spirited

      without any flagrant breach of . ! ' the ecclesiastical ' proprieties . " It was impossible , however , - for an author of his reputation to disturb the repose of the pulpit by those sparkling-compositions _whicli alone could flowirom his pen ,, without its being aserted that he-transgressed the ancient rules according to which sermons have been composed for " time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary ;" there was , therefore , ' no lack'of self-elected , judges todispute . his orthodoxy ,, or of , blunderers to criticise his style . , .. ; _Although'Mr , ' Smith had now ceased to be the edU tor of the Edinburgh'Review , —although he had , ' as he ¦ _Jiimj _^ lf modestly " says , _^•¦ placed its managemenl -in the stronger liands of Lord Jeffrey ahd . Lord _. Brougham , '" he yet continued ' to be one of its most ' active _cohtrMtorS _' * writihg fre _^ iiehtly-oh . _^ _rison-disoipline , on the abuses and corrupting , influence of the Game _La-f f » J ; On ; _trftnspor-Jf , tioa ft Botaoy _. BAy , _QntQleratJW i

      Biography—The Rev. Sydney Smith. ' ¦ '-¦...

      on , Methodism , on-education , on Irish bulls , -mad Quakers , chimneysweepers , counsel for prisoners , , and a variety . of other subjects . Tothe criticism of individual \ mters , or . the estimate of literary . character , he gayebut Uttle ' of his time or attention . The only person to whom he has devoted more than a single article was the _celebi-ated Charles James Fox , a man for whom Mr . Smith ' s admiration was intense ; and te whom , in personal _appearimce at ledst , he is said to have , borne Ji strong resehiblaiice .. It is not unworthy of .. observation ' , _^ that the late Lord Holland , the nephew of Fox , warmly patronised . _Mri : Smith ; and when Lord _Ei-skine held the great seal 1 Lord Holland prevailed on that noble and'leamed person to bestow on Mr . Smith the living of Frostonin , in

      Yorkshire , where he resided for some years . It was about this time , or shortly before it , that he attacked the system of education pursued * at Oxford with so much ardour as to draw upon him a severe reply from the'Provost of ; Oriel . ' _¦; ' The " chapels ' where . Mr . Smith : preaclie ' d in London were crowded with the _wealthy ,, the dignified , and eveirwith the learned inhabitants of this great city ; a circumstance which naturally attracted the attention of those gentlemen who manage the affairs of the Royal Institution . It happened , , therefore , that before lie went to . live in Yorkshire it was thought that his wit , acumen ,. and learning niight he displayed to * , advantage elsewhere than in the pulpit . He therefore became a lecturer on the belles lettres at the Royal Institution , and , of course , his prolusions were attended , according to _. tlie , theatrical phrase , by " overflowing _andfasshionable . audiences . " In

      everything which he attempted he appears toiavc been eminently successful . ! At college lie graduated with honour and obtained a fellowship . He projected and contributed to a review which has enjoyed the highest degree of prosperity ; lie attempted an ambitious style of preachiu | , with ia vigour of talent which distanced all rivahy ; lie became a public lecturer , and the whole world of May Fair flocked to Albemarlestreet to enjoy his ; humour , and , becon _* e . enlightened by his researches ; he published political works . which have gone through editions so numerous , that as many as 2 C _. 000 copies of _some'have been sold : he lived long enough to enjoy his reputation , and to attain to a greater age than falls to the lot of ordinary mortals ;; and yet . those who appeciata wit , who can admire learning , and who honour the man that , used both for the good of his species , will be disposed to think that , old as Sydney Smith was , he died too soon .

      It was one of the Whig'Ministry of 1806 who conferr ed upon Sydney Smith the living which he held ill Yorkshire ; buthe was not long settled there when the cry of" No Popery" expelled the Government of that day from the councils of the King , and Mr . Perceval ruled in their stead . It was then that the most popular of Mr . Smith ' s works _muoc its appearance . _^ The celebrated Letters of Peter Plymleyunder whicli desi g nation it was the pleasure of Mr . Smith then to write—went through so , many editions that the anti-Catholic party stood aghast , and'really trembled for Protestant ascendancy . In 182 y he had received tho rectory of Combe l * Hoi _* ey _, in Somersetshire , a- living the " value ' of which is about £ 300 per annum . In the year 1831 , during the Ministrv

