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      "Before another number of tne _ilTortnem Star sees .. _f-jjrht of day . that anniversary will have returned _** _£ _!•? jn nearly every land called Christian , is _reined _astte c _*** ef of holy-days and holidays , the 5 rowni » r- _*« st ** tbeyear—Christmas . It behoves _t therefore * to offer to our readers and frieuds our annual _greetings-At 'he _t _* * Jte wr ' ") re _** _dcmonstritive proof * the tips of our fingers that Winter has began his _- _tm in earnest : we might say like _'« Ernest , " only

      that there is d iference between our ehilly monarch _zai the antocr -tic ape of Hanover , that whereas the _kt (< . r _l-anishf-d the " Grimms , " the former—bad wkto _him—hrinssjjriirworall kinds , grim cold , grim _jg _umatism , grim looking noses , and all . _•* - the thonsand il s that flesh is heir to " « t this p rim season . 'VVe have one advantage , however , o *" er oar Hanoverian friends , we may abuse tbe _Riming monarch—Winter—a 3 much as we please , _ffith no fear of the censorship , and no police ape of an au tocrat 9 ape to say us " nay . "

      ButH _ts not our inlet-toon to quarrel with Winter , our quarrel is not with nature in any one of her manifestations _, bnt with those of mortal mould who , for iheir fellow-creatures , sharpen the edge of natural ills , and rob them of those enjoyments which the common parent bountifully affords for all . Winter has its beauties as well as _other seasons , and the poets *" . no lwie suns of the _verna \ delights of _sprhur , the rosy joys of summer , and the _luxuriant beauties of autumn , have not withheld tbeir tribute to winter . The fair poetess from whose writings we are about to quote , though not belonging to the list of Eng land ' s worthies , is of our kindred , a daughter ofthe mighty nation which speaks tbe language of Shakespeare on the Western side of the Atlantic . How beautifully she

      describes—THE SSOW-STORtf . [ From Scenes tn My Native Land , bj Mr * . X . H . _Sigonrney , Boston . ] How quietly tbe snow comes down , When all are fast asleep . And plays a thousand fairy pranks O ' er vale and mountain steep . How cunningly it finds its way To every cranny small , And creeps through even th * slightest chink . In window or in waU . To every noteless bill it brings A fairer , purer crest "Than tha rich ermine robs that decks

      The haughtiest monarch s breast . * Tt > every reaching * pr » y it give * Whate'er its hand can hold—A beauteous thing the snow is To all , both young and old . The waking day , through curtaining haze _. Looks forth , with sore surprise , To view what changes have been wrought Since last she shot ber eyes ; And apl _** as » nt thing it ii to ste The cottage children peep Trom out the drift , that to their eaves Prolongs its rampart deep . The patient farmer searches His buried lambs to "find , And dig bis silly poultry ont , "Who clamour in the wind : "How sturdily he cats his way ,

      Though wild blasts beat him back , And caters for bis waiting herd Who shiver round tbe stack . "Bight welcome are those feathery flakes To lie ruddy urchin ' s eye _. As down tbe long smooth hill they coast , With shout and revelry ; -Or when the moonlight , clear and cold , Calls out their throng to play—Oh 1 a merry gift tha snow it For a Christm-s holiday . The city miss , who , wrapt in for , Ii lifted to the sleigh _. And borne so daintily to school Along the crowded way , Teels not -within her pallid cheek The rich blood mantling warm , Xike her who . laughing , shakes ths mow Prom powdered trees and form .

      A tasteful hand the snow hath—For on the storied pane I saw its Alpine landscapes traced With arch and sculptured fane . Where high o ' er hoary-headed cliffs -The dizzy Simplon wound , And old cathedrals reared their towers "With Gothic tracery bound . I think it hath a tender heart , For I marked it while it crept To spread a sheltering mantle _whers The infant blossom slept . It doth to Earth a deed of love—Though in a wintry way ; And her turf-grown will he greener For the snow that ' s fallen to-day .

      Beautiful ; bnt alas the brightness of the _poetis dlmned by the touch of tbe oppressor- The snow * storm filling the poet ' s soul with holy rapture , strikes chill death to theheart ofthe miserable pauper , and the wretched outcast . At this very time , famine and disease are stalking through tbe sister island , hewing down their miserable 'victims , and they need bat the aid which winter will afford , to swell the units to tens , and the tens to hundreds . "Worse still , if we are to judge by the portentous arming ofthe peasantry now so general , we may infer that famine aud disease are but the heralds of anarchy . Wild vows are sworn , and , seemingly , wild deeds are being prepared for : " Better are they who iie by the sword , than thev who perish by hunger , " seems to be

      the conclusion to which the Irish _peasantry are rapidly tending , despite the false and cowardly eant of iheir * " moral-force" _Afbkanna , Equal suffering , _though _afflicting a less numerous race , pervades the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , where cruel landlords have reduced a faithful and gallant people to the condition of serfs and paupers . The Irish landlords have at least this ruffian ' s excuse , that they have sprung from robber-hordes who won tlieir own (?) by ** conquest . " . Bnt a blacker infamy attaches to the Highland landlords . Their fathere ever found in their clansmen the devoted defenders of their greatness , and no reverse of fortune conld ever tempt the Highlander to wave his fealty to his chief . Behold inthe present state ofthe Highland population , the gratitude of aristocracy !

      "Yemen , who shed yonr blood for lords like water , "Whathave they given your children in return S Behold the answer in the wail of misery wliich strikes anguish to the hearts of all but the " natural protectors" of the children of _Culloden's martyrs . We are aware that some of the greedy miscreants who were among the first to signalise themselves in the unholy warfare against the Highland people , were English aristocrats to whom had fallen the titles and power of Highland chiefs ; but wow there is no difference between the Gaelic landlord and his _Sotltiero-born neighbour . The day of retribution is Hot yet . but vet will be .

      ___ But misery ia not confined to Ireland and Scotland ; in tbis boasted England the agricultural labourers are dying like rotten sheep of disease , caused by hunger and . cold ; and this too at the very time that appopletic oxen and fat-stifled pigs are being exhibited in Smithfield , to prove the claims of their royal and aristocratic breeders lo the country ' s admiration . *¦ Oh shame where is thy blush ? " If " Goj made the country and man , made the town , " nan is rapidly marring God's work , as he long since marred his own . In towns the misery more concentrated is more _^ striking and appalling . The si ghts aad sounds which at every turn in this " great wen " meet ns peal trnmi > et-tengued THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR .

