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      Jljsjl 19, 1845. • The Northern Star* 3

      _jljsjl 19 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR * 3

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      '• 'A Feastof Nectar'd Sweets , Ivhere N...

      ' 'A feastof nectar'd sweets , IVhere no crude surfeit reigns . '" in a means of cleaian" off the accumulations of ¦ _^^¦ _j _^ tributions and ex-bracts which come into - _rtf _^ _stsaon , bn * - _^ hlch ine -wtliiuBy channel ( our _^^ _cw _ner" ) ' _hiadeqnate " _*» dispose of , we _anmZi . in Febrnary last , our intention of giving , * ™ Z . _onartcr , a selection of original and extracted _ZL under tiie above - ° - eau - 1 * - was intended that | i ~ _3 _grfion should have appeared some time in _-MarchT _IJ-afeTOurable _circ"cmstaiices prevented this , _^ ftre can only offer our very sincere apology for the _Avoidable _delay-^ lea nnonncement just alluded to , _etused , as we expected , the tranfanission to us of as much poetry { _socaliedjin _manoscri pt , as would , almost for six months to come , have supplied us with the very useM

      _jj-ficle called waste paper , had -we been fortunate enoug h t o have dealt in those _-verjr necessary commodities , butter and cheese . If -writing paper , _formerr - * seh- " - _* nHgiibourhood of dare market and _^ j _*^ . classical localities at " six sheets for a _pennv , " has not «* reatJ . y advanced in price , we can _assare our readers it is no fault of our poetical _corjesponilents . Andif we have not become stone-blind in perforating onr arduous task of poring over and e ndeavouring to arrive at the meaning of tie lucubrations—we take it for granted that all poets " burn the * duuight taper "— -with -which "wehave beenfavoured , why , at any rate , -we have nofcimproved onr organs of _sision ; and should the result be that we should find jt necessary to multipl y our optics , we shall look to ihe poets to furnish ns with the necessary helps—to

      • provide aa with a due quantum of second sight . " Atlength we have straggled through this almost interminable mass of " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " "What a blessing we ' re not made of touchwood , otherwise , _s-uTOvmued-mth sneh amass of paper , the conflagration which would have necessarily ensued would have been frightful . Phaeto-s ' s predicament , when he set the world on fire , would have heen _nothint * to ours 3 We have finished our task ; and , —alas' for the vanity of human expectations , —of all ihe " original" productions with wliich we have heen favoured , we dare only—stretching our editorial charity to the uttermost—pre sent to our readers the some half-dozen specimens , which will be found below . The rejected effusions , of " poetry , " are poetry " of a sort : " butsuch a sort as ' -neither gods nor men permit . " i

      The " favoured few" who have found admission to ihe "feast" must not deceive themselves . Their productions are certainly not void of merit - for , had they been so , they would not have appeared in these MJunins ; but Ave should only deceive them were we to omit telling them that , although they may have - reached the base of Parnassus , they have a long journey before them if they would reach its summit _, jf such is the aim of their ambition , they willneed to put forth all their strength to attain the wished-for goal . Abhorring , as we do , the brutal and baneful spirit by wliich the song-writers of the Nation appear to be actuated , we must , nevertheless , accord to them the

      possession of talent , energy , and the right poetic inspiration . Of the poets of the Nation it has heen well said , that their songs " Stir the heart like the sound of a trumpet * " and while we would have our friends eschew the rancorous partisanship and bar barous " nationality" of the Nation men , we would gladly see them competing with the Irish lyrists in a generous rivalship , not for the triumnh of class and sectional interests , but for the universal hberfy of mankind . Let our poetical friends reflect on this . " England expects every man to do his duty I " The subject of the following warrants ns accord in ? to it the precedence :

      THE POETS' . FEAST . BT -W . C , GLiBQOW . Hail ! hail ! to thee , thou joyful day , "Which care , which grief far drives away And earth _iUomuies with a ray , Reminding ns of heaven - _, 'Tis not to greet the conqueror proud , Or conrtly , fawning , titled crowd , That flows so rich ! that swells so loud , Strains bold , and freely given : Ah no . ' a nobler , purer lay , The Bard doth sing ; upon this day .

      No strife , no vain and clam ' roBS mirth At Poesy ' s rich feast hath birth , But aQ that doth endear the earth And make it worthy man ; That shows forth "beauties to the eye , Implanting feelings ne ' er to die , Onr souls lead soaring far on high , New beauties there to scan : And Still to truth and virtue ' s praise , Sweet songs with cheerful voice to raise , Ye sons of Poesy , then sweB The chorus , from MB , vale , and dell , In Freedom ' s tone sing forth the knell Of tyrant and of slave : t ' ntil the yet dim eye doth -light 5 Until the wrong-id have gain'd their right TiU tyranny hath set in night ,

      And found an endless grave : Then proud and free may stand the least ~ who thus hath join'd the Poef s Feast . We are grateful to Ah * . Ross for informing us of the glories and beauties we may hopefor when Spring does come : but we can assure him , that excepting the redoubtable Tom _Spbtsg , we have , as yet , seen no Spring in this part of the world . We nave heen as dull and cheerless in the " great wen , " as if , instead of coquettish April , suicidal November had heen in Ihe ascendant It is fortunate that Peel has eoni-rived , with his Maynooth Bill , to get us all into hot water , otherwise we should have been tempted to have Mowed Mr . Exzlee to the tropics . But here is OHrnorthern friend's

      ODE TO SPUING . BT _DAVIB BOSS , LEEV 8 . _Wiovl an testacy wakes in the niind , When the Spring , like a spirit of light , Spreads her mantle of verdure , all blooming and blight , O ' er meadow and mountain , and daisy-crowned height , "Where roametli the _zephyry wind"What raptures awake with thc morn , " When the lark leaves its heathery bed , And its lay o ' er the landscape is merrily borne , "While diamond dew drops bespangle each thorn _. And the flowers with fresh fragrance are fed . Prom eternity ' s wemb , as the Spring -Rushes forth to delight us again With her smile of enchantment , she waketh the bloom , And the flowerets burst forth from their winfry tomb , And with grandeur embellish the plain .

      Then the primrose embroiders the grass , And fhe daisies bespangle the lawn , While the zephyrs breathe -fcagrance as onward they pass , And the lambkins in frolic each other surpass As they wake to new life with the dawn . The streamlets now tranquilly glide , And plaintively murmur around , While Flora , enamoured , comes forth as a bride , All radiant with beauty , of nature fhe pride , As she scatters her treasures around . She honeybees wake at her caB , _And joyfully follow her train , liB , cumber'd with sweets , they return to their hall To la ; up their treasures in catacombs small , l « st Winter should threaten again .

