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December 30 , 1848 . _* _e _* _-=-= ===- _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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ADDRESS TO WINTER , Sf d" _fT eleoin' * , _•« Winter \ with thy forelock grey .. fi Thy snowy mantle , aad thy wrinkled brow , _grw - _rtftpt $ _thaixo - _agaptra of thy away , A And Uf ing nature * * _, rural beauties low . Tbo Thou rld ' st impetuous on tha whirlwind ' s wing , A Aud storms sad tempests usher ia thy reign ; Th ] fhy icy breath _cereals tho _mfsTrn ' _rin-fttream , 1 Tha t rWd la sylvan sweetness through the plain Thi Thoug h scared a tumbeaaa _gOdi thy gloomy day , j And * J 1 around is desolate and drear ; Tel let , Winter ! still I lore thy friendly sway ,
* Wiiich _tennfattes the swiftly _ciicling year . I li I love to draw around the blazing heirta' To listen to tbe _laugh-eidting tale To To _cro-rn the fle « ttiig hours with k _»^ _ml-ts mirth , While the rude blast sweeps hollow through _, the Tale . Tc To rei _4 _*« _d pause opoa the ample page , Where _knowlsdge opens all her store ; Ti To read the records of a termer age ; Or learning ' s path sa intricate explore . St - _^ ison of iocial joy j Ibsilthy « i | ai Imagination laughs at tby control ; T Thou cau _' st not bind her in thy icy chain ; Thou cam ' st not frets * _, the fervour of her soul . 1 The year is last drawing ta its end . Another reiw « k * and 1848 will be numbered with the past is Listen , then , to
THE YEAR'S LAST HYMN . BT JOB * _SWAUT . ' Farewell , 0 earth ! ye inn and moon , farewell , Asd an ye stars—our parting is at hand : And now for eve- * shall I cease to dwell La the blue sky , on ocean , or on land : Boon shall the living hear tbe midnight ball Peal forth mine exit from tbeir mortal strand : Yet ere the light fades of December dim , Cre * tarei of time , 0 list ; the year ' s last hymn . Hen meet oa earth , and part , and meet again ; The tribes of ocean go , aad come , and go ; Tbe blending clouds that bear abroad tbe rata , Divide above , but meet In streams below ; The rose that smiles in luramer oa the _piain ,
Decays and dies , yet lives again ta glaw ; But a _» for me , 0 earth 1 my reign It o'er ; We met to _part _f we part to meet no mare , 0 earth ! farewell , another year of time Is added to the ages put and gone ! Thou spaeious , blue , and starry Tault sublime Wile bead no moramy -Heat course npon ! But earth , there is sot on thy round a clime , Or home of men where light or life has shone , Whose darkest secrets are not aU _rev-al'd , — . All , at I pass , ara copied , _ejgn'd , aad seal'd _. For at the fruit—the unripe or tbe ripe—Tell * a true story of the parent tree , — . As takes the sheet the impression ofthe type , Asa bears the record over land tnd sea ; So—Stir or foul—no mortal hand may wipe
One jot away ot things impreta'd on me ;—Time ' s leaves afar the tidisgs trne enfold , Soon as I vaniib all tha tale is told . Hark ! there are footsteps on the steeple stairs ; Yet ere the bells at midnight say farewell , Lit it be told that worthy deeds , and prayers , For blessingt npon mea , where ' er they dwell , Are seen and heard above ; and heaven it theirs Who lire for heaven . '—Just tben the load-toned bell , In wavy swells along the midnight _toll'd ;—The new year dawn ' s , snd psu'd sway the old _.
New Year ' s Eve is a festival which was once celebrated vritb . great feasting and rejoicing in this country . The custom still lingers , and the' loving cop , ' though changedin form , _[ sUII circulates in spirit . At twelve o ' clock at night , the moment the hour has struck , tbe church bells peal forth a joyous welcome to the new year . This custom , as onr readers are aware , is called ' ringing the old year out and tbe new year in . ' This takes place all over England . We present to onr readers THB YEAR'S LAST CUP .
BX F 1 AHCIS now * . With the festal song , with the glad heartk _' s blare , With the wine of its own bright vintige days , S _tiD rich in the light of rosy eyes It caught through the vintysrd't parted leaves-While night , in the might of silence , lies On snow clad hills snd en starry skies _. And the knell of its _nomberM hours draws sear _. We fill the cop of the parting year I But lay te wbat _pledge of memery _' a board Is tbe wealth of that mystic wine cup poured ?—Is it Time ? To his ever onward track , And hit tireless step , fiat hath ne ' er tum'd back—To bit glass , with whose das sand * ceaseless Sew , Beauty , and strength , and glory go—And hit scythe which the _aattent might bath -sown—Lit oi drink to thete;—but not thete alone I
Thea pledge we the dirk-veiled _Jrature tuns , And the wealth ot hope it hsd once for ns—The stores which its billows still may hide—And the barks tent forth os itt _fceandlest . tide : Or the Past , with itt spring * in memory shrined , The snows which its winters left _behiad , Acd tbe _herratt fair wbicb its toil hath sown , We pledge;—but we pledge set these alone ! Say , then , hath the year ' s list cup been erown'd Por tne loved and the loving hearts around—The names in our souls * seal ' i beok enroU'd —• The heeds of grsy and tke locks of geld * May the time-tried friendthip tear no thrall Of frosts thst celd on life's twilight fall—And the young—may we never find thtm grown Lett true;—tut we pledge net thete alone I
Are tbere sot loved ones yet more dear , Tbit rnligle not In our festal cheer—The names by tbe hesxtk long heard and wep _* v Aad still in the bush of memory kept Drink to tke absent ! Change and tears Have isil _' a en these dim and severing years-Bat the faith of our lore no change batb known ; And we pledge them now;—but not them alone ! Drink te the changed ! They have left their plsee la onr hearts , like a broken altar's bete , Still graved witb tbe tcnlptared names of yew , Bat a wreck snd a rata evermore . Drink to the dead ! There are hearts thst hold Their memory yet with a lore untold—For time and deatk have no shadows thrown On their truth . Shall we drink to these alone ?
Hold ! for the cup hath bright drops left We may sot waste on tbe rent and reft—One purer pledge u the year departs—To the holy lind of our homes and hurt *! Pur the faith to her ancient glory giren , And tbt love thst for better hopes bath striven * — Ok , bright be her stars , however our own Hsy tet ;—yet we pledge not thete alone ! Drink to the world ! There it promise yet In the bright To Come , which no eye hath met—Ia the march of her nations , _beckoa'd on By the light of their _ftr-teen Sabbath dawn . Bat bark . '—'( is the mighty midnight ' s chime like a voice from the patting with of Time ! Asd _fror cup it _druin'd witb ita latest tone ; Let us mi to tbe bright Few Tear alone !
