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WILLIAM THOM . THE POCT OF 1 WERURY . ' j — i ( Concluded from the & » r of April 13 . ) In January , 1 S 44 , we find Wuxiam Thom again at Inverury , * under considerably improved circumstances butstill working at the loom . In the month of March appeared a small publication , intended to be published monthly . entitled Ute Inverury Gossamer ; the poet was chief editor , assisted , however , by others n ot unworthy of his companionship . Owing to causes , we shall presently explain , two numbers
only of the luckless Gossamer saw the light , and this Is to be regretted for independent of the editorial talent exhibited by the chief editor which , by the by , misht have been expected after the publication of his " Recollections , " his coadjutors , male and female ( there were both ) , would not have disgraced any news » a ; ier published in the kingdom . The writers in the Inverury Gossamer -were all of the poet Thom ' s own " order " - ^ -the working class , yet their productions in poetry and prose were most commendable , and showed them blessed with both well-informed heads and sensitive hearts . The Gossamer bore the following motto : —
" Dajligut will keek through a sma' hole . " Two causes combined to produce the Gossamer ' s untimely cud , it started as the exposer and reformer of local abuses and the relentless enemy of " cant " in every shape and character . The Town Council that rao < t important b > dy , were advised to bestow a little of that attention to the interests of the public which they were a ' ways so ready to pay to theirown ; the Gas Company were' * hauled over tuecoals" for their extortionate charges ; and the Uryside Farmers got a lectnnnsr , and were by no means smteful for the advice gratis . " A certain Bailie T / iinclaiih had , at a Council Meetinsr . stiematised the " incomes "* of the ?
town , as birds of passage that should be avoided or suppressed ; " the Gossamer defended the "Income ? , " and this defence , of course , gave offence to the " natives" — the veritable " Inverurians . " Lastly , the most " untoward event" of all for the success of the Gossamer was the publication , In the first number of an article by the poet , in defence of Burns against the assaults of the hypocritical humbugs and sanctimonious swindlers who won the appiaussof their water-drinking dupes by holding up Bcivxs as a drunkard and a debauchee . " The article is too lengthy to give entire , the following are ex-£ raeis : —
BDENS Df A SCRAPE (?) ! > Vuy pounce on poor Burns , every snivUUn ; clown and roaring coof , who takes a fancy to spout teetotalism ! Would it not be worth while , on their part , to assure themselves , in the first place , that Burns was indeed a drunkard ? If that point is settled to their heart ' s wish , next let them coolly examine whether , in seeking prose . ljtes . it be discreet to pick from the ranks of intemperance the most alluring qualities of our nature . * * * * * * * Drinkin ? was the fashionable and tolerated vice of his day , and Burns did incident !; mix in the manners of his times . Xo wonder that he did . Few—none had the like temptations . In the great poet , was fouud the brightest wit , the richest eloquence , that ever honoured man . * * # Burns was not a drunkard . In youth and manhood , ( did and fervent as his emotioas were , yet they were ever iiukedio nature and to reason ; the drunkard ' s emotions Lave otUersortof keeprrs—brutality and madness .
Barns uttered his very sweetest breathings over the latest passages of a life shortened by causes of many a Jdnd . Then , as at all times , his peerless lay came forth , eznburd—bursting with an intensity of soul that bloated , bewildered topers never knew—nerer feel—never , never express ! "Even when he knew he was dying , he looked in Jessie Le > var '> face , whom be loved as a Tather lores his daughter , and that he might reward her filial tenderate far him who was fast wearing away , " repeated the sorrowful and sweet" Thou art sweet as the smile when lovers meet , And soft as their parting tear , Jessie !" Poor Burns ! It was all he had to ' give , but the gift is imjicris ' . iable ; and tlie bonnie lassie that wet the dying lips of Hubert Burns , shall claim a lovely record in every ivann br-. ist , when his heartless slanderers are rotten , forgotten , and ¦
We repeat—for all admit , that bard drinking was a begriming feature of tha age in which Burns lived . Is it fair , then , ye Pharisees , to pluck a star from the darkness ye acknowledge and bold it to the light ye assume f Th-ife who make it a rule to cite such men as Burns , in order to make drunkennesshideous , would do well to considrr whether they are not consuming tie very end they aim at- In thus picking from the ranks of dissipation instances of individuals pre-eminently attractive , the allurement becomes powerful in the very illustration , and goes for worse than nothing . JJany , many a would-be
poet has become drunkard , just because it bad been run * anil ran ; into him that Burns was such—weaklings who ¦ could assimilate in no way else , thought good to resemble bun here . Hence the doctrine , the fallacious doctrine , has le «] many a silly weaver and cobbler to duck his five and sixpence and bis soul—all , forsooth , to be so lite a poet ! If you are * ' hard-up" at any time : or an illustrious brute , begin at tlie beginning and wollop right downwards—it would thus be a long , long time , ere Burns came in for bis whack * . Could you not keep a good-natured auditory yawning an hour or two at the expense of that jolly old CoreNeab . the most abandoned fuddler
" That e ' er crack'd a bottle , or fathom'd abowl . " May be ye want pluck to meddle-with him , he being a favourite where you would not like , of course , to b& an offender . Well , well , that is all the better ; let him alone , then , but , for puir auld Scotland ' s sake—and for truth ' s sake—and for the sake of the sacred cause you plead , let Burns alone too . His faults and his frailties are his mortal portion—give them a grare with his dust —they are of earth . What is heavenly of him , if you cannot relish , try not to tarnish . A sponge is lighter than a cbiseL There are flaws on the fairest . These it is lovelier to wipe out than record , ibink of it , and of something else strongly connected with it , which , to con--venitace yoar memory , we have milled into rhyme" The mote is bright in sunny light , Yet moves unmarked at e ' en ; In fairest water faults appear , That lurk in mud unseen . " This awful castigation of the canting " miserables " -who " Hate the excellence they cannot reach , " was not likely to be forgiven , nor speedily forgotten ; tie teetotallers and pietists combined to raise the war-. vli < x > i > of persecution , and from the first number -the poor little Gossamer was doomed ; it ceased to live after the second number . We return our hearty thanks to the poet Thom for the noble defence of Burns above quoted , and regret that we cannot command space to give specimens of theabilities ( poetical ) of his worthy coadjutors . In August , ISii , the poet was present at the " Burns' Festival , " on the " Banks o' Itoon , " when " rt-jwutaist Scotland" did homage at the shrine of her ill-used national bard . We do not find mention made of the name of Thom in the report of the ' festival , " possibly Scotland , although " repentant , " dH nut relish publishing her repentance by the
tongues -if aav of her sons lower than " lords" and " professors . " The " festival" did cot , however , pass by ¦ without the Invemry poet ' a name being beatd in connection therewith . A " slashing" article appeare ' l in Punch in the shape of an inquiry into the sincerity of Scotland ' s " repentance ; " and the condition of the poet Tuoii was instanced as an illustration o' •'«> fact that BuRxa , had he been living in the JJUf y " repentance , " 1 SU , would most likely h * ClKSl she fared fifty years before—when dying lie i 4 UU cu beg the loan of £ 5 to save Mm from a debtor ' s gaol . This Punching of " repentant Scot land" raised a hornet ' s neat about poor Thom ' s ears , the " nationalists" were in arms immediately for the character of the " land o cakes , " and the bard of Eenachie suffered , as well 33 profited , by the gene-ToUb advueacv of his satirical London friend .
