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      Jeptember 22 , 1849 . THE NO R T H ER N ST A R . 3

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      IMPROMPTU > S > _* S * _a-W _BKCE 1 T 1 S 0 AS -EAGLE ' S ( _JUIIX FBOM L 4 KE STOERIOB Br j . o . wnirriEH . All day the darkness and the cold Upon my heart have lain , lake shadows on the winter sky , like frost upon the pane ! But now my torpid Fancy wakes And , _on- 'thy Eagle ' s plume , Bides forth likes Sinbad on his bird , Or witch upon her broom ! Below me roar tbe rocking pines , Before me spreads the Lake , "Whose long and solemn sounding waves Against the sunset break .

      I hear the wild Bice-Eater thresh The grain it bas not sown ; I see with flashing scythe of fire The prairie harvest mown ! I bear tbe far-off voyager ' s horn ; I see the Yankee ' s trail—Hisfooi on every mountain pass , On every stream his sail He ' s whittling round St . Mary ' s falls , Upon his loaded wain ; He ' s leaving on the Pictured Bocks His fresh tobacco-stain .

      I hear the mattock in the Mine , The axe-stroke in the del ) , The clamor from the Indian , lodge , The Jesuit ' s chapel bell ! I see the swarthy trappers come From Mississippi ' s springs ; And war-chiefs with their painted brows And crests of eagle-wings . Behind tbe scared squaw ' s Virch canoe The Steamer smokes and raves r

      And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves . By forest lake and water-fall " . Isee _thepedler _' s show ; The mighty mingling with the mean , The lofty with the low . I bear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea .

      The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet , and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form J Bach rude and jostling fragment soon Its fitting place shall find—The raw material ofa State , Its muscle and its mind ! And , "westering still the star which leads The Xew World in its train , Has tipped with fire the icy spears Of many a mountain chain .

      The snowy cones of Oregon Are kindling on its way ; And California ' s golden sands Gleam brighter in its ray ! Then , blessings on thy Eagle quill , As , wandering far and wide , I thank thee for this twilight dream And Fancy ' s airy ride . Yet , "welcomer than regal plume , "Which Western trappers find , Thy free and pleasant thoughts , chance-sown , Like feathers on the wind .

      Thy symbol be the mountain bird , " Whose glistening quill 1 hold : Thy home the ample air of Hope , And Memory ' s sunset gold ! In thee let Joy with Duty join , And strength unite with love ; The Eagle ' s pinions folding round The warm heart of the dove . So , when in darkness sleeps the vale "Where still the blind bird clings , The sunshine ofthe upper sky Shall glitter on thy wings !

      Sunshine Axd Shadow; A Tale Of The Ninet...

      SUNSHINE AXD SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE _NINETEENTH CENTURY . BT THOMAS MARTIN WHEELE * , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter XXV . The sails are filed , and in pride she turns From the red west where " The sunset burns , " And the streamers have caught the glowing hue , As they sport in joy o'er the waters blue . Listen again to the gladsome song Sent from the hearts of that joyous throng . "Welcome , ye waves , and thou restless sea _. Land of our birth , we return to thee !

      The jarring elements unite to urge The buoyant vessel through the boiling surge ; - "Gainst adverse winds she Jiolds her steady sway , Nor calms retard , nor tides her course delay ; The skill of feeble man triumphant braves The power of air , and lords it o ' er the waves . But whence that skill ? let gratitude be given "Where it aloiic is due— -to working men Who had the sense that taught us to aspire , To rule the world by water and by fire . And nature ' s laws contracting to a span , _riae'd power gigantic , in the hands of man .

      Persian trwute to Steam , I do not vouch the fact ; but 'tis too clear , Things are not as ther should be : such as pause To think upon these matters , cooly , swear There never was effect without a " cause : And if old England he gazetted , there _Muat be a ; well . 1 hope not ! the new laws Should keep the people quiet , or , as some Are pleased to call thc lower class—tlie scum . The latter term is somewhat incorrect , Aud , therefore one I wish my friends to drop ; For both hy cook and chemist I suspect , Tlie scum is mostly found upon the top . Indeed , without the slightest disrespect , I may as well observe , before I stop , That worth—like plumbs in pudding when we've got ' em—Is often apt to settle towards the bottom . _Reode .

      On a June morning in the year 1312 , the sun shining as it shines only in warmer climates , and throwing its splendour " far across the broad waters of the Manhattan , reflecting its rays on the crowd of sails that adorn this glorious bay of the New World , bringing into broad outline the whole surrounding coast , and th ' e islands with which it appears to be indented , making it not far inferior in point of beauty to the proud bay of Naples itself , whilst in commerce , and as an agent of civilisation , it is fast outstripping its boasted rival , even in its palmiest days , Arthur "Morton embarked on board the " George Washington" steam vessel , and left 2 _* ew York " to return " to his native laud . There is some mystic tic that ever binds the heart to the land of its birth , to the home of its early recollection . -and thoush Arthur had no friends to greet hiiu on bis return to England—though a felon's doom perhaps awaited him , and he left friends

      behind kiuder than any he could expect to make m Ms own land—yet did his heart bound with joy at the thought of once more beholding the white cliffs of Albion , and again embarking in the arduous enterprise of achieving the long withheld rights of her injured sons . The residence in the New World , and ihe change of appearance incidental to the early _sta-res of manhood , would , with a fictitious name , he Tell convinced , entirely obviate any danger from Ms connexion with the Birmingham riots ; and thus listening to the dictates of Hope , he left a good home in a free land , to return to the uncertain fate that awaits all the sons of labour in our own boasted country . The " George Washington" was a splendid vessel , fitted with every convenience that a residence even on land could contain , and contrasted favourably even with thc comforts he had received during his voyage in the " Esmeralda . " What a _re--votatifltt has steam eftucted in the affairs of man 1