We said last week , that whilst in Scotland _Chnstffias-day comes and goes unnoticed , onr Northern friends compensate themselves for their neglect of Christmas by their festivities on Hogmanay ( New 1 _' ear ' s Eve ) and New Tear ' s Day . _Oatmeal-okes , cheese , and whiskey ( _wespeak of the customs of the _People ) are set before every visitor on Hogmanay However humble this kind of entertainment may Meintothedevourers of luxuries , it is not lightly esteemed by tbose who are blessed with good ; Stomachs and happy dispositions . Unaffected mirth —i hours of re » l happiness , render Hogmanay a festival dear to the Scottish peasantry , and working - _^ _sej generallyayont the Tweed .
, ' First Foot ' is a cherished custom in Scotland , * nd we believe also in same parts ofthe North of England . The first person who crosses the threshold after the clock strikes twelve is called _? first tool' The new comer , _adiiressing the family circle a he enters , says , 'A Happy New Year to ye a ' . _The response is , of course , ' A Happy New Year to Jou I' * First foot' invariably brings a bottle , which ° ar readers may be sore is not empty , but , on the _fcntrary , is full to the cork , witb the national elixir _—vhish y . The contents hating been offered round _•• "d accepted _« first foot' is required in turn to
, - "ink of the contents of the family bottle . The ¦*«• comer is usually followed by many others , who _^ _ntiuue dropping , in until daylight , but , of course , too late to claim the honour of' first foot / _A good deal of importance is attached to the ' £ _ut foot . * We have heard say that , to exclude all _•"" petted , er unlucky persons , it is customary for ° ae ot the damsels to engage beforehand some _w-Joured yonth , who , elated with so signal a mark of _Kintle distinction , gladly comes as soon as the clock -as' chappit _twaT Of coarse the bottle is Mt for . gotten .
Hereis—A SOCIAL 80 X 8 FOB 10 SHAKAT . Bring in the year wi * mirth and glee , Aad let nse aae be sad ; E- _^* r _^ Mtbesrtmssn s « taptit Tor-uk ' _t-t-dibhtaglad .
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_Itsisttaeriae , _. t _sioa time , Whtn neighbours meet fgitkw , Tkouihtht-f scree , im frank and first To taste wi ' sue _anltaer . Then fill the gists , snd let tt pats To Oka create here ; Well spend the nlgbt wi , ' true dtifgkt _Ar-d welcome in the year ! ' Ok ! wk » wfll ssy that _pie-uure _imUss Bat only on the _pest , "When we can be as Myths and free At nobles o * the 8 _ttts ; We cannn * bout o' nobles * rank , _Norlojk ue proud and veto ; But ws ess sty tbat whst we ba ' e 1 * _henetSycrur sin , -
... Then fill tfae gists , < fce . We dlnna meet far " love o * drink , like ony tap room pack ; But _ws'U be putted wl' lesion ' s feast And friendship ' s social crack . We'll drink a health to _absentfriea _' s , And may tbey eoon be here ; Msy truth aid right aye conquer mght Throughout the cemlng year ! Then fill eaob glut , & o . Though we hss faults snd errors too Which others might defend _. We winna try te justif y , "
But rsthsr strive to mend ; And though our enemies are few , We'll strive wi' honest will By friendship ' s cheer , throughout the jeer , To mak * then fewer still . Then fill each glass , snd let it _ptst To ilka ctonle here ; Well spend the night wi' pure delight , Aad welocnu in the year \ Aberdeen . D , W * In Scotland the breakfast on ' New Year ' s Morn * answers to the Christmas dinner in England . In
lien of the usual meal of parritcb _, ' the table groans under the weight of beef-ham , ' stewed beefsteaks , ' loaf-bread , ' oat-cake , ' scones , ' biscuits , ireah butter , ' preserves , ' ' sweeties , ' honey , eggs , tea , whiskey , & c , & c . In the olden time ' a haggis * crowned tbe board , but this once national dish is now seldom seen . In tbe course of the day visitors are regaled witb ' a dram , ' and currant buns or ' short-bread . '' Heaven bless the man , ' says Sancho _, ' who invented sleep . ' Heaven bless the nun , say we , who invented ' a New year-day-dram' and' abort * bread ! ' All true Scotchmen will sav' Amen 1 '
Balls for the young folks , and social parties of the married , the middle-aged , and the veterans and matrons , conclude the festivities of tbis chief ot Scottish holidays . In Burns ' s tale of * The Twa Dogs , ' Luath , ' the ploughman ' s collie , ' gives a fine _description of the joys of a Scottish homestead on the festival of New Year ' s Day . That merry dsy the year begins , Thty bsr the door on frosty win ' s ; The nappy reeks wl' mantling ream _. An' sheds a _keart-insplring etetm ; Tke luntin pipe and _saeashlng mill , Are handed round wi' right guid will ; The csntle ould folks _cractia' orouse The young anes rantin' thro' the house , — My heart bas been tae fain io see them , That I for Joy has bsikit wi' them . .
For some time past we have been well nigh bankrupt in the way of poUtical poetry . Fortunately we have this week been favoured with the following poem , which cannot fail to command the applause of our readers , and will , we hope , do much towards stimulating them to retrieve in the coming year the political reverses which have afflicted Chartism in the course of the year now expiring .
FAREWELL TO THB YEAR _FORTY-EIGHT . bt » m » wa . . Farewell , thou old , snd strange eventful year , Oi battles , murder , pestilence , end strife , Whose advent filled each despot ' s heart with fesr _, While every lsnd with liberty wat rife . The hardy S _vitzer _selz . d hit gun and spear , Aad the Italian bared the glist ' ning knlfe _. ( l ) To deal destruction on each tjrant band , Or die for freedom , home , and fath-rland . When thou didst issue from the womb of Time , Europe witb raptors hsil'd tby glorious birth , Which promised banishment from every clime
Of despotism . Thrones tottered , fell : the worth Of crowns , o ' _er-Ioaded by their _welgat of crime , In dust were kid—worthless ; and maa stood forth , Applauded e ' en by tyrants . Liberty Disdained by ruthless deeds to urain the free , 0 * false philosophy » Still we can _spplaud The Swiss triumph over priestcraft : still _lOTC The breve 6 * ul the heroic coarsge laud , ¦ _Hsgnsaimous ia victory , that drove A hoary-headfed traitor , king of fraud , FroaFrsnce ; when the proletarians wore And wore the ssered wreath of liberty _. _Destroyed in June by the raise bourgeoisie . Still does the patriotic breast admire Tbe _Sicilian struggle with tbe haughty foe ; And _hsO Palermo ' s fair , with eyes of fire ,
Wbo sought in vein tbe tyrants' overthrow , ( 2 ) And railed the battle cry wi h ' -engfcful fore , Heedless of the cannon ' s murderous glow ; Emulating _Jfasaaniello ' s noble deeds , Though -Freedom , _vanquished , weeping , lies aud bleeds . Hail to the Viennese" Hallowed the fane ( 8 ) Tbat withstood tie siege , when' deatb was drunk "With gore ; ' thrice honoured the immortal name Of Blum , from whose patriot presenoe shrank The empire ' s tjrant , uatll hs became Tbe murderer of earth ' s noblest child , and sunk To Infamy . The name of Blum shall be A watchword till the universe is free . His death shall be svenged ; ' the kits of life' fi )
WUl never more deceive ; bat crimson tears Wash cat hit lut indignity . ( 5 ) This strife Hath taught a lesson , which after years Sball turn te good account . When msn is rife For freedom , bell scorn eacb tyrant's fears , And teach tbe lesson he hsth dearly bought , Till alibis woes be on ths oppressor wrought . What can I ssy , my native land , for thee , Wbere 'thoughts aud words' meet ; with the felon ' s doom ; Where the _sipirstiont of the free , Consign its votaries te > a dungeon ' s gloom ! What ie , but wipe the tear ef misery From widowed cheek , snd orphsn's early bloom ' And mourn , dear Erin , o ' er tby blighted prime , Until tby woes are proved tb' oppressor ' s eriae _. Be tore a dsy of reck _' aing it at band .
