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      ~ " BEAUTH 5 OP _BTROU . r KO . _-OtXVM . " _lUZKPPA . " Tic _^ rj _ofiIazeppaisawdblmoTO one ; namely , Jt of the young Pole , who , being " bound naked on rtebackofa wild horse , on account of an intrigue _£ _& the lady ofa certain great nobfe of bis © wintry , « _as carried by bissteedinto the heart of the Ukraine , snd being there picked np by some Cos 8 acks , _nn a «* ite apparentlyof utter hopelessness and exhaustion , _Itcovered , and lived to be long after tbe prince and lea der of the nation among whom be had arrived in _fjiis extraordinary manner . Lord Byron has repre s ented the strange and -wild incidents of this

      adventure as being related in a half serious , half _sporfiv e way "by Mazeppa himself , to no less a person than Charles the Twelfth of Sweden , in some of whose last Campaigns the Cossack Hetanan took a distinguished part . HeteUsib during the desolate biyqnack _^ of Charles and tbe few friends who fled with him towards Turkey after the bloody overthrew of ¦ gijitowz . " Tbe galLint Mazeppa died soon after his Sight with Charles , and thus probably escaped a _W Qrse fate _^ that of falling into the hands ofthe _Rusgj-flg . It fe needless te praise a poem s & well known as this , suffice it to say that its merits are at least _ggoal t « its great popularity . "We can onlv afford room for a few lines .

      THE WILD HORSE AND MAZEPPA . - " Bring forth the horse 3 " the horse was brought j la truth he was a noble steed , A Tartar ofthe Ukraine breed , Who look'd as though the speed of thought "Were in his limbs -. but he was wild , "WUd as the wild deer , and untaught , With spar and _bridle undeSled—* * * * They bound me on , that menial throng , Upon Ills baek with many a thong - Thej loosed him wllL a sudden lash —• Away !—away!—and on we dash ITorrents less rapid and "less rash . * # * * " A . _way , away , my steed and I , Upon the pinions of the wind , AU human dwellings left behind ; "We sped like meteors through the sky , "When with its crackling sound the night Is _chequer-d with the northern light .

      The boughs gave way and did not tear My limbs ; and I found strength to bear My wounds , already scarrM with cold— _. My bonds forbade to loose my hold . _TV * e rustled through the leaves like wind , Left -nrubs , and trees , and wolves behind ; "By night I heard them on the track , Their troop came hard npon our back , "With tbeir long gallop , which can tire The hound ' s deep hate , and hunter ' s fixe : ¦ Where ' er we flew they followed on , "Nor left ns with the morning sun ; Behind I saw them , scarce a rood , At day-break _winding through the wood , And through the wg ' - . t had heard their feet , Their stealing , rastling step repeat .

      Methought the dash of waves was sigh ; There was a gleam too of the sky , Studded with stars ; it is no dream ; The wild horse sicims the wilder stream ! The bright broad river ' s gushing tide Sweeps , winding onward , far and wide , And we are half-way , struggling o ' er To yon unknown and silent shore . * * * * Uethought I beard a courser neigh , "From out yon tuft _« f blackening nrs . Is it the wind those branches stirs ? No . no 1 from ont the forest prance A trampling troop ; I see them come ! In one vast squadron they advance !

      I strove to cry—my lips were dumb . The steeds rush on in pluneing pride ; Bnt where are they the reins to guide ! A thousand horse—and none to ride ! "With flowing tail , and fljing mane , Wide nostrils—never _stretch'd by _pun _. Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein , Aad feet that iron never shod , And flanks nnscarr'd by spur or rod , A thousand horse , the wild , the free , lake waves that follow o ' er the sea , Came thickly thundering on , As if our faint approach to meet . Tlie sight re-nerved my courser's feet , A moment staggering , feebly fleet , A moment , with a faint low neigh , He answer'd , and then fell ;

      "With gasps and glaring eyes he lay , And reckless limbs immoveable , Bis first and last career is done I On came the treop—thev saw him stoop They saw me strangely bound along Bis back with many a bloody thong : They stop—they start—they snuff the air , Gallop a nrament here anil there , Approach , retire , wheel round and round _. Then plunging hack with sudden bound , Beaded by one black mighty steed , "Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed , "Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide ; They snor t—they foam—neigh—swerve aside , And _backward to the forest fly , ! By instinct from a . human eve .

      Ox The Youxg Asd Beautiful Countess P1ut...

      OX THE _YOUXG ASD BEAUTIFUL COUNTESS P 1 _UTEK , Who organised and commanded a troop in the late Polish Revolution *; and when the independence ef rolandwas _jujaBr crushed , died ofa broken heart .

      ( From the Zilerai _**/ Gazelle . ) The missile with resistless fury sent , Though fragile he its nature , in that flight Gains fresh endurance and _unwanted mig ht , Through all opposing strength to force a vent j But that new nature , fox the purpose lent , Enduring only ' till its task is o ' er , It then resumes the same it own'd before , And falls and shivers as its power is spent r Thus W 3 s a woman ' s heart for Poland ' s sake , Inspired with energy before unknown , [ own ; And armed with strength and firmness not its Thus did that heart , its trial ended , break , To prove , when all that made it move was past , That it was still but woman ' s at the last . 31 . T .

      Soxgs Fob, The People. >*O, Xiv. Our Sex...

      _SOXGS FOB , THE PEOPLE . >* o , xiv . OUR SEXDI 0 X 3 . Men of the honest heart , Men ef the stalwart hand * , "Ken , willing to obey , Thence able to command : Hen of the rights withheld , Slaves of the power abused , "Machines cast to neglect _. When your freshness has been used Te labourers in the vineyard , Tve call you to your toil ! Though bleak may be the furrows , The seed is in the soil . 'Tis not to raise a palace , "Where Royalty may dwell , Nor built fur _broken hearts

      The petty _paris-h heU ; Tis not to turn the engine , 'Tis not the fidd to till , That , for the meed you . gain , Slight he a desert still J 'lis not to dig the grave , Where the dying miner delves 5 Tis not to toil for others But to labour for yoursdtes .

      And nobler com will pay you , Than kings did e ' er award To the men , Ihey hired to murder , The brothers they riiould guard . No glittering stars of knighthood , Shall soil your simple vest-Bat the better stav of honor , Brave heart in honest breast . No changing Xorman titles , To hide your English name—Xnt the _better one of freeman , "With its blazouuig of fame . "Cp ! Labourers in the vineyard !

      Prepare _se for thc toil ! For the sun shims on the furrows ' And the seed is iu the soil . "Mount Yernen , llainpstead . Ebkesi JoSES

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      Douglas Jepjtold's Magazine — Max. Londo...

