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- £ fo L another number of the Northern Star see * i . roto of day , that anniversary will haye returned K- ( fin nearly every land called Christian , is w * jSjU t » e <** ef of Doly- ^» ys and holidays , the * « i ? ne festival of the year—Christmas . It behoves cFO iher ^ > oie - to ofifer to onr readere ^ friends ¦ " ""* 1 treetiogs- . .. *"« the time we write we have demonstrative proof - ? jf tjps of onr fingers that Winter has began his - » n in earnest : we might say like " Ernest" only ^ t there is difference between onr ehilly monarch a the autocratic ape ot Hanover , that whereas the frter banished the "Grimms , " the former-bad i Kktohim—hrinpjnms of all kinds , grim cold , grim Srara « tJan 1 ' § rim lookin « noses . «»* aU I « the thousand U ' s thatfletb is heir to " ¦ i ^ ig arim season . We have one advantage , how-, over oar Hanoverian friends , we may abuse the e '; n £ monarch—Winter- —as much as we plesao , Sth noVea r of the censorship , and no police ape of an fltvCT * i
a - *__* : T *« . * : jl ih ;_ . Bat it is n . ofc oar ipteRtion to qnarrel with Winter ; r qnarrel is not with nature in any one of her maniteWions . but with those of mortal mould who , for ? heir feflow-creatnres , sharpen the edge of natural ilk and rob them of those enjoyments which the common parent bountifully affords for alL Winter has its beanties as well as other geagona . nd the poets who liare sang of the vernal delights of spring , the rosy joys of summer , and the luxuriant teantiea of autumn , have not withheld their tribute to winter . The fair poetess from whose writings we gxe about to quote , though not belonging to the list of England ' s worthies , is of oar kindred , a daughter of the mighty nation which speatra the language of Shakespeare on the Western side of the Atlantic How beautifully she
describes—THE SXOW-STORW . [ from Sema » Up Krtiw Land , by Mm . L . H . 8 igouney 1 Boiton . ) How quietly the snow comtt down , When « U are Cut asleep , And pltytt thousand fury pnriin O ' er Tale and mountain tUep . How cunningly it find * its way To every cranny small , And creeps through even & aUgntett cUaik . In window or in wall . To every noteleis hill It bring * A fairer , purer crert Than tha rich ermine robe that deck *
The haughtiest monarch * breast . To every reaching spray it give * Whate ' er its hand can hold—Abeauteont thin ? the Know ii To all , both young and old . The waking day , through curtaining hut . Looks forth , with sore surpriie , To Tlew what changes have been wrought Since last she shut her eye *; And a pleasant thins it is to see The cottage children peep from out the drift , that to their ; tav « i Prolongs its rampart deep . The patient farmer ( sarchea His buried lamb * to find , And dig his silly poultry out , "Who clamour in the wind : How sturdily he cuts his way ,
Though wild blast * beat him back , And caters for his waiting herd Who shiver round the stack . Right welcome are those feathery flakes To the raiif nrchin ' j eye , As down the long smooth hill they coait , With shout and revdrj ; Or when the moonlight , clear and sold , Calls ont their throng to play—Oh !» merry gift the mow ii For a Christmas holiday . The city mus . who , wrapt in for , I * lifted to the sleigh , And borne to daintily to ichool Alone the crowded way , Feel * not within her pallid cheek
The rich blood mantling warm , Like her who , laughing , shakes the snow From powdered trees and form . A tasteful hand the snow hath—For on the storied pane I saw it * Alpine lannsctpei traced With arch and sculptured fane . "Where high o ' er hoary-headed cliff * The dizzy Simplon wound , And old cathedrals reared their towers "With Gothic traceij bound . I think it hath a tender heart . For I marked it while it crept To spread a sheltering mantle when The infant blossom slept . It doth to Earth a deed of love—Though in a wintry way ; And her turf-grown will be greener
For the snow thsf s fallen today . Beautiful ; bnt alas the brightness of the poetls dunned by thetonch of the oppressor . The snowstorm filling the poet ' s sonl with holy rapture , strikes chill death to the heart ef the miserable pauper , and the wretched outcast . At this very time , famine and disease are stalking through the sister island , iewiDg down their miserable victims , and they need but the aid which winter will afford , to swell the units to tens , and the tens to hundreds . Worse still , If we are to judge by the portentous arming of the peasantry now so general , we may infer that famine and disease are but the heralds of anarchy . Wild tows are sworn , and , seeminsly . wild deeds are being prepared for : " Better are they who die by the sword , than they who perish by hanger , " seems to be
the conclnsion to which the Irish peasantry are rapidly tending , despite the false and cowardly eant of their " moral-force ? Mfaama . Equal suffering , thongh afflicting a less numerous race , pervades the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , where cruel landlords have reduced a faithful and gallant people to the condition of serfs and paupers . The Irish landlords have at least this ruffian ' s excuse , that they lave sprung fromrobber-hordes who won their own (?) by " conquest . " Bnt a blacker infamy attaches to the Hishland landlords . Their fathers ever found in then-clansmen the devoted defenders of their greatness , and no reverse of fortune could ever tempt the Highlander to wave his fealty to his chief . Behold in the present state of tae Highland population , the gratitude of aristocracy !