Lst all who wish their oountry to be free Unite , _frooa John _O'Sroats to Corn" » _l's strand : By deeds , not words ,. prove their sincerity , Support the _cksi-made victim j , _sn «« Qm-asnd Succesi by being worthy liberty _. Let all do tbis , we need not then repine . Farewell old year , and welcome _'Forty-nine . New Year ' s Day is the great holiday in France , but ofthe festivities of onr Gallic friends on that day we will speak on another occasion . We quote from _Howitt' s Journal , the following account ef the merry makings on _srsw « a * 's xve _a » n hew k _*»' s »* t iir gemmr ** .
Hew Year ' s Dsy U kept to Germany as a tuorougk holiday * tbere is service st the churches ; business Is st a stand and like _Cnxistmat Bay , it it Ar mpreobf _erved _thsnaSaadsy . _Newfesr'seveit _perbspt the mott merry time of the Germtn year . In almost every house are parties te conduct the old year out with dance and tpor t . About five o'clock in the evening the church belle ring , and guns are fired off in all directions . In this _retptcttvery town Is nlkd with as much _noiio of firing and smell of gunpowder u the nig ht of tke 5 th of Hovember -wed te be In England . The _praotioe fast been forbidden by the _suthoritiet ; bat excep t in the chief cities the suthoritles are not over _active , end tha proni-Mtlon is little regarded . The pollee go shout the streets , but ia _sll _ordlBsry towns these are to fat and tleepy , that it it only necessary to be quiet jurt where they are , and ererywker * wbere they we not are gnu and _plttals
dUcharglsg , It It _wntMeted a eompltaeat for young men to ro snd fire sslotsin front of ths _housee of thdr _frtfflds . _IatheUnlvertltj . _townt _^ thestHdents , Httle _^ befere twelve o ' clock , traded by tbeir _cloto , prow ** ««• tnrebesto * iebo _* _w _* _rftteFrorector , mnd by a volley of fire-arms , and aloud e »*» t , announoe the termtaation ef tbe year , and wish him a happy «» oat . Tne Frorector sppearsat hU window , makes there a short f _£ _S . _cceptaeeoftl'eirc <> mP _^^ ntw year to them , snd _fr-qa-ntly eoneledee by _flinglB | the glut down upon the pavement , thst Itrasy never _M With loud _vivothey echo
rued on any other c * enrie _** . U bisc ood withes , and mtrcb awsy to pay the tame comnliment ta _afew others of their _mset popnlar _roOmon . The _seenaii . wiidand peculiar , the troop of » tudents , _^ rvono iM nU torch , forming a traln _. _beaded b , the stolon of tbeir c ! _ubt , ta their « _V _>** __ * _^ __ _twaemsny o ther ttudenti at please , with wild ioo » , flrfarhsir . -tad torches flaming in tbe stormy _ninds , snd f jllowed by a crowd of the _-aisceilstJea of tha city , msxehing _tbtougb the _win ' ry streets at midnight , witn shouts and scattered discharges ef & te . _atm * - * * sfarange and _rJctnreiqne . At a distance yon tea the light of their ( I . ) 'To arms , to knives , to stones , ' was in January lut , thtrslly lBg cry ofthe rTespelitans . ( 2 . ) At Palermo , _tbeladiei threw from thtir _wlndewt boiling water and furniture upon the dragoons , who were char-ring ; UpOQ the people , ( S * thoog b Yieasa was besieged and taken , the spirit _ofde-nocracy tanotsuMnad . aO _L-MBartlne ' _s'KUsofllfe / ( 5 ) Bobert Blam was _taarvlered in cold Wool , and his bod / ( It is said ) f ire * np for _dlosction .
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Jo _^ _teata , e « - « n _^ t « byt ! w naj * ww . et- » - _^ s up _tatstt _. sir _Uke tke UU at . _«»¦* , whllt the _tneotulvs _^ _- _^ _ftw _tffra-uflasn _acrou it lfte ngbtelnr , Wi _* da » doors all is mirth and enjoyment . There are ftees played peculiar to this eve . • . S _?? _kP'Wtyof dan- ana golog en . Qlee wine , a ort of _negut , and punch , are _srougMta aft « -upper , and _Jtttrbefore twelvs o ' clock . Znty one it on the watch to win the new year from tbs others ; that h , to anno-moe toe Kew Year First . Accordingly , the Instant ae city bell U btsrd to coumince tolling , ' Prosit Men Jahr J _ttart , from every one's lips ; and happy it ne who U acknowledged te have made the exoltmattoa first , and to have won from all others the New Year . In
every honse , st that moment , all over the country , is shouted ' Prout Keu Jahr !» prosst being ao German word , bnt a contraction ot the Litis _proilf . On one ecoulon , having reared to rest , our _tervuUa usembled at our _room-door , and awoke ut , in order te cry 'Prosst NeuJabrl' On tbe following morning , every one tbat meets you salutes yon with the tame erclsmation _. With _theglee-wiueare brought In , oa a welter , the Hew Year wlskst of the family and Its _frlendis These are written in verse , generally on very ornamental gilt note psper _, and sealed up . Wben the 'Prosit Neu Jahr ! bu pitied , and all have drunk to one another a
_HsppyHew Year , with a general tenoning of glasies , these are opened snd read . For the moit part tbey ate without signatures , snd occasion muoh _gneailng and joking . Under cover of thete anonymous epistles , good hints aid advice are often administered by parenta and friends . Numbers of people , who never on anj other occasion writs a vers * , now try their bsnds at one ; snd those who do net find themselves sufflolently miplred , present ornamental catdt , which have all _kludt of wishes , to suit all _klndt of _ttitet and ciroumttaawt . Thesa are to bs purchased of all a « alIt _*« B sad priest , and thoie tent by friends and leven , generally appear on New Year's Dty , aud sre signed or not , as suits the pur . pese ofthe tender .
