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; _JTSEW YEAR'S BOSS OF OUR EXILE . BY _EBJ-IST JOKES . _flh & t messages from England ? _Wb » t news of blithe- che r * Wntt promise for the t » il _*'' _^ _Vftatbetter hope . Sew Year . 0 Eng land ! thou my country Wl , at dost thou there afar - Vost dream of E istern victories , And truth-destroy ing war - _Do ' _st Tanlt _theproafchurch-dome Above the Ih . ukI . _'S * •'• _*»*• « And . sendinca _!* ns B- _™ _-. Deny thy children _^**
-Bnt whv not build tbe cottage B i » Ve that soul on earth ! Dost _f-av for cosily prisons , Th .. tarns _, that , _Mtt-r spent , _VTouM render prisons needless _. By making hearts content ! _Artrtarin- ; cruel scaff-lds , fay cruel laws to aid , * _Whers criminals *» ay 5 ian K Tin _eriwitwi / thej made ! Post hold this earth a bauble , Th " . gflden _gvasp may span * . Thar title ' s more than virtue , And money more than maa !
post think , that slaves shall _trueklo For ever to the blow ! Rise , nsturt ' s God , and rouse them ! Up , man' and thunder—Ho I What messages _ftvm England ! Whit news of blither cheer ! Vf hst ¦ _.-r _.-nrnw for the mourner ! Whit better hope , New Year * I ' ve b . "" » o long an exile , Jfy heart is sick and sore Trim panting for a quiet grara Oa England ' s hallowed shore . I ccull not sleep here soundly , Bj this cold foreign sea , With the clank of chains above me , That once were bound on me !
Oh ! Call me back to England I Where ' er ye reitor roam , My dear—dear _frlsnds in England , Oh ! Take ma—take me home I
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" _-7 LAS JERROLD ' S SHILLING MAGA-; 'SE . —January . London : Punch Office , 85 , ¦ vet-street . j is only an act of kindness f o the editor of tbis ; si ' vnc to inform him of what he seems to be ally unawaie of , that dissatisfaction is very gene-; j expressed by his readers at the slovenly manner ibich this publication has been for some time _S c onducted . The readers will hardly be :. _ift-d to _gefld humour by reading the _following ica : — [ : i > _Jue to the reader to inform him , thatthe writer A History for Young England" has abruptly brought i _' _uboaT to an _imperfect close . ! : i _« sb . en d _«* emed expedient—to avoid all future _dislintmentand the discomfort of future apology— "to _ivtrinne the Illustrations . *'
Tbere is _something very Yankee-like about these - _*'«•" _-. What next ? Something like the follow-: would be quite in keeping with the above : — " Tosave- tie publisher the trouble and expense _jut-tini * , and the purchaser of the magaiinc the -dee of readme the quantity of matter heretofore _r u . it has been deemed expedient to reduce the _jaher of pages from ninety-six to forty-eight . Is cue lo the reader to add that the price of the L ' siice will remain a- before— One Snn . ti . VG . " _(••' wMse , Mr . JerroW is at full liberty to take his
¦ j course , but one thine is certain , that if the as pursued for some time past in relation to i , _mncuine , is not abandoned for a better , the « . « ofthe public will be made known to the _proir . _vw in a manner anything but pleasant , because - reverse of profitable . lie _tbirty-iftb chapter of St . Giles and St . ires contains some excellent writing in the shape _raaring comment by the author , but the story if makes but slow progress . Again the promise A out to the impatient reader that future _ebapj « i ! l" accelerate the conclusion . "
'sis number contains the commencement of a _v-tory _, whieh " will be concluded within the _pre' year , " entitled , "The Dreamer and the _rktT- " * intended to further " illustrate thc . tip ' _es upon which the magazine was originally ¦ f orth . " " Women in Germany" contains some " _-litions concerning female education , waltzm _*** _, km , and day-dreaming ) in Germany , not very . _- . _erinc to our Teutonic friend- * . " The Pharisees ae Rail" is a slashing attack on the Sabbatical : - •* who have put a stop to Sunday travellini : on ¦ _Tr _' _asiiow tnd Edinburgh Railway . No . i of _ribles for F _< olish Fellows , " showing " How Rays . me _Thornbacks" is well told and might be read ''• . advantage by the ultra-peace men . We give ¦ eiiowmg _extract from thc article
entitled—7 HB PHARISEES OF TO ** BAIL . Galloway , Glasgow . 5 : i . — 'Tis Sunday morning—the people here call it lV : _i' . b—the nord Sunday not being esteemed _inffoly holy by the Jrw-hating community , by which I l _air . _junied . The bells , in s dozen steeples , are _keepf cp a deafening _jin-rle-jangle , as though—Heaven ¦ h . w many gigantic trangles were performing a i- ' _. tharivari , I don't pretend to understand the i _.-. ileal _distinction between the sounds produced by _Uetaland human lips ; but I presume there is a
_Htw of demarcation , inasmuch as I hate been _e-. y frown * d upon by Sannders , the head-waiter , for ting out irto half . a-doisn _uncoasclous bars of _ritana _, " over my cookies and Finan _Haddie . In-. _Smnders , who has just despatched his " morning . *' 'shape of is goodly glass of whiskey—an operation ir . * will repeat , probably every _hsif-bour , till _fur-Mtice—was kind enough to inform me that " _,-iccan _raagins o _« were Uae fit for the Lord's Day . " _iiey drinking , however , is , in bon « t Saunders ' a . a " _ganjing-ou _" ' quite fit and proper for _aiiy day , I ' _sjorSunlav .
. " 3 iajed by rnj friend thc waiter ' s theological _scrupu-. _- I sauntered from the breakfast-table to the win'• ltnaB a foggy , dismal morning , and the good _« of Glasgow , who thronged tbe pavements on their : _' - * ) the _severcl churches , free and established , wbich _--iiij " _dtal damnation ** npon each other with very * ¦ ' - energy an I perseverance , every Sunday morning , --i as dismal and foggy as the weather . -- _¦ ' _iez on these inconsistencies of my respected friends *** _t-f the- _Twied , and respectfully declining Saunders-*" U " seat under that precious Saunt Jabex Mac ' ' ¦ Ut , whose out-pourings had a' ihe smeddum o ' ¦ ; - -l « ace , and nane o' the vain arrogance o * _huratu ~ = ? . " I asked for the time-bill of the Railway to _-iiT Rh .