Eariy in 1845 Wiljjam Thou returned to London io superintend the publication of the second edition of his poems , and in the month of February was entertained at a public dinner at the Crown and Andior . The dinner took place on the 26 th of that niimth , \ V . J . Fox . Esq ., occupied the chair , and paid an eloquent tribute to the poet ' s genius and virtues . The speech of the poet himself was manly and void of all affectation , lie embraced the opportunity to do justice to his earliest friend , Mr . George Galloway , of Inverness , who had aided him even before lie bee-line known to Mr . Gordon * . lie exonerated his countrymen from the charge of " neglect , " and specially singled out the " Whistle Binkies" of 0 asa « wr , who had exhibited towards him the true fee ing of brotherhood , lie remarked that he had no reliance upon the lyre , only jiartiall y , he relied © atheluoni . He added , * ' I made a little book , and
liave written truly from my heart what 1 felt ; if you "Would best serve me , if 1 come again among you , buy taj \ iv . >] i and my webs , but do not overwhelm me ¦ wi th superfluous praise , or with unwonted , uncourted charily . " lu the month of April following a public tea party aud soiree was held at the National Hall , llulbsm , in honour of the poet : the meeting was Tery numerously attended , and wa 3 presided over by Dr . ] Jowki > g . In si short notice of this meeting which appeared in an Edinburgh paper it was stated that the poet " a-aufuily and correctly spoke , and . euYr t « -d thunders of applause . " " There were many Sc itch present , but the great majority were English , ¦ who paid their monev to hear Thom and thebunnic auid son- ^ s of Scot land . " F <> r the last twelve months "William Thom has been a denizen of the " « jcat metropolis . " That he was . well advised in taking up his location in London , we doubt . We do notdoubt the good intentions « f Ills friends , but we thiuk the attempt to settle the
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reaver-poet in this Babel was a great mistake The jrofitefrom . his . poems the handsome sutecriptS jf his countrymen m New York and Calcutta S the other donations from his friends in this countrV would bave suflk-cd , with the help « f his ] S . ni to have established him iu easy circumstances forVe With perhaps some reversion for his children if he had remained in Inrerury , or somewhere with ' in the circle of his labour-connections . Instead of this he has been so unfortunately advised as to attempt to lne in London , in the character of a "limn-K cbant , " that K to say , one who takes orders and sunp . ies sheeting shirting , table-cloths , and similar fabrics , the produce of his native loom . But how is a poetical weaver to win a livinir bv such omnW . reaver-poet in this Babel was a great mistake Tha
raent in this Babelof competition ? If he could take a bne s-b ip , would cheat his creditors , and be always - skiing off under prime cost , " and making an alarming sacrifice" of himself or somebody else , lie might sell ; but this heartless , degraded life would not be a fitting existence for the " bwd of Benachie . " iriend I uom will never make a profitmonger , he lias not an atom of the shopocrat in his composition , ^ everthcles- s as he has " webs" to sell , we suggest that the buyers of shirts , sheets , Ac , should give the weaver-poet a turn , we will answer for the quality . Admirat ion of Tuom ' s poetry is very well ; but we fancy the purchase of his cloths is something still better , —the solid pudding is before the empty ; praise .
NYiLUAM Tuom isnow about forty-six years of age . The following description of his person , which is pretty correct , is from the Westminster Levieie ;—"His stature is short , and his legs stunted , like one of those whose cMldhood was not generously fed ; but there is breadth in his shoulders and clearness in his complexion , indicating a bale and tough constitution . Light auburn hair , now silvering , covers a large broad head with ample brow , firm set mouth , and light blue twiuklinjj eves , full of the sensibility and acuteness of the
man . " Let us add that the poet pos sesses first-rate conversational powers , and whether he dazzles b y his wit . charms with his melody , or touches the heart with those ] outbursts of feeling which ever and anon evidence his true manhood , he is ever the life and soul ot the friends surrounding him . He , in short , is a max , "take him for all in all , " such as the world has but too few of . Wiixum Thom ' s poems arc simple in style , construction , and object ; but they speak from the heart of tue author to the heart of the render . They are , mostly , like the poet ' s own history , of a pathetic or melancholy character . We do not think him a second Robert Bcrxs , but we do think very highly of some
ot his pocuis , particularly his address to his son " Willie , " on the death of her who "dauted his bonnie brown hair . This piece we can rank only with ; Burns * address "To Mary in Heaven , " andBiROs ' s j celebrated " Farewell . " We do not think we could I award this poem higher praise , although in some respeets it is eren more htart-nwring than the eSusion of cither Bcrss or Btb ' . « . AYe shall not essay further criticism , but content ourselves by taking the following quotation from an article on the Scottish poets in a German periodical— " Leaves for Literary Euteruuraaeat" [ BlaUerJUrliterarisclieUnterhaUung " In Thom ' s poems there is no trickery , but deep and healthy feeling , flowing from his inmost heart . If we wonder at anything , it is not so much that
Thom , the weaver , should be a poet , although his business is perhaps one of the most unfavourable for poetic activity , as we do at the powei ful and pithy language in which he writes , lie .. nows how to unite strength and tenderness in a manner which hardly anv of the Jiving Scotch poets can equal ; and that he is master ot the language in prose as well as verse , is proved by his own account of the sorrows he has had to endure . " On those sorrows , or rather the wrongs that produced those sorrows , we now say nothing : on a former occasion we expressed ourselves on this suljject in no measured terms , and , moreover William Thom ' s story best speaks for itself , and has no need of kelp from us to move the hearts of our readers .
