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      ENIGMA . I sb the ** "g of the innermost thought yfiih irlnebjiw mind of man can be fraught , jyiien the lip * are JoefcM in revenge or grief , < 4 jh 1 t 2 is heart 5 b panting to find relief ; jly ttrone mnit be levell'd , my power upfcom , £ ja balm can enter the heart forlorn . Bj I trio , at eve , in my chariot sweep faunae airy -wing o'er tie Efamberisg deep . 55 a I -who inhabii each mountain or glen , Sre ihs cry xf the screech owl re-eeboB again . Unwiapt in my powsr o ' er the field of the iiead , lyhere peace is the motto , TrhErs turmoil jttsa Sad . yo sound dare intrude on the stSI of the night—56 mofionsaTBthat of some -wandering spritej 5 ot these are my nurselings—eachm&tterless tiling Wart tacitly bend to the iod of their Icing ,

      Sov many a bosom , big with earnest lore , Hbs pin'd in Borrow ^ neath my potent swsy , for 1 can vield the fate of those irho more Ensconced within this frying form of clay ; £ pd though life ' s passions load and clamorous pro Ye , Stni mortals woo me at the dOBing day , fJTien death ' s cb 5 H threads are o'er their senses wove j ^ Ttfl fete invites them to complete their stay , ^ j sentient beinga on this mortal stage , 2 xm * o £ h their pHloir -where no storms can rage , yfbea the thunders xleep in their airy deep , And calm and nnmoved is the sky , ina ths silvery moon her beams hath strewn pxom h £ r * be&utifn ] palace on high ; I tsriy airhfle by each hoary pile , ind slamber among the trees j 3 &S n yrn I must moTe , -when the oakB of the grove Are rock'd by the whistling breexa .

      I lare stood by the side of omnipotent truth ¦ ffieiLfalsehood hsth strode in Its might ; I Jisve been with tie -victims of tyrannous power , ED hanger firoTOpatienee toflighlyiai slander ^ venom aims its poisoned dart Ai Tests ! innocence nnstaui'd by hate—AsS gloatsin secrett >' er a blasted heart TTith-demonTjoy—I gnsrd theTjreM * by virtue ' s star adorned , Ana sffll the Toice Trifli deadliest malice iraaght Tot 1 smpotesV and hare often scorned Bate's loudest elamonr as a thing of nought 1 meet the braggart and the rafter ' s rolce With fiistaat pnde and calm fiispassionedjnein : I £ y £ bi place vhere debauchees rejoice , And seldom ib the busy irorld am seen .

      And lasi , not least , the schoolboy looks agfeast , And plays his vision o " er Qie toilsome page , ^ fhenin his ear , like some lond fitf nl blast My name resounds portentoos of rage . 53 i £ mghBo existence I can rightly claim , 2 > t > mortal breathing , and so mortal frame ; Tet I an ¦ useful -when thB "wcxJd ' s loud "war JKiSb . crnsh'd a spirit * neath Tnaiignmt star ; And all tisi lives , that Y * getates , that grows I erst have cradled in nnmix'd repose . M . K . Arhroath , Jan . 10 th , 18 J 3 .

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      IEEE MISER'S DAUGHTER , a tale , by Wsl Habssos Aisswobth , with illustrations by Geo . Crpikshank . Second edition . London Gnmingnam and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , TrafSgar-equare . These Tribunes do much credit io Mr . Ainsworta ' s priffisher . They are Tery handsomely got up . The ijpeand ihe paper are both goocV Of the illustrafi « s , 4 t might be enough to say that they are if George Craisbank : bat some of them deserre Special notice ; the first , particHlariy , representing aamirodnction of Randolph < 2 rew toSearve . The Biserable , skinny , long limbs of the old miser seated * tiis sapper of bread and cheese on theTyretehed

      looBus table , partially covered mth & ragged tabletlofii , and having be ore Moa snipped earthern traiener , wMe Ms strong box is under iSe table etose by his feet ; the gnendoHS hard lines of the t > ld busbt ' s esre-worn coimteEaace 3 hia shriTelled tremVfing limba , and tie gaunt form of Jacob the 8 ^ 7 porter , eontrasting veil vn& the fine figure aadiandsoiae , ypnthfnl , open , and generoos face of 2 * nflulpa . The scene of Mr . Cripps , and his enamorata a liieslyTndow , eueounieringbis master in Jlarjleixme _ gardens , wMIe Ml dressed in his master's xichest citrines , and the after scene of the spori-^ effiag ^ bjftiemopportime entrance of Mr . YIQiers 3 BsdBb * ottpanj , 3 TisS at time to make ffatsts at Mr Cripps ' s wedding , are admirably bit off . Tiiey are-Bnte Tolnmes flat tefl tbeir own story , eren thoogb 00 story should accompany them .

      Tbenorel of flielE 3 er * sI ) aughter i 3 , Trepresune , by fia > time familiar to most readers ; and can gain little from wiatire might ssj of it . Those -whohaTenoi roditjWeiaayTeiitiEre to aesnre , -snll experience a Kgk treat in doing so , if xhey lore-works of Scaon i » dire shaJluot mar thor pleasure by anticipating fi » ip 3 ot or points of tbe work . They -will find the caaeiers moradirerafied , and exhibiting a Etronger ttEtast tian is nsaal in Eucb . work 3 , while yet they

      ra m drsm and sustained wiih considerable Tipnrand precision , and with nmch less of the xm BttnalaBd OTerstrained , than osnaDy cffsnd 3 the jnffitims taste in works of this character . Had Mr . Aimwortb wrirtai no oflier -woik than this , he V&M isr » established for hiinself a place among fijBTEry few writers of ictitious narratiTe whose * J ^ and names are likely to descend to posterity TOamcreasing reputation .

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      BBADPOBD . —A 5 CTKNT Ohdeb 0 * thb GoiiJSH Fleecb . —A Lodge of this flourishing Order was opened st ihehonse of Mr . James Batty , Eoyal Oak Inn , Bradford , on Saturday the 21 st insu , ythen . abont forty . inemberB sat down tp an excellent repast , after wKcb they were initiated into the order , and the eTenlng was spent in the most harmonious manner . This Lodge promises io become -very strong in numbers , to which all well-meaning mep . of proper age , are iimled . u

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      CARLISLE . —iktDTOiNT Afpaib—A Wabnikg to Chartists . —Some time previons to tte late strike , a person came into this locality to live . Daring the great excitement afc the strike , he put himself forward as a Stirling Chartist and democrat , and took every means in his power to persuade the people to strike work . He unjustly denoanoed the leading members of the 'Council of the Chartist Association , because they wished the people to remain at their work . He went about propagating all sorts of falsehoods and base insinuations against them ; and finally succeeded in bringing some of them into disrepute with the people , whom they had long and faithfully served , and who were very blamable" in thus listening to and confiding in a