      XBt MBEUT SODTHEI . j ind wherefore do tbe poor complain * The rich man ask'd of me;—Come walk abroad with me , I said _. And I will answer thee . 'Twas evening , and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold , And we were wrapt and coated well , And yet we were _a-cold . We met an old bare-headed man , His locks were thin and white , 1 ask'd him what he did abroad Li that cold _winiet _' s night

      The cold was keen indeed , he said , Bnt at home no fire had he , And therefore ha had come abroad Toaskforohiritv . We met a young bare-footed child , And she _begg'd loud and bold ; I ask'd her what she did abroad Wben tha wind it blew so cold ; She said htr fetter was at home . And he lay sick a-bed , Aud th « r _« for _« wm tt she was sent Abroad to beg for bread . We saw a _womsn sitting down U p on a stone to rest , She h » d a baby at her back And another at her breast : I ask'd htr why she IoiterM thera

      When the _night-wind _wu so chill ; _Shs _tnrn'd her head and bade the child That scream'd behind , be still ; Then told us that her husband served A soldier , far away , And therefore to her parish she Was begging back her way . V ' e met a girl , her dress was loose And sunken was her eye , Who with a wanton's hollow voice _Address'd the patsers-by : 1 ask'd htr what there was In guilt That could her heart allure To shame , disease , and late remorse ; She auswerM she was poor .

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      I turn'd me to tbe rich man _thwij For silentl y stood he , — Tou ask'd me wh y the poor compliin , And these have answer'd thee I We have no veneration for the name-ol Robert bouthey , of whom may be truly said what has been falsely said of Byron . —be was " a traitor to h s own _genius ; nevertheless it must be admitted that the above simple lines , written in his early days , do forcibly and _wuly describe the miseries of thousands in this land . We believe the above lines were written _sofarfoickastheyear 1798 , ( long before Southey had " turned his coat , and would have turned his ska , ) , yet , they but too faithfully picture portions of the every day street-life of the present time . The

      recent death of Louisa Mordauut occasioned according to the verdict of the jury by " want of the common necessaries of life , is but a sample ef the fate nf a multitude of our fellow creatures . Almost daily the journals contain reports of inquests upon unhappy brings starved to death ; and we are sure that the names of the victims thus brought before the public , are but a small minority of those who die , " and make no sign . " Again , witness the multitude of me . idicants thronging the streets who vegetate , not live , and die by inches . The case of William Cotton , one of the heroes of ' - Meanee , " and " Hyderabad , " who , a few days ago , was taken up for the crime of "begging" has excited much interest lie bore a medal on his breast , and was exposing the frightful games he had reoAvoa in battle

      with the view of obtaining charitable aid ! The case is a monstrous example ofthe working of the present system , but it stands not alone . The soldiers of our industrial armies are thousands of thera similarly situated . True , they have no medal to atteBt their works , they bave no badges , but those of the union "rorkhouses . but they have their *' gashes ;"—their "h orny hand * , furrowed brows , bended backs , sore limbs , empty stomachs , diseased frames , and aching hearts expose the wounds they have received in the death _struggle of toil and privation , labour and destitution . " The world is not their friend , nor the world ' s law . " therefore , 0 reader , whatever is in thy power to do for these unhappy ones , do it . Give thine aid in tbe spirit set forth in the following lines : —

      A SIGH FOR THB POOR . [ By Lewis M . Thobstoh , Agard-itreet , Derby . ] A sigh forthe poor withoutshel rfri end * . Expos'd to the blast and the storm , A hand ever ready to ease tbeir distress , And a heart that with pity beats warm . Oh ! why is our lot not as abject as theirs ? ( Do we differ one jot in the mould And why have we kindred and riches and health i And why are ice screen'd from tbe cold S Then a sigh for the poor withont shelttr or friends , Expo » 'd to the blast and the storm , A hand ever read y to ease tbeir distress , And a heart that witb pity beats warm .

      Oh ! I loath the proud giver who boasts of his boon _. And plays with the coin he bestows , But give me tbe one , who is cheerful _withaL Tho * a " mite" ' midst the silver he throw * . True charity comes like the " Widow of old , " And not as the rich did I ween , The one came with sympath y shutting all _gazs , The other—alas to be seen . Then a _siyh tor the poor without shelter or friends , _Expos'd to the blast and tbe storm , A hand ever ready to ea 3 e their distress . And a heart that with pit / beats warm . But it is time we sounded a more cheerful note . Onr * - * Garland" must not be wholly composed of gatherings from the cypress and tbe willow : for if so , it would ill befit merry Christmas-tide . Here is a leaf of another sort gathered from the i _' _wncA-tree , fit companion to the punch-bowl : —

      CHRISTMAS ITS THE STREETS . ( Prom Punch ' s Snapdragons for Christmas . ) TJp from lazy b _« _a . Tt _* u- _*» de and siltntjchamber 1 TJp and forth into the busy places of the City ! Mark the softening influence of the merry time upon Crowding , swarming men and women !—forth , and with Christmas in the heart , find Christmas in the streets . Some people love best to walk in green lanes and country paths ; we prefer—and we don ' t care who knows it—the streets—those very _Raledeiscopes of humanity , wbich , at every turn , and at every movement , give us new combinations of forms , features , and expressions . A little too noisy they may sometimes be—a little too dirty—a little too smoky ; bnt never nnaransing—never uninstructive—never monotonous ; always , too , presenting y _.. n with something to think about , or something to keep you from thinking—two great advantages to be used at pleasure .