"Yemen , who shed your blood for fords like water , Vhathave they g iven your childrea in return f " Behold the answer in the wail of misery which strikes anguish to the hearts of all but the " natural protectors" of the childrenluf CuHoden ' s martyrs we are aware that some of the greedy miscreants vha were among the first to si » nalise themselves in the unholy warfare against the Highland people , were English aristocrats to whom had fallen the titles and power of Highland chiefs ; but now there is so difference between the Gaelic landlord and his Sonthern-born neighbour . The day of retribution is sot yet . bat vet will be .
But misery 19 not confined to Ireland and Scotland ; in this boasted England the agricultural labourers are dying like rotten sheep of disease , caused by hanger and cold ; and this too at the very time that appopletic oxen and fat-stifled pigs are being exhibited in Sraitufield , to prove the claims of their royal and aristocratic breeders to the country ' s admiration . " Oh shame where is thy blush ? " If " God made the country and man made the town , " man k rapidly marring God ' s work , as he long since marred his own . In towns the misery more concentrated is more " striking and appalling . The sights and sounds which at every turn in this " great wen " meet us peal trumpet-tongued
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR JBT BOBEBT SOOTHE ! . ] And wherefore do to « poor complain ! The rich man ask'd of me ;—Come walk abroad with me , I said . And I will answer thee . 'Twas evening , and the Irozea streets Were cheerless to behold . And we were wrapt and coated well , And yet we were a-cold . We met an old bare-headed man , His locks were thin and white , I ask'd nun what he did abroad Iu that cold winter ' s night ; The cold was keen indeed , he said . But at home no fire had he , And therefore he had come abroad To ask for charity .
We met a young bare-footed child , And she begg'd loud and bold ; I ask'd her what she did abroad When the wind it blew go cold ; She said her father was at horn * , And he lay rick a-bed , And therefore was it « h » wa * ** nt Abroad to beg for bread . We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest , She had a baby at her back And another at her rreast : 1 ask'd htr why she loiter'd there When the night-wind was « o cnUJ ; She turn'd her head and *» **>• chfld That gcreamM behind , be still ; Then told us that her husband servs *
A soldier , away , And therefore to her parish she Was begging back her -way . We metagiri , her dres s wae loose And suuken was her tye , Who ^ ith a wanton ' s hollow V 61 C 8 Address'd the passers-bj : 1 ask'd her what there was in guUt That could her heart allure Tosnwne , diitase , and late remorse ; Sbe answer'a sue was poor .
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forth hi * flattering-lettered leaue * in winter . Each have their beauties ; each teach their lesion * . ~ ¦ ? . * .. . •• ¦ livening Is coming on . Blinds ' are drawn down sooner than usual , because everybody is anrioug to begin thi pleasant snug time of candlelight . Gas flares furiously in open shops and markets , bursting forth in small volcanos , as if itwas determined to cook the dainties which still remain unpurchaaed , even should there be no customer to" eat them . Omnibuses going to the suburbs , where snug cottages " and villas abound , ara perfectly loaded with , tho invited to dinner partial : and on the roofs are deposited stores from the fruiterers or the fishmongers ; parcels of apples and nuts and barrels of oysters . " .
And now there comes , - as the darkness gradually closes , pleasantly stealing upon the nose a sense of the flavour of the roasted goose . It increases—it becomes palpable . —there can be no mistake about it . Forth from every third chimney-pot comes the . smoke of a Christmas dinner , and the flavour of the faro , until all London is pervaded with one subtle smell of roast gooBB . See how people sniff it , and aod knowingly . They recognise the odour—sweeter , than sabaean spice , myrrhthe incense of the Christmas worship ! And with the incense the chant of the festive rites- — the carol—the old well-remembered traditionary Christmas carol . Hark ! it is pealing from children ' s ringing voices , * sounding shrilly over the low roar of the moving city ; speaktag of mirth and friendly greetings , ani good wisheB between man and man . |
Song of the season ! Swell joyossly ont—mingle with the chiming b » lls—tell the world that Christmas is a WesBed time—speak to it in the rmle but . Bimplsand touching words , that our fathers sung all gleefully age * ago ! There is a charm in the old jingle—power iuthe old melody—generation after generation have heard it and sung it . May many yet chant it , for Us word * MB word * of kindness and well-wishing , and it * music a speaking train of simple harmony 2 Such a glorious panorama of the sights out of doors cannot fail to whet our appetites fo" ? a heartier relish and keener enjoyment of the delights within doors ; putting us in fitting humour to appreciate A 1 YRIC FOR CHRISTMAS .
