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TO THE POETS OP AMERICA . Ba&ds of Treedom ' 8 boasted land ! Brotiieni «—fBraab 5 E of the free 1 Te , "who Tilth impassioned hand Sweep aw orada of liberty !—Te , to whom Hie boon is given To -win t £ e ear tad malt the heart !—A-prake ! and , waking earth and heaven , Perform the minstrels noblest part . Why stand ye mote ? -when on the ear A thunder-peal from sea to sea—A peal earth ' s darkest haunts shall hear—Proclaims— Tie slave shall now be free Long has he drain'd the bittei cup I Iiong borne the scourge , and dragged the chain But now the strength of Enrope ' a np—A strength that ne ' er snail sleep a § ainl Tear Garrison has fann'd the fiame ! Chiia , Chapman , Pierrepont , catch the fire ! And , roused at Freedom * * hallow'd name ,
Hark Bryan t—Whittier—strike the lyre ! While Tare—hearts , voices trumpet-toned—Montgomery—Oewper—Campbell—Moore—To Preedora * glorious cause respond , In sounds that thrill to every core ! Their voice has conjured np a power HoJoet can daunt—no force arrest J That gathers strength with every hour And strikes s chord in every breast . 'A power that boob , on Afric ' s sand , On Cuba ' s shore , on ocean ' s flood , Shall crush the oppressor ' s iron hand , And blast the irafScers in bloodI
OI where should freedom ' s hope abide , Save in the bosom of the free 1 Where shonld thr wretched negr * hide , Save in the shade of Freedom ' s tree ? And vrhtre shoold minstrel wake the strain Ihafc cheers Colnmba * s forests wild ? Oh ! r-ot where captives clank their rhain \ Tor Poetry is Reedom ' s child I Tha minstrel cannot , most not sing , Where f etfcerM ilaves in bondage pine ! Han has no voice , the mnsauo wing , Save in the light of Freedom ' s shrine ! 0 , 2 by -those ' songs yonr children ting—The lays that soothe yonr winter fires—The hopes—the hearths—to which 70 a eling The sacred ashes of yonr sires ! By all the joys that crown Hit free of
I ^) Te—Honour—Tame—the hopes HeaTen ! Wake in yosr might ! that earth may see Gad ' s gifts hare sot been vainly given ! Sards of Freedom ' s favoured strand ! Strike at last yonr loftiest key ! Peal the watchword through the land ! Shoot fin every slave is free !—Long has he drained the bitter coptong borne the lash , and clanked the ch&in 1 Bat roflB the strength of Europe ' s up—A strength that ne ' er shall sleep again 1—W . B .
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THE EASTERN WOMAN . Behind the littiee , eloaely laced , With filagree of choice design , — Behind the veil whose depth is traced By many a complicated Use , — Behfcd the lofty garden-wall , Where stranger face can ne ' er surprise , jhai inner world , her all-in-all , The Eastern woman lives and dies . Husband and children round her draw The narrow circle -where she rests;—Hu win the single , perfect law , That « ar » with joy her mind molests , fhpTT hirtb and tutelage the ground And meaning of her life on earth , She knows sot elsewhere could be found The meases of a woman ' s worth .
If young and beantif nl . she dwells An idol in a secret shrine , Where one high-priest alone dispels The solitude of charms divine . And is his happin . es she Eves And in his honour has h « r own , And dreams not that the love she gives Can be too much for feiEi alone . Within the gay kiosk reclined , Above Ste scsni of lemon groves , Where babbling fountains woo the wind , And birds Tn * vp 71 m yiy to tb&ir loves , She lives a kind of fairy life , In sisterhood of f rnits and flowers , "Unconscious of the outer strife That wears the palpitating hours . And when jnafcarer duties rise In pleasures' and in passions' place , Her duteous loyalty supplies
The presence of departed gnoe ; So hopes aheby untxriag faith To win the bliss to share with ft "" Those glories of celestial youth That time on never taint or dim . Thnsin the « ver closed hareem As in the open western home , Sheds womanhood her starry fleam OTer our being ' s busy foam ; Through latitudes ^ jf varying faith T 2 nzs trace we itDl her mission sure , To lighten life , to swaeten death , And all for others to endure . HcmckUm ILUnes
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- KOBEKT 3 TJBN 3 . What biro " , in beauty , flight , or song , Can with the Bard compare ? Who sang as sweet , and BoVd as strong , As evei child of air 2 His plnme , his note , his form , could Burns _ For whim or pleasure change ; He was not one , but all by turns , With transmigration strange . The blackbird oracle of spring , When flawed bis mtrai lay ; The swallow wheeling on the wing , Capriciously at . play ; The bumming-Mrd , from bloom to bloom , Inhaling heavenly balm ; The ravtn , in the tempest ' s gloom ; The halcvon . is the calm :
In " anld Xirk-AHowsy" the owl , At witching time of night ; By irbonnie Doon , " the earliest fowl That caroll'd to the light He was the wren amidst the grove , When in his homely vein ; At Bannockburn , the bird ef Jove , With thunder in his train . Thfwoodlaik in bis monrBful heurs ; The goldfinch in his mirth ; The \ hrush , a spendthrift of his powers , Enrapturing heaven and earth . The ssrsn in majesty an * grace Contemplative and still ; But roused , no falcon in the chase Could like his satire kill
The linnet in simplicity , In tenderness the dove ; But more than all beside was he The nigh&igsle in love . 0 l had he never stoop ' d to shame , If or lent a charm to vice , How bad devotion lovM to name The bird of paradise . Peace to the dead ; in Scotia ' s choir 01 minstrelB great and small , He sprang from his spontaneous fire , The ptceaix of them alL JAIEES ¦ alOSTGOlLEB . Y
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UFE AT NAPLES . Prom * Travel and Talk , " by Luke Roden , MJXIltuminaUd Magazine . APPEA ^ iSCB A 2 TD CHABaCTEB . OP TSS . KXAP 0-riXAys . T ^ i « jB certainly the finest race of people I have ever seen . X do not even except the Greeks . There is a great disparity , however , in the good looks of men and ¦ women . lady ¦ is quite angry that the greater booty shonld be bestowed on the sex to which it is « f least consequence ; but is not this the case throughout nature ? I cannot recollect an exception to the rulethat the male is the handsomer nTwrnnl ; quadrupeds , birds , fishes , or insects ; end , certainly , Naples , as
respects the human race , exhibits no exception . J speak of abstract beauty of form , and sot of the beauty "Which is given for the attraction of the other sex . I scarcely have seen one beautiful woman here , but handsome men are innumerable . Among the lower clnwy * , the excess of disparity may be accounted for by the fact , that , like all other imperfectly civilised nations , they by all the burthen of laborious woik on the women , Who are thus spoiled it in early age ; but this will not explain the fact among the upper classes , whert the dis-$ eiry is almost as great .