      DOUGLAS JEPJtOLD'S MAGAZINE — Max . London : Punch Oflice , S 5 , Fleet-street . The portion of the Editor ' s story of " St . Giles and St . James" contained in this number , is brief , but good . Many beautiful thoughts and striking reflections are strung like gems or rarest value on the thread ofthe story , as , for example , tbe following : — _si-juNG asd hope . The sweet breath of the s « i _~ on should open hearts , as it uncloses myriads of bu is and flowers . So , let us sit upon this tre e-trunk—this elm felled and lopped in December . Stripped , maimed , and overthrown , a few of its _twi-js are dotted trith green leaves ; spring still working "Within it , like hope in tlte _coii < m < = ivd brave . _PJ-TTrD WEOSOS . The doings of men are not ta be thought o f with less

      Douglas Jepjtold's Magazine — Max. Londo...

      chanty for a gossip ia a green lane . Nay , try it , reader on your own account Say that yon have a small wrong at your heart ; say , that ia your bosom you nurse a pet injury like a . pet snake . Well , bring it here , away from the brick-and-mortat' world ; see the innocent beaut y spread around you ; the sunny heavens smiling protect _, ing love upon you ; listen to the harmonies breathing about you ; and then say , is not this immortal injury of yours a wretched thing , a moral fungus , of no more account than a mildewed toadstool ? Of course . You are abashed by omnipotent benevolence into charity and you forgive the wrong you have received from man , ia your deep gratitude to Goo " .

      Nevertheless , there are natures hardly susceptible of such influence . Tbere are folks who would take their smallest wrongs with them into Paradise . Go where they will , they carry with them a travelling-case of injuries . Do we nos know Trumperly ? A very regular man , and a most respectable shopkeeper . He taketh his sabbath walk . He looketh round upon a wide expanse . The heath is illuminated with flowering furze . He stands upon a veritable field of cloth of gold . He is about to smile on the natural splendour , when again he recollects the had half-sovereign taken ten days ago , and at the extremest corners of his mouth the smile dies , a death of suddenness . And Grizzleton ! Did he not travel for

      enjoyment , and did not some past , particular wrong , always blot out , destroy the present beauty ? He made a pilgrimage to Niagara . He was about to be very much wrapt , asto « nded by its terrible grandeur , when the spray fell npon his new hat , and he could not but groan for the cotton umbrella , price one dollar , that he had lest at "Hew York . And iu this way do we often shadow present pleasures with the thonght of some sort of counterfeit money—some sort of departed umbrella , " May-day for the People" is an excellent article , by _Ajigbs Rsach , in which the writer warmly urges " _impelling for the million" as one of the best means to enjoyment which could be conferred on the people , and the very best means for breaking down local and national prejudices , and thus aiding progression and preventing war . He would have the " cheap trips" not stop at the " white cliffe of Albion " : —

      Tis but a hop , skip , and a jump to the JFidaises of France , and the long sea dykes and level corn-fields of Flanders . In a year or two the former country will be intersected by railroads—the glorious old towns of the latter are already knit by their iron hands . "Well , then , gentlemen Directors ofthe Great Northern Line of Prance and its many branches—Directors of the Flemish and the English railways , why not come to some amicable arrangement and concert cheap trips in communication with each other ! Easter is a festival in all three countries : —why not teach the people of either the sweets and advantages of foreign travel ? " Why not dispatch the j Londoner , and for that matter the men of Lancashire and York , across the water to orchards of LabelleNor mandie , and thence away by Amiens and Lisle , or

      "Valenciennes , down into the historic "Low Countries ; " while we in onr towns should receive equal crowds of our friends the _HravesBeTga and the blouse-clad men of Normandy and Picardy . There is nothing impracticable in the scheme . Only let such trips be performed—and they could he so performed—at the expense of a few , a very few pounds , and hundreds of thousands who new no more think of visiting Dieppe and Kouen , or Ghent and Bruges , than of starling for the antipodes , would be all agog for a week to be passed in some strange landhitherto dimly known . by the vague phrase " abroad . " We are certain that the happiest results would flow from such an intermingling of France , Belgium , and England . It would form friendships — dissipate prejudices—convey instruction—bind together by the ties of acquaintanceship and pleasant recollections thousands who , ignorant of oach other ' and each ether ' s lands ,

      would be the first to cheer on quarrelling statesmen , and _tlit-oiv up their caps for war . Let nations know each other , and acquire the habit of inter-communication , and you will check hostile feelings in their bud . Acquaintances are not so likely to quarrel as strangers . Time was when the inhabitants of England were as much divided for all practical purposes as the inhabitants of Europe now are . What was the consequence S Civil war—eounty against county—the strife of the Roses . When Scotland and England fought the battle of Bannockburn , London was nearly as distant from Edinburgh as it is now from Constantinople . Paris will soon be as near us , or nearer , than the Scotch capital , and as surely as that time will come so will an age which will regard the idea of the recurrence of a Waterloo just as wild as we should now look npon the notions of a man who waited in expectation of another Fiodden .

      In the "HedgehogLetters" the cabman _moraiiseth on the late war with the Sikhs , and the glory , gore , and God-praising , relating thereto . This number contains an excellent chapter of the "History for _Toung Englap . d , " giving a graphic picture of the wringing of Magna Charter from the tyrant Jons , of whom it is well said that , " he died more thoroughly hated , and more deservedly condemned to everlasting infamy , than any other man of whom history keeps contemptuous record . " There are several poetical contributions in this number—one from the pen of Mr . Cooper , entitled " Tbe Poor Man ' s Coat , " but we have no room for further extracts .

      Simmoisds's Colonial Magazine. May Londo...

      _SIMMOISDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . May London : Simmouds and Ward , Barge Yard , Uucklerebury . The present number opens -with a condensed account ef Capt . Fremont ' s reports of his discoveries in the Rock y Mountains , North California , and the Snowy Ridges . Capt . Fremont ' s expedition was exeeuted under *! the orders of the United States Government . This account , although much condensed , imparts startling information of regions hitherto hardly known to exist . We have also in this number the continuation of Mr . flooton ' s "Rides , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas ; "ldecidedly tne TOOSt interesting series of papers yet published concerning that country . Mr . _Hooton's exposure of the infamous frauds of the emigration book-makers veil deserves the utmost publicity . We give a few extracts :-

      —THE TEXAJf _CAPIXAZ . What does the render think of the capital city of a country consisting of at most some fifty or sixty wooden houses realty built , and some thousand of _statelystone erections of the imagination , forming visionary streets , and adorned with splendid public edifices of marble , dug from undug quarries , and not yet existing in embryo even in the hraiu of an architect ? The Rev , Mr . Lawrence , who , in 1810 , visited thhinteresting spot , either in his own proper person , orin that of afriend equally trustworthy with himself , says , in allusion to Austin , " Some distance towards the extreme north part of the city "

      ( the log-houses before mentioned ) , "is a broad and beautiful street called Congress Avenue , passing through the whole extent of the contemplated city . " This is just as much as to say , there is a line marked out by the plough npon the prairie , to be called Congress AveHue when it is au avenue , and upon which many wonderful things are to be done , that will look very fine when they are done and do look fine ! Yet by this rascally kind of castle-building are poor , anxious , and striving emigrants deluded into a wilderness , to live like wild men mayhap , if they live at all—or , more probably , to perish outright , because they have no means left wherewith to return !