It is rumoured that the appearance of another volume of poems from the pen of William Thom is not far distant . We hope this rumour will prove correct ; for sure we are , that the promised volume will be welcomed not only by the British public , but also by the admirers of the " bard of Benachie " throughout Europe , India , and America . In the course of these remarks we have rather sketched the person aud career of the poet than examined his poetry ; but that will not excite surprise when it is considered that William Thom ' s whole life is a poem a poem fearfully interesting , telling not only of sufferings endured by himself , but of suffering and wrong borne by thousands , voiceless themseives , but for whom their inspired brother is a voice pleading their cause in tones which sound from " Indus to the I ' ole . " We conclude this imperfect notice with another extract from the volume before us : —
MY HEATHER LAND . 11 } heaiher land , my heather land 2 My dearest praj'r be thine ; Alt ho' upon thy hapless heath , There breathus nae friend o' mine . The lanely few that Heaven has spar'd Fend ou a foreign strand ; Aud I maun wait to weup wi' tkee , ilvhameless hvatherland ! ily heather land , my heather laud 2 Though fairer lands there be , Thy g . iw " n : e braes in early days , Were gowdeu ways to me . llaun life ' s poor boon gae dark ' ning down , >' or die whaur it had dawn'd , But claught a grave ajout the wave . Alas ! my heather land !
My heather land , my heather land ! Though chilling winter pours His freezing breath rouu'fireltss hearth , AVhaur breadless misery cow ' rs ; Yet breaks the light that soon shall blight The godless rciviu' hand—Whan wither * d tyranny shall reel Frae our roui'd heather land ! _ We are happy to introduce to our readers another little poem from the p ' en of our respected friend , Allex Davenport . Our friend says " I feel quite in my element when Ireland is the subject of my pen ; I should like her to be a free and independent nation . Her sufferings ought to be a sufficient ransom for her redemption : "—
IRELAND IN CHAINS . Air— " Marselloisc Hymn . " Rise , Britons rise ! with indignation , — Hark ! hark !! I hear the clanking chains , That bind a brave and generous nation , Where martial law and terror reign ; Her gallant sons demand assistance , Cau iititish hearts refuse the call ? Behold them struggling for existence , Shall Ireland , or her tyrants fall 1 See ! see ! the fiends of war Have seized on Liberty ; Then rise , and as one man declare , That Ireland shall be free !
Anse ; and with a voice of thunder , Proclaim amidst the clashing storm , That you to burst her chains asunder Will meet the foe in every form . What though the cannon point before ye , And dungeons gape ou every hand ; Unite ! and put donn Whig and Tory , 'Tis time the people should command . Dislionour'd be the grave Of him who quits the held : But crowns of glory to the brave , Who uobly scorns to yield .
Will von desert the Irish nation , Aud see her wear her chuius again , Because lier Chief spurns all relation With . England and with Englishmen ? Ko I Britons , no ! do not desert her , Return , for every evil , good , You who hold dear the People ' s Charter , And who would seal it with your blood ! Then raise your voice , ye brave ! She is your sister still—And if you have not power to save , Show that you have the will . Alles Davespoet
What is Rosge doing ? lie seems to have been very quiet of late . In his position , to pause is to fail , to temporise is to court ruin , energy alone can give him the victory—can save him . We take the following spirited appeal from the March number of the New York Democratic Review , the author , GreexiEjiF Wj uttieb , is well known to our readers , many of his noblest anti-slavery poems having appeared in our columns : — TO KONGE . HI" J . C . WUITTIEH .
Strike home , strong-hearted man!—Down to the root Of old oppression sink the Saxon steel . Thy work is to hew down . In God ' s name then Put nerve into thy task . Let other men Plant as they may , that better tree , whose fiuit The wounded busom of the Church shall heal . Be thou the Image-breaker . Let thy blows Fall heavy as the Subian ' s Iron Hand , On Crown or Crosier , which shall interpose Between thee and the weal of Fatherland , Leave creeds to closet-idlers . First of all Shake thou all German dream-laud with the fall
Oi * that accursed tree , wlios - < - * vtl trunk Was spared of old by Er .-rSjjjpJiialwart monk . Fight not with ghosts aui . 'i'r ^ ows . Let us hear The snap of chuin-links . I . etour gladdened ear Catch the pale prisoner ' s wi .-lcome , as the light Follows thy axe-stroke , through his cell of night . Bo faithlul to both worlds ; uor think to feed Earth ' s starving millions with the husks of creed ; Servant of Him whose high and holy Was to the wronged , the sorrowing and the lowly * Thrust uot his Eden promise from our sphere , liktant aud dim boyond the blue sky ' s span ; Like him of Patmos , see it , now aiulliwe , — The X w Jerusalem comes down to uvaul
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Be warned by Luther ' s error Nor like him , ' ' " * When the roused Teuton dwhes from his limb - The rusted chain of ages , help to bind His Lands , for whom thou claim ' s * the freedom of the Mind ! In the Star of April 11 th appeared a poem entitled "The Watcher on the 1 W" from the pen of Charles Mackat , editor of the Glasgow Argus . We had purposed to have this week given several additional pieces by the same author , together with some remaks of our own , but must defer both , with the exception of the following beautiful piece which first appeared in the Daily Nem a wee m two back : — Be warned by Luther ' s errnC ' -., » .. ^_ -. a-
OLD OPINIONS . Once we thought that power Eternal Had decreed the woes of man That the human heart was wicked Since its pulses first began ;— ' That the earth was buta prison Dark and joyless at the best , ' And that men were born for evil And imbibed itfrom the breast That'twas vain to think of urging ' Any earthly progress on Old opinions . ' ragsand- tatters ! Get you gone ! get yon gone / Once we thought all human sorrows Were predestined to endura ; That , as laws had never made them , Laws were impotent to cure ; That the few were born superior , Though the many mi ght rebel ; They to sit at Nature ' s table ,
We to pick the crumba that fell ;—They to livp upon the fatness . — We the starvelings , lank and wan . Old opinions , rags ami tatters , Getyou gone , get you gone . Once we thought that Kings were holy , Doing wrong by right divine ; That the Church was hard of conscience , Arbiter of Mine and Thine . That whatever priests commanded No one could reject , and live : And that all who differed from them It was error to forgive : —
Right to send to stake or halter With eternal malison . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Get yongone , get you 3011 c Once we thought that sacred Freedom Was a cursed and tainted thing ; Foe ef Pcare . aud Law , and Virtue ; Foe of Magistrate and King ; That all vile and rampant passion Everfollowed in her path ; Lust and Plunder , War and Rapine , Tears and Anarchy and Wrath . That the angel was a cruel ,
Haughty , bloodstained Amazon . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Getyou gone , gel ymi gone . Once we thought that Education Was a luxury for the few ; That to give it to the many Was to give it scope undue . That 'twas foolish to imagine It could be as free as air : Common as the glorious sunshine To the child of want and care ;—That the poor man , educated , Quarrell'd with his toil anon . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Get yon gone , get you gone .
