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      THB ANKBXiTION OP CRACOW . { Prone tha Jfomfctf AittrHttr . ) ] Jloai _jioarn . mourn , the last embers of Poland are _dyiag ; H _< Hex crime-beitrown athe . are crimson with gore ; I On ti no the Vistula ' s hanks the warm relic , are lying , Tl Tor fire of her freedom shall Hg bten no _aore . ! sbal shall Cracow thus _paritb , and none teek to save . _hsr 1 Son None punish the robbers , none crush the enslaver f U Cp peasants ! _upnoblesJ to _armb and to horse I _HavJUv . the son . of ft , to g . . Poland , none who could L l _^^ _a _^^ : _^ _^^?^^^ Thi Thv neitants no Tell , who . by on . bold endeavour , _TaJuS- * - _**^ " _* _^*"^

      „ * , „ my _ebinnt ye the _wansong ! _Wby aock ye our anguish ! 1 We beg , in the el tie . of Europe , our bread ; Oa Oar bravest and truest in slavery languish , j And some—Oh , too happy . '—now sleep witb the dead . I i < Tbj children , 0 Gaul , and thy ton ., AHemaria , 1 Wt at do they but era wl at the will of their kings ! lb The tierce greed of Mammon possesses Britannia , Anl blights the last hope where the tad nation clings . " Wi WsU on , _jelotn exilet . no heart reckt _yotftiveeping , The spirit of jot tice from Europe hat _fleaf Ai Aad few bold their revel ., the many are deeping , Oppression i . rampant , and Freedom is dead _, ti Yet topes will _enkiadle ; let Love keep them burning ; Forget not your manhood , at , toiling , ye groan ; Ti Till pow « r to the people , in grandeur returning , Awake tbem to win both your rights and fhtir own . O . H .

      Toe Hamelkss. Bt William Thou, Op Isvbra...

      TOE HAMELKSS . Bt William Thou , op IsvbRasy . "More than one hundred years ago the haughty ( Queen of one of the Georges boastfully said to the l Argle , ' We shall make of Scotland a hunting park . ' 1 The blasphemous threat was politely spurned in the i reply of that gallant nobleman , ' Time I were off 1 then to call oat my hounds . ' And' out' they would 1 have come too . Aye , and even in yon dark period , 1 tare resisted annihilation . Alas ! that our _enlight i ened period is reserved to witness ( as far as a begin-: ning eoes ) the fulfilment of all implied in the old ; lady ' s wish .

      Tlie following lines are meant to represent something like the feelings of an expatriated mountaineer by bo means a new theme , yet seriously revived ol late in the shotting ap of our Highland passes . None , now-a days , " spell" the unconquered hills Markind are now excluded from these vast and interesting freedoms—' tis the wisdom of our times to yield these delights to a priviliged half-down . As it God had never meant that grass should seem green to vulgar eyes , and that deer and dukes shonld hold internal and exclusive fellowship , or rather that deer and dukes were created for each other . Ponder well ye casuists ! What _a'lovely world , one duke , all else doers , or calves , no curs , " mind ye , yelpinp in the distance . " * Alas ! the curs , but they will yelp a little longer , and a little stronger to , and wee to the fool that feels their teeth !

      THE _HAMELES 3 . Bed heather bangs on my native brae ' s , But foot o' mine mamma bend it mair _, I kenthebowet where the dark else grows , Yet daurna peep to pn' them there . 'Twas little and licht the Laird had gi ' en ' t , That little and licht it was taen awa , At last he reaved ns a' at ance , for Soutbren huntsman he never saw ! But . they hae gow'd—aaJ we hae grief , The Laird ken ' , well sic odd ' s there be—He " , tint the heart o' a Highland chief , Auldwarl'd Clansmen tkaitb hit e ' e . The glen that warmed my laddie dreams , Its guarded noo by a belted loon , The gray _aold hame—Hy mitlier * . hame ,

      They hae _po'd it doun—Oh ! they _pn'd it doua . My kindred wandered across the wave , A Ianeiome warld was left to me , I laid my anld _fouhsin the grave In God's time , —0 ! I lang to die ! Yet heather hang , en my native brae ., And sorrow hang , on my witberM brew , I look to Heaven—bnt I daurna pray nT a burning heart and its veangeance fa' . * See Berkeley ' s notable vindication of the Duke o Leeds addressed to the Editor ofthe Examiner .

      Fs~ Wiluam Thom, The Poet Op Inverurt.—I...

      fS _~ Wiluam Thom , the Poet op Inverurt . —It will be seen by an advertisement in our fourth page , that William Thorn has just published a new edition of the " Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver . " " We shall have something further to say on this head in our next , in the meantime we may inform the admirers of the poet that ( in addition to tho publishers . ) Julian Harney will be happy to sup ply copies ofthe new edition , at the price named in thc advertisement . Address 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London .

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      The Labourer, A Monthly Magazine Of Poli...

      THE LABOURER , A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF POLITICS , LITERATURE , POETRY , Ac Edited by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Ernest Jones , Esq , _( Barristers-at-Law . ) London : Northern Star office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; Manchester : Abel Heywood , Oldham Street ; and all agents forthe sale ofthe Northern Star . This new Chartist and Working Man ' s publication exceeds our most sanguine expectations in all re-Bpects save one . Tbe articles in point of talent and originality are , to say the least , fully equal to the productions of the most popular periodica ] writers of the present time ; and considering the great and glorious aim of the writers in the Labourer , we must pronounce their productions to be far superior to those of their competitors—the favoured writers of the high-priced magazines . In one respect only we are disappointed ; the appearance ofthe Labourer is hardly worthy of its contents . There is matterjenough in these 43 pages to have filled a handsome-looking publication , which this is not . " Cribb'd _. _' cabin'd _. and confined" in the form assumed by the Labourer the editors have done themselves a great injustice . They have produced a good , but not a good-looking , publication . There is no lack . of typographical neatness , the printer ' s work is well done , but the form is faulty , and by no means a fair representative of the excellent matter within .

      No . 1 ofthe contents is "A Christmas Carol" in Terse by Ernest Jones . This poem has the disadvantage of being fragmentary , and the story is somewhat obscure , but the poetry is for the most part genuine , and equal , if not superior , to anything we h _& ve before seen from the same pen . The following _extract powerfully pictures

      _ttbasts old and new . The night grew dark—but from a height Afar the lordly mansion shone , Shone pillar white—and portal bright , ( . ike _trellice-work of fire and stone , Along tbe roads , from every side , Tbe blazing lamps were seen to race , As fast the guests invited hied To share the feait at Leawood-Place . It was a tforman castle high—It waa a _kiep ot age * tude - "When men named murder , chicahy , And robbery was _caUed a fend . These barons stern once housed in pride , And coined the labourer ' s heart to gold * On field and fell the labourer died , While thev were gay in holt and hold .

