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      _Mabch 1, 1845. ' The Northern Star. __ ...

      _ Mabch 1 , 1845 . ' THE NORTHERN STAR . __ ' !_

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      _SITAKSIA TO ID-HERNIA ON HER USELESS MEMBERS . If I had a Member what wouldn ' t ivork , W ye flunk _Tdsuffer him athonie to luik *? rdgiveit him weU , and cry •* Don't shirk 1 " And " Now then lazy !" Wot makes me mention this just now ? Here ' s you a kickm' up a row ; Akeepin' your Members at home to prate , When they ought to be helpin' to legislate . I want to know of what avail Is Daniel O'Connell and aH his tail

      They might as well have stopp'd in gaol . I teR yon what , Hibernia-If I had a Member , & c Instead of breakin' of thepeace , And girin' work to the police , Why don't you try to gain your cause Bymeans according to the laws 1 How can O'Connell earn his rent By Staying away from _ParRament ? I'd ask him how the cash was spent - , And also

      say—If I bad a Member , Ac Why , what ' s the good , and Where ' s the use Of aR lis railing and abuse ; His bulls so large , his jokes so small , In his Conciliation HaR ? " Be off at once ! " I'd teR the pack : _•*' About yonr business in a crack ! _**• Unless you want taget the ' sack ;' For , mark me , gentlemen , " If I bad a Member , ic That would Be better , sure , a deal , Than _agitatin'for Repeal : A farce , a flam , a pack of staff ! "Which you' re beenhoax'd withlong enough . Come now , give np the wild-goose chase _. Believe me ' tis a hopeless case : Send every Member to his plac e , With the following observation—If I had a Member , Ac . Punch

      To Tbe Roet Moore. They Are Gone To The ...

      TO TBE rOET MOORE . They are gone to the skies—they abandon the earth , To the seraphs , their kindred , onr minstrels are flown , _Aadhaveleft to the land , that is proud of their birth ,, One ray of their brightness—one poet alone . There are many whose numbers are graceful and fair , Whose thoughts are harmonious , whose melodies please ; And some , as they listen , can idly compare With the jewels of old simple sparkles like these . Butlet the great Master once waken the lay , Once _roosc -from the sleep that has held him too long , And , as from the sunburst the clouds troop away , Shall all be o ' _erwliekn'd in his torrent of song . One lay of his country—all passion and tears , One wail of her grief , or despair or disdain , Is worth all the efforts—the study—of years—0 ! when shall wehear them and haU him again J

      Bid tr . e minstrel awaken , and charm us , as when We knew from bis verse what the spells were of yore ; The harp is las book , and its chords are his pen—What dark-jess enshrouds thee ?—return to us , Moore ! L . S . C .

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      Notice. Ggr Fmding That Onr Poetical Scr...

      NOTICE . _ggr Fmding that onr poetical scraps , both original aadselectcd , acc-um _* ujlatemuenmorera piu _^ y than wc can dispose of them by the ordinary channel , we have been induced to propose to ourselves and contributors ihe following arrangement—viz ., to give _quarteriy , in era * columns , a selection of poetical -pieces , sueh . selection to be entitled * "ihe ebast of the poets . " The first selection will appear this month ( March ) fee next in June , the nest in September , and so on . Tie first of tho "Feasts" _irill " come off " in the Star of March 22 nd . Any of our : readcr 3 , disposed f o try their fortune in an attempt to proenre admission to the "Feast , " must send in their poetical contributions on or before the loth inst . Communications received after that date will not lie attended to .

      0omngsby; Or, The New Generation. By B. ...

      0 OMNGSBY ; or , THE NEW GENERATION . By B . D'lsnAELi , Esq ., M . P . —London : Colbnrn , Great Marlborough-street . f Continued from the Northern Star of February 22 . ) The scene changes from tne Cotton-lord ' s "happy Talley" to Coningsby Castle , the seat of Lord Mosrmouth . "Wc are not in a critical humour this week , in lieu therefore of our own comments we give the following extracts : —

      CATHOLIC _PJEHSECCTION Or THE _SPANISH _JEWB . Even after the £ dl of the principal Moorish kingdoms , the Jews of Spain were still treated by the congjiering Softs with tenderness and consideration . Their numbers , their wealth , the fact that , in Arragon especially , they-were the proprietors of tbe soil , and _^ _surrounded by warlike and devoted followers , secured for them a usage which for a considerable period made them little sensible of the change of dynasties and religions . But the tempest gradually gathered . As the Geths grew stronger , persecution became more bold . Where tbe Jewish _populaBomvas scanty , they were deprived of iheir privileges Or obliged to conform nnder the title of " Nuevos _Christianos . " At length the union of the two crowns under Ferdinand and Isabella , and the fill of the last Moorish

      kingdom , brought the crisis of . their fete both to the new Christian and the non-conforming Hebrew . The inquisition appeared , the institution that had exterminated the AlKgenses and had desolated Languedoc , and which it should ever he remembered was established in the Spanish kingdoms against the protests of the Cortes and amid the terror of the populace . The Dominicans opened their first tribunal at Seville . How many were burned alive at Serine during the first year , how many imprisoned for life , What countless thousands were -siated with severe though lighter punishments , need not be recorded here . In nothing was the holy office more happy than in multiform and subtle means by which fhey tested the sincerity Of the new Christians . At length the inquisition was to be extended to Arragon . The high-spirited nobles of that

      kingdom knew that its institution was for them a matter of life or death . The Cortes of Arragon appealed fo the King and to the Pope ; they organised an extensive conspiracy" the chief Inquisitor was assassinated inthe cathedral of Saragossa . Alas ! it was feted that ia this , one of the many , and continual , and continuing struggles between the rival organisations ofthe north and south , tie children of the sun should fell . The fcgot and the San Benito were the doom ofthe nobles of Arragon . Those who were convicted of secret Judaism , and this scarcely three centuries ago , were dragged to the stake ; the sons of the noblest houses , in whose veins the Hebrew taint could be traced , had to walk in solemn procession , _singing psalms and confessing their faith in the religion _oftaefeUTorquemada . This triumph in Arragon , the almost _siiniiltaneoBs fall of the last Moorish kingdom , raised the hopes of the pure Christians to the highest pitch . Having purged the new Christians , they next

      turned their attention to the old Hebrews . Ferdinand was resolved Ihat the delicious air of Spain should he breathed no longer by anyone -Who did not profess the Catholic faith . Baptism or exile was the alternative . Hare than six hundred thousand individuals ( some authorities greatly increase the amount ) , the most industrious , the most intelligent , and the most enlightened of Spanish subjects , would not desert the religion of their fathers . For this they _gare up the delightful land wherein they liad lived for centuries , the beautiful cities they had raised , the universities from which Christendom drew for ages its most precious lore , the tombs of their ancestors , the temples where they had -worshipped the Godfox wSom they had made this sacrifice . They had out four months to prepare for eternal exile after a residence of as many centuries , during which brief period forced sales and glutted markets virtually confiscated their property . It is a calamity that the scattered nation still ranks with

      the desolations of Nebuchadnezzar and of Titus . Who after this should say the Jews are by nature a sordid people ? But the Spanish Goth , then so cruel and so haughty , where is he 1 A despised suppliant to the very race which he banished for some miserable portion of the treasure which their habits of industry have again accumulated . Where is that tribunal fhat summoned Medina _Sidonia and Cadiz to its dark inquisition ? Where is Spam * Its fall , _itsnnparalleledanditsirremc-iiabl e fall , is mainl y to be attributed to the espulson of that large Portion of its subjects , the most industrious and intelligent , -who traced thdr origin to the Mosaic and _Maliomedas Arabs .