      A 3 nature is lovely to view , Oa ihe earth , or the fathomless main ; The skies are all claa in etherial _blue—^ B matter seems quicken'd and glad to renew lis joyful existence again . - _^> e a herald of promise she comes Io tell us that Summer is near , When the treasures of earth from its bosom shall rise , A _$ Apollo , in glory , looks down from the skies , _T _welcome the bride of the year . Sther the author ofthe following lines attempts wo mneh inoverlaving his subject with fine words , w . we are incomp * etent to do him justice . In all sincerity , we say , we hope that the latter is _& e fact , if he be a true poet , -which a further ac-¦ _^ aintanceshin will prove , no one will be more ready _"ili- m us to do him justice—no one will more heartily _•^ _oice in his success .

      ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN . _** TBE ACXHOR OF " THE VOICE OF _XATUBE . - _*' " And I have loved thee , Ocean . _"—Bibon . _W who may know how fondly I have gazed % > n th y mighty waters , stretching far hi bouaffless freedom , when the radiant morn niuined thy bosom with if s golden beams—*"• "" "•• hen the Sun , thronedin the zenith , shone _ppon % _lanvbent waves , 0 ! 1 have joy'd _** nl the feelings of my glad heart glow'd "Mi all the ardent eloquence of youth .

      _«* e stood upon the mountain ' s lofty orow , _-Jnd vieWd the ishiiiing deep , when immmer skies , To bathe their _salver-d azure , slept beneath _£ _h y sun-robed flood ; while , stretching free and far , _* he lucent waters laved thfcir sonnding shores , Anai mumurM round the isles that proudly rear _£ _" * 'towering forms like guardians of the deep , -ffalang tones of plaintive harmony , _Wom ** m _& st _«^ ns ae _mera-Mo _** _6- _* i Tmi * loai 0 uS * And I have gazed __ J 0 » erUi _clnnflc vriVfl noon ' s triumchal " blaze ,

      - » ' _r _^ _a-iieath the growing arch of heaven * oe _tt-ttdttbui-st Then rush'd the angry storm _f _01- * _Opinions of the hurricane * « tt O ' er thy troubled waters , lill the waves , ote from their sleep , and , foaming , roU'd along j * airfnl grandeur . Then my bosom _swelM , _^ _" " _aij heart gbw'a with awild delight ; _" dj while the tempest _xeveU'd in ifs might , _* y spirit , wrapt in awe , survey'd the scene , _*»« , snaring high to maWsty divine , _Anored Omnipotence .

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      I loved togaze on thee when eveningbung Her deepening shadows in the twilight hour ; When through the sapphire portals of fhe night Deep darkness rush ' d anon , while , one by one , The Stars came forth all beautiful and fair As gems that dazzle in celestial crowns , Shedding their lightupou thy wavelets sheen That , flashing back the radiance of their rays , "With still y murmurs softly Idss'd thy shores , To sing a requiem for the dead whosleep Beneath thy waters , by tiie storm entomb'd , Within the graves of ilv _unfathom'd depths .

      And , Ocean . 0 . ' how vast are thy domains . Mysterious and immense . ' Thy waves roU on O'er scenes where jet the prying eye of man Hath never been ; scenes that may be _portray'd " In aB the vast magnificence of thought , " * Until the mind , nprearing fancy , sinks Beneath conceptions towering and sublime . "Sor shall the hidden secrets of thy womb Look on the light , until the dreadful day "When aged Time shaB lean his hoary head Upon the bosom of eternity _; When , robed in majesty , the great I m _,

      Who holds within the hollow of his hand Thy mighty waters , shall , with power , come forth To judge the world , Then , cleft asunder at the high behest Of throned Omnipotence , thy floods willraise On high their liquid walls , as on the day When Israel , trusting in Jehovah , fled Prom _Pharoah ' _e ire . ere yet thy surges DUTSt To quell the daring ofthe Memphian host . Then from thy depths the dead will all arise , The while ten thousand thunders wake around , And earth shall pass away , and Death shall die , And time shall be no more !

      The following needs no other introduction than the name of the author , whose simple but sweet lyrics have often graced ouv columns . It is only fair to state that we consider this not the happiest of his effusions . Still , so lively a love-ditty cannot fail to be welcome to our readers . So here ' s a cheer—we should have no objection if , instead of a cheer , it were « kiss — fbr

      TANSY WIUJA 3 S . S 0 N . BT 3 . M ' KOWEN . Bonny Panny Williamson , Charming Panny Williamson , There ' s ne ' er a truer hearted one , Than bonny Panny Williamson . Nurs'd npon misfortune ' s breast , Sore by poverty oppress _* d , Mother ' s eye ne ' er watch'd the rest , Of bonny Panny Williamson . like th' snow-drop ' s lonely flower , That cometh in the wint' ry hour , To bide the blast and sleety shower , Was bonny Fonny Williamson . As the snow-drop on the lea A type of spring-time seems to be , Her infant face oft told to me The future Fanny Williamson .

      Could ye see hei—now sixteen , _"Slofing in her Sunday sheen , Human eye hath seldom seen , The like of Panny Williamson . Tree from slain and free from guile , Peerless in her own green isle , Nor hath the swan upon loch Foyle , The grace of Panny Williamson . In her presence all is gay , Cankering care flies swift away , Time e ' en pauses on his way , To gaze on Fanny Williamson . One so artless and so young , Needetb not her praises sung , But 0 ! 'twould baffle pen and tongue , ToteU of Fanny Williamson . We heg to introduce to our readers a sterling

      aillll OF LIBERTY . ST . J 43 J . ES EMSL 1 E DUNCAN . The heart of man is burning , The chains of ages spurning , Ah ! yes , a glorious morning Is breaking on him now . See , see ! its rays are gleaming , In bright effulgence streaming , In joy and glory beaming , Upon his god-like brow ! Long has his soul been panting , Long , long , his spirit wanting , What heaven at length is granting—To flee from woe and shame . Then rouse ye from your slumbers , And throng in countless numbers , And'fan the glowing embers Now bursting into flame !