      TEXAN * DISEASES . Bilious fevers , of different degrees of intensity ; ague and fever producing irrecoverable postration of the system , delirium , and eventually death ; with cholera , in different mitigated stages , constitute the general diseases in Texas of a formidable character . At the town of IIou ? ton , which isaduiirably situated in a swamp , the latter malady most extensively prevails , and numbers die there _evtry season . The fllthiness anil corruption of the water , which there is execrable , appear to be one main cause of this periodical summer mortality ; aided , doubtless , by the miasma of tlie pestilent surrounding neighbourhood . A tolerably correct idea may be formed nf the nature of the locality of Houston , from the fact that after the setting in ofthe rains the town becomes next to totally inaccessible save by water ; neither carriage nor horse "being able to drag or flounder through the deep miry ground by which it is at that season , as it were , entrenched .

      _Houtton is seventy or eighty tnile 3 inland ( a long distance within the " narrow strip" ) , and yet ilr . Kennedy says that " _persons who arrive in summer will be quite safe by retiring fifty or sixty miles inland . * ' To ' retire " to Houston in summer is exactly the same to a stranger as retiring to a church yard to see his own grave dug . Take newly-arrived emigrants on the average , and not two in ten would survive twelve months .

      A TEXAH _BOSP 1 TAI .. Connected with matters of a sanatory nature , I must not forget to add that ilr . Kennedy has mentioned the existence in Galveston of a General Hospital for thc sick . Whether it be a junior St . Bartholomew's or a Guy ' s , we are not informed : nor did I ever ascertain whether any saint in the calendar had or had not any _patronage over it . Of this fact I am certain—that , as the juveniles of Cocaigne have it , it was a " regular Guy " to loolv at . A mile and a half fro-u any haman habitation , it stood alone in the desert , dead , silent , and seemingly aloof from all living and active Christian sj apathy _, lt wus nothiug more than a long and ordinary weatherboarded aud shingled house , one story high , raised on

      cedar Ulceus about two or three feet from the ground , with two windows in front , a door in the middle , and a flight of four orlive wodeu steps by which to communicate within aud without . Ou one side it looked out upon a landscape of wild sea swamp , covered with hundreds of ahriekiug and screaming aquatic birds ; while an old and ruined wooden fort , combined with thc wrecks of once gallant sailing vessels , now fast embedded in the sands ofthe bay , formed the background . On the other hand , the prospect was that of a wild flat wilderness of sandy shore , upon which the breakers of the Gulf , whether at ebb or flow of tidy , were everlastingly casting the foam of their _madntss , and chanting to the ears of the poor sick and dying within , day and night , Ihe doleful and solemn song of eternity !

      _1 ) 0 S T CO TO T £ XAS . Out of the thirty individuals who „ e „ t out in the same vessel as myself , not more than three entertained for a moment any other views than those of obtaining land , either by purchase , or through the medium ofthe government _grafts—of s _^ uatthis upon it , aild becoming for the remainder of then- natural lives good citizens of the new "Republic . Look at thc result . Of all this number , not

      Simmoisds's Colonial Magazine. May Londo...

      one succeeded in effecting the object for which he had left home and country , crossed thousands of miles of ocean , and gone to Texas ., Before Christmas of thesame year , some of them had returned home , or gone into the United "States ; soma were _iyihg _, . some dead , and some almost perishing from sheer want , either because they ' could get nothing to do , or were too sick and reduced td work at all ; and some others , alas ! were imprisoned upon the island , merely because thrir resources being completely exhausted , they had not left the means wherewith to get away . Several ether interesting articles are continued in this number , and a beautiful poem by Mr . W . Salmon , of Jamaica , extolling " The Black-Eyed Creole , " which last we should like to have transferred to our columns but cannot afford room . Seven volumes of this useful periodical are now complete ; the present number is the first of the ei ghth volume . As a record of Colonial history , and a representative of Colonial interests , this publication is unrivalled .

      Matilda: Or, The Memoirs Of A Young Woma...

      MATILDA : or , THE MEMOIRS OF A YOUNG WOMAN . By Euoese Sue . PAULA MONTI : or , THE HOTEL LAMBERT . By Eugene Sue . London : "W . M . Clark , "Warwick Lane , Paternoster Sow . These two work * _formportionsof tbe •¦ People's Edition" ofthe writings of M . Sue , now in course o f publication by Mr . Clark . The extraordinary cheapness of this edition is truly astonishing . - ' Matilda , " an immense work , is sold for two shillings ; and " Paula Monti" for eightpence . The extraordinary mass of print , besides illustrations , contained in these __ volumes must be seen to be understood , any description would fall sbort ofthe reality .

      Pictorial Shakespeare. Parlvm. Pictorial...

      PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE . _Parlvm . PICTORIAL BALLADIST . Part _viu . London : J . C . Moore , 13 T , Strand . The parts before us of these excellent works fully justify the praise beatowed on both by us in a recent number of the Star . Jh the BaJladist part there are several excellent ballads , including , "Adam Bel , Clym of the _Cloushe , and "Wyllyam of Cloudesle , " " Valentine and Ursine , " aud "The Birth of St . George . "

      The Musical Herald. London: [G. Biggs, 4...

      THE MUSICAL HERALD . London : [ G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . * W e shall best explain the nature of this new periodical by quoting an extract from the introductory - address " to the reader _: "This work wilt be published in weekly numbers , at a price which will render it easily accessible to every one who takes an interest in the subject . Each number will be divided into ttro-parts ; tbe one composed of music , and the other of musical literature . Tiie music will consist of a selection of vocal and instrumental pieces of a very varied description . It will comprise songs by the greatest ancient and modern composers , both English and foreign ; and the finest national ballads , both of our own

      and other countries , but uniformly with English words ; vocal duels , trios , glees , madrigals ; and short pieces for the pianoforte and other instruments . The vocal pieces will be with or without a pianoforte accompaniment , according to the intention of the composers and the character of the music . In general the songs and duets will be accompanied , the _gleeB and madrigals without accompaniment ; but there must , in both cases , be occasional exceptions . Among the instrumental pieces , no long or elaborate compositions will be included ; they will be short , light , and elegant ; not calculated ( as instrumental pieces too often are ) to puzzle the player and weary the listeners , but to give variety to the domestic enjoyment ofa musical evening .