      What tbey bad _lav-sbed , to replenish They o ' ertaxed endurance'iengtb , Drunk his labour down in Rhenish , And grew strong upon bis strength . Men of haughtiness ! unthinking In their selfishness of caste , 'Twas his life-blood they were drinking ! But ' twould poison tbem at last . From the dust that they were treading , Some stood up bj force or craft , Till the ' _tcutchtoned peer o ' _erbeading , Iu his face the trod * r laughed . Tben his triumph once ensuring , This new conqueror fiercely rose , Smote the people ' s n « ck enduring , After they had crushed bis foes . And thoss mighty tyrant-Masters Settled into slaves again ; Tbey bad onlv changed their masters ,

      Aud tbat change wit worse than vain Since then , a _sterile-though-ed man Had lorded It o ' er Leawoo d fair , _^ ho as an errand boy began , And ended as a millionaire . Ami bis son , by slow degrees _. Mounted liie witb golden feet , For the son knew how to please , As the sire knew how to cheat . B « rbre he rose , the people ' s friend .

      He feigned at all their wrongs to burn Sow , as he bent , made others bend , And played the tjrant in bis turn . Patronized each bible-mission ; Gave to charities—bis name ; _J * o longer cared for nun ' s condition _. Hut carefully preserved—his game . Against the Slave-trade he had voted , " Rights of Man" resounding still ; Xow , basely turning , brazen throated , Veiled against tbe Ten Hours' Bill .

      The Labourer, A Monthly Magazine Of Poli...

      "i , iVew _Year _' _a Greetins _/' u t _well-eoneeWnd «¦* ing Claw . " h the first chapter ef a meat important history , intended toi a ppear * full inthe MagUinSthemwt important history that could hS Thi . first ohapterdiow , » How _thfplople _lortft tiCrfS ! _rrr _& fV * more _KrfiuAibU lhB _frudaU _^« klDB 8 ' - _*««* . *™ d nobles , in _SjSf _^? Jrt ? -J ****** _, alone , most ensure its _ba _^ V _£ » i _- _* m the P of this author , we ZI _I'S 1 * " f ITen i » «> Kgh « opinion of Ms Im * 'te _^ from the _pemal of ( he brst chapter of this elobuently written history . We will not tantal . se our readers witb a quotation , but refer them to the magmum . From an able article on - Ireland" we give tha following extract : — ... v >_ _Vy . _a > _* _. n __ _.. _*• ... .. "•

      BEKEDUL HEABU 1 FS _F 0 » IXZLAND . The minister must not for a moment lose sight of the fact , that sympathetic words will be used by both Irish parties , each placing the immediate grievance in the foreground , and each endeavouring to turn the calamity to it * own political advantage . To meet the landlord . ' case we won-d recommend , not a gift , but a generous loan , to enable tlem to redeem their estates from their present legal nurse ., and place thera vaivt the guardianship of tucha system a . would insure the expenditure of the whole of the advanced funds in the

      improvement of _proptrtits now rtndered sterile by the laws of primogeniture , of settlement , and entail ; and that in tuch cases tbe fund , should be expended under the direction and management of a board of farmers instead of a Board of Ordnance ; tb-t tbe money tbould be lent at an interest of five per cent , ; the surplus , above the amouat at _a-hich the government could raise it , to be applied to the employment of tbe necessary machinery ; and the interest to be recoverable by "Extent " of the Crown , and to take precedence of all other liabilities ; the government taking care that ao legitimate outstanding contract wa . violated .

      The instance of tenant , for life paying ten , twelve , and even fifteen percent , for interest and in . urance , are numerous ; whereat , by a sound tjttem applied to tuch _catet , the tenant for life would not only be relieved of the _uiorioui interest , but the capital , raised a . we recommend , and judiciously applied , would make him in . depends nt of the heir , would give him the advantage of his own industry , and would better enable him to provide for hit family , while the condition of the poorer classes would be improved by the expenditure of a large amount of revenue in productive labour , instead of mil . liout being wasted with no other view than to purchase the forbearance of a famithing people .

      Let u . presume that it would require a loan of twenty million , to carry oat onr project . The government could raise the money at three per cent , upon * the releated properties , for which the landlordi wonld cheerfully pay five per cent ., thnt leaving a surplat of fonr hundred thousand per annum to defray the expenses consequent upon the working of the plan ; an amount which would not be devoid of benefit , as it would be expended upon the spot from whence it wat drawn . Our space will not permit nt to enter more largely upon the landlord's question , and now we turn to a consideration of these meansoy which the condition of the farmer is to be improved .

      To accomplish this object we see no possible mean _, but perpetuity of tenure , and a corn-rent ; and , a . tbe generally accepted opinion is , that , a . regard . Ireland , we must commence _denoro , we would urge the absolute necessity of dealing with properties now held under lease * for long term , at war price ., a diminished rent being accepted in discharge of ths reserved amount , but tbe landlord still holding tbe power of demanding the " full penalty in the bond , " and the tenant discouraged from the expenditure of labour or capital in the improvement of hi . holding , In all _iuch caset we would recommend tbe application of the system enforced by the government and extended to corporations , the system of ascertaining the present value of the land by the verdict ofacompe . tent and disinterested jury , and upon that value to affix the rent , varied according to the avarage price of corn in each year .

      Having to far dealt with the landlords and fanners , we now turn to a consideration of that class by whose labour rents are paid and profit , made . It is idle to legislate for Ireland without making the condition of the labouring _claites a prominent feature . A . regard , that clat . the government will ere long be compelled to choose between perpetual rebellion , a large standing army and fluctuating funds , and an independent small proprietary , constituting a national militia , and establishing , by their own industry , a standard ef wagf . in the hire market . No . urn of money , upon which the interest would be cheerfully and punctually paid , would be too large to apply to thi . necettary undertaking . The employment of such a clas « , relying upon the fruits of their own _induttry , would tpeedily relieve tbe Irish _peasant from the unjust and ungenerous charge of indolence , idleness , and dissipation ; and bowever bleak , forhiding _, and discouraging the first experiment may appear , in les . than seven years the promoters wonld receive their reward in the substitution of homes for

      hovels , profitable cultivation for wild and sterile heaths , and an educated peasantry for an ignorant race . While , as well forthe support of the poor and indigent at for the developement and encouragement of the _national pride and industry , we wonld recommend no other poor law than agricultural and labour premiums , secured by a graduated scale of taxation upon all property , varying from four per cent , npon the absentee'to one per cent _, upon the occupant , and divided into four classes ; farmers occupying fifty acres of land and upwards in the first class ; farmer , occupying from ten to fifty in the second class ; the small proprietary , from the smallest amount to ten acres , in the third class ; and those who labour for other , constituting the fourth clats .