_»* " * U hae forgotten that there ' s nae Sabbath trains "• _' _* , " responded Saunders . ' ; _" •" ¦ Sunday trains ! _Y"U don't mean to say that the - *¦ communication between Glafgow and Edinburgh ¦ '"• ten tbe two great cities of Scotland—two of the ¦¦ ' •• * citie * of the empire—is entirely interrupted , for ' _¦ ' ¦! _-futir or thirty hours , every week V _•* . _' . bat I do , though , " said S mnders . " Gude be ** ¦ lint has _g'ien ns the grace ' . Muckle need there ' _* . Iwadni be _surprised if ihe rot i' the potatoes _" ' ' _" ' Jp wi' the Sabbath trains " ' " ¦ < * as a fill Edinburgh within fifty miles of me , . " - ' inaccessible . Mv _butincss there was of the last
""' sere : life and death , in fact , might bang upon my _-e or absence . The welfare _an-1 future _prosptcts '• ¦ "le families depended upon the signature of certain ' ¦ ' by a hand long eBfeebled by sickne « s , and now • _expected tobe paralysed by _drath . What was to be ' J >' o stagr _^ oack—no conveyance : the high-road _•** - _* n su entirel y cut up , the iuns andpost-h . nses so ! _^ rteA , that the difficulties In the way of _procur-^ M . ' _iorsts « ere ejuite insuperable . The Railway ' . ii . _j hada _tnonopol yof te . nveyancc . They possessed , "'•' ' . _" •«• "' by which transit was possible . They _^ " ¦ - _-l certain power 8 ( _rBm tbe legislature for the i ' ¦ ' _" _!" _" ' * f _^ c and intercourse , and these powers ¦ lor
- - the preventiou of traffic and intercourse . - * n dar » d to make laws for E _Jiubur-b and _Clas-^ _« ar men dared to prescribe to tbeir fellow-men _-n _** tu which thty should keep tbe Sabbath . . " nd are ' to enslave fonr hundred thousand . oa , " ,, t ° br _** nd ' with eT < rSteTm ol theological L _' _. f ' . u . _" '' ° Mt , u _-P - _" ' - to perpetrate the odious ' 'Hinkm _^ for tbeioselres ; thinking boldly , _think-( - _>; and _Scotland has submitted , at ! c ; : * tfortbe ' _-. t _o-ii-, Thinking _Scotland—educated Scotland Vll' ! Sc * Uand i jou have allowed thc _foursab-( •'• " juirchs to reign over vou , to _forcetheirdogmas _^ _sr _ttrott-s _. andyou tail jourtfclv . _s stiU a liberal _¦^ _Utned people !
• _i ' _- _,,, _^ co ' ck Popes are issuing their bulls , and : _(!» " , _* * 1 'e ! l e _* c " , triumphing ovtr thc free exer-I _, ] v _^ unitUfe aad reason ; reviling the crteds , _j- _'ir ? t . '* , Jt "* e * of all who _attsmpt to stand li t - - ' '" " ''*¦ """ _and those of society . How long ti i ' _^ ' _^ _iV last » _Uow long shall these particular L ! ,. L ' '' J' Their overthrew is noduubtfast : i _; . _V-f St'a 8 e of niankind is arming and marshal-: _i [ . ' ** _'* ' * 'st them ; but until thc dtc . _sirt moment - ,.. _ j j . be _Cjntent , Scotsmen , to _rt-inuin what you ; .. , * J 'j * C ! ii of tbe _minirlpil _tiilv an . l d _.-ri-ion of the
i j-. " j ' '' ' _' 8 content to be tyrannised uvtr by four '• • iM r *" - '< h 6 content to band yourself over i u j ; t ' _ou" _> _» o Mr . Blackaddtr and Co . ; though _v _. il _^ fllln 6 n , _; te _jQu _,- friends , dare not to stir N _-. _iT » 1 * tl Uu _* _^' ct at ( jrs—crouch : uid obey ; keep '•• I' / . ' ] ' ** 5 ' Uareor < _*' red—Rtte-mjt tn think or act _> „ es * " * _Jeiur peril—lurk in your crowded Glas . ii * , * ' - "** wj , nir ! oathsone : Edinburgh closes : thc " —tht bri ght _tunthine of the first day of tbe
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PUNCH . PartLXVI . London : 85 , Fleet Street . _S y \ t £ l _? _^ _, _^ tr th £ _iuTrede volumes , 2 *& T CqU &! to some of _¦*« earlier volumes , I 3 decidedl y an improvement on the tenth :
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r "» pi ° i ; _s _? o Fs _^ , - -- _--Tlus : p 0 rt which concludes the second volume , is niMiguredI by _outraecous pufferies of Macready and i enry \ mcent , Esq . " The latter of these is very wen known to our readers , so well known , that a worn iron , us respecting _hmejuira- * i »/* would be _a' . _togither _supeifluous . As _regards Macready , the great tragedian ' s " merits certainly entitle him to something more than common-place compliments , but the praise lavished upon himthick and slabbv
, , his friend , the Rev . W . J . Fox , is rather too much of a- good thing ; moreover , Macready _' s eulogist seeks to exalt his favourite by depreciating the merits of the mighty dead , a most offensive mode of flattering the living . Tbe other contents of this part mostly command our approval . We give the following extracts from an article by Wm . Howitt , who , as our _rea-lers are aware , has recently disconnected himself from f hia publication ; the article we quote from appears to have been the last of bis contributions to the People ' s Journal .
TBS POET FBEIllaBATH IN _KNOLAND . The King of Prussia on ascending ths throne excited tbe liveliest hopes Of the nation . At his coronation he voluntarily promised his subjects a free , representative constitution . He proceeded to invite into his capital the most learned men , and placed them as professors in the university there . Not men learned merely , bnt distinguished for their political liberality , were amongst thos * _ibus invited and established , lie went the length of iuvitiug several of th _« seven _prefessors of Oottingen who had been expelled for refusing to sanction the King of _Hanover's destruction of tbe Hanoverian constitution . Amongst these were the Brothers Grimm , so well known here by their Children and Ilouse Tales ; but still better known in Germany as most learned philologists . No wonder that these acts excited the most cohur du rote expectations in tbe mind of entire Germany .
It is now needless to say bow miserably havt all these hopes been shattered ; how utterly has this worthless king _falsified all these promises . To this hour he has not made a single advance towards tbe establishment of a free constitution . It was soon seen too , that his Invitation of celebrated men of liberal mind to his capital was not to enable tbem to diffuse tbtir liberal sentiments , but to muzzle tbem ¦ more completely . * * Amongst the literary men on whom the King of Prussia has attempted to put the muzzle is Ferdinand Freili . grath . He is but one amongst mimy who have been obliged to fl _. 'e from Prussia to escape a dungeon . Paris abounds with such literarv _refugees , who , nnder a more ge-nia ] system , would hsve been at home amongst the most useful subjects , and greatest ornaments of their country .