      The literary portion will be adapted , as much as possible , to the instruction as well as entertainment of the general reader . It will include articles ( partly original and partly selected from the best authors ) on the history of music , and its present state in this and other countries ; on the lives and characters of the greatest musicians in every age ; on the objects of the art and the best means of their promotion . Such are the promises held out by the editor , and , so far as we can judge by a first number , they are realised . The music contained in this number is well selected , and from first to last it has the _appgatance of a publication born for success ; indeed , of that consummation there can be no misgiving when we see it produced under the able management ofthe enterprising publisher of the Family Herald . We should state that the weekly numbers ( each number _contaiug se _\* eval pieces of music ) are sold for twopence . To all- our musical and would-be musical friends we cordially recommend the Musical Herald .

      Tiie Family Herald. Part Xxxyi. London :...

      TIIE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXXYI . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . This Part concludes the third volume of this excellent publication , and it affords us mueh pleasure to learn that its unexampled success , placed ' as it is at the head of the penny press , continues undiminished . The prosperity of thc Family Herald has naturally excited competition , and many imitators and rivals have sought the patronage of the public , but none with the success which has attended and still attends this periodical . Success is sometimes achieved without being deserved , and sometimes deserved without being achieved , but in the present instance the merits of the work are of the first order , and its success has been commensurate

      with its merits . " Political information , " " scientific"kn & wledge" are both of the utmost importance , but still it is not possible , nor desirable , that people should always be occupied with politics or science ; mental refreshment of a lighter character is needed for relaxation , and such refreshment the Family Herald amply affords . The reader musk not suppose that politics and science are proscribed in the Family Herald , quite the contrary . Politics are to be found in its pages , but not party politics : its politics are those of TJniversalism , affecting the whole human race . In science , too , althouyli the reader will not meet with dry disquisitions , ho will find no lack of "facts and philosophy" presented in an

      agreable form . The editorial articles are singularly clever and original performances . In the present part , for instance , the two articles on " The Capitals ofthe World , " and that on " Good and Bad Men . " if published in a high-priced form would be cried up as essays worthy to rank with any in the English language . Besides the " _editorialises" the several departments of the Family Herald—the " Romances , " "Poetry . " and the other and varied matter—are all excellent . It is really and truly the purveyor of " useful information and amusementfor the million , " and toj the million we heartily recommend it . The fourth volume Just commenced will , we doubt not , acquire a vast increase of subscribers .

      "The "Reasoser."—The Advocates Of Free T...

      "The "Reasoser . "—The advocates of free thought and champions of mankind ' s progression will be glad to learn that Mr . G . J . JJolyoaks is again in the field , and about to assume _^ tha editorship of a nr . w two-penny weekly periodical , bearing tbe title ot " The Iteasoncr . " This new champion of right and truth will make its first appearance on Wednesday , the 3 rd of June , and , according to the prospectus , will be " Communistic in Social Economy—Utilitarian in Morals—Republican in Politics—and Antitheological in Religion . " The "Reascnor" takes for its motto the followinsr : —

      It is time that men should tolerate nothing ancient that reason does not respect , and to shrink from no novelty to which reason may conduct . It is time that the human powers , so long occupied by subordinate objects and inferior arts , should mark the commencement of a new era in history , by giving birth to the art of improving government , and increasing the civil _huppiness of man . Itis time that legislators , instead of that narrow and dastardly coasting , which never ventures to lose sight ef usage and precedent , should , guided by tho polarity of reason , hazard a bolder navigation , nnd discover , in unexplored regions , the treasures of public _facility , —Sir James Mackintosh .

      Royalty. " God Save The King—And Rings—•...

      ROYALTY . " God save the king—and Rings—• Tor if He don ' t , 1 doubt if men will longer ; I think 1 hear a little bird that sings , ' The people by and by will be the stronger . ' " BruoN . We have already given our readers two samples o the good things to be found in the Popular Informant . The blessed system ot British Taxation , and tlie rapacity of tlio Mauli" slugs of the Church , meet with ample justice in its pages , as we have _« ho \ vn by the extracts given in . former numbers of this paper . Another subject is treated of in the second number of this ' excellent work , a subject dear to all " loyal Englishman , " —Royalty . How treated the reader will learn if he will refer totliu work itself , which we advise j _^ liim to do if he would enjoy the good things its pages afford . Just to whefc the reader ' s appetite wc will give him a taste of thc feast ; but of course , if he is a sensible man , he will not be satisfied witli the mere morsel we oiler him .

      THE GUELPIIS . TnE ROYAL IXCAPABLES AND INCURABLES—FUJI TIIE "FOURTH—Till * DUKE OF CLARP . _NCK ASD MKS . J 0 IIDANMOHAL _SUSSliX—lHHIXSWICli ' S UEJKCTUD . If we examine the history of thc members of this family since George the first ascended the throne of Great "Britain , in ihe beginning of thc last century , we do not find them _distiog-uished either by _their virtues or ihcir talents . Let us pass over the arbitrary spirit of George the first , who never even learned to speak English , and the avarice and corruption of George the si-eond , to consider how thtir posterity and successors have done credit to their exalted station , as princes of the blood royal of thc realm of England .

      Let us see how thoy have contributed to the weal and glory of the country , and what example they have set to the nation at largo . Iu the first place— -all thc most serious reverses that

      Royalty. " God Save The King—And Rings—•...

      the English armies have met with against the French during a century past , have occurred under the leadership of princes of the house ot Hanover . A duke of Cumberland commanded the English army at the battle of Fontenoy , where _. through his mismanagement , it was beaten by the French under Marshal Saxe . Thc late Duke of York , the uncle of tho present Queeu , commanded a British force which was always unfortunate , and at length through , his blunders , was defeated by a set of beardless French recruits , and for the most part , perished miserabl y in the marshes of the Scheldt . It was through the ignorance and obstinacy of George the third , that the United States , now rapidly treading on tlie heels of Great Britain in population aud pros _, perity , were separated from it . These untoward events , of course , occurred only through the obtuseness of these individuals .

      George the third at last sank into drivelling idiotcy . The late Duke of Gloucester , his nephew , was known as " Silly Billy , " and his son , the Duke of Cambridge , might worthily have inherited hia cousin ' s nickname , having recently made himself remarkable even amongst tlie very silly _Dukca who have lately been taking the bread out of the clown ' s mouth and spoiling the pantomime . He is the author of an observation which will hand him down to posterit y , and which I dare say you remember . He called in question the existence of the potatoe disease , and the impending famine in Ireland , " because he had always found tho potatoes at his own table very _gaoiJ . " So much for the incapahles of tbis family ; let us now examine the remainder of it .