      LVCIAS GAT . —THE GBUHPY CLUB . _Tiis Was a favourite haunt towards midnight of several of the younger members of the part }* at the castle who loved to find relaxation from the decorous gravities of _PQhahtd life in the fumes of tobacco , _$ he inspiration of whiskey toddy , and the infinite amusement of Lucian Gay ' s conversation and company . This was the genial hour when the good story gladdened , the pun flashed , and ™ _A _^^ _WedwithjoUy -mirth orsancyinlinlckr */ . _Tomgnt , _tieing Coningsby ' s initiation , there was a special general meeting ofthe Grumpy Club , in which everybody was to say the gayest things with the gravest face , and _•^ _oj laugh carried a forfeit , lucian was the inimitable _Preadent He told a tale for which he was famous , of " the

      _^ _R espectable coun _^ rfemily who had been established in _^^ efor several generations , but who ( it was a feet ) oeen ever _distingnished by the strange and hmniliai _^ _aS _^ ° f _being bom wla sheej ?' s tails" The _^ _'anle circnmstanccs under which Lucian Gay had _teriesfe v " _* _631 " 111 aSs & ct ; tbe tradia ° 3 _^^ generation _^*^ _^ *' y in question had succeeded for _wirich tl _« _? - * * , sitsecret - the decided measures to ever the _** the fema - ' iad 1 > _ecaut # ¦ sto _-P for finally t i , _^ - a r _when ' A Sss ' t became prevalent ; and , which Luci _^ r 3 ad « 3 _B-tof fl _> e legend ; were details to expend mm I wiQl tbe nwstrnefiil countenance loved of a _^ Lr _^ . e attentive ana expanding intelligence ¦ _p-4 _^ _2 ?* _!** _•*» Grumpy Cluh . Familiar as all we T Ottl _^ _whMe _jjj _^ _jjjg 0 £ _agonist

      0omngsby; Or, The New Generation. By B. ...

      -risibility they had alliu . turn experienced , it was with extreme difficulty that any of them could resist the fatal ex . plosion Wliich wastobeattendedwithfthe dreaded penalty _, lord _Beaumauoir looked on the table " with desperate serf _, ousness , an ominous pucker quivering round lus lip ; Mr . Melton crammed his handkerchief into his mouth with one hand , while he lighted the wrong end of a cigar with the other ; one youth hung over the back of his chair , pinching himself like a & quir , while another hid his countenance on the table . " It was at the Hunt dinner , " _continuedLucianGay in an almost solemn tone , _*« that an idea for a moment was prevalent that Sir Mowbray CholmoRdeley _Fctherstoucliaugh , as the head of the family , had resolved to terminate for ever these mysterious aspersions on -Ins race that had circulated * in the

      county for more than two centuries ; I mean that the highly respectable family of the _Cholmondeley Fetherstonehaughs had the misfortune to be graced with that appendage to which 1 have referred . His health being drunk . Sir Mowbray Chohnondeley Fetherstouehaugh rose . He was a little unpopular at the moment from an Ugly story about killing foxes , and the guests were not as quiet as orators generally desire , so the Honourable Baronet prayed -particular attention to a matter personal to himself . Instantly there was a dead silence —; " but here Coningsby , who had moved for some time very restlessly on his chair suddenly started np , and struggling for a moment against the inward convulsion but in vain , stamped against the floor and gave a shout . "A song from Mr . Coningsby , " said the president of the

      Grumpy Club , amid an universal and now permissible roar of laughter . Coningsby could not sing ; so he was to favour them as a substitute with a speech or a _sentiment . But Lucian Gay always let one off these penalties easily , and indeed was ever ready to fulfil them forall . Song , speech , or sentiment , he poured them all forth ; nor were pastimes more active wanting . He could dance a Tarantalla like a Lazaroni , and execute a Cracovieane with all the mincing graces of an opera heroine . His powers of mimickry indeed were great and versatile . But in nothing was he so happy as in a Parliamentary debate . And it was remarkable that , though himself a man who on ordinary occasions was quite incapable withoutinfinite perplexity of publicly expressing his sense of the merest courtesy of society , he was not only a master of the style of

      every speaker of distinction in either house , but he seemed in his imitative play to appropriate their intellectual as well as their physical peculiarities , and presented you with their mind as well as their manner . There were several attempts to-night to induce Lucian to indulge his guests with a debate , but he seemed to avoid the exertion , which was great . As the night grew old however , and every hour he grew more lively , he suddenly broke without further pressure into the promised diversion ; and Coningsby listened _reaUy with admiration to a discussion , of which the only fault was that it was more Parliamentary than the original . Bmt loud as was the laughter , and vehement the cheering with which Lucian ' s performances were

      received , all these ebullitions sank into insignificance compared with the reception which greeted what he himself announced was to be the speech of the night . Having quaffed _flill many a quaigh of toddy . he insisted on delivering it on the taVe , a proposition with which his auditors immediately closed . Their orator appeared , the great man of the night , who was to answer everybody on both sides . Ah . ' that harsh voice , that arrogant style , that saucy superficiality which decided on everything , that insolent ignorance that contradicted everybody ; it was impossible to mistake tliem ! And Coningsby had the pleasure of seeing reproduced before him the guardian of his youth , and the patron of the mimic—the Right Honourable _IficholasTtigby .

      The London Entertaining Magazine. B. D. ...

      THE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE . B . D . Cousins , Dukc-stveet , Lincoln ' s-iim-uelds . From the second part of this excellent pennyworth we give the following extract : —*

      THE DBESS-HAKEB . Is there a more helpless , a more forlorn and unprotected creature than , in nine cases out of ten , the Dressmaker ' s Girl , the daily Sempstress—pushed prematurely from the parental hearth , or rather no hearth , to win her miserable crust by aching fingers ? Crust—literally crust—is nearly all the reward of hours of drudgery , of a monotonous task , at which the heart sinks , and the eyelids are fain to droop , until aroused and strung anew to labour . Daily bread—a phrase that to most people combines many things—is to our heroine a literal truth . —a

      cold reality . She is a thousand times more to be pitied than yonder ballad-singer , with her feet imbedded in highway-mud , bawling the last effusion of the author whose noblest aspiration is to be a butterfly , or , in shrill treble , screaming the semi-political satires of the poets of Seven Dials . She—the minstrel—has no respectability to keep up ; she has not to stint her appetite , that she may have a plurality of gowns ; he has not to soothi a hungry stomach with a bit of gauze , a yard or so of riband—any morsel of finery that shall at least be the type , shall present a show , of a condition of comfort , _^ although the cupboard shaU remain empty for it .

