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      A Case At Sessions . Testerday, At The S...

      A CASE AT SESSIONS . Testerday , at the Sessions heldin Buckingham , TheHev . _Simon Shutwood , famed for tucking ham And capon into his appointed man , Gravely discuss'd a deadly breach of Law , And then committed to tbe county jail ( After apafient hearing ) WiUiam Flail : Porthathe , Plafl , one day last week , Was seen maliciously to sneak And bend his body by the fence Of his o wn garden , and from thence Abstract , out of a noose , a hare , Which he * _in * da _* i » -iuuy found there , Against the peace ( as may be seen In Bnm and Blackstone ) ofthe Queen .

      He , questioned thereupon , in short , Could give no better reason fort Than that his little boy and he Pid often in the morning see Said hare , and sundry other bares , Nibbling on certain herbs of theirs . Teddy , the seventh of the boys , Counted twelve rows , fine young savoys , Bit to the ground by them , and out Of ne er a plant a leaf to sprout : And _Sam , the youngtst lad , did think nc saw a couple at a pink .

      " Come _f ' cried the Reverend , * " Come , confess . _' " Flail answered , " I will do no less . Puss we did catch ; Puss we did eat ; It washer turn to give the treat Nor overmuch was there for eight o * us With a half gallon o * potatoes : Bight ; for our Prue lay sAck . aietl , And poor dear Bessy with the dead ! - * " We cannot listen to such idle words , " The Reverend cried : "The hares are aR my Lord ' s . Have you no more , my honest-friend , to say Why we should not commit you , and straightway V Whereat Will Flail

      Grew deadly pale , And cried " If you are so severe on me , An ignorant man , and poor as poor can be , O , Mister Shutwood , what would you have done If you had caught God's blessed only Son , When he broke off ( in land not His they say ) That ear Of barley on the Sabbath day ? Sweet Jesus 1 in the prison He had died , And never for onr sins been crucified . " " Constable 1 take that man down stairs , He quotes the Scripture and cats hares . "—W . S . L . Douglas Jerrold ' s Shilling Magazine .

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      The Illuminated Magazlne—Aran.. Tlic Con...

      THE _ILLUMINATED MAGAZLNE—Aran .. Tlic contents of this month ' s number are -varied and " entertaining . " Travel and Talk , * " by Luke P _. ODEX , contains a serene _castigation of the homoeopa thic quacks . " The Past , the Present , and the FosaUle _, " is cleverly written . The " Adventures of a Scamp , " if we correctly understand the writer , appear to be likely to be brought to an abrupt , and * anything but . satisfactory conclusion . We regret ihB , for wc have derived much amusement , and by no mean ** of an unprofitable kind , from their perusal . * " _Contemporary History" deals most unmercifully with that portion of the press-gang popularly denominated " I'cimy-a-liners ; " wc give an extract : —

      Although the writers alluded to arc called penny-aliners , the rate is , in fact , three halfpence aline . That is to say , such a sum is paid by four of the morning papers and the evening papers . One of the morning papers pays - romewnatless . The Sunday papers differ ill the rate of remuneration j « iid to this class . One of them allows as much as threepence per line . Xow the pnblic may be in lie habit of associating the idea of " penny-a-liners" with something excessively paltry , but , in point of fact , some io" these men make a good deal of money . An article of 200 lines produces 13 s . Cd ., andif that amount be multiplied four or five times , the sum mounts up . It is by no means an uncommon tiling for a penny-a-liner to make £ 40 or £ 50 b y a good murder or any other startling event _Tliese incidents , it is true , do not often arise ; bnt these men are so indefatigable in picking up " unconsidered rifles , " that in the worst of times the industrious get a _loli-rably good firing . Indeed , Ihere Is one penny-a-liner who makes sometliing like £ 1 , 000 a year . It is to be

      -remarked that there is a vast field . They do not , as we have said , falsify events , but they make tliem subservient u > circumstances . Thus , if a coroner ' s inquest should sot be sufficiently interesting for the _inorning papers , and should the copy unfortunately not he used by any of -inn , it is dressed up the next day for the evenings . _Lw-kruns sometimes so much against the writers , that { veil tlic cvemng papers leave out She account , perhaps ¦ ¦ _ref-std by Parliamentary reports , or , peradveuture , _BRrtd by a 6 pirit of economy . In these cases , the affair i ? treasured up till the _Satui'day , when a reckaujfee of the tailing points is made up for the Sunday papers , and the rate and the beading heing altered , it is duly paraded siider the head of latest intelligence , particularly by a jet-tain class of Sunday papers , which affect to give news _t- p to the very latest hour , aud the reporters for some of whicli , upon the principle that it is " an iR wind which Wows nobody any good , " sometimes convert the upsetting ii * a boat in the Channel , into a "distressing shipwreck Slid melancholvloss oflife . "

      _^ fhe following sweet lines we extract from an arti de en the coming ofthe Spring : — 5 _vx _>» nature will resume ier dormant powers , Immortal as in triumph over death ; The Spring will soon be with us . Hairy flowers Thc earth will hallow with sweet forw . s and breath , And thousand _llOSollU wiU , _A-li-jlit be rife , _Thos-e symbols welcoming again to life . They will arise o ' er many a wooded _hiR , In lowly spots " mid many a pleasant _vale—~ _i _* l _scni the brink of many a gurgling riH ; And who will deem their charms of slight avail , _? " ooing us to regard their blossoming , Idling ns silent tales of our warm Spring ? ' F ., nil hands wfll place them in the sick man ' s room , Tlair presence glearaiug like a ray of light And beauty , peering through its saddened gloom ;

      And ivith their scent vrvfl visions , cabn andhright , Lulling in Soft delight the sense of pain , Arouse the faintness of the sick one ' s brain : A flush wiR overspread his faded cheek , A "hiiglitness fill again the sunken eye ; And friends will bow to hear liim softly speak Of health and vigour , Rfe-renewing , nigh ; A blessing will be with than—that they keep Hope from relapsing into weary sleep . And shall we not love flowers , if they but raise Our thoughts a moment from the worldly din That stirs our hearts too deeply in this maze Of toil , ambition , passion , or of sin ?

      • - _* , arc they useless ? Every flower we see _2 _** j sight ana sense betokens purity . The present number closes the fourth volume of this Magazine : and we perceive , by an announcement _ii-oni the conductors , tliat it is intended , next month , io commence a new series . On the first of May next , the _Rlnmimtid Magazine will appear as a handsomely bound small * octavo volume , without extra charge . Tliis _ai-rangement will , at any rate , possess ihe -m ent of originality and novelty , and , we think , cannot fail to increase the present popularity of this publication . The present form isvery inconvenient , and anything _butelegant ; weare , therefore , disposed tt > heartily welcome the promised change .

      Vmionds' Colonial 3iagazl\E-Apm. This Is...