      Btranger , who had nothing to recommend him to them , bat his violence . He and others finally succeeded in persuading the people to strike v ? erk , got himself elevated as chairman of the trades' delegates , the whole of whom he would have caused to be arrested , but for the caption and shrewdness of some of the more active : members of the Council who , seeing the danger that his ignorance and violence were likely , to involve them in , very wisely prevented it . At th " e last quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , he impudently came forward , and in a most foolish and violent speech , charged many , indeed the whole of the members of the Council with pocketing and misapplying the people's money . This base and false charge waa completely upset , by the balanoe sheet , which gave a faithful account of the income and

      expenditure . He then made other charges against some members of tbe Council , all of which were proved to be equally groundless with the one to which we have just alluded . In consequtnee of some of the membeis attaching themselves to this fellow , nearly the whole of the old members of thp Council retired , after having served the people for many years . A new Council was then chosen , of which this same individual was a member , and in this capacity persuaded a number of his dupes to allow him a certain sum of money and he would supply them with the Northern Star . This he did for a number of weeks , but seeing no opportunity of obtaining a larger sum , he absconded with upwards of £ 1 belonging to a number of poor hard-working men , who had subscribed it for the purpose of getting thdNortTiernStar . Had they adhered to its advice , they would not have thu 3 placed confidence in a stranger .

      SHEFFIELD . Thb Basks . —We having nothing particular to communicate thiB week . It is stated that the liabilities of Messrs . Parker and Shore ' s Bank amonnt to £ 650 , 000 , and that tnere is about £ 700 , 000 due to the bank , besides available property belonging to the partners , to the amount of about £ 200 , 000 ; but the question arises , how many of the parties indebted to the bank will be able to make good in full the demands that will be made upon them 1 We are of opinion taking into consideration the present state of the town , that a great many of the parties , we are inclined to think a majority , will , when called npon , be found to be insolvent . It now appears that Messrs . Parker and Co ., all but stopped payment

      two months ago , at which time they refused payment of acheck for £ 1 , 800 which had been given by the overseers of the poor , on account of the county rate , the cause of Buch refusal is of course well understood now . Among the many eviJs already produced by the stoppage of the-Old Bank , we may mention that a married woman , whose name we omit to give , who had been told by her husband to withdraw aome hundreds of pounds they had in—from the bank , and had negJected to do so , was so excited on learning of the stoppage as to be induced to take poison ; happily medical assistance was procured in time and the woman recovered . We understand that one or two works have already closed end that others are expected to close in consequence of the stoppage .

      RErB £ ST 3 d * noN op Sheffield . —It is rumoured that Mr . John Parker , our liberal and bullet-loving MJP ., son of Mr . Hugh Parker , one of the principal partners in the Old Bank , is likly to retire from Parliament . The stoppage of the Bank and his acceptance of the effice of steward of the Court of Requests , conferred npon him by the Duke of Norfolk , are matters likely to eut short his future career as a legislator . To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and should a vacancy in the representation occur , wo hope the Sheffield Chartists will be on the alert , and prove to the Editor of the Independent and his patrons , that the Chartists are not the ** dormant" party he takes them to be .

      Catlin ' s Lectures . — Mr . Gatlin , the famous North American traveller , has been lecturing in Sheffield for some weeks past , on the condition and customs of the North American Indians . We heard him on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last , Jan . 39 and 20 . His first lecture was on the history , religion , and warlike customs of the ** Red men of the Prairies . " His second lecture was on their social condition , habits , ecc . Having spent eight years among , and in the coarse of that time made himself fully acquainted with the character and moMM life of this interesting people , he could speak comHfhtiy in praise of this race so much abused by living writers , as being barbarous , treacherous and bloodthirsty savages ; He showed that the real

      savages were the Europeans and Anglo Americans , that under the guise of civilization and Christianity the white men had introduced crime , rapine , disease and death among the unsuspecting tribes of the Prairies . His descriptions of the annihilation of whole tribes by the iutrodnotion of small pox and other diseases among them by the white men , excited the liveliest feelings of pity j while his description of the misery and crimewrought by those incarnate devils callmg themselves Christians—the rum and whiskey sellers , called up corresponding feelings of disgust and indignation . The lectures were illustrated at different points by the introduction on the stage of living characters clad in the splendid and classical dreBses worn by the differeat tribes inhabiting the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains . Each ; lectnre was

      followed by a series of magnificent tableaux vivanls illustrating their mode of warfare and social life customs . The enthusiastic applause of the audience each evening testified their approval and delight . Mr . Catlin J 8 at present lecturing in Derby ; from there he is expected to proceed to Leeds , and we are informed purposes visiting the principal towns in the North of England and Scotland . We hope that wherever class legislation has left the working classes the means of procuring amusement—( blended in this instance with instruction ) , they will not fail to afford to Mr . Catlin their patronage ; we assure them they will be delighted with the entertainment . Mr . Catlin ' s Jeotures breathe the very essence , and pure spirit of truth and freedom , and should be heard and studied by all who love tbeir fellow men , and would " mak the warld better yet . "

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      Hong-Kong Post-office . —A large nrnnber of letters passed throngh ^ fed Falmouth post-office on the arrival of the i last bVetland mail , ' bearing tkfe Hong-Kong Post-office scamp . The stamp was of an oval form , with the Royal Arms . Around the edge of the stamp were the words f Hong-Kong Post-office . " The istamp was of a red colour and without any date . Piiiling a Ladt ' s Nosb . —The only case heard at the county petty Bession ? , on Saturday , wsb a complaint lodged by a dame , in humble life , against one Webster , a labourer on the railway , the gist of which waB , that the defendant had pulled her nose to such a degree th&fc she could not wipe it comfortably tor a week . The only defence was the old abomination , drunkenness ; and , considering that the assault was a very cowardly one , th « magistrates fiued the defendant in 22 s . 6 d ., including costs , which he was required to pay in a week , or go to tbe treadmill . —Lancaster Gazette .

      BiGOTBY-iA correspondent states that a young Pusey parson , having lately to administer the sacrament to a poor man , who was ill , and is since dead , and haying gone through the holy rite , informed hi 8 , wife that the plate on which the bread had been placed , and the cup on wbioh the wine had been drank , were made sacred in consequence , and must never more be used for any other purpose ; and , in order to enforce obedience to this dogma , he broke in pieces both , without making the poor woman any reoompence for the loss of her property—[ This man ought to be prosecuted . ]—Western Times . \

      A Maternal Retreat . — -Captain Nowlan , a guardian of the South Dublin Union , states that a man , holding a high station in society , has allowed his mother to remain a pauper in the workhouse He had lately called and paid for her support , but stillleft her there , with the intention of using the institution " as a cheap boarding-house for his old mother . " It has been also ascertained , that the mothers of five other substantial oitizena are in the house ; and Captain Nowlan threatens to parade them all in an open carriage through the town , and leave them at tho doors of their unfeeling children .