[ BT W . « . J . BA&KEK . ] Winter has resum'd hU reign , Snow envelopes hill and plain ; Sleep the summer flowers in earth , And the bird * refrain from mirth , Tet mirth lightens every eye . Every pulse is beating high , Gladness smiles in cot and hall , Like a winsome dame , on all ; And the church-bells sweetly chime'Tis the merry Christina * time .
From the holly tree be brought Bough * with ruby berries fraught-Search the grey oak high and low For tht myttic miiletoi—Bid the ivy loose her ring * That round rock and rain clings—Seek the shrine with foliage green , Is each home be verdure leen—Just as earth were in her prime—Tis the cheerful Christmas time . Pile the board with viands rare , Savoury dishei—hearty fare Brawn of boar , and capoa good , Fowls from river , marsh , and wood ; Partridge plump , and pheasant wild—Teal and duck by art beguiled ; Bid the huge lirloin imoke ni ? h—Luscious patty , fruit stored pi *; Fruit that grew in Eaitsrn clim *—> Tk the festal Christmas time .
Quickly broach the oldest cask , Bring thegobltt , bring thofluk—Ale of England , wine from Spain , Rhenish vintage , choice champagnt ; Fill as wont the wassail bowl , Let it round the circle trowl , Whilst the yule-fire blazes bright . Whilst the yule-torch lends its light . Till we hear the morning chime—* 'Tis the jojful Christmas time . Feed the hungry , cloth the poor . Chide no wanderer from the door—Bounteou * give with thankful mind To the wretched of mankind , This day throws the barrier down 'Twist the noble and the clown , For an equal share have all In its blessed festival ; Of each colour , class , and clim *; . 'Tis the holy Christmas time .
As our fathers used of old Still the solemn rites we hold , And with season-hallowed mirth Celebrate our Saviour ' s birth . Cbaunt thoBe ancient carols well That the wondrous story tell ; Call the jocund masquer * in , Bid the dancers' sport begin ; Blameless tale and cheerful song Shall our merriment prolong , Whilst around the church-bellt chime—For the solemn Christmas time .
Our readers are acquainted to a small extent with the poems of the great German poet , Ferdinand Freilit-rath ; several of his beautiful productions , collected from various publications , having at different times appeared in our columns . Our readers will rejoice to learn that this noble of nature is now in England , where he is likely to remain , having sought and found in this country a refuge from the persecution waged against him by the false , cowardly , and cruel tyrant of Prussia , Our readers will find a lengthy account of the poet from the pen of William Hewitt , in the People ' s Journal of December 12 th . When the next part of the Journal comes under our notice , we shall try to find room for some extracts from Mr . Howitt ' s article . We have for some time past had" by us a translation of one of Freiligrath / s productions , which first met our eyes in the Dublin University Magazine ; it is appropriate to the present occasion , and will be received by our readers with " three times three , and one cheer more" : —
ST . NICHOLAS . A Song fob Gbowh . uf Childish , Br Pbedikand Fheiliqbath . Christmas is the time of times , Dear alike to High and Humbler ; Even the wretch who writes and rhyme * Then may fill his purple tumbler . ' But , while hailing Christmas day * , And their holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too , Saint Nicholas' praise ! Sing we , too , Tsar Sicholns' glories I Nicholas nurtures pride and wrath-Two sad sins—but never mind them ! Coursers four and four he hath , And a grand gold sledge behind them ! In his palaces in the North , ( Legion-palaces—he would build Wren * Out of all conceit of worth ) Swells he with his duteous children .
