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"WINTER , [ BY OE 0 E « WILUAK WBEtLU . ] Stern Winter thon art come again With tottering palsied hand ; Crisping the grass upon the plain , And whitening ail tbe land . Now rimey drws and hoary frost Bedeck the grove , the field ; The trees their vcrilure aU have lost , Nor food nor shelter yield . The birds sit cowering on their perch , No longer free and bold ; They tremble on the oak , the birch , Bennmbed _, half dead with did . The brook no longer ripliog flows
Across the flowery plain , A level surface now it shows , Beneath the icy chain . At sea -nen feel thy stern effects , Thy unrelenting sway ; Thy storms have caused many wrecks , And wrought despair , dismay . At home , abroad , where ' er we look _. Thy chilling power is felt . And charity is like tbe brook , 'Tis froze when it shoald melt . And charity is always cold _. At least so proverbs say ;
Giving perchanee unto fhe bold Whilst weak ones pine away . At best 'tis bnt a feemV gleam , Though kindness it may show ; Tis but the weakened Solar beam , Oa old December ' s snow . But why should man need charity When wint # rstorms affright ! 'Tis by the Tyrant ' s stern decree Which still withholds onr right . Let as no longer tamely bow Their Charity to ask ; Bat be resolved like men that now
We'ell situs to the task—The glorious task our land to free From tyrants and their power , To raise our arms for liberty And make oppression cower . At winter storms do pass away And snow begins to melt , Whene ' er bright Sols reiulgent ray Upon its mass is felt , — _Soknowledze falling oa the tool Its darkest clouds wiU part , Illume , invigorate the whole , And soften every heart . The mists of prejudice will fade Before the rising Sun ,
Let but the Tntih be once displayed _. And half our task is done . And when the spring time afour hope Brings forth its buds of jey , When we ' ve no foe with whom to cope , "Nor Tyrants to destroy , — How sweet 'twiU be for to look back On winter ' s stormy days , " Twin lend new verdure to the track , Twill shed arounl a blaze Of Triumph on each hones tone Whose aid has helped to bring The Power of truths reviving sun
To herald tn the Spring . And all who've nobly dune their best Their fellow man to aid , Have struggled manful with tbe rest , And ne ' er the cause betrayed . The noble cause of "Equal Right * - Worthy the wori . d ' s applause , Are all who struggled in the fight Por Just and Equal Laws . And they shall reap from off the soil The serd they ' ve sewn in tears _. Enjoy the Harvest of their toil When Winter disappears .
The great event for the reading world within tbe last few days has been the publication of the usual Christmas Book from the pin of "B 02 . " It is the _fashion to praise everythin ? . written hy this popular favourite , and , consequently , the " Battle ot Life " is already extolled by many of tbe critics as one of the best efforts of its author . We are sorry that for once we most be 20 nnfasbionable as to dissent from
thisJHdsment"THE BATTLE OF LIFE : ALOYESTORY . " Opens— " Once npon a time about a hundred years ago . " The scene a spot where long before a great battle tod been fought . The characters first introduced are a Dr . Jeddler , and his two daughters , Grace and _Marian . The doctor is described as a _philosopher in his _' way ; his philosophy , it appears , - was to look upon the world as " a gigantic practical joke ; something too absurd to be considered by any rational man . This old doctor is a " bore . " His two daughters are delightful specimens of the
nambypamby , sentimental class of youBg ladies . Marion , the joun « est , is betrothed to one Alfred _Heathfield , a ward of Dr- Jeddler _' s , who has been brought up in the family . This hero of tbe piece is a wise and _virtuous medical student ; tbat section of "Young "Sag ! . """ J " being particularly noted for morality aud -discretion beyond their years !! The arrival of this " nice voung man " is _folh-wed by the appearance of two country attornies , 'Snitchey and Graggs ;" -the former of these ia exceedingly loquacious , and so «* mpen _* _-atesfor the taciturnity of Ms more silent , if not more sensible partner : —
" -liUiiesr said Mr . Snitchey , * for self and Craggs , who bowed , ' good morning . 3 Iiss . * to Marion , I kiss yonr hand , ' which he did . * Ami I wish yon '—which he might or might not , for he didu't look at first sight like a gentleman troubled with many outpourings ot" soul in behalf of other people—* a hundred happy returns of this auspicious day . ' "Ha , ha . ha ! ' laughed the _doct-r , thoughtfully , with his hands in his pockets , -The grert farce in a hundred acts ! ' " You wouldn ' t ; I am sur _«* , ' said Mr . Snitchey , standing a small professional blue ba _^ against one leg of the table , ' cut the great faree _.--hoit
for this actress , at all events , Doctor Jeddler 1 « I > o , returned the doctor , 'God forbid ! Hay she live to laugh at it as long as ; she can laugh , and then say . with the "French wit , ' the farce is ended ; draw the curtain . ' 'The French wit , * said Mr . Snitchey , peeping sharply into his blue bag . ' was wrong , Doctor _Jed-der , and yonr philosophvis _altogether wrong , . depend upon it , as I have often told jou . Xothing serious in li '" e ! What do you call law V * A jske , ' replied the doctor . ' Did yon ever go to law V asked Mr . Snitchey , looking out of the blue hag . « Sever , returned the doctor . ' If you ever do , ' said Mr . _SnitChtV , ' perhaps you'll alter that opinion . *
- Granted , if yon please , that it is foolish / said Snitchey ' there we agree . For example , here ' s a smiling country , { wititim ? it ont with bis fork , ' onceoverran with soldiers—tresspassers every one of ' em—and laid waste by fire and sword . He , he , he ! The idea of any man exposing himself , voluntarily , to fire and sword ! Stupid _, wasteful , positively ridiculous ; you laugh at your fellow creatures , yon know , when you think of it ! Pat take the suiilin _*; country as it stands . Think of the laws appertaining to real property ; to the mortgage and
reparation of real property ; to leasehold , freehold , and copyhold estate . ' Think , ' said Snitchey , with such emotion that he actually smacked his lips , ' of the complicated laws relating to title and proof of title , with all the contradictory precedents and numerous acts of Parliament _connected with them ; think ofthe infinite nnmber of in . genions and interminable chancery suits to which this pleasaut prospect may give rise ; and acknowledge , Doctor _Jeudler , that there is a green spot in the scene about _« i . -= ! I believe , ' said Mr . Snitchey , looking at his partner , " that I speak for self and Craggs _!'