      0 burst the bands that bind ye , 0 spurn the mists that blind ye , And leave the paths behind ye , Of hate and infamy . To wrong no longer pander , But snap your chains asunder , And shout in voice of thunder , The Truth has set us free ! The following simple hut _enei-getie lines , written by one of the sons of to ' il , breathes a bitterness of heart , and a fierceness of soul , that speaks volumes on the " Condition-of-England question . " "What an abominable system must that be , which , changing the " milk of human kindness" into gall and wormwood , compels the oppressed but intelligent men of England to speak out in such words of bitter scorn as the

      following!—TOIL ON . BV WILLIAM J 0 NE 8 . _IT-ICESIEB . Te reckon it a boon , _Tlnrecompensed to toil—Toil on , then , till your forms are strewn , Lean , lifeless , o'er the soil . Toil aB the six days through , Then onthe seventh behind Some God-condemned oppressors pew , 60 crouch , mean , ' sham'd and pined . Toil— " not for treasures where Corrode the moth and rust ;" Bnt toil and claim that better share"Religion and a crust . ' " Toil for the grades th ' athate You , and your babes and wives ; The ruthless vampfres ofthe State , That drain your very lives . Toil on—contented toil

      Por heroes , murderers , knaves j And sing to cheer your hearts the while" Britons shall ne ' er be slaves !" No time for books allow , Season for food or sleep * , Toil till cold sweat rains from your brow , Paint tremblings o ' er you creep . Toil , till your shrunken brains To idiotey are brought ; Forget for aye the ennobling strains Our patriots true have taught . Toil , while your children mourn ; Toil , till yourselves wax blind ; Let Tyranny take half you earn , Or aB—toil , never mind ! Toil , tUl ye can no more—TiB toil itself grows scant ; Then , while wealth ' s nectar'd cup flows o ' , Die maddened with keen want .

      Toil on , —I teU ye toil , Poor uncomplaining slaves , TiU death—nor let a daisy ' s smfle Deck your unhonour'd graves ! " Let Glasgow flourish I" We have now to present a third purveyor to our feast , from the " Queen of the "West . "" "We say third ; for , besides the lines hy"W . C , the " Address to thc Ocean" is also from Glasgow ; in addition to which we have received several other pieces from the same locality , which we have been compelled to reject ; so that there appears to be an overflowing number ofthe sons of the muses in Scotland ' s commercial capital . "Modem Athens" must look to her laurels ; for , if not wide awake , she has a fair chance of being eclipsed b y her western sister . By a great number of ouv readers , we dare say , thc following lines will not be the less appreciated because written in " guid braid Scotch" : —

      SONG OF FREEDOM . BV J O HN PEA C OC K , GLASGOW . 0 ! awa wi sic sangs as afthae been sung , The lyre to fond freedom has scarcely been strung ; The maist o' the sangs sung in years thaf s awa , An' sung now a-days—a trows a—but ablaw . Weak puffs blawin' praises baith empty an' vain , To favour the rich folk , an' court a big name ; Sae now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie to me , The sweetest 0 ' a' sangs that breathes o * the free . The bards 0 ' langsyne sung loud praises to kings—To proud peers , an ' princes , and sic _pamper'd things ; Strung their lyres to the fame o' the walthy an' great , An' ranted awa about the Kirk an' the State . To love , War , an' Wine , they hae mony sangs gien—But few to sweet Freedom , their bosom ' s best frien' : 0 ! now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie to me , The sweetest o' a' sangs that breathes 0 ' the free .

      The dark clouds o' error are vanishin fast , In bodies who think we'B now shrink at the past ; The bright star o ' - reason begins to appear , _DispeUii * . ' the shadows o' horror an' fear . And Freedom—fair Freedom—the night o' our birth , Smiles now like the simmer sun far o ' er the earth ; Sae now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie . to me , The sweetest 0 ' a' sangs—man yet will be free ! Now black superstition , wha ' s lang war'd wi' men , Sae like a fofled demon shrinks back to its den ; Prood _emp-i-ore and kings totter now on their thrones"For truth is triumphin' in spite o _' sic drones . lang tired wi' rants an' the sangs o' langsyne , Mankind sing the sangs o' a happier time ; When nation an' nation as ane will agree , An' the hale earth resound wi' sangs o' the free .

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      t To our friends" whose contributions '¦ have been rejected we must offer a word of consolation . If they cannot write poetry , mayhap they might suceed in prose ; and to most of thc rejected we would give the advice not to waste their time for tiie future in attempting what to them will doubtless ever bean impossibility , bnt stick to plain , common sense pvosc . Some of the rejected appear to be capable of better things than they have this time accomplished ; for thc benefit of such , therefore , and for the benefit of those who may not be inclined to take the advice offered above , wc give thc following definition of poetry from the writings of Leigh Huht : —

      Poetry , strictly and artistically so called , that is to say , considered not merely as poetic feeling , which is more or less shared by all the world , but as the operation of that feeling , such as we see it in the poet ' s book , is the utterance of a passion for truth , beauty , andpower , embodying and illustrating its conceptions by imagination and fancy , and modulating its language on the principle of variety in umformity . Its means are whatever the universe eon . tains ; and its ends , pleasure and exaltation . Poetry stands between nature and convention , keeping alive among us the enjoyment ofthe external and the spiritual world : it has constituted the most enduring fame of nations ; and , next to Love and Beauty , which are its parents , is the greatest proof to man of the pleasure to be foundin all things , and of the probable riches of infinitude .

      We do not expect that all who essay the poet's delightful task will be able to accomplish to the full the requirements ofthe above ; but we do expect all such to make the attempt , and to approach , to some extent , the standard here indicated . Hoping our poetical friends will bear the above in mind , we wish them good speed in then * preparations for our next feast , in the "flowery month of June . " But we have not come to the conclusion of our present "Feast . " Wehaveaheapofselectedmatterbyus , which , to do anything like justice to , we must lay over till next week . "We cannot , however , let pass the present opportunity , so favourable to the consideration of a subject to wliich we have before directed the attention of our readers . We allude to the

      exclusion froni Westminster Abbey of Tiiokwaij > sen s statue of Byron . It will be within the recollection of our readers that in the session of 1844 tliis subject attracted attention , and excited an interesting discussion iu the llouse of Lords . On that occasion the Bishop of London defended the conduct of the Dean and Chapter in excluding the statue , alleging that as Lord Btron had shown himself in his life and writings the __ enemy of Christianity , regard for ihe national religion demanded that he should be denied the posthumous honours wliich , in a Christian temple , Christians only are entitled to . Our readers may remember that we remarked at the time upon the beautiful consistency ofthe Bishop , and the Dean and Chapter , as exemplified in the exclusion of the

      statue , 0 * 1 the ground of the poet s lrreligion and immorality ; when , at the same time and for years previously , the Dean and Chapter had heen deriving no small share of their immense revenues from some thirty or forty houses of prostitution situated within the " pale" of the Abbey , and under the very noses of these morality-mongering priests . A great portion of the press cried shame upon this exhibition of brazen hypocrisy : but it would be about as possible to extract blood from a stone , as to raise the blush of shame on the frontispiece of a state-gorged law-protected priest . The discussion ,

      however , did this good : it drew public attention to the fact that this great work of _Thorwaidsen ' s was in existence , and served to rouse the friends of the deceased poet from their long and shameful apathy , From that time rumour has been busy assigning a resting-place for the proscribed memorial . At one time it was stated , in very positive terms , that the statue would be erected in a conspicuous part of Kensal-green Cemetery . Again , it was said that Trinity College , Cambridge , was to be its locale . The latter statement appears to be correct , judging by the following article , whicli we extract from the _Athmceurn of Saturday last : —