      _VmiONDS' COLONIAL 3 IAGAZL \ E-Apm . This is a veiy _intei-estlng number ofthe Colonial - _*•«* - _*¦*• /• < ; for beailes the usual statistical and other "articles of sterling merit , there is in the present numbermore than one paper of a lighter , and more generall y _auiushlg character- The principal contents are , an "Account of the _Neilgherry Hill Tribes , " containing a description of a most remarkable people" -he Todas or Todavas . FoUowing this is an article on " Port Philip contrasted with Van Dieman ' s Land . " "The Australian Sketches" byT . M'Combie , are

      • _" - _--wecdingl y interesting . We regret that want of _"rtHJ-m prevents ns giving an extract from these " Sketches .- * " "The Pr esent state of Demerara , " ibe " Commerce of Java , " the "Progress of the ?>» i _** ir Trade in the _TMted States , " and the "North American Fisheries , " are all able articles , and of iiniiortanee to those interested in colonial affiiirs . j Lastly , there is a scene at Fernando Po , entitled ' Krooman _** : _•«• . . ? Boobie , which cannot fail to excue the risible faculties of the reader , at the expense & poor Roobic . We dose this notice with a descrip-- . 101 ! of the present masters of the Oregon territory .

      Tar TUATTESS , OS BEA 1 _TEB HUSIEBS . Ie the old times ofthe Canadian fur trade , when the _-ra-lein _furS _vas _( _jngfly puW ; _Uea about the lakes ana rivers , the expeditions were , in a great degree , carried on 3 ibatteau-j and canoes . Buta totally different classhas now _qirung up—the " mountaineers" —tbe trader * and _s-ari-ers that scale the vast mountain chains , ana pursue " war hazardous vocation amidst their wild _recessesr-M-.- _uigirom place to place on horseback—exposed not ai-r . yo iheperils of Tie wilderness , but tothe perils of anaek fr _< lTa fierce Indians , to whom it has become as _-avourable _aji _^^ t 0 harass and T _^ ylay a lmd of _tappers _ivjfl , thdr pack-horses , as it is tothe Arabs of in _uh-T ? i 1 > lwuler a caravan . The equestrian exercises 1 _" _l ™* ** _« 'stantly cngaged-the nature of the couujy thev

      traverse—vast plains and mountains , pure ana cshi hrating in their atmospheric qualities—seem to _^ ¦ _^ . _* _**^ and mentally , a more lively , _*^ -cous , ua * nng , _aBj enduring race than the fur _traflers _^ ma trappers of fo rmer days , who generally bad huts or ten :-5 _* _•*** * then , from theinclemenev ofthe seasonswere seMom _oposed to ihe hostilitv of the natives , and generaUy were _^ l reach _^ * from _^ _g rUemeins . There is , perhaps , no class of men on the earth wnoieadabfcof more continued esertion _, danger , and excitement , and who are more enamourea of thdr _occu--patoons , than the free trappers ofthe wild reg ions of the West . Jf 0 t 0 - Hj n 0 _tongei . privation , can turn the _Wrapper aside from liis pursuit . If liis meal is not ready m time , be takes hfe rifle—Mcs tothe forest—shoots his game—li ghts his fire , and cooks his repa _* -:. With his horse and his rifle he is independent of the world , and

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      spurns its restraints . In vain may the most vigilant and cruel _savages beset his path—in vain may rocks , and precipices , and wintry torrents oppose his progress ; let but a single track of a beaver meet his eye , and he forgets all danger , and defies all difficulties . At times lie may be seen , with his traps on his shoulders , buffeting his way across rapid streams , amidst floating blocks of ice ; at other times , with his tr _« ps slung on his back , clambering the most rugged mountains—scaling or descending the most frightful precipices—searching by routes inaccessible to horse , and never before trodden by white man , for springs and lakes unknown to his comrades , where he may meet with his favourite game . This class of hunters are generally Canadians by birth , and of French descent who , after beim ; bound to serve the traders for a certain number of years aud receive wages , or hunt OU . shares , then continue to hunt and trap on thdr own account , trading with the company like the Indians ; hence they are ealled / _ree men .

      The Family Herald. Parts 22 And 23. Lond...

      THE FAMILY HERALD . Parts 22 and 23 . London : Biggs , 421 , Strand . These parts of tlw Family Herald are , as usual , replete with instruction and entertainment of the best character . The wonderful and ( well-nigh ) universally read romance of " The Wandering Jew" is continued , and several other tales and articles , romantic , moral , and scientific , ably written , are furnished for thc amusement and enlightenment of the reader . The articles of the editor are no way deficient in that originality and talent which render all he pens so piquant and suggestive of sound thinking . From one of these , in part xxiii _., we give the following extract on the prevailing My—the latest freak of ignorant superstition—the wearing of

      GALVANIC BIMGS , There is always some mania or other in the ascendant , something tbat the cockneys say is " all the go . " There is the music for the million mania—the polka maniaand the galvanic ring mania , and the mesmeric mania , all even , at the present moment , " on the go . " There are many others besides these ; but you may be perfectly sure of striking a sympathetic chord in some heart if you introduce one or other of these subjects in a promiscuous company . Some few days ago a happy couple were married with a galvanic ring , and the fact was recorded in the daily papers under the name of a galvanic marriage . _TVe trust it may prove an auspicious one ; but we suspect it is rather too scientific . _Jlarrlag-e is not a scientific subject . * * * . *

      If ever the people are infected with any mania that bears a resemblance to a science , or that takes the name of a science , you may be certain that it costs them no trouble whatever to learn . AU that is popularly known of phrenology may be learnedin ten minutes by a moderately good memory . Mesmerism is so very easy that it does not require any learning at all . Tou strike out the light Of truth therein with your own intellectual match-box , and all at once you know all that is known of the mesmeric principle . As for the galvanic ring—the most important discovery tliat has been made in modern times , as a shopkeeper in the Strand a few days ago very gravely informed us—all that is popularly known about it , even by those who wear It , is ludicrously little . Some even do not know that it is made of two metals , or what is thc use

      of the two _metabs , and H Is rather with a sort of credulous superstitions feeling that they wear it , than with any enlightened understanding of the principle of its _construction , or tbe nature of galvanism . The most of them , perhaps , would be ashamed of appearing superstitions , 5 n the vulgar sense of the word , and would probably feel insulted were they so designated ; but , after all , what is any popular conceit or belief , or suspicion of this kind , but credulity - It is the very same principle which led our forefathers to believe in charms , spells , amulets , fortunetelling , and witchcraft , which are now laughed to scorn _. Were these things the -mania now , as they once were , the scientifics would abuse the credulous people who gave ear to them . And yet there seems as strong evidence even now for the influence of charms and spells ., as for that of mesmerism and galvanic rings .

      The expressing of our own gratification at the perusal of the interesting contents of these numbers ofthe Family Herald is the best recommendation wc could give this popular periodical .

      The Illustrated Family Journal. Part I.—...