      But great is Christmas time in the streets , _al-ove all other times . SeTer are they so lively—so bustling—so full of feature , as at that great annual epoch of pantomimes and mincepies . For tbe spirit of the festival does not alone stamp men ' s brows in evening merry-makings and fire-side sports . In the _thoroughfare , as well as in the chamber , yon see the traces of his might , making men of business lo ? k less business-like , _msn Of pleasure more cordial , putting _additional warmth into every greeting , additional heartiness into every squeeze of the hand . But let us forth , and judge for _ourselves . A fine Christmas day ; cold and bracing . The sky is grry and fleecy , except _wlinre , here and there , broad bright paths of ruddy light cross the firmament , like veins of gold . The afternoon is decidedly frosty ; horses smoke like plum-pudding when the cover is removed ; and the visible breaths oi passengers give them the appearance of being all engaged in smoking invisible

      pipes . Evertbing and everbody look more good humoured than usual . Even policemen are relenting ; and beadles remembering the time when they were little boys , in muffin caps—the only shape in which they ever had any thing to d _. i with muffins—smile affably , and condescend to ask young yellow-breeches whether he don ' t like roast goose and apple sauce . ladies cloaked and furred to the point of their noses—noses , too , endowed by the cold with a slight suspicion of red ; and gentlemen , shapeless , in sea-coats and Taglionis , go hurrying by , semetimes stopping to shake hands with people * that , at any other season , they would only have bowed to . *

      A party of children , with papa and mamma . Home for the holidays . What an infinity of toys ! Whips , guns , wooden horses , squeaking dogs incessantly kept on the bark . Why the _Lowtber-arcade must have beeu emptied by tbe visit of that household . The pantomime in the evening , too ; but . before that , great doings ; roast geese and boiled turkeys ; mince pies , plum-pudding ; what a glorious ] vista , and all closed by the music and lights ef the theatre . Glance along the street : —great is the glory of shops devoted to the sale of Christmas cheer , admiring the groups who cluster ' round their windows . Holly , too ,

      and evergreens and misletoe , wreathed npon the walls , overshadowing the dainties , embowering quarters of oxen , and tbe trussed-ap forms of fatted ducks and geese . The evergreen plants are vegetable—Nature's Christmas gifts—hale and sturdy shoots , with sound hearts , and good constitutions . None ofthe pampered aristocracy of plants are they , fostered in _thermometer-regulatad hothouses , whilst their legs-favoured brethren are drooping on the fro 3 ty ground , cut through by the nipping cold as by a knife . Kb ; they are of the stout-hearted commonalty , laughing in the teeth of Johnny Frost , earing neither for s » o w or ice , fresh and green through it all I

      And here they are , plucked from copse and gardenwreaths for the Christmas King ; triumphal arches for bis advent ! Seehow people throng admiringly round that butcher ' s shop . There ' s * beef—there's mutton ! A proud ox he ought to be who furnished forth that sirloin . Howjollily it will smoke , amid its smaller compeers , on tbe Christmas table : —a right down English dish . Talk of sirloins and barons of beef ; they shonld be promoted in the aristocracy ; the " sir" made a "baron , " and tbe baron a duke . Baron , loin and duke of beef ! How tbe jolly butcher , too , Is cutting , —backing _awxy , till his face is as red as the lean of his meat . Many a Christmas dinner is he dispensing , lightening his labour with admiring criticism on the fare .

      " Sever was aich a ox Killed ma ' am , as this here !' And he removes the bunch ot evergreens , which appeared to grow out ofit—like the shady vine on the hind quarters of Baron Munchausen ' s horse , and critically displays tha fat , so white , and the lean , SO ruddy . How the _peopls buy ; and with less hagging and chaffering than usual ; for who would wrangle and get angry , about a half-penny in the pound , at Christmas time I And then the geese , and the turkeys : long rows of white victims , looking , if possible , fatter and plumper than the remains of their quadruped brethren of the farm . _^

      Butchers ' and _poilterars-shops ore great places in Christmastime ; but it is in tb _« markets that their displays are most lavish . They _tr _. th » very penetralia ot tbe temp les sacred to Christmas fare . There the meat looks bigger an _« fatter than . ver , es if tbe world bad turned antediluvian , and steaks of mammoth and megatherion were commonly sold for beef and mutton . And there , also , thronging amid stalls , and through narrow passages , hum ewd cluster the admiring , enticing , buying , joking , laughing crowd . A confectioner ' s shop , too , is a thing to be looked at . That cake is quite imaginative . The ravines of coloured sugar arc- beautifully picturesque ; the temple upon the rock is of a peculiar order of architecture ; not Corinthian , but rather Twelfth-Nigbtian ; and if the . scarlet and gold men and woman are bait the size ot tbe mountain , and decidedly taller thauihe temp le , we ought to admire that fine imaginative genius , which burst the bonds of nature , and quite remodels and reforms tbe

      retrospective sizes of men end mountains . The windows of _printseller ' s shops ire , also , pleasant to behold . What an infinity of gay prints of Christmas dinners ! What satire in interlarding them vtilh correct portraits of prize oxen ! And then , what a burst of splendid bindings , aud engraving , and satin paper , catches the eye ! Books for Christmas presents ; the Whole tribe Ol the _ant-mus ; tlie literary butterflies of winter , in all their taking _garmeuts of crimson , and scarlet , and gold . "Sature puts forth her fluttering-veined leaves in spring , and while she seems sleeping , " roan put !

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      *> rth his flutter ing-letterea leaues In winter . Each have tbtir beauties , each teach tbtir lessons . Evening Is coming on . Blinds are drawn down sooner than usual , because everybody ia arixious to begin the pleasant snug time of candlelight . Gas flares furiously in open shops and markets , bursting forth in small _voleanos , as if it was detrmined to cook the dainties which still remain unpurchased , even should there be no customer to eat them . Omnibuses going to the suburbs , where snug cottages and villas abound , aro perfectly loaded with thc invited to dinner parties : and on the roofs are deposited stores from tbe fruiterers or the

      fishmongers ; parcels of apples and nuts and barrels of oysters . And now there comes , as the darkness gradually closes , pleasantly _stealing upon the nose a sense of tbe flavour of the roasted goose . -It increases—it becomes palpable—there can be no mistake about it . Forth from every third chimney-pot comes the smoke of a Christmas dinner , and the flavour of tbe fare , until all London is pervaded with one subtle smell of roast goose . See how people sniff it , and . nod knowingly . Tbey recognise the odour—sweeter than sabaean spice , myrrhthe incense of tbe Christmas worship !

      And with the incense the _chunt of the festive rites — the carol—the old well-remembered traditionirj Christmas carol . Hark ! it is pealing from children ' s ringing voices , sounding shrilly over the low roar of the moving city ; speakisg of mirth and friendl y greetings , and good wishes between man and man . Song of the season ! Swell joyously ont—mingle witb the chiming b _** _lls—tell the world that Christmas is a blessed rime—speak to it in the rude but simple and touching words , that our fathers sung all gleefully _agai ago I There is a charm in the old _jlngl *—power iu the old melody generation after generation have heard it and sung it . May many yet chant it , for Its words are words of kindness and well-wishing , and its music a speaking train of simple harmony !