The wily king was anxious to get Freiligrath into his net He was full of power , and capable of doing infinite damage to the cause of despotism . He therefore took his usual _course with him . and endeavoure 4 to stop bis mouth with a lump of pud ing ; in other words , to Frei . ligrath ' s great astonishment , withjut the most distant idea of such a thing , without the slightest solicitation or expectation , presented him with a pension . The pension once given , however , it becume _sp-edily obvious what the * object of it was . The poet was speedily called upou to notice that now scarcely a _single poem of his uf the mast sober kind , n . id on the most indifferent subject , could appear in tbe literary _j-. urnals without being mutilated b y tbe hand of the censor , and sometimes could not appear at all . Alarmed at this ominous discovery , high-minded and sensitive of bis honour , he saw that , this permitted , would soon force upon him the charge of having sold his independence for a pension . An occasion soon off < ired to test tbis nu'ter . He had sent some small _potms to tbe
Cologne Gazette ; they were suppressed by the censor , He demanded au explanation , and appealed against the deeision of the local censor to the High Court of Censor ship in Berlin . To decide whether one particular poem _mii- ' ht see the light unnmtilated , the _Hish Court of Censorship held its sitting in Berlin on tbe 13 th of February , 1811 . in which no _Isss grave and dignified personages than the Actual Privy Cpp « r Counsellor of Justice and _Secretary of State , tbe President Boraemann , and the members Privy Upper Counsellor of Justice , Zettwach- Privy Upper Counsellor of Justice , _Goeschtl , Privy Upper Tribunals' Counsellor , Ulrich , Privy Government ' s Counsellor , Aulicke , Actual Counsellor of Legition , Graf von _Schlieffe-n , Professor von Laaicolle , and Privy Finance Counsellor , Von Obstfelder , sat in deep deliberation—on what !—to consider whether this poem might , witbout danger to the Stat .-, be published entire ; and decided that it could not , without the omission of tbe two following lines : —
" The Tartar vulture tore the rose of Poland Before our eyes , and grimly left it lying . " The forbidden lines were pronounced a libel on the king ' s brother-in-law , the Czar of Russia . The poem , of course , appeared without those two lines in PrusBia ; but was immediately published with them in Hamburg . Freiligrath instantly threw up biB pension , and shortly afterwards nubliehed a volume of _pe * e . m % called bis Glauhen ' s Bekaninisie , or Confession of Faith . In this boldly , warmly , yet not intemparately _. _'he proclaimed his _eleep sympathy with his Fatherland in its enslaved condition . Before its publication the prudent poet took the necessary precaution of stepping across tbe frontier into Belgium . The event proved that the caution was well-grounded . An immediate order for the suppression
of the poems , and the arrest of the author was issued by government . Spite of this , 5 , 000 copies of the work _wer-j almost immediately dispersed _throughout Germany , and the sale of the work has since continued to be great _. The author retired with his accomplished wife to Brussels , where he resided some time . But here he found _himself not safe from the long arm of Prussian influence . A Herr _Heinztn , who had been _obliged t- flee from Prussia to Paris for a similar cause , was , while living there in the utmost quiet , _ordured , through the influence of the Prussian ambassador , to quit France in eight and forty hours . He came to Brussels , and with him
Freiligrath concluded to seek an asylum in Switzerland , Within six hours of bis quitting Brussels another German , singularly enough of the same name and residing in the same street , was arrested for Freiligrath by mistake . From that period , 1814 , till recently , Ferdinand _Freili-rath bas been residing at Zurich . But exiled by his patriotism and deep sense of honour from his native land—for enter any part of Germany , and by tbe articles of the German Confederation he must be delivered up to Prussia—it bas always appeared tome that tbe only genuine home for such a man ia such a position was _England . 1 have , therefore , never ceased to press upon him to establish himself
in—The inviolate Island of tbe brave and free . He bas now done it , and tbe event bas justified the soundness of the advice . Here he has been received with open nrme , not only by the large body of his own countrymen—a body in London of great wealth and _enlightened character—but our own countrymen . Ferdinand Freiligrath it a man as practical as he is poetical _, lie was arly educated in the first continental houses to commerce , and be has wisely resolved to devote his business hour . *; to the strenuous pursuits of business , and bis leisure moments only to literature . With connections already secured to him by his countrymin that insure an honourable independence , with a mind at ease , and his person in _safety , th « re is no doubt but those moments will produce in the course of years the test guarantee of an extended fame .
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MACKENZIE'S MONTHLY RAILWAY TIME TABLES . ADVERTISER , & STRANGER'S LONDON GUIDE . This useful publication improves on each appearance , and is really a wonderful pennyworth . This sheet may be had at the publisher ' s , 111 , Fleet Street , and also at all the rail _•> ay stations . All _persons travelling by rail , or visiting London , should not fail to possess themselves of this most necessary companion .
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RHYMES ASD RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAND LOOM WEAVER . Br William Thom , of Inverury . Third Edition . London " * Smith , Elder , and Co ., 65 , Cornhill . So recent •» last April , we devoted snme columns of two successive numbers of this journal , to a review of Thorn ' s poems ; it is , therefore , unnecessary tbat we should now ¦• ay many words more than merely announce a new edition of the poet ' s works . This edition is cheaper than the one reviewed last April ; and , consequently , more within the reach of tbe class to wbich Thorn belongs , for whom he has written , and on whom his talents reflect so much honour . While costing _ltsa , this edition is in every respect equal to its predecessors . To say nothing of the beauty ofthe
' * Rhymes , " and the pathos and eloquence of those " Recollections , " in which tbe poet has so iaitbfully pictured his own sufferings , and so forcibly exposed the wrongs of his order—to say nothing on these subjects , on which we have before so fully commented , we may say that the volume is got up with great taste . It is pTinted with great care , on the best paper , with the best of ivpo . Excellent portraits of _* be poet and his . son'" Wiliie" face the title page . The binding is appropriate and neatly executed Altogether it is a charming Ixiok , equally worthy of the table of the mansion and the cottage , the rich man ' s library and the poor man s book shelf , and earnestly wejrecotnnieiid it to our readers . We select ihe following piece , which we _Ulic-Tc bas not before appeared in our
co-. ' ( _i-Jiifb : — THE _mTHKKLlSt EA 1 BS . When a'ithcr bairnies are hushed to their hame , Br aunty , or cousin , or frecky grand-dame ; Wlm htan ' s last an * ianely , an' naebody cairn 'Tis the puir doited loonie—the mitlitrleBs bftira
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Tbe mitherless bairn gangs to bis lane bed , Nane covers bis cauld back , or haps bis bare head ; His wee hackit h . _elies are hard as thc aim , An' litheless the lair o ' the mitherless bairn ! Anoath his cauM brow , siccao dreams tremble there , 0 ' hands that wont kindly to _kamc his _dnrk hair ! But mornin' _bring-e clutches , a' reckless an' stern , That loe nae the locks o' the mitherless bairn ! Yon sister , that sang o ' er his saftly-rocked bed , Now rests in the _mools whaur _hsrmammie is laid ; The father toils _sair their wee bannock to earn , An' kens nae the _wrangs o' his mitherless bairn ! ner spirit , that _pass'd in you hour o' his birth , Still watches his wearisome wand _' rings on earth , Recording in heaven the blessings they earn , Wha couthilie deal wi' the mitherless b : iirn !
Oh ! speak him nae _hurshly—he trembles the whilelie bends to your bidding , and blesses your smile . ' In tbeir dark hour o' anguish , the heartless shall learn That God deals the blow for the mitherless bairn ! S . 4 t" Julian Harney will be happy to supply the admirers _i-f the poet with copies of the _' new edition , at the price stated in the advertisement ( see 2 ml column , 4 th pane . ) Apply to J . II ., at the Northern Star office , 10 , Great Windmill Street , Ilayniarket .
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Death of a Yohng Fkmale from Lock-jaw . —On Wednesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital on the body of Sarah Wiuckworth aged 19 . who died from lock-jaw , occasioned by frightful burns . The deceased was in the service ol Mr . Layton , Grove Ilouse , Ui » U- » treet , Putney . On the afternoon of Monday the 28 th ult , sho was sitting by the kitchen fire , when her master ' s child , _aned two years , _be- _< an sereaming violently , a buok which it had in its hands having caught fire from deceased ' s gown , on to which t spark had fallen .