The gentral countenance of the men of th » better buBes is so entirely English in expression and features , « ad the occurrence of black hair is so rare , that I never « 8 a divert mysetf of 0 » idea thai I am tatting to xny Mmirymta . There ii the same air of optnneaande&BS * a , sud of " devil-may-care , " apparent indifiarsDoeto S » iteel they are pr » ducinj npon yoa . The tooc'pe are , wifttut exception , tha most spltndid g * c f aen I have em seen . Woo « feit our Tiry picked "Bhoeais could compete with them in . personal appear-• S » j ihsy seem so well disciplined , and have so the-| Wigiily aartiai an aspect , that I canaot believe but that « J ; would fight well were they well cemmandedi The * « enT > r Hnrat is witty enough , but ueTer eonld be " ^ Bil »—•* Now , my comrades , forget that you are "OeapplitanB . " Infact , nations are by nature much more ""^ jraa pai in personal courage than 4 s generally * £ P ° »»; and tha same men will at one Ume shew the
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grossest cowardice , and at another the highest courage , according to their discipline , their confidence in their leaders , and the nature of the quarrel in which they are engaged . Who would suppose , when he sees & mob of thirty . or forty thousand English dispersed by a handful of dragoons—who would believe tfee very same individuals capable of the mwt heroic courage when persuaded of the goodness of their cause , and the courage and fidelity of their leaiers ? In the Wax of Independence , tho Spaxish troops behaved most wret « hedJy ; in their pwa reeent civil wars , they have Bhewn the highest valour on both sides .
The youths of th « lower classes here hate almost universally that candid , injennous , open look , which evtry en * admires , but which is by no means the stamp of the genuine qualities it would seem to indicate . Never was there a town In which the old adage of " frtndi nuUa jidts , " requires to be mort generally bome in mind . The habit of giving way to every impulM , good or bad , witheut the slightest restraint , seems to be universal Many of tbe impulses of the young , even when mneducated , are warm and generous tbe countenance , en which tbe strong lines are not yet written , * ifll retains the look of honesty , and has not asramtd the fraudulent and cunning expression which it will be sure to acquire at five and twenty . The mutability , or ratker flexibility , of the features among the young , gives great interest to the countenance with those who do not see them nnder the immediate influence of bad passions ; and as the lowet classes only come in contact with yon nnder droumstasces which
make them detuouB of pleasing , and of onltivaving you favour , you , as a matter of course , generally see them in the most favourable aspect AmoDg the young Neapolitans , there is a laughing , Iri&h expression of ungovernable hilarity , which is very captivating . Before the age of thirty , however , the devil has written his name on the forehead , in characters so distinctly legible , that the dullest cannot be deceived . Too look at them , and axpect to find them liars and thieves , and most profligately debauched—and' you win certainly not b * disappointed . Yon will find them meanly subservient and croBching to their superiors ; cowardly , vindictive , and treacherous with their equals . I give now , not the results of my own short « xp « - rlenee , but the judgment of those who have knows then long , and whose opportunities have been ample ; and I form my own corroboraVioa of the opinion from this-socrc * , and from the records of their courts of jtutice .
Every one at Naples , quite as a matter of course , whatever may be the DBturs of Mb employment , suspends his work mechanically and instinctively at the approach of a person decently dressed , and holds out his hand for alms . This is universal . I have sometimes eaid— " O shame , shame—yon disgrace yonr country I" The response , if translated into our English Boric , would be— " Country be hanged ! shame to yourself V
1 H 2 TOMB OF VJBGIL . Passing on , we came to tbe Grotto of PansiUpo—a high-arched road through the mountain , whieh all the world has heard of—and of snch vast antiquity , that its origin is entirely lost , the oldest record * speaking of it as of unknown date . In the present day , when these kind of wonders have been rendered common by railways , we think bnt little of a passage of more than half a mile ,- fifty of sixty feet high in tbe centte , and nearly an hundred at each end , for the sake of admitting light . It implies , however , not merely a grest degree of skill in its formation , but a very dense and civfliied population o& both sides , to render the
communication Besessary , and to defray the enormous expence of making it ; and , accordingly , we find on the other side of the mountain tbe imperfect rem&ins of a gigantic town . A funeral procession was advancing through the grotto—tbe attendants covered with a black veil , witk holes for the eyes , forming as ghastly a spectacle as can be conceived . Their rude count , and tbe glitter of the torches , increased the effect of this vast concern . On looking np , just before entering the grotto , there was pointed out to me the tomb of Tirgil , high up on tbe left , higher than tbe top of the arch . It is one of the few remains of antiquity whose authenticity is rarely doubted ; aid if Yirgil conld have wlected the spot , it is just what he would have chosen .
POMPEII , Having hired horses for two days , we set off to visit Hercnlaneum , Pompeii , and P » iturn , Accident delaying us on the road , we determined to give up tbe first object , and reserve it to another occasion , and hastened on to the second , at which we arrived at the distance of . about fifteen miles . The buried city of my imagination was a much men magnificent place than that which presented Itself to my eyes . We turn oat of the high roftd to the left , and through a common gats enter the street of tombs , forming the original principal entrance to the town .
On each side are the monuments to the dead , and in wonderful preservation . Some one remarks thatfierculaneum and Pompeii have been " potted for the use of antiquarians "—the expression ] is happily chosen to signify toe complete preservation of these remains of antiquity , by the deep bed of ashes in which they have been enveloped for eighteen centuries . Soae of the marble tombs are nearly as perfect as -when executed , and a beautiful winged sphinx—a combination of the woman and the panther—was ai white and as complete as when turned out of the hands of tbe sculptor . The exquisite grace ef this figure fax surpassed any similar work of art I have seen .