      Steam , thou mighty agent , that hast more than realised the deceptions of the necromancers of oldthou annihihtor of time and space , that clasps the -whole world in the embrace tbat-joins island to island , continent to continent , the Old World to the Sew—that art destined at no distant period to unite all tlie sons and daughters of men into one great family compact , in which neither king , bishop , nor noble will be named or known—great and varied as have been the advantages thou hnstconveved unto the capitalist- and the worshipper of Mammon , and evil though thou hast inflicted on the sons of toil , who have strove in vain to compete with thee—fiesh and muscle against steel aud steam ( vain vet gallant struggle}—yet even the democrat can * afford to sound thy praises , for thy

      true mission is only now commencing ; like thy brother worker , Man , thou hast been made the tool ofthe selfish and the designing , but thou art _outlivin-r the period of thy nouage , and becoming , too powerful for thv masters—thou wilt not much lomrer obey the will ofthe few , but wilt minister to _thcVants , " and crown the wishes of tbe many—no _lou-rer to them a curse but a blessing , thy end will be accomplished , thy mission fulfilled ; steam , the regenerator , will have rewarded the exertions of tiiose who invented and brought ii info practical _operation . Such were tlie reflections of Arthur , as the steamer triumphantly held her way through the blue waters of the Atlantic . Swiftly sped thc vessel o ' er the briny waves , and in less than a fortnight from leaving New York our hero was landed in Liverpool .

      _DnvittS bis residence in the West Indies and America " , his accumulated savings had amounted to a decent sum , he had , therefore , no occasion to seek

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      immediate employment . After spending a few days in Liverpool , he proceeded to Manchester ; here , as in Liverpool , misery abounded , most of the mills and manufactories were running short time , and trade of every description was in a depressed state ; in Burnley , Colne , and other parts of North Lancashire , tho distress was still greater ; thousands were unable to procure even bread sufficient for their sustenance—many actually diedof starvation . The Anti-Corn Law League , taking advantage of this circumstance , bad , aUhew various-meetings , attributed the whole of this destitution to the working of the bread tax ; and , in language ofthe most violent character , had called upon these men , whom misery had goaded to desperation , to rise and overthrow the

      tyrant aristocracy , and ensure cheap bread , high wages , and plentiful employment . Well was it for the peace of England that Chartism was the prevalent creed ofthe operatives in this district—that they knew the fallacy of the reasoning of their interested employers , and had too often been led astray by their pretended friendship to put trust in their physical force leadership . Still hunger was powerful , frenzy was beginning to supersede reason , and it needed all the influence of the Chartist leaders to counteract the insurrectionary doctrines propounded by the emissaries of the League . Nor was this state of things confined to Lancashire alone ; the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire , subject to the same influences , were alike bordering on a state

      of incipient revolution . But it was in the mining districts of Staffordshire that the League influence was brought most actively to bear ; there the prestige of their power was superior , because their characters as magistrates and employers was only partially known , and it needed but the tocsin of revolu tion to be sounded , to have thrown the whole district into convulsion . Artfully had these results been brought about ; aware thatthe Charter was the paramount object with the working men , they propagated tbeir doctrines through tbe agency of Chartist orators and preachers—needy men , who had deserted the cause of principle for the pelf supplied from the coffers of expediency ; and these men , out rnixeu tne two

      , nait renegades , so up questions , and appealed so strongly to the religious and fanatical sympathies of their audience , that these poor dupes were easily led away by their promises of the Charter , and a repeal of the Corn Laws , within a few weeks , provided they carried out the measures propounded by the League . Such was the state of the political world , in which Arthur Morton , under an _assumed name , was about to embark . How changed the scene and actors , during the few years of his absence ; scarcely one member of the Convention of' 39 was now active in the Chartist movement , exile , persecution , desertion and death , had scattered that once formidable body . Frost and his companions were in exile ; Lovett , Collins , and

      Vincent ( the beau ideal of his youthful aspirations ) , had sunk into the obscurity of mere sectional _narttsana ; O'Br ien , a victim to his own jealous feelings , was lost to the movement ; O'Connor and M'Douall were the only men of note of that large array of enthusiasm and talent , that he found attached to the Chartist party . The Anti-Corn Law League had sprung into existence , and was then at the zenith of its power—strong in its organisation —rich in funds—powerful in talent—supported by the majority ofthe Press of the kingdom—it soared to an equality with the government of the country , and seemed to challenge it to a trial of its powers . It had _assemblud 600 delegates as its representatives in Westminster , forming a rival Parliament to

      that of St . Stephen ' s ; it assembled in February , continued its sittings for a month , again re-assembled in July , and broke up at the beginning of August . Argument gave way to declamation ; threats of revolution were openly avowed ; tracts and addresses ofthe most exciting description were distributed far and wide ; the note of preparation was sounded , and the public daily expected the conflict would commence , but their leaders were men of talk , not of action , they wanted the advantages ofa revolution in their favour , but they dreaded its iisks . Amongst other plans propounded , was the strike of the colliers , to cause all other trades to come toa stand still , and the notable plan ofa month ' s holiday , was again revived by a dissenting minister , a delegate from a town south east of

      London , this latter plan was referred to a committee ofthe body , who never publicly reported thereon , nevertheless , after events proved that it was the plan adopted . Meanwhile , day after day passed , and no decisive steps were taken ; the people would not rise to p lease these valiant talkers . Contempt was beginning to supply the place of fear , when they wisely broke up their Conference , and sought refuge among their constituency . Chartism was to powerful , the influence of the Northern Star , tbe organ of Mr . O'Connor , and the Chartist body too widely spread for the inflammatory speeches of the League orators to have their desired effect . Open rebellion having failed , the first act of the drama closed , meanwhile the riot proceeded , and a few weeks disclosed its many hued events . [ To be continued . )

      Prize Essat Ox Direct Taxation.—The Essa...