      • _THOKWiLDBEs _' s STATUS OP BTROK . This statue , the rejected ofthe Church—whose censure has been , it should seem , powerful enough to bear down the interest attaching to such names as Byron and Thorwaldsen , and consign , for more than a dozen years , a work of art , which records them both , to the cellars of the London Docks—has , at length , found a destination ; and , having revisited the glimpses ofthe moon , is now at Sir Richard Yfestmacott ' s , preparatory to its erection in the Library of Trinity College , Cambridge . For ourselves , we think the destination an appropriate one—though we may lament that no fit receptacle for it could be found In the capital . So much curiosity , however , has been recently excited about this work , that we would suggest , to those who have the control of its movements , the propriety of exhibiting it in the metropolis—at the National Gallery , or elsewhere—ere it is finally removed to its pedestal at Cambridge .

      There have been , mthe days of its seclusion , such different opinions given to the public of its merits as a work of art , by the privileged few who had caught a sight of it in the studio ofthe sculptor—and so many versions have been offered ofthe circumstances under wliich _itlay buried so long in the vaults of a commercial company—that we were anxious to judge for ourselves on the one head , and have taken some pains to ascertain the facts of the other . The statue is , it appears , the property of a body of subscribers , the private friends and admirers of ihe deceased poet ; who contributed to the memorial with a zeal not adequately represented by the amount of their subscriptions—and offered the commission to Chantrey . That artist , however , declined a task so imperfectly remunerated ; and the committee , not seeming to know that there

      was any other sculptor in England , travelled to Home in search of a master . It has been stated , again and again , that Thorwaldsen executed this work gratuitously , in a spirit of enthusiastic admiration for the poet , and gratititude to England for the early patronage of one of her sons , which laid the foundation of his fortunes . The assertion , witliout being literally true , has nevertheless enough of truth to honour the sculptor aud enhance the interest of his work . The sum subscribed , whatever might be its amount , was certainly paid to Thorwaldsen ; but it was no adequate price for liis work—and the sculptor ' s answer is understood to have been to something like the following effect : — - " Gentlemen , I cannot afford to

      give you the marble ; but I will take your money and execute the statue . " The refusal , on its arrival in this eountry , to admit the figure into the abbey , as unfit to associate with the selected company assembled there in marble , is sufficiently known : and since the death of Dr . Ireland , an attempt has been made to get the sentence of excommunication removed by his successor . "Whatever , how . ever , _mighthavebeeuDr . Turton ' s decision , if the question had been originaBy submitted to lum , he felt the impropriety of stigmatizing the judgment of his ecclesiastical predecessor ; and the statue has been lying in its packingcases , merely for want of a home , till the doors of Trinity Library were opened to the rejected .

      "With regard to the statue itself , we believe that no man who looks at itinan artistic spirit win be disappointed . As the representation of a poet , and of the particular poet , it is a beautifully imagined and presented work—having , ivith much of the Banish artisfs carelessness , and even coarseness , of execution , less than his accustomed severity of style . The fact is , that the work presents a picture , from whatever point of view it is regarded—and a picture raising the romantic as much as the classical _associations The bard is seated on a ruined fragment , which has been part of some ancient temple , and his foot rests on the broken shaft of a fallen column . The sculptured ornaments onthe shattered fragment , while they are supposed to have been the ancient carving of the stone itself , are skillfully selected as tributes to the poet—those on the right representing the Athenian owl , while on the left the dedication of the lyre to ApoUo is symbolised . In his left hand the poet holds a volume , inscribed with its title " Childe Harold : " and the raised chin is lightly touched

      with a stylus , or pencil , which he holds in his hand . The head is slightly lifted , and turned over the right shoulder —the eyes raised , but with no dramatic or _d-itemmed ait of inspiration . The look and attitude are both natural and unaffected expressions of thought . The beauty of the poet ' s hand and wrist , and the delicate forms of the throat and lower fece are strildnglj- rendered : but in the aspect there is something more than mere , thought—infinitely sad and touching , and which , to us , seems one of the triumphs ofthe work . The upper face tells a tale of pain and sorrow ; and a shadow from within gives a character of age to features that , in their material presentment , are obviously young . The costume is a ridingdress , with a cloak thrown loosely over , whose folds are among the sculptor ' s resources for composition and relief . In feeling and design , the work is a very fine one j—the genius , the character , and the fortunes of the wayward poet are all shadowed forth;—and Trinity will have , in this statue , smew object of great interest for the visitors to her fine library .

      The execution of thc figure—as in many another of Thorwaldsen ' s—is far below the conception ; and here itis that the most unfriendly critics may have found the objections which have led them so greatly to underrate the work . Besides a general coarseness of handling , excepting about the head and in the modelling of the hand , there are faults of detail , which may furnish the mere critic with themes undeniable , and accusations to be answered only by au appeal to larger sympathies and artistic faith . No English sculptor , in view of the clamour he would draw about his head , dare venture to produce to his public such lower extremities as Thorwaldsen has given to the bard : no British statne could stand on sueh feet . The right leg of the figure—which is extended , to rest on a lower plane ( the left being raised on the broken shaft ) , is shapeless—its _u-. per portion being rather femenine than that of a man . All these defects tbe sculptor

      could have corrected , at will ; the wanting finish is an added charm which his ch _' sel could have added at any time . "We do not affect to underrate the graces of finish and execution , nor to justify their heing withheld ;—bw * the tftotigftt embodied in thiB is intrinsically worth aU the technicals which schools can teach or critics can enforce . The thousands of our readers who will , doubtless , for ever be debarred the pleasure of gazing on this _magnificent pieceof sculptured poetry , will , we are sure , thank us for transferring the above article to quv columns It will afford them thepower offormingin theirmind ' s eye , a vision—however imperfect—of the all but hvingmarble . Webesto dmrwith the _AiheHontm : we do not think the destination of this statue " an appropriate one . " Certainly the place of the poet ' s education is not altogether inappropriate ; Put a