Deceased having placed the child in safety called loudly for assistance , Mr . Layton and his brother met her running about ir . great agony , all her clothes having been burnt off her person with the exception of her stays and under garment , which were then in a blaze . The fire being extinguished , she was immediately conveyed to the above hospital , where she was found to be shockingly burned over both arms and back . She went on > very favourably until Satur day last , when she was seized with tetanus , under which she sunk , and died on Sunday evening at 8 o ' clock . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Suicide at Waterloo Bridge . —An inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Hero of Waterloo , Waterloo-road , on the body of William Jervis , aged fity-five . Deceased had been a furniture broker in Melina-place , Waterloo Bridge-road , but in consequence of pecuniary embarrassments he sold his business , and lately had been acting as servant to the purchaser . The change in his ciicumstances , together with some domestic differences , the chief of which was his separation from his wife , had such an effect on his mind that he w . is at times deranged . On Friday last ho took leave ol his daughter in n manner more affectionate than usual , and the next lav he was found drowned at Waterloo Bridge . There were several injuries to the head , but the . * e it was proved were caused by his jumping off the _b-idge and falling against one of tho buttresses . Verdict , "' Temporary insanity . "
Fatal Railway _Accidemt—A terrible accident happened on Saturday last at the works of the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Railway , near Worcester . This line of railway , which has now been in course of construction for several months , runs eastward of Worcester , and at alnut the distance of a mile from that city is a short tunnel , about 300 or 400 yards long , passing under Spooner ' s or Rainbow-hill . To carry on the excavations in this tunnell two shifts have been sunk , and it _wob at one of these shaft' * that the accident happened . The soil it appears , is removed from the tunnel by the use of large windlasses , and skips , or large buckets , men
being placed at the niou h of each shaft to receive the skips as they are brought up trom below . On Saturday one ofthe men while engaged in the work of drawing a skip upon the platform placed for it . * * reception , got on his wrong side , and was in a moment , bef _< re a helping hand could be held out to him , forced off the platform into the shaft , and falling to the bottom with his head upon the rails laid below for tbe _purpuse of assUtnis thc removal of tbe soil , was literally dashed to pieces . The poor fellow must bave died instantaneously , for on being picked up it was found ihatf , to use the expression of one ol his _lollow-workmen ) theie was not a whole bone in his body .
Melancholt Death of Mn . Yocatt — On Tuesday Mr . Mills , tbe Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex , received information ofthe death of Mr . Youatt , the celebrated veterinarian , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances : —11 appears that the deceased gentleman was in tke 70 th year of his age , and resided with his family at No . 1 . Osnaburgh place , New Road . The deceased lud for a long period of years kept up an excellent establishment , but latterly , however , lie , by heavy pecuniary losses from unfortunate speculations , became somewhat embarrassed , and which at length resulted in a morbid depression of spirits , which at times was so perceptible that his friends apprehended he was ol unsound mind ; but , generally after an attack o _' " melancholy he would become so cheerful and rational as entirely to remove all previous fears with regard
to his slate of mind . He neverexhibited the slightest symptoms of ailing until Saturday last , on which morning , between eleven and twelve , be went out , complaining of a pain in his head , and rntlur low spirited . He , however , returned at 12 , and then retired into his room , wherein he remained undisturbed until about two , when the maid servant proceeded to his apartment to announce the dinner , but receiving no answer , and the door being partially open , she stepped in , and saw him sitting on a couch Thinking lie wag asleep , she advanced further , and , on approaching closely , discovered that he was dead . The alarm was immediately given , and Mr . Porter , the medical attendant to the family , was summoned at once , who , on his arrival , pronounced life to be wholly extinct . There was a _small _ bottle , as well as a cup , by his side , on the table , wliich had evidently contained poison .
bATAL Policb Affray . —Bishop Stortford . —An inquiry took place at the county gaol last week ,, on th" bndy ofa prisoner named John Serle _,, aged 47 , _vlhodhei from the effects , it was alleged , of a cutlns wound inflicted by one of the police , in apprehending him on a charge of robbery on the 22 nd ot last month The evidence contained the subjoined facts : —On Sunday morning se ' night , a policeman named Bygrave and another , who were on duty in the town , discovered three men , whom they knew to be bad characters , hurrying to the churchyard with something concealed in a sack , which one of them was
carrying over bis shoulder . They were overtaken and found to bathe deceased and hia sons , two young men . The latter managed to jump over a hedge and escape , leaving their father and the policeman Bygrave , scuffling . The deceased who was a power lul man , _fought desperately . The constable had previously drawn a cutlass , and fearing he was getting the better of him , he made ( to use his expres sions before the Jury ) a chop at his arm , but unfortunately struck him on tbe head , and inflicted a severe cut . " Notwithstanding the wound , the _decta--cd still endeavoured to get away , till he became exhausted from less of blood . The officer then
conveyed tke deceased to the nearest surgeoa , who dressed the wound , and eventually he was removed to the county gaol . It seemed that therural police had been deprived of their cutlasses for nearly a twelvemonth , but wben the order was issued the constable Bygrave was not in the force , lie had since joined , and had possessed himself of the weapon out of the station house in the town , whero there were several kept . Mr . Davis , the surgeon of the county gaol , attributed deceased death tocrysipelas , but he was
unable to say _positively whether the erysipelas had been brought on by the wound , or from constitutional causes . After a lengthened investigation , the Jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from erysipelas , " _adding , they were of opinion that the constable acted wrongly in using deadly weapons , when he knew the deceased , and could afterwards have obtained assistance and taken bim into custody , the more particularly when he was forbidden bv the laws of tho police force to carry any weapon of the kind .
Tub Punch Asecdoies . —We think it was Lord Brougham who , upon being asked whether O'Connell made much money by his eloquence , said' ¦ Why , sir , he coins money—he makes bank-notes out of the very _rays of his countrymen . "— " It ' s all nonsense , " exclaimed Sheridan ; " members may deliver speeches , but it is the reporter * who make them . I have often been surprised , on waking up in the morning , to find myself a great orator , livery reporter is an Orpheus , who , by playing thc literary lyre , extracts music out of the veriest sticks and stoneB .-Bonavei . tuie , in his World of Words , says , " The reason there are bo very few female orators is because a woman , when once she begins to talk , never knows when to leave off . "— " It was mooted a
twelvemonth back to have the new frescoei * . in tho Ilouse of Commons painted in wax , " You had better not , " said Sergeant Murphy—" the Irish members , with their eloquence , will melt them all . " —Sheil _learni every one of his _spiei-bes by heart . He reherses them always at homo to a collection _, of old parrots , whom he has tausht to say , " hear , " " order , " and to whistle , scream , crow , and make all sorts of deafening noises . Tho _interruptions he receives from them in tbe course of his speech , as he gets energetic , gives him confidenco , he says , for the House of Commons , as he imagines , when he addresses the _mwabers , that he is onto speaking to so many parrots . He has given each of them n different name , but we will be generous and not repeat one .