      Melamcholy Incident . —On the 2 lat of October , when the Clutha , from Greenook for Bombay , was in latitude two deg . SQ min . south , longitude 65 deg . east , one of the boys fell from the bowsprit into the sea . Captain Nainsmith , the commandet , who witnessed the acoident , ; instantly leaped overboard , taking with him a rope made fast to the ship . He caught the boy , but unfortunately , at the same time , let go the rope . The vessel , which had considerable way on her at the same time , soon drifted past . A boat was launched , however , and , on reaching the spot , the boy was found floating , apparently lifeless , but the captain had disappeared . The boy was taken on board , and , after considerable exertions , was restored to consciousness . The first words he uttered were exclamations of grief for the fate of his master , who had saved his lifo at the expence of his own . Captain Nainsmith , who was a native of Port Glasgow , was a most'promising young seaman . — Greenock paper .

      Conversion . —Some sensation has been created amongst the dissenting sects of Rochdale by the recent conversion of Mr . Phelp , the minister of the Unitarian chapel , Blackwater-street , to the Church of England . It would seem that Mr . Phelp was engaged upon a work in opposition to the doctrines of the Trinity , and that , in the course of his researches , instead of meeting with the evidence to support the Unitarian belief , his convictions were opened to tbe truth of the Trinity . At length , finding that he could doubt , no longer , he sought the spiritual advice and assistance of the worthy vicar , and has ended by renouncing his former errors , and publicly avowing himself a convert to the dootrines of the church . We understand that Mr . Phelp purposes preparing and duly offering himself as a candidate for holy orders in the church .

      Dangrboos Csurtship . —At the Shropshire county petty sessions , Thomas Davies charged John James and William Jones with assaulting and ducking him in a pond . From the evidence it appeared that Thomas Davis is paying his addresses to a Miss Ann Jones , and that he had been admitted into the house , where he remained , to the great disappointment of the other candidates for the smiles of the fair nymph ; and the enamoured T . Davis having boasted oftbefavourable reception he received oausedhis rivals to be jealous , and watching the said Thomas , wheu he was making another visit to his fair , they threw

      him into a pool near the Corve . Miss Ann in a great measure corroborated the statement , and said she was quite pleased with her dear Thomas , and did not want to have anything to do with the " other chaps "—she should not think of " sioh a thing ;" Thomas was the man for her ; and if he did boast of the favourable reception she gave him , he had a right to do so , and she did not like him a bit the worse for that . The case caused considerable laughter . The defendants were muloted in the costs , and Thomas Davies and the fair Ann Jones loft the court together quite happy , to the great mortification of the unfortunate rivals . — Wolverhampton Chronicle .

      Curious Charge of Opening a Posted Letter . —At the Bristol sessions , Ma' -y Crewe , a young woman employed in the post-office receiving-bouse , at Cathay , was charged with having opened a letter in that office . The prosecutor , Mr . Geo . Brigges , an old gentleman , eighty-six years of age , stated that on the 31 st of October last , between nine and ten o ' clock at night , he put into the box a letter containing a money-order for his son at Merthyr , and that on afterwards looking through the window , he saw the prisoner moisten the wafer with her finger , open the letter , and read it . He then went in the office and demanded the letter , whioh was placed in hia band with the order in it . The paper was then , he

      said , quite moist . Mr . Smith , who appeared for the prisoner , called witnesses to show that the wafer of another letter , one brought by a young man from Mr . Hazell ' g , grocer , having started , the young woman wetted it with her finger , in order ^ to reBx it ; that the prisoner had been in her situation since 1838 , bore an excellent chwaotet , and waB very attentive to her duties . It was also stated by Mr . Brigges that his sight was not so good as it was forty years ago . After a powerful and affecting address from the learned counsel , the jury , who said they would not trouble the recorder ( Sir C . WethereU , ) to sum up , immediately returned a verdict "Not guilty . " The prisoner fainted during the trial .

      Burning of Devizes Mechanics' Institution , and Loss of Lifs . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held , in the Town-halt , Devizes , before a Jury of eighteen respectable inhabitants of the torni , on view of the body of Charles Brewer , aged twentyfour , who lost his life at the late dreadful fire which , on the morning of Saturday last , occasioned the total destruction of the Mechanics' Institution , situate in New Park-street , besides other valuable property . The circumstances under which the deceased lost his life were as foliow : —During the morning , while the firemen were turning over tho ruins , for the purpose of more effectually extinguishling the firo , the basement gave way , and precipitated several persons

      into the cellars beneath—all of whom , however , were soon extricated without receiving severe injuries , except the unfortunate deceased , who got buried up to his nick in red-hot bricks . In this deplorable condition he remained a length of time , no person venturing to go to his assistanoe until his cries attracted the attention of two gentlemen , who instantly jumped into the cellar and hauled him out . He , however , was shockingly burnt—so much so that he died on Thursday . Tae Jury , after a short consultation , returned a yerdict of " Accidental death . " The amount of property consumed was estimated at from £ 2000 to £ 4000 , part of which will fall on the Suu , Norwich Union , and another insurance offices .

      New South Wales . — By a vessel arrived from Sydney we have dates to the 3 d of September , a few days later than previous advices . The 19 th report of the Commercial Banking Company had been published , from which it appeared , that though from the depressed condition of the colony the capital did . not yield so large an amount of profit as formerly , a lucrative business had , nevertheless , been transacted , returning a dividend for the half-year of about 6 per cent . To make this profit , Btated at £ 13 , 942 , divisible among the proprietary at the rate of 6 per cent ., a sura of about £ 650 would have to be taken from the surplus fund , which would , however , be subsequently repaid in ; almost double proportion by the receipt of remittances from England

      not expectec to arrive in time to be included in the balance sheet then presented , r This dividend had been declared , ana a reduction of 2 per cent , on the rate of discount to the public assented to , with the Tiew of giving relief to the necessities of the colony . The Legislative Assembly was sitting , but the measures under discussion were not of any great importance . In some quarters it is alleged trade continued to improve , but the Sydney Gazette of the 3 d says" General business cannot be said to have exhibited a state of healthy activity yet , nor to hare made a single Btep towards improvement . Speculation , through the long scarcity of money , has been , and is still , dull and stagnant ; the non-arrival of ships with merchandise from England has tended also greatly to keep speculators , as well as dealers , in a state of suspense and indecision ' 5 and consumers , town tnai

      country ana , nnaing angusa supplies , which are in the market , were looking op , have been induced rather to curtail their expenditure of many commodities , in ihe indulgence of which their previous easiness of obtaininghad tempted themto & ve orders for freely . It appears clear , this state of things may not last long , unless teetotalism becomes more universal . Oae thing ia , however , to be apprehended from the non-arrivals from England , —vessels for the conveyance of the approaching clip of wool will be greater Ixt , demand than eupply , and the freight for the conveyance to England of our staple produce must consequently rise . ' ; NotwithstandiD ' ^ this asserted straitened supply of cash in the Australian settlements , companies , it appears , are ' organizing to carry out projected mineral researches , both there and in New Zealand . Copper o ( superior quality is stated to have been discovered in the last * named place .