      Prize Essat ox Direct Taxation . —The essay to which has been awarded the prize of £ 70 , offered by the National Confederation for the best essay on the subject of "National Taxation and the Equitable Adjustment ef the same , " has just been published . We have barely had time to glance into its pages here and tliere , but that glance has been sufficient to convince us that it is a most interesting history of tbe process by wliich the burden of taxation has been gradually shifted from land and real property to the shoulders of the industrious classes , and a most powerful argument in favour ofthe justice and policy of retracing our steps , and making direct taxation , on an equitable principle , the rule , instead of the exception , in our fiscal system . At present we can do no more than indicate that the basis of taxation proposed is the capitalised income derived from labour , and all sorts of property , estimated at so

      many years' purchase : —for example , the wages of a labourer at 7 i years , leasehold property at 12 * , real property , consisting of houses , at 15 , and land at 20 years , which for Great Britain and Ireland is estimated at £ C , 27-l , 50 S , 125 , * a tax off per cent , on whieh would realise a revenue of £ 47 , 0 f _* S , Sll . The enormous saving in the expense of collection , the unspeakable advantages of freeing industry , commerce , and manufactures from the incubus of the Customs and Excise , thc checks upon jobbing , patronage , and needless expenditure , the doing away alike with smuggling and the preventive service , and many other advantages , social , moral , and political , anticipated from the proposed change , are most ably set forth ; and even those who may not be disposed to agree with the writers in their conclusions , cannot withhold their admiration for the zeal and ability with wliich their arguments are enforced . —Liverpool Mercnnt .

      Misino in New Zealand . —By way of Sydney we have received a file of New Zealand papers , from which we learn that the Kawau Mining Company are erecting extensive smelting works at Kawau . The Southern Cross says : " We have good grounds for supposing that the Kawau mine will turn out a second Burra , for , though the ore may not be quite so rich , yet it will be obtained at a very much less expense than from the great South Australian mine . The inland carriage will be saved , which of itself would form an excellent profit . From inquiries which we have lately been making , we find that operations are so forwarded at the Kawau , that the digging out of the ore will now proceed with great rapidity after the calcining and smelting works are completed . " Four shafts hat e been sunirand several levels driven , and the latter arc said to have laid open an enormous quantity of ore , estimated at 100 , 000 tons , and now calculated at being produced

      " at grass at ls . ( Id per ton . The prices paid for sinking the shafts aro stated to have varied from £ 40 to £ S 0 per fathom , and £ 10 to £ 16 for driving the levels . There were about 1 , 000 tons of ore on the surface ready for smelting . It is estimated that the calcining-housc will calcine about 1-M tons per week . There are only about six miners on the works , no fewer than sixteen having left for Sydney , but as those six could Taise , it is estimated , sixty tons per day , they will be able to do much more than keep the calcining and smelting works in full opera- ion . —Adelaide Observer , April 18 . Iron Sewir for the Thames . —The Builder asks , is not the recently constructed tube at tho Menai Straits suggestive of a plan of sewerage ? Let us suppose a series of tubes laid down on each side of the river , made of wrought iron , strongly rivetted , and in lengths of twenty feet by twelve in height , and eight in breadth , —the top of the tubes either level with or onlv one or two fcet helow thc bed of

      the river . Tliere can bc no difficulty in sinking these tubes : any derangement migbt be quickly remedied , and the saving in expense , as compared with Mr . Phillips's tunnel , enormous . The junctions could be easily made , and at any time closed or altered , pro re nata . These tubes could bo carried from Hammersmith to Woolwich Reach , at a distance from each shore of about forty feet * or say about half-way between high and low water-marks _. Corrugated irontowers of _aliout sixfeet square migbt rise at intervals ofa furlong , for the escape of gases generated , and provided with a sluice or flood-gate on one side for the admission of water at ebb tide , when a greater impetus is required , as is often the case in a long drought . The natural and proper incline ofthe river to seaward might bc kept ; and at the terminus at Woolwich marshes _miclit bo a spacious dock , in which the accumulate sewage could bc drained and solidified , taking advantage of the ebb . to _iret rid of the superfluous moisture .

      Tue Oxford Chronicle states : " The original Bear and Ragged Staff public-house , at Cumnor , Berks , haa been _tnken down . This was tbo house of which mention is made in ' Kenil worth , ' where the parties concerned in the tragical fate of Amy Robsart met and partook of a cup of sack , from tbo tap of Giles Gosling , in tbe days of Queen Elizabeth . " It has been remarked that '' the climax of human indifference has arrived , when a woman don ' t care how she looks . "

      The Royal Etchings. To The Editor Of The...

      THE ROYAL ETCHINGS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOttTnERff STAB . Windsor , Monday , September 17 th , 1849 oiR ,--Permit me , I beg of you , to trespass upon f ° r v _*)™ s P * and to request , very respectfully , the favour of your inserting this communication . ° I , would , most willingly , have abstained from again obtruding myself upon the notice of the public , but , in the letter written by Mr . Anson ( Her Majesty ' s Privy Purse ) to my wife , in reply to a communication Mrs . Judge transmitted to the Queen , there are , really , so many mis-statements and inaccuracies , that , in -justice to my wife

      especially , as well as to myself , I cannot refrain from _givingsueh explanations as are now rendered so essentially necessary , —the moro so , since Mr . Anson forwarded a copy of his letter to the Times , wliich has since gone the whole round of the Press , with the following editorial comments appended : — "Mn . Jodoe a . \ d the RoYAh _Etchings . —We published a few days since a letter from Mr . Judge , which seemed prima facie to establish a caso of hardship . Our readers will see by the following letter from Mr . Anson how unfounded Mr . Judge ' s statements were , and with how much kindness and charity he has been treated by the royal objects of his unwearied calumnv . "

      Such was the impression which was very naturally created by a perusal of the letter ( when left unexplained ) of Her Majesty ' s Privy Purse . In order that the public may arrive at a fair and just conclusion , I beg leave to append a copy ofthe letter from my wife to her Majesty . Mr . Anson ' s repl y having already so extensively appeared , I need not occupy space by copying it here . My wife ' s letter to the Queen was forwarded to her Majesty , under cover to Mr . Anson , and was as follows : — TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY , THE QUEEN . 13 , Gloucester-place , -Windsor , August 25 th , 1849 .