      Poor , gentle thing!—now hurrying- on , fearing that she _isfiveminutesjtoo late , and now pausing , and creeping into a doorway , to let some staggering drunkard pass , roaring and reeling home . It may be , too , that this little creature was horn in the lap of comfort—was the pet , the hope , ofa fireside—was the darling of a circle—the child of competence , of luxury . Death , however , has taken her father—the sole prop and stay of a liouse of plenty ; and the widow , after struggling from year to year , has passed _from baa to worse ; and now with four children—our little Dressmaker ' s Girl the eldest—pines in a three-pair back room , whence eveiy morning our young heroine , with a patience and a pensive sweetness—the gifts of early adversity—sallies forth to unremftting toil .

      Oar little Dressmaker has arrived at the " work-room . " After two or three hours , she takes her bread-and-butter , and warm adulterated water , denominated tea . Breakfast hurriedly orer , she works , under the rigid , scrutinising eye of a task-mistress , some four hours more , and then proceeds to the important work of dinner . A scanty slice of meat— -perhaps an egg—is produced from her basket : she dines , and sews again till five . Then comes again th * fluid of the morning , and again the needle until eight . Hark!—yes , that ' s eight now striking . Thank heaven ! thinks * our heroine , as she rises to put by her work , the task for the day is done ! At this moment a thundering knock is heard at the door ! The Duchess of Daffodils must have her robe by four to-morrow !

      Again the Dress-maker's Apprentice is made to take her place—again she resumes her thread and needle : and perhaps . the clock is beating one , as she' again , jaded and half dead with work , creeps to her lodging , " and goes to bed , still haunted with the thought that as the work is very back she must be up hy five to-morrow . She has , however , certain glimpses of holidays ; she is despatched to receive orders , to take home work ; and despite herself , if the weather be fine—if it be not her fate to trudge , ankle-deep in mud , with bandbox in one hand , and umbrella in the other—she cannot but pause at shop windows , and indulge in a day-dream that shall possess her of a few trinkets from the jeweller ' s , her eye unconsciously wandering towards the wedding rings—at the next window a new honnet—at the next , a gown for very great occasions .

      The Dress-maker ' s Girl has aprofound secret—a secret hidden in the inmost recesses of her virgin heart ' * A lieutenant of the _Guards—ftake care of that lieutenant ) - —such a pensive-looking _. ' melancholy , elegantyoung man , kissed his hand to her twice in Pall-malL" This secret she had revealed to nobody , except ten familiar friends . She learns a song—something about" A Soldier ' s Bride " —which she hums wliiist working , unconscious of the tittering of her sister sempstresses ; and only breaks off to blush and teU them not to be so silly . These , however , are green , sunny spots in the life of the Dress-maker ' s Girl : as she grows towards womanhood , years bring with them a deeper sense of her forlorn and -unprotected condition ; effacing her beauty , saddening her mind , and making her taste all the bitterness of that bitter morsel of bread earned by tasked needlework .

      Can there be a more forlorn , more pitiable condition than that ofthe Daily Sempstress , growing old and lonely on the wages of her ill-paid craft ? follow her to her room—the topmost nook of some old gloomy house , in some gloomy court : survey the abode of penury ,: of penury striving with a stoutness of heart , of which the world knows nothing , to put a bright face upon want : to smile with patience on the greatest ; as on the pettiest privations . This is the Dress-maker , long since past her girlhood ; the Sempstress , no longer outstared in the street—followed for her beauty—flattered—lied to ; tempted with ease and luxury , when her own home offers nothing hut indigence and hardest labour . This is not

      the young , blushing creature walking in London streets , her path full of pit-falls ; the lawful prey of selfish vicethe watched-for prize of mercenary infamy . No ; she has escaped all these snares ; she has , in the innocence and constancy of her heart , triumphed over the seductions of pleasure ; has , with the wings ofa dove , escaped the net spread for her by fiends with the feces of women . She has wasted the _lightheadedness of her childhood , and ihe bloom of her youth , in daily , nightly toil : and arrived at middle age , she is still the working Sempstress—the lonely , faded spinster—the human animal vegetating on two shillings per diem . Is not this the fate of thousands in this our glorious metropolis ?

      And yet how mnch worse , how much more terrible the destiny of thousands of others ; of poor , unprotected creatures , with hearts in their bosoms , once throbbing with the best and purest hopes , once yearning with , the noblest and tenderest affections—creatures in whom the character of wife and mother might have shone with the brightest lustre—cast abroad and trodden on like wayside weeds ; loathed and scorned by one sex ; outraged , bullied _Ijy the other ; until deceived , wounded , and exasperated nature rises against its _wrongers . ; and , denaturalized in voice , face , and feeling , we eannot recognise the Dressmaker ' s Girl—the modest , gentle thing , with blushing face and dewy eye—in that screeching virago , that howling ,

      raving Jezabel , now stamping in the impotence of drunkenness and rage at that stone-faced policeman , now tumbling , dead as a carcass , in the mire , and weeping maudlin tears of gin and vengeance ! And why is this ? What has worked this grievous transformation ? What has effected this awful , this disgusting change ? Alas some ten— -nine—seven years ago , temptation showed its thousand gifts—apples of seeming gold , with ashes at the core—to fhe poor Bress-maker ; proffered life-long ease , all the happiness and luxury enjoyed by her high-born sisters ; and to assist temptation , there was a yearning of love—a faith and easy credence in the woman ' s heart , that made her not altogether selfish , calculating : whilst , on the other hand , they were incessant labour and pinching

      The London Entertaining Magazine. B. D. ...

      economy , and—and— -but the story Is the story of hun . dreds ; she ftih—and " The once fall ' n woman must for ever fall !" The modest , virgin Bower is become the scoff of the multitude , the mockery of a mob ! Part III . is published , and besides the continuation of Etjgese Sue ' s Matilda , contains a variety of matter in prose and poetry ; which , to be appreciated , must be seen and read . "

      The Great Gun, We Wish We Could See The ...

      THE GREAT GUN , We wish we could see the conductors ef this publication abandon a system which certainly reflects no honour on their labours , and is not at all calculated to increase the popularity of their paper . We allude to the shallow , ill-natured , but futile attempts made to run down the writers of Punch ; more especially one particular writer in that excellent publication . If tins was all we had to complain of , we might be silent ; for we might safely leave the gentleman alluded to to defend himself . But principles are ridiculed , and the liest Sympathies of our nature run-aniuclc against , to give vent to the envious and splenetic feelings ofthe Great Gun writers . In proof of this we might name several highly objectionable articles * . enough that we name the piece entitled , "Virtuous Indignation , the Song of the Literary Man of Feeling : " a production conceived in the

      worst possible spirit , and as trashy as it is base . We don't like to have to say this . We know nothing personal of the writers either in Punch or the Great Gun ; we judge of both by their works , and would , if we could _^ _a-ward our unqualified approbation to the latter as well as to the former . We gladly turn from this unwelcome task , to speak in terms the veiy opposite , of much contained in the Great Gun . Its jokes , many of which we transfer weekly to our columns , are ofthe raciest ; and there are not wanting articles of a serious cast which have our warmest approbation . Of these we may name the articles in the Nos . for the 1 st and 8 th of February , entitled— " The Critical Literature of the London Press ; " and the following excellent remarks on the life and treatment of that magnificent musical genius Cahi > Mabia Von Weber .