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      The Rotterdamsche Courant kys ;— " Private i « tters * just arrived inform ns that a new and violet * t coniligration occurred on September 9 , at Sourabayawhereby 900 houses , 400 of which were built of stone , and covered with tiles , were reduced to sshes . The details are not yet koows , but we have every reason to believe that the Commercial Company has not sustained any loss from this fresh disaster . " j Extermination . —The Cork Examiner gives details of a case of extermination which recently occurred on the estate of Sir W . Beecher in that county . The wife of the ejected tenant has gone mad io consequence of her misfortcne 9 .

      We have authority for stating that Sir Charles Metcalfe , whose long habits of command in India , and whost subsequent experience in the West Indies so amply qualify him for the effice , has been appointed Governor-General of India . —Times . The Crew of thb Jessib IJogan . —The Lynx , which arrived at Cork on the 18 th inst . from Messina , had on . board the crew of the Jessie Logan , from Calcutta to Liverpool , which left the former port on the 4 th of September . She was struck by a heavy sea on the 13 th inst ., which ] carried away her poop , stove in her stern , and swept decks , and was abandoned on the 15 th inst . in Iati 51 , long 5 , hating at that time 13 feet water in her hold .

      Royal Marines . —A detachment of the Chatham division rested in Woolwich the { whole of Sunday , and proceeded on Monday morning to London , to be conveyed thence to Bristol by railway . The men are intended to do duty at Pembroke-dockyard ia consequence of a number of the Royal Marines recently doing duty there having been withdrawn to assist the authorities in Wales to check the destruction of property which has taken place by parties known only under the designation of " Rebecca and her daughters . " \

      Somewhat too Romantic—It seems there is a weeping willow in the garden at Walmer-castle , which erew from a slip taken from tho tree that overhangs Napoleon ' s grave at St . Helena . " The great coBqueror of that wonderful man ( says a Kent paper ) cherisheth this tree with peculiar care . " The great conqueror has never been much reputed for sentiment . Neither he nor his friends cherished Napoleon living , and a captive ; to assume a tenderness about his grave would be two , bad . His iron highness is surely above it . ¦

      Increasing Distress . —At tho meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Stourbrtdge Union , held on Friday , so great was tbe number of applicants , that it was necessary to constitute '{ two boards . It was , nevertheless , seven o ' clock in the evening before all the cases were disposed of . Many of the applicants were ^ able-bodied , some being persons usually employed at iron-works , blast furnaces , &o . ; but the majority were nailers . <> reat numbers of whom are wholly unemployed . The number of new applicants of the able-bodied class , to whom relief was afforded , was 219 . The house is full to an unprecedented degree , there being 263 inmates . Such ia the state of this district at present , with ; every prospect of its becoming worse .

      Imprisoning Women for Debt : —At the last meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society , a case was brought forward which painfully illustrated the operations of the law of imprisonment ; for debt . On that occasion Captain Dickson , the secretary , read a letter from Mrs . Passmore , a prisoner in Whitecroas-street . The letter stated that Mrs . Passmore , who was in her 63 rd year , and whose father and three brothers fell fighting the battles of their country , was confined for a debt of £ 3 and £ 5 costs ; and that she was reduced { to the lowest ebb of poverty . Tho gallant secretary said that England was the only country in which a woman beyond sixty years of age was confined foT debt . The society paid the debt , and released Mrs . Passmore from her imprisonment . I

      Foreign Cattle . —Since the new tariff came into operation ( July last ) , the following cattle have been imported into Southampton : —From France 6 oxen , 180 cows , 13 calves ; Spain ( Vigo ) 564 ; oxen ; Hamburgh 10 oxen , 2 cows ; Stockholm 4 sheep ; Jersey aad Guernsey ( free of duty ) 5 oxen , 279 pows , 6 calves , 6 goats . Total 585 oxen , 461 cows , 19 calves , 4 sheep , 6 goats . Arrangements are making for more extensive importations from Fraucf and Spain during the ensuing spring and summer . —Hampshire Independent . ' !

      Plthooth , Jan . 21 . —By a private letter jnst received here it appears that the transport Defiance , Captain R . W . Evatt , was struck by ! lightning off Nankin on the 30 th of August last , between seven and eight p . m . The electric fluid shivered the mainmast from the truck to the keel , and was attracted by the chain cable from the hauseholes : on deck to the chain-lockers below . Providentially no further damage was done . The Defiance had troops onboard , with Government stores , including gunpowder and rockets . Great consternation naturally prevailed . She is not provided with conductors , a precaution necessary in all parts , but more especially in a climate like that of China , were lightning is so prevalent . \

      Mining on a large Scale . —Dover ia likely to be next week the scene of an explosion of guu powder unparalleled in civil engineering . No less a quantity than 18 , 000 lbs ., in three distinct oharges , will be fired by galvanic means in one moment , that being the extent of the enormous poweriabout to be used . It is expected that nearly 2 , 000 iO 0 O tons of material will be displaced by this one operation , saving several thousand pounds to the company . The explosion will take place on Thursday next , at low water , from two to three o ' clock , p . m .

      Accident in thk Catacombs at Paris . —Before the catacombs were finally closed , it is related that a gentleman having missed the guide , wandered in the immense labyrinth until he was losti and compelled to seat himself on the damp ground ! at the risk of losing the use of his limbs . However , it struck him , that by anointing himself with an unguent , a box of which he had in his pocket , he might preserve himself from the noxious qualities of his horrid abode , and be enabled by increased vigour to continue shouting until some one came to his assistance . The unguent diffused a genial warmth , and the gentleman at length made himself heard , —was discovered and rescued . After such an escape , it may easily be conjectured that he will never forget Holloway ' e Ointment , the unguent allud ed to ! Nor may it be unnecessary to mention that in gout , paralysis , rheumatism , cancer , scrofula , all wounds and external disorders generally , it is of singular efficacy , and should be universally patronized . j

      The Queen ' s Visit to Ireland . —London , Saturday . —I have learned from a good source ) that her Majesty and her illustrious Consort have determined to visit Ireland during the next summer , and at an earlier * period of the season than their recent visit to Scotland . The Royal Victoria and Albert steam yatch , now in a forward state in Pembroke dockyard , will , it is expected , be launched towards the end of March or beginning of April ; and -her Majesty ' s first excursion in that splendid vessel will be to the Irish metropolis . The Queen , I havejiearned , has intimated her desire that her visit to ; Ireland should be a public one . The visit to Scotland was not so . —Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post .