Once we thought it right to foster Local jealousies and pride : Right to hate another nation Parted from us by a tide : Right to go to war for glory . Or extension of domain : Right , through fear of foreign rivals , To refuse the needful grain . Right to bar it out till Famine Drew the bolt with fingers wan . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Get yon gone , getyon gone . Old opinion !) , rags and tatters ,
ic are worn—ah quite threadbare ; We must cast you off for ever ; We are wiser than we were . Never fitting , always cramping , Letting in the wind and sleet , Chilling us with rheums and agues ; Or inflaming us with heat : We havn found a mental raiment Purer , whiter to put on . OU opinions , rags and tatters , Gel you < 70 n
THE GOLD MINES OF THE WEST . BY GEORGIAN * C . MDNBO . [ It is said , though the story is itself assuming somewhat of a legendary character , that gold mines might be found in North as well as in South America , did not the IndiaRS of the former fear to discover them , in consequence of a tradition that , should they become known . tJiey would be compelled to work in them as slaves . ]} O ' er Michigan how deeply sigh Those breezes , as in grief That Redman ' s power has fleeted by ,
As brightless from the leaf They bear away , with heedless breath , To float o ' er distant waves—Then sink , at last , to sleep in death , Far from their brothers ' graves ! The sun-rays from the pathless wild , And thatlone shore , have died , Where the pale-face and forest-child Are standing side by side ; And sadder than the hollow moans Of the fast-darkening lake , Yet proud and stern , the hunter ' s tones Its lingering echoes wake .
" Ye have swept us from our haunts of yore Beside the pleasant streams , And the salt wave =, by the distant shore , Which speak to us in dreams . With tales of peace our ears were won—With warrior's iron hand , The children of the setting sun Were driven from their land . And we have fled , like , hunted deer , Before the hunter ' s face—Yet following fast , we ever bear The footsteps of your race ! And ever still there come the sounds Of voices form the West , Which to the Happy Hunting Grounds
Are calling us to rest . What seek ye more !—our scatter'd tribes Sink fust as melting snow ; We cannot take the stranger ' s bribes , And to our fathers show ; And say , we have forgot their words , And fili'd your hands with gold , While stdl the songs of summer birds Repeat the tales they told . They said that we should be too weak To linger near their gruves ; But nought , except the gold ye seek , Could make the Red men slaves : They bade our feet forget the way , They bado our eyes forget The spots wherein those treasures lay—Where they are sleeping yet ! " Our brothers dwelt in lands 33 fair ,
With sunny hills and plains ; But there were treasures gleaming there To buy its children chains ! And ever when the South wind blows , 'Tis laden with their lighs , And tells the land of melting snows Our fathers' words were wise . The Indian cannot toil in mines , The pale-face hath not fouud—But ever where the red gold shines , The Red man shall be bound . 'Tis eTen thus our fathers' words Spoke to our hearts of gold ; And still the songs of summer birds Repeat the talcs they told . We show no treasures of the earth , Whereon we must not rest—Your brothers taught our own their worth , Those Gold Mines of the West !" Southsea .
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Suicide at London Bridge . —On Monday night about halt-past eleven o ' clock the passengers on London Brid ge saw a man enter the middle recess on the eastern side , and mount the stone seat , from which he immediately plunged headlong into the river . The act was so very sudden that although several persons were near him they could not prevent him committing the desperate act . The body was not found . The Tables Turned . —We read inthc'CWr /' er Francias— " There is passing at present at Bayonne , a veritable comedy . On Monday , the telegraph transmitted to the auihuriiius of that city orders to cense all surveillance over the Infante Don Henry , to pay him all tlu ; honours due to his rank , and in bis place to watch General Narvaws , whose intrigues the Spanish Government , it appears , is apprellC-nsive of . What renders this change the more amusing is f that the police of France were set upon the traces of Don Henry at the formal demand of Narvaez . "
Arsos . —At the Gloucester assizes , on Saturday , James Wares , : i » cd CS , was transported for life , for setting fire to a dwelling-house , 'i'he principal evidence was that of his daughter , who was lodging in the house , a public-house of low description , and with whom he was at variaiicj . lie attempted to strangle her , but she got away ; the fire afterwards broke out and was discovered to b \ vc originated in the prisoner ' s room .
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D ( # aLAS JEUROLiyS SHILLING MAGAAlsN h—Ai > ait . London : Pu-. eh Office , 85 , Fleetstreet . We are happy to announce to our readers that the editors story ot "St . Giles and St . James" is resumed in this number . Three chapter * are given to make up lor past omissions , and these chapters iuiij sustain the character achieved for tlve storv by the preceding portions . In the present number the story breaks off with the election ot Uitheu Cup . stick ( our old Iriend the muffin-maker ) as M . P . for the borough ot Liquorish , llow this is brought about we have not space to inform our readers ; we inu > t therefore , relei- them to the magazine , contenting ourselves wiih giving the following extract , illustrative of
AN ELECTION SCENE . "Three cheers for Cipstick , our member , " cried Rasp , from the window of the Yellow Committee-room . " Three cheers for Capstick and the Constitution . " " Give it him , " cried Flay from an opposi c house , and the obedient loyal mob of Ulues discharged a volley of mud and stones and other constitutional missiles in use on such glorious occasions . Crash went the windows , aud , on the instant , the two factions in tho street engaged in a general fight , all moving , as they combi » tt ° cJ towards the Town Hall , already beset by a roaring mob . A few minutes , and Mr . Capstick appeared . Whereupon , the High Bailiff declared him duly elected a Knight burgess , and buckled the sword about him—the sword with which , by a pretty fictionthe knight to
, was defend the borough of Liquorish from all sorts of wrong . Cain tick , with the weapon at his thigh , advanced with great dignity , and was for a time regardless of the show . « 'sofe ggs mid potatoes that , from the liberal hands of the IMues , immediately greeted him . The young Lord St . Jamus—how Snipeton leered at him;—also appeared on the hustings , and accident !} ' received full in his face an egg , certainly intended tor the visage of the successful candidate , it was plain , too , that Capstick thought as much , for he turned , and taking out his pocket-handkerchief , advanced to his lordship , and in the politest man . ner observed , — "My lord , I have no doubt that egg was iutended to be my property : will you , therefore , permit me to reclaim my own V and saying this , Capstivk with his white kerchief removed the offensive matter from