      of Lord Grey , the Rev . Sydney Smith becanie one of the canons residentiary of St . Paul ' s . _> Mr . Smith had by this time declined into the vale of yeare , and the pecuniary advantages derivable from tlio exercise of'his literary powers" had ceased to become an object toiiim : his pen was therefore in ' some degree laid aside , and he was not induced to resume it until an occurrence took place wliich he regarded as a downright invasion of his property and of the rights of deans and chapters , which , as a member of one of those corporations ; he had ' sworn to defend . Lord Jolm Russell had introduced into Parliament a bill which very materially interfered with the interests bf those bodies . The provisions of that bill may have possessed many good qualities , or have been disfigured by

      innumerable faults ; but the merits of the controversy have not outlived thc occasion ; . the part , however , which' MivSmith took in th _£ dispute _, wUl not ' soon be forgotten ' .- Lord John Russell was a Minister ot the _Gl'Owii , and- a member' ' of that ducal' house to which every . Whig logics" up' with hereditary veneration ; but for these things Mr . 'Smith now cared not a jot : The property of himself and his brethren had been placed in jeopardy by the Government measure , and so , with merciless resolution , he set about the task of _making mincemeat of its authors . Letters from the'facetious canon residentiary instantly appeared in the dail y papers , Many people , even Whigs , began ' to think that he had the right side of the question ,-but those who thought differently

      exclaimed , - how dreadful thatamanprofessing "liberal " politics , and promoted by the "liberal party , " " should thus treacherously wound his patrons ! These reproaches sat lightly upon his conscience . The feelings : of a "Whig may be Wounded sometimes with impunity ; but let a Government beware how they touch his pocket . The assault of Mr . Smith upon Lord John was marked by the fierce intensity of personal interest . Every weapon of controversy was pressed into the service ; one moment the reverend gladiator was seen" prostrating his antagonist with the heavy artillery of his argument , and the next overwhelming him-with banter and ridicule—here assailing him with an irresistible fact , there laughing iu his lace—now launching the thunderbolts of liis

      indignation , now giving way to irrepressible drollery . His late letters onthe Pennsylvania _' s are fresh in the recollection of our readers . They supply the most varied illustrations of knavery , the drollest sarcasms on fraud . He was in his _Wthyear at the time of his death ; wliich took place at his residence , Greenstreet , May Fair , on Saturday evening , Feb . 22 nd . We cannot close this brief mention of thc dates of his long and useful life , without quoting his own account ' of himself , published a few months since in the Revue des deux Mmdcs . It was addressed to M . Eugene Robin , the writer of an acute and well-toned critique upon his works . "lam H years old , and being canon of St . Paul ' s , in - London , and a rector of a parish in the country , my time is divided equally between town and country . I am living amidst the

      best society in thc metropolis , am at ease in my circumstances ; in tolerable health , a mild Whig , a tolerating churchman , and much given to talking , laughing , and noise . I dine with the rich in London , and physic the poor in the country , passing from the sauces of Dives to the sores of Lazarus . I am . upon the whole , an happy man , have found'the world an entertaining world , and am heartily thankful to Providence for the part allotted to me in it . " Sydney Smith ' s writings ; notwithstanding their apparently temporaiy character , have given him what 8 likely ; to be ah enduring place ih English literature . It is a rare distinction , out . one which ought to be mitten on his monument , that while he wasted no gift of those soliberally bestowed on him in ministering to the unworthy'pleasures ' of others , or in promoting Ms own aggrandisement—as a wit , 'he was more beloved than feared . '

      A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed, Curiosi...

      A BOWL OF " PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED , CURIOSITIES of murder . For a time , the field near _Haverstock-terracc , Hampstead—the scene of the late terrific murderpromises to empty the parks and Kensington Gardens of the beauty and fashion generally to be found there . We learn from the Post , that two days after the discovery of the murder-Several carriages , containing ladies , drove up to the field , and gentleman on horseback , attended by then grooms , rode across to view the place . Not content with seeing , many brought away boughs and twigs from the surrounding trees , ahd chips from the fence against which the unfortunate man fell after he was struck , and whereon the marks of the bloody fingers of the murderers were imprinted .