      Such a glorious panorama of tbe sights out of doors cannot fail to whet our appetites for a heartier relish and heener enjoyment of the delights within doors ; patting us in fitting humour to appreciate A LYRIC FOR CHRISTMAS . [ BT W . O . 1 . BARKF . I . ] Winter has resum'd hi- reign , Snow envelopes hill nnd plain ; Sleep the summer flowers in earth , And the birds refrain from mirlh , Tet mirth lightens every eye _. Every pulse is beating high , Gladness smiles in cot and hall , ' Like a winsome dame , on all ; And the church-bells sweetly chime'Tis the merry Christmas time .

      From the holly tree be brought Boughs with ruby berries fraught-Search the grey oak high and low For tht my ; tic misletoe—Bid the ivy loose her rings That round rock and ruin clings—Deck the ihrlne with foliage green , Is each house be verdure seen—Just as earth were in her prime—Tis the cheerful Christmas time . File tbe board with viands rare , Savoury dishes—hearty fara ; Brawn of hoar , and capon good , Fowls from river , marsh , and wood ; Partridgii plump , and pheasant wild Teal and duck by art beguiled ; Bid the huge sirloin smoke nigh-Luscious pasty , fruit stared pie ; Fruit that grawin _Eautern clime—Tis the festal Christmas time .

      Quickly broach tbe oldest cask , Bring the _gobl « t , bring the flask-Ale of England , wine from Spain , SbenUh vintage , choice champagne ; Fill as wont the wassail bowl , Let it round the circle trowl , Whilst the yule-fire blazes bright , Whilst the jule . torch lends its light , Till we hear the morning chime— . 'Tis the joyful Christmas time . Feed the hungry , cloth the poor , Chide no wanderer from the door-Bounteous give with thankful mind To the wretched of mankind , This day throws the harrier down'Iwixt the noble and the clown _. For an equal chare have all In its blessed festival ; Of each colour , class , and clime ; 'Tis the holy Christmas time .

      As our fathers used of old Still the solemn rites we hold , And with season-hallowed mirth Celebrate our Saviour's birtb . _Cliaunt thosa ancient carols well Tbat the wondrous story tell ; Call the jocund masquers in , Bid the dancers' sport begin ; Blameless tale and cheerful song Shall our merriment prolong , Whilst around the church-bells chime" For the solemn Christmas time .

      Oar readers are acquainted to a small extent with the poems of the great German poet . Ferdinand Freili-• . rath ; several of his beautiful productions , collected from various publications , having at different times appeared in our columns . Our readers will rejoice to learn that this noble of nature is now in England _, where he is likely to remain , having soug ht and found in this country a refuge from the persecution waged against him by the false , cowardly , and cruel tvrant of Prussia , Our readers will find a lengthy account of the poet from thc pen of William ilowitt , inthe People ' s Journal of December 12 th . When the next part of the Journal comes under our - notice , we shaft try to find room for soma extracts from Mr . Howitt _' s article . We have for some time past had" by us a translation of one of Freiligrath's productions , which first met our eyes in the Dublin University Magarine ; it is appropriate to the present occasion , and will ba _recoived by our readers with ** three times three , and one cheer more" : —

      ST . * SICH 0 LA 3 . A Soxo _roa GaowN-nr Childben . BT _FEBDItfAMD FKEK . IOBATH , Christmas Is the time of times , Dear alike to High and Humbler ; Even the wretch who writes and rhymes Then may nil his purple tumbler _. But , while hailing Christmas days , And their holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too , Saint Nicholas' praise ! Sing we , too , Tsar Nicholas' glories t Nicholas nurtures pride and wrath-Two sad sins—but never mind them ! Coursers four and four he hath , And a grand gold sledge behind them ! In his palaces In the North , ( Legion-palaces—he would build Wren * Out of all conceit of worth ) Dwells he with bis duteous children .

      There he showers his boons on thoBe Who best laud him in some new hymn ; Bonbons , ribbons , fine gay clothes , Gives he all who court and sue him , Those who don't he soon makes feel What a Tsar is in a passion—His sharp , savage , slashing steel Cuts them up , reviewer-fashion ! With his capitals ( taking care Hot to omit the Greek EKKAH 2 IA ) And his countries everywhere , From Silesia to—Magnesia , ( Though of that _Cireaisia won't Leave him what might dose a sick lass ) What a warlike , Thor-like front Shows he to die world , this Nich'iasI To ( ana lately o ' er ) the Poles Rules he with supreme dominion ; Wond ' rous in hi * care of" souls , " t

      Mice his care to gauge opinion ; SCay _!—frratum—read for that , ' Nice his care to gag and pinion '—' Uicholas _, mind you , stands no chnt From his dearest , nearest minion I _Tt-erefore , 0 ! young Muscovy , Bide as meek and mute as may be , And at all you chance to sec Wink just like a drowsy baby ! Shun the sea of Politics , With its perilous shoals and shallows Better bear afew hard kicks Than run tilt against the gallows I Be a good boy , and play no tricks ; By andbyeyour Pa will kindly Mix bis kicks with sugar-sticks If you now obey him blindly . Serve him with a smiling face ,

      _"fiaUe his pranks however cruel ; If you do you'll gain his grace It you don ' t you'll get your gruel ! For my own part , should—for who , Knows what changes Fate is working t—Should , I say , Germania too Some line day see Nicholas her king , All I beg is , when the event Comes to pass , that he'll remember How much ink and time I've spent In hi 3 praise this sixth December ! Christmas—yes ! ' tis dear to all Kings and coblers _, men and faries ; Then while snows and poultry fall , __ Hearts rise high as fledged uanaries . But , while hailing Christmas days , And tlieir holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too . Saint Nicholas praise

      Sing we , too , Tsar Nicholas' glory ! Thii is not a time for cursing , and therefore , be sure if at the moment of festal mirth we forget to smile , and instead of blessings our tongue utters male * * Sir Christopher Wren , probably . » t The common term is ussia for serfs .