      Madam , —Conceiving from your Majesty ' s well-known clemency of disposition , that your Majesty cannot be made cognisant of the injustice perpetrated in your Majesty ' s name and that of your illustrious consort , towards my husband , I am induced to address myself to your Majesty , in fhe hope that you will condescen-i to exhibit towards my husband the kindly , generous feelings of your Majesty's heart , and to command tbat common christian charity may be displayed towards one of vour Majesty ' s most faithful subjects . Unfortunately for my husband , he purchased , several months since , openly and fairly , some etchings , the production of your Majesty ' s and your royal hnsband ' s leisure moments . At the time he considered himself fortunate in having in his possession such examples , both of his sovereign ' s genius and amiability ; for the subject of most of your Majesty ' s productions fully exemplified the latter

      qualification , exhibiting striking proofs of your Majesty's maternal tenderness , a truly feminine trait of character that is thoroughly appreciated by every Englishman . When he first purchased the Etchings , he did so without any ulterior view but merely because they were the production of your Majesty's genius . After having them in bis possession some time , tbe idea suggested itself tomo that if it were possible to obtain your Majesty ' s and your illustrious Consort ' s consent , an exhibition ofthe Etchings would prove a profitable ' speculation . I expressed my opinion in the course of conversation , and my husband fell into my views . Means were taken , ( they might perhaps be considered rather circuitous , but they were the only ones under various circumstances , which 1 will not at present enter into , as they would occupy too much of your Majesty ' s valuable time , and my object is to be as brief as possible ) , to obtain your Majesty ' s consent ; and

      the first intimation we had of your Majesty ' s and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert ' " ; dislike to such a pro ceeding , wasby no less than sis writs of injunction , filed in your Majesty ' s "Hi gh Court of Chancery ; two against my husband's publisher , two against my husband , and two against my son , when one single letter from your Majesty ' s solicitor , or any one connected with tbe court , would have been quite sufficient to have obtained the end intended without incurring the enormous ex . penditure of money that has already been dissipated by your Royal Consort and the ' luckless defendants , causing one of thera—Mr . Strange , to expatriate himself and family , and the other—my unfortunate

      husband—to be incarcerated in a prison . The injunctions against my son , your Majesty's advisers withdrew , because they had not an atom of foundation whereon to build their false superstructure . And your Majesty , after the letter I took the liberty ef addressing to your Majesty , in February last , kindly exonerated him from costs , with whicli he had been saddled , for which gracious net , permitmehumbly offer to your Majesty my most grateful acknowledgments , and to observe , tbat the brightest gem in the Royal diadem , glitters not so brilliantly , as one act of mercy conferred by a Sovereign on the most insignificant of their subjects , as it not only secures to tbem the love of their people , but is registered in Heaven , where it confeis everlasting glory .

      My husband , to avoid the ruinous expenses , was compelled to appear in forma pauperis . The Vice Chancellor decided against him ; he was adjudged to give up the etchings and the catalogues in his possession , which he has done , and to pay costs ( although a pauper ) to the amount of upwards of _i' 300 . This bill of costs was taxed bythe Taxing Master , and reduced to the sum of j 61 S 1 , Is . 8 d . Iu the case of Mr . Strange ( my husband's publisher ) , your Majesty ' s Royal Consort consented to forego bis costs , and was publicly thanked in court , by the counsel , for his leniency and kindness—but to our utter dismay and astonishment , that very sum , so forgiven by the Prince Albert , and thus publicly obtaining His Royal Highness thanks and eulogiums for his kindly feeling , is tacked on to my husband ' s costs , and he is compelled to pay it . If tbis is justice I have done . I cannot bring myself to imagine , that it was the intention ol your Koyal Consort , to impose the payment of those / _orpiuen costs upon my husband .

      Your Majesty must allow me to observe , that up to that period in the proceedings , during which those costs were incurred , my husband had been perfectly passive ; not doing one single act to compel His Royal Highness to expend one farthing of the enormous sum tbat be bas done , for tlie benefit of the lawyers ; for I see none accruing to others . And yet , for that sum , to us an enormous one , nearly j £ 2 _* J 0 , he was actually arrested , and dragged to Reading Gaol , on Tuesday last , ( although he bad previously made an affidavit that he is not worth £ 5 iu the warld ) leaving me , his wife , and seven boys , wholly dependent upon him for support , witli nothing but the prospect of a workhouse before us , and himself imprisonment for life . I will uot , I cannot , think , that cither your Majesty , or the Illustrious Prince , your husband , would , if you were acquainted with the facts , allow such an act of injustice and cruelty to bo committed in your Roval names .

      It is in the humble hope that your Majesty will exert yom * Royal prerogative , and cuminuud tbat justice _slu-uld be done to one of your Majesty's subjects . whose only crime is poverty , and tbat my husband may be restored to mc and his family , to avert tlie horrors of a workhouse and a prison , that 1 have taken the liberty of addressing myself to your Majesty . As a wife and a mother , I ask yom * Majesty's sympathy . As oue of your own sex in trouble and affliction , 1 crave your Majesty ' s pity . As an Englishwoman , and the native of a country boasting of its freedom , I respectfully uige my right to be listened to by my Sovereign , aud in the full confidence that my Sovereign , in listening to the details of my wrongs , will also be graciously dispused to redress them . I beg leave to subscribe myself , Madam , With feelings ofthe deepest veneration , Vour Majesty ' s most faithful and dutiful subject , ( Signed ) _Maux Judge .