      THE ILLUSTRATED FAMILY JOURNAL . Part I . —London : Sherwood and Co . In awarding our approbation to tin ' s new candidate for public patronage , our only regret is our inability to adequately express our admiration . All that we hoped for , all that we predicted when noticing thc first number , as to the talent to be displayed both in the literary contents and the pictorial einhellislmients of this publication , have already been realised , and more than realised . Thesuccess , the large circulation wliich we also predicted , is , we hope , in course of realisation ; not because we aim at winning a prophetical character , but because such success will only be the just

      meed of the enterprise and talent devoted to the Illustrated Family Journal . Of the literary contents we must specially single out a startling romance from the French , entitled " The Advocate and the Marchioness ; " "The Recreations of Mr . Zigzag the Elder , "a series of gossiping , but most pleasing articles on the wonders and antiquities of the " Great Metropolis ;" articles headed "Modem Affectations ; " "Neglected Fields of British Commerce ; " and last , not least , the choice selections from the best of our living poets . From the miscellaneous and selected contents we give the following capital Turkish story , taken from a work entitled " Three Years in Constantinople . "

      THE SUI . _TAU AND THE _SIPAHT . The risk Of fire arising from several hundred thousand lighted pipes or pieces of charcoal and tinder , burning in every direction throughout a wood-built city , like Constantinople , is sufficient to justify the attempts made by divers sultans to abolish smoking , But no sovereign waged war upon pipes and their attendant coffee more inveterately than Murad IV . He hunted down smokers , coffee-drinkers , and opium-eaters , with relentless severity . If delinquents , high or low , were caught in the act of smoking , then * beads inevitably paid forfeit , ilurad often went forth tebdil fdisguisedl , on purpose to watch if the police did its duty , or to see if he could fall in with individuals bold enough to infringe his edicts . On one of these occasions he Is said to have met with , an

      adventure calculated to dimmish his passion for these experiments . Having disguised himself as a simple citizen , he passed over to Scutari in a _conuron kayik , and prowled around fhe caravansaries , where _sfaanjjers arrive from the interior . 2 ? ot having discovered a single defaulter , he took his place , to return , in one of the large passage-boats , by the side of a sipahy _, who had come from Kutaya to claim arrears of pay . In the course of the passage the trooper produced a short pipe , lit it , and commenced smoking . Upon seeing this , Murad conld scarcely contain his anger ; but , as the man was in his power , he resolved to amuse himself at his expense , so he leaned aside , and said io hhn In a whisper , " By the Prophet ' s head , _yoldash ( comrade ) , you must be a bold man ! Have yon not heard of the Sultan ' s edicts % Look , we are within sight of the palace . Take care of your head ! " "If the Sultan neglects to pay his soldiers , or to furnish them with more substantial food , they must

      needs sustain themselves by other means , " replied the sipahy ; "the Prophet has said that starvation by other hands is homicide ; by one ' s own , suicide—which is worse than homicide . My tobacco is good—it is raya tribute . Bismillah I it is at your service . " Upon this , Murad , pretending to look around , as if in fear of being detected , drew his pelisse over his face , took the pipe , and smoked away lustily * , tJien , returning the forbidden luxury to tbe soldier , he exclaimed , "Kardash ( brother ) 1 you seem to be a most liberal man ! It is a pity you are not more discreet . To speak truth , however , I also am fond of my pipe , and laugh at the Padishah ' s beard in private . But heads are heads after all , and do not sprout like young figs . So take my advice , and be cautious when you reach the city , " " "Man can die but once , and each has his appointed day , " retorted the sipahy . " I may as well die , my mouth filled -with smoke , as with an empty stomach . It is well for him who wants neither bread nor salt to

      deprive others of this substitute for food ; but the day will come when , Iushauah , he will broil for it . " " Allah , Allah ! this is a most incorrigible rebel and blasphemer . He shall be impaled with his own pipe-stick ! " ejaculated the Sultan aside ; then he added , in a half-whisper , " Speak lower ; speak lower ; Effendimlz ( our Lord ) has long ears . " "And so have all the asses in Stambol _, " retorted the sturdy trooper ; "but his braying may not keep him from following the road taken by Sultan Osman . " The boat now touched the shore , and it was nearly dark . The sipahy jumped on land , closely followed by Murad , who , when they had advanced a few paces , stopped the soldier , saying , "Your looks please mc , and your language proves you to be a brave man . You are a stranger . I will find you lodging . Come ; I and my friends care not the husk

      of an almond for the Sultan ; we will enjoy our pipes . " The trooper looked round foramoment , and , seeing no one near , answered thus : — " Hark ye , friend ! I do not like your looks . I have heard of this Sultan ' s pranks . lie shoots men with arrows as others shoot dogs . There is honey in your speech , but gall in your eye . You are either a spy or the Sultan himself . If the first , you merit a rope ; if the other , worse than a rope . Kone but rascals would lure starving men to death . But , whether spy or Padishah , you shall have your deserts . " Whereupon he took forth his short mace , and administered a most severe cudgelling to the despot . Then , bounding away with the speed of a gazelle , he disappeared among the narrow streets , leaving Murad foaming with rage , and trilb half-broken bones . "Having rejoined bis attendants ,

      who were waiting at an appointed spot , the Sultan concealed his adventure and retired , bruised and infuriated , to the Seraglio . There he forthwith issued orders for beheading the chief of the police of Tophana , and for _basttnadingall his tchaoosh for not being upon the watcli . Kext morning he sent for the vizir , and without disclosing what had happened , commandedhim _toissueaproclauiarjoii , offering ten purses of gold and free pardon to a sipahy who , on the previous night , had beaten a citizen near tbe landing-place of Tophana , provided that he would present himself forthwith to the Bostanjy Bashy . But the sipahy , recollecting tbat heads Jdld not sprout like green figs , never made his appearance , and Murad thenceforth took care not to stir out , unless elosely followed by his bash tcbdil and other disguised and

      confidential guards . No words ean sufficiently express the beauty of the pictorial embellishments ; the superlative taste ana Wious imacery of Mr . Linton _^ illustrations , no description can do justice to . They must be seen to he _appi *« uated . Here are five _numbera of this

      The Illustrated Family Journal. Part I.—...

      excellent work , containing eighty pages of letter-P _" ressf and the most beautiful creations of the art of wood engraving , all for the paltry sum of elevenpence . Truly may the proprietors of this work say— 'Tis not for mortals to command success , But we'll do more , _Sempronius , we'll deserve it . "

      The Sugar Question Made Easy. Br 0. F. S...

      THE SUGAR QUESTION MADE EASY . Br 0 . F . _Stolmikyek . London ; Effingham Wilson , 11 , Royal Exchange . The author of this pamphlet , a disciple of Mr . Etzler's , reviews the different propositions at present befcrc thc country relative tothe " Sugar Question ; " liis object is to unite the free trade principle of uncontrolled admission of all sugars , no matter from where or by whom produced , with the moans to save the West India proprietors from absolute ruin , which the adoption ofthe simple free trade principle would be sure of itself to produce . To benefit the British public , increase commerce , and restore the prosperity of the West Indians , there is no other remedy " than to change the mode of sugar cultivation , or to introduce slaves , or to do both . " And the writer adds , _"thatiof'i those remedies can and ought to be Applied at once . " To effect the first ,

      he would grow maize sugar , instead of , or in addition to the sugar cane , and prepare the sap in accordance with a new discovery of Mr . Etzler ' s , " who has succeeded in crystalising sugar without heat or boiling . ' To effect the second , he proposes—as want of labour is the great evil of the West India colonies , " that the West Indians should import thc requisite machines from England . One iron slave , at a purchase of less thau five hundred pounds , under the superintendence of three or four labourers , if driven either by steam or water power , will ( he asserts ) do the work of t / tree hundred human slaves . " Brevity is good , but we tliink the author has written too little to do justice to Ms subject . lie , however , states , that he is ready to explain at any time , for the sake of science * and humanity , to any persons desiring it , all the points treated on in the pamphlet before us .