_ I was disappointed in the magnitude of the buildings , which are an of very humble dimensions . The height of very few can have been more than thirty at forty feet , and the great majority much lower , so that they are not so lofty as the houses in one of tbe humbler streets of London . On observing tbe extremely petty proportions of the houses of the citizens in general , it would seem that they could have Ve « n nsed only to eat and sleep in , and the main portion of the time of the inhabitants must have been passed in the forum or public building * With the exception of a few of the houses of what may be termed the nobility , they are not so large as the
little cottages in the suburban streets of London , which let at £ l £ or £ 20 a-yeu . Bach bouse bas generally a garden ; I measured several—they wen from twelve to twenty feet rquare , and in the veriest cockney style of the Shepherd and Shepherdess Fields in the City Road . There were generally a little arbour Used with little cockle shells , and little bits of spar ; a little fountain , which would pass through a goose-quill , running down little steps into a little pond ; a little walk round it ; a little bench round the outside ; a few attempts at coarse mosaic on tbe walls , and a border , afoot or eighteen inches wide , for flowers aad trees ; and all this in the space of a small room . The light must have been very intense to permit anything to grow in so confined a
As we passed on , numerous frescoes on the walls in the bfctter kind of houses , although dilapidated and mutilated by exposure to the air , as vrell as by the accidents necessarily taking place during the progress of the excavations , indicated a proficiency in the art of painting which I was not prepared to expect . In spite of the numerous views which had cone under my notice , I conld not divest myself of the idea that the anthor had in some measure falsified bis representations , aad a vague belief possessed me , that if I should ever see them , they would turn out something like the Egyptian monstrosities . What was my surprise , then , , to tee a style of painting as high in art as anything that can be accomplished in the present day ; the drawing , colouring , and cosposition such as would do no discredit to our best artists I
One magnificent mosaic , representing a battle , forma the floor of a bath . In colouring , drawing , and expression , it could not be exceeded by a painting ol Rubens . It is of great sizs ; the recess in which it lies is surrounded by a railing , and yon are not permitted to des cead . Six Robert Stopford bas a very fine copy of it One dinner mi spread in the house of Panza , but none of the party seemed inclined to indulge in poetical imaginings—most ef them seemisg to visit the placa for the purpose of enabling them to say that they had been there—^ and as soon as dinner was over I left them and took a short ramble alone , or at least with my guide only . Gradually my mind assumed the tone of feeling in which . alone it is proper to visit a place
like this . The banter and badinage of society are rather out of harmony with antiquarian researches . Being now no longer interrupted by the chat of fashion , I was enabled to make to myself an image of the mod « of life of the ancient inhabitants of this strange city , of which only an eighth part has yet been excavated . When once I had laid down the reins on the neck of imagination , and began to recollect all that I had formerly read on the subject , tbe scene excited a powerful interest ; the well-worn ruts in the street—the inarks of the wheels on the edge of the highly raised side patha—the stepping stones to enable you to crose from side , to side , so placed as to pass between tbe track of the horse and the wheels , and an hundred other little traces of human existence—but above all the " Beware the dog" { Cave canem ) en the wall at the bottom of a gateway , so as to be seen from the
street , gave a vivid vitality to the scene which was quite startling . The river Samo in a stone canal runs nndsr the whole of the town , where it has pursued ita noiseless course , utterly forgotten and unknown by the whole human race for so many centuries . To feel Pompeii one must walk through its deserted street * alone—when the silence of desolation makes itself perceived in all iU intensity . How much of interest , how many strange histories lie buried beneath the yet nxfexplored soil of this great city , of whieh so small a portion has been opened to the curious 1 As I traversed the uppsr ground still undisturbed , bearing ita yearly fruits , and cultivated by peasants ignorant and regard less , of the wooden beneath their feet , my mind swelled with conceptions of the thousand secret thingi that will be brought to light on this spot , when I myself ihaU be changed into senseless earth like that I
tread upon . A single gigantic aloe in blossom , c * a uottd of ashes above the baried city—stand *—the chronometer of nature , and masks another cento *; of oblivion since the awful doon . The oblivions fata of Pompeii can never be tbe lot of any of oar present towns , because the invention of print * ing most for ever preserve its records .
SA 1 XBK 0—PIGS—CLIMATE , &fc SaIlEbmo—From Pompeii , we came on to thia place last night ; and before retiring to reBt , I put down the preceding description of my visit . In our road hither ire pused the very corioos town 0 ! La Cavs ; tbe houses
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are built on arches , so thick nnd heavy that persona walking nnder them would be fafe , were the city snstaining a bombardment . There is barely room for tbe * mall carts of the district to pass along the narrow street . One of our carriages was wide , and almost touched the arcades on both sidtsofthe ttreet The houses are very high and built of stone , and the whole has a most gloomy appearance . Our course was still further impedtd by myriads of fat pigs , of the fintat breed I have ever seen , which occupied the street , travelling from tbe oak forests of Calabria , whose rich and sweet acorns ef tbe evergreen oak had given them thel * splendid enbonpoint . They would have cut a very respectable figure at a London cattle show . They are fed in the mountain forests from Potenza down to Cape Spartivento , and come np to Naples , and tbe whole upper part of Italy .
. The road down to this place was cevered with tb « m ; and Salerno itself does not admit of space for a horse to go through the streets uninterrupted . It seemed as if all the piga of Europe were holding a congress . The view from my window is superb . The long and steep promontory of Sorrento forms the right hand of this most lovely bay ; and the town of Ainalfl , with Nitri and Soma ( Email vHlages ) , ' are built on seemingly inaccessible rocks . In many places , the line of tbe walls of a house i » continued some hundreds of feet perpendicularly down to the ; tea . It would seem dangerous to let a child approach a window ; nevertheless it can make little difference whether we fall fifty feet or five hundred—either it sufficient It was at Amalfl that the famous Pandects of Justinian were found , which are now in the Ambroaian Likrary at Florence .
We slept here last night ; and though it is January , I did not obEeive that my large window was wide open , till day light showed me an immense orange tree loaded with fruit , pushing its branches actually into the room . 1 was much interested in the three temples of Fsqiturn—the oldest specimens of Grecian architecture in the world ; their state of presetvation is wonderful They were visited by Cieaar Augustus as ruins of unknown antiquity ; and they have lasted so long , that there seems no reasen wby they should not stand eight
or ten thousand years longer . It is curious to observe , that the stone which has thus resisted tbe effects of time and weather , is composed of small twigs , buds , shells , leaves , and a hundred other things fossilized . It is very light and porous , &sd when yon examine its structure , seems as if half a century of exposure would reduce it to powdeT ; but there these great monuments stand , unchanged and unchangable , to look down npon succeeding tourists , perhaps to occupy once mere the centre of some' vast city when London shall be a ruin .
Our breakfast was spread on a truncated column ; and we drunk Guinness's stout and Barclay and Perkins ' s porter in a place where I dare say those celebrated brewers never expected the products of their skill to occupy the attention of their countrymen . This beverage , by the bye , is now to be met everywhere , and is enjoyed at three francs per bottle where excellent wine can be purchased for threepence . None but those who have been , where porter eannet be obtained , can conceive tbe intensity of the desire for malt liquor , or the full meaning of the verb to long . We hastened back to Salerno , satisfied to have seen these famous temples , but glad to escape from a scene of cold and cheerless poverty , sickness , and misery , which we could not alleviate . I have seen a good deal of Essex , and of Lincolnshire , but the worst spot in those counties is nothing like Ptestum for pestilence . It is as bad as the Deltas of the Niger .