his lordship ' s tace , whilst the crowd—touched by the courtesy of the sew member—laughed and cheered up . roariously . Jlr dipstick then advanced to the front of the liustings .. At the same moment a potatue fell short of him , near his foot . Whereupon the member drew his sword , and runuing it into the potatoe , held it up to the mob . Another laugh — another cheer greeted the action . " Silence ! he ' s a rum " un—hear him ' . " was the cry , and in less thau ten minutes the new member was permitted to proceed . Whereupon he said : — " Gentlemen—for gentlemen in a mob are always known by their eggs and potatoes—I should , iudeed , be ui . worthy of the honour you have placed and sliowetvd upon me , did I in any vvaj eomplain of the manner in which you have exercised the
privileges I see lying about me . I am aware , gentlemen , that it is the free birthright of Englishmen—and may they ncrer forget it!—to pelt any mail . who may oiler himself for the honour of representing them iu Parliament . It is right that it should be so . For how unfit must thu man be for the duties of his office—for the trials tliut in the Jlouso of Commons lie must uuuuigoif he cannot , properly and respectfully receive at the hands of an enlightened constituency any quantity of mud , any number of eggs or potatoes , that in their wisdum they inuy feel disposvd to visit upon him . I should hold myself a traitor to thu trust reposed in mo , did I m this moment of triumph object to either your eggs w your potatoes . " ( Very loud cheering ; with a cry of " You ' re
the sort for us . " ) "No , gentlemen , 1 look upon eggs and potatoes as , I may say , the corner-stones of the Constitution . ' ( ' Three cheers for the Constitution , ' roared Hasp , mi'l the Yellows obedientl y bellowed . ) ' Nevertheless , permit me to say this much . Peeling the necessity that you should always exercise for yourselves the right of pelting your candidates with oggs aud potatoes—permit me to observe that I do not think the sacred cause of liberty will be endangered , that I do not believe the basis of the constitution will be in the smallest degree shaken , it ' upon all future elections , when you shall be called upon to exercise the high prerogative of pelting your candidates , you select eggs that are sweet , and iirjt inash your po . tatoes . ' Laughter aud loud cheers attested the reasonableness of tho proposition . "
The other articles are , as usual , very good ; but we have not room to particularise , excepting that we may remark of Juniper Hedgehog ' s Letter , that it treats of the Oregon question , and most admirably answers the belchings of that old fanatic , Quinc ' y Adams . We may add that Juniper quotes the " Address of the Fraternal Domocrats to the Working Classes of Great Britain and the United States , " which appeared in this journal sonic weeks ago . Juni 2 > cr remarks on the address that " fiae rousing words are in it ; words that strike upon the heart better than fife and beaten sheep ' s-sUin . "
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SIMMONDS ' S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . March , Ai'uil . London : Simmonds and Ward , Burguyard , Bucklerobury . It is some considerable time now , since we noticed this magazine . The February number we did not receive . The March number caine to hand too late for notice that month , and novr we find ourselves compelled to notice both numbers ( March and April ) as briefly as possible . The March number contains several very interesting articles ; we may particularly instance the despatches from Captain Si era , describing the progress of the exploring expedition in South Australia ; an article by tlie editor " On the
growth and production of Indian corn or maize , and the manufacture of sugar from the stalk ; " and one of Mr . McCombie ' s " Australian Sketches" describing the " Scenery and Society of New South Wales . " The April number opens with a delightful article on Texas from the pen of Charles Hootax , which the believers in the Texan paradise will do well to peruse before they commit themselves to that "happy land ; " wo regret we cannot afford room for an extract . Several otiier interesting articles are contained in this number . We have given elsewhere a beautiful poem from the March number . IVe snail take an early opportunity to speak at length of the merits of this useful publication .
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ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL TALES FOR CHILDREN . By Joseph IIine . London : Souter and Law , 131 , Fleet Street . This work is intended us a class-book to teach the art of reading in less lime , and with greater ease , than the usual methods , and to cultivate at an early period the imaginative and reasoning faculties ot youth . We have not read the whole of the tales , but we have read several taken at randors and consider them well calculated to effect the author ' s object . The stories arc all such as can be comprehended by the generality of children , of three or four years anil upwards . All hard words are avoided , the majority of the tales arc illustrated with wood engravings , and altogether the book is well calculated to instruct , amuse , and interest the juvenile class for whom it is intended .
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THE FAMILY HERALD . Parts 34 , 35 . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . These two parts of the Family Herald are rich in entertaining matter , and calculated to add to the popularity so well earned by this best of tlie penny publications .
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Thr Slavish Piuss-Gang . —The daily newspapers speak of her Majesty ' s app . -oiic ' iirij : "retirement . " We may , therefore , look for the banishment of the old word " confinement" from genteel circles / Tub Irish Curfew Bill . —As no person in Ireland is to be allowed to leave his house after a certain hour at night , Mr . Punch respectfully asks Lord Lincoln , how the evicted tenants are to manage , who have no houses to remain in ? Are they to roost in the hedges ? An answer will oblige . —Punch .
Ihe Cost op Solbieiis and of Sbamex . —The daily pay of a foot soldier is Is . with a penny for beer : tho daily pay of a life-guardsman is Is . HJd ., andthcannualcostis . £ 71 la . lid . per man , besides Jiorse and allowance !' , or £ 1 8 s . Gd . per week ; drngoons , £ 68 Us . ' fid . per annum , or £ 1 h . 9 c ) . per week ; root-gauds , £ 31 16 s ., or 13 s . Gel . per week ; infantry £ 31 per annum , or 11 s . 10 ( 1 . per week . A Tcsjuncntot horse soldiers , of about 360 , ofticera and men , cost £ 25 , 000 per annum . The wa"ca of seamen in the royal navy are £ 2 12 s . per month , or 1 & . per week ; and £ 1 12 s ., or 8 s . per week more , are allowed for provisions . John Bull . —The seven dealings of John Bull are , the shop , the stocks , the newspaper , religion , roast beef , projuiiice , and port wine .