      Of course these boughs and twigs will be carefully planted , and so may grow up and flourish a continual memento of agony and blood . Thus , instead of camellias and other exotics , forming opera bouquets for . j beauty and fashion , " we may lor . a time have twigs of hawthorn and privet , from the field of murder , as the only wear . We humbly suggest , too , thatthe " chips from the fence" should be curiously preserved—set in gold , as shawl-broaches and other trinkets for those " ladies" of susceptible hearts who flock to a scene of frightful homicide as to a flowershow—and who inspect and piy into the bloody fingermarks "of murderers , as though they were exhausting their admiration on some new geranium or wonderful

      fuchsia . One ot tbe _supposcdmurderer _' s buttons was found in the field : what a gem that _^ would be , shining in the bosom of lovely and fashionable woman ! Should the assassins happen to want money for their defence , we doubt not that they could obtain a very handsome sum by selling locks of their hair to fashion and beauty—tho genuineness ofthe article duly warranted by the turnkeys and hangman . As certain ladies and gentlemen cast such an air of fashion about murder , we earnestly advise M . Jullien immediately to put forth his Haverstock Polka . The music-sheet might be further recommended by a very striking lithograph , commemorating the _atrocity . ¦ ' ' _T

      _ . Sir James Graham and the Spy System . —It is said , in extenuation of tho conduct -of Sir James Graham in opening private letters , that it enables him to do away with the spy system . This may be true to a certain extent ; but Sir James docs away with the _spv system as the Lord Mayor _doesaway . with the Lord iVlavor _' _s fool , fey performing the duties himselt . It is clear enough that no ministry is in want of spies while it has the services of a Sir James Graham . _« ' Our Game Laws , etc ., to wit . —From , a _cahjuhv tion recently made , it appears that France posaras . es

      at present no less than sixty-two thousand one _nundt-edithdseYenty-scvenlaws t WesdoubtifEngland , with all ite wealth in t _^ _^^ V . _^ _. _^^ _xf _^ many : but then . what a comfort it must be to an Englishman that all the laws of lus country _arelaws for the poor , arid hot . oneof them a law exclusively forthe' ! richi ! 'r . ' _^' ' •¦ ' ' _>' . - > _Warnim _? ' _to'TRA ' vEw _. KRS . —Lovers of single blessedness , beware . ' . Bachelors ; who love your . liberty , _remain-. at home ! . The last census of France , has just disclosed the . awful fact that , in Paris alone , there are no less tM 51 , 000 widows !!! !

      _...._,^......- :..-^(|&Gt;-^Iteir*- : :'-.-- •&Gt;¦ -^ March ^^ ^O. The Northern Star. " - *• ' *" ¦¦— — - — - — -_.'- •^'•'•'•'•'''''*' -*'*******'''''''''''''''''''''''''' * ''''''''''' * ''''''''' _,.-..-¦ . .- I ....—,... _,.

      __ .... __ , _^ _......- :..- _^(|> - _^ iteir _* _- : ' _-.-- _•>¦ _-^ March _^^ _^ _o . THE NORTHERN STAR . " - *• ' * " ¦¦— — - — - — - __ . ' - _•^'•'•'•'•'''''*' - _*'*******'''''''''''''' ' _''''''' _' _''' _* _''''''''''' _* _'''''''' ' _ _,.-..- ¦ . .- i _.... — ,... _ ,.

      A Fi*.\. M- 'Abvkrns '_- _Est.----In" Th...

      A Fi _* . \ . m- 'AbvKRns '_ - _ EST _.----In" the Athenceum appears * the _following announcement * . — "Odd volumes wanted :-Bi _* oudiam's _Statscmen , Jrst edition ' - Vol . I . " Our friend Toby thinks that his old mastbr ! Mr .. Punch , is sadly negligent-in not pointing out this rcfiigcfor- the destitute , which is charitably opened for Lord Brougham amongst his . quondam _associates , where he-yet can _*! » _. roceiTcd as Mr . Brougham [ quantum mv . tatus ad illo ) the rampant demagogue- and : Edinburgh reviewer .. No Go—The French-chemists profess _tofiave

      . detected both lead and copper in the human body . English beggars affirm , on the contrary , thaithere are individuals' from whom copper cannot possibly be extracted . ' . ** . Love is often a solitary leaf , but neither storm nor blight tan fade it . ' Like the perfume that a dead flower sends forth , it is sweet when all the gay sunshine has departed ; when all its bloom is past , it has thc fvagrancy of memory ; it is the last lingering beam that glows long after sun and star have set—a rcfuge . iromthe tempestuous and bereaving storms of life . ¦ - - ¦ _* ¦ , '¦ ¦ ¦ •• .