CARACCIOLI—KELSON—LADY HAMILTOK . In looking at the Castello d'Ovo , and calling to mind the events connected with it , one cannot but feel a blush of shame at the prostitution cf English character of which it was the scene . So entirely ia the public tnfod engrossed in the present day with the : feblings , and interests of the moment—so rapid the progress of transition , so general the oblivion of even recent history , and bo absolute the devotion to the selfish present , to the exclusion of all consideration of the vast stores of knowledge laid by for our use by our ancestors , that in every department except positive science , one may put forth tbe sentiments of a writer of the last century as onr own , with scarcely tbe risk of detection . This is still more
universally true with respect to fauch portions of hi » tory as either hurt our prejudices , or humiliate our national feelings . We have not yet perhaps acquired the perfection of remembering only wbat ia gloriouB , amd discarding from the mind all recollections of reverses , bnt ¦ we are going rapidly towards that bappy result . We apeak for example of the glories of Nelson , but no one mentions the atrocious act of which this lovely bay was the scene—an act so intensely wicked and cruel as to throw a bloody stain en his laurels , and which ought to be held in everlasting odium as a warning to all future conquerors . Glorious deeds of arms cannot cancel deeds of wanton cruelty ; and in the interests of humanity , we should perpetuate indignation and scorn , to deter from a repetition of . auch atrocities .
The venerable Caraccioli , who bad taken up arms against his government merely to guide and control a popular movement , and from motives of patriotism the most exalted , surrendered to the British forces under a solemn capitulation , wherein the faith cf our nation pledged to him and his followers ' entire impunity , with liberty to go to whatever part of the world he might select . . Lord Nelson not only broke tbe treaty In the most shameless manner at the instigation of his paramour , but hurried on a mock trial and execution with a brutal defiance of humanity and decency which has no parallel but one—the assassination of the Duke of Enghein . Caraccioli was seized at nine o ' clock in tbe mnrnlng —tried at ten o ' clock without being allowed any time to prepare bis defence—condemned at twelve , and banged at five—in defiance of all forms of judicial proceeding—tried on board an Englieb ship , by Neapolian officer * , and banged on boaxd one of his own nation , the Minerva frigate .
In vain did be petition for a new trial , and offer to show that the president of tbe commission which had condemned him was his bitter personal enemy —to prove that he had only taken up arms on compulsion . Finding Lord Nelson inflexible , he entreated that be might be spared the disgrace of hanging , and die the death of a soldier—nothing could bend the stern malignity of the admiral and bis paramour . When even he humiliated himself te ask tot mercy at the hands of the woman who was then urging her infatuated keeper to disgrace himself and his nation , she would not be seen , and only shewed herself shamelessly at bis execution . To the entreaties ef Lientenant Parkinson , Lord Nelson only replied , " Go and do your duty , Sir , " —and thus was this atrocious assassination perpetrated —this stigma on the British name !
Had it been the lot of Nelson , as of Bonaparte , to descend from bis throne of victory , how different would have been tbe estimate of his cbar&cter ! In strict justice both these men ought to have been put to death exactly in the same manner , and under the same circumstances , as thiir victims . Lady Hamilton was a foundling . I knew her very well , and night have been more intimate ; bat there was blood npon her hands , and 1 loathed her . Yet she was a fascinating conrtczin ; and when I saw her moving with such grace and elegance , speaking with a melody equalled only by that of Mrs . Jordan , I could scarcely believe it to be the same woman I had knows 1 nursemaid in . the family of Alderman Boydell .
He who has the means of directing even the smallest stream of public indignation to tbe bad action of great men , neglects his duty if he does not make uso of bis power . With men ao avid of glory , no other fear ia capable of turning aside their bad resolves , but that of losing the stake they are playing for .
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The Kins of Sweden . —A propos < le ialouage , it is affirmed that tbe King of Sweden ' s physicians were greatly astonished the other day , on Heeding his Majesty , to find the words "Ziberte ! Eg : litel ou la MortI" very ] e « iWy stained on bis arm . They could cot recover from their amazement . Charles John bas been so long a ; king that it is forgotten that he began by being a mere hero , and he is bo good a King tbat one cannot persuade oneself that he was formerly bo good a Republican . Bnt how strange—a King tattooed with liberty ! Our whole age is exhibited in that rapprochement : liberty , equality , or death ! Yet it is with such mottos that one reaches & throne in our dws . —Madame M ,
Gftrardm . Sudden Death . —On Saturday morning , Mr . Wo . Simmonds , aged 78 , of Ho . 1 , New-green , Mile-endroad , retired India-house clerk of the first rank , was found dead in bed . Death was evidently the result of a general natural decay . The verdict of the inquoat held on the body was , of course , " Natural death . " The South Western Railway are now having wires laid down for an electric telegraph on Bain ' s prinoiple , one wire of which is in the Thames at Nine Elms , and the other in a river about five or six miles off , the earth between completing the galvanic eirenit . If this succeeds , it is intended by the Admiralty to carry the telegraph' on to Portsmouth . — Hampshire Independent .
LoKGEYiTT , —The oldest man in France , and perhaps in Europe . M . Noel de Gnersonniere , living at Montmartre , near Paris , completed his 116 th year on the 29 ib id t ., and is in the enjoyment of the most perfect health . A few days ago , another centenarian , whose longevity is net less remarkable , died at Cbarolles , in the department of Saone and Loire . M . V . M . Dneerde , -vino bad aeoompliBhed bis lUtn year , -was carried off on the 12 th of February last , by an attack of apoplexy . He waB » corresponding Member of the Academiesi of Ckalons-Bar-Marnfc , Caen and Macon , and has left » great number of manuscript * , and about 2 C 0 chronicles of the former province of CharoUais . His eldest son , M . Jean Dueercle , who has jutfc entered his 87 th year , haa not a single grey hair , and enjoys the most robust health .
Mobmon PiLGBiMs . —On Saturday last , about thirty individuals left this port by the mail packet for Liverpool , en route to the " New Jerusalem 0 ! Mr . Joe Smith , the Mormon impostor , in the far west . Mr . Kelly , late ef the Rhean , near this town , and his family , embark for Live rpool this day , and wHl Bail thence on Friday , on their way to Nauvoo . —Mona CIbIo of Man ) Herald .
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Singular !—An eminent artist lately painted a enow storm bo naturally that he caught a bad cold sitting near it with his coat off . He is cousin to the man who became hoarse on Christmas-day through meeting a man in the street , dressed in nankin trousers . — , 4 fnmcan Paper . ] A Smoky House . —It is stated to be a fact that the largest room that was ever constructed is tbat in which the tobacco stores are kept in the London Docks . That room is said to ; cover nearly six aores , being , of course , under one roof . Shouldbb Abms . —An adjutant of the volunteer corps being doubtful whether he had distributed muskets to all the men , cried , " All of you that are without arms hold up your hands . " Secjrets . —Never trust a married man with a secret who lores his wife , for he { will tell her—and she will tell her sister , and her si&ter will tell every body .