      _COKSISTENCV . lately a paragraph appeared in the daily papers giving a detailed account of the solemn inhumation of the remains ofthe lamented and gifted composer , Carl Maria Von Weber , which took place at Dresden with great funeral pomp . Nearly twenty years have passed sinco Weber paid a visit to this country , and received , to a certain extent ,- the encouragement due to his talents ; that is to say , although everybody went to hear his opera of "DerFreischutz , " the composer did not receive one farthing either from the proprietor of the English Opera house ( where it was first produced in England ) , nor from the lessees of Drury Lane or Covent Garden .

      The musical career of Weber had been one of continued disappointment . His works were nearly unappreciated ; their beauties were condemned as faults . The marvellous harmonies , whieh the world has since reluctantly acknowledged as the masterpieces of a mighty genius , were at first looked upon as combinations of discords , and his wilder and more unstudied efforts as the ravings of an overwrought brain . But the world has repented of its injustice ; it has decreed that the name of Weber , hitherto cherished by the few who have listened to " Oheron , " to the overture of " The Ruler ofthe Spirits , ' . ' to " Euvyanthe , " setting apart his most extraordinary , though perhaps not finest work , "Der Freisehutz , " shall beloved and revered by thousands .

      His countrymen have celebrated his triumphs by a festival—ceremonies m which the musicians of Dresden , and even some from Berlin and Munich , have hastened to join , and accompany his mortal remains from their resting-place at Magdeburg ( they had reposed quietly in a vault in London for a considerable , time ) , to the tomb prepared for their reception in the city of Dresden . By following the mournfully-decorated barge containing them down the Elbe by torch-light , by bending over his grave in the mockery of " effective sorrow , " they imagine they have more than atoned for the entire neglect of the living genius , and have cast a halo around the dead .

      It is a positive and _undeniable fact that Weber never received , in his own country , the slightest remuneration for " Dev _Fveischuta . " A _batitotnpt manager swallowed up his rightful emoluments . And when the score was first brought over to England , with a view to its production at one of our national theatres , it was pronounced _bpfke musical director ( an artist of the highest talent ) not only to be totally unfitted for our stage , but ineffective in itself . - A manager of more enterprise tried the opera as an experiment at a summer theatre , and he announced if as " a new musical performance of an extraordinary character , " and that " the eccentric vehicle for music and scenic effect was a literal translation from the highly-celebrated German opera , & c ., & c , of Carl Maria Von Weber , " It was received with great success .

      We have alluded before in the Great Gun to the salaries of principal performers . Por a certain period both Braham and Miss Stephens performed in . the English Operahouse version of " Der Freisehutz . " Let us look how matters stood : — , Mr . Braham's salary , per night . . £ 21 0 0 Miss Stephens' 20 0 0 Carl Maria Von Weber ( the inventor" ! . . - _, : and creator ) , _,,.,.. / ' Weber fered better with his " Oheron , " which was performed at Covent Garden with far less effect , in consequence of the utter meagreness of tbe libretto , for he received one thousand pounds ; a sum inadequate to the merits ofthe work , but beyond what his modesty either hoped or expected . Tho encouragement which Weber had never received in his own country came too late to do more than cost a momentary brightness over his fortunes in England .

      He had followed in the weary and almost heart-broken track of his predecessors , Mozart and Beethoven . He died . ' It is left for future writers , when his works , by the difc fusion of musical knowledge , shall have heen far better appreciated , to observe that , twenty years after the death of Weber , the musicians and authorities of Dresden ( in sad imitation of one of the favourite manias ofthe Parisians ) removed his remains to their city , as if the soul that breathed throughout his harmonies was sleeping still within the perished clay they had thus disturbed .

      Pebucamohs Received.—" A Journey Up The ...

      _Pebucamohs Received . — " A Journey up the Mis sissippi . " ' The Runaway Apprentice . "

      A Bowl Of " Punch," Fresh Brewed.

      A BOWL OF " PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED .

      The Pope. The Pope He Leads A Happy Life...

      THE POPE . The Pope he leads a happy life , No contradiction knows , nor strife ; He rules the roast by Right Divine , I would the Papal chair were mine ! But happy / now , I fear he ' s not , Those Irish are a noisy lot ; And as wi * i Bati he has to cope , I think I'd rather not he Pope . _O'Conneli , better pleases me , With all he will he maketh free ; He raises rint with wondrous skill ; Like him I would my pockets fill . But even he , the great King Dan , Is forced to sink the gentleman , And blaster where Repealers dine ; I would not change his lot for mine ,

      So here Fll take my lowly stand , In what is called " this favoured land * _*" Put up with strife , if need be mine , If or at an empty purse repine . But when my pocket ' s filled , with glee , 111 dream that I O'Connell he ; ' And when their mouths Repealers ope , I'll thank my stars I'm not the Pope ! Justice and hek Fees . —When English justice talks of being equally accessible to the rich and the poor , it is veiy _liks Old Airs . Cole discoursing on cliastity , or slave-buying America _swacgering about freedom . Justice is , in truth , only to ne sought by fees . You must drop money in her scales before she will use them . A fellow named John Cooke was

      recently * committed to gaol for an attempt to rob two miserable girls . The case was one of peculiar atrocity , as the scoundrel had first charged one of his victims with robbing him . The magistrate , however , soon made Cooke and the poor _, girl change places at the bar , and the rascal was committed for trial . Well , we thought , the rufiian will now get his deserts : the majesty of the offended law—for that is the phrase—will speedily vindicate itself . Not so fast . There were fees' to be paid . " In order to obtain 4 s ., the fee for the indictment , the poor girls had to pawn some of their dress , and even then ( the _eonitable said ) he was obliged to advance the only shilling he had about him to make up the sum ; but when

      they went into the office , the crier demanded Is . 6 d ., his fees , and said he would send the bill back to the Indictment-office if it were not paid . The girls were wholly unprepared for this demand , but ran forthwith to scrape up the money . In their absence the crier had sent the bill before the grand jury , and the witnesses were absent when called . The bill was consequently thrown out , and ihe pvkouv discharged . " The lesson _, to be gathered from this is , let no miserable woman , however grossly abused and robbed , think of punishing her wronger unless she can procure five-and-sixpencefees to purchase the satisfaction . It is an absurdity to think that Justice sits at Clerkenwell Sessions , or anywhere else , to dispense right-gratis j nonsenseshe sells it .

      Irish _AoBicniTuiui , Association . — Inconsequence of the declaration of Mr . O'Connell , that he would die on the floor of the House of Commons , and then go over to Ireland to agitate for repeal , there was an extra meeting of the Irish Agricultural Association , at which it was unanimously resolved that the first prize should be given to the Honourable Member , for the Greatest Bull that ever was known . . Baths toe the Poor . —We understand that some of the railway companies , desirous of cariyirig out the project for supplying the poor with baths , have had their third-class carriages constructed so as to serve the double purpose ofa locomotive and a washing-tub . They are supplied with water from the rain , which pours in upon all sides ; and enough to constitute a bath is provided in a very few minutes , if the weather happens to be favourable to the bene YQleat object

      Biographt.-Laman Blanchard. (From The Li...