A Yanrek Jjut . —In his late work on tho United States , Mr . l ' eatherstonhaugh says , that in all trials for small debta in the townships of tho northern _states , when the magistrate asks the jury , ' * Gentlemen , who do you find for ? " the foreman answers , " We find Wr . it for ourselves . _'" which , is sixpence lor each ol the jury at every trial .
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A Pat Reply . —A conceited coxcomb , with a very patronising air , called out to an Irish labourer , "Here , you bo _^ trotter ! come and tell me the greatest lie you can , and I'll treat you to a jug of whisky-punch . " " My troth ! " retorted Pat , " an yer honours ' a gintleman . " Live Widows . —The celebrated Rajah Rumhobbledehoy was asked when he returned to India what he thought of England . " Oh , it ' s a very fine country , " replied the Hindoo Rajah , " spoilt by a number of live widows . " _Dinir Shirts . —Counsellor _Rudd , ofthe Irish bar , was equally remarkable for his lovo of whist and the dingy colour of his linen . " My dear Dick , " said Curran to him one day , " you can't think how _pua'ed we are to know where you buy all your dirty shirts . "
A YA . SK . KK KPIORAM . " Give me a kiss , ray charming Sal , " A lover said to a blue-eyed gal . " I _sliant , " says she " you lazy elf , _Screw up your lips and help yourself !" A Family in Good Repair . —An advertisement appears in a provincial paper , of a house to let , suitable lor a small famil y in good repair . " A Hvm ' vu . —If you saw a woman trying to pick yonr pocket what Roman General ' s name would you call out t Caiear ( seize her . ) Robinson Crusoe ' s Religion . —Why do you suppose that Robinson Crusoe was an Episoopalian ? Because he kept good Friday . Suokiso Ladies . —The North American copies our suggestion that ladies might keep their mouths out of worse business , and adds :
"Irue ; but it will unfit them for better employment . —A woman ' s mouth should be " _seui' _-er paretus "—always ready to be kissed , for it stands a sort of vidette over the breast-works , and is generally attacked the first , and often very suddenly . A soldier would be as useless with damp priming or a * wooden flint ' as a _wnman with her mouth deformed into a chimney or a smoke flue . " As to kissing , wo think tobacco in any shape a perfect antidote to it . What ! A delicate rosebud ofa mouth to be poisoned by being brought in contact with an animated tobacco-box—a livingsegarholder ! Faugh !—New York Tribune .
IIobriiilf . !—Tub _Clobb c # tub Battle of the Sutlej . —Whether with a view of preventing the victors from following them across the river , or more _probabN with the design of cutting all hopes of retreat from the Sikhs , and _thusoblit-ing _theiatofi-iht _, one of the boats trotu thc centre of the bridge had been let loose and tho passage by it totally cut off . In oue dense mass , of thousands , tho discomfited Sikhs had no alternative but to take to the river breast-high ; progress was necessarily slow , and their pursuers had ample time to give thera volley after volley , while the horse artillery mowed down those at the greatest distance with _murderoua grape . 'Che river was covered with dead and dying ; the mass of the former _actually formed a bridge in the middle of the stream , while , aa the musket and grape took
effect hundreds were seen raising their heads for an i iiuant , and then disappearing forever . The fire on a retreating foe in the field of battle is at all times injurious ; but when that foe not only turns his back but is intercepted by a deep stream of water , he become * a sure aim , and the carnage committed by his pursuers must be deadly beyond conception , and such it was at Sobraon . None , were spared , for they had spared none . Ail shared the same fate . In the wlmlo annals of warfare , no parallel can be found to the carnage at Sobraon , even when a battle has been fought under circumstance which gave every possible advantage to the ! victors . In vain d . d theSirdairs ( among whom was the brave old Sham Singh Attareewala , who died nobly ) endeavour to rally the living Sikhs . Onwards they rushed , death and destruction following them , and the deep waters of the Sutlej ready to engulph their dead
bodies , or fini » h what the _rouskot and grape hud half performed . Fine days after the action , and when the walls of the entrenchment had been nearly levelled with the ground , the sandbank in thc middle of the rivea was completely covered with dead Sikhs , ' and tho ground on the left bank , and within the entrenchment , thickly strewed with carcasses of imn and horses . Thin all was quiet ; the Euroueon soldiers had been _cartfully covered with earth , and at one spot near the dry bed of tho nullah , no fewer than twenty-seven soldiers of the hi European Light Infantry lay interred in a single grave . The Sikhs had returned for their dead , and the Commander-in-chief generously allowed them to carry off the body of Sirdar Sham Singh , and other I ' ersoiia of note ; but the task was found irksome , and hundreds of Sikhs were left as food for the jackal , the don , and the vultures . —History of the Stklis by W L . M' G-rego-.
editor ' s _soLiLouur . To write or not to « rite ? that ' s tho question . Whether 'tis best to _talce up the pen After n sleep } dinner of baked _beunt , To _mb it , scratch your pate , and feel for brains , And clip--nnd clip—aud clip Tbe butter thoughts of others ! We pause for counsel ! Joe , hand die scissors ! POSITIVE ASD C 0 XPABAT 1 VK LESSORS IN _ORAMUAU . The thing a porter wears round his hat to carry parcels is a knot , but a certain amphibous animal is _«»» otter . There ' s a fruit you ' re fond of called a fi g , but an imsuo is a figure . Hamlet ' s father was summoned by a cock , but the best arithmetician of his time was a C _«" _-er . An attempt to poison yourself is _arqsh act , but a slice of fried bacon is a rasher .
A showery day is damp , but the refusal of a young lady to marry you is a damper . A sovereign short of weight is light , but a boat for the conveyance of goon ' s is a lighter . What you attach to a window is . a blind , but a Mash of lightning is a blinder . A stiff old lady is prim , but a child's spelling-book is a primer . A cracked head is a sore affair , but ft skylark is a sourer . When the heat is at one hundred decrees it is a wwm day , but a saucepan is a warmer . A ehesuut horse is a brown animal , but a baker ' s oven is a Arowtur . A tall handsome man is fine , but a magistrate is a finer . A man who runs swiftly is fast , but a person who ibstams from eating is a / aster . A nun perfectly healthy i * sound , but there is a man on board a man-of-war who is a sounder .
JANOAttY . By the Author of " -Rural _Sonncls , " "Ignit de _Caitro , " Hardy as yon fresh bays upon his brow , With the blown _Lauristinus interweav'd—Ere yet tbe husbandmen resume the plough , Or festive . - days by labour are retrieved ; Lo , _J-tnuary leads the yount ; New Year Happy in welcomes , and with hope _elnte ; _Though , round its form , cold winds and cloudi carter , And barren would appear its first _estitU . Now—if the weather freeze , or dry the ground , Manures aro carted , and the routes repaired : In - orest haunts , the woodmen ' s strokes resound •' For spceJiest produce , gardens arc prepared : While , here aud _tliert , just peer above the soil Signs of the life _whertwith vast Nature ' s womb doth toll - Hood ' s Magazine .