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      statue of one of . England ' s greatest poets , by one of Modern Europe ' s great sculptors , should never have been permitted to be locked up , out of the reach % i & } f the enth ' o { the poet ' s countrymen , witlilhe exception of a privileged few . As regards the immense majority ofthe British people , the _stMejughtjusj as _weli have rcmaine ( i m the vault 01 tno London Docks , as to be consigned to an _aristocratical and exclusive nook in Trinity College , CamteiUge . It is true , that had it been placed in some one of the public buildings in tho metropolis , or in Ivensall-green Cemetery , the majority of tlicpeople might still never have been able to visit the metropolis , and therefore would never have had the cliar . ee ot seeing the statue . But it at anv rate would have been open to the two millions ofthe inhabitants of London- ; andthethousands whoarecontinuallyconiin " ncrc _h-oni the country , and from Scotland , Wales Ireland , and all parts of the worldwould have had the

      , _likefao- _dityofsaziugontliellhenessofthemightybard If , however , the destination of this statue has been finally settled on , we would support and urge the recommendation ofthe At henmm , that it should be " exhibited in the metropolis—at the National Gallery , or elsewhere—ere it is finally removed to its pedestal at Cambridge . " We arc not amongst those apologist : ' ofthe poet who have urged the introduction of his statue into "Westminster Abbey , on the ground that his writings contained not more objectionable matter , or not even so much , as is to be found in the writingB of Siiarspeahe , _DarnEif _, Joxbon , Boiler , Prior , and others who are duly honoured with a niche in "Poet's Corner . Indeed we would scorn to be ranked amongst the poet ' s mere " apologists "—for apology he needs none . From the days of Homer to the present time , we shall look in vain , amongst poets , or any other class of men , for that

      "Faultless monster which the world ne ' er saw ¦ " andtherefore , taking Byho . v with all his imperfections on Ins head , we say , do homage to his transcendant genius ; remember with sorrow liis manifold wrongs and sufferings ; honour his dauntless and untiring defence of liberty and man ' s rights , and glory In his name and memory , that he was , 0 Englishmen , your countryman : ' * First ofthe free , and foremost of the brave , " It is not because Byrox ' s writings are more moral , or less moral , than those of Sbaksfeare or any other writer , nor on any such stupid grounds that we would demand for him the posthumous honours accorded to others . Byron was a national poet , liis writings are amongst the greatest triumphs of tho English language ; and therefore , if "Westminster Abbey be a national temple , as of right it is , there should his statue be placed . A British Pantheon , having no connection with

      the mummeries of priestcraft , has been suggested as the most fitting repository for the memorials of the mighty dead . The suggestion is a good one ; but in the present state of things is not _likeV to be realised . It has been said by one of our greatest poets thatthe cost of the mere trappings of a monarchy would defray all the necessary expenses of a Republic ; and assuredly a more national , and , let us add , rational Government , than what we at present live under , must be seen in this country , before so national and so rational a work , as a British Pantheon , is likely to be accomplished . A short time ago there appeared in the literary Gazette a review of a pamphlet , the authorship of which has been ascribed to Sir John _Hobuotjse , entitled " Remarks on the exclusion of Lord Btson ' s monument from Westminster Abbey . " From that pamphlet we give the Mowing summary of the character ofthe poet : —

      : CHARACTER OF BTBO _*' . * Lord Byron had failings—many failings , certainly , but ho was untainted with any of the baser vices ; and his virtues—his good qualities—were all of the higher order . He was honourable and open in all his dealings—he was generous , and he was kind . He was affected by the distress—and rarer still , he was pleased with the prosperity of others . Tender-hearted he was to a degree not usual with our sex—and he shrunk , with femiuine sensibility , fl'Om the sight of _ei'uelty . He was true-spoken—he _was afFectionate—be was very brave , if that be any praisebut his courage was not the result of physical coolness or indifference to danger ; on the contrary , he entertained apprehension and adopted precautions , of which he made no secret , and was by no means ashamed . His calmness and presence of mind , in the hour of peril , were the

      offspring of reflection , and of a fixed resolution to act becomingly and weU . He was alive to every indication of good feeling in others—a generous or noble sentiment , a trait of tenderness or devotion , not only in real , but in imaginary characters , affected him deeply—even to tears . He was , both by his habits and his nature , incapable of any mean compliance , any undue submission towards those who command reverence and exact flattery from men of the highest genius ; and it will be the eternal praise of his writings , as it was one ofthe merits of his conversation , that he threw no lustre on any exploit , however brilliant , any character , however exalted , which had not contr ibuted to the happiness or welfare of mankind . Lord Byron was totally free from envy and jealousy ; and , both iu public and in private , spoke of the literary merits of his contemporaries in terms which did justice to them , and honour to himself . He was well aware of his own

      great reputation ; but he was neither vain . glorious nor overbearing ; nor attached to his productions even that value which was universally granted to them , and which they ivill , probably , for ever maintain . Of _hi 6 lesser qualities very little need be said , because his most inveterate detractors have done justice to his powers of pleasing , and to the irresistible charms of his general deportment . There was ,, indeed , something about him not to be definitely described , but almost universally felt , which captivated those around him , and impressed them , in spite of occasional distrusts , with an attachment , uot

      only friendly , but fixed . Part of this fascination may doubtless be ascribed to the entire self-abandonment , the incautieus , it may be said , the dangerous sincerity of his private conversation ; but his very weaknesses were amiable ; and , as has heen said of a portion of his virtues , were of a feminine character—so that the affection felt for him was as that for a favourite and sometimes froward sister . In mixed society , Lord Byron was not talkative , neither did he attempt to surprise by pointed or by humorous remarks ; but in all companies he held his own , and that , too , without unbecoming rivalry with his seniors in age and reputation , and without any offensive condescension

      towards his inferior associates . In more familiar intercourse , he was a gay and a free companion , but he nev er transgressed the bounds of good breeding , even for a moment . Indeed he was , in the best sense of the word , a gentleman ; To the above nothing need be added in vindication of the glorious bard , * ' "Whose name will be A watchward , till the future shall be free . "

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      THE POPULAR RECORD OF MODERN SCIENCE : A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY AND GENERAL INFORMATION . London 344 , Strand . The prospectus of this publication informs us that the plan of the work will embrace : Articles on General Science , by the Editor—Articles on Disputed Doctrines , such as those of Phrenology , Mesmerism , and Homoeopathy , < fcc , from writers best qualified by investigation to state the claims of each—Short Letters from Correspondents—Notices of New Works on Science or Philosophy—and Selected Paragraphs , and Items of Intelligence . The editors take for their motto ¦ ' Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good . " If this is faithfully carried out , the Popu lar Record will" do the State some service , " and will deserve to be popular in fact as well as in name .