There he showers bis boons on those Who best laud him in some new hymn ; Bonbons , ribbons , fine gay clothes , Gives he all who court and sue him . Those who don't he soon makeB feel What a Tsar is in a passion—His sharp , savage , slashing steel Cats them up , reviewer-fashion ! With his capitals ( taking care Not to omit the Greek EKKAHZIA ) And his countries everywhere , From Silesia to—Magnesia , ( Though of that Circassia won't Leave him what might done a sick Ibbb ) What a warlike , Thor-Iike front Shows he to the world , this Nich'les ! To ( and lately o ' er ) the Poles
Rules he with supreme dominion ; Wond ' rnus in hi * care of" souls , " \ Nice his care to gauge opinion ! Stay !—erratum—read for that , 'Nice his care to gag andptni ' ot *'Nicholas , mind you , stands no chat From his dearest , nearest minion ! Tlerefore , 0 ! young Muscovy , Bide as meek and mute as may be , And at all you chance to see Wink just like adrowsy baby ! Shun the sea of Politics , With its perilous shoals and shallows Better bear afew hard kicks
Than run tilt against the gallows ! Be a good boy , and play no tricks ; By and bye your Pa will kindly Mil his kicks with sugar-sticks If you now obey him blindly . Serve him wish a smiling face , Praise his pranks however cruel ; If you do you'll gain disgrace If you don't you'll get your gruel ! For my own part , should—for who , Knows what changes Fate is working f—Should , I say , Germania too Some fine day see Nicholas her king , All I beg is , when the event Comes to pass , that he'll remember now much ink and time I ' ve spent In his praise this sixth December ! Christmas—yes ! ' tis dear to all
Kings and coblers , men and faries ; Then while snows and poultry fall , Hearts rise high as fledged uanariei , But , while hailing Christmas days , And their holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too , Saint Nicholas praise SiDg we , too , Tsar Nicholas' glory ! This is not a time for cursing , and therefore , be sure , if at the moment of festal mirth we forget to smile , and instead of blessings our tongue utters male-* Sir Christopher Wren , probably . j ][ t The common tsrm is ussia for serfs ,
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dictions / be rare that our enemy is no ordinary miscreant , pur hatred more than of the common stamp . A curse then for the Tsar , both "loud and deep . " But a tear also fer Poland—more than a tear , a tow to right her wrongs . , ; We have seen how the poet hurls contempt and scorn at the tyrant ; ' turn we now to another poet , ( our American favourite , many of whose poems have already appeared in this journal ) , whom " thoughts that breathe and words that burn , '' thus proclaims theglorious mission of . . . ...
THE REFORMER . BT J . 0 . WHiTl'IEB . All e ? "uUed and brown with tan ) . I saw a Strong One in his wrath , Smiting the godless shrines' of man ' -Along his path , "' ¦ * The Church beneath her trembling dbma Essayed in vain her ghostly charm ; Wealth shook within his gilded home With pale alarm , Fraud from his secret chamber fled Before the sunlight bursting in ; - Sloth drew ber pillow o ' er her head ¦ To drown the din . ,. -.., ¦ " Spare , " Art implored , " yon holy pile ;
That grand' old , time-worn turret spare ;" Meek Reverence , kneeling in the aisle , . Cried out , "Forbear !" Grey-bearded Use , who , 'deaf ana blind , ' Groped for his old accustomed stone ; leaned on bis staff , and wopt , to find His fl « at o ' orthrown . Romance raised ap his dreary , eyes , O ' orhung with paly locks of gold ; " Why gmite , " lm askad , in tad surprise " Thefolr , ' the old •>' . . '" , Tet louder rang the Strong . One ' s stroke , Yet nearer flashed his axle ' s gleam ; Shuddering ; and sick of heart I woke ,
As from a dream . : I look'd : aside the dmt-cloud rolled—The Waster seemed the Builder too ; Upgprinijliig from the ruined Old ; I saw the Now . , . 'Twssbu ' t th 8 ruin of the bad—The wasting of the wrong asd ill ; WhateW of good the old time had " Was living still . Calm grew the brows of him I feared ; The frown which awed me passed away , And left'behind a smile which cheered Like breaking Day . Green grew the grain on battle plains , O ' er swarded war-mounds grazed the cow ; The skve siood forging from bis chains The spade and plough . Where frowned the fort , pavilions gay
And cottage windows , flower-entwined , looked out upon the peaceful bay And hills behind ... . Through vine-wreathed cups with wine one red , The lights on brimming crystal fell , Drawn , sparkling , from the rirulst-head , And mossy well . . , Through prison walls , like Heaven-sent hope , Fresh breezes blew , and sunbeams straysd ; And with the idle gallows-rope ' ' . ' ' : The young child played . . •¦ • •• : Where the doomed victim in his cell ; . Had counted o ' er the weary houri , Glad schoolgirls , answering to the bell , ' Came crowned with flowers . '