The object ofthe meeting of the above-named persons is to relieve Dr . Jeddler of his guardianship , the medical student having : arrived at age and being about to depart for foreign lands to complete his medical education . He departs , leaving his ladyetove to the care of her eldersister , and this concludes part the first ofthe story . Alter a lapse of three years , and when Alfred is on his wav back to Dr . Jeddlers , we are introduced to a not very reputable character in the person of one _SSichad Warden , Esq ., a broken-down spendthrift , who } in the office of ** Snitchey and Craggs /' infenns those worthies—though for what reason it is
impossible to discover—that he is not only deep m dflfat hut deep in love also ; the object of hi 8 passion being Marion , the nice young medical student ' s _*** intended . " We have then a mysterious meeting between Miss Marion and the rake Warden , and so far as the reader can see attiiis stage of the story , he must conclude not only tbat Marion has "two strings to her bow , " but also tbat the rake is the favourite of the two . Alfred arrives , bnt , lo ! the _iini ha > l flown ; Marion had , a few ) minutes before the arrival of her true and faithful lover , gone off , as every one concludes , with the nsed-up spendthrift
-Six years more are supposed lo have passed when the third part opens . Michael Warden returns as he departed , somewhat mysteriously . He learns , what now the reader learns , that Alfred the jilted lover , had not broken bis heart , nor committed ' suicide , but instead of any such " to . Hiantic" mode of easing himself of his griefs , had consoled himself by marrying Grace the « Idest sister , who appears to have been nothing leth when once she found the field left to herself , in _conseq-unce of the flight of her sister . At last _.
when some had supposed her married to Alichael Warden , and some supposed her dead , back comes Marion neither -wife nor ghost , still unwed and unburied . The mjsterv of her conduct is now explained . It was very true that Alfred had loved her , and she Alfred , but she had a notion that her sister , and not herself , should be the wife of the model medical student , and , _therefore , ran away , pretending to have gone off with Mr . Warden , instead of which she had really only been staying with " Aunt Martha , " during the six years ( 1 ) of her mysterious _edusiuB from her family . Finally , there is a flint
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at the dose , that all parties are _mirtdecoalortame by _MJ _^ h ad WardeB S J , er hand tott 0 ' refo _" _^ " *• ,. , _?» H « _$ - _**\ 8 - ' ™ P ™ uable , and _nnnatural plot of Mr . Dickens' Gftrir fmu Story , which , for all it contains about Christmas , might just as well have been published at Midsummer . We have said the story is improbable and unnatnr 0 , and we appeal to the common sense of our readers , if they ever before heard of snch a pair of sisters as the daughters of Dr . Jeddler ? It has happened before now that two Bisters have loved one and the same man , but we should like to known when and where , except ia Mr . Dickens ' s book , was there an instance 0 / womankind playing at such a game for the purpose of losing ? Suppose a real Marion hot in love witb
an Aureu , and Alfred with her , Grace making no manifestations of rivalry , and Alfred having no lovathomjht about Grace , where is there a Marion in real life who would act as Mr . Dickens ' s heroine is represented to have acted ? The real , passionate / natural lover , man or woman , has none of the sentimental disinterestedness which would induce the handing over the object of his or her affection to another . Again , had Miss Marion determined not to marry her nice _ji-ung man , she --light have carried out her determination without making a pretended elope * ment with a character in whose cam pany her own character was not very safe . She might , too , have gone off to ' Aunt Martha ' s" without creating such
a scene as closes part the second , which though it may do for the Lyceum will not go down with the reader . Mote the inconsistencies and improprieties of this book : Alfred loves Marion , but marries Grace ; Marion loves Alfred , and don ' t love the questionable Michael Warden , yet she runs awa _\ from the former , and concludes by marrying the latter ; lastly , it does not appear that Grace loved Alfred , but because her sister thinks so , and runs away , she does as that "dear good sister" wishes , and becomes Alfred ' s wife ! And these absurdities have been strung together , we are told , lor the purpose of illustrating the "quiet victories and struggles , great sacrifices of self and noble heroism" in this *" world of sacred mysteries !"
There are two " characters" introduced into the book , evidently with an eye to their stage-fitness , whom we have not yet mentioned ; the first of these is one Benjamin Britain , a serving 'man to Dr . Jeddler , " a small man with an uncommonly sour and discontented face . " This worthy thus describes himself : — " * I don't know anything , ' said Britain , with a leaden eye and an immovable visage . I don't care for anything . I don't make out anything . I don ' t beliere anything . An _> i I don ' t want anything . ' His companion " character'' is one "Clemency Newcome" she is thus described : —
' She was about thirty years old , and had a sufficiently plump and cheerful face , though it was twisted np inio an odd expression of tightness ihatmade it comical . But the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner would have superseded any face in the world . To say that she had two left legs , and somebody else '** arms ; and that all four limbs seemed to be out of joint , and to start from perfectly wrong places when they were set in motion ; is to offer the mildest outline of the reality . To say that she was perfectly content and satisfied with these arrangements , and regarded them as being no buii . ness of htr * , and took her arms and legs as they came , and allowed them to dispose of themselves just as it happened , is to render faint justice to her equanimity H- r dress was a prodigious pnir of self-willed shoes , that never wanted to go where her feet went ; blue stockings , a printed gown of many colours , and the most hideous
pattern procurable for money ; aud a white apron . She _alwavs wore short sleeves , aud always had , by some accident ; grazed elbows , in which she took so lively an interest that she was continually _trjins to turn them round and get impossible views ot" thera . In general , a little cap ptrched somewhere on h _<* r head ; though it was rarely to be met with iu tbe place usually occupied iu other * _-ubjects , by that article of dress ; but Irom head to foot she was _scrupulouslygclean , and maintained a kind of dislocated tidiness . Indeed , _herlaudable anxiety tobe tidy and compact in her own conscience as well as in the public eje , gave rise to one of her most startling evolutions , which was to grasp herseif sometimes by a sort of wooden handle ( part of her clothing , and familiarly called a busk ) , aud wrestle as it were with her garments , until tbey fell into a symmetrical arrangement . "
This Clemency Newcome was made to fit Mrs . Keeley ; and we believ tbe' * character" does fit her , ai . d-he tbe ** character" most admirably . Of course there are beautiful sentences scattered here and there worthy of the pen of Charles Dickens ; and there ar « two or threedescriptive passages equal t _» any _thing he bas bV _" -re pfbduced;—to wit , the " _Bat'le Field , " tho ball-room , scene , the interior of the office of " _** Snitchey and Craggs , " anil the exterior ofthe Nutmeg-Grater Inn ; the following extract describes the battle-field : —