Ages of the "Royal Pests . "—At the commencement of the present year the following were the ages of the rulers of the world , namely ; King of Sweden ... 79 King of Prussia 48 Pope Gregory XVI ... 78 Emperor of Russia 47 King of Hanover 72 Ring of Saxony . 56 King of the French ,,. 70 ] King of Sardinia 45 Emperor of China ...... 62 King of Naples 34 King of Wirtemburg-. 62 King of the Greets ... 26 King of Bavaria ... 67 Queen of Portugal 25 King of Denmark 57 Queen of England 24 King of the Belgians ... 54 Siiltan of Turkey . 20 King of Holland ... 51 Emperor of the Brszils 11 Emperor of Austria ... 50 Queen of Spain . 13
Incendiary Fire . —Another incendiary fire was discovered a few nights ago , about seven o ' clock , iu the farm belonging to a Mr . Raiuhom , of Offton , about six miles from Ipswich . Three stacks of straw and about eighteen coombs of thrashed wheat in the barn , a blood horse , a sow and pigs , and the outhouses were totally destroyed ; other corn in stacks escaped the Ore , which it is supposed was intentional , as Mr . Rainhorn , who only took possession last MichaeiBi&a , had received two months back a notice to the effect that as soon as the former occupier ' s corn was thrashed out ; his property would be burnt ; the feeling , therefore , was against the present , not the former occupier ; The Hadleigh , Ipswich , Neodham , and other engines were soon on the spot . We are sorry to add that two highly respectable farmers near have received threatening letters .
Invebgobdon BLACKHOLBi—We understand that the parties imprisoned in the bank safe at Invergordon , and whose case was lately brought under the notice of the public , have raised actions of damages against the procurator-fiscal and the officers by whom they were appprehended . —Caledonian Mercury . ; Death of Momebe . —It is told of Moliere that , on the morning of the day on which he died—almost in the public eye—his wife and his friends tried every effort , seeing how weak he was , to prevent his going down W play that night , but in vain . " A man , " he said , " sajfers long « re he dies ; I feel that , with me , the end ia at hand ; bnt theTe are fifty poor workmen , who have only their day ' s wages to live onand who is to give them bread to-night if I play not ! " So he went down , and played the Maladie Tmaginaire—dying all the while ; then went home to bed , and died ; *' pato ' ing frbm the pleasantries ol
the theatre , " says Bossuet , *\ to the tribunal of that Judge , who hath said , Wo unto you who laugh , for ye shall weep . '" \ Singular Death . —On Saturday a young woman named Jane Howe expired under the following singular circumstances * : —She resided at Stratford ; and having an affeotien of the ] chest , left home in the morning , and , with her mother , rode in an omnibus to the London Hospital for medical relief . She had got out of the omnibus and was walking to the door of the hospital when a sudden , gust of wind came in her face , and she appeared at that moment to be deprived of breath . Her mother carried her into the waiting-room , but she was then quite dead . Strange to say , the inquest was held in little more than halfan-hour after her death and before the body was cold , as Mr . Baker , the coroner , being there at the time , investigating another case , made use of the same jury . A verdict of— " Died by the visitation of God" was returned . ;
Fall of a House at Deptford . —Wednesday morning , about eleven o'clock , the inhabitants of High-street , Deptford , were ; greatly alarmed in consequence of the fell of the \ entire front of an old house in that street . The house was about being pulled down , and by some carelessness of the workmen the front had been left unsupported . Death by HyOrophobia . 4-A more melancholy inslanco of death by hydrophobia we have nev ? r heard than that which we have unhappily to notice , The victim was Anna Delacour , eldest daughter of the respected treasurer of the county , Mr . James Delacour , of Sunny-bill . She was in her eighteenth year , would have completed it , indeed , on the 1 st . of May . She had , unfortunately , a pet dog , and
remarking about the end of January that the dog did not seem well , she asked j her father to look at him . He did so , and on communicating with an uncle of the young lady , thj « y suspected that the animal was mad ; but , without imparting their suspicion to Miss Delacour , they said they would put him into a warm bath . On hearing this the nature of the malady seema to have struck her , for she instantly observed , "If the dog is mad , it is all over with me , for he has licked my Up , and there is a slight sore on it . " The dog , on the day he was put into the biith , died , but nothing that could excite apprehension occurred in the case of Miss Delacour ,
and she continued until Wednesday last her affectionate attendance on her grandfather and two other aged relatives . On that day , however , she became indisposed , and Dr . W . Galway , of Mallow , was called in- The indisposition increasing , a messenger was despatched to Cork for Dr . Edward Townsend , who had been in attendance ion the other invalid . About five or six o ' clock in [ the evening the character of thojmalady was unequivocally displayed . Paroxysms came on , recurring from time to time with great violence , until half-past three on Thursday afternoon , that is abonttwenty-five hours from the first indication of illness , when she expired . —Cork Constitution . -
Immense Porpoise Found at Salt Marsh . —On Monday last , two young men of the name of Roberts were surprised at finding on the marsh a large porpoise , which had been left by the tide . It was conveyed to Woolbank , and found to measure eight feet seven inches in length , four feet four inches in circumference , and supposed to weigh upwards of 5001 bs . —Chester Chronicle . \ The Case of Supposed Trance . —During the past week several eminent professional gentlemen from the London Hospital , &c , have been down to Deptford to watch this extraordinary case , and on Saturday Mr . Bransby Cooper and other gentlemen pronounced that decomposition had taken place . The body will be interred , after a postmortem examination , by an eminent London surgeon .