      The Duke of York , for instance , the blundering soldier , was deprived ofthe chief command 0 f tue army on ac . count of his corrupt practices ; and tnese were brought to light through the exertions of the late Duke of Kent , who hoped to step into his shoes by exposing a brother ' s infamy . George , Prince of "Wales , first regent , and then fourth sovereign of that natno , wasa bloated mass of moral and physical corruption . He was a " Hoary Hal , " without his courage , wit or generosity . He has been justly stigmatised as " one who was never true to man or woman , who was false aliko to his friends and his principles , and who has left behind him an example for youth to shun and age to avoid ; whose abilities were confined

      to some skill in cutting coats and an undeniable taste for cookery . " The chief historical act of his public life was his refusal ofthe petition ofthe fallen Napoleon who threw himself on his generosity to be allowed to end his flays in England , and whom he sent to die on the rock of St . Helena . Of the many remavlcable incidents of his private life , not the least disgraceful was , his being turned off the turf by the J _« ckey Club for cheating . "William the fourth , who often shared with his cousin the epithet of "Silly Billy , " was an exemplary father and considered one ofthe best of the family ; but he left Mrs . Jordan , the actress , the mother of his children , to die in positive destitution , though he had formerly been in the habit of waiting at the door ofthe theatre to receive her salary when sha performed .

      Ofthe Duke of Cumberland , now King of Hanover , and better known as tho " Devil Duke , " it is unnecessary to remind you . The late Duke of Sussex , who Was always considered the flower ofthe flock , married lady Augusta Murray , n . nd then abandoned his wife and childi'en , in pre . tended deference to a Iawmadu after the event , which declared invalid all marringes contracted by members of the royal family without the Sovereign's consent . But though he unquestionably took advantage of this act to repudiate a tie which no ex-post facto law could dissever

      ( for Parliament , though it can do most tilings , cannot make right wrong ) , still his pretended obedience to the laws of his country did not prevent him , after the act was passed , from marrying Lady Cecilia Bugg ' ms . Lady Augusta Murray , who married him when it was perfectly lawful to do so , was taken no notice of by the court because she had children by him . But Lady Cecilia Buggins , who had married him after such marriage had been declared by law a state of concubinage , was received , and after bis death created Duchess of Inverness by the present Queen .

      Prince George of Cambridge , one of the lust male scions of this house , is already walking in the footsteps of his father and uncles . It is not , therefore , on the plea of having served or edified the nation by its virtues or its talents , that thc house of Hanover can ground any claim to a permanent provision . The most plausible reason it can plead in support of its claim to tho continuance of the national bounty is , the fact of having so long enjoyed it . But this is an argument that might be pleaded with equal justice in favour of the rats , who for several generations have bred unmolested in a farmer's barn and lived upon his corn ,

      This hopeful G uelphic stoek has been attempted to be improved by a graft from the Brunswick . Yon bave a specimen of this family in the late _reignin-j Duke of Brunswick , now cooling his heels on the pavement ofthe streets of London , because turned out of his native Duchy —an event whieh speaks volumes for his princely virtues .

      THE OOBURGS . THE ROYAL _GirEENGROCKR—LEOPOLD AND THE OLD _WOMEN OF THE _AUBEKNES THE SAXE-COBimG SMASHER" — P 1 UXOE ( PAUPER ) ALBERT AUD HIS DOINGS . The Guelphic breed has also been enriched by a cross of the Coburg :, though of course this is meant only asa figure of speech , because in a material point of view , the Coburgs , like all these German families , have enriched their poverty by their alliances with the Guelphs ; for which John Bull has paid the piper : the Coburgs more than any , because poorer than _aay . They are very thrifty , and up to a trick or two to raise the wind , though not remarkable for any other kind of ingenuity .

      Prince Leopold , now king of the Belgians , who lodged on a third floor when he took the fancy of the Princess Charlotte , was endowed with fifty thousand a year , and a _palaCO at _Glaremont * , but he continued to sell his cabbages and greens , and to feed his household upon rabbits , until called to the throne of Belgium , where , with the money he had saved in England , he has _bsught large estates in the Ardennes , and having eased us of a good deal of cash , now deprives ns in some measure of our good name , because , passing for an English Prince , he turns the old women out of his woods , where , according to the custom of the country , they havo been in the habit of gathering sticks since their infancy .

      I have said that the Coburgs are up to a few schemes to raise the wind , as well as thrifty . The late reigning Duke governed as sovereign prince over an independent state , the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg , with a population of some forty thousand souls , which brought him in a few hundred pounds a year , £ 2 , 800 if I remember right . This was not mueh , considering tbat he had a court , ministers , _cliamhcrl'iins , and an army to pay out of It ; but , like greater sovereigns , as he could make and unmake laws , and levy taxes , if there had been anything left to squeeze out of his _subjects , and establish any customhouse regulations be thought fit , ho soon devised a way of turning these privileges to account _.

      He began , by coining _s \ W « r money of bas < s tnetal . This money , which was made a legal teHder , was taken both in and out of his dominions . People knew that there was not a pennyworth of metal in a shilling , just as the people know in England that there is not a farthing ' s worth of paper in a five pound Dank of England nets ; but one was considered to represent the value of a shilling , in the same way that the other docs five sovereigns , by passing current , and being received in the government offices as Suclli But as soon as this very little potentate had issued as much of this money as either bis subjects or any of the neitrhhouring states would take , he suddenly refused to receive any of it back into his treasury , or even into his principality ; and consequently all those Who had trusted to his ducal effigy stamped upon the coin found themselves with worthless trash instead of so many

      Shillings upon their hands . Though a very little prince , he thus became a smasher on a very large scale ; and having no one to control him in his dominions , was naturally transported at the success of this manceuvre , at the expense of his own and his neighbour ' s subjects ; so he would have been in England , though nt tho expense of government , and in a somewhatdUTercnt way . After this very illustrious example ( but with an excuse which this illustrious personage had not ' , the worthy people on whose hands this spuvious coin was left , became smashers in their turn , and tried to palm on all passing strangers ' these base pieces called Coburghei'S . These Coburghers were coined for issue only , as the princes of Coburg seem to have been bred for the sole purpose of exportation ; though I would always advise you , whatever you do with Coburgs at home , to avoid Coburghers when you go to Germany .

      Certain qualities , which will hu _hy-and-bye explained , peculiarly fit thcra to play the part of consorts to catistitutional queens ; and from this batch our own Prince Albert has been provided . There is not much iu him—hoivshould there be in a Coburg , even harm ! Since he has been Prince Consort , though at first he threatened to do preposterously ridiculous things , he has sunk down into insignificance , chequered by a few quiet absurdities . Wheu ho first earn * over from Germany , we heard , it is true , of attempts to change the uniform of the British army from red to a policeman ' s blue , and of ordering private meets with the royal stag-hounds , because he had been laughed at by tho field for want of pluck in riding at his fences .