«• Once upon a time—it matters little when , and in stalwart England , it matters little where—a fierce battle was fougLt . It was fought npon a long summer ' s day , when the waving grass was green , Many a wild flower formed by the almighty hand to be a perfumed goblet for the dew , felt its enamelled cup till high with blood that daj , and shrinking dropped . Many au insect deriving its delicate colour from harmless leeves aad herbs was stained anew tbat day by dying men , and marked its _frightened way with an unnatural track . The painted butterfly took blood into the air upon the edges ofits wings . The stream ran red . The trodden _ground became a quagmire , whence , from _snilen proofs collected in the prints ol human feet and horse ' s hoofs , the one
prevailing hue still low-, red and glimmered at the sun . Heaven keep u- from a knowledge ot tbe sights the moon beheld upou that field whin coming np above the black line of distant rising gr _. iun * , softened and flurried at the edge by trees , she rose into the sky aud looked npun the plain , strewn _lrith upturned faces tbat had once at mothers' breasts sought mothers * eyes , or slumbered happily 1 Heaven keep us from a knowledge of the secrets whispered afterwards upon the fainted wind that blew across the scene of that day's work , and that night ' s death and suffering . Many a lonely moon was bright npon the battle-ground , and many a star kept watch upon it , and many a wind from every quarter of the earth flew over it before the traces of the fight were worn away . "
" They lurked and lingered for a long time , but survived in little things , for nature , far above the evil passions of men . soon recovered her serenity and smiled upon the guilty battle ground as she bad done before when ic was innocent . Tbelarks sang high above it , tbe swallows skimmed and dipped and flitted to and fro , the shadows of the _fljing clouds pursued each other swittly , over grass and corn nnd turni--field and wood , and over roof and church spire , in the nestling town among the trees , away into the bright distance on the burders of the sky aud earth , where the red sunsets faded . Crops were sown and grew up , aed were gathered in ; the stream that had been crimsoned , turned a watermill ; men whistled at the plough , gleaners and haymakers were seen in quiet groups at work ; _shetp
and oxen pastured ; boys whooped and called in field * to scare away the birds ; smoke rose from cottage chimneys ; sabbath bells rang peacefully ; ola people lived and died ; the timid creatures of the held , and simple flowers of the bush and garden , grew and withered in their destined times ; and all upon the fierce and bloody battle ground , where thousands upon thousands had been killed iu the great fight . " Though we shonld stand alone , we must pronounce this book a thorough failure . It is _cabled " the Battle of Life , a Love Story , " but it tells of neither battle nor iove worthy ofthe name . Heaven save ns from * such mawkish lovers as we have in tbis book ; and as to battles where is the great principle combatted for . or the great difficulty surmounted ?
Mr . Dickens has before now described the ** battles of life , " and _tbejtruth ot his descriptions has achieved forhis works , a popularity on the strength of which , he is now read , no matter what he writes . Despite the exaggerated ___ _carricatures which mar all his productions , in most of tbem the realities of life are brought home to the hearts of his readers , and this gives his workstheir charm ; but in the book before us there is no reality , and although the clever acting of Mrs . Keeley , may excite roars of laughter and applause at the eccentricities of Clemency Newcome , those who read the book and judge for themselves " , will , we are persuaded , not a few of them , agree with us in this conclusion , It is not yet too late to sing with heart and voice
HUKRA . H FOB , OLD CHRISTMAS . [ G . Iisnjjcs Banks . ] Hurrah ! for old Christmas , the beauty and jolly , Hurrah ! for old Christmas , the friend of us all , Who laughs at the frowns of grim-faced melancholy , And comes with a transport to great and to small . Up , up ! let us drink to the jocund old fellow . Though wrinkled his brow , and his locks silver grey , Yet his footstep is light , and his heart , it is mellow As any that joins in our banquet to-day . Then pluck from themistletoe , pluck from the holly , The red with the _i-hite in a chaplet appear , While we banish dull care , which to cherish is folly , And drink to old Christmas , the king of the year . The sagehaB declared , with a solemn _convintion , The moment that ' s present can only be ours , — The poet has painted , in beautiful fiction ,
The land ofthe future all teeming with towers , — The painter has dreamed of the past , and itt glory Depicted in colours that never can die , But the future and past is an old ballad _etory , There ' s naught like the present good cheer to supply . Then fill up the goblet , for where is the spirit , Whose eye , whether sparkling or dimm'd by a tear , Would not if it ' s honest , most eagerly merit This bumper to Christmas— -the king ofthe year . Hurrah 1 for old Christmas , good feeling and gladnesi , Are his by a right which is truly divine ; He robs the proud heart of its cankering sadness , And deems there ' s no virtue hut springs from the vine He pledges -past times round the cottager ' s ' ingle ,
lie light ' s up the smiles of the young and the gay , Delighting in pleasure ' s deep fountain to mingle , The kindliest feelings that suffer decav . His stay may be short , but his reign shall be merry , For whenever he comes ' tis a token of cheer , Then drink to his health , and the red holly berry , The _Aiend » f old Christmas , the king of the year .
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Hurrah ! for old _ChristeM , again fill , the chalice , Be first and be foremost to raise * the glad shout _. When hope lights the cottage , and mirth fills . the palace , The song and the carol shall never ring out , For sorrow and care are twin sisters of pleasure , They reit in her bosom , they walk in her train , And permitted to taste , tbey " will empty the measure The brightest to-morrow shall ne ' er fill again ; Then pluck from the mistletoe , pluck from the holl y , And red with tbe white in a chaplet appear , Let us drive away care , which tocherish is folly , And drink to old Christmas , the king of the year . Press of matter compels us to withdraw several choice pieces , with some remarks of our own , which we will try to make room for next week . Ere we close we must drink
THE YEAR'S LAST CUP . [ By Fbanceb Bbowm . ] With the festal song , with the glad hearth's blaze _. With the wine ofits own bright vintage days , Still rich in the lieh * of rosy eyes It naught through the vineyard ' s parted leaves , — While Night , in the might of silence , lies On snow-clad hills and starry skies , Aud the knell ofits numbered hours draws near , We fill the cup of the parting year ! But say , to what pledge , of memory ' s hoard , Is the wealth of that mystic wine-cup poured ! - — Is it Time ? To his ever onward track , And big tireless step that hath ne ' er turnedback , — To his glass , with whose dim sand ' s ceaseless flow Beauty and strength and glory go , — . And his scythe which the nation's might bath mown ,
Let us drink to these;—but not these alone ! Pledge we the dark veiled Future thus , And the wealth of hope it bad once for us , — The stores which its billows still _mayhide , — And tbe barks sent forth on its boundless _ftde : Or , the Past , with its springs in memory shrined , — The _snowg which its winters left behind , — And the harvests fair which its toil bath sown , We pledge ;—but we pledge not these alone ! Soy tben , bath the year ' s last cup been crowned For the loved and the loving hearts around Th 9 names in our soul ' s sealed book enrolled , The heads of gr * yand tbe locks of gold 1 May the time-tried friendship fear no thrall Of frost ' s that cold on life's twilight fall ; And the young , may we never find them gi own Less true;—but we pledge not these alone !