      The Movement. London: Holyoake, 40, Holy...

      THE MOVEMENT . London : Holyoake , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand . We are sony to announce the cessation of this publication , arising from the fact , that since the commencement of the second volume " the weekly sale has failed to return the weekly outlay . " Unfavourable circumstances have conspired to prevent the recovery of the ground thus lost ; the principal of _which has been the lengthy , serious , and almost fatal illness of the editor , Mr . Holyoake , which disabled him from attending to the management of the paper , and taking measures to avert the present result . The parly represented by the Movement , will , however , not be absolutely without an organ , as will be seen from the following extract from the Editor ' s farewell address : —

      The most important consideration connected with thc cessation of the Movement is the welfare of the Anti-Persecution Union , wliich is now left without an organ . To remedy this evil the Committee of the Union have deter _, mined to issue a Monthly Circular , to be of four pages the size of the _Jfoi'emcnf , to be published at a penny . The Circular will relate purely to Anti-Persecution Union matters , will acknowledge all subscriptions , register the presentation of petitions , place before the public the cases of all victims of blasphemy laws , and it is trusted will never cease to exist till every law in England and

      Scotland is repealed whicli affects the free expression of Theological opinions . By this means the Union will seek to preserve its individuality more effectively than hitherto , and to correspond as usual with its members , its friends , and the public . The action now pending against the Hull magistrates and other important cases demand immediate support . The office of the Cf ' rcufar will be at the offiee of the Union , 5 , Paul ' s Alley , Paternoster-row , London , to which place all communications and subscriptions are to be addressed , to G . J . Holyoake , secretary . The first number of the Circular will be issued on the 1 st of "May . We believe the whole of the numbers of thc Move ment ( sixty-eight in all ) may be had on application to the publisher .

      The Morning Star—Nos. Xii. And Xiii. Lon...

      THE MORNING STAR—Nos . XII . and XIII . London : Hetherington , 40 , Holywell-street . The Morning Star was commenced as a monthly publication , but is now , we perceive , published weekly . It ' is the advocate of Mr . Etzler ' s views , and the organ of the " Tropical Emigration Society . " We notice two of a series of articles on " Modern Legislation and Social Science , " wliich appear to be ably written ; but the price of the publication being but a penny , renders it unnecessary we should say more , as all who choose may purchase it and judge for themselves .

      The National Temperance Advocate. Apart....

      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . Apart . This number contains several interesting articles , and will he found well worthy of perusal both by those who adhere to the principles of the Temperance movement and those who are opposed to them .

      Tapscott's Emigrants' Travelling Guide. ...

      TAPSCOTT'S EMIGRANTS' TRAVELLING GUIDE . Tliis is merely an advertising circular , published jointly at 96 , Waterloo-road , Liverpool , and 70 , Southstreet , New York ; and also we perceive at the Banner of Ulster office , Belfast . It professes to be a Travelling Guide through the United States and Canada , showing the distance from New York , time by railroad , steam-boat and canal-boat , rate of passage , charge foi extra baggage , & c ., & c . There is a show-up of some of the frauds practised by the land . _sliarks on unsuspecting emigrants ; and altogether wc dare say this circular will be found considerably useful to persons about to emigrate .

      The Astrologer-Part I. London: 10, Welli...

      THE ASTROLOGER-Part I . London : 10 , Wellington-street , North Strand . This publication professes to be a "Weekly Oracle of Destiny : containing revelations of the past , present , and future , and all things associated with thc wild and wonderful I" The editor announces that at an " enormous sacrifice" of " case and retirement , " he has come forward prro bono publico to tell all that has been , and all that shall be . With a lofty magnanimity he forewarns all ignorant critics , that their ill-natured doubts and sneers will be utterly disregarded , as he takes for his model Themistocles _, making -you welcome to ¦* strike—but hear" On the principle , we suppose , that "two of a trade never agree , " he denounces the numerous hordes of fortunetellers who " prey on the credulity of their victims ' . '' lie uisinu / iesteuimat

      auus , very v , ne win give wie benefit of lus art , free of all charge and cost whatever , to those of his correspondents who may feel really anxious and desirous to know the result of some particular event . " Be it so . * Can he then tell us when the income tax will be repealed ? or when the Bishop of Exeter will learn humility ? or when Sir James _Gbauam will practise honour and honesty ? or when Trafalgar-square wfll be completed ? or when BHouGnAjr will abjure the woolsack ? or when the national debt will be paid ? or when O'Connell will cease to humbug the _GVeeii-landers ? or when the Nation will give over blethering its beautiful ballads of death to the Saxon ? or when Lord Mayor Gmns ¦ will settle his accounts ? or when Punch will cease to be the people ' s favourite ? If he can consult thc planets , and throw star-light upon these questions , then—why then lie shall see what lie shall see .

      The Ghost in Hamlet was nothing to the ghosts in the Astrologer . Li one article the writer , who says he has " studied ghostcraft with the enthusiasm of a poet , and endeavoured to penetrate its arcana with the perseverance and zeal of a philosopher" (!) , tells a tale of a ghost who used regularly to come to an evening card party , and take a hand ! Sometimes the ghost lost' and then , as gamblers will often do , he would capsize the table 5 But this " spirit blessed or goblin damned" is beat all to nowhere by another f host who used to visit the same writer , and , seated y the fireside , used to smoke apipe ( _l ) , drink brandy and water— his _ghostship liked it " stiff , " too (!) . Spirits should be fond of the spiritual . ' But this is hostl

      not all : he balanced a pipe oh his g y nose (!) , performed on the violin to the tune of " All round my hat , " and " The girl I left behind me" ( i ) , and danced the polka as well as if , when alive , he had lived in Bohemia . ' Now , such a ghost as that was " a gay old bufler , " and must have been worth anything as an antagonist to the blue devils . Mayhap our readers will tliink we ave joking : but wc assure them that what wc have -just stated will be found in tlic fourth number of this publication . It is unnecessary to say more , other than that if the Astrologer does not get a myriad of fools to support him , then will the galvanic ring makers be possessed of a most shameful monopoly .

      The Astrologer tells , at any rate , onc bit of truth : he says the pr iests of Mexico and Pern possess the power to transform themselves into monstrous serpents . This we believe . We believe it not only of them , but of thc priests of all other countries . They are the true serpents of the earth , the " monstrous " spawn of the " great red ( blood-stained ) dragon " of superstition , the existence of which Mr . Astrologer would lain perpetuate ; but which must he utterly " cast out "Before freedom , plenty , and happiness . can be known and enjoyed amongst men .

      Lectures To Farmebs On Agricultural Chem...