      We fully agree with the writer of the above article that " If tbe minister is prepared to do these things ; he will outbid all factions for Irish confidence and support ; but if he wavers and commits the error of prefering political support , even to the attempt at discharging a high ana national duty , he will sink to rise no mere ; while the English people must be prepared to bear the heavy burden consequent upon bis imbecility and pride . " An historical tale of the nineteenth century entitled , "The Romance of a people , " is apparently intended to illustrate the sufferings and heroism of the unfortunate Polish people ; the opening portion is very interesting . In our " Trades" page will be found lengthy extracts from an article on * ' Trades '

      Unions" well worthy the serious attention of the trades particularly those of the metropoli _s . The affecting " Lines by Macolm M'Gregor , upon reading Mr . Cumming _' _s letter to the Duke of Wellington' ' were given in our last number ; it is needless for us to praise what has already met witb universal applause . " Phase of Political Parties" is the title of a letter addressed by the editors to Lord John _Runsel . We nope his Lordship wiil read the Labourer ' s " letter , " and mark , learn and inwardly digest its _contents ; well for him , well for the country , will it be if he will do so . This is thc day of warning and _counsels _' to-morrow may be—will be if his Lordship will have it so—the day of popular indignation aad retribution .

      - * The Charter and the Land" a right good story , partly of the past and present , and partly in anticipation ofthe future , dotes this number ot the Li bower . We give the following extracts : —

      BOW WILT . WEIGHT 001 IMT 0 TB 0 CBLB THB 0 UOH BEISC A BAaTisr . William Wright , and Betsy bis wife , lived in Stockport ; they had a son and daughter , Tom and Betsy , two little favtory children , and they spent a very fractious and uncomfortable life , since tbat plaguy Charter , at Betsy termed it , came up . Will would attend all _Chartist meetings , and was more than once imprisoned for what is termed , " _tedition , riots , routs , and tumults , * " and which , in understandable phraseology , means a " fair day ' t wage for a fair day's work , " and cheering those who teach them the method . During _tbit incarceration , his wife had to bear patiently all the insolence , tyranny , and batemeuts , to which the overseer pleased to subject her , always laying them to the account of her rascally Chartist husband .

      Subsequently Will got too fond of attending tbe public house , and so added lo his own and bis family ' s misery ; in _1845 , however , he turned over a new leaf :-W 1 LL JOINS THE LAND SOCIETY AND GETS A PBIZE . WiU runt into the cellar one evening , where his wife had been recently confined , and just as she was calculating , with an old crone , as to how soon she might leave the baby and return to the mill . Will gathered the tenor of the conversation , and , ready to leap fur joy , he says , " Nay , Betsy , wench , thou shalt never work for no _mais ter no more , thou shalt nurse youngster thyself this time . " As Will had been OHt all day , and at joy bad induced him to take a gUss _veith a friend , the poor wife , feared lest be had relapsed into hit old habit , and replied

      " Art daft , Will , why , how _dott think we mun live !" "Live , " retorted Will , " why , look here , lass , I have drawn a prize in Land Company ; " adding , " and look here , lass , " showing her five _sotereigiis ; "Igave tbe shilling a week , thou thought I used to drink , to pay up share , and I saved this hsre when I got a chance job . " "Ob Will f " said tbe overjoyed wife , feebly , and taking her baby from the crone , " and dott say I shall nurse lasts ! " "Aye , lass , " he replied , » , and I'll help thee . " "Well Will , " she aeked" why did ' nt thon tell me thou bad put in V " Oh ! "he replied , " thou wast always so bitttr _agen Charter , I was afeard till prize come up . "

      "That ' snot Charter , " she answered , "Charter was always getting thee in trouble , and Land will put thee in bread ! " "Oh , lass , " rejoined Will , " but it' . Charter all the time , for only for Charter tbe land would never come up , and I'de never know aught about it ; Charter it the means and land is the end ; as ould general says , Charter is spit , and Land it leg of mutton . " " Well , Will , " _ofesesved the wife , * ' if it does nout elte , it has made thee a better maa , and a better husband I ' m sure . " Betsy went on as well as could be expected , delighted with her futuro prospects , and her husband's reformation , and both _saeiaed to grudge themselves every morsel tbey ate , from a desire to bave a good start .

      Before the time of removal comes poor Will is annoyed by the gloomy forebodings of bis wife , who has got into her head the idea that her husband is " not u _** ed to land , " they'll not be able to live , pay rent , etc . Will combats her foolish notions right manfully . 1 'ne wife becomes reconciled , and at length on the appointed day

      Woz, And Bis Familt Uatk Stocipowt T0b 1...

      _WOZ , AND BIS FAMILT UATK _STOCIPOWT _T 0 B 1 HE " ¦ R 0 _MUBP UND , The weavers left Stockport , with their three children , by the third _clast train , on the following moraing , and arrived at Watford on the evening of the _taate day , where , to their great delight , they ware met by kind and fostering friends who looked upon them as their call _, dren , and having joined many _** w comrade , upon the tame mission to the Holy Land , heretofore _straager . to each other , and while the tun was yet high , the emancipated slaves started , amid the shouts and cheers of wel-< ome ofa vast assemblage congregated to witness th * novel and pleasing spectacle ofthe foundation of a Small Proprietary Class ; and the travellers being all seated in : TT - -- . . r _;—**¦— " : _rtrr

      vans , in readiness for the occation , the band struck upfc See the conquering heroes come , "—the road for the whole distance presented the appearance of a Gala Day , and never was sach a merry May-day seen in Hertfordshire , or in England , before . At the entrance to Holy Land the first settlers were met by many old friends and well-wishers , and all were conducted to their respective abodei , all anxiously _intpecting their castle and their labour field , and though tired from a long day's journey , only terminating their research when the table clouds ot night had _tpread its mantle over their little domains . Will ' , wife was amongst the most delighted , and the clock struck twelve before . he felt _incliaea for rest _.

      The n « t morning Will ' s wife being fatigued with her journey oversleeps herself , but is suddenly awakened by the sound of the school bell i which she mistakes for the factory bell . . Will soon sets her right , exclaiming " d—n the factory bell ! sleep lass ! sleep ! and I'll call thee . " The story concludes with the following picture of