Are there not loved ones yet more dear That mingle not in ourfestal cheer , — The names by the hearth long heard and wept , And still in the hush of memory kept t Drink to the absent ! Change and tears Have come on these late and severing years , *—But the faith ofuur lore no change hath known , And we pledge them now;—but not them alone : Drink to the changed ! they have left their place In our hearts , like a broken altar ' s base , Still graved with the sculptured names of yore , But a wreck and a ruin evermore . Drink to tbe dead ! there are hearts that hold Their memory yet with a love untold ; For time and Death have no shadows thrown On its truth . Shall we drink to these alone !
Hold ! for tbe cup hath _bright drops left , Tbat we may not waste on the rent and reft . —• One purer pledge , as tbe year departs , To the holy land of our homes and hearts ; For the faith to her ancient glory given , And the love that for better hopes hath striven ;—Ob , bright be her stars , however oar own May set ;—yet we pledge not these alone ! Drink to the world ! there is promise yet In tbe bright To Come , wbich no eye i . ath met , — In the march of her nations , beckoned on By the light of their far-seen Sabbath dawn . But hark ! ' tis the mighty midnight ' s chime , Like a voice from the passing waves of time ; And our cup is drained , with its latest tone , — Let us fill to the bright New Year aloue 1
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Pabtxi . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . A continuation ofthe papers on " Household Education" bj Harriet Martineau ; a " Memoir of Frederick Douglas" the black champion of Abolitionism , now in England , by Mary Howitt ; '• Thoughts upon Democracy , " by Joseph Mazzini ; and the " Condition of the Poor in Loadon , " by William Howitt , are the principal articles in this part ofthe People ' s Journal . We have no room for _crunmpnt-.
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THE FAMILY HERALD . Part 43 . THE MUSICAL HERALD . Part 7 . We have only room to say that both these publications continue to deserve the extraordinary amount of public patronage they long since so worthily acquired . The contents of each of these parts will prove our assertion .
THE DOMESTIC MONITOR . Nos . 1 and 2 . London : E . Mackenzie , ill , Fleet-street . The second title of this publication— " Literary . ScientiSc , Legal , and Medical Adviser , " sufficiently explains the purpose ofits projectors . We notice in the second number the commencement ot what promises to be an excellent series of articles un " White Slaverv . "
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" Howitt _' s Journal of Literature and Popular Progress . " William and Mary Howitt have withdrawn trom the "People ' s Journal , " aud will , on the 2 nd of January , commence a new publication under the above title . The reasons for ihis charge are set forth in a " prospectus" now before us from which we learn that Mr 5 Howitt will be sole proprietor of the new journal ; and the "editorship will be jointly conducted by and in the name of William and Mary Howitt . "
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Republican Estimate of "Latsof _FnEEnoM . "The Hutchinsons , on Wednesday night , gave their first concert since their return from Europe , at the Tabernacle , and to a larger audience than we have ever seen within the building . It is very generally known that in England their concerts were numerously attended , and they were , personally , as well as professionally , welcomed by the English public in a very flattering manner . They were in the habit there of singing pieces reflecting severely upon slavery in the United States ; and this , of course , greatly increased the warmth of their reception , especially with the class of persons who were most devoted to them . It is not strange that they _hava been _sxeatly flattered by this ; but we are sorry that
they should have been blinded by it into tbe gross improprieties which marred their concert on Wednesday evening . Instead of the simple and pleasing melodies which their old friends and . admirers expected to hear , the Hutchinsons gave a series of abolition songs ; some of which were so repulsive to the taste and good sense of the audience , that very many , both ladies and gentlemen , left the room . The abolitionists present , of course , applauded vociferously , and this excited corresponding disapprobation from other quarters . For a great part of the evening the concert was made a scene of utter and disgraceful confusion . _Suppose the Hutchinsons were to sing Whig songs , or Locofoco songs , at their concerts , who would justify them for a moment ? And why should they expect their abolition melodies
will meet with more favour ? We sincerely hope that tbe caresses and flatteries they received from the English haters of every thin _? American , have not at once extiuguisbed their patriotism , and destroyed their sense of good taste and propriety . Of their performances , in a critical point of view , we must speak in terms of unqualified disapprobation . The music which they sing is miserably poor ; and their singing of it almost equally wretched , without method , expression or effect . — New York Courier and Enquirer , Nov . 20 , 1846 . [ The most despotic tyrants do far Ie 3 s mischief to the cause of Republicanism than is done by the American scoundrels who unite slavery with democracy . The miscreant who penned the above is a precious sample of these worst enemies to liberty . —Ed . A " . & 1
Thk Late Thomas Hood . —We are sorry to learn that the children of the late Thomas Hood are , in consequence of the death of their last remaining parent , left entirely dependent upon the small fund , amounting we believe , to about £ 600 , collected by public subscription at the period of Mr . Hood ' s death . The pension of £ 100 granted by Sir Robert Peel ceases with the decease of Mrs . Hood , who lived but a twelvemonth to enjoy it . We believe that Lord John Russell has already been applied to by the friends of the family to continue the pension to the children ; but hia lordship has intimated his inability to comply with the request , since the pension becomes , by tbe death of Mrs . Hood , the property of the public . We feel confident that the wishes and intentions of the public will be best answered by a new grant oftlie snme trifling amount to the orphans , to whose departed _andj _* highly gifted parent the public owes so large a debt of gratitude .
Fibb at St . Jambs _' s Chapkl . PgwiosTiLM . —On Sunday afternoon , about half-past four o ' clock , considerable alarm was caused in the neighbourhood of Fentonville , by the outbreak of a fire in the beautiful chapel dedicated to St . James . Smoke was seen issuin » from the windows of the building by some one who was passing at the time , aud upon an entrance being effected , it was discovered that the joists and flooring immediately beneath the communion table ffere on lire . By the prompt arrival of _assistance the flames were subdued before much damage wa done to the , sacred edifice . Tbe fire is discovered t have originated from the overheating of a _hot- » i furnace . To prbvest _Night-Matae , —Sit up all night , and go to bed in the day-time . By this plan it is a moral impossibility to be troubled with the nightmare .