      Done . Browx . —Mr . Greene , thc chairman of committees ofthe whole house in the House of Commons , is said to be tired of his job ; and no wonder ; for if thc House will persist in talking so much as they do—keep thc poor gentleman screwed to hia chair for seven or eight hours at » stretch , night after night—it is evident , all Greene as he is , he will very soon ¦ _* " _"• be done Brown . "—Great Gun . KnxEn at Last . —We regret to say the House of Commons voted its own destruction last week . Mr . Mackhmon obtained leave to introduce a bill to " prohibit the nuisance of smoke" t As everything in the House _bojnns in smoke and ends in ' _smoke , the passing ofthe bill will , as a matter of course , " put a period to the existence" of this branch of our _Lcgisture . —Ibid .

      H _* £ Boomat ) m . Boards . —Oxfohd , JrEB . 13 . —I have been , sir , a carpenter for many years , but never , yet met with a " hebdomadal board . " "What is it ? Where does it come from ? Is it the sort of wood that "heads ofhouses" _. irecut outpf ? A few words from you would make the matter a deal planer to Your humble servant , A Plane Pealer . [ We never saw one of them . —En . ]—Ibid . The late _Ewuu . _vn _Kear-. —Kean had his degrees of intoxication , according to a calculation made by a faithful servant of his , named Miller . This man was devotedly attached to his master—all menials adored him—and if Kean happened to be dining with a party of gentlemen , which he was obliged to do sometimes , Miller , who was as anxious about his conducting himself with propriety as a lather could possibly be ,

      when it was getting late , and thc servants were ordered to leave the room , would . takejiis station near the door , and from time to time make the following inquiries of any of the party who might happen to pass him : — , ' < How is master getting on , sir ? Oh ! very well , Miller , would be the probable reply . Is he getting—eli ? says Miller , significantly . Getting what ? says the stranger . ' Getting tipsy , sir , if vou must have it . Oh I just a little . , ' ' ' Ah ! I though how it would be , Miller would say with a sigh . And he promised me he'd behave himself . Iu half an hour he would make another inquiry to thc same effect , and receive for answer , "Oh ! he's just a little high , glorious company ' . He's just going to sing us a song . "

      Going to sing ? says Miller , with anxiety .. "What is he going to sing , ' sir ? What ' s the name of the song ?" The Storm . The Storm ! Ah , I see how it is ; if he ' s going to sing the Storm he ' s getting very drunk . , , ' . ' _- ' . ' Another half hour . would pass , and he would listen at the key-hole , or , perhaps , open the door quietly , and thrust his head into the room , withdraw it in an instant , and , shutting the door , turn round with a look of horror , and exclaim " It ' s- all over ! he ' s past hope ! he ' s out of his sense's—he ' s talking Latin . ' " Too Early or too Late . —An actor of the name of Bland attached to the Durham Theatre was used to perform the part of _Catesby in Richard III . Richard had so impressed upon his mind the high importance

      of his being veiy quick m saying " _** the * Duke of Buckingham is taken , " that on one occasion he announced the joyful tidings two minutes too soon . Again at the first pause , he popped in his head , and proclaimed , " my lord , the Duke of _Buckingham is taken , _* " aiid again was pulled back by the tail of his tunic . When the right time actually arrived > he was a little too late , and Richard , foaming with rage , shouted out— "Now , sir ?"— "The Duke of Buckingham , " said Jemmy very calmly , "is taken mow by _G-r-. " _O'Connell's "Ghost . "—Daniel the " Big , " -the Daniel Lambert of green ould Ireland , as well as the agitating Daniel O'Connell , of that country- of " hereditary bondsmen , " spoke the following words , by way of peroration to a speech which he delivered to a repale meeting on Monday last : —" , Itis difficult to say how long the term of my life may last , "

      pathetically exclaimed the Agitator ; " naturetells me that it cannot be long ere 1 shall lie called to another world , and when I shall lie in my cold grave , and my voice can be no longer heard by the people , I may yet warn England not to dare to continue in their present tyrannv . "—Vide Morning Chronicle of Wednesday for the above . Either this tag to O'ConneU's last " agitating speech contains a redoubtable "bull , " or the great Agitator has "fooled to the top of their bent" the superstitious confidence of Paddy-land . —Satirist . Baron Meresham . —That the speeches and general political conduct of Sir Edward Knatchbull formed only so much smoke , withoutperceptible fire , has ever been our opinion , excepting when turnpike gates _luvve been in question . The government , at length , appeal's to think with us , for we perceive he is about to be created a peer , by the style and title of Baron Me ( e ) rsham . —Ibid .