_ImsH Cokporate Amenities . —The following scene took place at a special _meeting of the Dublin corporation last week . The new Lord Mayor ( Alderman Staunton ) presided for the first time ; and , having complained of the 11011-uttendnnce , and consequent neglect of duty by members of the council , his Lordship notified his intention of carrying on the business of the corporation , as far as he was concerned , with punctuality , and , if it was the opinion of the majority of the house , he would then vacate the chair . " Here , " says the report in one of the morning papers , — Some bye-play having _occurred between Alderman _O'Uriun nud Mr . _IU-yiiolels _, the latter announcing that he would not permit the former to lecture him , and the former saying he would uot be dictated to , the motion was put ami curried .
The Lord Mayor vacated tho chair , announcing the •¦• _ethics would be held for the future at 1 o ' clock . _ftAldannim O'llrien ( addressing the _re » portcrs _, )—Ihope h < i gentlemen of tbe press -fire anything of tbis dis . ion , they will publish tbe whole of it . r _, Reynolds—As you anume a dictatorship on every g else , you want to dictate to the press _, lteporter ofthe _Frtemon ' _s Journal . —The press will be dictated to by any oue , Mr . Reynolds . r . Reynolds— I ' m sure of that . lderman Butler—I hope , my Lord , tbiro will be an dA to these things . If Mr . _Ite-vnolds is to bully every ember of tho corporation in this manner we must call _* r protection from your Lordship . I know that I would " ot permit Mr . _Heenoldi t » bully me as hu has done Al" crinan O'Brien . If Alderman O'Brien chooses to allow Mr . Reynolds to bully him iu this maimer , I would uot permit it , Mr . Reynolds—Except wben I bullied you about tht s ; ilc of the knives and forks to the corporation .
Alderman Bulter—No , Sir , No ! You dare not bully rne when I was present tbe other day—you , and tbat d—d old carpenter ! Mr . _Foim-vrty ( running down tbe room and facing Alderman Butler )—What , do you mean me ! Alderman ButUr ( facing in his turn '— Yes , oldFogarty—th e *—I old sinner . Mr . _FiT _-arty—Eh _£ W ) iat J Alderman Butler—Yes , you infernal old _sianer and room-kce-per ! I'd kick you in a minute , you ruffian ! ( fries of Order . ) Mr . i _' _ogarty—Would you meet mo like a gentleman ! Would you appoint a friend , and I weuld meet you 1 Alderman Butler | slinking his umbrella )—I'd » ooa » r kick you than blow your biains out , you ruffian . Alderman Butler here left the council , and thus ended tho scene .
The "d—dold _sinntr" intends bringing the" worthy " alderman into the Queen ' s Bench , and Mr . _llejnoldsii to move a rote of censure in the corporation upon tbe con * duct ofthe umbrella-shaking functionary ,
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CuRiotrB Theft . —In the neighbourhoed of Lincoln the manes ami tails of horses have lately been frethehof T t 0 ff b 7 _** lieves ' for tne purpose of selling Rice .-a company has been formed at Paris for _SS S !! „ ° / -f 0 winf L rice on a l _^ _™ _k the iv ™ J * _«>»«> utliern department of France . ? J _^ _nwlTn R _^ - A 8 er * - _« o emboldened the wolves in Belgium that one was killed a few davs _Iwdia RunBEB .-The American General Scott has been supplied with an outfit of India rubber camn equipage . v _Aktioonb Wedded to _EscutAPius . —It is an ' , - Miss Helen Faucit is about to be married to aphysi . cian at Dublin .
Advance in the Price of Spirits —On Saturday last nearly all the licensed victuallers , according to previous agreement , advanced thc price of " cornspirits" twenty per cent , for all over-proof , and ten per cent , for under-proof spirits . A Job for _Teetotai , i . ers . —A plan has been published at the Hague for draining tho Zuydeizee . The expense of this gigantic undertaking is reckoned at 64 , 000 , 000 ot florins ; about £ 6 , 000 , 000 sterling . A Triumph for _Teetotallers . —The floor of & new temperance-hall , just opened at Cirencester , is mainly composed ot the staves of demolished beer barrels—part of the property ofa defunct neighbour _, ing brewery _. Free Trade . —La Presse asserls that the adoption of free trade by France would deprive 3 , 000 French ships of employment , and make the English and the Americans universal carriers for tho world .
_Eoos . — l'he scarcity of eggs has never been known so great as at the _present time . At Sunderland , for the last three weeks , they have been sold at 2 s . 6 d . to 3 s . a dozen , and in some cases a shilling has been demanded and paid for three . Thk Adelpiii Theatre is about to be rebuilt on a larger _scale _. adjoining properties have been purchased for that purpose . What ' s in ins Wi . vd ?— We understand that returns have been made , by order of government , from
this and other counties , containing very full and detailed information , relative tn the £ \ 0 householders . From this fact it is , wc suppose , that a report has origirated of certain wild schemes which ministers are said to have in contemplation respecting household suffrage . For ourselves we cannot believe them _enpab'e of such madness . It is very possible , however , that there may be some coquetry with the rato paying clauses of the Reform Act , such as to call for the determined opposition of all who seek to preserve peace and publio order . —Brighton Gazette .
The Universities . —A rumour exists that among the projects of Government which the present Ministry have under consideration , is that of sending a royal commission of inquiry to both the Universities . —Morning Pott , The poor rates of Manchester in 1835 amounted to £ 20 , 854 a year . They amounted in 1845 to £ 54 , 000 . This advance is doubtless attributable in a great pegree to the immigration from Ireland ; and if a reverse in trade to a greater extent than at present take place , Lancashire will become a second Mayo . Public Ovens . —It is said that a company is about to be formed in London for the erection of publio ovens , on the same principle as the baths and washhouses . The labouring poor will then be enabled to make their own broad , as pans and other requisites will be provided , and the baking performed at a trifling expense .
Wonderful SnoES . —A Dutch officer asserts that he has invented a species of shoes which will enable a man to walk and run on the water , aud if upset to float on it . The shoes are attached to an apparatus which covers the entire body , leaving it the free use of the arms , and the apparatus ia said to be « hotproof . Several experiments have been made , and _avo said to have proved au & essful . Tub Pope —Negotiations are said to be going on between the pope and most of the other princes of Italy , with a view te closer alliances than have hitherto existed Whale FisnERr . — The first ship which ever left England for the whale fishery , was one of only thirty tons burthen , with twelve men , commanded by Silvester Wyet _, from the port of Bristol , in the year 1591 .
The Sultan . —The Princess of Servia has received pom the Sultan , as a present , his portrait set with illiants . This is said to be thc first instance of a resent being made by the Sultan to a female Christian vassal . Ghee * * * Peas . —On Friday , green peas , imported from Holland , and warranted by the sellers to possess the same flavour as those gathered in the midillo of summer , were sold in the streets of London at Oil . tho quart . Travelling for in Million . —A general conveyance company proposes to establish railway omnibuses ! jo run to all the metropolitan stations , for the conveyance of passengers and parcels at a penny _ani ' _ilo ; and it intends to start with 500 omnibuses and a stud of 4 , 000 horses .