      LECTURES TO FARMEBS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY . Bx A . PetzholV . This is a useful book , and should be in the hand s of every farmer who intends to improve on the present state of agriculture . It is ihe _firit ; work we have seen in which the chemist has condescended to write , so as those not initiated into the mysteries of the science may understand what he writes about . It fills up n wide chasm that has existed "between the theoretical j chemical farmer , who experiments in his study upon a grain of wheat in six ounces of soil , contained in a garden-pot , and the honest _elo-1-crusher who practises upon his broad acres . Hitherto , when the farmer has been desirous of knowing thc most useful manures for his soil , and the crops hest suited to both , he has _liccn told by the theory-men to study 'Liebig ' s Agricultural Chemistry ; " and by some' ' practical men , " whose practice has been confined to dibblingtwenty grains of

      Lectures To Farmebs On Agricultural Chem...

      wheat in a corner of their garden , five yards by four , m some back yard in the metropolis , or , perhaps , in a migmonette box , he has been told that he must study lull ' s System of Husbandrv . " Though we do not intend t o deny that " _Ling ' s Agricultural Chemistry , " and "Tull ' _s System of Husbandry , " are both excellent and useful books in their way , vet Lieoig wrote only for chemists aud Tull ' s _pi-actice will be toaua woefullv wanting in mam * , indeed in nearly all soils . A . _Petzholt , in the work before us , has made up the void that existed between tliese two writers—he has used the theory of Liebig to showwhy the practice of Tull succeeded , and mi what soils it will or will not succeed . A farmer may learn by studying Liebig _, that the urme of his animals , especially his horses and pigs

      , is extrcnielj * rich in ammonia ; but he is ready to inquire what is ammonia ? and on being told that it is an invisible gas , he cxultingly asks wh . it an invisible gas has to do with the amount of either his dun" - hcap or the crops his land shall produce ; and though it may , and lias much to do with the strength of his manure heap , yet lie must understand the rudiments of chemistry before he can be made to know this . Unfortunately , Liebig does not furnish sufficiently those rudiments , but writes as if every one who is to read his book , understands chemistry nearly as well as liimself ; indeed , he docs not profess to write for those not initiated . While , on the other hand , the farmer who studies the Tullian system , and attempts to put it m practice , unless liis soil be such as that constant _ploinrlllnp-. l and _Jinninrre olinll t _. i _. 'J ' n ' _. vr . _' -W _.. „

      celcrate tbe " degradation , " or wearing down ofthe soil , so as to furnish a constant supply of the earthy materials or " inorganic constituents" of plants , he will find himself disappointed ; for there arc veiy few soils , the original constituents of which are such as that ploughing and horse-hoeing will furnish these earthy materials in sufficient quantity ; and though the process will do much good , yet the extra labour will not do all the good the farmer was led to expect it would , and he will relapse into the old mode employed by his fathers , which has succeeded , though only partially , up to _theprcsent time . A . Petzholt , in the work before us , has endeavoured to divest chemistry , as far as concerns its practical application to agriculture , of all its mystery : he has descended to the most plain and homely illustrations . He has explained the first rudiments ef the science , whieh is the most difficult part for the farmer to

      understand ; and on reading the work we cannot but admire the ease with which so mysterious a science mav be acquired , and become convinced of what vast importance to the farmer is that knowledge which will enable him to find out the qualities of the crops he wishes to grow , the quantities of their constituent elements , the qualities and capabilities of his soil , and which shall tell him at a glance the kind of crops his soil , in the state in which he analysed it , will produce the most of ; what manures , and how much of them , he shall apply to produce an abundant crop of any other vegetable he may be desirous of growing ; what rotation of crops his particular soil is best suited for : in fact , one is left to wonder why every farmer lias not long since become a chemist , that he might know tliese things , which to him ore all-important . Petzholt ' s work , as its name imports , is a complete , easy , and familiar introduction to that portion of this science which , ere long , must become the basis of all agricultural operations .

      Publications Received.—Life Of Thomas Sp...

      Publications Received . —life of Thomas Spence—The English Institutions : an Educational Poem—The Phvenotypie Alphabet .

      Vindication Of The Kignt Of Free Expression Of Opinion.

      _VINDICATION OF THE KIGnT OF FREE EXPRESSION OF OPINION .

      Soiree In Honour Of Thomas Pateeson. On ...

      SOIREE IN HONOUR OF THOMAS PATEESON . On Sunday , April Cth , in accordance with a notice inserted in last week ' s Star , a very numerous and respectable body of friends assembled at the Hall of Science , City-road , to give their meed of approbation to Mr . Thomas Paterson , for his heroic faithfulness under long and bitter suffering in the cause of free expression of opinion . The tea and refreshments , which were of the best quality , most abundantly supplied , and laid out in most admirable order , did honour to the excellent proprietor , Mr . Bendall , and gave great satisfaction to all parties . After the removal of the cloth , Mr . Hetherington was called to the chair .

      The Chairman opened the proceedings by announcing the object of the meeting—viz ., to express their admiration of one who had openly and honestly avowed his conscientious conviction , and , in so doing , to testify their regard for , and the groat importance they attached to the principle of free expression of opinion . This principle he considered to be superior to all others—the grand element in the greatness of a nation—thc fertile source from whence sprang inventions in arts and sciences—the constant guide and incentive to all that is , or may be , good and useful , and the most effectual cure for hypocrisy ; while to its restriction he attributed the great distress of our most useful classes , the dog-and-mangerisni ofthe arrangements for distributing wealthm fine , the solution of the problem of the existence of that large class of idlers who are"Like a watch without its liands , As useless when it goes as when it stands . "

      He ridiculed the liberty allowed by law to think , but not to _speal-:, comparing it to the physician who should be allowed to investigate the cause of disease in a patient , but be totally precluded from stating the result of his investigation in a prescription for the malady . So superstition was considered to be the malady of society , and they claimed a right to say so . He concluded a long and able speech , frequently and heartily responded to by the meeting , by handing to Mr . Paterson the sum of £ 30 lis . 2 d ., the amount subscribed to the Testimonial Fund , and in giving the following sentiment . — " ¦ " Mr . Thomas Paterson , the assembled friends of the right of private judgment , and the free expression of opinion , embrace the occasion pf presenting to Mr . Paterson the present testimonial , to convey their warmest respect and

      approbation to him who a second time left a quiot retirement to place himself in the thick of danger , and by inflexible defiance to render the bigot ' s greatest power abortive , aud smooth . tM patl \ { or Mure friends of freedom . " Mv . Patekso _** - ( who was received with enthusiastic applause ) , in rising to speak , excused in himself a hesitation of manner from a want of practice in addressing , the public ; and having just left a cell where , during a confinement of fifteen months , he had only spent one hour and a half in conversation with his fellow-creatures , they being confined to the chaplain and the gaoler . He explained his reasons for the course he had followed to be , that , however deficient in abilities , he thought everybody micht help