      My most excellent wife having been accused by Mr . Anson ( and that accusation having gone forth throughout thc world ) of descending to utter that wliich is not stricdy true , I feel myself imperatively called upon to protect and defend her . In begging the attention of your readers to such explanations and-corrcctions as I hope you will allow me to place before them , I need not * remark upon the term " petition" whieh has been applied to the letter of Airs . Judge ; for I am not disposed ( and it would ill become mc , seeing its effect , ) to cavil just now about terms . I will now proceed to notice tho mistakes in Mr . Anson ' s letter . Mr . Anson states : —The " allegations" brought forward by Mrs . Judge , in her letter to thc Queen , " are wholly unfounded . " I solicit Mr . Anson to point out one single "

      allegation " which is not strictly and fairly founded in truth . Mr . Anson states : —Mr . Strango ' s costs have not " been added to mine . " Let mc call your attention , sir , to the foUowing confirmation of Mrs . Judge ' s allegation ( in this respect ) by Mr . Mills , who taxed Prince Albert s bill of costs , _xedv-eing it from upwards of £ 300 to £ 181 . Is . Sd .: — " I attended with my solicitor , on Monday the Oth of August , by appointment , at the office of the tixiDg master , to tax the costs of His Royal Highness . When I found tliat , according to the order obtained by Prince Albert , His Royal Highness demanded from mc Mr . Strange ' - * costs , as well as my own , I said to Mr . Mills , " Mr , Strang * h . ivin < r been absolved , it now appears that Prince

      Albert has thrown all his own costs upon inc . Am I so to understand it , sir ? " " Certainty , " said Mr . Mills . " Then , " I observed , '' ffis Royal Highness Prince Albert applies to mc to pay Mr . Strange s costs as well as my own ! " " That is so , " was the reply of the taxing-master , "Why , sir , ' I said , " it was considered to bc an act of grace on the part of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to absolve Mr . Strange from , and to forego , thc whole ot his costs . " Mr . Mills replied , ' ' Then it is an act of grace which has not been fulfilled . " Mr . Anson states—My debt ( i . c the costs for whicli I was incarcerated ) is not' ' owing to His hoyal Highness Prince Albert . " The writ which was served upon me by Mr . Seeker the town clerk of Windsor , on the loth August last , proceeded thus : — " Victoria , by the grace of God , & c . Wc command you that you pay or cause to be paid , immediately after the service ol this writ , to Uis Roval _lli-rhness Prince Albert , or

      the bearer of these presents , £ 181 . Is . 8 d . costs Ac . The warrant upon which I was apprehended , in less than a week afterwards , and incarcerated in Heading gaol , states that thc keeper oftho county , gaol is to _¦*« safely keep" my body " for not paying the sum of £ 181 . ls . 8 d . costs , TO His Royal Highness Prince Albert . " And further to show ( and this I merely do , in order to correct a false impression which has gone abroad , without intending to utter one offensive expression ) that the costs roust have been claimed from me by the Prince Consort , I have only to remark , that , had it not been for a private note , kindly written for Mrs . Judge by His Roval Highness's solicitors , to Mr . Blandy , tlie under sheriff , at Reading * , I sliould liave had to remain in gaol until the Prince ' s own signature had been obtained , ( from Balmoral ) for my discharge from custody . As itwas , however , this strictly legal form was dispensed with , in kind deference to the anxious feelings of my wife ; for whicli , on that account , I am very thankful . Mr . Anson states : — " Tho suit against Mr .

      The Royal Etchings. To The Editor Of The...

      Strange was dropped from his having mado his _sub-ST ; ir In deed ' thi 3 sui * ¦¦ _<•** -- ' " dropped " against Mr . Strange . It went through nil its various stages up to the day of trial on thc 2 nd of last June when the Vice Chancellor ' s judgment was n . naiiy pronounced . Mr . Strange made no " submission , as will thus appear : —Mr . Strange moved by counsel ( on behalf of himself onlv ) for the _disso-«? 1 ™ "J unction , before the Vice Chancellor , ti , \ r f December . That motion was refused . / . _j . P ' _grange appealed against the decision of ; U ° t , £ ,, _ancellor to the Lord Chancellor ; and tne lord Chancellor confirmed the decision ofthe Vice . When the suits came on for final hearing before the Vice Chancellor , on tho 2 nd of June , Mr . _Grange ' s Counsel ( unknown to . and without

      "ie consent of , their client , who had not been consulted on the subject ) agreed that Mr . Strange should give up the catalogues , and consent to the injunction being made perpetual against him , upon her Majesty and Prince Albert paving their own costs—those very costs , in the case of Prince Albert , for not paying which , as well as my own , I was incarcerated in tho common gaol of the county of _f-u " _o ndthis -s the " submission , " on the part ot Mr . _btrange _, so prominently put forward in Mr . Anson s letter ! Mr . Strange , even up to this period , has not been called upon to give up a singlo catalogue ! i , Have not only given up tho catalogues I had , but the whole oftho ¦« Royal Etchings ? ' agreeably to the decree of the Vice Chancellor ; and they have now been in the hands of Mr . White , her Majesty's solicitor , for several weeks

      Mr . Anson states- " ln consequence of my not having made any "submission , " _Iobligedthesmtto _? _Z ! : e _& „ S _^ me , "by following the opposite course ; _, and that " the heaviness of the costs are entirely m consequence of my pertinacity . " I would beg to ask Mr . Anson what he real / v _JS-fL _' _wlft th » 4 J PUWMd an " opposite course to that taken by Mr . Strange ? The inference he appears to wish to bo draivn , by so ambiguous a term , is , I think , manifest . Inever moved one mgh step m the matter to induce the Prince Consort

      to expend one farthing " for the benefit of the lawyers ( as Mrs . Jud ge has very properly remarked ) from the moment the Injunctions were obtained against me until the suit camo on for trial and final hearing before the Vice-Chancellor on the 2 nd of June . All I did was to file my answer , in accordance with the order ofthe court , and no more . Had I not done so , I should have been apprehended for " contempt . " There was no " pertinacity" on mi / part . Iremained perfectly quiescent ; prepared , at all times , to obey the orders of the court , which I have done most strictlv .