Grown wiser for the lessen given , , I fear no longer , for I know That , where the share is deepest driven , The best fruits growi Oh I backward'Iooking eon of time IThe new is old , the old is new , The cycle of a change sublime Still sweeping through . As idly as in that old day Thou mournest , did thy gires repins , So , in his time , thy child , grown grey , Shall sigh for thine . Tet not the less for them or then ; The eternal step of progress bests To that great anthom , culm and alow , Which God repaats ! Take heart !—the Waster builds agiin—A charmed life of goodness hath ; The tares may perish—but the grain
I » not for death . God works in all things ; all obey His first propulsion from the night ; Ho , wak * and watch!—the world is grey With morning light ! The above should be read over more than once to be fully appreciated ; more magnificent lines poet never penned . We must , however . except one stanza ; we have no objection to " crystal brimmers" filled from the " mossy well ; " still , at this season of the year , we must protest against the suggested banishment of the " vine-wreathed cup , " which not abused 18 rightly used' Charles Mackay ' s philosophy is ours : — ' Little fools will drink too much , But creatones not at all . "
For this week we must pause , wishing our friends and readers " A Merry Christmas . " If our " Garland is partly of a sombre hue , of a like tint is the lot of too many of that class for whom it is our mission to speak . J Sorrow for the sufferings of our fellowcreaturea is not , however , inimical to that joy which the comforts of " our ain fireside , " and the company of friends and brethren must bring . . ¦ " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers , Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ' . " So says Tom Moore—not dead yet , long life to him ! and to all such hearts we give the hearty " was heal !"
" So send round the bowl and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here ; Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile , And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear !'
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Flunkies Read This . —No animal , except man , will consent to be servant , footman ,-waiter , or toady , to any of its own kind , and to wear a badge of its degradation , i ; A Serious Consideration . —When Dr . Franklin ' s mother-in-law discovered that the young man was becoming intimate with her daughter , the good old lady said she did not know so well about giving her daughter to a printer , There were »! rea < ly two printing offices in the United States , and she was not certain that the country would support them . I * , ** plain young Franklin would be obliged to depend for the support of his family on the profits of a third , and this was rather a doubtful chance .
Euiston ' s Modesty . —At a dinner party the entire company complimented Elliston upon his assumption of Majesty in the Coronation . Sir Herbert Taylor said " I can add something to the praise so judiciously bestowed . Mr . Klliston ' s King h not only the most graceful and elegant performance I ever saw , but a wonderful imitation ot the manner of His Majesty George the Fourth . " "Myiiear Sir Herbert , " said Robert William , "George imitates me . " -., ¦ -. ¦ -- •' , " ¦ . ¦ . Lads and Lasses . —A Scotch peasant girl said to her brother " she could na see just what it was that made him gang so o ' ' ten and stay so late to see . one lassie ; for her part she had rather have the company of one lad than twenty lasses .
Lkotubb on Tioht-Lacino .--You are aware , young ladies , that by means of tight-lacing the waist of the female figure may be made to vie . witbXthati « f the wasp , and to resemble the iorm of an hour-glass , or tbe letter X ; ithus very much improving its appearance . You have seen , perhaps , the statue of the Venus de Medicis ; and you know what a fri » ht ofa figure it has , in consequence of tho model from which it was taken ; evidently never having wern a corset . ,.. ¦ ¦• : - ' - ' ' The rose , however , is -never without the thorn ; the most agreeable evening party has its drawbacks . And so there are , unhappily , some unpleasant results
consequent on compression , at the expense of which a slender waist is purchased . . The circulating fluid , from a disagreeable law of nature , is forced up into the bead . The colour of the fluid is rosy , as you know . The delicate health attendant on ' tight-la ' cjnjr forbids it to adorn the cheek , ami accordingly it is transferred to the nose ; which its tint does not adorn by any means . Within the circle of the waiet are comprised certain plaguy vessels , whose freedom from pressure is unfortunately required . When they are subject to any obstruction , as they are by close lacing , there is a vexatious tendency in the ankles to swell ; and the worst i « , that n tight ahoe only renders the disfigurement the more