_Spiritual . —A strong remonstrance having been presented to tho bishop of London , against the impropriety of storing malt and spirituous liquors in vaults under churches , that prolate has intimated his intention to tako _step 3 to prevent those vaults from boing used for such purposes . "Uneasy libs tiie Head that Wears a Crown . " —It is said that there is always a light in thc King of the French ' s sleeping room , and that two pistols are placed on a table near his bed . Good . —The officers and men of the 3 rd regiment of Foot , which is now quartered in Dublin , have contributed a day ' s pay for the relief of the distressed Irish . The AccunsKD . —Since the time of Louis XIV ., who succeeded his father Louis X 11 I . there has not . been a single instance of the crown of France descending directly from father to son .
Lots of Moons . —In the present year there will be 13 full moons—two in January , not one in February , two in March , and one in each succeeding month . Mesmeric _Ho-tital , —The government of Bengal has established a mesmeric Hospital at Calcutta , which is to be placed under the charge of Dr . Esdaile . Wolves . — The Livonian papers mtntion many instances of wolves attacking both men and cattle . The district of Dorpat was the most infested by the ravenous beasts .
Provisions from the Unitf . d States . —The New York , Devonshire , Glasgow , anel M . irmion , from New York , and Magnolia from New Orleans , which were reported at the Custom-house , Liverpool , on thc 19 th inst ., bring 19006 barrels flour , 5 , 100 bags and 10 , 032 bushels Indian corn , 1 , 007 barrels Indian oorn meal , 130 barrels and 200 boxes biscuits , 91 tierces rice , 35 packages butter , 2 , 023 _packages tierces . 3 , 005 packages lard , 85 ( barrels pork , 65 oheks beef , and 16 boxes bacon . _casLioiiTsiNO at Sea . —By a letter received from the mate of the schooner EI _' im . of Mevagissey , it appears that on the lttih ultimo , two days alter leaving Leg . horn , on her passage , during a storm of thunder and hightning , the master , John Whetter , was struck by Ihe electric fluid , and expired twenty minutes after the accident .
The Weather Abroad . —It appears by a letter which a _contemporary has published , that oven in Genoa , so much resorted to by invalids for winter quarters , on account of its mild climate , there has been extremely severe Irost , and all ) be adjacent heights , and even the shipping in the harbour , wero covered with snow . The or . inS o and lemon trees , and almost all the produce of the gardens , have been destroyed . Lord John _Rtn-SKU . and tiik Family of Hood . —From Lord J . Uiissell's letter to the friends ol Mr . Hood ' s family , it appears that the continuance of
the pension lapsed on the death of Mrs . Hood is impossible , a fact wliich his lordship states with a kind expression of _regret . It is to the last degree disgraceful to the country that thc fund available for such purposes is a pitiful £ 1 , 200 a year , wliich ia now full . " It is true , " his lordship writes , " a pension can be granted , if any portion of the £ 1 , 200 remains undisposed ol ; but that is not at present the c . _ise . The whole sura ha * bcon already . bestowed , and any grant 1 should recommend for tho children would be _illogal and void . Until June next the crown has nut the power to grant any pension on the civil list . —Cf _" o 6 e ,
Death in Milbank Prison . —On Monday , Mr . Bedford held an inquest atthe Milbank Prison , on the bod y of William Gillespie , aged nineteen . The deceased was received into the prison on the 30 th of March , 1840 , having been convicted at Edinburgh on the 25 th of the previous month of robbery , and sentenced to seven years' _transportation . Heremaiutd in good health and spirits til the 17 th ult ., when , being suddenly seized with inflammation of the chest , ho was removed into the infirmary , where , gradually sinking , he died on Thursday last , death being found on a pott mortem examination to have resulted from disease of the lungs and pleura . Verdict
—Natural Death . Thb Removal of tiie Almonry in Westminster . —A step has been taken towards the Westminster improvements , atiu in thc most notorious part of the line , namely , the Almonry , Westminster . Eight or ten houses have already been pulled down by order of the * ' Westminster Improvement Committee , " and others will , no doubt , shortly follow . Wonderpul . —Leeuwenhoek mentious that animated insects , of which twenty-seven millions would only be _equnl to a mite , arc seen with a rnircoscope . —[ Did Leeuwenhoek count thc twenty-seven millions _?] A . Nkw E _* ntra _* ncb to St . Jaueb _' s Park , —For the accommodation of tho public ft very _handt-oine portico and flight of stone steps are now being constructed at tho uorth end of the private gardens of Buckingham Palnce , as an entrance for foot-passengers from Grosvcr . or-place ou to Constitution-hill . Don MmBEL . —The Awisierg Gazette states from Rome , that _Dgn . Miguel , the preteudci * to the Crown
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of Portugal , had been attacked there by i !! r . i * 8 , _iusas he was about to quit the capital for a country re _« _sidenco . Death of Mr . _Chipps , latr M _* P . for _CiREifcester . —Wc have to record the demise of nnoirer veteran legislator , Joseph Cripps , Esq ., late M . P . or Cirencester , who died on the 8 th inst . at Ashcroft , near that town , aged 81 . The Oldest Member . —The Right non . Charles Watkins William Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , is now the oldest member in the House of Commons _, lie waa born in 1775 . and has been in Parliament during the last fifty years . Take Cars or your Pockets . —One hundred and thirty-one gentlemen have given the regu l ar notice of their intention to apply , on the last day ofthe present term , tn be admitted to practise as attorneys in the Court o f Queen ' s Bench .
A Lady Burned to Death . —An inquest was held on Monday by Mr . Mills , in the broad-room ofthe Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' _s-inn-road , on the body ° f the late Mrs . Lucy _Legge , aged , 45 , a lady of independent fortune , residing at Dr . _Cunningham ' s , 31 . _Sidmouth-strcet , _Regeiit-squniv . The unlbrtu"a te lady was arranging her hair before a mirror over the fire place , wh « n , having been seized with a ji t , she fell across the fender , and her clothes catching fire , she was so dreadfii . lv burned that she expired on the Gth instant . Verdict-Accidental death .
A Curious CmcuMSTANcK—On Sunday morning , a cat being disposed to walk on the surface of the frozen river at Wtabeaeb , came to a place where the ice was broken and fell i _„ . She soon succeeded in rescuing _hersell but was immediately frozen to thc ice by her feet . A number of sparrows then surrounded her , and , in their actions , seemed to say — " You cannot catch us now . " The cat , with all her natural propensity for feeding upon these little tormentors , kept turning her bead , without , however being ablo to movo from the spot , until gome
p ersons succeeded in liberating her fiom her comibrtlesH position . " Robbery at tub South _Eastsr . v Railway , —Oa Monday morning , information was received at tho Southwark police station , that the counting house of Messrs . Chaplin and Horn , railway carriers , near the luggage warehouses at the Bricklayer ' s Arms station , was _broken into on Sunday night , and robbed of seventy pounds in gold and silver , and three cheques of a small amount . _Magistj- _' _-ial _Resignation—Mr . Maltby has sent in his resignation as magistrate of Marlboroughstreet Police Court , and he is to be succeeded by Mr . Biniiham _, from the Worship-street Police Court .