      a little in any great undertaking j and knowing that many men of talent were engaged in battling with Governmentfor the right of free expression of opinion , he thought that too much would be risked by causing them to suffer . Hence he had stepped forward , and though the authorities had imprisoned him , and thereon plumed themselves upon having achieved a victory , the reverse was the case . Mr . Paterson here entered into many interesting particulars of his proceedings iri Scotland , and tlio treatment he received at the hands of gaol chaplains , who denounced him and his friends in the vilest language , holding them up as examples of the grossest immorality and most vicious propensities . While , as regards these chaplains themselves , it was not a little singular that one

      had , a short time before his ( Paterson's ) release , been charged before the magistrates for refusing to pay two prostitutes the wages of their degradation , arid another ( chaplain ) had absconded to America with £ 2 , 000 belonging to a parish over which he presided . He ( Mr . P . ) had been charged with having put his head in the lion ' s mouth—this was true , and the reason he put his head there was the hope of choking him . If wild animals—such as he tdokpriests tb be —ran about , to the danger of society _. he thought itmuch better , to try to tame them than to run away crying out cowardly , " O , they arc wild . " ( Applause . ) He concluded by thanking them for the testimonial as a tribute offered to principle rather than person , and an evidence to future advocates of man ' s rights that

      tlieir labours would not want friends to approve , dangerous and painful as their path always was through the foes they had to oppose . Mr . Paterson sat down amidst reiterated applause . The CiiAinMAS then proposed the second sentiment , as follows :- — " The Anti-Persecution Union , whieh has for its principles the recognition of the first step toward" equality , namely , unrestricted discussion , and for its objects tho protection of all whose exercise of this liberty is prohibited or attacked . " Mr . Holyoake , Secretary of the Anti-Persecution Union , in responding , said he was glad that they had assembled on that day when so many old and friendly faces could present themselves—that they had met in a place associated with the memory of distinguished

      advocates and signal successes—that they met under the auspices of Mr . Bendall , whose generous cordiality the Union had often experienced , and that they had in the cliaiv Mr . Hetherington , whose hearty support when liberty was in danger , could always be reckoned upon—indeed , everything conspired- 'to assure tliem that this was a verypleasant meeting . If he might advert to other than the neutral topics to which thc Union was pledged—if he might refer to Mr . Paterson , -and the sentiments with which he was identified , he could testify that long before Mr . Paterson was known to thepublic , he exhibited in Sheffield that disinterestedness , by placing himself in front of dange ' iy . to save those whom lie thought more useful to

      society ; whicli has since characterised him . There were some . people who could talk of nothing but policy , and on that account condemned the course Mr . "Paterson had pursued ; but from Bishop Warburton down tothe llev . Mr . Dunn , ' of Glasgow , did not every priest scoff at the infidel as one who dared riot come out in open day and avow himself . Nothing could answer this sneer but bold action , such as Mr . p . had exhibited . No course could have been more politic than that which' has been pursued . Half those people who cried down such conduct walked the earth enjoying an immunity from contempt only because of sueh daring as had been exhibited . Ano-[ ther class hoped to annihilate their endeavours by

      Soiree In Honour Of Thomas Pateeson. On ...

      refnsing them any sympathy . This party had sympathy for the majority , who had , if they were to be believed , truth on their side , and who had all power and privilege ; but ior Mr . P . and his friends , who were few , —who were attacked on all sides , and who , whether right or wrong in their views , were struggling for equal liberty , and thence deserving supportfor them , forsooth , there was to be nosympathy . But let the world stand aloof if it will—free expression is thc liberty of being sincere , and Mr . P . and liis friends would still struggle for it . —Mr . II . then rapidly glanced at the histoiy and present exertions of the Anti-Persecution Union , and expressed a hope

      that the Union would soon bo able to present Mr . Johnson , of Hull , with the - £ 20 illegally wrested from him by the magistrates ot * that town ; that the repeal of blasphemy laws would soon become an electioneering question , and that every person present would individually memorialise the legislature on the subject . Mr . II . sat down by remarking that he had come prepared to enroll members of the Union , that they might commence their new Monthly Circular in numerous company , ( Atthe conclusion oi' tho meeting more than fifty persons took out tickets of membership . ) The Chairman' then introduced to the mectins as

      a well-known friend of liberty , and one who had sutfcrcd for the freedom of the publication of opinion , Mr . Julian Harney , to respond to thc third sentiment— " The Press . —Honest Journalism , the most potent help to Universal progression . " Mr . Harney most cordially responded to the sentiment . He considered popular ignorance , and the absence of honest journalism , the great cause why the people ' s mightiest struggles had always proved abortive ; in elucidation ot which he took a hasty glance at the most important popular struggles of

      ancient and modern times , shewing that their failure arose from the want of intelligence on the part of the people , which , since the discovery of thc art of printing , was mainly to be imputed to the dishonesty of journalists . He warmly complimented Mr . Paterson , and concluded by showing the deadly effects of priestcraft as exhibited at the present time , more particularly on the Continent . The priests were the most wily , the most unscrupulous , and the most formidable foes of popular prcjjress , and should be everywhere combated with untiring and fearless energy . Mi * . Harney sat down amidst warm applause .

      We regret that the crowded state of our columns prevents us giving a more ample report of the pro - ceedings of this highly interesting meeting , wliich will long be remembered by all who were present .

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      London. Metropolitan District Council, T...

      LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , _Tubnagain-une _, April 6 th . Mr . G . Cooper in the chair . — The balance sheet of the quarter was brought forward , audited , and found correct . Mr . J . Simpson was unanimously re-elected treasurer , and Mr . J . Arnott secretary , for the ensuing three months . Several reports were delivered in , respecting the ensuing Chartist Convention and the Llewellyn Hat Club , and the council adjourned . Balaxce Sheet of the _Metkopolitan District _CouA-cifc , from Jan . oth to April Gth , 1845 : —

      Receipts . Expenditure , £ s . d . . £ s . d . Balance last quarter 0 0 1 Rent 1 fl 0 Camberwell .. .. 0 4 6 Secretary ' s salary 012 0 City of London .. 0 10 5 Advertisement duty 0 1 fi Hammersmith .. 0 3 0 Printing .. .. 010 0 Marylebone .. .. 095 Paper and postage 024 Somers Town . ; 0 6 D Standard of Liberty 0 2 0 2 5 10 AYestminster ( Clock- house ) .. .. 090 Receipts .. „ 2 11 1 Whittington and Cat 0 6 8 Expenditure .. 2 5 10

      2 11 1 Balance In Hand .. O O S Thomas M...

      2 11 1 Balance in hand .. o O S Thomas _Mautih _Wbeemmi , _** ) John Fbedemck Linden , / Auuit 01 's _' John Simpson , Treasurer . John Abnott , Secretary . Ham , of Science , Whitechapel . —A public meeting was held here on Monday night to near an address on the Corn Laws from John "West , of Sheffield . The hall was crowded to excess . On the motion of Mr . Wheeler , Mi * . Bentole , of Macclesfield , was called to the chair , and in a lucid manner explained the

      objects of the meeting . Mr . West then delivered an able argumentative address , in which he clearly showed that if the repeal of the Corn Laws did effect a reduction in the price of bread , it must be at the expense of the labourer's wages . At thc close of the lecture a discussion was courted . A few remarks were nuide by some gentlemen , which were ably replied to by Mr . West . Votes of thanks were given to the . lecturer and tho chairman , and the meetin _" separated highly gratified with thc treat they had received .