      _BIOGRAPHT .-LAMAN BLANCHARD . ( From the Literary Gazette ) # Witli feelings we have not words to express , it is this day our painful task to record the death , on Saturday week , of Mr . Laman Blanchard , * a personal friend long associated with and intimatel y known to US , and . a literary man whose writings have justly earned for him a contemporaneous and wide-spread celebrity , and a fame which will be more extended and _pei-manent . Alas , that we have to add , the manner of his loss was one of those calamitous instances of the helplessness of weak humanity to bear up against the pressure of afflictions . The minds of individuals devoted to the ceaseless toils of literature , calling forth and wasting their energies , are but ill prepared to endure sufferings of another nature . The

      ideal cannot slide into and compete with the real world ; and though it may be a refuge for griefs ofa less poignant character , tlie imagination , however compact , is unable to wrestle with and withdraw us from the more severe visitations of mortal distress . It was the heavy misfortune of Mr . Blanchard , a-few weeks ago , to be deprived of a wife , whom a protracted illness had only the more endeared to hima woman so equable in temper , so warm-hearted , so amiable to all , and so attached to him , that none could be surprised at the more than bridal affection wliich subsisted between thero , and seemed the very

      spirit of their being . For Blanchard himself was of a fine and congenial temperament . Endued with great ( perhaps with too much ) sensibility , he was open , sincere , gentle , susceptible to every the minutest act of kindness , firniin integrity , and overflowing with high sympathies towards all that was generous and good . His family bereavement preyed upon Mm night and day ; and at last his excited sense was torn with delirium , and wrecked in the sea of trouble which overwhelmed the powers of reason , and made him unaccountable for his acts . She was gone from his side with whom he might truly hare said ! , The mind much suff ' rance does o _' _ersfcip

      When grief hath mates , and hearing fellowship . His consolation had not only departed , but was the source of his intellectual prostration : the shock was fatal to a fancy and understanding , which had for many years stood the test of unremitting labour for ihe press , * and he who had charmed thousands and tens of thousands continually with his pleasant thoughts , fell a sacrifice to an "Vercharged heart . " We have incidentally alluded to the prominent features of Mr . Blanchard ' s character ; but must return to ' offer a slight remark : oh points in it which particularly rivetted our regard and admiration . His unaffected sensibility was absolutely beautiful . It was inherent , spontaneous , and embraced the whole sphere in which he moved . It was alike seen in benevolence towards the poor and lowly ; in charity

      towards a class too often excepted troin the rule , the infirm and erring ; in justice tempered with mercy towards all ; and in the most genial and confiding love towards those whom he esteemed . And so of his integrity , It was without parade or outward demonstration , and seemed to be an innate part of h imself . Yet its veiy gentleness and quiescency made its force . There- was no assertion belonging to it , to beget opposition ; and any desire that might arise to impede its way perished in the face of its invisible omnipotence . We never knew a man so humbly resolute and so nobly inflexible , with demeanour , manners , and language that might appear to indicate a softness to be wrought upon , and a disposition to evade a collision rather than to brave a conflict . Those who could surmise this , were diametrically mistaken ,

      The moral and social qualities at which we have thus hastily glanced shone in all Laman Blanchard's literary productions . The lightest and most amusing of his essays partook of his philanthropy and pathos , and _Jaimed in various ways and moods at the improvement of his fellow-creatures , and the amelioration of the general lot . His graver and political efforts breathed all his unbending fidelity to . the side upon which his opinions ranged . He recently wrote in the Examiner , having previously , a few years since , been connected with the Courier newspaper as an editor and leading contributor . When that journal fell into-the hands of the opposite party ( shortly before it sunk under its frequent mutations ) , Mr . 1 . 0 F _««* . _^^ T * . >* . * h _« J _««« _Art ahi _\«* k _4 _. T * . H _^ - *»* t » 'h « i * n / kn _llirv nAiv _-rmti n * r * _a * is \ _DlllllCliai tiuuivii

      ¦ u was again upon ma pen iiuv * precarious provision , dependent upon health and strength , ami the . difficult access to a market where liis talents might be appreciated . This , no thanks to friends or parties , he found in the New- Monthly Magazine , in _Ainsworttis Magazine , and . in other periodical publications ; and also in occasional employment on works which the publishers thought likely to be popular , such as the Posthumous Memoirs of L . E . L . Was there an inscrutable link _between their destinies —her mysterious fate and that of her biographer ? No man ever entertained a more modest appreciation of his own merits than Mr . Blanchard . We never heard him speak of any of Ms writings , * and , what is eauallv rare and laudable in our day . we never heard

      him decry the writings of othersbis contemporaries * , nor do we believe he ever experienced one feeling of envy or jealousy at success , though it might in every other ' judgment exceed his own with far less grounds tb recommend it . And we ought to look at the vast mass and variety of his productions , which cannot be believed till what has flowed in a hundred streams is collected into one grand river ; it will then be seen that his mind was most fertile , never ceasing to throw off original conceptions , fanciful ideas , poetry of a high order , whether playful or pathetic ; and being in truth an inexhaustible source of that peroetualand diversified profusion of literary wealth with which he enlivened and enriched the periodical publications of liis day , In which men of first-rate learning and exalted genius are swamped till they

      are dead !! In-person Mr . Blanchard was of middle-size and light and active form . His countenance was well modelled , and his eyes peculiarly exprcasive either of deep emotion or gay humour . His manners , as we have noticed , were placid and gentlemanly ; and his conversation , serious or lively , as occasion suited , was always agreeable , candid , and acceptable . His society was much sought by a numerous circle of literary and other friends , to whom his stores of information recommended and his most estimable qualities endeared . He has left a daughter , accomplished under his anxious superintendence in music and other feminine graces , and of whom h < j _wastvbiWj'S't passion

      ately fond , and three sons younger than her , to lament the nntimeiyloss of a father , of whom and of whose memory they have just and abundant grounds to be proud . The sadness wliich must mix with tlieir filial recollections cannot as yet be consoled ; but it must gratify them in the depths of their orphan woes to know that a body of the admirers and friends of their honoured parent have so far provided that they shall not suffer that destitution which is but too often the inheritance of the children of genius . For _several years their proper education and earthly comforts have been secured ; and the means suggested , if not adopted , for the eligible settlement of the younger branches . Mr . Blanchard was only _forty-two years ofage .

      Funeral Of Mr. Laman Blanchard.—On Satur...