conspicuous . Young ladies have also some tiresome muscles , whose support is necessary to the spine . Their power is destroyed—what a pity this is ! by tight stays : and then back assumes a curvature . How grievous | that one cannot be at once slender and straight ! Comfort must also be sacrificed to elegance ; and the reduction of the waist occasions giddiness and headache . This perhaps alone would be a trifle ; but lacing involves short , life ; : and aa > the contracted figure suggests a resemblance to ; the hour-glass , the hour-glass suggests a warning to the contracted figure . —Punch . ;
Not able to do Everything . —An Oxford student joined without invitation a party dining at an inn , after dining , he boasted so much of his abilities that one of the party , said , " You have told usenough of what you car do , tell us something you cannot do . " Faith , " said he , "I cannot pay my share of the reckoning . " Puzzling . —Bed is a bundle of paradoxes ; we go to it with reluctance , yet we , quit it with regret ; and we make up our minds every night to leave it early , but we makeup our bodies every morning to keep it late . Poetry Divine . — A young poet of Cleveland , Ohio , has fallen in love the second time . It may be that" true loveneyer did run smooth , " but it can't be said of his poetry
;o wiinst i luvd a nuther gtrl ber name it waslmurrier but betsy deer my love for u is 45 times more higher , " Brevity thb Soul op Wit . ?'—A newspaper in Albania was born in one day , and died the next , "' If brevity is the aoul of wit , " that paper had a very witty existence . A Toooh Job for a Portrait Painter . — " Represent me , " said a gentleman to his artist , " with a book in my hand , and reading aloud . Faint my servant , also , in one corner , where he cannot be seen , but in such a manner that he may hear me when I call him . " A Great Truth . —Lord Bacen beautifully said : — " If a man be gracious to strange 9 , it shows he is a citizen of the world , and that his heart is no island , cut off from other lands , but a continent that joins them . "
Masculine and Feminine . —We notice the follow ing d ' esprit in a number of the Knickerbocker Ma gazine : — In England rivers all are males—For instance , Father Thames ; Whoever in Columbia sails .
Finds them ma'datnselles or U'imes . Yet here the softer sex presides , Aquatic , I assure ye ! And Mrs . SiPFT rolls lier tides . Responsive to ifisj Souri . " ' . Dr . Johnson at Fault . —Dr . Johnson in his dictionary , defines a garret as " a room on the highest floor of the house ; " and a cock loft as " the room over the garret !" Substitute for News . —Tn the dearth of news of actual fighting , the New York / feraWhas been reduced to the necessity of heading one of tho articles thus : " Another Tremendous Battle—expeotedl " A Hit . —A widow once said to her daughter , " when you are of my age , you will be dreaming of a husband . " " Yes , mamma , " replied the girl , '' for a second time . "
Burns and " Bonnie Jean . "—The first introduction waa somewhat curious . The poet had attended a dance in Mauchline , accompanied by his dog in place of a fair partner , and , in reply to some remark , hesaid , " he wished he could get any of the lasses to like him as weel as his collie did . " A few days afterwards , when the poet was strolling down the banks of a burn which runs through a village , a lass , who was engaged in tbe bleaching green inquired "if he had got a more loving sweetheart than his dog yet . " This was Jean Armour , and this the first time of Meeting betwixt the future husband and wife . —Dumfries Courier , THE PRIZE PIG AND THE PRIZE PEASANT .
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Enlarging Buckingham Paucb . —On Saturday the demolition of the ornamental colonnade ' forming the front of thesouth wing . of Buckingham Palace i » a 8 . commenced , from which , point the new wing begins . " The excava ions for . both wings fronting St . James ' s Park are complete , and the foundations are already laid . ' • ' ; ' . " ; . ' Letters to Prussia '—Letters to and from Prussia may be sent in'future without"die necessity of pre » payment of postnge , —an agent "from the Berlin Post Office having returned to that capital ; from London , after concluding a postal convention to such effect . . - ...- ;* " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ' •¦
The Hail of Death . — A : trial is about to , beat the cenv tery of Mont Parnake , Paris , for the puppnse of preventing premature interment . A salle des mons is to be established , in which all bodies are to remain , under the eyea of » scientific commission , for twenty-six hours before they are buried . Vkry Right . —The authorities of the free city of Fiankf"rt-on-the-Maine have purchased large quantities of corn in foreign countries , which they sell to the bakers in that city ; at a reduced price , reserving to themselves the right ^ to regulate the price o bread . , , \ .. , ; , ; . . . The Jksuits—A journeyman blacksmith , from Wurtembiiri :, employed at Lucerne , has been tried and condemned to banishment from the canton for ten years , and to pay the costs' of his prosecution , for having , while drinking at a public-house ,. cast reflections ! upon tlie Jesuits . .- ''' . . .- . .