After the New Yetr ' a withes bave been read , a game of very old Handing on thlt occasion is introduced , a game known to most people in England acquainted with _oldfubiont ; thatof thefljur , the water , and thekejt . Three plates ara set on a round ttbleia the middle of the room . In one is flour , in another water , ln the third « butch of keys . Tbe young unmarried people are by turns blindfolded , and , walking round the table , pitch npon one ef the plates . _Thtte have , of course , been shifted while the person about to try his or ber chance , bet beea under the operation of _blind-feldlng , to u to occupy quite a different relative position to whet they aid before ; or sre sometime ! shifted aud then replaced , to that tbe person , naturally _inppoitag that they have been changed , shall try to avoid the unlucky _onu , by -dmlng at a new point , and thus shall _aetually have greater chance of pasting the loeky one . The lucky
oae ie that containing the keys . Whoever gets that , is to be married to the person of Us own choice ; he who poshes bis finger into the flour , it to marry a widew , or ei « versa and he whe dipt into the water , ihsil not be be married at all . This simple lottery occasions Its share of merriment , and then the dancing goes on again _. With ths punch and the glee-wine , come in alio one ef those large ornamented and nice cakes , for which the Germans ara ' so famous , snd large cakes of gingerbread , in the shape of hearts , with almonds Stuck in them . These make an indispensable part of the eatertaiament of New Yetr ' a Ere ; aecordingly you tee tbem reared in snd before the bakers' windows , and on stalls , in thousands ; some of them et least half-ayard tall , and a foot wide . On this eve , the servants of every house , by right of ancient enstom , bare their feasts of punch , and then : great gingerbread hearts , each ter . rant one .
The Catholics , aooorikig to tbeir custom , close the old year , and open the new one in the churches . They have a sermon as midnight approaches ; ln sassy places tha lights sre extinguished , leaving alone _cjnipicaoBt , e . huge cross reaching from bottom to near the top ol the ohurch , illuminated with lamps . When twelve bas struck , an anthem of thanksgiving strikes up , and _msss it celebrated . In Germany , the servants of tradesmen come for New . Year's gifts , ss they do for _Chri-tmas-bexei with us ; and your bsker sends yon a large cake , like a oonple of great serpents wreathed into two opnnedted clroles _, perbspt originally intended to represent the old year and tke new . Here is a charming
CAROL FOB THB NEW YEAR . BY HISS A . _81 K 0 DA . Hsil ! all bail I to the dawning new year , The mother of months is laid on her bier , Butwe sing no dirge , and we shed no tear , We look to the future with hope not fear . Then with daacaand song , and wassail well throng , To _welcome the advent ofthis new year . The fair young year hath never a etaln , Nor a blighted hope nor a throb of pain , Its hours are whisp'ring of Spring sgain , And fancy is weaving a rainbow chain : Then with dance and song , and wassail we'll throng , To welcome its beams with its fairy train . Tbe dark old year dealt many a blow ,
Struck down here a friend foster'd there a foe : Shew'd us bright things began to end in woe , Bade ui heart sickness and paia to know , Lst the old year die , well not heave a sigh , Awsy to her tomb she msy gladly go , But the rising year will alas grow old , AU unknown the fate her _seesons unfold , When time the record in hit hand ihall hold , Aod many of theie merry hearts be cold . Oh then let us prey In the hour that wemsy _. By mercy aad lave is its coarse be _eontroll'd , Thy lesson old year , be never forgot , Thongh foil ef the pangs of our mortal let , It may teach ns yet in tbe future hours , To ihuu the thorns as wepluck the fbw ' ri ; Then a tmile aad sigh , hope and memory , To the new year ' s sun , andthe old year's thow ' ri
It is some time now since we quoted American poetry . The following lines are not inappropriate to the present state of Europe and the prospects of the coming year : —
THE BONDSMAN WAKING . ST W . B . C , HOBHSa . While lettered idlers turn the mouldy page For dreamy records ofa Golden Age , Ere tbe dark teed of mortal ill was sown , And crime , and want , and misery were known—* When ancient Pan attuned his classic reeds , And . Fsua aud Dryad daaced oa flowery meads , Regret tbe fate , witb aspect cold and sour , That makes them Insects of tbe present hour , Bem like the leaf or herb to pais away , Heirt of dUease snd premature decay , Oare be the nobler task to scan aright The prospects opening ia this Age of Light ,
Hotels tbe hallowed time \ from Heaven a votes Calls oa tbe race of Adam to r . jolce ; Roused by the glad , regenerating sound , The startled _boadmta wakes and looks around : While , one by one , the olouds begin to roll From the long-veiled horizon of his soul , He siks fait lord , with ttern , undaunted eye , ' Wby chained thtte limbs , and thins unshsoklei why ! , Alike tbe dusty atoms are that form Our growerptrtt , my bsughty brother worm ) Al . ke tbe laws tbat govern our career , From the low cradle to the darkened bier ; Great , i qual Nature , liberal to all , Pours tbe suae radiance on tbe hut andhalL D'ckt iu the tame impartial green the mould Above the boaet of king or beggar old , Sends the tame airs of breathing balm to kli » The homeless outcast snd the child of bliss _.
Nor glads the _coorh of down with dream more bright Than the coarse straw where poor men rest by night . Thongh itonn and hardship have lmbrowned my skin , Immorlallongings multiply within ; And wbat distinction between prince and slave , Knows the bright land that lies beyond tha grave ? Whenee then , tby right te rack my limbs with toll , And bear away tbe produce of the sail—Leave my peer bsbes in _ragt the blsst to feel , Wet with hot tears their scant , unwholesome meal , And earthward , like the _beutt that perish , gaze From spring-time to tbe winter ef their days f _Whenoa , in _nisumingand ininlting tones , Tby right to aik wbat God himself disowns ? Lift , while yeu may , the toourge of high command , Tbe fall of Guilt Anointed Is at hand-Bobbed _milltont on tby palace wall bave traced Their vow tbat man no more will be abued 1 *
_Tknt mighty thought at lut begins to shed Reviving _beami upon tke humbleitbead ; _Glvei poor , abused Humanity a tongue _. An eye to pierce the gloom around it flung—A tool , weighed dswn no longer by despair , That loves the front of Tyranny to _dsrs . The following admirable lines are from the pen of an American writer ; who is gradaallf , but surely and worthily , acquiring the fame of a true poet : —
THE PAY OF 8 MALL THINGS . Bt JiKES _lOBSELXOWElX . « Sometime afterward , it wat reported to me , by the city offioert , that they hsd ferreted out tbe piper and IU editor ; tbat his ofBoe wai an obscure hole , bis only _viable auxiliary a negro boy , and hit lupporters a few v « rj _* _inslgBid' * aatper «« M of all colours . —JJ . G , OHt ' _t letters . In a small chamber , friendless , and _nnsetn , Toiled o'or his _typetoce poor unlearned yonng msn * The place was dark , uafarnltured , aad mean ; Yet tbere the freedom of a race began . Help carnebut ' slowly ; surely no man yet Put lever to the hetry world with lt » . What need of help J He knew bow _typet were set , He bad a dauntless spirit snd press _. Such earnest _natnret are tbe fiery pith ,
The eomptot _nucleui , round whioh _tystoms grow : Usu after met * _beoomet inspired therewith , And whirls impregnate with the central glow-