      City Chartist Hall , 1 , _Turnaoain-lane . — On Sunday evening last a spirited discussion took place . Mr . Wilson , of the Anti-Corn Law League , presided . Messrs . Dwane , Dalrymple _, O'Connor , and others , spoke to the question ; the meeting then adjourned . Question for the ensuing Sunday * . "Is the body ot the people sufficiently enlightened to be entrusted with the elective franchise ?"

      HALIFAX . A Public Meeting was held at this place on thc 5 th inst ., to confirm the election of delegates to thc Chartist Convention , as agreed upon by thc West Riding delegate meeting on the 23 rd ult . Mr . B . Rushton was appointed to the chair , when it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . Crossland , seconded by Mr . Lawson , " That Feargus O'Connor , Eso ; ., anil Mr . Christopher Doyle , are fit and proper persons to represent the West Riding in the forthcoming Convention , to be holden in London the third week in April , to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to further the cause of _democracy *" . and make the People ' s Charter become'the law of the land . " The resolution was carried unahimouslv _" ' . NORTH LANCASHIRE : "

      Delegate Meeting .- —On Sunday , April Cth , thc Nortli Lancashire district meeting was held at Mr . Bradshaw ' s , Temperance Hotel , Cnrzon-street , Burnley . Delegates werc present from Barnoldswick , Haslingden , Oswaldtwistle , Colne , _Haggate , Marsden , Wheatley-lane , and Burnley . Bacup and Preston were represented by letter . Arrangements were made for bringing the district into a better state of organisation ; and it was resolved that the next district meeting shall be held at the same place on Sunday , May llth , at one o ' clock in the afternoon .

      EDINBURGH . Lecture . —Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture in the South Bridge Hall , on the evening of Thursday last , on the " Evils of Class Legislation . " He commenced by analysing the component parts of our so-called constitution ; demonstrating the injustice and absurdity of aristocratical institutions , and then gave a powerful and lucid exposition of the evils of the present system , both social and political . Mr . M'Grath lectured again on Friday night on Trades' Unions , which subject he handled in a masterly style .

      MANCHESTER . Carpenters' Hall . —A lecture was delivered in the hall on Sunday evening last , by Mr . James Leach , to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Leach and the chairman , after which the business terminated . OLDHAM . Os Susdat last Mr . William Dixon delivered . an energetic address in the Working Man's Hall , Horsedge-street , inwhichhe exposed the tyranny and absolutism of employers over the employed , * and concluded by exhorting his hearers not to rest satisfied until their just rights were acceded , which would secure a just equivalent for their labour .

      NORTHAMPTON . New Locality . —A public meeting was held in the Association Room , oh Monday , April Jth , to elect a delegate to the forthcoming Chartist Conference . Mr . William Munday was unanimously elected ' and after several votes of instruction , and a vote of thanks to the chairman , thc meeting was adjourned to the 28 th instant .

      Leeds.—Holbeck Ward.—James V. Brook.—A P...

      Leeds . —Holbeck Ward . —James v . Brook . —A public meeting of the burgesses and inhabitants of this ward was held on Monday night , at the Bull ' Head Inn , to take into consideration the late trial at York , between Superintendent James and Councillor Brook , more particularly that part of the evidence which states that Mr . Brook alluded to Mr . James at

      the meetings held in the Zion School , at Holbeck , and at the Horse and Jockey , in October last . The large room was crowded to suffocation ; amongst those present were Councillors Jackson , ' Robson , Heywood , and Brook . Mr . James Whitley was called to the chair . He opened the meeting by some appropriate remarks , and concluded by reading over the evidence of the three witnesses at York . Messrs . Sykes , Cluderay , Stead , Chambers , Wade , Johnson , Ross , Stansfield , and Preston took part in the discussion which followed , every one being- clearly of opinion that not one word which these men said was true ; after a while the following resolution was carried unanimously : —" That this meeting , having heard the evidence adduced in York in favour of Mr . James , which evidence charges Mr . Brook Svith having slandered and otherwise defamed the character of that centleman at certain meetings which were

      held in tnis neighbourhood , on the respective dates of the 14 th , 16 th , and 21 st of October last , but move especially those ofthe earliest dates , which meetings were held at the Zion Schoel Room , at which we were severally present , we hereby solemnly declare that Mr . Brook never uttered the language imputed to him , nor did he , at the above meetings , in any wise asperse the character of Superintendent James . " The chairman then called on all those who , were § resent at the Zion School meetings , to sign a _eclaration in conformity with the above , when betwixt eighty ahd ninety appended their names to the document . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . We hear that Mr . Brook intends , through his counsel , to move for an arrest of judgment , on the ground that the count upon which the verdict was obtained for James is bad . All the three counsel entertained strong hopes of upsetting it .

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      The Presiuext's Oath.-R Is Not Generally...

      The _Presiuext ' s Oath .-R is not generally _kne —and the tonchina circumstance ought to oe m lishedto the _wliolc worhl-that the Bible on _whi Mv Polk look the Presidential oath , was very bar somcly bound for the purpose in the skin of a negi —Punch , Cutting Down a Name . — . Most persons are awa that the cognomen of Cholmondeley is pronounced for why wc know not , but such it is—Ghumley . O who was ' not , however , aware of this , presented nil self at the Hon . Mr . Chohiiondelcy ' s door , and up the opening of which asked a fat and lazy serva whether Mr . Chol-mon-dc-ley lived there l " Nc was the reply , " nor any of his pc-o-plc . " — Gre Gun .

      Pat ix the Plavhovse . —The drama by Sophoch entitled Antigone , reccntlv revived in London , w performed the other night _' in "Dublin . At the end the play there was a loud and general " call" for tl author ; and the manager was obliged to come _uOlb the euvtain , and beg that Sophocles might lie o citscd , as he had been dead more than two thonsav years . Scholarship Extr . iordi . varv . —Thc Derby Mereur in noticing the performances of a ventriloquist in th town , has the following ;— " Wc ought not to my mentioning that Mr . Macmillan is a Scotch gcntl man , and , although having been only eight mont in England , he has acquired the mastery of the Er lish language I" This is nearly as remarkable as t fact noticed by an observant traveller some yci ago , that in Paris the children actually talk Frcn to one another ' .

      an essav to miss kathamnb jav An S A now 1 mean 2 write 2 U , sweet K T J , The girl without a II , The belle of U T K . 11 der if U got the 1 I wrote to IT B 4 I sailed in the It K D A , And sent by L "N More . "My M T head will scarce contain 1 calm IDA bright , But A T miles from U 1 must

      M _^ *— , this chance 2 write . And first should NENVU , B B Z , mind it not , Should any friendship show , B true , They should not B forgot . But friends and foes alike J ) K , As U may plainly G , In every funeral R A Or uncle ' s LEG . Prom virtue never D V S _, Her influence B 9 Alike induces 10 derness Or 10 tude divine . And if ! U cannot cut a — Or cause an ! , I hope U'll put a . 2 l's t R U for annexation 2