Gbnjbal Tom Thcmb . —The following is a brief biography of tho extraordinary being as furnished by his guardian : — " Charles S . Stratton , known as General Tom Thumb , was born at Bridgeport , Connecticut , United States , January 11 th , 1832 ; is consequently twelve years old at the date of his memoir . His parents are people of the common size , with nothing at all remarkable in their physical or mental organization . At his birth , the General , for by this title we rauat call him , weighed nine lbs . two ounces , which is rather greater than the average weight of children at their birth . There were no extraordinary circumstances attending ! his advent , or preceding it , and he was considered a very handsome , hearty , and promising boy . i Nothing remarkable
w * S noticed respecting him , until he was about fire months old , when he weighed fifteen pounds , about which time his parents and their neighbours began to remark that he did not continue to grow . Still there were no indications of disease—the child grew ia maturity if not in dimensions , and expecting that he would aoon take a start , faisparents thought little of the matter . Time passed on , however , and the General remained in stalu quo ! , growing remarkably strong , playful , active , intelligent , and handsomeincreasing in vigour and the manliness of his proportions , but not increasing one inch in height , or one ounce in weight ; and it is proper to state that he has always enjoyed a fine appetite , partaking freely of the ordinary dishes fobnd upon the tables of
the labouring classes , has sound , refreshing sleep , and has always been in the most perfect health , with the exceptions of those slight ] colds , < 5 fco ., to which the best regulated constitutions are sometimes liable . Subsequent to his birth , his piarentB have had two other children , who are now well grown and interesting girls , of nine and seven years of age . There 18 nothing in his history or appearance , or of his family , to give the least clue to the astonishing phenomena which he exhibits . " So far does his guardian give his history . He is twenty-five inches high , and weighs fifteen pounds two ounces ; he is twelve years of age , and is as perfectly proportioned , as symetrically correct in form as the ordinary youth of eighteen or nineteen years of ajge . He is playful in his manner , acute in all his answers , very observant of al ) that passes or is said before him , and takes part in light conversation , and even vouchsafes to be jocular . It is usual that mothers have some reason
toasaign for these freaks of nature in their progeny , bat Jtwoold . appear in this instance the parent has no legend to meet the cariosity of the inquisitive . The parents were people of the working class . He seems to be quite diveated of the testiness of temper that usually is to be noticed in . dwarfs—on the contrary , he is exceedingly affable , excessively polite , and evinces mtich of the finish of good breedingthis is saying a great deal for a gentleman bred in America , and one , too , who boasts that he is Yankee by birth , which is not selecting for himself the greatest compliment an American would claim . He possesses great strength for his stature . He can carry about the elegant diminutive couch upon which he lolls at his ease . He seems to be cheerful and happy in company , is handsomely dressed jn the costume of manhood , and hai his fingers studded with rings . He is , indeed , altogether a very little gem of humanity , with a comely countenance , and seemingly a sound constitution . —MorningAdverliser .
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Father Dickson ' s Last . —Being asked " Why Daniel O'Connell made so bad a speech in defence of the travelers at the State Trial "—the Father of the Irish bar replied— " Because Dan was speaking against his own conviction . " Arrest of a Soldier for' an Allege © Murder . —On Wednesday morning Inspector M'Cann , of the Henry-street division , accompanied by a head constable , named Samuel Keck , from the county of Cavan , proceeded to the Royal Barracks with a warrant , which bad been issued against a private soldier of the 5 th Fusileers , whose name appears to be Patrick Murphy , and who stands charged with the wilful murder of a person named Denis Doyle , in the county of Cavan , in the month of November , 1836 . The circumstances of the case are as follows : —In the month of November , 1836 , Denis Doyle , the deceased , was on his way from a market in the county of Cavaa , when he w » 8 met by two persons ,
who attacked and killed him On the spot . Two men were accused at the time , and both of them fled the country , and nothing was heard of either until , a few days since , informations were sworn against the parties at the time , and Patrick Murphy was one of the accused . A few days since it wasasoortained that ho was a eoldier in the 5 th Fnsileers , and thea the warrant was issued for his apprehension , and on Inspector M'Cann and the constable making inquiry after him at the barrack , he waa at once given up into their custody . It is said the evidence against him . is very-strong . Ho was in the regiment for , the last seven years , and appears to be about twesty-six ; years of age . Ho was transmitted with the head constable to Cavan , to take his trial for the crime imputed to him . The other person accused , it is said , made his escape to America . The ^ prisoner Murphy did not say anything when arrested .
PsNicr Theatres . —There is nothing that justice seems to delight in so much as pouncing ou a penny theatre , ana seizmg on seventy or eighty " guilty creatures sitting at a plaj [ . " The audience is always said to be composed of thieves , and it seems shocking that thieves should be wasting their valuable time in idle amusements , instead of pursuing their vocations and making work for officers and magistrates . A most horrible den of iniquity has this week been discovered . AH the circumstances were marked with atrocity . The admission a penny : the actors
clumsy figures of wood moved by wire ; the company , of eourse , all thieves with their hands in each others ' , pockets . We cannot s « q what necessarily makes a puppet-show a sohool of vice . Punch in the streets is not a school of vice , and how is it that in a house it would become so , if a penny were taken at the door ! As for tho proprietor of the penny theatre ; he has only to plead ignorance of the law , and the undue severity of the penalties , and he will g « t a bill through Parliament indemnifying him . The Puppet-show . J ? enalties Bill will ba sure « f Sir R . Peel ' s countenance and strenuous support .
—Exner . Extraordinary Ropk . —We are informed by Mr . J . T . TregtUas , of Truro , the agent for Cornwall for the patent wire-rope , that Mr . Andrew Smith ,-the patentee at Mill-wall , near London , has just completed a galvauizod wire-rope of the astonishing length of 123 miles , which is intended for electrical communication on one of the railroads . We presume this may confidently ba designated the longest rope in the world *—West Briton . The Free Market . —On Monday last , a case was heard before the sitting magistrates at the Leeds Court House , arising in some measure out of a dispute as to the amount of toll which can be demanded by the lessees of the Vicar ' s Croft , for a standing iu the market ; the right to a standing by a particular party , however , was tbe principal point . Mr . John Ely , the clerk of the market , was summoned by Samuel Grainger , for having upset a cart .
and damaged a quantity of oranges . The plaintiff asserted that he went into tho Croft on Saturday morning , to sell some oranges , which he had in a cart , and before going he had obtained permission of another p&rty , who paid ; 39 . 6 d . a-week for a standing , to occupy his place for the day . The party claiming the occupancy of the stand , bowever , had not been in the market for three weeks , and hi 3 p ' ace had been occupied by another , who oa Saturday mor&iog , claimed the place , which had been taken possession of by Grainger . Ely was called in , and he demanded of Grainger Is . 9 d . for the standing , and insisted upon his removal . Granger refused to move , and in the struggle the cart was upset , and a number of oranges ware damaged . The damage was laid at 10 s . The magistrates said that referring to the rules of tbe . market , sixpence only could be demanded for the cart standing ; they were therefore of opinion that Ely- had done wrong , and ordered him to pay 10 s . aua the costs .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Mabch 5 th . The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market are small , but a fair show of samplts from Teasels near at hand . Wheat is held for more money , bat not much business doing unless last week ' s prices are taken . Barley slow sale and Is per qr lower . Oats and Beam little alteration . the average prices of whsa * " * 0 r the week ending March . 5 , 1844 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Bye , Beans . Peas Qxs . Qxa . Qrs . , Qira . Qrs . On 4594 1577 532 — 401 22
£ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 16 2 i 1 15 3 | 1 1 8 * 0 0 0 1 12 9 1 16 2 Leeds Woollen Markets —We do not think there is any increase iu the amount of business doing either in the warebouso or in the Cloth Halls , from what we noticed last week . Trade continues fairly going , and in the manufacturing villages around Leeds the hands are generally well employed , but at very low wages . In wools there is no alteration from our last report . Tallow . —The price of tallow in Leeds is 4 s . 3 d . per imperial stone .