      A _CIBBS AT THE VATICAN . "The Treasurer-Cardinal has been , suspended by the Pope , owing to a defalcation o £ his accounts . " —Dai papers . Moon talks of liis _psep At old Lours _PniwrrE _, " But never to rival great Gibbs may he hope ; Bi 3 practice on Cbolt A Cardinal holy Has tried on a victim no less thaa the Pope , Take courage then , Gibbs , Since to " brush with the dibs " Is accounted so " smart"in a quarter so high '; One fool ' s-cap you ' ve got , " And why should you not ,. V ,

      - Aapire to a Cardinal ' s hat by-and-bye . ?— _#$ . BnouoHAM complained , the other day , that ' the House of Lords was " disagreeably cold . " Lyndhurst said he did not find it at . all cold , and could only ascribe the sufferings of _Brougham to his not having the same dress that he the Chancellor had . Lord Lyndhurst never spoke a greater truth ; all the clothes in Myers ' s shop , were it possible to place them on the " shivery shakery" limbs of poor Harry , would fail to make him feel comfortable and warm ia his seat in the Lords . No ; nothing less than the robes of the Chancellor could restore his wonted _, circulation by the impetus if would give to his mental and p hysical system . —Ibid ,

      PARADOX . The Irish Land Commissioners , Pursuing their impartial plan Of hear mg all aud minding none , Subpcena'd and examined Dan , " But Da ** , " says Devon , " brazenly Said all were wrong who'd gone before ; High rent and great prosperity Went still together , " Dasiei . swore . _Casilebeagh _' s State Contribution , on the score of the Income-tax , as he informed the legislators of St . Stephen ' s the other evening , amounts to something handsome . Nevertheless , some of his outgoings are much larger than the Income-tax . The Opera is a heavier impost than Peel's , and a aingingwoman or danseuse will , in a single season , draw from him a vast deal more than the Premier has any chance of obtaining uuder the most favourable circumstances . —Ibid .

      A Man of Letters .--A few years ' ago the Ministry of tbat day was styled the Literary Ministry . The present oncf well deserves that appellation .- As a " man of letters , " Graham alone would immortalize any Ministry . — Ibid . ' ¦ _' ¦ * . _^ ; : ' - ' * Cast ' lebeaoh has been inhaling the " briny _^ _reezes at Brighton , and doing as well as a sprightly young noble of independent means , and who pays a large sum per annum tothe Income-tax , may be expected to do . Thc other day , promenading on the Lhaia Pier , he inquired of the collector how the structure answered ? Did it pay j The man shook hia head , and replied in thc _negative . Whereupon his lordship improvised the following : — 'Tis truth the tollman tells , I fear , That badly pays this Brighton pier ; But , lord , howmany _/' _esrs I'd name , Their tradesmeu say , do just the same ! -riMd ,

      Mb Ex-BAnoN * Gurnet . —This " ermined Senior of the Bench , " when _calletlto the bar—of the Old Bailey—somefiftyvears ago , was a Liberal in politics , rather extremely so ; " in witness whereof , '' we may mention thathe christened one of his sons Russell and another Sydney , afterthe celebrated Lord William ahd ; Sir Algernon . In his character " of judge , however , the learned baron was neither a _liberaliexpounder nor a liberal administrator ofthe law . That , perhaps , may have beeh the _effect-of his long practice at the Old Bailey , for it can hardly be expected that an adyocate whose clients are all confineil in their views , should cultivate , mldrged one 3 himself . —Ibid .

      BBOUOHAH _BOBEIZTff THE SOAK , "lis said of Lord B _" , none is keener than he , _^ To spit a wild boar with eelat ; ' - ' ¦ ¦ ,. But he never gets near to the brute with Mfl sptit , He gives it so very much Jew , j , : * ' . '; ' _, ' , _' .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08031845/page/3/