      My cousin '—heart and t _}®* He offers in a If , A § 2 of land . E says E loves Ii 2 XS , U _' re virtuous and Y ' s ; In X _1 _SCTIJXI All others in his l's . This S A until U I C , 1 pray U 2 X Q ' s , And do not hum in F E G M y young and wayward muse . _Xovv fare U well , dear K . T J , I trust that "O lt true"When , this U C then U can say , AnSAIOU . The Irish State Church . — " She is not Well . ""* —There is a story in thc Leinstcr family w ., icl passes under the name of " Sho is not well . "

      A Protestant clergyman , whose church w _:-- in V . v neighbourhood , was a guest at thc house oi ' tliat up right and excellent man the Duke of Leinstcr . II < had been staying there three or four days ; and ov Saturday night , as they were all retiring to _th-Mi rooms , thc Duke said , " We shall meet to-morrow al breakfast . " " Not so " ( said our Milesian Protestant ) ,- " your hour , my Lord , is a little too late Cot me ; 1 am very particular in the discharge of my duty , and your breakfast will interfere with my church . " The Duke was pleased with the very proper- _GXCUBGS of his guest , and they separated for the night ; his Grace perhaps deeming liis palace mow safe from all the evils of life for containing in its bosom such an exemplary son of thc Church . Th <

      first person , however , whom tli * Duke saw in thi morning upon entering the breakfast-room was _oui punctual Protestant , deep in rolls and butter , _hii finger in an egg , and a large slice of the best Tip perary ham secured on his plate . " Delighted to se < you , my dear vicar , " said the Duke ; " but I mus say as much surprised as delighted . " " Oh , don ' you know what lias happened ? " said the sacrei broakfaster—" she is not well . " *• Who is not well ? said the Duke : " yon are not married—you have n sister living—I am quite uneasy ; tell mc who is no well . " " Why , the fact is , my Lord Duke , that m ; congregation consists of the clerk , the sexton , am the sexton ' s wife . Now thc sexton ' s wife is in ver _; delicate health ; when she cannot attend , we canno

      muster the number mentioned in thc rubric ; and w haye , therefore , no service on that day . The goO ' woman had a cold and sore throat this morning , and as I had breakfasted but slightly , 1 thought I migh as well hurry back to the-rbgtilar family dejeuner . ' I don't know that the clergyman behaved improperly but such a church is hatdly worth an insurrectioi and civil war every ten vial's . —Sidney Smith . The Question Solved . —It has often bee ;) _s " puzzler" to us to decide at what age a girl become ! avouug woman , and also at what period oflife the fair sex forfeit that desirable title . We have evei noticed that ' the young are anxious to obtain it while we have never yet met with one who was will ing to resign Mv claim . However , we havis _nov some data upon which to form a judgment , aW * ougl not sufficiently conclusive . A learned j udge decided

      on a late trial , that " a female of thirty-one is not i girl , she is a young woman . " Wc truStthis . info ' rma tion will give satisfaction to many _clierlgidamset who may be puzzled to tell in what _cdt-Sprythe . ought to be placed . —Satirist . •; :- ; . . ' Compliment to Mn , _Jaupi-te . —A cabm aii , thi other day , brought a gentleman before Mr _^ _Sfti-dinfor not paying liis fare . " After driving him abou for some time , " said the cabman , " on further press ing him to know where I should take him to , hi told me I might drive him to the devil ; so I though 1 might as well bring liim before your worship , and ] at once brought him to Row-street and had bin locked up , " _Javdin-i v * aa too good a judge to _taknotice of this very personal allusion . _—iftfrf . Dreadful Shipwreck . —When Plumptre _herr that the John Knox was wrecked , at the _Gooii- > i Sands , he exclaimed , "Awful sign ! we shall _ni-s hear ofthe Reformation foundering \ _TemWe times I .

      -Ibid . More Honours to the Great _Hanged . —A _clergj man of thc Church of England advertised lastwea that he should preach a iunoral sermon on Tappiii on Sunday last . Thousands and millions of persor are consigned to " the Capulets" without such a ( lis languished honour being paid them ; and , with tli exception of tbe Royal family , it is very unusual , m foreigner , a few years ago , said our gaols were thi finest buildings in the country . It might with justie be said , our " hanged" arc its greatest heroes ; foi the honours paid them do not cease with their Uvea tlieir portraits and exploits are carried to the ends a the earth ; their features arc taken in wax , and os hibited to admiring thousands ; funeral sermons ar

      p reached in fashionable churches—every little rel " of tlieir history and career fetching a far better pvi « than that ofthe greatest men that ever adorned tit countiy . A few weeks ago a leaf from a copy-book the lamented Princess Charlotte fetched only £ 18 si five pounds are said to have been given for the Q , u , ker ' s autograph . Relics of Buonaparte have oa brought a few shillings ; the rope that hung Thurte fetehed pounds . The autographs ( franks ) of tH whole Reform Parliament—yes , the whole 638—wen the other day sold , according to the papers , for fvw pounds . For thc letter signed "Caroline , " found i _Delarue _' _s p ocket , it is reported that ft person of din tinction actually offered ten pounds : but unfortu nately it could not be parted with until after the tria nf Hooker . —Ibid . _¦¦

      IMPROMPTU On seeing EM > orqugft rise to offer his arm io the Duke , c ' entering ( he Lords . Out of doors his bay charger well carries the Bute . In the Peers , close at hand and quite ready , A 11 coUar'd and "bridled , with true " Dapple" look , The ex-Governor stands , the old warrior ' s " Neddy .. . - _-.. " ¦!¦' . _* . . _ys . . Jbid . u . The Spiritual Butcher's Shops .- * - " I hau always compared the Protestant Church in Irelara ( and I believe my friend Thomas' Moore stole th ) simile from me ) to the institution of butchers' _shog in all the villages of our Indian empire . ' We ipt ' i have a butcher ' s shop in every village , and you , Hindo « shall pay for it . We know that many ofyou . _donfl

      eat meat at all , and that the sight ot beet-steal is particularly offensive to you ; but still , a sira European may pass through your village , and wan a steak or a chop : the shop shall be established ; am you shall pay for it . ' This is English legiaktioil f Ireland . There is no abuse like it in . in all Asia , in all the discovered parts ofAfrica all we have heard of Timbuctoo . It ib an reauires 20 , 000 armed men fbr its protection of _place ; which costs more than a _milliQu and which in the first French . war , in puffing and panting of fighting . 8 t * amnr must break out into desperate . rehelHon . "

      « All Eurepi , And ^ Err^Tji , Ia^Ija: ;...

      « all _Eurepi , and _^ err _^ _tJi , ia _^ _ija : ; a ; _jgjjj _BpitWo'f "' , ! * - _|* V « ivijl ai _^ 1 _*»^ _UMUVIVU * _U ill _Eurepi ica , and i _ewoMS •< m in-tin _ioa-aVYeai pife ' _io'fttt w * P v _^ \ < s w

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12041845/page/3/