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A _poTCHiuti' 8 Horse . — An old Dutchman ) in America , having lost his horse , published the following - advertisement . Whether he ever found his horse is a matter of mystery to this day ; probably the old horse is still running : Ranaway , or stolen , or _straid , mine pig black horse , about fourteen or fifteen hands and six inches high . He has got four black le « 8 , two pehint , and two pefore , and is pluck all over hia body except his face , and that is plack too . He trods , and ganters , and _bnces , and vawks , and ven he vawks his feet and legs all go after one another , _ofle _, haB two ears upon his head , both alike , hut von is _plocker than todder . Ho has two eyes , von is put out , and todder is pon _deside of hia head , and Yen you go pon todder side be vont see you . Ven
he eats much he has a pig belly , and he has a long dale vot hangs down behint , but I cut it short todder day and now it not so long as it was pefore . He is shod all round , but his behint shoes corned off , and now he has only got shoes pefore . He holds up his head and looks gaily , and ven he _scairs he jumps about like everything in the world . He will ride mit a _sadde , or chase or cart , or will go py himself mitout nobody put a bag on bis pack mit a poy on it . He is not very old , _ar . d ven he vawks or runs , his head comes up peforeand hisdalestays behint , only ven he _durns round and gits mad , and den his dale comes first . Whoever will pring him pack shall pay five dollars rewart , and if he pring pack de tief dat stole him , he shall pay twenty dollars and ax no questions . Wait a Little Longer . —Marriageable ladies are now called waiting maids . "
A _Dif-tebencb . —Coach versus Rah ,. —The best distinction we ever heard between railway and coach accidents was that of an old whip . ** If , " said he , *• you gets comfort !) bly capsized into the ditch by the road side , there you are ; but if you gets blown up by an engine , run into a cutting , or off an embankment , where are you ?"
A DEMOCRATIC BANK . Vault . —Mother earth . _Excbanoe . —The transplanting ! of the nursery and garden . Deposits . —Tbe seed sown by the farmer . Discounts . —Happiness , sobriety , and manly independence . Assets . —Smiling fields waving with a golden harvest . Liabilities . —Indebted to God alone who sends tbe sunshine and the rain . DivmKNns . —Health , wealth , and honest patriotic hearts . —Young American .
THE HTPOCRITB . " He was the man . Who stole the liv ' ry of the court of heaven To serve the Devil in . In holy phrase transacted villanies That _ci-mmon sinners durst not meddle with . At sacred feasts , he sat among the saints And with his guilty hands touched holiest things , With one hand he put a penny in the urn of poverty , And with the other took a shilling out . " —Pollock ' s'' Course of Time . " \
Chinese _Diuner . —An officer of the United States squadron in the Chinese seas gives the following bi * l of fare at a _larjie Chinese dinner , to which he , with numerous other foreigners , had been invited : — I . Bird's nest soup . 2 . Pork fat , fried with potatoes . 3 . Hogs' hoofs . 4 . Mushrooms , stewed . 5 . Bird's nest salad . 6 . Giblet soup . 7 . Kitten hash . 8 . Fried Irish potatoes . 9 . Rat hash . 10 . Tea . 11 . Sharks ' fins . 12 . Fried ducks . 13 / Dog stew . 14 . Stewed chickens . 15 . Ham stew . 16 . Pork stew . 17 . Fried cucumbers 18 . Pate of rats . 10 . Feline of ragout . 20 . Ham stewed with pork . 21 . Sucking pig . 22 . Snail pate . 23 . Snail soup . I tasted the first dish , and became so disgusted that I could not proceed . They were brought on , one dish at a time , in exquisitely beautiful China bowls .
FARMER'S LIFE . The Farmer ' s life is the life for me—We love its quiet scenery ; We love its _shadeB , its hills and dales ; We love its cheerful fireside tales : Wo love to tend itt flacks and herds , We love to hear the singing birds ; We love the sr / eet salubrious air ; "We love the prospect wide and fair ; We love to plow , we love to sow ; We l » ve to g : iiher . love to mow ; We love the new mown firasB to smell ; We love to hear the tinkling bell ; We love to iroad the grassy lawn , Along the brook—among the corn ; Wc love the _wholu ; but can't rehearse , His pleasures allin prose or verse .
, Io TniuMPUB!— Not Washington , and the gallant men under him , when they rushed on , and snapped up " them Hessian 3 . " Not when French sail crowded upon the c * ast . and the struggling stars shot irresistibly into the zinth—not then did the warnerved patriots ol the past age feel happier , prouder , than we feel , as the advocates ol a free home to live upoB , turn , one . by one , into the ranks . —Anti-Renter . ,. The Preacher ConRBCTED . —A young urchin being severely reprimanded by his mother for saying
" bell , " remembered the chastisement , and on the following Sabbath , when the minister , in preaching , used the wont , leaped up and exclaimed , "By _Jinua . if you had , my mother to deal with , you wotildn t , swear that way without being licked , 1 know . ' __ _^ r A ne wly-married couple , some years since , took up their a " b _* ide in Poplar-street . At breakfast the next morning , after their entrance , tho gentleman said to his lady , " My dear , this is Poplar-street and by putting in « ( you ) it becomes popular . ' And by putting us in it , " promptly replied the lady , "it will become populous . "
The _Rkgulatob . —A traveller in a steam-boat _, not particularly celebrated tor its celerity , inquired of a _gentleni"in " « _-ho stood next to him what the bout was called ; upon which the latter . replied , " I think , sir , it is called the Regulator , for 1 perceive all other steam-boats _oo oy if . " A Mebby _Asdbbw . —Sir Andrew Agnew being asked what was a " moral engine ? ' replied ' A railway engine that does not run on the Sunday . — Punch . ' ¦ _... . r A Vibw OF A Great Man . —A writer in one of our leading journals , thus introduces a " great man " lor the veneration of the Christian community : — " View him at the sanguinary battle of the Horseshoe , when no quarter was asked and none given , and where nine-tenths of twelve hundred infuriated Indians were sent to _sl-ep witb their fathers !"View him there I we will do no such thing . We had rather pay a sixpence more and see the devil himself . — Hurritt ' s Citizen .
PLEA FOR PRIZE CATTLE . To Mister _Pusch , Please Sir , i » m a Cook in A _genttlman _' s famaly where _yure Paper is took in by us servance and Cause great a Musement . i can Ashure you , down stares in the Kitching . Has for my Self , I am sure i often larfsover it till i _amost _bustes . But there ' s won _subjick on witch v hone i feels a little bit Teuder , and you will very much _oblet-ije me If you will Crack no more Joax upon It . Wot i mean is , your Skitts upon the Fat cattal , witch i must say they often Hurt my _Feelins . The jintes of Beaf about _nrismaa i Look upon as quite picters and i don ' t like
them to be maid Fun of ; no more would you it you wns in my Place , witch , as Cook , the Fat is my perkisit . The Fatt being the best part oftlie Meat , it is very pretty _pickins , and i Git lor it at the rate of Fourpence a pound for Meltin . If you brought down the Fat it w ould be a great Loss of Substans to Us pore Servance , witch of coarse we should exneck to be considdered in the wagis . So you won ' t wonder at my Fcelin sore about the Fat . 1 know this , that if i lost my Fatt it would be Half as Much gone out of My pockett as my Place is Wuth . \ ourumbil Servant , 11 ann Larder .