      But when he found that England was not Saxe Coburg Ootha , be meekl y resigned himself to the perpetration Ol * the celebrated Albert twii-fool-bat , with which he has indcmn ' . ficd himself for the failure of his other designs upon the British army—to the encouragement of animal obesity by breeding fat porkers , for which he obtained a prize at tho hist King-street Cuttlo Show—and to puttering after n quiet pack of harriers , safe and slow . But do not let us complain of his want of spirit , tor when he does pluck a spirit up , it is only to squabble with the

      parish officers about the rating of the Windsor farm , on which he breeds fat cattle , contending tA « t he docs not occupy it beneficially— - mi allegation which is , in this sense of thc word , undeniable , that it would be far moro beneficially occupied , if the poor of the parish were settlud on it , and 1 _'i-ince Albert located in the Union . Both arc equally dependent upon public charity , with this sole distinction , that many of tho Union paupers have at some time or other contributed to thc burthens of the state , and that tlio Consort-pauper who shows so little feeling for his follows , has been a burthen to the country ever siuce he has _bcuu in it .

      Royalty. " God Save The King—And Rings—•...

      ; HOW ROYALTY MIGHT BE _SUPPORTED . " _LODaiNOa TO LET "— "' WASHING AND MANGLING DONB : HERE "—" WALK VP , ' _tABIES ' ASD _GSNTIBMBN , WSJ A-GOING . TO EXHIBIT "—THE _MORAIi . Her present _"MaiQgty , personally inoffensive , and from her sex entitled to your respect , but for what you contribute to her support , would have been confined to the bare enjoyment of her royal residences . She mig ht have let out Windsor Castle in lodgings , or stuck up a hill with " Apartments to let for Single Gentlemen" over _"Buchingham Palace . She might have taken in washing for p rivate families , and Prince Albert might have turned the mangle , or plied with saddle donkeys in Windsor Park for hire ; for any . means of livelihood whieh either possessed from any other source . than that derived from the thews and sineivs of the hardworking British people .

      I know that there are many who like to see the dignity ofthe nation maintained by the magnificence ofthe sovereign representing H ; and this is a very pardonable vanity ; it might be even _cammendable if royalty were supported by voluntary contribution , as it would be if good sense and justice were attended to . If a sort , of begging-box were carriod round at tha levees and drawing rooms , or a high price placed on tickets for coart parties , or the royal family shewn so many times a week , at so much a head , with half-price for eliildrea ; or any other voluntary system established , there would be nothing to be said , though five millions instead of oae were lavished upon royalty ; though all the pensions of all the Princes belonging to , or connected with , the royal family were doubled ; and though all their innumerable German relations were provided with a new suit of clothing a piece with the monoy of Old England , I for one should be right glad to see them in tho enjoyment of it ,

      But whether such grants he made either by a real or supposed majority of tho nation , which make tha supposed minority pay for thoir fancy ; or whether by entirel voluntary contribution , one thing should always be borne in mind : A ' man has a right to keep a footman in rea _ptnsh- breeches ; a coachman with a poiodcred wig , a three-cornered hat , and nosegay in his button-hole ; a flunky to walk after his _ivife and daughters , _toith a gold-headed Malacca cane ; but he lias no right to do all Oiis wliilathis brother is _storutng . If IU poor lams were altered to tbeir present oppressive oruelty to save a couple of millions , we have no right to sgii _(« ider a mi'Kon on Royalty xohen we could get an American President for five _thousand a year , or a Duke for nothing .

      Only two numbers o f the Popular Informant have as yet appeared , but we are convinced thattlio author has good stuff in him , enough to produce many more numbers as valuable as these two . There are plenty of subjects for his pen . At home there are the sufferings of the Poor Law victims—the evils of our factory system—the wrongs ofthe mining population —the grievances of our seamen—the _abnacs in the army and navy—tbe wrongs of Ireland , tyranny of her landlords , rascality of her " patriots , " and mischievous administration of her rulers . Abroad tiiere are colonial jobbing and mismanagement—Russian ambition and tyranny , and state of Eastern Europe-State of Germany—State of Italy—Louis-Philippe ' s fraud and force supported system of "liberal"

      tyranny , & c . & c . « fcc . On all these subjects the author of the Popular Informant may employ liis pen with advantage to the public , and we hope that at least some of them will be treated of in future numbers . Of course we also hope that tbo author will be encouraged in his labours by the support of the public . We may as well remind our readers that the Popular Informant is published by Mr . Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange , and the numbers ( 1 _and 2 ) may be had together for eightpence . It is a publication that should be found iu every popular library , placed on the table of every coffee-room , be discussed in every meeting and workshop , read at every fireside , and , finally , be handed down to our sons , and son ' s sons , that "they may see , That sueh things were before the world was free . "

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      Disgraceful Scene.—A Few Days Ago, A Pit...

      Disgraceful Scene . —A few days ago , a pitched battle was fought in the Meadows , near Nottingham , the other evening , near ten o ' clock , between two female combatants , Mary Ann Good and Maria Cheedlc , for the sum of one shilling ; two men professing to be their " lovers , " acted as seconds on the _eccasion ! Many rounds were fought , and no doubt it would have continued a great length of time but for thc appearance of a policeman , which compelled them to make off . They are , however , far from satisfied with having degraded themselves to this extent Only ; to show still further their lamentable depravity , they have already made another match , which is to come off on Whit Monday . Assyrian Antiquities . —Letters have been received from Mossul throwing light on the researches of Mr . Layard , at Nimruu , at the junction of thc Zab with

      the Tigris . The works had been interrupted by the last Pacha of Mossul , on the pretence that he must s _<* e whether the antiquities discovered were fit for the Imperial Museum at Constantinople . Mr . Layard appealed to Constantinople , and , although no firman had arrived , he had again begun his excavations . The hill on whicli the ruins stand is artificial , as at Kborsabad , but the _superincuiubentstratum of earth with whicli they are covered not being so deep , many of the bas-reliefs want the heads . The garments of the figures are different to those found by Botha , but there is no doubt that these , like the latter , are of Assyrian origin . Amuchnioreconsiderablepartoftue sculptures are more mythological than atKhorsabad , _* the architecture of both palaces ave the same ; and at Nimrud , as at Khorsabad _, aro found porticos with colossal winged bulls or lions with human heads and arms , holding flowers or deer ; there are also a great number of inscriptions in the persepoliran and cuneiform characters .