Lohdon , Corn Exchange , Mabch 4 . —Fresh up , the arrivals of Wheat were tolerably good . The very finest descriptions found buyers at prices quite equal to thoso obtained on this day se ' nnight , bnt all other kinds were a dead sale , though they were not considered cheaper . Free Foreign Wheat at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond , late currencies . Barley at a decline of Is , in some instances 2 s , per quarter , and a clearance was not effected . Malt bad a downward tendency . The best sound Oats at full prices—other kinds a mere drug . In Beans and Peas only a moderate business was txanactod . Flour at from 59 s . to 53 a .
Smithfield . —Tbe Beef trade was comparatively steady . The primest Scots found bayew at an advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last of 24 per 81 bs ,, ia . 2 d . having been realised for raoh qualities . All other breeds supported tbeir previous value ia every instance . The Mntton trade war steady , and last week ' s quotations were , supported , the best old Downs realising 4 s . 6 d . per 81 bi . Calves at barely late rates . For Pork full priees were obtained . Borough hop Market . —The advance notice in the value of Weald of KenU last week is steadily supported . - Sussex pockets are commanding wore attention , and mnst bfl considered rather higher . All other kinds of Hops move off steadily at fall currencies . -
Borough and spitalpields . —Full average supplies of potatoes have arrived at the water-side from Scotland , and most ether quarters , since this day se ' nnight With the exception of the best descriptions selling readily at fall prices , the demand must be considered inactive . Tallow . —During the past week thero bas been rather more activity in this market Y . C . is somewhat firmer , good parcels are fetching 41 s ., whilst contract Tallow is only 40 s . 3 d . to 40 s ; 6 a . In new Tallow there is more doing , the price for the last three months is 413 . 3 d . to 41 s . 6 d . Town Tallow has declined Is . per cwt ., and is now 41 « . net cash .
Wool Market . —Both English and Foreign Woola still continue in active request , and in some cases , further advanced rates have been paid for fine qualities . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Mabch 4 . —With the exception of 10 , 000 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland , our imports of Grain ; &c are of small amount The trade has at the same Ume ruled dull ; one or two parcels of Wheat have been taken for Ireland , but the general demand has been very limited , and we have to quote prices as barely sustained . Oats npon a alow sale must be noted | d . per bushel cheaper : 2 s . 8 £ d . per 45 lbs . the extreme for mealing qualities . Both Flour and Oatmeal nave met a languid demand , the former at Is . per sack , the latter at 3 d . to 6 d . per load , under last week ' s rates . Barley has been in little request , and Is . per quarter cheaper . A few small lots of Beans and Peas have found buyers at full prices . No transactions in Wheat for shipment or afloat have transpired , nor any sales under bond here .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , March 4 . —The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been similar to that of last week , without any alteration in prices . Cattle imported into Liverpool , for the 25 th of February to the 4 ta of March ; i 918 Cows , 13 Calves , 2 , 626 Sheep , 28 Lambs , 6248 Pigs , and 12 Horses . , Manchester Corn Markbt , Satvbdat , March 2 . —The trade , throughout the week has been without animation , and the transactions in all articles were , consequently , on a very limited scale . For Flour only a moderate demand was experienced , owing principally , to the dealers and bakers having recently applied themselves to some extent , but , for choict descriptions and
favourite marks of good middling qualities , late prices were firmly insisted on and obtalnebY In Oats and Oatmeal there was bat little passing , and factors were compelled to snbmit to some abatement ou tho previoua currency to effect sales . At out nurktb this morning little bHBlnesa occurred in Wheat , but holders were generally firm in ; requiring th « quotations of this ' day se ' nnight . Although Flour eonUnaed to move slowly , yet , in the absence of any disposition to press sales , no alteration in value can be noted . With » limited inquiry for both Oats and Oatmeal we reduce our quotations ^ d per 451 ba . on the former , and 3 d per 2401 bs on the latter article .
Richmond , March 2 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-doy . Wheat sold from 6 s 64 to 8 s ; Oats 2 s fid to 3 s 4 d j Bailey 3 i 9 d to 4 a Sdj Beans 4 s 6 d to 4 s 0 d per boabeJ .
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^ GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTER . ' We stop the press to announce the most extensive and destructive conflagration with which Manchester has been visited for some years . { Shortly after six 0 clock , a smoke and some name was discovered in the ending > nd mending worn , in the basement story of Mr . ^ llham BryanV warehouse , No . 9 , George-street . It was seen by some joiners , by a young man named ( Elijah Green , aid by others , go tnat the alarm was quickly spread , and appearB to have been promptly conveyed to the police yard ; for Mr . Kose says he received it about -ten minutes after six , and immediately , with his son and a company of firemen , proceeded to the spot . _ When Mr . Rose arrived , the flames were ru » h-
iDg out of the windows of the warehous * of Messrs , Nelson , Knowles , and Co . ; and they had alio extended to the back of the pile of buildings in iBinestreet . Four of the engines were got into working ordw within t » n jBinutes . after their arrival ; but although tbero were crowds assembled , the terrific appearance of the flames by this time , deterred men from volunteering , as is usual , to work the engines ; and Mr . Rose found it necessary to send to the police-office , for * the officers' to take this duty . Mr . Rosejjun ., also'despatched a messenger to toe infantry barrack on the same errand ; aad several companies of tke 32 nd , " and " we believe also of another regiment , wore sent in euocession ,
some with their arms to guard the property , and to keep the streets clear , and others to assist at the ngmes and in removing the , piece goods to plaoei of safety . There was a fresh breeze < W \ by S . ) which carried' tho flamon towards Yorkstreet , and the whelf of the great pile or block of fcuildinga in which the fire originated , was speedily enveloped in flames . The rapidity of the conflagration was th « result of the construction of these warehouses , which were built only a few years ago . All tho outer walls and indeed most of the wallB of the various floors were lined inside with wood ; every warehouse had its well-hole , and the whole were too much conneoted in the attic stories
and roofs ; so that when the flr « reached the top of one warehouse , to which it speedily ascended by the well-hole , having made its way to the timber of the roof , it was carried by tho breeze , like wildfire , along tho whole range . Mr . Rose soon 6 aw that it was hopeless tB attempt to Bayeany portion of this block , of which the roofs fell in aa early as half-past six o ' clock , and from that tirat he directed his attention chiefly to the surrounding warehouses , whioh at various points were repeatedly on fire , and several of them in the most imminent danger . The block of buildings destroyed is bounded oa the northerly end by York-street , on the westerly side by George-street ; on the easterly side by Pine-street ,