A COUNTRY CAROh . ( From _jPaiiofc . ) I ' m a true English farmer—no , that ' s not tho word ; We dont' mention it now , ' tis a name never heard ; No such people as fanners in these times there be—Agriculturists now , mun , is what they calls we . Folks are growing Far too knowing , Much too fast for a fellow like me , Our calling itself is no longer tbe same , Ii has got a new nature as well as new name ; We must all study science , we husbandmen , now , And one need be a _scollard to follow tbe plough . Sent to college , Cr » mmetl with knowledge , Taught the wherefore , the why , and the how .
Time was when tbe farmer had no rule but one , Just to do what his fathers aloro him had done ; The new fangled inventions we now take in hand , I , for one , must confess that I don't _understand . Weeds restraining , Ditching , draining , Subsoil ploughing , all over the land . ¦ I remember tbe time when tho stuble would yield Whatsoever was needful to fatten a field ; But obymistry now into tillage we lugs , And we drenches the earth with a parcel of drugs j Makes each fallow Phytic
swallow—All we poisons , I hope , is the slugs . Lor ! when I was a youngster , who thought , to be sure _. Of guano , or gypsum , to use for manure ? Of acid 3 and salts from the blue-bottle shops—Where we soon shall be going for tinctures and drops , Draughts aud potions , _Washes , lotions , Pills and powders , to doctor the crops . Well there , to myself I says often , says I , Things Will COnie _rOHnd _agaiml ' ve no doubthy-and-bye , And your wiseacres find , arter all ' s said and done , That the old plan of farming , my bucks , is the one ; Drop reliance On their science , _IfOu ' v finishing where thev _besun .
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"The . _Bhokei * _Tooia that Ttrants cut awat . " —The French government is reducing the number of newspapers it maintains , on account of the enormous cost . Potatoes . —In Poland the potato disease is wholly unknown with respect to crops of native grown sou ; but an instance has boen just recorded ofthe _diseai * having manifested itself in a crop of " Ash-leaved Kidneys , " grown from English seeds , obtained from _EBgland two years ago . By this it is _inferred tbat tbe disease is in the potato itself—tbe result is over cultivation ; and tbat it does not arise f ron , any pecularities either in theatmosphere or in _thejetate of the land .
Mr . _Chables Dickrns has taken a house in the Ruede Courcelles , near the Champs £ ly « ees , for the winter . Tbe other evening be was at the Opera with his family , and in the same box was the charming Mrs . Norton . There are already three , ( French ) translations in hand of Dickens ' s present work . The Convict _Establishmbnts . —In consequence of the recent determination ofthe Government relative to the system of transporting felons to the penal colonies , some extensive alterations are being made in the convict establishment at Woolwich . Orders have been received to increase the numberof prisoners in the Dockyard and the Royal Arsenal . Forty-five men were set to work last week in tbe proof department , where they | perform the menial task of cleaning shot and shells . There is a report that the present system of hulking prisoners is to be abolished , and tbat suitable _buildinj-s for tbeir reception are to be erected both in the Dockyard and Royal Arsenal .
Inferior Courts . —It is provided that the Legislature may establish inferior courts in the United States . We defy it , says the Yankee Doodle , to establish inferior courts to the many we have . The Members fob tub Citt of Lonooh . —The Liberal candidates at the next general election will be Lord John Russell , Mr . Patteson , SirG . Larpenl . and Mr . Rothschild . Tkiboraphb in Italy . —A line of telegraphs is about to be established alone ; the coast of the Adriatic , between Venice and Trieste . The distance is 26 German miles , or about 119 English , and there will be 22 _stntions . the expense of which is estimated at 28 . 000 florins ( £ 2 , 800 ) . At the time of the
French domination in Italy , a line of telegraphs existed from Ancona to Brindisi and Naples , which , though on an inferior scale , was of great service te the French , in signalising tbe movements of the _English fleet , _ ¦ _Sl / _FFBRhVOS OF TBAVSHJ-BS BT TUB _SjfOVf StoHH . —The passengers , who were in the trains stopped by the snow on the York and Newcastle railway , suffered very severely by the exposure to cold and the want of food . Several were compelled to pass two nights inthe carriages . The passengers in the Magnet coach from Berwick were also subjected to extraordinary privations , as were , indeed , all whs had the raistortune to be travelling either north or south of this town during the week . —Newcastle Guardian .
High Time . —We are informed on the best authority that government have appointed an experienced engineer , thorougly versed in the system of mining peculiar to South Staffordshire , who will immediately visit this district with a view to the adoption of means for preventing the lamentable _^ loss of life which annually takes place in working the iron and coal mines in our neighbourhood . —Birmingham Journal . NOVKI _SVSTFM OF _ElECTIONKEBIXG BbIBBBT IN New YonK . —The grand jury of Kew York have made a presentment , confirming the Report that
some thirty or forty prisoners were released Irom the Penitentiary , by keepers , on the 2 nd of Nov ., on condition of voting the loco-foco ticket , at the lato election . On the evening before the election the prisoners' clothes were exchanged for _citiz-.-ns _' dresses , and in these habiliments they were conveyed across the river in boats , by the keepers , and placed in comfortable quarters for the night , with copious supplies of liquor , & c . They , _however , broke lose from their guardians , betrayed the secret , and were nearly all arr sted the next morning . The grandjury further declared thata similar system of corruption had been adopted on former occasions
An American " Punch . "—A periodical , forming a sort of counterpart to Piincfl , and entitled the Yankee Doodle , has been published in New York . T he illustrations are by our clever English artist , Mr . Martin ( son of Belshazzar Martin ) , and are very excellent . Another artist employed is Mr . Clark , a nephew of Lady Morgan . Distress in Marixebone . —On Friday last the overseers were engaged until ten o ' clock at night in distributing relief to the out-door poor . The average monthly distribution of bread amounts to 8 * 000
ioaves . , Westminster Bridge—On Saturday the eastern fonotpath across this bridge was re-opened to the public , and an intimation given that on or before the 24 th inst . the thoroughfare for carriages would be thrown open as formerly . Thb _Wbst-bnd Rkfuoe pon the Houseless Poor . —In consequence of the severity oi the weather , this institution , situate in Market-street , Edgeware-Road . has been throw open for the nightly reception of 200 poor persons . Each is furnished with a supper of bread and half a pint of beef soup , a comfortable bed . and breakfast in the morning .
The notorious Dr . LARDNEn . —The following announcement appeared among the marriages in the papers last week : — " On the 2 nd of August last , at the British Embassy , Paris , by the late Bishop Luscombe , Dr . Lardner , to Mary , only _dauj-hter of Colonel Spicer , Late of the 12 th Lancers ; _thejnarriage having been previously solemnised in the United States . " Quick Work . —The wife of an inhabitant of Armelinger ( Basle-Campaene ) says a letter from Basle , has had five children in tbe course ol tho present year . In the _e-irly part of March she had twins , and a few days ago she was delivered of three children . The twins are still living , but the last three children _, who came into the world rather before their time , hare died .