      The Perth Courier states that recently a man was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body with turpentine , before going ] to bed . and in the morning he would find himself cured of tbe rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of his wife to rub the upper portion of his body , but while doing so , she accidentally allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with the turpentine which had been placed upon the body , consequently he became enveloped in flame , inftieting serious injury ; how easily might this alarming accident have been prevented , if , instead of Using turpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills . \

      Abkrdeen . —Distressing Occurrence . —On Wednesday night , a sailor , who was in the Infirmary in a state of fever , considering that a conversation be heard about the death of a Woman related ; to his wife , who was also a patient in the house , seized the opportunity of the nurse ' s momentary absence , and making a dash from the bed on which he lay against the window , leaped through a pane of it , and was precipitated to the ground from the second floor . He was taken up in a dreadful state , and survived only half an hour . —Aberdeen Bannsr j

      Murder ov a Gamekeeper . — In our paper of the 31 st ult . we stated that a desperate affray bad taken place in the grounds of Mr . J . B . Phillips , at Tean , between the keepers of that gentleman and four poachers , whom they met on the night of the 23 d ult ., armed with guns , in parsuit of game , ; One of the keepers , named Robert Arnold , on catering a plantation from which the report of a gua had proceeded , immediately received the contents of a gun in his body , and from the effect of the Bhot and other injuries received on that occasion , he lingered , until Saturday last , the 14 th inst ., when he died , leaving a wife and several children to lament his untimely death . On Tuesday last an adjourned inquest was held at Tean , before Mr , John Cattlow , coroner , on the body of the unfortunate man . It appeared in evidence that deceased was employed by the

      gamekeeper of Mr . John . Burton Phillips , as a night watcher , and that be and another man were out on . the sight in question . Hearing the report of d gnn in * email plants ' . ijon , they both made for the-spot , and deceased bjid no sooner entered the plantation than he war , shot by some person who was about twelve ox f / jurteen yards from him , and received the greater p ^ tit of the charge in his body . Immediately aftetw / jtdB he was struck with a gun , and a struggle ensued , but all the parties effected their escape . ; The jury , after examining fifteen witnesses , returned a V erdict of " Wilful murder" against some person unknown as principal in the first degree , and against James Perry , William Byatt , and Samuel Robinson , as aiders and abettors . These man had previously been committed on the charge of shooting at deceased with intent to murder him , and are jnow detained under the coroner's warrant to answer the charge of murder at the nest assizes . —Stafford 4-d * verUstr .

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      -z j . . i . iTsrriJrarF' ^ . ^ r ^ T'rcvtt ^??^ Some disturbances took place , on January 10 , in the prison of Epinal . The prisoners being denied the US 8 of tobacco , began to cry out for it , vociferating , Tobacco or death ! " The next day t ^ ey refused their food and broke the windows , and w \ * re proceeding to other acts of violence , when tb 6 governor thought it advisable to call ia the military , at whose appearance order was restored . ^ ' % Chk *¦? Enjoyment . —At tha Liverpool police * office 0 . 1 Friday , Air . Rsshton , while adjudicating npon a ca 5 e involving the keeping of a disorderly house re , marked that it was " one of those houses which w * s known to him where a boy could procure a pipe , a g . ^ of ale , and a game of cards , all for the small cbarfc e of one penny . "—Liverpool Albion . of the

      ExxR ^ olRi HNARr Privations— One most extraordinar v instances . of a ship ' s crew supporting themselves w \ 'bout water for twenty-one days has occurred durra , £ the late gales . Oa the 18 . ch inst . the Reform , fro . m Montrose to Newcastle , pat into Grimsby-roads . The master ( Foliis ) states , that on the 2 lst of Deeea iber last they left Montro 3 fl , and on the day foilom og they were caught in a violent gale of wind , and were driven down on the coast of Norway . Having unfortunately lost their water , not falling in with any vessel , and being unable to make port , they cont inued up to the 10 th inst .

      without water . On tliat day , when about twenty leagues from Flambc rou « h-head , they saw a vessel , which they signalled ; it proved to be the Eliza Swain , Captain Reid , . from Montrose , who immediately gave the Reform what water and provisions he could spare . For eif . ' . ht days longer tbe Reform continued to beat about , the coast without being abla to procure any more watt ' * or provisions , and but for the providential appearaa oe of the Eliza Swain , Capt . Follis is fully of opinion that he and the crew must have perished , as when boarded they were in a dreadful state of exh&Hstioi 1 .

      Death of a Mjsbr neai : Nottingham . —An old man , aged sixty-eight , named William Ashers , re-Biding at the village of Costo ck , and well known m > the neighbourhood of Nottingham as a penurious , eccentric character , having go . no some distance fromhis house on Saturday last to fetch coals in a- barrow , because he got . them £ t halfpenny cheaper than in the village , became so fatigued that he fell dewnand died . The'villagers , knowing his miserly propensities , got into bis house , searched it , but could find nothing . His nearest relations employed

      Mr . Samuel Maples , a solicitor of Nottingham ,, to go over the house with them ; and the result of fcismore careful search enabled him to find no leas than £ 1 , 300 worth of property in notes , securities-, plate , &c . To describe the singular spots in which : property was secreted would be an endless task : a silver watch was found in a malt-mill mouth—& splendid silver tankard was hid in a beam—plate , jewellery , and money in holes and crannies that would be passed even Jby Bow-street officers . Deeds , showing his title to land , houses , &c , which he kept most secret , were found tolthe value of £ 2 , 000 .

      Revolt of the Boys at Greenwich * School . — On Friday , a very alarming disturbance broke out in the upper school of the Royal Asylum , Green * wiuh . It appears that Lieutenant Rouse , R . N ., one of the officers and directors of eymnastics , had ( it is said , without the sanction of the superior authorities ) restricted the intercourse between the boys and their friends , which so irritated the pupils that they commenced a general row , smashing the windows with slates , rules , brickbats , and other

      missiles , and breaking upwards of 1 , 000 panes of glass . Five , of the ringleaders of the disturbance have been placed in confinement . A strict investigation is going on under the orders of the Governor , Admiral Sir Robert Stopford , K . C . B ., before Captain Huskisson , EN ., one of the principal officers of the institution . There are nearly 800 boys , the sons of commission and warrant officers , in the upper school , and many of them aTe fifteen or sixteen years of age , who , on a former occasion , expelled the police by a volley of stones , &o .