A Bitter Truth , —We level the poor to the dust by our general policy , and take infinite credit to ourselves for raising them up again with the grace ot charity . —ibnWan / jitc . The Pooh in the Highlands . — Small-pox and fever are exceedingly prevalent , not only within the precints of Inverness , but throughout extensive districts in the Highlands . The sickness is aggravated by extreme destitution among the lower classes , especially males and females who . not coining under the description of aged or infirm paupers , have no
Cmaiutablk Trusts But ,. —A meeting of gentlemen representing the civic companies was held on Saturday morning last , at the hall of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Tailors . It wa « we are informed , unanimously agreed most strenuously to persist in opposing this measure , to present petitions to parliament praying thatthebill might not pass inio si law , or that the city companies might beoxempted from its operation , and that they might be permitted to appear by counsel at the bar of the House of Lords , to adduce their reasons for claiming such exemption . Sir Charles Wetlierall and other eminent compel
have been retained . A Sum ; Capture . —We reenmmeud Mic follow-in-: plan to Louis-Philippe as an infallible one for taking Abtl-el-Kader . Let his M . ijcsty get the Arab chief to accept a bill—the larger the sum the better ; and put it into the hands of Levy . If that illustrious sheriff ' s officer , does not capture Abd-cl-Kader the very day it falls due , we will pay the amount and costs ourselves . —Punch . Roman-tic Adve . ntl-rk . —A few days aso the ship Young England arrived in the St . Kiitharinc ' s Dock , from the Cape of Good Hope , under the command of Mr . Adams , who was wrecked a few vcarsago on the coast of New Zealand . He was made a prisoner by the natives , who treated him with barbarous cruelty , and would have put him tr > death but for the
intercession of a daughter ot one of the chiefs . He was tattooed all overhand compelled to adopt the same mode of life as the natives , and accompany them in their fishing and hunting expeditions . His chief food was fish and the wild animals he killed . He underwent a variety of adventures , and repeatedly attempted to make his escape , but was so closely watched by the natives that ho was unable to do sfi until he had been among them three years , when lie succeeded in eluding their vigilance , and made kis escape in a canne . After a good deal of sufrenn ? do was picked up by a ship bound to the Cape , where lit 1 was appointed commander of the Yountj England . His wife , who had long given him up for lost , and had worn widow ' s weeds , was quite overjoyed on his bein ? restored to her , and the meeting , after so long an absence , was most afFecting .
The Destitute and Unemployed in Bradford . —About 300 families in this town are supplied with soup and bread from the Soup Kitchen . The committfl hare , in various parts of the town and neighbourhood , about 1 , 500 men employed six hoursa-day , for which they are paid Is . Wo understand that onefourth of the funds subscribed is already expended , and it is calculated the whole will be expended in seven weeks . Punishment of Death is America . —Four statesocieties ( with numerous auxiliaries ) have been
formed for the . abolition of capital punishment . These state societies are New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Massachusetts . And there is one United States , or General , Convention for the same object , of which Mr . Dallas , the Vice President of the United States , is president . Two newspapers are published expressly to further the cause—the Prisoners' friend- , at Boston , and the Spirit of the Age , in New York city . Besides these a great multitude of secular and religions papers have spoken in favour of themeassre . More than forty might be named in New York alone .
Death of General Sir Henry Bayly , G . C . ILThis officer , Colonel of the Sth Foot ( the King ' s regiment ) , died on Monday morning at ten minutes before two . o ' clock , at his residence in Dover-street , Piccadilly , after a long and severe illness . A New Petition . —A meetinc was held on Saturday evening at the Lecture Room , Milton-street , Oripplegate , of tradesmen , operatives , and others 01 the city of London . They complained of suffering many privations from want of employment , and when employed , from inadequate remuneration . They set forth the advantages of coal for working machinery , and the inconvenience the people suffer from its enormous price in this and other neighbourhoods . They agreed to present a petition to parliament , of which the following is the prayer s — " Your petitioners therefore humblv prav that vour honourable house
will take this subjectinto consideration , and by legislative enactment cause the expense of the transit or conveyance of coals to London and various other large towns in the kingdom to be paid out of the Treasury ; or levy such an impost per ton on coals at the pit ' s motitli , or otherwise , as will defray the cost oi' such transmission , so as to produce an equalisation of the cost of that article or commodity throughout the kingdom ; which your petitioners humbly submit is uot requiring that your petitioners should have any exclusive advantage over any other portion of her Majesty ' s subjects , but that all parts of the kingdom may be put upon an equality as regards the cost of coals , which from their great use in the manufactures of this countiy has , of late years , become of the greatest importance to all the working classes in the kingdom . "
Inconsistencies bf Our Own Times . —In England commerce and riches gallop , and social legislation crawls ; consequently we have thirteen millions of specie stowed away in the cellars of the bank , and hundreds ot human beings dying of starvation in the cellars of St . Giles ' s . Amiable benevolence contributes millions Co comfort and convert heathens iu far-off climes , whilst neighbours are perishing for food and instruction at out own doors . Mistaken lenity strides along too quickly , whilst law stands upon precedent , and won't budge faster than it is
driven ; by reason of which we see monsters of crime let off on the ground of insanity one day , and reclaimablo sinners hanged on gibbets the next . In like manner , while we are preaching peace at home—trying to » et the trade of cutting throats into disrepute , meeting the fierce threats nf America with mild expostulations , and pooh-poohing Young France when she puts herself into a fi ^ hiius attitude —« e are afar off in the Ptinjnub , compelled to make the live rivers discharge blood at every mouth , and to strew its banks with dead warriors . —Our Own Times
The Weslkyax Conference— Preparations aro being made for the reception of the ministers , nearly 500 in number , expected to attend the Wesleyan Conference , which will bo held this year in Bristol . —llristol Journal . Tun Ciioleua . —This formidable disease is at present ravaging several provinces of Persia . It has been introduced into Khorasan by the caravans , and lists spread south and west through the marshy countries of Masseiuiheran . At Mesched it lias cut off one-third of tile population , and at Teher . in and Ispahan the inhabitants of entire quarters of these cities have perished .
Imi'Oktof Blood Horses . —We have for some years past been making almost monthly , and very often weekly consignments of good and valuable horses to the nations of the continent , both to improve their stock and for immediate usefulness on the road mid in the field . At length , one of tke German States , that of iVIucklenburgh , has been able to return the compliment in kind , and last Friday accordingly we received at Hull , per the Hamburg steam-ship , Capt . Brown , an entire horse and two marcs , thorough broil , to cross with the stout breed of Clydesdale . Their progeny is expected to become famous for working purposes . . _ . _ ..- . . . .