      THK _HAPPf FAMILY . The wife slept till eight , when Tom and Betsy rushed to her bedside , jumping and laughing , and tinging ont in full chorus , " 0 mammy , su : h a nice place , I like school maitter so much , " says Tout . " And I like minus too , " . ay . Betsy , " . he . ay . she'll give me a simpler to work , and teach me to read pretty good books , aad mend asd make faither _* . shirts and stockings , and bake bread , and plait straw ; here ' s _potlet for baby , Tom and me picked in land ; get up , mammy , we ' s so hungry , and faither has dag , oh so much , and the tatles and cabbage and all the things look so nice . Faither tajs he ' ll hare baby out with him in wheelbarrow while he digs . 0 mammy , all the little children look so happy—mammy _ture you wont let ut go back to Stockport and factory any more to be

      whipped . " "Nolass , " replied the mother , " not if thou ' rt good . " " 0 , we'll be good , mammy , ' responded the delighted children , running out of the room to communicate the glad tidings to a little playmate of whom they had already made an acquaintance . The mother rose , and for the first time paid proper attention to her helplett babe . The happy family sat down for the first time in their livei to a substantial breakfast , in their own bouse , with good appetite , cheerful spirit , and a light heart ; tbe father , when it was orer , observing that if * ey ate like that every day they'de break him . " "Eh , " responded the wife , " but they'll _cott thee nout in doctors . " " Thank Cod and ould Charter for tbat , _lats , " replied Will , _kitsing hit wife , and _te-lling ber not to have dinner for him till three . " Young folk may dine wben they come from school , but we are going to attend a

      vestry about church _ratee , and guardians , and overseers , and we all have a vote , " said he , " and isn't that Cbab-Tia and Land , and all got for £ 2 12 s ., and thou can trust me in public house now that I hare work of my own to do , and mun turn out if I ' m a waster and can't pay rent ; so , last , dontthou mind any beer for my dinner . " "Eh ! Will , " exclaimed the delighted wife , "but thou ' rt a _goeduo , _tbankt be to Sod , and God bless LAND and the CHARTER : * and Will for tbe first time in bis life went to have hit word about church rates , guardians , and parith officers ; and _ttrangert in broadcloth shook bim by tbe baud as he stood at the church door , and when he was _canvatted for his vote he said— " I mun tee how Dick Filling will go—at he ' s the Father of the Movement , and mun all jo with him for Chaster and the Laud . " *

      If the Chartists , Trades' Unionists , and workers generally _. can appreciate talent and honesty when devoted to their cause , and if they desire to reap instruction and entertainment at the cheapest cost , they will give support it toby purchasing "Thb Labqdjub , "

      - : Uowitt's Journal. No. I. London: 171...

      - : UOWITT'S JOURNAL . No . I . London : 171 , ( corner of Surrey Street , ) Strand . This new publication , edited by William and Mary Howitt , has been already announced in the Star . The first number is now before us , and gives promise of a long and brilliant existence for this new venture of its gifted conductors . We give the following extracts from their opening address *— - We are bound to no _classt , for we believe tbat in the cultivationof the whole _. lies theharmony and _thehappinets ofthe whole . Where there need , the greatest effort , thither our _efforts shall be most immediately and

      zealously directed . Amid the million there lies enormous need of aid , of comfort , of advocacy , and of enlightenment ; and amongst the million , therefore , shall we labour , with band and heart , with intellect and affection . To promote tbeir education , and especially tbefr self-education , a process full of the noblest telf-respect and independence—to advocate their just rights , to explain their genuine duties , to support the generous efforts of those many wise , good , and deveted men and women who are now everywhere laboring for their better being and comfort ; these will be the dearest employment cf our lives , the truest pleasures that we can experience . * * « *

      To all the onward and sound movements of the timea great and glorious time—our most cordial support shall be lent . Everything _wbieh can shorten the hours ef mere physical labour , and extend _thote of relaxation , of mental cultivation , and tocial , _domettic enjoymenteverything which tends to give to labour its due reward , and to furnish to every rational creature bis due share of God ' g good gifts—food , raiment , a pleasant fireside , and the pleasures of an enlightened intellect—as it must have the approbation of every good man , so it muit hare our best and most unremitting exertions for it . establishment .

      Amongst the contents of this number we observe an excellent address on the Sanatory question , to the working classes of the United Kingdom , by Dr . Seuthwood Smith . "Life ' s Contrast ; or , New Year ' s Eve , " is well written and prettily illustrated . Mary Howitt contributes the first of a new series of her sweet and simple " Lyrics of Life . " Krom a charming and seasonable article by William Howitt , we give the following extraeto _.-

      —JAHUABT . It would seem this year as if Winter would show ut some of his old characteristics . We have bad already a sharp specimen of what he can and may do ; and if we regard the health of society , and of the vegetation , we shall not complain if frosts and snows come upon us in all that strength and abundance which so many of us can remember . * * * I find myself years ego thus describing January : — " Frost—keen biting frost , is in the ground ; aud in the air , a bitter , scythe-edged , perforating wind from the north—or , what it _worte , from the north-east—sweeps the descending snow along , whirling it from the open fields , and driving it against whatever opposes its _ceurse . People who are obliged to be patting to and fro , mtiffle np their facet , and bow their head to the blast . There is no loitering , no street-gossiping , no stopping to make recognition of each other ; tbey shuffle along , the most

      wintry objects of the scene , bearing on their fronts tbe tokens of the storm . Against every house , rock , or bank , the snow-drift accumulates . It _curlt over tbe tops of walls and hedges in fantastic _wildnets , farming often the most perfect curves , resembling the scrolls of Ionic capitals , and showing beneath , romantic _cavet and canopies . Hollow lanes , pits , and bogs now become traps f ; r unwary traveller . ; the snow filling tbem up , and levelling all to one deceitful plain . It is a dismal time for the traversers of wide and open heaths ; and one of toil and danger to the shepherd In mountainous tracts . There the snow falls in amazing quamitiem in the course of a few hours , and , driven by the powerful windt of those lofty regions , toon fill up the dells and _gleat to a vast depth , burying the iocks and houses too in a brief space . In some winters , the sheep of extensive ranges of country , much cattle , and many of the inhabitants , have perished beneath the snow-drifts . "

      Such used to be the mows , of late years seldom seen in this country , as many believe from the increase of population , and consequently , increased number of fires , as greater warmth of tbe whole surface of tbe land from draining , and from tbe diminution of woods . Be tbat as it may , such winters were once common , and are now rare . The _skate-makert , and all tellers of skates , except fishmongers , complain . Then the frost used to continue commonly till March , and the proverb wat , that at the dayt lengthened , the cold strengthened ; and by a bold figure , it wat said , that January froze the pot over tbe fire . Vet , spite of this , people in the country eojoyed themselves wonderfully . They weresliding , skating , shooting , and snow-balling . Iu this country thote little sledges represented in our vignette , never seem to bave prevailed , bnt abound in all countries from Germany ts Lapland ; the * beys flew , and still do fly , down hills with them , with tbe Bpeed of birds and in wonderul delight . Here our country population eagerly pursue the wild

      creatures of the fields and forests at this season . : Tbe poacher and the gamekeeper are equally on the alert ; the ne to track game , the other vermin ; and thousands of polecats , weasels , _atoutt , rati , otters , badgers , aud similar nightly depredators , are traced to their hiding-places in old buildings , banks , and hollsw trees , and marked for certain destruction . The poacher , particularly in moonlight nights , makes home with game . Partridges nestled down iua heap on Ihe stubble , are conspicuous objects ; and hares , driven for food to gardens and turnip-fields , are destroyed by hundreds . Woodpigeons are billed in great numbers in cabbage and turnip-fields by day ; in the neighbourhood of great woods where they abound , the farmers' boys set steel traps for them in tbo snow , laying a cabbage-leaf on e » ch trap , to which they fly eagerly , and are abundantly captured ; and by moonlight tbey are shot in the trees where they roost . Larks are _ehot or taken in nets ou the stubbles , and conveyed to London by _thousands .