      Amid all his public avocations the Premier has found time to maintain a controversy with the currency-men of Birmingham , represented by the Chamber of Commerce of that town ; who publish the correspondence . It is carried on by memorials and letters in the name of the Chamber on the one side , and in letters from Sir Robert Peel , addressed to Mr . G . F . Muntz , M . P ., and Mr . Richard Spooner . It began at the close of July last , with resolutions passed by the Chamber , and transmitted to the Minister , calling his attention to the depressed state of trade and the condition of the people ; and the Chamber soon hint that the establishment of a new paper currency issued by the Government is the only remedy , bir Robert at first seems to hold back from controversy ; but the legislator of 1819 cannot resist the opening made for palpable hits , and he is soon in full tilt . The Chamber are

      voluminous ia their essays : Sir Robert ' s replies are briefer , but comprehensive , frank , and very neataiming at essential points ; except that he is betrayed into a subordinate controversy as to what were the-opinions of Locke , whom he recommends the Chamber to study . Sir Robert's last letter is dated 12 th December , 1842 . In consenting to the publication of the correspondence , he requests bis antagonists to append to it a definition of the sense in which the word " pound" will be used in their inconvertible paper—what it will represent , to wbafc it will be equivalent , and what it will imply ? The Chamber comply , with more good faith than success , by describing tho peculiar kind of paper currenoy which they recommend—issued by Government alone , a legal tender , receiveable in payment of taxes , aud limited to £ 20 , 000 , 000 , abont the amount which they consider requisite for purposes of trade .

      Fatal Rencontre . —Newent , Gloucestershire — ' ( From a Correspondent . )—I am sorry to have to communicate the particulars of a distressing event which occurred in the early part of last Sunday evening , in the sequestered parish of Tibberton , ia this county . Joseph Bevan , an agricultural labourer , aged 37 , is at this moment in custody at tbe policestation in this town , charged with having caused tha death of his step-son , James Wilkes , aged 23 , by stabbing him in the breast with a claapknife . It appears that Bevan married the mother of the unfortunate deceased , a widow , several years ago—that he and hia wife have had frequent quarrels for some years past—that on the evening of Friday last , the 20 th instant , Bevan . had words with his wife , whioh was of but too frequent occurrence , arising , as is stated , from an irritable and unhappy temper in the

      woman , and from an excessive indulgence in the baneful practice of drinking on the part of the man —that whilst the man and his wife were engaged in this unseemly warfare , Wilkes took part with his mother , upon wbioh a souffle ensued , and several blows passed between B&van and his son-in-law The result was , that Bevan , having drawn from his pocket a knife ( a large olaspknife ) , struck his adversary on the breast , and inflicted a deadly wound , from the effects of which he died almost instantly . An inquest was held on the body of Wilkes on Monday before Mr . Cooker coroner , and the prisoner is in safe custody . Bevan is a strong , powerful man , and bears but a very indifferent character , being much addicted to poaching , drinking , and fighting He is , notwithstanding , a man of tolerable education , can read and write well , and is considered one of the best farm labourers ia the parish . —Times .

      Rural Police . —We learn from the best authority , that tbe iron-masters and coal-proprietors of Lanarkshire , taking' advantage of the present unsettled state of the mining districts , the impoverished state of the country , and particularly a contemplated reduction of wages that is to be immediately attempted by the mining and coalmasters , have taken the usual means of convening a meeting of the county , on an early day , for the purpose of raising a police force for the protection of property , in the neighbourhood of Airdrie , Coatbridge , &c , where the principal works are situate . We need scarcely inform our readers , that if the sanction of tho county is once given for the pnrposeof raising a rural police force on any pretence

      whatever , it will be next Jo impossible to get it repealed . The tax-payers , therefore , in the county shonld be on the alert , if they wish to keep down a ^ charge that will every year increase in amount , without ia the slightest degree affording nine-tenths of theratepayers the slightest protection . In England , where the rural police force was first established , aud most extensively tried , the greatest dissatisfaction has been manifested towards the force , which , in addition to often acting in the most unconstitutional manner , has become quite intolerable-on account of its expense ; . in several oases tribling what was at first thought sufficient , and all this without affording any efficient additional protection . In some of the English counties the force has been

      broken up and disbanded , and in others aetive measures are in progress for the same purpose . In short , the system in England has come to its hjaght . We believe we may have the same in regard to Scotland Lanarkshire , the most populous count ; ia it , has not yet had a eingle rural policeman witbia its beunds v and we trust never will . In some of the neighbouring counties , where the force has been introduced , we are informed , on undoubted authority , that a , strong effort will be made at the next annual meeting , on the 30 th of April , to have the for . ee . disbanded The independent ratepayers of Lanarkshire have only , therefore , to be : firm , and they are sure to prevent the introduction of thia most useless and expensive force . , We intended to- day to have said a great deal more on this eubjeot , bat will again refer

      to the matter , in the mean time w& may shortly Btate , that * police force , to fee of the smallest use as a means of preventing © rime , must in any county where it has been introduced into , be made ten times more ntuneroua than -at present . And what would be the consequence of this to the majority of the ratepayers ! why , it wonJdVbo perfect ruin . It is all very well for proprietorsofpublio works , and gentlemen who preserve their gamei * o ha"" © a police force at their command , but what is 0 oa to the rate * payers who have neither public works nor game to preserve I It is nothing . 4 f rural police must . be had , letthepartieB who require them pay the expense themselves , and not burden the . already over taxed small proprietors in \\ & county . —Qiasgm Journal .

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      THk AFFLICTED MUSE ; by James Verkon Southmolton : printed for the Author , by B . Dunn , Market-place . This a small collection of original poem ? , by a young man , whom the heavy band of paralysis has , for a long series of years , deprived of all the ordinary enjoynuats , and precluded from all the ordinary occupations of life ; while poverty has tended to enhance the weight of misery entailed by affliction . The composition of these little pieces has serjred the poor invalid to wile away the heavy hours , and they hare , we believe , remained

      onwritten until the friendly aid of some neighbour , as an _ amanuensis , could be obtained ; the paralytic being himself unable to write . These circumstances should alone form the passport of these poems to the patronage of the benevolent . But they are not destitute of poetic merit ; and though theypeihaps seldom rise above mediocrity , we have seen much worse snzffthan anything here to be found , most unconscionabl y puffed and praised by reviews . The pieces generally are " tinged with sombre hue , " which , considering the writer ' s circumstances , is not wonderful .