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      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . THE CRIMINAL DRAMA . We understand that in consequence of the growing taste of the public for witnessing the examination and trial of notorious criminals , it is in contemplation to apply to the Lord Chamberlain for a regular theatrical license for the Old Bailey and some ofthe principal _^ police courts in the metropolis . The _amplication will be backed by some members of the aristocracy , already distinguished for their patronage of the style of entertainment that will be presented to them . The following is suggested as a prospectus to be circulated among the admirers of the class of performance alluded to : —

      THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY , Admirers of Atrocity , and Connoisseurs of Criminal Matters , Arc respectfully informed that it is intended tb open the GREAT "NATIONAL CRIMINAL THEATRE ROYAL ,

      OLD BAILEY , Under the License of the Lord Chamberlain , : The performances will consist of a series of the must exciting and interesting trials ; the principal characters in which will be sustained by the , _^ MOST CELEB-HATED MUBDBREBS , supported by a powerful phalanx OP DISTINGUISHED BARRISTERS , aided by a numerous corps of jailors and turnkeys , with an unrivalled hand of auxiliaries . In the course ofthe year the

      British Judges Will Have The Honour Of A...

      BRITISH JUDGES will have the honour of appearing in turn ; so that there will be a constant succession of first-rate judicial talent , to give effect to the summings up and to thc passing of the sentences . In . order to vary the nature of the entertainment ,

      THE HONOURABLE MR . JUSTICE SIAuKB , the celebrated judicial buffo , will go . through a round of his celebrated performances , and will appear in a rapid succession of laughable novelties . He will , early in an ensuing session , give liis popular comic recitation , called " How to get a divorce , " wliich was received with so much applause at t . ' _ie recent assizes . The prices of admission will be Pimounccd in future bills , but persons talcing places for ft whole session will be considered as subscribers , and entitled to admission at all the trials . Stalls will be constructed in such a position as to enable the occupant to take snuff from the prisoners' bos , a treat which was so much in reauest at Bow-street .

      Failure at New York . —A failure to a large amount was announced in the street yesterday . The amount of the liabilities of the establishment are stated at 500 , 000 or 600 , 000 dollars . The house in question suspended in 1837 for a large amount , which has sinco been satisfactorily arranged . The business ofthe house was with the South , and a good part of k was in Alabama . The notes held as security have been as good as any in market , and their misfortune is that their goods either remain unsold in thc Southern markets , or that those sold have not been paid for . Other houses were _reported yesterday to have failed , but from the hesitation with which they were spoken of , we hope the reports were unfounded . One suspension always gives rise to a hundred rumours . —New Fork Express .

      Disaster at Sea . —The fine ship New Zealand , Captain Mackay , from Liverpool , bound fbr St . John ' s , New Brunswick , with a general cargo was on the 26 th ult . found to be on . fire . After great exertion , in which the captain lost a man and boy by suffocation in the hold , this port was happily reached on Friday evening , the 4 th inst . The cause ofthe fire could not be accurately ascertained ; but her valuable cargo , amounting to £ 20 , 000 , iB in a great measure destroyed .. We learn that both vessel and cargo are insured . —Derry Standard .

      Swim Traisb . —During the past week expevimimts were made on the London and Birmingham line , with a view to the acceleration ofthe trains , the distance between London and Birmingham , 112 miles , being accomplished with ease in the space of two hours and forty minutes , the trains , with four carriages , starting from the _Eustoh-station at ten minutes before one , and arriving , ; stoppages included , at : Birmihgham b y twenty _minutea before four . Spirited experiments like these excite surprise , particularly when it is remembered that a few years ago , ' under the old school of , travelling , _* it took the beBtequipped coacnes twelve hours to run between London and Birmingham or Bristol . — Globe .

      _iPusE-nsM . _—The Episcopal Church of Scotland does not appear to be free from the mnovatmg spirit which has established itself in this country . The Scotch papers state that a Sunday or two ago the Minister of an Episcopal Congregation at Brechin intimated , at the close of his sermon , that he was ready to receive " Auricular Confessions" from all who chose to avail themselves of his offer .

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      Douglas JemiOLd . —Most of our readers must , we are sure , remember the very agreeable evening provided for them at the beginning of last year , by the care ofthe Committee of thc Polytechnic Institution , at which Mr . Charles Dickens presided ; and tliey will , therefore , be much gratified to leam that the Committee have resolved upon holding a similar meeting in the early part of next month , when Douglas Jerrold , Esq . " , will occupy the chair , then so well and agreeably filled by Mr . Dickons . Wc cordially trust that the same success will attend their present as their past exertions ; and that a full attendance will ensue , alike to do honour to a man of such literary eminence as Jerrold , and to aid in ensuring stability , to so excellent an Institution , as the Polytechnic . —Birmingham Advertiser , The " Movement . "—At a mooting of the friends and subscribers of this paper , held at the Parthenium , St . Martin's-lane , April loth , Mr . Skelton in the chair ; the accounts of the second volume ( as far as it proceeded ) were presented , from which it appears that a balance of £ 25 is due to the conductors ; and it was resolved that— "that meeting holds itself in a great measure responsible for the same , agrees to enter into a subscription to repay it , aud calls on the friends and subscr ibers generally to further that object . " There and then M 8 s . were entered on the list , making nearl y £ 10 already subscribed . Any communications on this subject are to be addressed to G . J . Holyoake , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand , London . A list of subscriptions will appear in the Monthly Circular of the Anti Persecution Union . On the motion of Mr . Powell a committee was formed to make arrangements for a public tea party , on the occasion -of Mr . Holyoalce ' s departure for Scotland .