      Future numbers will afford us tbe opportunity of further comment ; in the meantime , wo heartily recommend this publication to our friends and readers .

      - : Uowitt's Journal. No. I. London: 171...

      THE DOMESTIC MONIT 0 R _.- _"Lo nd < m E Maa . _kenaie _, 111 , FleeUtreet . * " ** This publioation really poeseses some original and interestin g _featares not to be found in anv other existing periodieal . Iu the first place we have essays by the editor on the _political and popular events of th _. day , written in an impartial and fearless manner , and containing much that we must give our assent to . We ouestion the editor ' s anticipations of the results of Free Trade , and bis idea as to the re-allotment of _Poland we entirely dissent from ; still we must applaud the boldness with which he has grappled with a question on which the public mind is as yet but too apathetic . «• Don Rodngo , or , the Forbidden Wedding , a translation from , the _ItaAiwa of _Maiaoini , will be found highly interesting to the _loven of

      rcmanee . Under the head of '' The People ' s Corner *' we notice some valuable articles on " White Slavery , " ' Female Whits Slaves , " " Capital and Labour . " & e ., proving the conductors ot the Domestic Monitor to be philanthropists of a very different stamp to those who " compass sea and land" to find objeots of sympathy at the antipodes , yet are blind to the wrongs and _aufferingsof their fellow creatures , born on the same ground and breathing the same air as themselves . We have given in another column an extract from these articles . A considerable portion of the Domestic Monitor is devoted te medical subjects ; and scientific and literary queries addressed to the editor meet with ready and satisfactory answers . We have muoh pleasure in _recommeading the Domestic Monitor .

      The Complete Biscuit And Gingerbread Bak...

      THE COMPLETE BISCUIT AND GINGERBREAD BAKER'S ASSISTANT . By Thomas _Rkad , Author ofthe " Practical Baker , " & o ., ko . London * . Dean and Co ., _Threadneedle-street , Cleare , Shoe-lane . This book contains a description of the most approved methods , with practical directions for making all manner of plain and fanoy biscuits , buns , cakes , drops , thick gingerbread , spice nuts , Ac ., being adapted either for the use ofthe trade or private families . This is certainly a well written work , and

      from enquiries we have put to the " head of the home department" we find that great faith may be placed in Mr . Read's " practical directions . " Of course there is nothing left for us to do but to recommend the public to purchase the book and judge for themselves . We may add that some distinguished persons have expressed their approval of Mr . Read ' s work , he having received an autograph letter of thanks from Sir Robert Peel , and the compliments of Dr . Ryan , Chemical _Letturerat the Royal Polytechnic Institution .

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      Lord Thurlow And Wilks. •— " Accordingly...

      Lord Thurlow and Wilks . " Accordingly the next time the subject ( the Regency question ) was brought forward in the Ilouse of Lords , the Duke of York , having made a very sensible speech , renouncing , in the name of his brother , any claim not derived from tbe will ofthe people , and lamenting the dreadful calamity whioh bad fallen upon the royal family and upon the nation , —the Lord Chancellor left the woolsack seemingly in a state of great emotion , land delivered a most pathetic address to the Ilouse . His voice , broken at first , recovered its clearness , but this was from the relief afforded him by a flood of tears . He declared his fixed and unalterable resolution to stand by a Sovereign who , through a reign of twenty-seven years , had proved his sacred regred to the principles , which seated his family on the British throne . He at last worked

      himself up to this celebrated climax —* A noble Viscount ( Stourmom ) bas , in an eloquent and energetic manner , expressed his feeling on the present melancholy situation of his Majesty , —feelings rendered more poignant irom the noble _Viscounty having been ia the habit of personally _Motiving marks of indulgence and kindness from his suffering sorereign . My own sorrow , my Lords , is aggravated by the same _eause . My debt of gratitude is indeed ample for the many favours which have been graciously conferred upon me by his Majesty— " and when I forget my Sovereign , may my God forget me !' * God forget you !' " muttered Wilks , who happened then to be seated on the steps of the throne , —eyeing him askance with his inhuman squint And demoniac prin— " God jorokt vou ! Hb ' ll see vou d—d _Firsi . '" Campbell's Lives of tke Chancellors .

      FARMER'S SONG . I digs , I hoet , I plows , I mows , I gets up wood for winter ; I reaps , I sows , I _taters grows , I ' m Mebted to the printer . I do suppose All knowledge flows Right trom the printing press ; So off I goes , In these ere clo's , And settles up—J guess . American Paper

      Never sat Die . —Such appears to be the motto of the old bridge of Westminster . Though his existence has been marked by various closings , we find him once more giving symptoms of vitality . He began receiving company last week , and though be seemed to be a good deal shaken , he exhibited on the whole far more firmness than might have been expected . — Punch .

      TUE TWO BEGGARS . Ileiird ye Winter ' s iron tread Ring through street , and field , and sky Now ' _s the time , our eires have said , Fur old English charity . I have got ( and tis a wonder ) Half-a-crown I do not owe ; Tell me , without any blunder , How this coin I may bestow . As I satin meditation , Beggars two my thoughts suggested—Beggars two , _whote supplioation Late my notice had arrested . One , as I the corner rounded , Saw me pass with silent shiver ; But tbe other ' s claims are sounded In the public journals ever . Some few halfpence , in her rounds ,

      _Wint the one with no small pother ; Seventy . _seven thousand pounds Patch th' Insolvency of th' other . One is foul with scarecrow rags , Superfine the other"i " fob'd in ; Now , the first is 8 ukey Craggs , And her rival , Richard Cobden . The relieving officer , When old _Suhey calls and cries , Hath no look but looks severe , Hath no word bat" your eyes !" Thou , who hop ' st for borough seat In the Liberal interest , Must profess thy " pleasure great " In augmenting Cobden ' s list _. Feeble Sue , from men and horses Is in danger when abroad ; Prom his gig the bagman _curtsi , As she crawls across bit road . Cobden made a dapper bow ,

      When the House with plaudits rung ; When he heard his praises flow , From Sir Robert ' s oily tongue . Bukey wheezes in her breath ; Than her frame a lath it fatter And , from cold and want , her teeth Ever chatter , chatter , chatter . Mouldy crusts and doubtful bones Are the morsels of her dinner , Gleanings from tbe pavement stones ; Scarce a tinker ' s cur would join her . ' He , at Paris and Madrid , Spouts , and _dinet , and _tpouts tbe raoro Hear the rich alms-taker plead Of his pity forthe poor ! Liver of the _Strasburgh goose , — Red Lafltte , and golden _Xcres _, — Dainties to decline or choose , —

      Cobden , such tby glorious fare is . ' Now , ye men of Mincing-lane , Strike the balance , strike it true ;—Which is needier ofthe twain , Beggar Dick , or beggar Sue t Make your choice while yet 'tis free ; Fast the precious hours are flying ' Dick , perhaps , may " wait a wee , " Sue to-day for want is dying . C . G . P . A Poet ' s Retort . —Poor Dryden ! what with his

      wife — consort one cannot call her , and _help-meet she was not—and with a tribe of tobacconist brothers on one hand , and proud Howards on the other ; and a host of titled associates , and his bread to dig with his pen , one pities him from one ' s heart . Well might he , when bis wife once said it would be much better for her tobe abookthau awoman for then she should have more of his company , reply , " 1 wish you were , my dear , an almanack , and thon I could change you once a year . "— William _llowitl ' s Homes and Haunts of British Poets .