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      dictions , be sure tbat our enemy ia no ordinary miscreant , our . hatred more thari ofthe common stamp . A curse then for the Tsar , botb "fond and deep . " But a tear also fer Poland—more-than a tear , avow to ris ; ht her wrongs . We have seen how the poet hsrl _» contempt and scorn at the tyrant ; turn we now to- another poet , ( our American favourite , many of vftiBse poems have already appeared in this journal ) , who * in "thoughts that breathe and words that burn , " thus proclaims the glorious mission of

      THE REFORMER . BT J _. O , WR'TCIIl ,. All grim nnd soiled and brown with tan , I saw a Gtrong One in his wratb , Smiting the godless shrines of man Along his path . The Church beneath her trembling dome " Essayed in vain her ghostly charm ; Wealth ' ghonk within his gilded _lioraa With pale alarm . Fraud fiom his secret chamber fled Before the sunlight bursting in ; Sloth drew her pillow o ' er her head To drown the din . '• Spare , " Art implored , " yon holy pile ; That grand' old , time-worn turret spare ;" Meek Reverence , kneeling in the aisle , Cried nut . ¦ _Farheftrl "

      Grey-bearded Use , who , deaf ana blind , Groped for his old accustomed stone ; Leaned on his staff , and wept , to find His isat o ' erthrown . Romance raised wp hts dreary _ejea , O ' orhung with paly locks of gold ; " Why smite , " he asked , in sad surprise " Thefair , the old !" Yet louder rang the Strong One ' s stroke , Yet nearer flashed his axle's gleam ; Shuddering and sick of heart I woke , As from a dream , I look'd : aside the _dunt-cloud rolled—The Waster seemed the Builder too ; _TJjispringing from the ruined Old I saw the New . 'Twas but the ruin of the

      bad—The wasting of the wrong and ill ; Whate'er of good the old time had Was living still _. Calm grew the brows of him I feared ; The frown which awed ma passed away , And left behind a mnile which cheered Like breaking Day . Green grew the grain on battle plains , O'er swarded war-mounds grared the cow ; The slave stood forging from bis chains Tbe spade and plough . Where frowned the fort , pavilions gay And cottage windows , _flower-entwinsd , Looked out upon the peaceful bay And hills behind _. Through vine-wreathed cups with wine onoe red , .

      The lights on brimming crystal fell , Drawn , sparkling , from the rivulet-head , And mossy well . Through prison walls , like Heaven-sent hope , Fresh breezes blew , and sunbeams strayed ; And witb the idle _gnlloirs-ropo ' The _youug child played . Where the doomed victim in his cell Had counted o'er the weary hours , Glad school girls , answering to the bell , Came crowned with flowers . Grown wiser for the lessen given , I fear ho longer , for-I know Tbat , where the share is deepest driven ,

      The bait fruits grow . Oh ! backw . ird-looking son of time!—The new is old , the old is new _. The cycle of a change sublime Still sweeping through . As idly as in that old day Thou meurnest , did thy sires repine , So , in his time , thy child , grown grey , Shall sigh for thine . Yet not the less for chem or thou The eternal step of _progress beats To that great anthem , calm aid slow , Which G _> d repeats ! Take heart!—the Waster builds again—A charmed life of _goodness hath ; The tares miiy perish—but the grain Is uot for death .

      God works in all things ; all obey His first propulsion from the ni _» ht ; Ho , _waku and watch!—the world is grey With morning light ! The above should be read over more than once to be fully appreciated ; more magnificent lineB poet never penned . We must , bowever , except one ' stanza ; we have MO objection to " crystal brimmers" filled from the " mossy well ; " still , at tbis season of the year , we must protest against tho suggested banishment ofthe " vine-wreathed cup , " which not abused is rightly used" Charles Mackay ' s philosophy is ours : — '• Little fools will drink too much , But great ones not at all . "

      For this week we must pause , wishing ; our friends and readers " A Merry Christmas . " If our * ' Garland is partly of a sombre hue , ofa like tint is the lot of too many of thttfcclass for whom it is our _mission to speak .. ' Sorrow for the sufferings of our fellowcreatures is not , however , inimical to that joy which the comforts of " our ain fireside , " and the company of friends and brethren must bring . " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers , Is always the firs t to be touched by the thorns »•* So says Tom Moure—not dead yet , long life to him ! and to ail such hearts we give the hearty _"t- _'< _* w Awl . '" " So send round the bowl and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here ; Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile , And tbe smile that compassion can turn to a tear !'

      Pnovino Himsblf A Fool.—One Oftlie "Fell...

      PnoviNo Himsblf a Fool . —One oftlie "Fellows of the Royal Society" has announced his intention of prosecuting the ediotr of the Athenmum , for saying lie was ignorant . . A New Roman Catholic Church , ou a scale of great magnificence , is . to be erected at Croom ' s Hill , Greenwich . The lords of the admiralty hive granted the sum of £ 20 Otowards _thebuihling fund , in consideration of the number of Roman Catholics who are inmates of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich . Good . —The Scots Greys , stationed in Clonmel , have subscribed a day ' s pay for the relief of the distressed in tbat place . _Dhath oi ? Generii . Sib _Mahtis IIcktbb . —This , the oldest officer in tbe British army , expired on the 9 th instant at Anton ' s-hill , in the 90 tli year ot his age , and after a military service of 75 years .

      The _Wellington Statue . —On Monday workmen commenced preparing footing for scuffold-poles in the open space west ofthe Ilorso Guards , for the purpose , it was stated , of the erection of a pedestal for the Wellington statute , which , it is said , is to be taken down forthwith . A Thue _PniEsi . —Last Sund _.-iy , a Perth minister , during hu discourse to his flocn , made an _attticlt on our n » tional poet Burns , by saying " that he did not hesitate to name him , and assert that he had sent more souls to hell during his life than all the ministers have been able to send to heaven _aince his death . " This statement cave offence to many of the more liberal and intelligent of his congregation—one of whom , on arriving at home , took Burns' _Pocm-i , and read to his wife and family , "The Cottars ' Saturday Kigllt . "— Edinburgh Express ,

      Roman Criminal Code . —Accordingto a letter from Rome , in the Augsburg Gazette of the 7 th , the new criminal codo for the Papal States is in so forward a state that it may be expected to appear at the commencement of 1847 . The portion respecting political offences is said to be exceedingly mild . Representation of Bath . —We have authority for stating that a letter was received on Friday from Lord Ashley , declining to become a candidate , at the next dissolution or vacancy , for this city . —Keene ' s Bath Journal . A Mother awd Sow Dro _* _ynbd ,--A fe \ _r days ago , Mrs . Shillito , the wife of & captain ofa vessel trading to York , was drowned along witb her son , in tbe river Ouse , near Aoiister , _MaJbis .