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      ^* Jg | S TO A YOUNG LADY ON THE f ^^ TAGlSS OF EARLY PIETY . Lon-1 cm , B .. G . Clarke , 66 , OldZBailey . jjjT ^ Tere&dYery fewboofa from which we hare ^ a Toore Irrely gratification than from this WaivSH '*** & « feg « Hy Tery appropriate , and ^ S ^ v ^ iten volume . The earnestness of SSST *?| ktherly affection , are in every Hne SSLSL wisdom And Kindliness of deep ^ ° ^> 5 trTe benevolence , and purely TeBgions feelpfc V _ £ o ypnngfemaje ought to be permitted by her ^ l ^ s to grow up withont reading these letters , " B&Tt ^ L ? T ; niaieii io prodnce upon the susceptible Ww F ^ 0115 of the most benignant influence

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      ^ jJkWSTRATED PENNY NOVELIST , a ¦ oK i ? Jiter »* | W « a 4 SdaBea . PartL—^^^ Shos-laa ^ iEleet-rtreet . aaafe ^? . *? e ° f effort after cheapness . Each ^ efit olllvZ neighbour in the art of cheap pro -t&aa ^ w-f food ' sb ^ P clothes , cheap furniture , : ; jSe rf « S ? ^ ^ ^ ads , cheap kbcrar , by which " * te £ L . ^ be ¦ procured , and cheap talent , ^ Stt ^ rt ^ i ^ y ^ aSsaiceof talent , are all the - !• *•* bft £ f ? ' ' -Among ihe rest , cheap literature r * BBtfta ^ 2 ? b' dT 8 MaB & to 6 march of intel-L ' fei ^ Xg ^ - And , eertainJy , of all the efforts

      t f ife }^*^* Qthis .: Sixty-fourqnartopages - ^ SdK&S aorrenous / and the misceila-^^^^ P ^ ediiTery mall type , and fifteen t ^ S 0 t t 0 VI $ ^ ' The Lord haTe mercy *« 6 ey i ™ S ? > "Who-wonld wish for more for the r' ** BOTfl ^ 5 ^ 3 ?* **¦ -sajlrat little . VFe * a « i ^ ?| : ?» ? };« ael ^ st , only an indifferent ** J > S ™*^^ occupation of time . But we : SS ^^^ the new-born intellects ; iS ^ P ^ iP ^^^ enlighteDment Jook ont ^ kstaa ^ i-D 11 ? - To « 21 such we recommend ^ W ^ Jk v ? ° Tdist ' mB of * e cheapest - * &T ^ ^ eefaanabie time-wasters that we hare

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      THE ENGLISH WIFE-A MANUAL OF HOME DUTIES . By the Author of the " English Maiden , " &c . London , Clarke , Old Bailey . We have had this book a long time by us . But many circumstances have combined to prevent our being able to read it with that amount of careful attention which we hold to be the duty of all who read for the purpose of writing an opinion of what they read . "We have at last read it carefully , and it has well repaid ub . It is , indeed , as it elaims to

      be , " A * Maattal of Home Duties" for that interesting portion of Society to whom it is addressed . No wife should lack it . Its instructions are at once grave and sober , but cheerfully and pleasantly conveyed while it contains on almost every subject that involves lbs happiness and duty of a wife and mother , a large fnnd of most valuable information , expressed in clear , simple , and yet elegant language , and breathing throughout a spirit of genuine philanthrophy . and Christian feeling . We have never read a book which we o&n more cordially and conscientiossly recommend to general perusal .

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      THE PULTENEY LIBRARY , Part 28 , December , 1 M 2 , The "Works of Defoe . London ; Clements , Pulteney-street . The works of this justly celebrated man are much too little known . We trust that this publication of them in a cheap and inviting form will introdacethem to more general notice . The present Part contains Mb Terse satires * Tte True-born Englishman" and " The Divins Rignt of Kings , " with all the valuable notes of-the author . There is much in these satires eminently suited to the present times , and which should be constantly kept in mind by all men .

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      THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS . The degree of perfection to which the art of wood engraving has arrived in this age of illustration" is "well evidenced in the weekly pages of this novel but spirited undertaking . The chief feature of the work , however ^ is its'colloseum print of London in 1842 . This iB a magnificent work of art % and does honour both to the designer and the executor .

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      TEE PRACTICAL BREAD BAKER . By G . Read . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street . This little book lets as into all the secrets of the art and mystery of London Bread Baking . It is the production of an operative workman of the craft and gives a minute description of all the several processes appertaining to this useful and necessary art . It also contains a graphic expo&e of the miseries endured by and the oppression practised on the poor slaves by whom the work is done ; of whom the writer affirms that "there is no class of men so completely drudged and bo poorly paid . "

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      THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW ; or EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL No . 27 . London : —Richard and John Taylor , Red Lion Cwirt , Fleet Street ; Paris : —Galignani ; Berlin : —Asher . We regard this at the most talented of onr quarterly periodicals . There is a depth of thought , a masterliness of dissection , and discrimination in its criticisms which are the evidence of mind sucn as is not usually occupied on periodical literature . The present number contains two articles on ihe poetry and character of Wordsworth and Greihe , which in our estimation , strikingly exemplify and justify the opinion we have given . It has also Talnable and leBgthy papers on a variety of other subjects .

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      AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE . To the-lovers of Romance this monthly visitor must be a welcome friend , ifweraay judge by the Number now before ns . It is tbe one for Jannary , and opens with tbe beginning of Book the Second of Wihdsob Casilb , . ' by the Editor , Mr . Harrison Ainrwonh , author of the "Miser ' s Daughter ? noticed in another part of this sheet . We have not seen the beginning of this Historical Romance f for the Magazane , we regret to say , has not , been regularly forwarded to us ; but if we may venture on an expression of opinion from the alight sample of the sack" we have seen , we should sav that th ? s

      sober Romance of Mr , Ainsworth ' s , promises to be every whit as Interesting and as instructive as his justly famed Tower of London . " Tne portion of the Romance given in tbe Number before ns is illustrated with two steel engravings , by George Crnikshank j and by no less than seven lovely wood cuts , representations of the several localities connected with Windsor Castle . In addition to this portion of the new production from Mr , Ainsvforth ' s prolific pen , we have a tolerably sprightly " dream , " by Leman Blanchard ; a sufficiently awful" legend by the Baroness De Calabrella f a really humourous paper entitled " State and Prospects of the Legitimate Drama in China , " re-printed from Ainsworth ' s Magazine for January 18401 % true story of * Hbe Monastery of L'Avernla "; and ** Part

      IIL of tbe Elliston Papers , edited by George Raymond . " There are besides " Part II . of a Venetian Romance , " and an interesting paper , entitled " Three days lost in Tauruz , by Mr . Francis Hainsworih : " and several pieces of poetry , both humourons and serious . In fact , there is in this Magazine a rich fund of amusement blended with instruction ; and both of an highly intellectual character . It is , in itsvray , the best that we have seen fox some time . We commend it strongly to the notice of the public , with whom- , we are glad to find , from an address prefixed to this , the opening number of a new vol ., it has become a favourite , and is rewarded with that share of patronage as to warrant its conductors to use tbe term success when speaking of their undertaking It richly deserves it .