and on the southerly end by Chain-street and St . James ' s Church-yard . This block of warehouses is about aixty yards ( twenty-four windows ) in length by forty yards ( thirteen windows ) in width ; and was of uniform height , comprising seven stories , above the .. ground , and . a basement story . At tbe nd of the . block , fronting York-street , were the entrances to the warehouses of Messrs . AinBworth and Hilton , silk manufacturnrs , No . 32 , York-street , and No . 34 , Messre . Winkworth and Preckter ' f , silk manufacturers , corner of York-street and Pine-street . Below this , in the basement story , was the warehouse of Messrs . Milne , Travis , ' and Milne ; but fortunately for them , they had removed only the preceding day to Moult-street . Under the warehouse of Mr . Charles Townsend , in the basement story , was that of Messrs . Joseph Thompson and Sons , cotton-spinners and manufacturers . In York-street ,
at the opposite corner of Pine-street , to Winkworth and Procter ' s , is the warehouse of Messrs . John and Francis Makin and Co ., silk manufacturers . This was on fire , and has sustained some damage ; but by the exertions of the firemon , the flames were extinguished , and , most of the goods were got out . At the back of the block , in Pine-street , was the warehouse of Messrs . Amschel , Tobler , and Co ., merchants . This we believe is almost wholly destroyed , as indeed are all the warehouses in tho same block . From an early period of the fire , the contiguous churchyard of St . James ' s , was used as a temporary place of deposit for goods , as they were thrown out of the different warehouses ; and between eight and nine o ' clock , they were transferred to : the side of the yard next Charlotte-street , and were thence removed in carts . In this labour , many of the soldiers , the police , and others were most actively engaged for more than an
hour-Eleven o'Clock . —Upon another visit to the place we find that all danger to the surrounding property is at an end ; that the flames are quite subdued , and that workmen are engaged in pulling down such portions of the wails as , from their warped state , threaten to fall . : The pile of warehouses , whioh is now a heap of ruins , was erected only a few yeara ago , by the Rev . James Taylor . At the lowest computation , inoludiog both the buildings and tho stocks whioh have been consumed , there cannot be a less amount of property destroyed than to the extent of £ 100 , 000 . Indeed , we fear this sum will bo very much under the amount , for we have heard of three or four firms who are Bald to be insured nearly to that amount . How the fire originated we have not been able to ascertain . —Manchester Guardian , of Saturday .
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Fruits op Matrimony . —Cradles aro now called " marriage fruit baskets . "—Montreal Transcript . An Iron House . —A portable oast-iron house , which was constructed by Mess . Scott and Sinclair , Grcenock , has been finished . It is for Lady Noel Byron , the wife of the celebrated poet , and is to be used by her as a school-house for children . A Fork am > , a Spoon-et . —A Leicester farmer , who had never seen a silver fork , had Borne soup handed him at a dinner lately . He found that no spoon was placed at his elbow . Lifting tbe fork , and twirling it in his fingers for some time , be called the waiter , and requested him to bring " a silver spoon wi'out ony , slits in it , " FxTnAORDiNART . —There was found a few days ago , on clearing the canal at Rheims , a medal of Julia , the mother of Alexander Severus . She was assassinated at the same time as her eon , A . P . 235 . The head is well ' preserved .
Bibth Extraordinary . —On Sunday , the 25 th instant , at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London , Regent ' s Park , Caida , the cara sposa of the giraffe Selim , of a third son . The mother and her offspring are doing as well as can be expected . " G 01 N 8 a-head" Rather . —The New York Herald says , " The country is prosperous , and he who trades on the cash system , and believes in God and women , can always live happily , and get rich slowly . This great republic is the Garden of Eden among the nations . We have nearly twenty millions of inhabitants—one thousand millions of dollars worth of annual produce—thirty Or forty religions , and a new one every month—two hundred ; broken banks —eighty millions of specie- ^ two thousand financiers not yet in the state prisons—and any quantity of fine land , high mountains , splendid rivers , with a sun and moon the best and brightest that ever took the great circuit of eternity . "
A Scene in the Lords . —¦ Nothing to Do . —After a delay of a tevr minutes , and a dead pause—there being no business before the House—The Lord Chancellor , sotto voce— 11 Campbell , have yon nothing to say ! " Lord Campbell shook his head . The Lord Chancellor— " Brougham , O , do say something . " Lord Brougham would not be seduced . He shook his head too ; but in tho mean time rose and took his seat on the woolsack . This motion without a speech had as muoh signification in it as a thousand speeches without a motion . Their Lordships laughed heartily at this entertaining pantomime . After the presentation of a few petitions , on one of which Lords Campbell and Brougham contrived to have a speech a piece , their Lordships adjourned to Thursday . — Morning Post .
Long Life . —Tha most remarkable instance of longevity which we have met with in English history is tbat of John Cam who , according to the parish register of St . Leonard ' s , Shoreditch , died on the 2 nd of January , 1588 , at the astonishing age of 20 V years . He was , born in the reign of Richard II , anno 1381 , and lived in th » reigns of twelve kings and queens—viz ., Richard II , Henrys IV , V , and VI , Edwards it and V , Richard III , Henrys VII and VIII , Mary and Elizabeth . —Annalt of Health . A Puzzler . —In a poem by Hoffmann , the German , poet , who was lately expelled the Prussian dominions , and the admission of his works prohibited ; the following word appears : — 11 SteurverweJgerungsverfassungsmassigberechfig !" Meaning a man who is exempt by the Constitution from the payment : of taxes .
Refinements op Language . —Delicacy of speech is capricious . We have heard of savages to whom youmubt call the whole leg to the ancle "the hip , " or be thought indecent ; you must not ask after a Turk ' s wife and family , but "the house ; " and in our Parliament you must not call many things by their right names . A knavish dunce may be the honourable and learned gentleman ; the House of Lords is " another place ; " and newspapers are not newspapers , but Lord Normanby last night must correct an error in " the ordinary channels of information . " How would this do in private life . Tell your Eervant to V Take five of the largest copper partieleS ' of . the circulating medium , proceed to another place , and procure an ordinary channel of information . " What would he bring !
Universal Cure-all , —A Blessing to Widows . —A handsome young widow applied to a physician to relieve her of three distressing complaints with which she was afflicted . " In the first place , " says she , " I have little or no appetite . What shall I take for that ! " For that , madam , yoa should take air and exercise . " " And , doctor , I am quite fidgetty at night , and afraid to lie alone . What ehallltake for that ! " "For that , madam , lean only recommend that you take—a—husband . " ^ Fie ! doctor . But I have the blues terribly . What shall I take for that ! " " For that , madam , you have , besides taking air , exercise , and a husband , to take —the newspaper . " Sensible doctor that , —Ameriean Patriot .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 9, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1255/page/3/
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