      Funeral of Mr . Laman Blanchard . —On Saturday afternoon the remains of this truly estimable anil much-lamented gentleman were " interred in the cemetery at Norwood . He was followed to his last earthly resting-p lace by a number of Ms early and valued collaboratcurs in the field of literature , and other friends endeared to him by his warmth and kindness of heart . The chief mourners on the sad occasion were the three sons of Mr . Blanchard , with Mr . Evans , Mr . Keymer , and Mr . Smith , brothersin-law . . _There were also present—Mr . E . _Tennent , M . P ., C . Landseer , K . A ., W . Jerdan , D . Jen-old , T . Landseer , F . Stone , George Cruikshank , Kenny Meadows , W . F . Ainsworth , William Hazlitt , W . N . James , Henry Baylis ; S . C . Hall , R . Keeley , J . B . Buckstone , Samuel Lover , George Patmore , Mark Lemon , — Hurst , Coventry Patmore , Esqrs ., Ac ., amounting altogether to seventy persons , assembled to pay a last tribute of respect to their departed friend .

      Millhouse, The Pobt.—We Were Much Please...

      Millhouse , the Pobt . —We were much pleased on our visit to Edwinstowe , on Monday last , to witness a neat monument , nearly finished , and about to be erected in the Cemetery at Nottingham , to the memory ofthe late Robert Millhouse , the poet . At the Sherwood Gathering , on the 5 th July , 1842 , a subscription was entered into for that purpose , and the work was committed to the care of-Mr . Widdison _, sculptor , of Edwinstowe , who , we must say , has executed the task committed to his charge in a clever and appropriate manner .. The monument itself is

      about six feet high . Over the surbase is the tablet containing the following inscription . Emblematical ofthe subject , over the inscription , is a lyre entwined withm a wreath—the whole surmounted with an elegant cross-flory . The design itself is good and substantial , and tho work is executed in a manner highly creditable to the artist himself , and will prove itself worthy of the genius whose memory it is intended to perpetuate . The poetic inscription is from the pen of Mr . Spencer Hall , who was the intimate friend of poor Millhouse , and is creditable both to the head and heart of the writer : —

      In Memory of ROBERT MILLHOUSE , Author of " Destinies of Man , " " Sherwood Forest , " " The Song of the Patriot , " " Blossoms , " and other Poems , who died at Nottingham , April 13 th , 1839 , aged 50 years . " When Trent shall flow no more and blossoms fail On Sherwood ' s plains to scent the springtide gale ; When the lark ' s lay shall lack its thrilling charm , " And song forget the patriot ' s soul to warm : When love o ' er human hearts hath lost aU sway , His fame may pass—but not till then—away : For Nature taught , and Freedom fixed his rhyme , And virtue dedicated It to Time . " Nottingham Journal .

      Astonishing Pkkcocitt.—A Charity Boy, On...

      Astonishing _Pkkcocitt . —A charity boy , only six years old , belonging to St . Martin ' s parish , being asked by one ofthe overseers what was hia notion of PMptuily , " instantly replied , " The Income l ax .

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      Resouhc^S Op Sy Ria.— At A Late Meeting ...

      ResOUHC _^ S op Sy ria . — At a late meeting of the Syro-Eg 3 * ptian Society , Mr . F . W . Ainsworth , of the late Euphrates expedition , hi tlie chair , numerous colourecl drawings of Syrian costumes and scenery were exhibited , and the learned chairman ga _* ve the sociefy a most lucid explanation of a iarge picture in oil , painted by Mr . Barker , and wliich , although in an unfinished state , he consented , at the request of the council , to send for . It was a representation of Mount Casing , the mouth of the Orontes , its romantic pass , and the bay of Antioch . It is impossible , in few words , to do justice either to the picture or to Mr . Ainsworth ' s observations . The subject abounds in interest : After commenting on the geographical position ofthe Orontes—the beautiful little island of

      Melibcea , named alter the nymph of whom Orontes was enamoured , and whieh must not , he said , he confounded with the Thessalian Melibcea—the Grotto beyond , with its gently murmuring waters flowing from within , and the ruins by wluch it is surrounded , those especially of the ancient church of Ham , alluded to in Mi-. Cary's " Fragments , " the monastery and column of St . Simon Stilytcs , mentioned by Gibbonthe traditions connected with Mount Casins—the curious atmospheric phenomena which are at times to be observed from its summit ( six thousand feet above the level of tho seal , and other objects which have employed the pen of Pliny , Strabo , Oppianas , Cyneget , Virgil , Spartianus , Gibbon , Annianas , Marcellinus , and others ; he pronounced the whole district to

      bo replete in classic interest , and remarkable for its vegetable splendour and . scenic beauty . The author ofthe paper having alluded particularl y to the capabilities ot the north of Syria , the salubrity of the climate of Swadeyeh , and the great variety of soil ( liis father , who has held land there more than forty years , having succeeded in cultivating plants , shrubs , and trees , ofthe most opposite natures , which he has introduced from all parts ofthe world ) , the conversation turned upon the immense advantage offered by this country for colonisation , especially as remarked by Mr . Mussabmi , protection was afforded to European residents , schools were being established , the necessaries of life were cheap , the climate was perhaps the

      finest in the world , the sou was good , medical men were being sent out , and there was a regular intercourse with Europe by steam . In reply to a question put by one of the members , Dr . Holt Yates stated that Europeans were now pennitted to hold land , and their property was respected , which was not always the case , and he regretted that emigration to Syria was not encouraged . It could only be because theresources and beauty of that country were not sufficiently known . It was remarkable that there was no person who had once visited Syria who did not desire to return ; that by calling it a " terrestrial paradise " Mr . Barker was right , but that , in his opinion , it must be seen to be appreciated . He then exhibited a diagram of the site of the ancient "Soli , or

      Ponipeiopolis , " situated on the north-west shore of the Gulf of Iskenderoon , on the Cilician coast , not far from Tarsus , the birth place of St . Paul—the river Cydnus , which is celebrated as having borne tlie ioVe-sick Cleopatra to the presence of Mark Antony —Adana , and the river Syhom , spanned by the ancient bridge of Justinian , which has several arches , affording positive proof of tlie once prosperous state of the district—the pass of Issus , famous in history as the spot where Darius and Alexander contested the dominion of Asia—and lastly of Antioch , erected by the General Seleneus in honour pf his father Antioohus . This Soli , he observed , was not to be confounded with "Soli in Cyprus , " built by the Athenians in honour of Solon . The spot represented in

      the diagram was originally founded by pirates , but had subsequently become one of tin ? most important cities of the Levant . There were still the remains of a large port with two _piei-s extending into the sea , with sufficient water for merchant vessels . A flight of wide steps led np from it to a double row of stately columns , the remains of a magnificent building , probably an exchange oj . ' hall of commerce , on either side of which were extensive ruins , and an amphitheatre of considerable size ; the plains beyond being capable of high cultivation , the whole bounded by the towering heights of Mount Taurus , which are thickly wooded , and supplied Mohammed Aii with timber for building his ship 3 ; there was abundance of stone , excellent water , and even coal and iron , but of these

      things no use was made . Although there was a spacious harbour and good -anchorage in the bay at all seasons ofthe year , Capt . Beaufort , he added , in his survey of Asia Minor , speaks of ' _^ extensive and pestilential morasses" in the neighbourhood , and correctly—but these might be . removed , and were removed by H . R . H . BrahimPascha , andbv Mr . Hay , one of the society ' s members , who drained the land , and burnt up the brushwood and briars with which tlie country was overgrown , and there was then no longer any malaria 1 But when the Turics again took possession , they purposely broke down tho embankments , which , with the pernicious influence of an unchecked redundant vegetation subject to decay , and the summer heats , reduced the plains to their

      original unhealthy state . There was , however , no permanent source of malaria , and in the hands of Europeans this mi g ht unquestionably bemadeone oi the finest colonies in the world . The plains of Adana alone , if cultivated , would support thousands , as they have done before ; and together with Tarsus , Soli , Antioch , and Swadeyeh , would speedil y become a most luxuriant and flourishing commercial territory , and , uniting as it does all the advantages of sea and land , an important outlet for the riches ofthe east ; for being on the high road between Aleppo , Damascus , tho Euphrates , llama , Horns , and Asia Minor , it already _constitutes the principal gate of Syria , infinitely superior to that of Beyroot and Lebanon , although now deserted and run to waste—in fact , a more eligible spot for a settlement could not be found .