,, Foxes . —The brreiV of foxes in WestmoreUniV is said to he considerably 611 the increase . In Witherslack . Kent mere , arid the mountainous districts , they Hve \ a be seen daily , and many of the a < ij . ieeiit h < -n-rnosts have suffered greatly from their
depredations . : A Largr Protestant Chapel has been opened at Boulogne . : " . ' CpVEST ( jARDBN THEATRE IS . '' . ' about to be ' Considerably enlarged ; ¦ ¦ ''• ' ¦ ' . " .. SiiAP was used by the Romans for . dressing their hair , lone before it was made use of for washing . Hkbkdita iit Incurables . '— King . George III . made 180 hereditary legislators ; George IV ., 45 , and William IV , 60 . Her present Majesty has made 35 . —total , 310 . Pcki 8 hmb . nt fob Debt . —For a debt of 5 , 000 francs , ( about £ 200 ) the penalty for a Frenchman is an imprisonment for five years , that of an Englishman in France , ten years . Canadian Roads . —Hundreds of railea of roads
in Canada are made of plank , covered by earth br eravel . where they are to be had . Camphor—A correspondent of the Lancet states , from < ih 8 ervation and experiment , that camphor to ' highly injurious to the teeth . Madame Vestris . —We understand that the highly talented : iml most popular actress and vocalist , Madame Ve * tris , is about to bid farewell to the stage ) in enns' -quence of declining health . Sbe intends cloning her theatrical career' next season' She makes a parting tour in the provinces , and returns to London to appear fop the last time on the boards of the Italian Opera House , where she made her dehut bo many years since . Rbform in Inhia . —The rite of tfuKie has been prohibited in the Rajpoot state of Jeypoore , by an unanimous vote of the Regency .
York Assizkb . —Education and Crime . —The calendar does not contain the name of one prisoner who is described as being well-educated , whilst there are twenty-four who can neither read nor write , twelve who can only read , and the education of the remainder is stated to be imperfect . Lumping it . —At Stickford church , on tbe 29 th ult ., there were christened thirteen children , the progeny of three highly respectable sisters . ! Liberality of thk Frbb Church . —On Sunday week the sum of £ 2 , 300 was collected in the Free Churches » f Edinburgh lor the relief of the destitute Ilmh !» nd ' . ; rs . '
Salaries at the Post-Office . —The new seals of salary just authorised by the Lords of the Treasury for the clerks of tbe inland department of the Oe . neral Post-office comprehends the followinu : —Three seniors , at £ 450 per annum ; six seniors , at £ 400 per annum ; 33 , if above 20 years' servitude , £ 300 per annum ; if above 15 years' servitude , £ 250 per annum ; if above ten years' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; 36 , if above 15 years' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; if above ten years ' servitude , £ 160 per annum ; if above seven years' servitude , £ 120 per annum ; 90 juniors , if above ten years' servitude ,. £ 120 per annum ; if above seven years' servitude ,. £ 100 per annum ; if above three years' servitude , £ 90 oer . annum ; under three years' servitude , £ 80 per annum . The above scale will giro the advantage of promotion by seniority from class to class , the advance in each class being regulated by the length of servitude . The Population of the Earth . —The population of the narth is estimated at one thousand millions ..
Thirty millions die annually , eighty-two thousand daily , three thousand four hundred and twenty-one every hour , and fifty-seven every minute . Railway Traffic—The goods carried between Lnndon , Birmingham , and Rugby , amount to about 2 , 000 tons per day . The Iro . v Biudob at Susderland has been made toll five . Since the opening in 1796 , a profit of £ Y 0 , 666 has been realised from the tolls . A D . and a Fish . —Two gentlemen were near the Meikle R"ok between Avocli and Fortrose , with a Newfoundland do ^ . Seeing a fish in the water , they fired at ar . il wounded it . The dog pet off in pursuit , and the contest was keenly kept up , the fish and dog diving in every direction The fish was captured at last , and dragged ashore . It proved to be a fox-shark , and measured five feet in length . ;
A Triumph . —Mndame Eugenia Garcia , at Rovigo , was called for , at her benefit , fifty-eight times in one pight ! Official Criticism , —At Naples , no one is permitted to applaud at the opera without the signal being given from the royal box . Any infringement of this rule is stopped by a uendarme , who takes the offending enthusiast by the arm and conducts him to the police station , where he is locked up . The Great Sea-Serpent . —The Norwegian papers contain a seri « s of statements touching the appearance of the " sea-serpent" in the larger floi'ds : The monster has been seen quite close , in different places and at several different times , by about sixteen persons . The accounts as ; ree in representing the creature as dark in colour , about 50 feet long , ami of the circumference of a man ' s bodv . It is described as showing itself only in calm weather , and as then swimming with-its head elevated , in vertical undulations of its body , like a leech .