      Death of thk Vauxiiai . l IIkrmii . —A man , well known about London . as the Vauxhall hermit , expired in Gny ' s Hospital on Friday . His name was W illiam Rockett _, aged seventy-seven years , lie had a most extraordinary appearance , always wearing an immense white beard and long white hair . Ue formerly exhibited himself at Yauxhall Gardens as the hermit , but latterly he had been in a state of great privation , obtaining a livelihood by selling lucifer matches in the _Bovonah , ami _stopping in the iow lodging-houses in the Mint . Awrui , Fibe . —Letters from Smyrna of the 27 th ult ., state that 860 houses had been destroyed by fire at Salonica on the 17 tll ult ., by which calamity 1 , 300 families were reduced to indigence .

      Go ** Cotton _Accidknt . —The youngest son of Mr . Rowe , starch manufacturer , of Crediton _, _nief with » severe accident a low days since , while trying the effect of gun cotton in a double barrelled gun , both barrels of which _brirst ut the same instant , shattering his hand _* Yerv severely . ' Imposition of " Duties on Tea and Coffee by the United States . —It will be proposed to Congress to establish a small duty on tea and coffee , by winch 3 , 000 , 000 _doll-irs may be realised . —New York Sun . _Illness of John fioixcr Adams . —The venerable and talented ex-President of the United States , now in his SOth year , has been attacked by paralysis , but is measurably recovering * , and so great is the remaining vigour of that once iron constitution , that his physicians entertain hopes of his speedy restoration .

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      Flhskies Read This . —No animal , except man , will consent tn be servant , footman .-waiter , or toad y , to any of its own kind , and to wear a bad ge of its degradation . ¦ A Serious Consideration . —When Dr . Franklin ' s mother-in-law discovered thatthe young man was becoming intimate with her _daughter , thegood old lady said she did not know so well about giving her daughter to a printer . There were already two printin K offices in the United States , and 9 he was not certain that the country would support them . It was plain young Franklin would be obliged to depend for

      the support of his family on the profits of a third , and this was rather a doubtful chance . Elusion ' s _MonKSTv . —At a dinner party the entire company complimented _Elliston upon his assumption of Majesty in the Coronation . Sir Herbert Taylor said " I can add something to the praise 80 judiciously bestowed . Mr . _Elliston ' s King is not only the most graceful and elegant performance I ever saw , but a wonderful imitation of the manner of His Majesty George the Fourth . " "Mydear Sir Herbert , " said Robert William , "Georgeimitates me . "

      Labs and Lasses . —A Scotch peasant girl said to her brother " she could na see just what it was tbat "made him gang so _o'ten and stay so late to see one lassie ; for her part she had rather have the company of one lad than twenty lasses . Lecture on Tioht-Lacino . — You are aware , young ladies , that by means ol _tight-lacinj'th . e waist nf the female figure may be made to vie withfthat of the wasp , and to resemble the form of an hour-glass , or the letter X ; _j-thus very much improving its appearance , You have seen , perhaps , the statue of the Venus de _Medicis ; and you know what a fright ofa figure it has . in consequence of the model from which it was taken evidently never having wern a corset .

      The rose , however , is never without the thorn ; the most agreeable evening party has its drawbacks . And so there are , unhappily , some unpleasant results consequent on compression , at the expense of which a slender waist is purchased . Tho circulating fluid , from a disagreeable law of nature , is forced up into the head . The colour of the fluid is rosy , as you know . The delicate health attendant on _tisiht-lacing forbids it to adorn the cheek , andaccordingly it is transferred to the nose ; which its tint does not adorn by any means . Within the circle ofthe waist are comprised certain plaguy vessels , whose freedom from pressure is unfortunately required . When they are subject to any obstruction , as they are by close lacing , there is a vexatious tendency in the ankles to swell ; and the worst is , that a tight shoe only renders the disfigurement the more conspicuous .

      Young ladies have also some tiresome muscles , whose support is necessary to the spine . Their power is destroyed—what a pity this is ! by tight stays : and then back assumes a curvature . How grievous ( that one cannot be at once slender and straight ! Comfort must also be sacrificed to elegance ; and the reduction of the waist occasions giddiness and headache . This perhaps alone would be a trifle ; but lacing involves short life ; and as the contracted figure suggests a resemblance to the hour-glass , the hour-glass suggests a warning to the contracted figure . —Punch .

      Not able to do Evbhythino . —An Oxford student joined without invitation a party dining at an inn , after dining , he boasted so much of his abilities that one of the party said , "You have told us enough of what you can do , tell us something you cannot do . " "Faith , " said he , "I cannot pay myahn . ro ofthe reckoning . " _Pomiso . —Bed is a bundle of paradoxes ; we go to it with reluctance , yet we quit-it with regret i and we make up our minds every night to leave it early , but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late . Poetry Divine . — A young poet of Cleveland , Ohio , has fallen in love the second time . It may be that" true lovenever did run smooth , " but it can't be said of his poetry : —

      o wunst i luvd a nuther girl her name it waa inurrier but betsy deer my love for u is 45 times more higher . " _Brktitt thk Soul oi ? Wit . "— A newspaper in Albania was born in one day , and died tho next , ' * If brevity is the soul of wit , " that paper had a very witty existence . A Touoh Job for a Portrait Painter . — ' * Represent me , " said a gentleman to his artist , " with a book in my hand , and reading aloud . Paint my servant , also , in one corner , where he cannot be seen , but in such a manner that he may hear me when I call him . " A Great Truth . —Lord _Bacen beautifully said : — " If a man be gracious to _strangsis , it shows he is a citizen of the world , and tbat his heart is no island , cut off from other lands , but a continent that joinB them . "

      Masculine and Feminine . — We notice the following d ' esprit in a number of the Knickerbocker Magazine : — In England rivers all are males—For _instance , Father Thames ; Whoever in . Columbia sails . Finds them _ma'damselles or dames . Tet here tbe softer sex presides , Aojiatic , I assure ye ! Anil Mrs . Sippv rolls her tides , Responsive to Mm Souni . " Dr . Johnson at Fault . — -Dr . Johnson in his dictionary , defines a garret as " a room on the . highest floor of the house " and a cock loft as " the room over the garret !" Substitute k « Nbws . —In the dearth of news of actual _fighting , the New York Herald has been reduced to the necessity of heading one of tho articles thus : " Another Tremendous Battle—expected I "

      A Hit . —A widow once said to her daughter , " when you are of my age , you will be dreaming of a husband . " " Yes , mamma , " replied the girl , ' * for a second time . " Burns and " Bonnie Jean . " * —The first introduction was somewhat curious . The poet had attended a dance in Mauchiine , accompanied by his dog in place of a fair partner , and , in reply to some remark , hesaid , " lie wished he could get any ofthe lasses to like him as wcel as his collie did . " A few days afterwards , when the poet was strolling down the banks of a burn which runs through a village , a lass _, who was engaged in tbe bleaching green inquired "if he had got a more loving sweetheart than his dog yet . " Tbis was Jean Armour , and this the first time of meeting betwixt the future husband and wife . —Dumfries Courier , THE PRIZE PIG AND THE PRIZE PEASANT .