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      THE LADIES HAND BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLEWORK London : —H . G . Clark and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . This is another little manual , neatly and beautifully got up -by the * same author as the Hand-book of Baby Linen above noticed . We know not whether our fair friend might be inclined to regard it in a like light , but we feel disposed to regard this as an equally nsefnl " insult" to the poor and neglected portion of ' God's fairest creatures" with its

      babylinen mate ; while we doubt not that many a " ladyfair of high degree" may learn xonch from this mo 3 t nnpretendisg little manual of instruction , iis chief merit is its plainness and perspicuity , which are almost enough to initiate even a clumsy a he creature" into all the mysteries of the gentle craft of shirt making , &c ., while its comprehensiveness omit no branch 01 variety of the indispensable occupation on which it treats , and its precision brings the whole of its teachings within a very brief compass .

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      nor why the bees should not enjoy some of the pleasnressnd relaxations of the hive . Hence , we concerre that to these , as well asShemore opulent , the Ball Room . Annual may be an acceptable little offering . It is a rerjiijou of elegance ; and it contains a iketeh of fee Bistory of the Art « f Dancing a Dissertation on Ball Room Ettiquefcfce , a Glossary of technical ties and a ' znsss of information , as to various kinds of dances , which will be best estimated by adepts in the accomplishment to which we make no pretensions .

      THE BALL ROOM ANNUAL , FOR 1843 . London , H . G . Glark & Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . Writing , as we do , for a circulation among the poorest , it may be thought that a ball room annual wonld-be 2 . little ont of place in our colnmns . We think ^ iSerenfiy . We can discover no reason why the graces and elegances of civilization shouldnot be familiar to those from whom all its value is derived . We know no reason why fine taste and graceful habits should be confined to the drones of society ,

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      XHB LADIES' HANDBOOK OF BABYLINEN . By the Author of the "Ladies ' Hand Book of Fancy Needlework , Plain Needlework , Knitting , Kettiig , and Crotchet . " tc London , H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old B&fley . Sncb 35 the title of a yery elegani and useful little *** , respecting which a lady , in our hearing , obg-rred that it could ssarcely be regarded otherwise Bsnssaamsnii to the sexj its directions were so anpa sad-plain , about things which were so oomaaij understood . We beg onr fair friend ' s pardon ; a aay-so seem to those who haTe had theadvan-1 ¦ w «^^» ¦ 1 Ulw £ 4 \

      -- " - _ ^^ > '* v AIH w w -n - r ** U W M ** W of education and maternal care and culture , S £ "" ^ J most cases , hare in all these necessary »? ffigB sufficient needful assistance to make up for ^ " ^ peneyin their own knowledge . To such , ** Band Book of Baby Linen , containing jdain P » Maple instructions for he preparation of an ™ wrs wardrobe / ' maj seem a very ample and gpoflnons sfiair . But we happen to know that in « a Blessed land there are myriads of mothers whom ""a&fflous srrangemEBte of class-devouring com-Pwwm hsre -deprived of these advantages , and r S ^ Haed to assume all ihe inmortant TesDonsiall the

      g ^ toeiidnre painful cares , and toper-^ jn soffl e wsy or other all the grsv&and serious «« je 3 o ! a relationship fonrhichfeey they have had ?^^ ^ P ^^ a ^ yPKvitras habi ts and instrnc-. ^ k ^ ^ war-to the daughters of toil , and of tS **!^ ose sorrows *** enhanced , and wnose S ^? nade more g * E ™ g by their enforced wttce , we recommend &is little " insult" for tbe 5 £ * a *» nurged against it by our friend . "Its !"« e « ttB are so ample and so plain . " This is , in ^ sansaon ^ the bat recommendation it can haTe ; " «»» we know that it comes from one who is Tvell 3 fl » m gn ' eitj we shall not mar it by attempting to ^ " ^ ajae , © f onr own judgment , any opinion on i&sS so delicate . We give the book our fair . zir ^ B commendation , andiaveno doabi that it is ¦^ os serred .

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      Sheffield . —A Stabtxisg Fact . — As an instance of the extraordinary depreciation in the value of property , we are enabled to state that a grinding wheel erected in this neighbourhood within the last twenty years , at a cost of £ 5 , 300 , was lately sold for £ 1 , 000 1—Shtjjield Iris . Thb Wbatheb ih Wales . —Even on tbe hills we have not had twenty-four hours frost . Frequently June and July have sot been so mild ; Snow has totally disappeared before the rays of the snn . — Monmouthshire Merlin .

      We are enabled to state that Mr . Fox Maule has a bill in reference to the Kirk question , ready to bring in on the opening of the new season . Its precise character has not yet transpired , but if it is in accordance with the opinions which Mr . Maule has hitherto professed in the matter , there need be no doubt as to its fate . —Fife Herald . RAiiTfAT Expedition . —Previous to the opening of the railways in the north , a letter posted in Aberdeen would reach Hull on the second day , at twelve o ' clock ; now , a letter posted there at three in the afternoon , does not reach Hull until ten in the morning of the third day . —Hull Packet .

      The Bet of Turns has issued a proclamation declaring that all children of slaves , born in that Regency , shall be free from their birth . This act of humanity is said to have been brought about by the representations of M . de Lugde , the Consnl-General of France . ; If so , it is most honourable : both to him and the Bey . A Faiax Draught . —Ann Salisbury , a servant woman in the employ of Mr . William Coward , pnblican , Wapping , took an opportunity , afforded , on Thursday , by the absence of her mistress , of drinking three gills of whiskey , which had been left in a jug . The result was that she died on Saturday .

      Affkay between the Wbeckbbs and thb Coast Gxtabd , —A letter received at Lloyds , states that abont 100 wreckers , engaged in p lundering the Jessie Logan at Boscastle , attacked the revenue officers and coast guard , but were beaten o 2 i and nine of the ringleaders secured . —GIole » Ma . Towmsend , Recorder of Maodesneld , is about to produce a " HiBtory of the House of Commons , from the Convention of 1 § 88 to the passing of the Reform Bill /'

      # Thk Brussels joebxils state that such a quantity of snow has fallen in the province of Luxemburg that the roads ar . e'become impassible , and that the diligence from W etz to BnraselB was : on its last journey se impede ^ by snow that it was necessary for a part of th ? , route to have twelve horses . Lobs Johk " Russell , it seems , still assumes , and ib aUowed i tKe post of "leader of the Opposition ;" he has issued file following ex-official circular summons to * at Opposition Members— ;

      * January 1843 . n -Lord John Russell presents his compliments to ' — -, and takes the liberty of informing him that <\ a ? stums of importance affecting the state of the country will be brought forward at the commencement of the session , which opens on Thursday 2 nd of February .

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      - THE NORTHERN STAR . , 3

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1197/page/3/