One of the River Piers Broken by Tire Ice . —So closely and thickly did the ice collect around the piers near Temple Bar , that ifc broke one of them in two , and rendered it impossible for the steamers to land their passengers upon it , or for the coal barges to he moored , as they are wont to be alongside it . _Novii , and Expensive Fuel . —The Taeus steamer , on her last homeward voyage from the Peninsula , left Lisbon without having , from some mischance , shipped her usual full supply of coal . Her fuel consequently failing , some spars , -fee ., were first resorted to . and
then , to make up the deficiency , twotonsof chesnuts , part of her cago _, were sacrificed to the di vouring element _, before reaching Plymouth . She called at that port , and took in a supply of coals , to enable her to complete her voynge to Southampton . Meeting of Pahliament . —At the meeting of tho Privy Council on Saturday , Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday , the 12 th of January , unto Tuesday , the 19 th of January , and a proclamation was ordered , that Parliament shall , on the said 19 th of January , be held a d sit for the despatch ot business .
A Remnant of tiie Last Gbnebation . _*—Died , at _Melksham , on the 14 th , at his nephew ' s , _vir . Newman ; _George Inn , Mr . John Hardin *; , in his 101 st year . The deceased was a native of Bradford , and was born at Barton farm , of which his father was then the occupier . At the death of George II . he was working with his uncle , a hatter , on the Borou _* . _'hwalls , Bath and was , even lately , wont to describe with much animation the gaieties which took place in' that city on the accession of George III . The deceased afterwards tarried on hn _** ino »» _»* Mnrlbnrough , as a hatter , and , subsequently , as a tanner , at Chippenham ; and , since his retirement , lws lived in Bath , East Tytherly , and _Melksham . He was twice married , hut has left no descendants . Till within a few weeks of his death , he retained all his faculties , and in all weathers took his daily walk . — Berkshire Chronicle . Hops entwine to tho left , and beans to the right ,
Important to _IIoushkbkpers . —By the police act hou . _sekeepers are required to scrape and cleanse the footpath in front of their houses at least once a day , and that before nine in the morning , and that all persons having flower _potsstahding on the window in front of their houses are liable to penalties . An _Unexpected Discovery . —About a week or ten days ago an aged female , who during a long widowhood had kept a very small public liouse nearly opposite the military barracks here , was taken ill and died . She lived rather _penuriously , but this was generally believed to be in consequence ef her poverty —being apparently at all times somewhat straitened in circumstances . After death her _depositaties and coffers were of course inspected by her relations , when , we believe , to the surprise of every one of them—at all events to her neighbours—her wealth , chiefly in bank notes , but partly in silver , was found to amount to no leas a sum than £ 910 , —Perth Constitutional .
_Cheafnbss of _Pouitrt and Game in THR _METROPOLIS . —Notwithstanding the high price ot ' . _- provisions generally , yet poultry and game is now selling in London at unusually low prices . Pheasants are being sold at Is . a brace ; har . es at ls . 6 d . each ; geese at 3 s . each ; and fowls at 3 s . a couple . _HoRitinLi" Massacre . —The Constitutionelsays : — " The British Government has lately received information , from its agents on the western coast of Africa , of a frighttul occurrence , which , however , is not novel in the annals of slavery . A _negre chief having 2 , 000 slaves upon his hands , and being unable to dispose of them , had tbem all killed before his own eyes . The French Government has al * o been made acquainted with this horrible nia- * saere . We aro assured that the Cabinets of London and Paris have resolved to join in punishing with severity the cruel _chici . "
Orioi . n of tiie term " Sending to Covkktky . — The day alter King Charles I . left Birmingham , On his march from Shrewsbury ,-in . 1642 , the Parliamentary party seized his crrriages , . containing the royal plate and furniture , which they conveyed for security to Warwick Castle . Tiiey apprehended al _^
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messengers and suspected persons ; frequently attacked and reduced small parties of the Royalists , whom they- sent prisoners to Coventry . Hence tha proverbial expression respecting a refracrory person , "Send him to Coventry . "—Hutton ' s History of Birmingham . Prolific Pig . —Mr . Anderson , landlord of the Elephant and Castle Inn , in Westgate , Wakefield , has now in his possession a sow , which , in nine litters , has produced 149 pigs ; 55 of which were littered this year , viz ., it on the 4 th January , 18 on the 26 th June , and 20 on the 9 th of the present month . This prolific sow was _brej by George _Ridsdsle , Esq ., of Old Hall . A Curious instance of toleration took place in Dantzic on the 5 th . Dr . Grabowski , the Lutheran pastor , at the . baptism of his son , chose six godfathers fromthe _> different reli gious sects of that capital , viz ., one Lutheran , one free Protestant , one Roman Catholic , one German Catholic , one _Calvinist , and one Jew . . . - ¦ _
Goto may be bpaten into leaves so thin , 280 , 000 would be only an inch think . Thb * _barth is 7 , 916 miles in di ameter , and 24 , 889 miles round . M . _Fbbdbbick List , the distinguished German publicist , and editor of the Feuilledu Zollverein . died on the 30 th of November , at Kufstein , to which place he had retreated for the benefit of his health . The Kino of Holland entered his fifty-fifth year on the Gth inst . A Sensible Monarch . —The King ofthe Nether " lands having asked the Japanese Emperor to allow trading privileges to all foreign nations , that dignitary refuses , on the ground of the evil _consequence ! of such a policy in the case ofthe Chinese . Railwav Naviks . —There are no less than 5 , 552 workmen now in lull employ on the Edinburgh and Northern Railwav .
The Lalr Storm . —Upwards of forty vessels were wrecked in the Black Sea during the late storm . _Dariho Robberibs . —Robberies of watches , by an organized gang of villains , have of late become so frequent in Glasgow , that a contemporary advises all " who have not yet been robbed to leave their watches at home Man Found Dead in a Moss . —Some few days ago , the Stirling papers contained a notice of a man who had been _amissim _:, belonging to Thnrnhill .
The man has since been found dead upon the surface of the moss which lies between Kip | ien ( the last place lie was seen ) and Thorn hill , with his bat and boots off , ' and a napkin tied round his head . It is now said that , finding _himself entangled in the moss , hia cries for assistance had been heard , but their meaning { mistaken , and that , in struggline ; through the wet moss , his boots had been drawn off , and his hat -fallen from his head , and that he had bound the napkin round it to protect him from the cold .