      ( From Punch , ) I never pass a fat pig by , But off I take my hat , And " I ' m jour servant . Sir , " says It—What makes me act like that " Why , because I've been taught to behdV as I ought , And know my own degree ; And I never neglect to pay proper respect , When ' tis due from me .

      For forty years , as man and buy . I've driven my master ' s plough ; ¦ Was never out of his employ , And ¦ still am in it not' ; My children and my wife I have kept all my life From oft * the parish clear ; But merit like mine , to the worth ofa swine , People think small beer , True I ' * e not toil'd so long for nought ; I've mot with somo reward : And so , perhaps , you'll . iny I ought , Or elso it would be hard . A prize I received : —th * . good gentlefolks _griov'd They couldn't give more to me ; Two pounds was the touch , —and a cow got as much ; But a fat hog , three .

      So to a pig I make my bow , As mannors do require , And touch my hat to boar and sow , With parson and with ' squire . _Though a Christian am I , yet a pig in a sty , My better's is , I see ; For the pig _makea fine pork , and I ' m nearly past work ; And they can't eat me [

      JONATHAN IN IIIS GLORY . The Baltimore Sun contains some correspondence relative to the late battle of Monterey , portions of which seem to have been expressly written for quotation in onr periodical . As for instance—the writer is speaking ofthe " Texan Rangers : " They were eaeh armed with barrelled rifles , and , as may be _supposad _, did great execution among the copper _, skins . " Copper-skins ! Quito a sporting phrase . ' Who wou . d fcn _' mk the _sVins were those of human beings ? He then relates the following " incidents : "— . Colonel M'Cluny of Mississippi , tho , ' great duellist , got upon the _breastirorks , wared his hat , nud was iu the act of giving three ohc ' _ors , when a ball struek him , from the effects of which he hits since died . Universally regretted , of course , as the " great duellist , " an _henour to his country .

      Samuel W . Chambers , one of the rangers , or the Delaware hero , ' as they call him , deliberately took aim with hi 9 . _'fire-shooter , ' firing with great effect , and crushing the Mexicans . But it is impossible for me to mention nil the numerous incidents that occurred at thu present time . Let us correct what must have been an erratum in the preceding paragraph . For ' ' numerous" rend " murderous _•* ¦ ' such is the rig ht _designation of tin whole affair ; and even Jonathan himself must admit " that ' s a fact . "—Punch ; .. ¦

      , Notice . —If the Wellington Statue , which was left on the top of the triumphal arch in Piccadilly about two months ago , is not taken away by the 21 st oi this month , it will be sold to pay expenses . —Punclu .

      Flhskies Read This.—No Animal , Except M...

      _ri-UARoiNG Buckingham Palack . —On Saturday * the demolition ofthe ornamental colonnade forming the front of the south wing of Buckingham Palace was commenced , from which point the new wing begins . The excava ions for both wings fronting St . James ' s Park are complete , and the foundations are * already laid . Letters to Prussia . —Letters to and from Prussia may be sent in future without _** he necessity of prepayment of postage , —an agent from the Berlin Post Offico having returned to that capital from London , after concluding a postal convention to such effect .

      The IIall op Death—A trial is about to beat tbecem ' tery of Mont Pnrnasse , Paris , for the purpose of preventing premature interment . A salle des morts is to be established , in which all bodies aro to remain , under tho eyes of a acientific _commisaion , for twentv-nix hours before they are buried . _Vhby Right . —The authorities of tlio free city of Frankfort-on-the-Maine have purchased large quantities of corn in foreign countries , which they sell to the bakers in thnt city at a reduced price , reserving to themselves the right to regulate the price o bread . __ f The Jksuhs—A journeyman blacksmith , from Wurtemburg , employed at Lucerne , has been tried and condemned to banishment from the canton for ten years , and to pay the costs of his prosecution , for having , while drinking at a public-house , cast reflections upon the Jesuits .

      Foxes . —The breed of foxes in Westmoreland is said to be considers lily on the increase . In Witherslack , Kcntmcrt _* , and the mountainous districts , tbey are to be seen dally , and many of tbe adjacent hm-roosts have suffered greatly from their depredations . A Larok Protestant Chapel bas been opened at _Boulotrne . Covknt ( _xamibn Theatrb is about to be _consi * _derably enlarged . Soap was used by the Romans for dressing their hair , long before it was made use of for washing . Hebkditabt Incurables . — King George III . made 180 hereditary legislators ; George IV ., 45 . and William IV , 50 . Her present Majesty has made a _* 5 . —total , 310 . _PoivigimBKri-OB _Duur . —For a debt of 5 , 000 francs , ( about £ 200 ) the penalty for a Frenchman is an imprisonment tor five years , that ' of an Englishman in France , ten vears .

      Canadian Roads . _—Hundreds of miles of roads in Canada are made of plank , covered by earth OT gravel , where they are to be had . Camphor . —A correspondent of the Lancet _stages , from observation and experiment , that camphor ia highly injurious to the teeth . Madamb _Vbstris . —We understand that the highly talented and most popular actress and vocalist , Madame Vestris , is about to bid farewell to the stage , in consequence of declining health . She intends closing her theatrical career next season She makes a parting tour in the provinces , and returns to London to appear for the last time on the boards of the Italian Opera Ilouse , where she made her dthut so many years since . Reform j » India . —The rite of suttee bas been prohibited in the _Rnjiioot state of _Jeypoore , by an unanimous vote of the R «> i » . ncy .

      Yokk Assizes . —Educatio ** asd ObIHB —The calendar does not contain the name of one prisoner who is described as being well-educated , whilst there are twenty . four who can neither read nor write , _twelve who can only read , and the education of tlie remainder is stated to be imperfect . Lumping it . —a * . -oti <> ur <» . <* nWi . li . on the 29 th ult ., there were christened thirteen ' children , tne progeny of three highly reRpectable sisters . LinERlLITV 0 P THH FrHk OhURCH —On Sunday week the sum of £ 2 , 300 was collected in the Free Churches of Edinburgh for the relief of the destitute Highlanders .