      Mr . Anson states— " The costs aro due to the Solicitors employed in the cause ; " and that " any payment of costs , therefore , on the part of her Majesty and the Prince , will be a gratuitous donation to your husband . " __ That the costs are duetO Princo Albert ' s Solicitors ( but not from me to tfiem ) there can be no doubt ; but surely Mr . Anson does not mean to maintain that if / am unable to pay , Messrs . White ( the Prince ' s Solicitors ) have no claim against their illustrious clients ? Her Majesty ' s Privy Purse , surely , must know better . ' Notwithstanding the painful circumstances under which I was taken to Reading Gaol , I cannot but feel deep gratitude towards her Majesty , for the

      sake oi my lamily , lor having enabled me to quit a prison for my home ; and when I reflect upon thc errors and mistakes in Mr . Anson ' s letter to my wife—mis-statements which I fear have been placed before my Sovereign and her Royal Consort even , perhaps , in a magnified degree—I feel doubly grateful . Her Majesty and the Prince , I greatly fear , have been induced to believe ( relying upon the accuracy of the representations made to them ) that my efforts have been devoted , for years past , to tho infliction of " every possible injury on her Majesty , the Prince , their family , and the Court by a system of espionage ; " and tbat I have been misrepresenting and vilifying " all the acts of tlieir private life . " And , doubtlessly , both my Sovereign and the Prince Consort have really believed all tin ' s ! Thus accused , I demand the proofs . I utterly deny

      the accusation . I solemnly plead " Not guilty . " With such charges as thoso alleged against mepoured , I am afraid , into the too-confiding ear of my sovereign—doubly and trebly grateful do I feel for the magnanimity , the high-niindedncss , the exalted and noble feeling _. displayed towards my anxious wife and family by her _Mtijcsly , in order that they should not " suffer in a cause with which their names are in any way connected . " I again most urgently demand the proofs of these foul charges . To paraphrase the termination of Mr . Alison ' s letter to Mrs . Judge ( written evidently , I think , fov publication ) , may I bc permitted to support my family by " honourable industry ; " and may I , also , bo allowed to struggle on at Windsor , unmolested in my labour and my efforts to obtain a living for the future . 1

      In concluding tlus necessarily lengthened communication , I must beg to remark , that I am still strongly impressed with a firm conviction that her Majesty has never been made really aware of the precise nature and extent of the proceedings v / hich were taken against mc in tho name of the Sovereign ; and that my conduct ( not only as regards the " Royal Etchings , " but in other respects ) has not been fairly represented to the Prince Consort . If the truth had been faithfully and undisguiscdly placed before her Majesty and her Royal Consort , it is my firm conviction that my unfortunate family would have boen spared the endurance of all the misery to whicli thoy have ( for months past ) been so pninfully subjected . I trust , however , tliey will

      now be permitted to look forward , with hope , to more cheering prospects and better days . Your kindly inserting this communication will be conferring a lasting ant ! valuable favour upon Sir , your most obliged and faithful servant , jAstT . ii Tomsett Judof .. [ Wo have seen the copy of a letter sent by Mrs . Judge in reply to the letter of Mr . Anson , in which she very justly complains that lier letter ( or petition ) to the Queen was not published , and in wliich she contradicts Mr . Anson's assertion , that her statements were wholly unfounded . The letter is written in a firm but inoffensive style , and refleets great credit on flic writer . Wo much regret that want of space prevents us giving it publicity .-Ed . N . S . ]

      Men Wira Tails I—M. E. Du Courct, Who Ha...

      Men wira Tails I—M . E . Du Courct , who has been for somo time engaged in the exploring of Central Africa , has communicated to tho Academic des Sciences of Paris , some curious particulars of a race of Ghilancs who possess the appendage of a tail about a decimetre in length . His description ofthe instance which he examined is as follows : — " To convince me of the existence of this species of man having this exterior prolongation of the vertebral column , the Emir suit ibr one of his slaves named IBellal , who was about thirty years of aire , who possessed this tail , and who belonged to tlus race . This slave snoko Aiviliiac perfectly-, and

      was very intelligent . I examined him , and was perfectly convinced . He informed mc that his country was beyond Senncar , through wliich lie had passed—and that a language was there spoken which ho had . completely forgotten . He estimated the number ol his race at about thirty or forty thousand . lie said they wero cannibals , and that tliey worshipped somo the sun and moon , some the stars , others the serpent and thc sources of a great river , to wliich thoy sacrificed tbeir victims . He concludes his narrative by stating that it would not bc difficult to procure some individuals of this race of men , by application to tlio slave merchants who explore the countries on the borders of the Rod Sea "

      Blowing up op the . Ship Minerva . —Intelligence has been received at Lloyd ' s of the destruction of the ship Minerva , Captain Ilovcndcn , master . The ship left Sydney on the Gth of February last , bound for Portland Bay , having on board , besides passengenors , 200 barrels of gunpowder , and a _largo quantity of rum , brandy , and sulphur . Sho was obliged to put into Jorvis Bay to undergo repairs , and left that place on the 20 th of March . On thc following day , at four o ' clock a . m ., the hold was discovered to be on fivo , and the crew being aware of the dangerous nature of thc cargo , launched the boats , and made their escape in thorn without dclav ,

      accompanied by the captain and passengers . Within fifteen minutes of tlieir leaving the vessel a tremendous explosion took place , currying the decks 500 feet into the air . The rum and brandy , Ac , were ignited , as the vessel , after burning to the water ' s edge , sunk . The boats made for Port Fairy , and , after being tossed about in a tempestuous ' sea for six days , and having nothing but a keg of water and somo _baracootas to subsist upon —& buxacootas proved poisonous and were thrown overboard—succeeded in reaching Port Philip Heads , were assistance was obtained . The loss is estimated at several thousand pounds .