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Ob , Troth ! eh , Freedom ! hew are ye still born In the rude stable , ia tbe manger _ntuit ! What humble bsnds nubar those gates of mora Through which tbe splendours of the Ne w _* Day burst I Wbat \ shall one monk , settee _b-yond his cell , Front Home ' s far . _riaohlng belts , and scorn htr frown t Brave Lather answered Yu ; thit thunder ' s swell Rooked Europe , aad _dUchirmid the triple orown . Whatever oan be known of earth , we know , Sneered Europe's wiser-ten in their _snall-ehells curled ; No , said one In Genoa , asd tbst wo Oat ot tha dark created tbis new world . Wbo it It will not dare himself to trust t Who is it hsth not strength to stand alone * *? Wbo it it thwarts anl bilki tbe Inward icon t He aad bit works , like _tand , from earth aro blown . Men of a thousand shifts and wiles , look bere
, See one _straightforward oeniolenoe pat in pawn To win a world ; see the obedient sphere By bravery ' s simple gravitation drawn _. Shall we not beedthe lesion taught o ( old , And by tbe Preient ' t lips repeated _ttlU , Ia oar own stogie manhood to be bold , Fortrestedinoonulnce and Impregnable will * We stride the river dally at Us spring , Nor , in our _oaiidless thoughtlessness , foreiae Wbat myriad vaisal _ttreamt shall tribute bring , How like sn equal it ihsil greet the lea _. Oh ! small beginnings , ye sre great and strong , Bated on a faithful heart , and weariless brain ! Ye build the fatare fair , ye oonqaer wrong , Ye _eurn the crown , and wear it not In vain . The Free . trader 8 ' . willbe grateful to the Standard ) tor supplying them with this
SONG FOB A _CHEAr-ENIR , Tfae ploughman he follow behind hit plough , Thinking about hit wage , His wife and bis little ones they are now All thst his heart engage : How that his labour may famish them bread He panders with heavy will : Wben his matter behind hlmfollow'd and ssld , ' You mnst work for me cheaper still . ' 1 Cheapness Is now the ory of the day , No matter how workers are fed ; Tbey will have cheap things , the people say Though Labour may . went his bread . '
Tbe weaver be sat at bis dlimal loom , With working hit eyes were red j All tbst he earn'd but paid for his room , And his dally bread aud bed . No clotbes could he buy for bis wife and child , And his eyes let fall s tesr : . Hit master oame In with an aipect wild , ' Your wages are all too dear . ' Cheapness , Ac , The _fac'ory child _work'd ten hours a day , Straining each weary limb : Seldom bas be any time to play , Childhood it toU to him _; Though bit ten heart' work does not buy the food He can eat In tbe otber two , Tbe factor he _tajt , iu a desperate mood , ' Those wages will never do , ' Cheapness , < kc .
The tradesman at back of bis counter stands , Viewing an empty shelf : DiminiibiDg capital ties bis hands , He tries , but gains no p ; lf . A easterner comet and he would look gay , Spite of bis inward fears ; The whole of bis profit Is _cheapou'd away , His spirit sinks in tears . Cheapness , 4 c , The wholesale dealer and merchant pause , Their looks are fall of oare ,. Tbey cast about to discover the cause , They hare se little to spare ; The men who purchase , their waxes come in ;—' What have ye cbeap to sell V ' Snob prices as these ate a shame and a ( in ; * — Their heartaches who can tell I Cheapness Ac ,
All ye who are Idle and nought produce , It It vtry well for ye _. To cry' Cheaper the better for every one ' s nse , And most of ell for ue ;' But toil and care , and labour and thought , Sioken and dreop and fade , If after all they bsve faithfully wrought , They oannot be amply paid . . Cheapness , & o . Hon are beginning to sioken ofthis , And to look oa the other side ; The general _blcBitng somehow we miss , Which _cheapness promised—and lied * The anion houses with crowds are stew'd , For thick and fall they stand _. And Cheapness lives on the marrow and blood Of thousands throughout the land . Yet Cheapness , & o _.
farewell—a long and last farewell to 1848 . Parewell , thou year of heroic deeds and terrible calamities —bright hopes and bitter disappointments ! Thy seasons have witnessed many a battle for man ' s rights' lost and won '—many a glorious victory succeeded by a death-dealing defeat of freedom ' s dauntless defenders . May the new year be fruitful of happier issues . May the year 1 . 849 witness the completion of the good work commenced in 1848—the good work of mankind ' s political and social regeneration . To each and to all of our readers we earnestl y wish
BETTER TIMES , ' Batter times 1 ' tald the desolate chief , at be drained From tbe olear gushing spring of tbe cleft , One cup to the land where hts memory remained , And the friends whom his fortunes had left . 1 Better times ]'—' lis tbe bold ot esch storm-beaten heart , That hopes _azalnst hope as It climbs ; Thongh the signs of thdr coming grow faint and depart , Yet the watchword ls still— ' better times !' The youog and the fearless , wbat templet of trnit They build on the promise of years I It may bring them but wreoks—it will bear tbem to dust , Yet hew radiant the prospeot appears > There are honours to win—thero are love tones to hear-There are hornet beneath leaf-laden limes ; And tome In the future may find them—but ne ' er What they dreamed of in thoie ' better timet !'
The patriet believei—thouyb tbe land of bis pride , In whose triumphs he trusted , hath found How wisdom grows feeble , and brothers divide , Wbta days of filmier abound ; But concord and viotory _rlss to his sight Through the deluge ot tears and of crimes , And be sees his hope ' s banner still float in tbe light Of those future and far 'better times !' Oar friends—has their love grown forgetful and far From the hearts tbat remember them thus I Lei us bear of tbeir weal—it will shine like a star Through the clouds that close darkly o ' er us ; We speak of them often ; and yet there are names Never uttered , though beard like far chimes , Of _vslces that come in thesUenoe of dreams ;
Te our love , and their faith ' better timet !' Our fois , we bave found tbem , whole fortunes or feari , Het ours , in the struggle of life ; And tasted tbe wormwood , It might be the tears Thst blend wltb those waters of strife ' . Wat the hand armed with bate grasped Jn friendship of old , Against tried aad true love were Its crime *—Let the olive grow green where the lava hath rolled , To our memory and theirs , ' better times . ' 'Better times !'—we bave watched for their march to begin , When the skies were sb wintry as now ; Bnt it may be thB world was less weary within , And tke toil . marks less deep on tbe brow . Better times ' . '—we have sought tbem by wisdom ' s calm ray ; We bave called them witb filly ' s gay chimes ; Bat they came not , and hops by the watch fire growB g «> JYet te each and to ell— ' better times !'
Hansibd A Pisxiamsktabt Debaiis.—Mr Penn...
_Hansibd a _PiSxiAMSKtABT _Debaiis . —Mr Penning ton , in his auction mart on Saturday evening , offered for sale Mansard's Debates , bnt no person seemed inclined to purchase them . ' Gantlemen , ' laid he , * 111 sell them to yon as a horse was sold the other day in England , by tha pound , ' The offer was accepted , and the debates wen knocked down at 1 | 4 . per lb . ' What will they weigh , do you think , ' said the unfortunate purchaser to the auctioneer . The reply , wbich created considerable merriment , was' One ton and a half , about 451 , will pay for tbem 2 ' —Corl Constitution .