      The Cmlera . —In a late number we stated that tho Asiatic cholera had spre through several ofthe provinces of Persia , and had Riven rise to great mortality in some of the -vrincipal towns . It is reported to have extended from " Bokhara across the Persian frontier to Herat and Mesliid , thence south of the Caspian to Teheran , and still further south to Ispahan . Recent accounts from Odessa state that it has crossed the Russian boundary , and has appeared at Tiflis , taking a course northward between the Caspian and Black Seas ; while , according to the latest intelligence from Riga , it has broken out at Orenburg in the Uralian mining districts , crossed the Volga , and appeared on the European side at Kasan , about 1 , 200 miles from St . Petersburgh . If these accounts are to be trusted , the disease has taken a

      somewhat irregular course , in a direction west by north ; and it does not appear to _ havo followed the banks of great rivers as in thc former irruption of 1 S 2 _S-30 . The disease which reached England in 1881 , prevailed in Persia for seven years , lrom 1823 to 1830 . It appeared at Orenburg for the first time ia 1823 { and was connnctl bo this quarter for a period of five years . It reappeared at Orenburg in 1829 , and its prevalence and fatality in this province were se great , that upwards of one-tenth part of the inhabitants were seized with it , and one fourth of those who were attacked died . It reached St . Petersburgh in Julv , 1 S 31 ; and Ens-laud on the 2 Ctb of October of that year . At Tiflis , where it is again reported to have broken out , thc mortality from the former epidemic was so great , that three-fourths ol those who were attacked perished TnE Wellington Statue . —Passers-by will observe ttia 6 hoarding is in the course of erection round the Palace-gate entrance at Hyde-park-corner , whicli is

      preparatory to the placing ot Mr . Wyatt ' s equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington upon the arch . If not allowed to be the noblest , it must be _-illoircd to be the greatest , bronzesctilpture ever produced in the world . Thc height is twenty-seven feet , and a mounted Life Guardsman might ride under the belly ofthe mighty hero ' s mighty charger . Suicide from Losses by Finn . — On Saturday evening , Mr . Payne held an inquest at the Red Lion , lied Lion-court . Fleet-street , on the body of Mrs . Sarah Brown , aged 35 , a grocer , whose shop , No G , Groat New-street , Fetter-lane , was destroyed by fire on Thursday night . Julia Maeilouiuu said that the deceased had carried on Iter business until a lire broke out there on Thursday night last , when she and witness were got out ot" the parlour window and removed to the Red Lion . She lost a great deal of property by the fire , and was very melancholy all tho next day . That morning ( Suturday ) witness awoke and foudn her suspended by a handkerchief to a rail ofthe bed-stead . "Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "

      Extraordinary Suicide by a Child . —A few days ago , a little lad , in the employ of Mr . Oliver , printer , Newport , named David Davies , aged twelve years , and _residing with his parents in the courtlage of Mrs . JonCS , llill-Stl'CCC _, committed suicide by hanging himself in the privy by his handkerchief . lie was discovered by his sister soon after lie had committed the awful deed , and cut down by Mrs . Jones . JSo other _reason can bo assigned for this very extraordinary Crime than that the deceased was ofa quick and violent temper , and had frequently beeu in the habit of threatening to hang himself , or cut his throat , when excited by his playmates . Glouckster Assizes . —The old man named James Ware , against whom sentence of death was recorded at the last _assiw-s , for sotting life to a house in Temple parish , Bristol , has had his punishment commuted to transportation for life ,

      Stipendiary Magistrate tou the Mining Dis-TBICT . — It is stated that Mr . Serjeant Allen is a candidate for the office of stipendiary magistrate for thc mining district of South Staffordshire , the salary of which is £ 1 , 000 per annum . More Fortifications for the Sunuitns op Paris . —The Courricr Francais says , " The future destination of Canonville 1 ms move than once been placed in doubt . It is now certain that the piece of ground , where 100 acres havo been already cleared , in the wood of Vinccmics , is destined to the construction ol two forts and an arsenal . Already thc ditches that are to surround them have been staked out and partly dug . Building materials have been collected on the spot , six hundred workmen are employed at the works , and thc number is soon to be increased to t \ _vo thousand .

      Disgraceful Scene.—A Few Days Ago, A Pit...

      Proposal so Raise One Hundred _Thousand Shillings . —An attemp t is about to be made to free the Baptist Missionary Society from its _pecuniary embarrassments , * the Rev . Dr . Cox having undertaken the arduous task of collecting the requisite , sum , The proposal is , to pay down one shilling only and is addresssed to every memberof the Baptist denomination . If 100 , 000 present each a shilling , thei " whole object will be accomplished . —Edinburgh paper . [ These insatiate black-slugs , like the leech ' and the grave , ever cry " give , give . " ] Tub Great Britain . —This splendid steamer is on her way to New York ; she has a number of passengers and a fair cargo on board . Some of the pilots wliO met her , report that she was running at the rat © of 12 nautical miles an hour . Flood at New Orlrans , — Heavy rains had

      swollen the Lake on the _dfch and 1 th ult ., so that the swamp and rear of the city were overflowed . The houses yards , stables , hotels , and out-buildings of the end ofthe New Canal or Shell Road , wero inundated , and for two miles towards , the city the ciinal had everflown its banks , leaving the houses in the distance to appear as if they were floating on the sea . The destruction to bridges'Jiad been very great . The Charity Hospital , and the infirmaries . generally , were all inundated , rendering access to them exceedingly difficult . ¦ _ Russian Treatment of Bankrupts . —Ihe _h-mpcror of Russia has , by ukase dated the 20 th of April , promulgated , in the form of a commercial code , a law upon failures and bankruptcies . The Jaw is borrowed from the French code , the only essential difference being the severe punishment inflicted on bankrupts , who are condemned to perpetual banishment to Siberia .

      Railwa y across Greenwich" Park . —The Lords of the Admiralty have at length g iven their consent to a railway passing across Greenwich Park . Such a scheme , however , cannot obtain Parliamentary sanction this year , as the _South-F _. astern Company , in despair of obtaining the permission of the AdmiraJty , had abandoned that part of their line to Woolwich . Excise and Taxes . —A rumour is afloat in the City to the effect that there is to be an immediate consolidation of the Board of Excise and thc Bourd of Stamps and Taxes , so as to leave only one revenue board for customs or foreign duties , and one for inland duties . It is even said thut Sir Robert Peel intends to make this arrangement part of his forthcoming budget . The repeal of many of the Excise duties , and the expected repeal of others , render some change necessary , and the present united revenues of both the existing boards do not amount to so large an income itis said , as was formerly collected by one board alone .