      Antiquities for TnE _Britisu Museum . —A vessel which has arrived at Chatham from Bombay has brought twenty tons weight of antiquities from Nineveh , which arc intended to be forwarded to tlie British Museum for deposit in that national establishment . The authorities of the Treasury have given the necessary directions for the _imsliipment and free delivery of the antiquities to the Museum , and arrangements havo been made for the packages containing these valuable relics to be forwarded direct to tho Museum without being previously disturbed , nnd there opened and examined by tlie proper authorities , in order that every care may be taken that no damage should bc sustained by tbem .

      Useful to the Uninitiated . —Epidemic diseases arc those which occasionally ¦ prevail wove ov less generall y in a community . Ifcnee tlie cholera is properly called an epidemic . Endemic diseases arc those which arc prevalent in particular districts , as , for ex ample , the ague in Lincolnshire . Contagious diseases require contact or touch for their communication ; and infectious diseases arc those which aro communicable in any manner from ono person to another .

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      " Fatnen," Said A Littlo Boy In A Theatr...

      " FATnEn , " SAID a littlo boy in a theatre , " ain't that a band bos where the musicians aro ?" A lady was asked to join a Union of Daughters of Temperance . She replied , " It is unnecessary , as it is my intention to join one ofthe Sons soon . " A _MioistRATK having doubted whether a little boy , who was offered as a witness , understood the nature and obligations of an oath , proposed to examine him on that point . " My boy , can you repeat the Lord ' s Prayer V " Yes , sir , " was the instant l

      repy ; " Can you ?" _, A snorKKEP £ B in Bold-street , Liverpool , advertised during the past week for a sharp boy . One applicant grounded his qualification of sharpness on the fact of having ¦ ' cut" from four places . A genilema-s observed upon an indifferent pleader at the bar , the other day , that he was the most affecting orator he ever hoard ; for he never attempted to speak but he excited general pity . The omen day , a merchant , m emptying some liquor from one barrel into another , clapped the funnel into his mouth , and did not discover his mistake uutil he found himself runnin" over .

      A man advertises a house to let , immediately alongside a plum garden , from which an abundant supply of the most delicious fruit may be stolen during the season . We once heard of a traveller at an hotel , who rose from his bed at night to examine the weather , but instead of looking out on thc sky , thrust liis head through the glass window of a cupboard . " Landlord , " cried tho astonished man , " this is very singular weather ; the night is as dark as Egypt , and smells of cheese . " inn other day , one of widow B . ' s admirers was complaining of the tooth-ache . Mrs . B . ' s smart boy immediately spoko up— " Well , sir , why don ' t you do as ma' does ? She takes her teeth out and puts ' cm back whenever she wants to . " A few minutes afterwards , the boy was whipped on some pretence or other .

      A FnENcii gentleman having been rescued from a ducking in a river , and taken to a neighbouring tavern , was advised to drink aglass of warm brandy and water . " Sir , I shall thank you not to mako it a fortnight . "— "A fortnight , " said he , " hadn ' t you better take it directly V "O , yeB _, " said monsieur , " directly , to be sure , but not a fortnight , not too weak . " A clergvmas in Connecticut was reading to his congregation the beautiful and poetical psalm of David , where he says , " Mercy and Truth are met together ; Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other . ' - At this passage a little girl in the assembly manifested a great interest , and whispered to her mother— " That s just as true as you live ; I see Righteous Hill a kissing Peace Peabody behind the smoke house—but how did the minister know it ?"

      Once a gentleman , who had the marvellous gift of shaping a great many things out of orange peel , was displaying his abilities at a dinner party before Theodore Hook and Mr . Thomas Hill , and succeeded in counterfeiting a pi g to tho admiration of the company . Mr . Hill tried the same feat , and after destroying and strewing the table with tho peel ofa dozen oranges , gave it up , with tho exclamation , " Hang the p ig ! I can ' t make him . " " Nay , Hill , " exclaimed Hook , glancing at tbe mess on tbo table , " you have done more , * instead of one pig , you have made a litter . " The Heioiit oi ? Impudence . —Taking shelter from a shower in an umbrella shop . Modest Times . —A young lady out West has just refused to be taught the organ , on the ground of her not wishing to have anything to do with a swell . Thorough Draught . —A new patent stovo for the convenience of travellers has just been invented . It

      is placed under the feet , and a mustard plaster upon the head draws the heat through the whole system . Making a Mark . —A Yarmouth malstcr hired an Irishman , " a green hand , " to assist in loading his sloop with malt . Just as the vessel was about to set sail , the Irishman , who was jingling the price of his day ' s work in his trousers , cried out from the quey : — " Captain ! I lost your shovel overboard , but I cut a big notch on the rail fence round thc starn , right over the spot where it went down , so you'll find it when you come back , " A Yankee Answer . —A wager was laid on the Yankee peculiarity , of answering one question by asking another . To decide the bet , a down-caster was interrogated . — " I want you , " said the better , " to give me a straightforward answer to a plain question . " -- " I kin du it mister , " said the Yankee . — " Then , why is it New Englanders always answer a question by asking one in return ?"— " Du they ?" was Jonathan ' s reply .