      Improvement in the Power-loom . —We were favoured , says the Leeds Intelligencer , with an opportunity , the other day , of visiting the Iron-works of Messrs . John Cawood and Son , in tliis town , Leeds , and examining minutely the working of some Linen Power-looms on their premises , for which letters patent have been taken out by Mr . Martin Cawood and Mr . William Prichtvrd of this town . We wero delighted to observe the ease and rapidity with which nearly all kinds of linen fabrics were woven , from , the broad damask table cloth to the finest shirtings . The principal improvement in these patent looms , aa we learnt from Mr . Prichard , consists in an uniform and regular letting off or inscribing off ofthe yarn from the warp-beam , thereby producing an evenness

      and equality in the wefting of the cloth , which has been heretofore unattainable . By this newly patented motion being attached to the loom , a web of several hundred yards in . length can be perfectly and uniformly woven from the commencement of the warp to the end . With the newinventionthere arenoloose weights , levers , and ropes attached to the yarn beam : these cumbersome , and unseemly , and uncertain appendages being entirely dispensed with . Another improvement consists m a motion for stopping the loom without the assistance of the weaver , the moment the weft breaks or the yarn in the weaving bobbin becomes exhausted ; at the same time that the cloth woven presents no thin places or inequality of surface or substance . Moreover tliis contrivance

      entirely obviates the necessity , on the part of the weaver , for having to put back by unfolding the cloth , from the cloth-beam , and wading npon the yarn-beam . The next improvement consists in a self-acting "temple , " which revolves as the cloth is being woven , always remaining at the same distance from the opening of the sheard or shed , and from its fie culiar construction stretches out the selvage to the iill width of the . piece—no care whatever being required to attend to it on the part of the weaver ; and we observed that there were no teeth marks , or damages done te the cloth , as is commonly the case

      when the ordinary " temple" is used . The last improvement , and that which is more especially applicable to linen weaving , consists in a spring beam of east o * wrought iron attached tothe back of the loom , and which yields to the stroke , and resumes its original position the moment the slay leaves the cloth ; thus giving an artificial elasticity to the yarn . The inventions can be applied to any power-looms . From a close inspection of the working of them , we think it highly probable that in a very short time nearly all the linen manufactures will be woven by power . We are informed that the weaving of the quantity woven will not exceed in cost one half what it does by hand .

      Artificial Raw . —We copy the following article in relation to the subject from the Philadelphia Inquirer ; —We are indebted to a friend at Washington for a circular in relation to Professor Espy ' s Theory of Artificial Rain , by which we learn that the experiment was successfully tried last summer , in two cases in the interior of Pennsylvania , and one in Indiana . A letter dated Coudersport , Fa ., July 29 , and signed by a number of respectable individuals , states that on Saturday , July 13 th , about one o ' clock , the fallow of D . H . Ellsworth , Esq _, containing about six acres , was fired . At the time the fire was set the day was calm and warm , and would be considered clear ; there were some flying clouds , with slight appearance of rain to the north , but none in the neighbourhood . The fire spread rapidly , and burned . with great violence . In a short time a white cloud was seeu to form over the black smoke , which rose over the . fire with great velocity , nearly perpendicular . The white cloud

      rolled outwards above , especially towards the north and south , and probably more still towards the cast , as the wind was gentle in that direction , and as the rain whicli fell from it increased as it proceeded cast as far as heard from . It did not swell out very far towards the west . In less than an hour from the commencement of the burning very large drops of rain were seen descending by many inhabitants of Coudersport from the cloud , gUstening in tho rays of the sun like diamonds . It rained but little at Coudersport , which was about one hundred rods west of the fire , and none at all one half mile west ofthe village . The slgnei' 3 expressed the opinion that this rain was produced by the burning ofthe fallow , and they therefore addressed Professor Espy a letter stating the fact . —Another successful experiment was made by burning a fallow of two acres , on th © iW of D . Metzgar , at Pike , Potter county , on the Hth ol August—to which place the Coudersport shower of

      Resouhc^S Op Sy Ria.— At A Late Meeting ...

      July 13 th extended—* distance of twenty-two miles east . The certificates are fuE and unequivocal . — Dr . W . Ilemblc Salter , of Pulaski county , Indiana , wives an interesting account of a rain whicli was produced by the burning of a prairie , seven or eight miles north of his residence , on the 6 th of August , when there was no appearance of _^ rain , and when tlie thermometer stood at 88 . The formation of the clouds , at a moment when no others were seen within fiftv miles of the place , appeared to be in all respects according to the condition of thetheory .

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      M'Do-Aix. Mac Thirsting For Fame, But St...

      M'DO-AIX . Mac thirsting for fame , but still more so for pelf , In trying to do all has done for himself . Mischief fok the _Million . —Iu consequence of the state of the law , allowing a pereon to walk into the British Museum , and smash the Portland Vase for throe pounds , it is possible that this sort of amusement may supersede the-hitherto aristocratic amusement bf breaking windows , and wrenching off _doorknockers . A morning ' s lark in the National Gallery would be cheap at thirty , pounds , if half-adozen were to club together for the purpose , and the sum would include the privilege of running walkingsticks into six of the best pictures the collection contains . We presume the law is left in tliis state for the purpose of allowing the luxury of mischief to

      those who are disposed to pay for it . Three pounds were all the law demanded for the amusement of breaking the Portland Vase , or rather for breaking the shade , the latter being the only article charged for , and the vase being , of course , thrown in gratis . It is not often that the law is so very particular to a shade as it has been in this instance . Weshouldlike to know where the three pounds came from that were sent anonymously to pay the fine for the mischievous donkey who smashed the precious article . No doubt , if the money could be traced , it would be found to have been supplied by one of the " vulgar rich , " who would be nappy to demolish the Elgin marbles at so much a yard , or take the Museum all round upon a reduced scale of penalties . —Punch .

      _SiiVONYMOUS _Tbrsis . —We have heard nothing lately of the " long range . " The reason is , the same thing is now so much better expressed by the Income Tax—Rid . The _Peivileoes of Pakmament . —The arches on Westminster Bridge have been turned into dust-bins , two or three of them being filled with heaps of rubbish . Now there is no excuse for this accumulation , when the House of Commons is so conveniently nigh . —Rn'd .