Cholera in India . —The following melancholy account of the death of a officer , his lady , and child , from cholera , has been published by the Mudras U . S , Gazette : — " It is with much pain we announce the decease , by cholera , at Scciintler . ibacl , on the 18 th intant , of Brevet Captain Thomas Osborne , of the 10 th K . I ., and his lady , both of whom fell victims to this fatal epidemic on the same day , having on tho preceding one lost their infant child . Since the above was in typo the following particulars havu reached us in 11 letter from Secuiukrabad : — ' Lieutenant Osborne , of the 4 . 0 th N . I ., which corps is now a stage or two distant from Secunderabad , liavinc
lost one of his children by teething , came on to the cantonment with the corpse to havo ' it buried , leaving his family in camp . No sooner had he arrived at Captain Harper ' s than lie was himself attacked with the epidemic . This news having reached Mrs . Oaborno , she hastened to join her husband , when she was also seized by the same disease , which in bi . th cases proved fatal on the same day . The hapless young couple were buried yesterday evening . The poor lady ' s ayah , I understand , has also fallen a victim to tlie pestilence this morning . Captain ami Mrs . Harper have in consequence removed from then house to avoid its dreadful effects . '"
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fo Fine Young Mkn . "—As it is the Archbishop of Canterbury who draws Hp thanksgiving" prayers tor the successful slaughter of the enemy , may we ask , w it the chaplains of regiments who write the recruiting bills , scatteredtliioughout the countrv , to catch the eye of the " Fine Yonn * s Men V One of tnese compositions , recently put forth at Gloucester , w now before us . There is a truthfulness in the K 5 w T ^ l ndeei 1 a Pwfnaqucness of ^^ ittffA ^ HiS ^ tp ^^^ t st ^ cauu-ht by the shilling , they are immediately " Taught tl » e art of riding , drivinir , drawin g ' fencing gunnery , and the mechanics ; the making and use of gunl powder , sky-rockets , and other fire-work * "
The allusion to sky-rockets and oilier fire-works shows the hand of the master . The author subtly knowingly tonclu's 011 schoo'boy recollections—on the fifth of JVovenib- 'r days , when fire-works were precious to the juvenile . We subjoin a few of the advantages offered to " the Gunners" ( fi > r so artillerymen are styled ) . Here they are : — " They are lodged in the linest barracks in the world I They have light work and good pay , the bust hu . ef that Kent can nftiird , und a coiufurUMe place in the barracks called the ' Canteen , ' set apart for them to ten their friends in and take a cheerful glass : also » splendid library and reading-room , a park and pleasure grounds , with a select number of horses fur tlu-ir instruction and amusement . After their education is completed , they will have an opportunity Afforded them to travel to foreign countries , where they may drink their wine at two-pence per bottle , by the new tariff !"
ihese it must ba owned , are many agreeable advantages ; and yet , with a modesty peculiar to recruiting Mreennk-he of the Upper George Inn , Gloucester , has said nothing of the box at the opera , and the Mowbray Hounds , always at the service ot ' the Gunners . But perhaps the sergeants did not fo .. til n'l ^" >; i "" S ™ all that was in store for them Only let them enlist , ami then no doubt he would surprise them . After—it is not said how many—years' service the recru . ts are promised that they inn 1 "i-etmn to seo nT" w 5 h MbaUS ' l > UnetS > am 1 '"^ S pcnniT 'n"V \ m " > ma » ners and-expi-ricnco ' . " Hie last advantage , no doubt , warranted .-Punc / i
Murdkr and Attkmitbd Suicide . —A distressing ease of murder and attempted suicide has occurred at Andoveratord , near Cheltenham . In consequence of ill treatment on the part of her liusbaml . ( who sometimes beat her with -a flail , ) and other relatives , female , named Jane Newman , on Saturday fi ' rsc drowned her infant ( laughter in a inill-pi , iul , and then attempted to destroy herself in a similar manner . She was , however , observed , ta ' ien out in a sensuless state , and has since partially recovered
Dkatii i > v Lightning . —A young man was killed by lightning last wueknt Westley , in Suffolk . He , with six other * , mi » ht shelter from « stnrm nmler a hedse , si flash ot lightning knocked iluwi , suvvr . il of the youth ? , and the deceased died in it f . w minutes bxruisiox of Powdkii Mat .. —A pnwilcr mill blew up at Waltham Abbey , 0 : 1 Sunday night , fortunately no person was on the prnnises . The disaster was occasioned by a Hood , which set the mill stones in such rapid motion that the powd . x which was under them exploded .
Dkatii bv I atom . —Martha IVd , a L'irlnine years of ago , daughter of a sawyer living at Wcdnesburv was so frightened by hearing . 1 noise behind her as she was coming down stairs , ond tuniini ; and sui-in " a < lo » belonging to a neighbour , that she died the tollmvinj . ' day . Extkssivk itomiKRY . —On Friday , between twelve and one o ' clock , Mrs . Viesler , a widow hutv , rc sMii ; " - in Oxford-terrace , Bayswater , went to tlic ' linnk oi hnsland , whore she received £ 300 . c » nsi > t : n" of two £ 100 , and £ - ) 0 , . iiul six £ 0 Hank of E >>»! and notes , with twenty sovereigns . The notes .-lie carefully placed in her pocket-book , and the gold in a purse , which she put in her pocket . On quitting the Bank , she , accompaniod by her daughter , went on foot into
lung Wilhara-street to make some purchases , when , to her astonishment and dismay , on putting her hand into her pocket , she found that the pocket-bsok and purse had been abstracted . Lvoesuity of a Delhi Thikp . —At the time when the dexterity of the thieves at Delhi was proverbial , it happened one day that p Nuwaub had . alighted at one of the shops in that city , and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for some article he wanted to purchase . In order to be more at his ease , the Nuwaub had slipped his right foot from its shoe , and had placed the said foot on the chubooira or raised floor , of the shop , while his left foot remained in its shoeon the ground . A thief slyly abstracted the empty shoe and made off undetected . The Nuwaub ; wken he had completed his purchase , put down his richt
toot , and then discovered that the shoe had disappeared . A search was made , uselessly of course , for the lost shoe , when the Nuwaub sent one'of his attendants to a shoemaker with the remaining shoe , with an order for another to be prepared immediately to match it . He then got into his palanquin shoeless and went his way . The thief , watching his opportunity , went straight to the shoemaker , and assuming a tonei of authority , told him that , "his master the Niiwaub , having found the missing shoe , had sent him / to countermand the order he had given —and would / therefore thank him to return the shoe
left at his shop . " The unsuspecting shoemaker , taking the thief for one of the attendants of the great man , quietly gave him up the shoe , and thus the ihief possesiibo - hiunelf of the pair , with which he sately decamped , and was » ftver more heard of . # A Gross Outrage . —On tlhe afternoon of the 6 th . mat ., a gross outrage and attempt at violation was made upon the person of a respectable married female , named White , residing in acohtase upon the estate of Colonel Keppel , at Ashley , Milton , Warwickshire , by a respectable-lookingnian , who alighted from a chaise under the pretence of sheltering from the rain .