      EPITAPH ON A PRIZE PIG ( From Punch . ) Were lies all tbat was eatable of a _priae pig . He was born on February 1 , 1845 : he was fed on milk , potatoes , and barley meal : he was slaughtered on December ' 24 , _46 , weighing 20 it . 91 b .

      Stop traveller ! and reflect how small a portion of this vast pig was pork , suitable for human food I

      Lord Thurlow And Wilks. •— " Accordingly...

      Mb . _O'Co-inell is looking feeble , and is said to be fast assuming the characteristics of extreme old age . Dbamrb in Tobacco . —The licensed dealers in to-? n _« nn i , nd 8 , Duff * . - _» England , 170 , 0 i 8 , in Ireland , 16 j 600 , and in Scotland , 16 , 402 . ka « _Zo- _^ ? T T — en gineer in South Wales _Sn _^ r _^* locomttti w wi - eight wheels , all _hieineSs , $ _hi"TP _* ' - b 8 aP _™* _"nftTOUMa b iVo _£ _rn _sSuSo _? atent _^ baffle engines of ft te _Kn _^ T ¦ _S- _'aWB * mg the _dogB in the United States is . aid to b « 7 , 000 000 of dollars It is said _thrt _tfowifirf saw dust are annually consumed in London for stuffing dolls _al-ne .

      TheNestohof Missionaries—The lb ' vera states that there exists at present in thc . foreign mission at PariB , a venerable ecclesiastic 98 years of age . He was born in the canton of St . Pol , and quitted his native place at the age of twelve years . II * then repaired to Paris , where he took orders , arid some years afterwards proceeded to China as a missionary . He remained in India and China 75 years . Two years since his health compelled him to return to France , and at the age of 96 he undertook a journey of 6 , 000 leagues , which he accomplished in safety .

      A New _Bibuinoiau . —A correspondent who signs himself " Tafiy , " communicates the _follnwintr : — " Pont-yTridd , Glamorganshire , on the river Taff , twelve _mileBnorth-west of Cardiff . In the year 1816 there were only six houses , and one of them was a _public-honse ; Irat now it contains more than three thousand well-built houses , distinguished for tbeir convenience to suit the working classes . The general opinion of this flourishing place is , that it will soon be * second to Birmingham . The market is held here every Wednesday , and is considered the largest in the county of Glamorgan . "

      TnE _Present Parliament can sit legally un'il October , 1848 , as at the last general election Parliament was " appointed to meet" in October ,

      1841 . New Titus . —We perceive that the Ay _' _esoury _iVeu-shas taken a county title , and is now the Bitch Advertiser and Aylesbury News . DBBtDFUI , _EfFBCTS OF THB LuCIFXn _MiNUFACTORK . —A case has occurred for the fourteenth time , in Nuremberg , of the removal of the lower jaw-bone , in consequence of disease , from persons working in lucifer-match raanufacturies . The disease usually attacks girls who , for trifling wages ( 2 s . per week ) , risk the loss of their health . The physicans hare

      not hitherto been able to find any means of cure for this disease ; when the jaw-bone is once attacked , however slightly , the malady is incurable , and tbe bone must be removed . In this last case the girl had left the factory above six months , during wbich time she had been at service in another town , before the jaw showed symptoms of disease . During the operation she suffered the extremest agony . Government ought to take this subject into its earnest consideration . — Hamburg Correspondenten . Fbmalb Pbintbrs . —In the Uniled States a conslderble proportion of the printers aro females .

      Co-OPHBATio » .--Some ofthe artisans and labourers of Linonln are said to contemplate starting a project for obtaining a proprietary mill , that they may manufacture their own flour . Novel Clock . —A clock which will go for one year , has been constructed by an ingenious mechanic of Ciiarlcstown , S . G ., ofthe name of Stien . More Taxes . It is stated that the army is to be increased by fifteen regiments , or 12 , 000 men . Theatrb _Inibbjdict —The mayor of Clonmel has interdicted the performance of Jack Sheppard at the theatre of that town . _Auericai Coal . —The coal mines of Pennsylvania have this year produced 2 , 400 , 000 tons of coals . A _Pasi . —In removing a stack of corn , last week , near Penrith , a farmer killed 200 young , and 76 old rate , by means of terriers .

      Ridiculous . —The town of Orange has erected a monumental fountain to the memory of Raimband III ., Prince of Orange , who fought at the taking of Jerusalem in 1096 . _Pinxcr . —Bulwer _* _s "Lucretia" is published at _Aew York for twenty-five cents , one _shiJling and a half-penny English . Fob thb Tbbth . —To four ounces of water , add one drachm of Peruvian bark , and wash the teeth with this water in the morning and evening , before breakfast and after supper . It will effectually _desstroy the tartar on the teeth , and remove any offensive smell arising from those that are decayed . Co *** " **** S 2 sraiir * _-T . —The Russian coffins are generally brown , but children have pink , grown-up-married girls sky-blue , while other females are indulged with a violet colour .

      A Real Rombo . —It is said that Miss Susan Cushman , the celebrated Juliet to her sister ' s Romeo , has found a real Romeo , in the person of a young gentleman of this town , to whom she will be shortly united . —Liverpool Times . Prevention of Foot-rot in Shed-feeding SnEBi » . —The foot-rot is easily prevented by carting a quantity of earth , in the form ofa mound , in the centre of the yard attached to the shed , upon which aro occasionally strewed small quantities of slaked lime , and that simple remedy has prevented the disease . Imports of Forbion Cattle at Hull . —The total imports of cattle into this port during the year 1846 . up to Wednesday , amounted to 0 , 1-14 oxen , 4 , 782 sheep and pigs , and 201 calves . —Hull Advertiser .