Rkbpsctable Communism . — A Housekbepiko Ctoi . —An association of individuals , consisting chiefly of attorney ' s clerks in government offloes , professional men , officers on half-pay , < fco ., is now being formed in the metropolis , to obviate the _neosasity of purchasing articles of food or other domeetio neces * garies from shopkeepers . They propose to establish a common larder and store , managed by servants in a similar way . to tbe large olub houses , with a manager to purchase for the common stock at _ealea and wholesale houses , eacb member to be supplied st cost price . Itis calculated that in addition to a pare and wholesome artiole members will effect'a saving of £ 50 per cent in household expenses * Great numbers of persons have already joined this novel club .
. . At last Perth Circuit David Elder _washed on a charge of murder and assault by loaded fire-arm ? , and _eentenced to fourteen years' _transportsttion . Sir George Grey , under all thfl circnmBtaBCW of tbe oase , _hw felt warranted in advising ; her . Majesty to commote the prisoner ' s lenience toimpwonment for six months .
Strand Theatre.. Of All The Plays Of Sha...
STRAND THEATRE . . Of all the plays of Shakespeare , Hamlet has excited the most general attention , beiog one of the finest efforts of that ' philosophy of thought' whioh distinguishes the writings of the immortal Bard . This drama is more suitable for the closet than the stage , and he who undertakes the _character ofthe young Pnnoe ef Denmark has a task to perform ofa _W 7 Perplexing nature ; tha study ofit require * that the aotor should arrive at a correct conception , not only of the brilliant imaginings , bnt an accurate knowledge of the philosophy of the poet ' s mind . Tho commentators upon Shakespeare have differed widely regarding Hamlet ' s oharaoter . There are some who have even maintained that the feined
g madness vhie . h ho assumes , is nothing less than insanity itself ; criticism , however , whioh adopts snch an opinion , cannot comprehend that the melancholy and perturbed feeling reigning in the mind of Hamlet , ia only that oast of disposition peculiar te all men of sombre and . profound _reflection . A melancholy , resulting from the contemplation of the vices and follies too prevalent in the world , may be deeply seated in the human heart , without indicating any of the symptoms of mental aberration . It is tbe diversity of opinion on the real character of Hamlet that has exposed the actor to the most perplexing doubts , * ho falls bsck npon his own judgment , and hence we witness upon the stage the most varied representations ef the Danish prinoe . At one time , we
have an outline too deliberate and formal : at another we see him too rash and _splenotio-a fault that at * tended the aoting of Edmund Kean . Hamlet throsghont is full of deep _nflsetion , and therefore , as it has been justly remarked , there should be no ambiguous appeals to the audience by a studied exaggeration of emphasis or manner ; withal there Bhould be the deportment of the gentlemen and scholar , and as little as _po-sible of the aotor . To contend witb those difficulties and _tooreroome them will always form a desideratum in the delineation of Hamlet , in the attainment of whiob , the aotor will never fail to elicit from the discerning few the highest estimation . Mr Kirkland , wko has lately appeared on the metropolitan stage in the higher
walk of tragedy , performed this arduous ta « k atthe Strand Theatre , on Friday evening . His youth and figure give identity to the charaoter in respeot to external advantage , whilst tbe rioh tones of h's voice , modulated by a seeming discretion , exempt him from the torrent and whirlwind oi passion , which mars the aotiBgof some who are the most reputed tragedians of tho day . Tho _chasteness of hit aotion _, the good taste and great talent which he displayed , testify that his excellencies in the histrionic art bare been the result of close observation . Without entering minutely into Mr Eirkland ' s merits , we cannot omit notice of the thrilling interview of Hamlet with hia mother ; the closet scene waa admirable ; the strains of fervid eloouence ; the just
bnt severe reproaches on the oonduci of the Qaeen , with the denunciations of the . 'foul villany of the murderer of her husband , were delivered with a pathos and energy which seemingly deeply excited the feelings of the audience , and called forth , deservedly , thunders ef applause , . Theoharacterinall its trying positions was , upon the whole , well sustained ; and if Mr Kirkland in the early part of the drama , had exhibited more energy , where Hamlet iB agitated by all the conflicting passions which the dreadful tale of the spirit of his father inspires , we would have considered his performance a highly
finished piece of aoting . A deficiency in this respect was evident ; and it wonld bave been well bad tbe young aspirant , keeping in view , as he generally did , the excellent advice to the _piayers , not overlooked the judioious remark , that to be ' too tame' ia aB faulty as tearing a passion to tatters . Let Mr Kirkland , in future , evince by his art those deep emotions of the soul under which Hamlet is contending , even amide t those brilliant effusions of wit and humonr in whioh he indulges , and we shall estimate the petfsrmanee as an excellent oprtraitore of one of ths most interesting characters which the graphic pen of Shakespeare has drawn .
Cholera. Thursday Deo. 21, The Board Of ...
CHOLERA . Thursday Deo . 21 , the Board of Health received reports ofthe following fresh cases s Whiteohapel , 2 ; _Shsdwell , 1 ; Greenwich , 1 fatal ; Cambridge , 1 j Holyhead , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 9 , 3 fatal ; Glasgow , 100 , 50 fatal ; Maxwelltown _, 6 , 4 fatal ; Tranent , ! fatal ; Coatbridge " ( Lanark ) , 122 , 38 fatal _jJohas . town ( Paisley ) , 1 fatal ; Old Kilpatrick , 1 fatal ; Rothesay . 3 fatal . Total new cases , 249 ; 103 deaths . On Friday , the Board of Health received reports ofthe following new cases : —Whiteohapel , 6 ; _Cambridi-e , 2 , lfatal ; Edinburgh , 10 , 4 fatal ; Glasgow , 85 , 27 fatal ; Maxwelltown , 9 fatal ; Old Kilpatrick , 30 , 12 fatal ; Tranent . 2 ; Dumbarton , 2 ; Jedburgh , 1 . Total new cases , 147 ; 53 deaths .
Ten fresh oases were reported to the Board of Health on Saturday aa having occurred in London and its vicinity , of whioh eight were fatal . At Portsmouth the deaths on board the conviot ship at the Motherbatk have been three in number , and there are now eight cases on board . No new cases were reported on Saturday . Four persons have been attacked at Berwick-upon-Tweed , two of whom died , and one bas recovered . Frem Scotland 126 new cases are reported , with 61 deaths and 15 reoove _ries . Of these 87 took place in Glasgow , ont of which there were 35
deaths-On Tuesday tbo Board of Health received reports ofthe following new cases which occurred on the 25 ih and 20 th inst . It will be seen that the _disease is very aotive and fatal in _Scotland : _—Limehonao , 1 fatal ; _StGeori-e-in-the-East , 1 ; Stamford Hill , 1 ; Chelsea , 1 ; Tv _* bitecbapel , 5 ; Bromley St Leonard ' s , 1 ; Monkwearmoutb , 5 , 3 fatal ; Hetntl Hempstead , 7 , 3 fatal ; _'Berwick-upon-Tweed , 1 fatal ; Cambridge , 2 , 1 fatal ; _Stowbridge , Downham Market , 1 fatal ; Southey , 8 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 13 , 9 fatal ; _Glar > gaw , 275 , 130 fatal ; Maxwelltown and Dumfries , 9 , 6 fatal ; _Jedburph 6 , 4 fatal ; Dumbarton , 7 , 3 fatal ; Coatbridge , 89 , 80 fatal ; Kelso , 8 , 4 fatal ; Renton , _Cardross , 2 , 1 fatal ; Rothesay , 1 fatal ; Hamilton 1 , * _Clarenceheld , _Ruthwell . 2 , fatal Tranent 1 , fatal . Total new _casee , 451 . Deaths 252 , recoveries 29 .