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      Stonehouse . — More Tyranny . — Cases of the greatest hardship occur here . We consider tliey ought not to be passed over without exposure in what we call "our" valuable journal , the Northern Star . Our unprincipled employer in this place buys a great number of sheep-skins . The wool is pulled from them by what is termed a " _fellmonger . " This _woolis sent to Leicester , where it is worked up by carding machinery for the hosiery trade . This wool , called skin wool , is preferable to fleece wool for this purpose ; for there is less dross in it , and it is less felted . For these reasons it will fetch a higher price than fleece wool . The fleece wool grow » in Devon and Cornwall is , with little exception , all combed ,

      and the tops sent into Yorkshire . For many months past the employer hi question has ordered the best and freeist of the fleece wool to be thrown out , and to be broken up in small pieces ; then mingled in a pile or heap together : then it is pulled , packed up , and sent off to Leicester : and further than this , lie has mixed scores of packs of short skin wool in this way ; and all called , and no doubt sold for " skin combing wool . " Fow , this rascally and abominable fraud is not the worst part of it . The worst part of the fleece , the hard " cots " and locks , are left for us to comb , and we have combed it for months and months past , and should ( though galling ) have continued to do so till times improved , when we should have been able to better ourselves , had the worthy gentleman been pleased to stop here : but no ,

      his greedy appetite , Like the devouring sea , is never gorged _. On Monday morning week he gave orders that he should reduce the prices of combing from 2 _* d ., 3 d ., and 3 * d . per lb . ( the regular prices paid , with but little exception , all through the west ) to 2 Jd _., 2 j } d . and 3 d . Wioan . —Important Meeting op tbe Hand-loom Weavers . —On Monday afternoon last , according to announcement by placard , a meeting ofthe Hand-loom Weavers of this district was held in the large room at the Buck i'th Vine , to receive the report of the interviews that had taken place between the Earl oi Dalhousie , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir George Clerl _* , and several other influential members

      of Parliament , and the Hand-loom Weavers' delegates , who had recently attended the Trades' Conference in London . The meeting was _yery numerously attended , and at the hour appointed ( four o ' clock , p . m . ) Mr . John Lennegan was called on to preside , who , after reading the placard calling the meeting , introduced Mr . Lowe , the Weavers' delegate for this district , tothe attention of the assembly . Mr . Lowe then proceeded to give a brief account of the respective interviews with Lord Lilford , Lord Ashley , Mr . Ward , Mr . Brocklehurst , and several other members of Parliament , the majority of whom were in favour of Local Boards of Trade , formed on cer tain principles , which he detailed to the meeting . Mr . Ward , the member for Shefliehi , was of opinion that Local Boards of Trade would be the best courts that could be established , as they would go far to prevent strikes , and would also have the effect of

      restoring a better feeling between the employer and the employed ., The speaker went on to detail thc result of the interview , which had taken place with the members ofher Majesty ' s Government . At the interview with the Earl of Dalhousie , Mr . Sherrard , one ofthe London delegates , had stated that some of the Spitalfields' Weavers were working seven days in the week , from absolute necessity ; and he ( Mr . Lowe ) had made a tour amongst them the Sunday following , and found such to be the fact . The situar tion of their families was truly miserable . Lord Lilford , he said , was expected to present the petition to the House of Lords on Monday night , and his Lordship had been * requested to solicit a definitive answer from the President of the Board of Trade ; and Mr . Hindley , he believed , would bring the question of Local Boards of Trade before the House of Commons at the first convenient opportunity .

      Burton Linen Weavers . —One of the best | meet ings ever held in this village took place in the schoolroom on Tuesday night ; Mr . John Shaw was in the chair . Mr . Frank Mirfield spoke upwards of an hour on the sufferings _^ thc linen weavers , and then pointed out the efficiency of Boards of Trade and National Union to redress their grievances . Mr . John _Grimshaw next addressed the meeting , and in doing so explained the nature of Boards of Trade to the satisfaction of all present , In conclusion he exhorted the men of Burton to exert themselves in the endeavour to get local Boards of Trade , which would be a fulcrum on which to fix the mighty lever of National D nion , with which the working classes of this country must lift themselves out of their present state of poverty .

      Halifax Miners . —We have received a short notice of a dinner holden by the Halifax Miners , at which seventy of the associated Colliers * were present , and the usual sentiments and speeches were delivered . Our correspondent has forgot to say ivhen or where the dinner came off .

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      Waggery Of The Bench.—Justice ":Mavled."...

      Waggery of the Bench . —Justice " : Mavled . _"Justice Maule always had a pretty reputation for humour . Albeit his" jokes ,, _- _* wew not so apt ami 5 . i quant as tiie drollery of Mr . Apple-pip ¦ Kelly , they nevertheless distinguished him as _iicounse .. possessing more than average fun—the wit oi ihe fhir , as the reader must have observed , ¦ il _wnys K _"" _'"* . ' _xt _qualitv and quantity— n very great way . WeU , hap pily , the dignity of * Judge has not , in the case 0 Maule , overlaid the drollery of the advocate . His humour still oozes through the ermine . The recent Warwick Assizes supp ly . 1 striking _lllustrwtloa of thi agreeable truth . One Thomas Rollins , as poor as beggarv , was arraigned as a biganiidt , His first wife had left him , and become no better than one ofthe wicked . WhereuDon . Rollins took another help

      mate ; and , for such violation of tlio law , found himself face to face with Justice Mauie , who , aa it will appear , happened to be in one of his . _rlcasantcst humours , lie told the culprit , and wc doubt net with a gravity of face worthy of the original hilly Lackaday , " that the law was the same for him as itwas for a rich man , and was equally open - _* <• . •* - 'm , through its aid , to afford relief . " in the i . kc way that turbot and champagne are the same to Lazarus as to Dives ; if Lazarus could only buy the taste of them . Beggar and rich man have both the same papillary organs , —a dignified truth for the _oufeagt wanting a dinner ! However , the droll Judge continued in liis pleasantry : _—* " He ( Rollins ) should have brought an action against thc man who was

      living in the way stated with his wjfp , and he should have obtained damages , and then should have gone to the Ecclesiastical Court and obtained a divorce , which would have done what seemed to have been done already , and then he should have gone to the House of Lords , andi proving all liis case and the preliminary proceedings , have obtained a full and complete divorce after which he might , if he liked it , have married again . " There is a delicious vein of humour in this . It smacks of thc _grave , earnest fun of Swift . How the jest increases in volume as we follow the pauper from court to court—tarry with hini awhile in the House of Lords—and finally see him " married again ' . " And then thc Judge , in a sustained spirit of drollery , observes : — "The

      prisoner might perhaps object to this , that he had not the money to pay the expenses , which would amount to about -6500 or £ 600—perhaps he had not so many pence—but this didnot exempt liim from paying the penalty for committing a felony , of wliich he had been convicted . " Of course not . Therefore , Thomas Rollins is in cftectnotpuiushcdformaiTymga second wife , but for the turpitude of wanting " about £ 500 or £ 600 , " by means of which he might have rid himself of his spouse . In England , the bonds of Hymen are only to cut with a golden axe . Assuredly there needs a slight alteration in thc marriage service . "Whom God has joined , let no man put asunder , " should be followed by these words , '' Unless paid about £ 500 or

      £ 600 to separate tliem . " However we shall not easdy forget Maule ' s irony to Rollins . We advise our readers—so far as their limited powers may compass it—to copy its spirit ; and whenever solicited by a naked , starving wretch , to address him after the manner of Justice Maule ; saying , "My good man , you are naked and famishing . How can you he so foolish ? Go directly to Stiutz for a fit-out ; call at Storr and Mortimer ' s for watch and rings ; immediately open an account at Coutts ' s , and then , driving to the Clarendon , sit down to every tabic luxury of life . " And when the tattered pauper stares vacantly at your humour , give him a farewell nod of judicial gravity , and , after tiie manner of Justice Maule , thrusting your tongue in your check , walk with dignity away . Liston , it is true , is lost to the stage . Still , let the world take some comfort , —Maidc is on thc bench . —Punch .