      An Electrified Owl —Tho transmission of messages by tho New York and Philadelphia electric telegraph was recently suspended for several hours by the following curious incident : — " A large owl was found suspended from the wires , with his talons entangled among them , the copper wire having Deen twisted round the iron cords . The owl was dead when discovered , and it is supposed that he had lighted upon the iron wire , and while in that position the other was blown against him , and a connection being thus formed , he received a shock of the electric fluid , which deprived him of life . "

      Sudden Death . —On Sunday morning , an old man , named Fisher , suddenly fell down in Kensington Church during the performance of early service . He was conveyed to the vestry-room , where it was ascertained immediately that life was extinct . New Mayor of Leeds . —On Friday the Town Council of Leeds elected Alderman George Goodman to fill the ofiice of mayor of the borough for the remainder of the current year , upon the resignation of Alderman Charles _Gasooigne Maclea , owing to continued indisposition . Rarities of the Season . —On Saturday , in Covent-garden Market , there was a profusion of now potatoes of the description called ash-leaved kidney , the price being Is . per pound ; asparagus was plentiful i at 10 s . the bundle ; rhubarb , 5 s . ; and cucumbers from 7 s . to 15 s , each ; all being of English growth .

      The Tea Trade , January 4 . —The deliveries of tea last week were smaller , being only about _a-30 , 000 lbs . _Ladt Salb has administered to the property in this cointry of her late husband Colonel Sir Robert II . Sale , G . C . B ., who died intestate . The personalty in England waB estimated for duty at £ 6 , 000 . Lord Campbell . —We learn that the Senatus Academicus of the University of St . Andrew's have unanimously conferred on the noble and learned lord the degree of LL . D . . ,

      Death ih St . Giles ' s Workhouse . — Saturday , information was forwarded to the Coroner ' s othce ot the death of Patrick Case , aged forty , late a pauper of St . Giles ' s workhouse , under the following circumstances : —It appears that the deceased , who had been in excellent circumstances , became , from unprofitable speculations , reduced almost to beggary , and being wholly unable to obtain employment , was compelled to seek relief from the parish . lie had only recently been admitted into the workhouse , and appeared to be in good health . On Friday evening he was suddenly seized in a lit , and expired in a lew moments .

      _BtsuHANCR against Theft . —Amongst _4 he novelties in the shape of Joint Stock Companies to which the present age of speculation has given birth is one for sd insurance against theft ; the Company , for a premium of 20 s ., undertaking to guarantee all loss from peculation to the amount of £ 50 . Fearful Death of a Bride . —On Saturday , as Mr . and Mrs . Jacques of Jarrow , who had been married only live days , were proceeding along a coal railway , near to Newcastle , they came to an inclined plane , up which Mr . Jacques proposed they should

      ride upon tho waggons . His wife assented , and on attempting to get into the waggons she fell , ind seven of tbem _passsed over her . She was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary , where Bhe died shortly after . National Fducation . —Doubts having been expressed _tbat-jovernment will not at present move in this important matter , we are happy to learn , from a source on which we place reliance , that Lord John Russell will bring in a bill for the advancement of national education in the ensuing session .

      —Scotsman , Statistics of Cuina . —In China Proper there arc 367 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , and in the dependencies ol Alnntcliounie , _Mtngolia , Turkestan , and Thibet , about 4 , 000 , 000 making a total of four hundred million _peeplc under one government ! The population of thc whole earth is estimated at from 800 to 1 , 000 millions . The number of inhabitants to each square mile is about tho Bamc as in England , and less than the number in Ireland . The most dease population is along the banks ofthe great rivers particularly near the great Zahg-tzc-Kiang , and tho central districts ofthe country , where the waters furnish largo supplies of food . The fecundity of the Chinese is visible in every village The area of China Proper is given at 1 , 2137 , 099 square mileB , or 830 , 829 , 1000 acres of wliich 140 , 000 , 0000 acres arein cultivation . Ol the 18 provinces into which the empire is divided , 11 are inland , and the remaining 7 on the sea-const . The average population to each square mile is 2 S . J ;

      Lord Thurlow And Wilks. •— " Accordingly...

      the tokal fixed _revenue 35 . 000 , 000 ttels ( a teal is 8 $ ) tli * army , 1 , 232 , Q 0 ti . *~ Montgom « ry Ahrifa . ' . _P-arca . o » Malt Liquors . —Within the _lsit . few days a general rise inthe price of malt liquors _vhas taken itfaae in the metropolis . The prises now are generally porter , in your own jugs , id . ; porter sent out , or in publicans pots , 4 } d . ; porter drauk indoors , _iJtd . ; and ales in proportion . _Tna _Moddl _Lodoino-housb , St . Giles ' s , —On Saturday this building attained its elevation . heing six stories from thc basement . The entire _ediik-e ig _lirepronf , and with the exception ofthe eround floor and basement , will be converted into _donn . ' * " j ries _aiable of comfortably accomodating five l . _ui . tlred _andsixty nightly . Louis Napolbo _** . —The United _Strvice C ! _u-.. hsfl

      pud the compliment of electing Prinoe _Louii Napoleon , as one ofits members although his ili' _-iitiess had not presented himself as a candidate . Fobthbr Rise « f the Price op Bbead . —On Saturday most of the bakers in the New Cut , Blackfriars-road , and the leading thoroughfares . _* . « the Surrey side of the river , made an ad vane * in th prioe of bread ofthe second quality of one _balfpe-nny so that fhe 41 b is now Sid . Household bread , rc- her coarse , and weighed to the _purjhaser , has aT . « o advanced in price , and sells at 7 id . per 4 ft ; _cmntry bread , not wei g hed to the consumer , Aid . I" Id . P « r loaf . The best bread has risen in _propi-Hi-m _, and

      cannot be obtained at a less prise than ID i . per 4 D _> . Flour ( the best ) is 10 d „ and secon . ls _« _Jd ., somo dark in colour 71 d . per quartern . The bilkers anticipate that before the end of the week _Kfonds bread will be as _highJos lOd . or lid . the 43 b . low * . j ?' _"" ?• ¦ _*¦**• fir »' t _« _oMtitution of Carolina , prepared by the ereat philosopher , J _» hn Locke , Mai by jury was established in all the Courts ; but the office of hired or professional pleaders was di _.- _'ill . > wed as abas * and sordid occupation ! and no man was admitted to plead the cause of another , _without previously deposing on ootA , that he neither had received nor wonld accept the slightest renumorstion for his services !