A Post-office Mistake . —Our town was in a state of great excitement during the whole of Thursday last , owing to the non-arrival of the London mail . It appears that by some mistake the mail-bag was sent to Rochester instead of Dorchester , so that we did not receive the mail till the arrival of the Emerald ^ Southampton coach , about six o ' clock in the evening , —Sherlourne Journal . Serious Occident at Blackburn . —On Mondayafternoon , about six o ' clock , an appalling accident occurred on the Blackburn and Preston Ka'lway . An enjjinc _ drawing a loaded truck was proceeding alongtlie line in the immediate neighbourhood of the
Blackburn station , when a drunken fellow approached it at the imminent risk of his life , as was imagined by those who saw him . A labourer named John M'Nelly . belonging to Blackburn , ran forward to snatch this person from the fate which appeared -to impend over him ; poor M'Nelly fell a victim to his own good intention ; losing his footing , his Irgs wtr 3 thrown across the rails , and both of them torn off below the knee by the wheels of the locsmotive passing over them . He was immed iately conveyed t : > t : is house iii Penny-street , Blackburn . Tlie uuforti n ite sufferer is married , and has six children alive : but alight hopes are entertained of his recovery .
Extraordinary Suicide by a Boy . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Lord Nelson , Nicolsrow Church-street , Shoreditch , on the body of William Thomas Figess , aged nine years , who destroyed himself under the following circumstances . The deceased resided with his mother at Nu . 16 , Vincentstreet , in that neialibourhoi-d , his father bavins ; absconded from his home about four yuars since , and no tidings of him hud ever bum leanuil . The < luceixscil was always considered a . vety miiil ti-mpet-id child and never exhibited any appe : ir ; iiifi >> iif muita !
aberration . On last Sunday forenoon In ; ii * lu-il his mother for a half penny to purchase an Imliiiruhher ball of one of his playmates ; he wasrtfus « I , and after sitting awhile in a chair in a sullen manner , he suddenly rose and left thu room : in less than live mii . utes afterwards a little boy found him hanging by ; i rope , which wn « passed around his neck and fastened to the banisters of the stairs leading from his mother ' s room , lie was cut down instantly , and Mr . Woolt , a surgeon , was called in , who tried every means for upwards of two hturs to restore life , but ineffectually . —Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "
Ioxorasck and CiuxtK . —The calendar for the present Sall ' ord Hundred sessions contains the names ef -17 persons charged with felony , of whom 10 can neither read nor write , 25 can read , or read and write imperfectly , one can read and write well , and one has received a superior education . There are also 17 persons charged with misdemeanour , of whom one can read and write well , eight can read ,, or read and write imperfectly , and eight can neither re-ad nor write . : Ax U . v . \ . \ siv-kra » le AnouML'ST . ^ - " Gentlemen of the jury , " said a Western lawyer , "would you set . a it-trap to catch a bear ? Would you make fools of yourselves by endeavouring to spear a buffalo with a knitting needle ? Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi with a gourd ? No , gentlemen , I know you would not ; then how can you be guilty of ie absurdity of finding my client guilty of man slaughter for taking the life of a woman ?
duRiMjf Emigrants to the U . ntted States . —The German Emigrant Society has issued its report for lblo . Ihe number of emigrants arriving here last year from German States , is reported at 30 , 312 . The year before ( 1 S 41 ) 17 , 791 ) . Increase in one year , 12 , 513 . Much good has boon accomplished bv tho society , in directing , aiding and advising emigrants , bmch was the influx of strangers last year , that for two or three months many able bodied Germans could not obtain work . We are pleased to see that this society urges its beneficiaries , with small means , to seek a living in the quiet and happy business of agriculture , instead of encouraging the general propensity for the more precarious occupations of city life . —New York Sun .
Death ov Sir Jonx Sebright , Bart . —This venerable baronet expired on the 15 th instant , at the advanced age of 79 . He was deputy-li eutenant for the county of Herts , which he repr esented from ISOtJ to 1 S 34 , having previously sat for Bath . His eldest son and successor , Thomas Geo . Saundcrs Sebright was born in 1 S 02 .
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* ' Incomes , ( or as , they arc called in the sou th-west ofScot-and , Incomers , " J mean strangers , who have had the hiiidilioGii to break in upon the established monopolies uf little towns or villages , to practise for their own Wiouf . andiuoi'positi' -n to the heirlooms of the place , the trade or calling they may have inclined .
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part III . London : J . Bennett , CO , Fleet Street . We have received the third part of this ably conducted and excellent publication , and from a cursory glance at its contents we arc inclined to bciicve it still better than the preceding parts . On thu receipt of part 4 we will notice both it and the present part , and enter more fully into the contents of both . We trust that this Journal is well supported by the People , for such support it well deserves .
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f §< Et Illness has compelled us to curtail our " Keviuws ;" the same cause compels us to postpone the first of a surius of articles on " Eastern Europe and tlie Empuror Kicholiis , " which will appear in our seventh pago under tlie liiad of " Foreign Movements . "
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Quben Victoria . —Tlie annual cost of the ltoyal ramily ot England is a larger sum than the whole debt of this " pon—without—credit" government . 1 he German papers , in commenting on the visit ol \ ictoria and xVlbert to the continent , hinted theii opinion that the little lady was a dear bargain to her loymg husband and subjects . " Victoria , " say they , is a little white faced woman with hair that , looks like a faded light brown , who rides and jokes like a trooper , while her husband simpers forth a timid
approval . She is coquettish and flighty in her manners , tells broad sttirics and laughs at them , while the noble German matrons looks thoughtful , mid Albert unmeaning ; and to show which is Her Majesty the Prince , and which is M f Majesty the Queen , Albert wears ruffles and Victoria p'intalooiis 1 " We have no special use for the Royal couple among us , hut as w » always pay extravagantly for foreign curosities , Simpson or Jackson would make it worth their while to accept a short engagement as Air . and Mrs . Caudle . — Neiv York Sun .
SistiuiAii Discovery of a . LvutiK Quantity of Naval Stores—A few days since as a man named Harry , a labourer in the employ of Messrs . Gricff , builders , of Woolwich , was engaged in cle aning out a water-closet in Warwick-street , he discovered in the soil two bags , containing about 83 lbs , of copper bolts , marked with the broad-arrow , which had doubtless been stolen from Woolwich Dockyard many years since . Harry immediately delivered over tho property to the police at the dockyard . Death op tub Eari of Errom .. —The Earl of Erroll , Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland expired on Sunday morning at the residence of hia sonMi-law , Viscount Campdeu , in Portmau- . bnuare .
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_ April 25 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3 7 -f ..- ¦ ¦ T ^ rrr- ~~~ ' " ~ '
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