SnAKEspRARn ' s IIousk . —An American gentleman is said t < i have offered the late owner of Shakespeare ' house , at _Stratford-on-Avon , the sum of £ 100 for one ofthe oak boards of the floor to convert into snuff-boxes ; but the offer was rejected , though 'is was hinted that the plank could be replaced by another without detection . Tnu Reason Wht , —Why were there no postage labels in Henry the Eighth ' s time ? Because a Queen ' s head wasn't worth a penny during bis reign . A Shabbt Civil War . —The Times says , they could get up , at a few nights' notice at Astley ' s , a more respectable civil war than tbat which has the credit of raging somewhere between Lisbon and Oporto .
Distress in Flanders . —The Flemish papers announce great distress in thc neighbourhood _ot'Ghenfc . The high price ot the raw material having obliged many of the leading manufacturers to close their establishments , a large number of persons were thrown out of employment , whose conditions has been rendered more than usually deplorable by the inclemency of the weather and the scarcity of provisions . American Laziness . —There w : is a fellow , says an American print , living down west , . uo excessively in « dolent , that once , when he was pushed down a hill , he ran on for three days and nights , _beiiiji too lazy to stop himself . Thk Army . —The Tmcs announces that the period of militaryenlistments is to be reduced to ten years . Has the failure in recruiting led to this determination ?
Barnstaple . —Mr . William Avery , editor of the North Devon Journal , and a We 9 loynn local oreacher , has been unanimously elected mayor of Barnstaple . Dbablt Bought . - — Four standards , captured from the Sikhs , are among the trophies brought borne by the 31 st _Regiojent .. _Extiiaohdinaiiy . —One of the volunteers of the Mexican war was heard to remark , the other day , that he wax afraid of nothing but danger . Wilson ths _On . _virnoLOor-r . —A subscription has been opened at Paisley , the birth-place of Wilson , the poet and ornithologist , for the purpose of erecting a monument to him . Slavery . — - Attempts are being made to abolish slavery in the French colony ot Cayenne , where it is stated to have produced the most banofuI effects upon the cultivation of the soil .
Proper . *— The present allowances of fuel to the array , having been considered insufficient , the waroffice has ordered that the quantity shall be increased one-third . March of the Moustache . —The Limerick Chronicle says , that in the ensuing year , the entire British army , infantry as we )] as _ca'itlry and artillery , will assume the moustache . Ladies Pets . —It is a frequent custom with the New Zealand females to pet young oi » s . in tl-. e same manner as European ladies fondle _doua aud kittens . Success of the New Firm— -The new work by Dickeas , "Dnmbey and Son , " has been wry successful in England , 150 , 000 copies having been published . A bushel of wheat weighing 62 pounds contain 550 000 kernels .
Equal Right . — Eighty-five thousand , four hundred and six electors of tiie state of New York , recorded their , votes at the recent election ; in favour of admitting black-skinned Americans to the rights of _citizenship . The "eighty-five thousand" is about two sevenths ofthe entire vote of the State . Grrkk Custom . —Ir Greece it wat the custom at meals for the two sexes to eat separately . , Roman DiNNEr . s , —Tlie Romans lay on couches at their dining tables on tlieir left arms , eating with their right . Volunteers . —Rolls are now open at _L-ifayette
Hall for thc _enlistment of Volunteers for the Colonel Wm . W . Tompkins ' s regiment of infantry . Tne officers have been selected , an i are _umler-roing daily drills with spirit , and the men will also ba put under instruction forthwith , and held in _lvadiness for service at the seat of war , where there is likely soon to be a demand _f- > r them , to stop bullets , fill trench , s , dull sabres , etc . A'bayonet push in the intestines may very likely be had for four or five shillings ; a grape-shot in the ancle for a mere bagatelle ; a mnsket ball thv < iu « h tlio head for nothing to sot-ale ofcheap a _< dirt , the whole of them . Why don ' t everybody run to enlist ?— New-York Tribune .
Poicn : o . \ L and her _SiirBET . —Insolvency has hxig been associated with the name of Portngul , from the Court of the former Wing s-ituatud in the street of the latter . Now that the Portuguese are in a state of bankruptcy , the location of the Insolvent Court in Portugal-street appears singularly appropriate . — Punch . Daniel Done Over ... —The accounts from 3 _.-ime mentioned among other reforms set on foot by tiie new Pope , that his Holiness has , by a decree prohibited " Men / lioity and VamiboridiHin .- " " Olhello ' s occupation ' s gene . " Alas ! ixmrDan I Thk Quakers . —It is stated in the Mediwd Times , that Quaker- seldom become depressed or melancholic mi any points c-nvnected with v- _lulan . Curious . —Div Williams states , in the Medical Times , that butlers have recently committed suicide in London more than any other class
News . —In a letter to tlie Tabhl _^ Mr . Ch & iM-S . Waterton , of Walton Uall , descrihes Don _Vliauel as " abraveai _. d uncompromising soldier , " and "ths nation ' s darling . " ' _Rkmbmrru this —i \ cle'in skin " is as necessary to health as food . "Useful . —Vinegar boiled in E & yrrh , or camphor * sprinkled iu a room , corrects putridity . The Ducal . 1 i > ea . —We _understand that no less than twenty watchers are ni < _rl * , '} y employed _watching pamc on the Duke of _Marlbosangh ' s preserves around Blenheim . Importation op Human Skulls . —The Miiapi _; ,. \ Swedish vessel , which aveived at Hull las : week , had as part of her cargo a case o'' skulls , and . thoy were passed by the Customs' authorities as "O . ie case containing human > kulls , being speci »* ens illu _* - > trative of natural history , value £ 10 . " As " specimens ' they are free of duty .
Railwav News . —Ii _i-j asserted that an and aficp the 1 st of January -next , no goods _trails are to run on the line of the London and N _.-rthr Western Railway during the day , arrangements being in _prosre- _** for conducting most , 'if not the _whue of tho traffia during the night ' As Usual . —Fever is great )*? on the inoroase in Glasgow . Temperance Moveubnt . —1 _* he National Tempe _. rencc Soeiety is _raiding a lasgo sum of money , fop the promotion of the temperance cause . Among the
special contributions we observe the i \ rue ol J . I ) . _Bassctt , Esq _., of Leighton , for £ 100 . No Nkws . — _Considerable apprehension exists among the relatives of tbe seamen engaged in thc expedition of the Erebus and Terror , wliich sailed _, from the river in June last year , under the command of Sir John Franklin and Captain Crazier , and ninny anxious applications have lately been made to the Admiralty . oh the - subject . No _l'cceivetisincft last December . ' . Penn * : Parcel Post . —The are about to ' _-a , dbpt tlie penny to iir ' y part ' of Lori'dbh a _^ package ounces in . weight , for a penny ,
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26121846/page/3/
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