      Akothbr Royal Birth . —Letters from Contitantinofle are ofthe 17 th ult . On the 11 th a salute- of 21 guns announced the birth _<> f another sun of the sultan , who wag named Mohamed Zia-ed-Din . Tyrannical _Punishuknt . —On the llthof Itei . _ember a Court-martial was held at Malta on a private of her Majesty ' s 88 th regiment , for havingtbreatened while intoxicated , to strike his superior officer . Sergeant Gallaghar . He was transported for loin toen

      years . Recall or Lord _IIardikob . —It is _continently stated in military cire _' es and at the _Et .-it India House—and we believe there _is'little , if indeed * uiy , doubt of the troth ofthe report—that Lord H-trJinge has been recalled from India , and that he i _*> to be succeeded in the Governor-Generalship of thnt _country by tbe Marquis of _Clanricarde . —United _S-mdee Gazette . Risb in the Price op _Papsr . —In oonscqvience of the excitement in the Liverpool marker lor the raw material , and <> ther causes , the price of paper has boen advanced one halfpenny per pound—an addition which will be rather _sera-ely felt by thu publishers of newspapers and printers generally . Fatal Accident on thb Eastern _CouNrira Uatxwat . —On Fridav eveninj * , about half-past six n ' clock

      tho afternoon down express train run down one of the company ' s signal men at the _Chsshunt _sti-. _tioa on tbe above line , causing his immediate death . Tha man , whose meme is George Piggott , appear * to have been in the act of crossing Ithe line with a . signal lamp as the train was passing the station . _Impudert Robbery . —On _Manday _afternw-i , a man having the appearance of a porter , _sm-ee- _'ded in obtaining a suit of new elothes , and a nivf-sary change of linen , from Mrs . Tombs , of Queen-it reek , LincoIn ' _s-inn-Fields , as well as thirteen _s ' _lillintA _* , under the false pretence that he had been sent by Mr . Tombs , who had fallen through the ice in the _Ssrpentine , and was very nearly drowned . Mr . Tombs'gnon after came home , and actually . passed the fellow a few doors from his house with th ' - bundle under his arm , but although an instant pursuit was made , he eluded it .

      St . James ' s Park . —A large board has been p ' aced at the _entrance . _' at St . James ' s Park , opposite the Horse Guards , stating that beggars , per * eu * . shabbily dressed , indecent in their appearance oi conduct , orcarryimj Jorge parcels , are not to U- admitted within the enolosure . [ Of course Prince Albert will be excluded with the rest ofthe "beggars . " ] Sudden Death . —The Journal du Cher , states that on the 27 th ult ., some disturbances having taken place at Mareuil , in coneequenceof thedeart _' i of provisions , the Deputy Mayor , M . Pasquier , repaired to the theatre of the riot , and had scaredv oponed his lips to harangue the multitude , when he dropped dead . Destitution in the Metropolis . —During tho past week £ 917 ls . has been forwarded to the Association for the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis .

      The Great Sea Eagle . —One of the most perfect and full-grown specimens of this splendid bird was shot lately at Glengarry . Its dimensions were full throe feet in length , and weighing fifteen _p- 'unds . The great aise and muscular strength of it- ** logs and talons showed at once how easy it could < iostroy beast , bird , or fish , equal in bulk with itself . The Pope ' s Toe . —The Pope has _abolil ' _-od the custom of kissing the cross on Irs slipper , cinmonly called "kissing the Pope ' s toe , " and instead extends his hand to be kissed . A Noble _Lech-rer . —At Leicester , Lord Oourtenay delivered a lecture in the Literary Institute , on the state of Ireland . The Rev . Mr . Couvtenay presided . An Old Shot . —Mr . John Partridge , _ofNe-rlbawton , aged 81 , killed in five successive _Bhota throe hares , a rabbit , and a woodcock _.

      Oath-taking . —A letter from Berlin of the 25 th ult . states , tbat by royal ordonnance , the loiijr formula hitherto in use in courts of law , when nu oath is taken , is to bo replaced by the words , " I swear before God to tell the truth , the _wliolt * truth , and nothing but the truth . " Tbe witness i . _*> to hold up the thumb and the two first fingers per * _I'tuiicularly , in sign of the Holy Trinity , the other lingers being bent down . During the taking of tbe oain all persons in the court are to stand up . Earthquake . —A letter from Ulm of the 20 th nit _., states , that on the preceding day , a _subtii'iancan rumbling noise was heard at that place , accompanied by a slight shock of earthquake . This was also the case at many towns and villages in that pari of Germany .

      Nightly Shelter _por the Houseless . —A report of the West-end Refuge , situate in Market street , Edg ware-road , states that , since the _opening of the establishment on the 15 th ult ., 3 , 600 poor persons have received shelter , a supper of beef , soup , and bread , before retiring to rest , and a breakfast in the morning , as well as abundance of soap and water to cleanse themselves and apparel , Genkral Flores' Expedition . —The trial of Captain Adilerley VV . Sleigh , K . T . S ., who was ty have commanded the naval arm of the expedition destined for South America , on a charge of infringing the Foreign Enlistment Act , is moved by writ of _v _^ rtiorari to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . k

      Withdrawal op Coaches . —On Tuesday wo _.-, itt consequence of the opening of the rail , two coaches were withdrawn from the Ipswich road ; one , the " Old Ipswich , " driven for 37 years by that old favourite coachman , "Tom" Emmerson , ami tbe other , "The Regulator , " by Robert Sewell . —Bury Herald . " _Bbothbb , Bbother , we are both in thb Whoso . " —Tho Hon . Captain Berkeley and the Hon . Craven Berkeley have been on a visit to Earl Fitzh . uJinge , at Berkeley Castle , during the last few days . In Place at Last . —We understand that our city member , Mr . Bannerman , has received , or is about to receive , an appointment of a permanent nature from the government of Lord Jobn Russeil . This will of course vacate his seat for Aberdeen , wliich he has held since the era of the Referm Bill , —Aberdeen Banner .

      Departure of the Hibernia . —The royal mail steamer Hibernia , Captain Alexander Ryrie _, sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday , with upwards of 100 passengers , amongst whom were Lord _El-.-iu , the lately appointed Governor General of _Camia , and suite . A French composer intends setting to music a version of Lord Byron ' s " Manfred . " Sport _porJoinvillb—For want of a marine enemy , tho Prince de Joinville has been making _tvar upon the boars and wolves in the forests of Crecy and Armanvilliers .

      Curious Calculation . —It haR been calculated that a single penny put out at five per cent , compound interest at the birth of our Saviour , would have produced in 1806 , £ 290 , 991 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 . 000 sterling , which could niuke a bulk of solid gold of one hundred and ten million times the magnitude of the whole earth ; whilst at simple interest , the same sum iu the samo space of time would only have produced scvea shillings and sixpence . _Bisl-vcr ' s Lucretia is published at New Tork for twenty-five cents , one shilling aud a halfpenny English . Winter in Germany . —Thc German journals contain accounts of heavy falls of snow in that cuuntry .

      Starvation . —Several deaths are reported to have occurred from want in Belgium . Tub First Jk \ y Returned by the Citizens or London as Common Councilman . — Mr . B . S . Philips , of the firm of Faudel and Philips of _Newgate-street , has been returned as a common councilmau tor the ward of Farringdon-within . Prinoe Louis Napoleon Bvoxaparts intends , it is said , to fix his permanent residence in this country . The Archbishop of York entered on his 90 th year on Ihe 4 th ult . Strang's Reason . —On Monday , at Stockport , a manufacturer was fined £ 10 for not boxing off a piece ot machinery , by whieh a young man had lost his hand . The magistrates refused to inilict a heavier

      penalty , " lest they should be offering a premium io penalty , " lest they should be offering a premium to men to put in ( and lose ) their hands ! " — Liverpool Standard ,

      Centra! Uttelkj^Nee.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09011847/page/3/