On Wednesday the Board of Health made the following report ef fresh cases : —Battersea , 1 ; Wandsworth , 3 , 1 fatal , Bromley St . Leonard ' s 1 fatal , * Holyhead , 1 ; _Berwiok-upon-Tweed _, 10 , 7 fatal ; Haddington ( from 186 b . Nov . to 23 rd Dec ) , 30 , 10 fatal ' ; Moifatt , 2 , 1 fatal ; Jedburgh , 1 ; _Boness , 1 fatal ; Dumfries , 1 fatal ; Campbelltown _, 1 ; Eastwood ( 25 thand 26 th ) . 3 ; Maxwelltown , 3 fatal ; Old Kilpatrick , 4 fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 fatal ; Dumbarton , ( 25 th and 20 th ) , 9 , 4 fatal ; Glasgow , 8 i , io fatal ; Hoddam ( by Ecolefeohan ) , 1 fatal . Total , 159 new oases , 82 deaths .
The deaths in London during last week numbered 1 , 118 , the average being 1 , 154 . The mortality would have been still more under the average but for the continued prevalence of scarlatina , whick destroyed during the seven days 110 persons , the average being only 47 . The mean temperature waa 37 * 5 , or nearly 13 degrees colder than during the previous week , The births were 1 , 521 . I
Siege Operations At Chatham —Some Intere...
Siege Operations at Chatham —Some interesting experiments in subterraneous warfare have recently been carried on upon the field-works of the Royal Engineers , under the superintendence of Col , Sir F . Smith , for the instruction of the officers and men in mining , the attacking party being nnder the command of Capt . White , and the defenders under _Lieuts . Clarke , Bambrid _^ e , Pelly , and Stopford . It appears that previous tothe Biege which took place on the llth of August last , three galleries had been constructed , aud these were now used by the defenders , and the attaoklng party commenced operations of raising the siege by driving forward four galleries from the craters formed by the late explosion of mines . On Thursday week various
explosions took plsee , and were witnessed by a number of officers and spectators from the towns and neighbourhood , and tbe display was of a highly interesting character . The first oharges were fired by Lieut . Felly ; one of 90 _! _bs . and another of 201 be . of powder . The object of tbe former was to destroy the galleries of their opponents , which were supposed to be in thfl vioinity ot his ohargo , and the latter was intended to destroy the gallery , and render it untenable if reached by the enemy from h ' iB own gallery ; likewise to smother the miners of the adjacent enemy ' s gallery . The first explosion produced a crater of 14 feet by 12 feet , and one foot and a half deep , wbich was at once crowned by the attacking foroe , who rushed to the spot , and with their gabions commenced filling them with earth , for protection from tbe firing of their foes , whilst a party of sappers and miners were engaged in making an entry for another gallery . The second _explwion was scarcely
perceptible at tbe Burfaoe . The third explosion © courted immediately afterwards . The mine was fired by Liaut . Stopford for the purposo of destroying the enemy ' s works . The oharge _consisted of 80 Ibs . of powder ; the appearance of the column of earth thrown u p by this explosion was magnificent , and the vantage ground on the other side of a dit ? h of 30 feet in width , trembled as the people stood on it , but it gave his adversary a speedy advantage , for tbe crater is made of 19 by 17 feet , and 3 fret in depth , was quiokl y taken possession of by the assailants . Daring the afternoon two other mines of equal magnitude were sprung , neither of wbich did any material harm to the attaoking force , but gave them an advantage in advanoing towards tha ravelin . The attacking party during the day did not fire one of their mines , although they had four charged . The operations are kept strictly separate , and one party has not the least knowledge of the others' movements . The works are to . be carried on for some time .
A REAUT _Jndbpeudbhi _LaB'ukbr . — ¦ At a reoent meeting of tbe _gnardiass of the Cleobnry Mortimer Union , Henry Tudor , a resident in the parish of Wheathlll . voluntarily came and paid XI ls . 8 J „ the amonnt of relief advanced to him while nnable to work from tbe dislocation of his arm . The guardians present immediately subscribed the amonnt and returned it to Tudor , and expressed their admiration of his sterling honesty .
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The Corporation of Swansea owe £ 78 , 600 . Grammar _Schoom-There are four hundred and _thirty-four endowed Grammar Schools in _tngland . Tho Leeds Zoological Gardens are advertised foe ¦ g _] p A * cargo of sheep from the Gape of Good Hope hai just arrived in the London Djcks . A Whits Rat .-A perfeotly white rat was caught at the Sheffield Workhouse a few days ago . Mount _OiiTMrus . —Among some timber sold by auction in London , the week before last , were 3 930 pieoes of oak from Monnt Olympus . A New Count . —A _telescopio comet has been discovered at the Observatory of Cambridge by Mr G . P , Bond . , Ancient Arrow Hbad . —An anoient arrow head was lately found in the very centre of a huge mahotreewhioh was felled in Honduras .
gany , Conciliation Hali . — ' Conciliation Hall' haB offered a composition offour shillings in tbe pound to its newspaper creditors . Next year will be the square of 43 . We have not had a square year since 1704 , and another will not ocour until 1930 , HoRRiBiiB _DasTixniioii . —Six human beings were found in a miserable hut , not far from Limerick , lately , _feedini'on horse ' s fle _^ h . . . . A Crubl Wbktch—A lad has been imprisoned for three monthB at Carlisle for having mi off in one night the tails of seven cows , the hair of which _, he sold to saddlers . The now-celebrated authoress of tho 'Pearl of Days , ' is tho daughter of a working gardener , in Berwickshire .
_Condndbdm . —Why _Ib the thief , who stole the Queen ' s etchings , like an indiscreet minister ? Be * oansehe would have published the Royal designs , Thi Gbbman Pepui , ATio _** .- ~ The German population of the Austrian monaroby amounts only to 7 , 285 , 000 ; the remaining seventeen millions are Slavonians . „ ¦ . . Not before 'tis Wabtbd . —The _Commissioners * of Woods and Forests have decided upon draining the Serpentine and having it oleaned . A few nights ago , five cows were stolen from off landB of KUgoblin , near Kilrush , the property of tha Rev . Mr Howard . Fbbk TnADB . —The Economist estimates the 00067 paid for foreign grain and provisions at £ 18 , 000 . 000 for the present and eaoh of the two kit
_yeata , , Mobtamit in Ireland . —Tbere is great mortality at present in the Castlerea Workhouse . It is ascribed to the overcrowded state ef the institution . The _Floosb _. — The floods in the south and south * west of England have _bsen very roach greaUr the present autumn than for some years previously . Reugiotjb Intolbbance . —The Latter-Day Sainti have been fined at Chard , for holding assemblies in private houses without certificates from the Bishop . Within the last few weeks the sea has made considerable inroads oa the land in front of the Esplanade and the Ordnance ground , at Dover . Thb Window Tax —On an appeal , an iron grating over a coal hole , unless wholly dosed to exe ' ude light , has been decided by the Judges to be charge * able as a window .