      More Cheap Railway Trips . —The directors ofthe Newcastle and Carlisle Railway have commenced running cheap trains to all tho stations along their lines on Sundays at the low rate of one halfpenny per mile . " To what Stranoe Usesmat we come at Last . — About a fortnight ago , as a man named Thomas Holland , was in tho act of digging a grave in the yard of Cogwill Bridge Church , in Dent , Lancashire , when he had dug about four feet deep he came iu contact with a skull . On taking it up , he found in the inside a quantity of hay and straw , out of wliich to the no small amazement of Mr . Holland , jumped two full grown mice . How they got there , 6 v what was their fancy for building a __ nest so much below f . _lift _fmvfnno Af tho _arnnnrl _vomsunft n mvctnvv

      The Mammoth Log of Mauooany . —By the last West India mail wc learn that our fellow-subject - at Honduras were rejoicing in the possession of what they had christened the " Mammoth Log . " The schooner Vigilant had towed up from Glover ' s Reef the largest log seen in the settlement for many years . It was the property of Messrs . Welsh , Gough , and Bialce , and was to be shipped to England in the St . Croix . The full measurement was — length 19 feet 6 inches ; breadth , 5 feet ; depth 4 feet 2 inches ; and _eot down at 4 ., f 50 loot , exceeding 19 tons in weight . This log was cut about three years ago , at the Rio Cuero ; but , in consequence of its great draught of water , could not be got over the bar until recently , when advantage was taken of a great

      freshet in the river . The colony was doing well . By thc Superintendent's message to his Parliament , it appeared that the balance of revenue oyer expenditure for the past year was £ 4 , 070 . Sodden Death lv a _Chapei .. —On Sunday afternoon , about seven o ' clock , during the performance of the evening service at the large Wesleyan Chapel , in the Back-road , St . George ' s in the East , Mr . John Moffatt , a retired servant of the East India Company , residing at ii , John-street , St . George ' s , who formed one of the congregation , was observed to fall as if he had been shot , Mr . Luke Farrow , who also formed one of the congregation , rendered immediate assistance , in which he was assisted by Mi * . Rcos , a surgeon , residing in the neighbourhood , but their efforts were of 110 avail , as life was utterly extiuct .

      Outrage ix Westminster . — On inquiry at the Westminster Hospital , on Monday , it was stated that the unfortunate women Elizabeth Pullen is going on . favourably . The Assassination in Drury-lane . —Death 0 _J Blewht . — On Monday morning , soon after one o ' clock , thc unfortunate man Blewitfe expired , in the lung ' s College Hospital , from the effects of the injuries caused by the shot fired at liim in Drury-lane , on the evening of Saturday , April 23 rd . by the lad Graham . FATAL FIGHT . —A fight took place on Sunday last , in a field near the Marley tunnel on tlio South Devon Railway , between two " navies , " when one of them fell a corpse on the spot , just as he received a blow " from his antagonist .

      _Deaxii in a _SrATiox-novsE . —On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . Baker at the Marlborough Head , Fox-lane , Shadwell , on view of the bi ; dy of Hannah Barker , aged 23 , a single woman , who died in Shadwell Police station-house . On Saturday afternoon some words ensued between deceased and . a female named Cratifurd . Deceased became much excited , aud in her passion bit the woman and pulled her hair by the roots out of her head . Mrs . Craui ' urd having lost three halfcrowns and five shillings , subsequently gave deceased in charge of police-constable Hams , K division , Who conveyed her to the

      stationhouse . Upon being searched there by the female searcher , she took an oath , exhibiting two pennypieces , with a horrid imprecation she declared she had no more . In the other hand six penny . picces were fount ! . In » few minutes afterwards a fall was heard in her cell . Upon a policemangoinginshe was discovered on the floor in a state of insensibility , Mr . Ross , a surgeon of the neighbourhood , was sent for , who stated she was attacked with a fil ol apoplexy _, lie used the necessary means to restore her , but without effect , and life was shortly . after extinct . Yerdict— " Visitation of God . " _

      Death op a Distinguished Centenarian . — Miss Ilugina Leslie , the last representative of the no less aticient than distinguished house of Leslie of Lindorcs , died at Cupar , on Wednesday week , at the advanced age of a hundred years , five weeks , and three days , having been born on tho 15 th of March , 174 . 6 . Iu thc rebellion ot * 45 _, her father took a very prominent part in the army of the royalists under William Duke Of Cumberland , and long survived that eventful period . _Djsatii 01- Viscount Hood . —We _haye to record the death of Viscount Hood , who expired on tho Sth , inst . at his residence in Bryanston-square , at the early age of thirty-eight . He was son of the second Viscount , by the daughter of the late Sir Andrew Snape Hammond . His Lordship was burn in 1 S 03 . Thc first Peer was thc celebrated Admiral who took part in Rodney ' s celebrated victory over Count de Grasse .

      Death op the Deas of Windsor . —Intelligence reached Windsor on Monday evening , ofthe death of the Hon . and Rev . Dr . liobart , Dean of Windsor , who expired on the afternoon of Friday last , at Norton Priory , Lincolnshire . The Fortifications at Veroxa . —A letter from Verona , of April 20 , in the _Constftntwiuirfsays , "We have been for some days past in a certain agitation . The immense fortifications , at which workmen havo been employed for seven years , are now completed , but it was understood that they were not to be armed unless in anticipation of a war . However , a commission of three Austrian eng ineers arrived here two days since , and the rumour has been circulated that the iortilicafions are to be armed ibithwUh , and that the park ofthe Adige is to be provided with a considerable reserve . "

      Death of Professor _Meikleham . — _^ lUiam Mcikicham , Esq ., LL , D ., professor of natural philosop hy in the University , Glasgow , died on lhursday , at his house , in the College . Seduction in Francs . —A case of unusual occurrence was last week brought before the Civil lribunal A young woman named _Alphonsine brought aa action for seduction against M . Alexandre Boileau _, layin" thc damages at 12 , 0001 " . Judgment was delivered on Saturday in the following terms : — _*** Considering that every act committed by a man which

      CiU'SCS prejudice to another obliges him bv whose fault the damage was occasioned to make vepaiation ; and considering that Alcxaudro Boileau , by seducing Alphonsine from her maternal abode , keeping up an intimate connection with her , and after abandoning her in a situation difficult and painful to her , and injurious to her reputation , wliiclimay bean impediment to her future establishment in life , and bring upon her disastrous consequences , has canoed her a real prejudice , for which he owes her reparationthe tribunal condemns Alexandre Boileau to pay 2 , 000 Cranes to Al p honsine by way ol * damages , ami illJ the costs ol thc suit . "

      The Baden States . —The states of the Grand Ducbv of Baden were reopened on thedth , with -. (( the usual " ccrcumnics ; the Minister ofthe Interior , as _CommisiUGue-Y of the Grand Duke , dciiyeivU the Speech in the name of his Highness , who 1 directs uu attention ofthe Chamber particularly to the _ouiauoi . of railways . Death . — IntuHigenc © has been _weo ' _"' _" .- _}' _^ oht » tcr-hou . * e , announcing the decease c 1 _Uil Aigi quit * Davoure , mother of the Conn _^ _b Aulaire , who expired _afewda _ys sinccnl thcadvancei _aae of SI .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 16, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16051846/page/3/