Dkfalcatio . v of a Tax Collector . —Mr . Green , house agent , of _Hampstead , who was tax collector for the Kentish Town district , has absconded ; and there is a deficiency in his accounts to the amount of £ 1 , 700 . His surities have been called upon to make good the deficiency , and one of them , n most respectable carpenter and builder , in IIampatead has in consequence been reduced to a state of bankruptcy . East Worcestershire Election . —On Monday Captain _Ru-ihton , Conservative , was . elected without _opposition iu the place of J . Barneby , Esq ., deceased . Tiik Ttnb . _*—The Newcastle Guardian says that the entrance to this river , at Tynemouth Bar , is daily becoming more dangerous , and that large vessels are continually being wrecked upon it , or get so seriously injured as to be afterwards worthless .
Astonishing !—The town of Keswick has been just _lis-hied with _sas , aud one astonishing circumstance which the local press has chronicled is , that the tradesmen ofthe placo have had introduced Into their shops . The New Reformation . — The _relij-i' _-n of M , Kongo ( German Caeholicism ) meets with great favour at Hamburg , whore the number of converts is daily increasing . Among _olheis a young and promising actress , Madame Feluiiig _, has embraced the new faith . She was under au engagement to appear at Vienna , lor two years , under a penalty ol 31 , 200 francs ; but her _paisport to that city has been _refused , in consequence of her change of _reli-jion .
Senmblk . —Sir Culling Smith , one of the chief representatives of the Dissenters , s _,. caking of the prohibition of Sund _.-iy trains , says , ' * 1 will at once say , that while I _inyuelt possess a carriage , and _consider myself entitled to make use of it on tho Sabbath , I do not think it improper that a poor man should make use ofa railway carriage on that day . " Death of George _Bysg , Esq ., M . P . —We regret to have to announce the death of Mr . _Byiig , one of the _nu-mbers for the county of Middlesex . He expired on Sunday afternoon , at his seat , U ' _rothanihall , in the county of Middlesex , lie was born in Londongon the 18 ih of May , 1704 , and had , therefore , attained the great age ot 82 . Though he married in early life liurriet , the eight daughter ol Sir _VY'iilioin Montgomery , Bart ., yet he leaves no isi * ue . llo represented the county of Middlesex upwards of fifty years .
Dkatu of Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard . — Accounts has reached town annoncing the demise of the above nobleman , who died _suddenly . Irom congestion of thc brain , on tne 21 st ult ., at _Alexandria , where he had only arrived a few days previous from Malta and a tour in Greece . Thc deceased was third son of the Duke aud Duchess of _Norfolk . Parliamentary _CiUNOks . —The . alterations in the House of Commons , since the assembling of Parliament last January , have been very extensive , for as many as 3-1 new members have been within that period added to tlie representative branch of the Lesis ' ature , or rather have entered it to fi _. l the places _previously occupied by thirty-four other gentlemen , who , by death or retirement , occasioned that number i > f vacancies . The following is a list of the places which have sent new members to Parliament :
—Nottinghamshire North , Lancashire South , St . Albans * , Buckingham ( two members ) , Westminster , _Sussex East , Rutlandshire , Dorsetshire ( two members ) , Suffolk _East , Not'inghamsbire South , Ripon , Clonmel , _Chicestc-r , Selkirkshire , Worcester , Cork , Carlow , M -yo , Molton , Yorkshire Weat , Lichfield , Renfrewshire , Crtshel , Dtmdalk , St . _ltes . Richmond , Bridport , Kilkenny ( county ) . Newark , Northamptonshire South , iVlidhurst , Gl .. ucesti' . rsliiie East , East _YYoreesters-liive , and North Lincolnshire . The Lush Poor . —The number of Irish pauper * now daily in receipt of food and soup at the p _.-. _rishoffice , is nearly 4 000 . Tim time last year there w *> , _re about Liverpool twenty live recipieuta ot the same class .
Slug-Fence . —To repel the slugs and snails from _h's carnations , Mr . Sharp , of the Winchester Gits Works , encircles the rim of each pot with a piece of horse-hair rope , partially cut across its strands . The bristles start forward and present a chevaux de frize which neither slugs nor snails can surmount . Jus very _iluvnvile , may bo _used to protect any plant , and is rather ornamental . Pears . —A gentleman oi Keswick has , within the last fortnight , plucked several pears , as large as walnuts , from a trco in his orchard ; nnd , though the weather at thc time was remarkably cold , with hard frost , the untimely fruit looked as fresh and healthy as if it had been produced at the _prober
season . Uisr ov tub Thames . —A correspondent of the Builder states that he has noticed for nearly half a century , a regular ai . d gradual rise in the waters of the Thames . American Whisky . —An export of whisky was made from New Orleans early in December tor the Liverpool market . Wi . ntkh in Sr . \ iN . —A heavy fall of snow , a very rare _occunenec at Madrid , took place in that capital on tho 1 st instant . iMore Devil ' s Work .. —Au American has proponed to make cannon balls ofa peculiar composition , which , ighiting by concussion , _Mi' > erscde 3 the luces _, sity of hea in * thc ball in a furnace . Italian Literature . —There are 205 pt-rirdical puUications issued in the various states of Italy , but only a small proportion of them ever allude to " political afl ' airs .
Extuaoi _. dinary _Auu . —A Jamaica paper mentions that a black man lately _v-ied at _Spanish Town , at the extraordinary a _; : e of 112 years , lie had beeu in good health until a _fortnight before his death . Fatal Effects < f Gin-drinking . —A child , eleven years old , at Eastwood , Essex , died a few days since frem having drunk about hall a pint of gin from a bottle which it found . A New Locomotive—It is stated that Mr . Stevenson 1 ms _invcuied a three cylinder _ioioinotive engine , of which the power is so great that it starts off like an avow from a bui _** . A VtrEiiA * _-. —At the Bristol council-house , an old man , who slated his age to be 111 years , was last week complainant in a case . He appeared hearty , and lias a son , SO years of age .
Gigantic llu _. _vu . v _Hoxhs . —A Stockholm p _. iper states that human bones of gignuttc size have lately been found in Sweden , near sumo fossil temaius of the elk . Nkw Zealand _CorPER . — Copper ore has been found in considerable quantities m New Zealand , aud several shipments of it have been sent to Eng ' aud , where some has already arrived . The Navy . —We have _reasoti to believe that the present Board of Admiralty is making , or has made an arrangement , by wliich a large force of able scimen can upon emergency bo dratted iuio our snips iu a few hours . —Examiner . A . _Mhxican Aha / . ' *; - * * .- The American papers mention that , atthe battle of Monterey , a troop ot Mexican Lancers was commanded hy a , woman named Dos Amades , who is said lo have led her men with great gallautry , in a charge which caused considerable Joss to an American regiment .
Great Glut of Wild Fowl . — Such is the great quantity of wild fowl in the metropolitan poultry markets that , on Wednesday , wild ducks were sold at Is . a couple , teul at lOd . a pair , and - snipes at -id . each ; woodcocks at _lti-- _** _»• _* > - _wooilpi-ieoiw at 5 d . and 6 d . each * , _partridges were as low as Is . ( _Jd . a braco , and hares ( which are in low condition , ) Is . each ; wild rabbits avo acomplete drugami ham pers wero sold at 3 d . 3 d . each .. „ The Greatest Startd Tho inkstand . -- _« » vvv _cttiu ltUU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16011847/page/3/
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