      SrEcuiEX of the Sublime and Beautiful . — A member for Indiana roso and said , " Mr . Speaker , tlie wolf is tho most ferocious animal that prowls in our western priaries , or runs at large in the forests of Indiana . He creeps from his lurking place at the hour of midnight , when all nature is locked in tho arms of Morpheus , and ere the portals of the east are unbarred , or bright Phoebus rises iu his golden majesty—whole litters of pigs are destroyed . " Professional Accumgx . —Dr . F . after getting home highly primed from a dinner party , was called mil- ( ti « oi > _iv lnilv _. ilnn ( rf _* _i-nii _< : lv ill "So" _snid Hia

      doctor to his man , " by Jove , I can't go at all ; if I do , you must lead mo . " lie was led to a room where thc patient lav stretched upon her bed . The doctor got fast hold of a bed-post with one hand , and with the other seized the lady ' s wrist ; hue , alas ! all attempts to note the pulsation wore vain , and he could only mumble out " Drunk , by Jove , drunk ! " " Ah , madam , " cried the Abigail , as _snrm as the physician had staggered out , " what a wonderful man ! How soon " he discovered what was thc matter with vou !"

      Memory . —A country clergyman meeting a neighbour _yi-1 io never came to church , although an old man of above sixty , gave him some reproof on that account , and asked * him if he never read at linme . " No , " replied the clown , " I can't read . " " 1 dare say , " said the parson , " you don't know who made you . " " Not J , in troth , " said the countryman . A little boy coming by at the samo time , " Who mado you , child ? " said the parson . Tlio boy answered correctly . " Why , look you here , " quoth tho honest clergyman , " aro not you ashamed to hear a child of five or six years old tell me winmade him , when you , that are soold a man , cannot ?" " Ah 1 " said the countryman , " it is no wonder that he should remember ; he was made but t ' other day ; it is a great while , monster , sin' I wur made . "

      Tom , did you ever know a bell to do anything but ring ?—Yes , ' l have seen a bell pull . —Did yon ever seo _" " a coach box ?—Yes , and I have seen a ship (' s ) spar . Buckingham Palace . —The extensive quadrangle formed in Buckingham Palace by thc erection of the east wing is , by the express command of her Majesty , to be entirely covered with india-rubber paving , which prevents tho noise of rumbling _wheejs . Tlie quadrangle contains ample room for the inspection of a squadron of horse or a battalion of iiifantrv .

      The Way to Win . —At one of the anniversaries of a Sabbath school in London , two little girls prescntcd themselves fo receive a prize , ono of whom had recited one verso moro than the other , both having learned several thousand verses of scripture . Tin ** gentleman who presided inquired — " Ann , couldn ' t you have learned one move vcvsc , and thus hare kept up with Martha ? " "ro 3 ,. _sy * , " tiie blushing child replied , '' but Ilovcd Martha , and kept back on purpose ! " " And was there any one ofall the verses you have learned , " again inquired the president , " that taught you this lesson V " There is , sir , " she answered , blushing still more deeply : " In honour prefering one another " Br a recent Post-office regulation , any letter

      having thc writer ' s name and residence engraved on thc seal , or written on thc outside , and not finding the party to whom the same is addressed , will bc returned to tlio writer immediately through tho Postoffice , and not through the Dead Letter Office ; by which regulation considerable anxiety and Joss of time will lie prevented . Tin * Duke a : ; d the Earl . — The following anecdote is very current in " Aberdeen and Banff shires . The Duke of Richmond dislikes small holdings upon his estates , and as the leases of the crofter expire , he adds their few acres to the neighbouring farm . Tho Earl of Fife is of an opposite

      disposition . Nothing delights him more than to see the curling smoke from the littlo cottage on tlie roadside lis he sweeps through his estates . His factor complained of the number of persons from the Duke of Richmond's estate requesting a cow ' s meat and a small cottage . His lordship , of course , desired him to supply them , and to send none away . At last these applications became so numerous that the earl desired his factor to write to the duke , that he would greatly oblige by , " not putting out the poor men ' s fires faster than Lord Fife could light iheni . " Itis said tbat this intimation had the desired effect .

      Quick Work . —Last week , Joseph Rush , at Peter Syke , Cumberland , performed the feat of making one thousand bricks in one hour—one hundred in five minutes—aud tweuty-six in one minute . —Carlisle Journal . The Secret of Becoming Ricn . —Every man has the secret of becoming rich who resolves to live within his means ; and independence is ono of the most effectual safeguards of honesty . Flowers . —Why does not everybody have a gc

      rnnium , a rose , or some other flower in tlio window ? It is very cheap , next to nothing if yon raise it from seed or slip , and is a beauty ; md a companion . As charming Leigh Hunt says , ii sweetens the air , rejoices the eye , links you with nature and innocence , and is something to Jove . If it cannot lovo you in return , it cannot hate you ; it cannot utter a hateful word , oven for neglecting it , for _tiiougiut is all beauty , it has no vanity ; and living , as it does , purely to do you good and afford you pleasure , bow can you neglect it ? A Wire suspension bridge has been thrown across the Ohio . It is 1 . 010 feet in length .

      You :.Iai Bjs Cured Yet

      YOU :. iai BJS CURED YET

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      If Mankind are liable to one disease move than another , or if there are any particular affections ofthe human bodj we require to have a knowledge of over the vest , it is ce *» udnly that class of disorders treated of in the new and improved edition of the "Silent Friend . " Thc authors , ia thus sending forth to the world another edition uf their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing tUe ' u- gru . _* a « fication at the cuntinunl success attending their tiforts , which , combined with the assistance of medicines , exclusively of tbeir own preparation , have been the happy cause of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant on liiose peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,

      An Acciuest Occurred Ou Tho L'2uv On The...

      An acciuest occurred ou tho l' 2 Uv on the railroad from _Haiuliiii _^ li to Berlin . A fire having broken out in the village of Lochsce , two _firc-ergini-s were scut - _.-ft ' iiMYi _HaivAmvgW by tbe railroad . At , al out two _lcii ;; _iic-j from the city ; _t waggon , in which _wuiv the engines and the firemen , go : Hose from th < -1- c _* --motivu and ran off the mil . All tho r _.-. en _wer- _; seriously hurt , and the _ih'e-cngines wire _i-i _* - k u Vi pieces _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 22, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22091849/page/3/