      The Daxoe of Death . — It appears that on the day of Tawell ' s execution a large booth was erected dose to the Chandos Amis , near the Aylesbury stationfor dancing in the evening . Considering thc growing moral influence that hanging has upon the masses , we would advise M . Jullien immediately to compose a set of Gallows Quadrilles . He might fitly dedicate them to Mr . Caleraft . —Ibid . Captain Rous and the _Laoies . —The Captain , speaking on the state of the navy question , advised that 5 , 000 seamen should be constantly afloat in frigates , corvettes , and brigs ; and that " then : headquarters should he Cork , for he could assure the house by _experience that no squadron could be kept in in good discip line at Portsmouth or Plymouth , where thc seamen ' s wives- ivere constantly on board . " Does the objection of the gallant member apply equally to the wives of captains , as to the helpmates ofthe common seamen ? We hope not . —R > id .

      THE IRISH MARTXRSi " The martyrs wore the uniform of the ' 82 Club . " We have received , and hasten to publish , the enclosed favour from Lady Morgan * . — At Kilkunny King Dan and his Masthyrs Sat down to their planners and jorums , In lovely green-eoats and goold garthers—Och sure they are sweet uniforums { But there ' s martyrs "besides those repailers . Who on the occasion displayed them—The martyrs I mean are the tailors , The . tailors at Dublin who made them . —Ibidi

      Tawell's Clothes . —We are told by the Morning Post , that " a gentleman" went to Aylesbury the night before the execution to make a bargain with the hangman for the suit of clothes in whieh Tawell was to suffer . Anxious not" to lose one shred of that immortal man , " the gentleman offered £ 25 forthe black coat and trousers and silk vest which , being worn by a murderer in his death-struggle , had , of course , *• ' magic in their web . " It is a pity for the healthy moral tone of society , that the gentleman was disappointed in his mission ; thc precious apparel being consigned to the consuming earth . " It "ivas hinted that the clothes were required as an additional attraction for a certain public exhibition in the metropolis '" We have no doubt that they would have

      made , according to play-hill flourish , " a tremendous hit . " How gentlemen , and tender , delicate ladiessensitive souls that squeal at a black beetle , or the " most monstrous mouse" —would have flocked to gaze on the buttonless wonder ! The real coronation robes of George the fourth would have been poor as linsey-woolsey contrasted with the super-saxony of John Tawell . The murderer ' s raiment woidd have been interesting , curious as the skin of some newlydiscovered animal ; some terrible novelty of the earnivora . We would have had him exhibited with a phial in either hand : in one vessel , prussic acid ; and in the other M . Fitzroy Kelly ' s tears , preserved—aa Cockletop ayouchers ofthe tear of Cleopatra—in spirits _^ It may after this seem spiteful in us to rejoice at the

      disappointment of those good people who lap blood aa cats lap milk * and never feci their morals so much strengthened and refreshed as when they feed upon murder . Nevertheless , we are glad that poor George the Fourth is not to be elbowed ont of notice—dethroned from , even ordinary observation—by the waxen vera effigies and real habiliments of that rare , sleek black tiger , John Tawell . As we have au exhibition , in "which tho vilest wretches are made the most prominent subjects of attraction , we should like to have a rival show , in which should be exhibited resemblances of only the most virtuous of the earth . But no ; small chance of success would John Howard have against John Tawell . Mere virtue is unsalted water-gruel ; now , crime has in it a fine

      fruity flavour . —Ibid . How to save one ' s Bacon . — A gentleman near Limerick , a lineal descendant of Sir Boyle Roche , having heard that the newly-invented galvanic rings would cure anything , ordered a number of them to be used as snout-rings for his pigs , expecting to have his bacon cured that way . — Great Gun . Ultra-blessed . — The reporter of the Stockport Chronicle , who is probably in a state of " single blessedness , " gravely speaks of a married man , whose wife had " blessed him with fourteen , clildren !" Young Stenography will probably write less coolly on the subject , when he is himself surrounded with seven brace of clamorous "blessings !" _Phasks op _Pwestcrapt . — Virgilius , bishop of Saltzberg , having asserted that there existed antinodes , the Archbishop of Mentz declared him a

      heretic , and consigned him to the flames ; and the Abbot Frethomius , who was fond of improving shorthand , or the art of secret writing , having published several curious works on this subject , they were condemned as works full of diabolical mystery : and Frederick , the Second Elector Palatine , ordered Frethcmius' original work , which was in his library , to be publicly burnt . A very Singular Character died at btratora-on-Avon on Friday last . He was familiarly knoivn as "the old shep herd , " his real name being William Edwards , and had in his early life been shepherd to the late — Oldaker , Esq . For the -last ten years he had never put his clothes off or changed hi « linen , until a few days since , when illness . attacked him , and they were then obli _ge d to cut his miserable raiment from him . He arrived at the good old age of 80 years . —Worcester Journal .

      Three Lines for . One . —It is Pope who describes " a needless Alexandrine , " we believe . But here is one , which is longer , than any Pope could have ever heard in his day •¦ — ' " Oh ! lady ; hear thy lover sigh , No truer heart there is than mine ; I read compliance in your eye . Then why not say at once , "I ' ve kept you . -waiting a long time , and if you'll haye patience till I can get a wedding dress made , I'll be thine . T 0 8 U * , j ___ __—M , '' IN HI _8 _HlKiaTEaiALCAPACITT . ' '

      Brevity is the soul of wit . Great Shakspeare says—and who'll deny 1—The soul of wit is brevity : And if the poet we may heed , "The soul of wit" thou art , indeed ; Por , thanks to thee , one word will show , All that is base , and vile , aud low * . Meanness without a parallel , And perfidy as black as hell ; "W hen , in a word , all these we'd name , Need we do more than mention—Gr , —m ?

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19041845/page/3/