      Salami's at ins _PosT-OFFicE . ' —TIie new scale of salary just authorised hy the Lords of the Treasury for the clerks of tho inlnnil department of the General Post-office comprehends the followin ' . —Three seniors , at £ 450 per annum ; six seniors , at £ 400 per annum ; 33 , if above 20 years' servitude , * £ 300 per annum ; if above 15 years' servitude , £ 250 per annum ; if above ten ye _srs' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; 36 , if above lo years' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; if above ten years' servitude , £ 160 per annum ; if above seven years' servitude , £ 120 per annum ; 90 juniors , if above ten years' servitude ,

      £ 120 per annum ; il above seven years servitude , £ 100 per annum ; if above three years' servitude , £ 90 per annum ; under three years' servitude , £ 80 per annum . The above scale will give the _adva"tas ; e of promotion by seniority from class to class , the advance in each class being regulated by the length of servitude _. The Population op the Earth . —The population of the earth is estimated at one thousand millions . Thirty millions die annually , einhtytwo thousand daily , three thousand four . hundred and twenty-one every hour , and fifty-seven everv minute .

      Railway Traffic . —The « oods earned between London , Birmingham , and Rugby , amount tu about 2 , 000 tons per day . The Iron- Bridge at Sunderland has been made toll free . Since the _opening in 1796 , a profit of £ 79 , 660 has been realised from the tolls . A Doo AND A Fish . —Two gentlemen were near the Meikle Rock between Avoch and _Fortrose _, . with » Newfoundland dog . Seeiii < r a fish in the water , they fired at and wounded it . The dog * _-et off in pursuit , _lllld the contest was keenly kept up , tbe fish and dog diving in every _direction The fish was captured afc last , and _dragged ashore . It proved to be a fox-shark , and measured five feet in length .

      A 1 riumph . —Madame Eugenia Garcia , at Rovipo , was called for , at her _benelit , fifty-eight times in one night ! Official Criticism . —At Naples , no one is permitted to applaud at the opera without the signal being uiven fiom the royal box . " Any infringement of this rule is stopped by _» ' . ¦ cridarme _. ' who takes the offending enthusiast by the arm and conduct- - him to the police station , where he is locked up . Tub _Gukat Sb . vSkrpb .-t . —The Norwegian papers contain a series of statements touching the appearance- of the *¦ sea-serpent" in the larger flords . The monster has been seen quite close , in different places and at several different times , by about sixteen persons . The accounts _as ; rce in representing the creature as dark in colour , about 50 feet long , and ofthe circumference of a man ' s body . It is described as showing itself only in calm weather , and as then swimming with its head elevated , in vertical undulations of its body , like a leech .

      1 he _BiTBU Bit —An eel , about five inches long , was la * t week trapped by a mussel , into whose premises he had intruded his head , with a view of making a meal of the occupant . The mussel _closed on the thief , and choked him . Cuming it Fat . —Four ladies were lately seen riding through the streets of Philadel phia in an open _curriago , each with a cigar in her mouth , _plllnV aWflV with * a generous abandon , ' An Artist . —The Port Philip Patriot states that thc antipodian Jack Ketch , who hung two natives in 1 S 41 , when questioned about the execution said , " 1 hoy died quite beautiful—for _savajjes !" Gambling . —a free coloured fireman on board a steamboat on the Mississipi _, having lost all his monev at cards pledged his own freedom , which he also lost _, h . s ree unpen being the stake , and was actually sold by the winner to a slave dealer \ Jkrsey . —( _Joyernment is about to construct a naval port in bt . Catherine ' s B : iv .

      I hk _Accused Gamb Laws . — A rccontre took place between tlio gamekeepers ami watchers ofthe Marquess ol Anglesey ami Jos - nit Spode , Esq . of _Armitaac Hall , _iK-nr _' Rugely , and a determined _jjanif of poachers , from twclvo to fifteen in numher , in a preserve on the Atmitage Hall estate , on Monday light . Attar a desperate cmflict , in wliich one ofthe keepers was severely wounded , and a poacher shot through the thi _** b , five of the offenders were secured . They have been committed lor trial . _Tna Window Tax . —A report has been circulated that it is the intention of the government , in the next session of Parliament , to abolish the windowtax , end raise the propertv tax to * per cent ., leaving the income tux nn tout-lie *) . Bechhning in time . —A few _davs ago . a young weaver in l ' erth , aged seventeen , was married to a girl of fourteen .

      Tea . —More tea is annually consumed in Great Britain than by all the nations of thc earth together , except the Chinese themselves . Tub Gipsies . —A number of gipsies bave been lor some d : iys encamped upon Bradford Moor . Bradford Factory Gibw , —Stupa arc now being taken for _fitting-up _lodging-houses for these _f-peratives . A party of gentlemen have undertaken tho responsibility of fitting-up one lodging house in a commodious manner , where a number of _fai-tot * _y girk will bo lodged in a comfortable manner , and cheaply . Koss-sliinp . _Otstebs . —Tiiere is a great demand for oysters this season . It is proposed t > cultivate the production of oysters in Loelicarron , and the _proposal is likely to meet with encouragement .

      _CouNiroF Rknfrkw _Elkction . —Colonel Murc-has been elected without opposition .,, ' " Fathkii Matueiv . —h _appear from a letter- addressed to Mr . Shiel by Lord Shrewsbury , that a pension of £ 100 a year has been offered 'b y Government , we presume ) to" good Father Mathew . " _Mortamty amoiii' the _Agricultural Labourers ia Berkshire . —So destructive have beeu the ravages of fever in some parts of Berkshire , that in the p irish of Upton , a hamlet adjoining bluebur . v , in that county , the population of which was H 2 souls seven weeks ago , it is now reduced to 73 , ( 39 having died wit'tin _th-vt . _short period—many through want . Novel . —The practice of buying and selling by the electric telegraph in the United -States _ia-vory

      common . A New Dance . —A new and very beautiful dance , called tJie _^ _'Napplitai-g [ e , js , , bjjcpjning ,. tho " . rage " , i . a the _fiiMuiinnblcSvoHd . _Ji' : * _v . rii Home , Esq ,, M _. P ., has been named as _¦> candidate for Norwich , in _ooiij unction Mr , J , ij , _Gui-ney .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19121846/page/3/