State Locusts . — The ' Reformers' Almanack : states that the Dake of Grafton and his ancestors have had , sinoe the time of Charles II , £ 2 , 857 653 of the publio money . Irish Pigs . —In one fortnight there went from the Bangor station , from Ireland , eighty trucks full of pigs , eaob truck containing twenty-five , or about 2 , 00 ft in the whole . _Goosbbkrbies at Chbistmas . —Hit Ralph Main , of North Sunderland , has gooseberries growing in hia garden at the present time , thefrnit beiBg healthy in appearance and well formed . _Paupbbkm . —The total number now in Skibbereeo Poor-bouse and in auxiliary houses , is about 4 , 230 . The house was intended when first built to accommodate 800 .
Ambbican Electric _Tblbgbaphs . —There are 6 , 679 milea of eleotrio telegraph lines now in operation in the United States , and several hundred miles mora in the western Btates will bo completed in a fewmonths . Thb Rhobb op _PA-na . _—The _relusa of tbe street * of Paris now sells for 500 , 500 f . when sold by suction in the mass , and for 3 , 600 _, 000 f , when , aiter having lain in the _reoeptaoles until fit for manure , it iB sold by the cubic foot . Base Coin . — A counterfeit Napoleon has lately been passed on the Frenoh , and vie may shortly ex * peot to see them asking for ohange .
Thb _O'ConhbiaMobumert . — ' A Yankee Captain *' informs the Cobs _Etaminkr tbat he gave ,, last voyage , four dollars to the O'Connell monument , and seeing no monument , nor any sign of one , he very naturally _saya , 'Could you tell me who has my four dollars , as I guess I oould make that chapfork out . ' M'Naughton , thb Forobb . — William Francii ' M'Naughton , obtttgBd with foreing a warrant or order / or the payment of £ 4450 17 i , with intent to defraud Alexander Henry aud Co ., has been found guilty at the _assizaa at Liverpool , and sentenced to be transported beyoBd the seas for the term often
years . _Dijappmntmbnt . —A few days since , a labourer ! who was working ia a field at Adwalton , Yorkshire , was gladdened by finding a purse containing 338 six * pences ; but upon a oloter examination ef his treasure , his joy was damped by the discovery that all the coins were base . Chaps . — ' A young lady' writes to know how she is to _avaid obapped hands daring this cold weather . We hardly know . If ahe attracts the chaps by her eyes , she mnst expect some diffioulty in getting thera off her hands , —American Paper .
Doctor ' s Advice . — At the Bolton police officii lately , an old man stated that every morning for the last forty-three years he had swallowed , ' by tha dootor ' s orders , ' a pint of ale , with a glass of rum in it I If this were trne , the morning draught exclusive ot sll otber tipple , must havecest the old fellow upwards of _£ 300 . A Lucm Discovery . —A few days ago a dogi which was on the trail ofa rat , near Eccles , suddeni / bagan to sctatoh at the root of a tree , and at length turned up a quantity of silver money , _half-orowno , shillings , and sixpences . The men whe accompanied , the dog scrambled fer the treasure , and two of thera obtained £ 7 7 s . A thief is supposed to have con * oealed hiB plunder at the spot .
_RBLioieos _Pbrsbcution . —The offioe of the Now * comfobmist was a few days _ngo broken into by tha churchwardens of St Martin ' s , Ludgate , London * who seized a truokfol of goods , consisting of two table ? , three _chairs a pieos ofdruggett , a box of rype , four reams of paper , a portrait of Mr Edward " Mian , and sundry smaller articles , for arrears of churoh-rates . Dqhkbtic _Bw « s . —Man of the House . —* I cannot conoeive , my love , what is the matter with my watch-I think it must want * cleaning . ' Pet Child— ' Ob ne ! Papa dear : I don't think it wants cleaning , be * _oauBe baby and I had it washing in the basin fo ? ever bo long this morning . '
Ecclesiastical Law . —It ib a faot , _monstrouB af it may appear , and may be seen on reference to Burn ' s Ecclesiastical Law , that an infant of the tenderest age may present to a living in his patron * age , and his hand may be guided in signing the _requisite instrument . There is a Btory current , that when the present Pope was a youth , and in the guardia mobile at Rome , he fell deeply in love with a beautiful _Eaglisn girl : She refused his suit , although be was handsome , young , and noble , on account of the differences ef religion , and he took the matter so muoh tohoart that he retired to a convent , became an eccleaiaatio , and eventually Pope ,
Whig Econom _? and _Ketkbnohmbnt . —In twelve years , during which we have continued to enjoy un * interrupted peace , tbe expenditure has _increassd nearly £ 10 , 500 , 000 ; an increase of £ 4 , 000 , 000 having taken place in the last three years alone ; thus the £ 7 , 509 , Of 0 , saved twenty years ago have again been swallowed up with an addition of £ 3 , 000 , 000 beBide 1 A Pacific _Bbplv . —A Primitive Methodist preaoher , in Dorsetshire , was threatened by a clergyman that if be persisted in preaching in the opea air he would be imprisoned . The Primitive replied that if so he would [ turn the prison _fcinlo a house of prayer for hiB persecutor . ThiB remark ao ashamed the clergyman that he walked away withont saying another word .
The _Olpsst Votbr in America . —Mr Hughes * a revolutionary soldier , in the 107 th year of hia age , was taken to the poll in Rockbridge , Co . Vs ., at the late election , by a friend , in a carriage drawn by four dun horses . There were several voters in Mm * . _sachusetts over ninety . A Scobvt Bridegboom—A few days since a bridegroom , at _Littlevorth , Leicestershire , as . toniBhed tbe clergyman by replying to the question , whether be _would tak » the bride to be bis wedded wife that 'he would if she would give him £ 20 '' The bride was unable to oomply with the condition , and would have been compelled to return unmarried to her home , if ber brother had not paid the neces * sary sum to her afteotionate bridegroom , wbo then allowed the ceremony to proceed ,
Nbw _Nbwc-papbm . —Tbree new newspapers have been _announced fer publication in _January nexttwo at Manobester and one at Wigan . Mr Abel Hey * wood is to bathe publisher of those in Manchester , namely , the Manchester Spbctatob , the advocate of poUtical and social progress , ' to be published every Saturday , and the _Manchbbibr Spectator ' s Commeecial Gazette , to be published evety Wednesday mornte ' g . Mr _Sttiokland is to be tho publisher ofthe new Wigan journal , which iB to ba the advocate of Conservatism , and to be oalled tho Wioan Tuiss . A Radical paper is announced for publication at Wakefield , at the commencement oi the year , to be oalled the _WuuriEiD _Examiner journal is announced for publication at Shieldtt in January , to be called the Nome _ato Shields Gains , Its politico ait to be
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30121848/page/3/
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