      Aristocratic Co . vdescensiok . —A Northumber land newspaper , reporting the " opening ofthe north dock atSeaham , " observes— " The sea was allowed to enter in the 2 yrcsence of the Marquis and _Marcliioness of Londonderry . "—Britannia complains that there has been no " rulingthc waves" ever since . , Not to be Outdone . —At Waterloo , a Highland regiment and the Scots Greys met in the thickest ofthe fight , and raised the cry of " Scotland for ever ! " ' * And ould Ireland for longer ! " exclaimed an Irish dragoon .

      " Yon are quite welcome , " as the empty purse said to the shilling . Who was the fiksi Patkon of a _Nawspaper ?—* Cain : he took A-Bcl ' s Life . _Brokex English . —A Frenchman having a weakness in his chest , told his physician he felt a pain in his portmanteau . Soap . —The Irish petition Parliament for an extended trade with England in soap—being desirous of lathering the Saxon !—Punch . Disastrous . —One of Punch's friends , who was present at the battle of Navarino , in the peaceful capacity of a passenger , received a cannon ball in his chest—which utterly destroyed a dozen shirts that were packed up in it I

      The Holy _Smiti of Treves . —As much doubt exists in the minds of many overnice sceptics respecting the holy shirt at Treves , we can assure them that there need not be a second opinion as to its being very holy indeed . Common sense must dictate that no shirt of such an age could possibly be preserved complete . The French priesthood had better send the relic to his Holi-ness the Pope of Kome to have the article put into thorough r epair . I * would , at all events , furnish a job for the distressed needlewomen of Home , and they might be granted dispensation into the bargain . In its present condition we much question whether the holy shirt coidd " a tail unfold . "— Great Gun .

      Kind Indeed !—Since the destruction of The Portland Vase , Lord Brougham , who takes a lively interest in art , has presented to the British Museum a cast of his countenance to supply the place of the shattered vase . This , if not a handsome , is , at least , a very liberal gift . It will be inserted in the catalogue of the Museum as The Brougnam _Jfug . —Ibid . Irish Practical Wit . —A Tipperary Rockite sends a letter of advice to a neighbour , about taking a cer ? tain piece of land or letting it alone ; and ends with this pithy _qnestion— "What ' s ike whole world to a _manif Ms wife be a widow ?''—Ibid . The Arch-Humbug Again . — It would be doing O'Connell an iniustice if wc did not give- all tin .

      _cuvreney incur power to some few of "this bestabused man in the world's" flowers of Billingsgate . Speaking at Intimidation-hall , the other day , of the conduct of a Roman Catholic gentleman , Montesquieu Bellew , member for Louth , the " best-abused " thus broke out : — "I denounce him , as an arrantan unsavoury—renegade . If ever he shows , his face again , at a Louth election , ' ugly as that face was now , it would look uglier coming away . " A pretty broad hint this , of what is called a slating in petto . Again Wakley comes in for this " nateand iliiginfc bit . " " Wakley was like the old woman called Innocent Abigail , who went to hell without asin . " What a pity Dan is not over here to refresh the house with his oratory!—Satirist .

      Babes of Grace . — Those pious builders , Messrs Grissell and Peto , whose gift of bibles and tracts to the workmen in their employ , we recorded in _oia last , in order , we suppose , to render them , if not more obedient to command , at least more tractable had recently a curious illustration ofthe use to which the holy volume was turned in one instance . A workman deliberately offered liis bible to the landlord of a public-house for a quartern of gin . The boniface , much to his credit , refused the offer . " Well , " said Grissell amfcPeto ' s babe of grace , " as J have no money , wUl you trust ine till Saturday , when I promise to pay you . " "No , " said the landlord . "A pretty fellow ' you are for a Christian , " chuckled the babe ; " you will neither , take the word of a man nor the word of the Lord . " So much for thrusting reli gion down thirsty throats . —Ibid .

      A " most" subject . A paradox—but true , alas ! And one that much _chagrin'd us ; Peel takes the duty clean off glass , But leaves it upon viindows !—Ibid . The Destruction of the Portland Vase is not quite 80 prodigious and irreparable as , at first imagined . The accomplished menders of antique pots and pans at the Museum are hard at work _.

      endeavouring to put the broken . fragments into the pristine shape of the vase , and Sir Henry Ellis says , with every fair chance of achieving the job . A cracked pitcher , or a reputation with a flaw , in it , is better than none at all , and the Portland vase when repaired , by this rule , ought still be _rencrated , despite its fractures—just asau ancient belle , on the strength of her past reputation , retains a few straggling admirers , even though the ravages of time may be visible through the cracks of the paint used to conceal them—Ibid .

      limitation of labour , Sir James sat quiet and composed , Nor changed liis posture nor bis face ; Indeed , some say he almost dosed . While Duncombe called him mean and . base ! Whatever of his pluck be said , To pity GkahaK Sat inclines ; Think that on Friday he had read Some eighty thousand valentines I—Ibid . Lord Brougham has been recommended to have a calvanic ring passed through his nose , in order to

      cure the twitching to which that organ is subject . His lordship has promised to take tiie subject into serious and quiet consideration . —Ibid . . . . A True Bill . —The following is a veritable copy of a " bill , " passed a few days since , at a village in Essex , to a gentleman who had left his horse at one of the inns , with directions that it should be baited for the night , and brought home the next morning . The man who brought the animal brought also the account in question with him : — To anos . . . . 4 s . 6 d . To agitinonimum . . . 0 6

      5 ; 0 For such of our readers as are not used to hierogly phics , we give the translation : — To an horse . . _. . 4 s . 6 d . To a gettin' on him home . . 06

      ° Surely this is a fine familar episode of equestrian literature . How to Produce Couiuoe _SciEKriFiCALLr . —A gentleman , passing-through a certain street , spied a little fellow busily employed in inflicting rather heavy blows on his pate , just behind the ear , with a brickbat . Being desirous of knowing what sin so . young a child had committed , which required so extraordinary a penance , he asked the boy why he was pounding his head so violently . " 0 , sir , " said the iad earnestly , while the big tears chased each other down his cheeks , " that great Bill Smith called me a ' liar yesterday ; and I ' m tryin' to raise the bump of combativeness _, so him licking to-morrow A Commodious Gravesend has m the Mowing i tion for steam

      "As To Get Pliysk^To^Aye A Good." ^ /* C...

      "as to get _pliysk _^ _to _^ aye a good . " _^ _/* _C _£ l ! _*< l ! f _^ _^ _Saf g _f _^^^ m _^ at _fro-a _^ bMj _^ _up | n _** i _^^ _annoni _^ _m _^^^ G _^ _^^ Mifi _^ -packetsJn _^^ _HW _^ _> _5 _H as to get ph _$ t 4 a 4 _* avehim a good v . _/& NlSs i _Es _^ i _^ iMii _^ _AV _^ _BSp at » froi _^ _fe _^ ur _^^ e _^ _ia _nfgnted _st _op _^ . Sfi mm . _afi _* . Wi _^ r * ' 3 \ W _^ * i _>^ V 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01031845/page/3/