The HiTEn Bit . —An eel , abut five inches long , was la-t week trapped b y a mussel , into wh . » se premises he had intruded his head , with a view of making a meal of the occupant . The mussel closed on the thief , and choked him . Cdttixg it Fat . —Four ladies were lately seen riding through the streets of Philadelphia in . in open carriage , each with a ci gar in her mouth , puffing away with ' a generous abandon , ' Ah Autist . —The Port Philip Patriot states that the antipodian Jack Ketch , who hung two natives in 1841 , when questioned about the execution said , "They died quite beautiful—for savages !"
Gambling . —A free coloured fireman on board a steamboat on the Mississipi , having lost all his money at cards pledged his own freedom , which lie also lost , his free papers being the stake , and was actually sold by the winner to a slave dealer ! Jersey . —Government is about to construct a naval port iu St . Catherine ' s Bay . TnE Accursed Game Laws . —A recontre took place between the gamekeepers and watchers of the Marquess of Anglesey ami Josiah Spode , Esq , of Armitage Hall , near Rugely , ami a determined gang of poachers , from twelve to fifteen in number , in a preserve on the Armitage Hall estate , on Monday night . Alter a desperate conflict , in which one of the keepers was severely wounded , and a poacher shot through the thigh , five of the offenders were secured . They have been committed lor trial .
1 he Window Tax . —A report has been circulated that it is the intention of the government , in the next session of Parliament , to abolish the window tax , j > nd raise the property tax to 6 per ceut ., leaving the income tax untouched . Beginning in timk . —A few days ago , a young weaver in Perth , aged seventeen , was married to a girl of fourteen . Tea . —More tea is annually consumed in Great Britain than by all the nations of the earth together , except the Chinese themselves , The Gipsies . —A number of gipsies have been for some days encamped uuon Bradford Moor .
Bradford Factory Girl 9 . —Steps are now being taken for fittlng-up lodj-ing-houses for these operatives . A party of gentlemen have undertaken the responsibility of ntting-up one lodging house' in a commodious manner where a number of factory "iris Will bo lodged in a comfortable manner , and cheaply . lioss-sliiBii Oysters . —There is a great demand for oysters this season . It . is proposed to cultivate the production of oysters in Uchcarron , and Hie pro . posal is likely to meet with encouragement . County op Renfuew Election . —Colonel Mure has been elected without opposition . " Father Matiiew . —Id appears from a letter addressed to Mr . Shid by Lord Shrewsbury , Ihat a pension of £ 100 a year has been offered ( by Government , we presume ) to " good Father Mathevv . "
MoiiTAMTY among tho Agricultural Labourers in Berkshire . —So Ucst . ruct . ive have been the ravages of lever in smue pui-ta ot' Berkshire , that In the purish of Upton , a hamlet adjoining blucbnr . r , in that county , the population of which was 142 souls seven weeks iujo , it is no'v reduced to 73 , 69 having died within that short- period—many through want . N . ivki ,. —Tfiu practice of buying and sellini , ' by the uleetric telegraph in the United Status is verv common . A New Davos . —A now and very beautiful dance , liiilled the } iapolitaine , is becoming tha ^ -ra « e" in fi . n in ., i ,:.. „ .. 1 , 1 .. ....... ' . 1 "^ t ~ r-r \ n Jv-Rw Oho fashiunable world
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. Itarn'imetotherJchmsnthen , " ¦ pbftUenily stood He;— " "• • - " -- ~ ' . You Mk'd me why the poor complain , . : And these have aniwerMtbee ! We l » Ye no veneration for the name ot Robert ' Southey , of whom may be truly said what has been felsefy said of Byron . —he was " a traitor to his o # n j genius ; " nevertheless it must be admitted that the I iDOTO simple lines , written in . his early days , do * for . cibly and truly describe the miseries of thousands in = this land . ¦ We believe the above lines were written ' so far back as the year 1793 . ( long before Southey ! had "turned his coat , and would have turned his , skin" ) , yet , they but too faithfully picture portions of the every day street-life of the present time . The recent death of Louisa Mordaunt occasioned according to the verdict of the jury by " want of the common necessaries of life , is but a sample ef the fate of a multitude of our fellow creatures . Almost ! daily the journals contain reports of inquests upon j unhappy beings starred to death ; and we are sure ' .-that the names of the victims thus brought before j the public , are bnt a small minority of those who j die , " and make no sign . " Again , witness the mul- i titude of mendicants thronging the streets who vegetate , not live , aud die by inches . The case of William Cotton , one of the heroes of " Meanee , " and " Hyderabad , " who , afew days ago , was taken np for the crime of "begging" has excited much interest . He bore a medal on his breast , and was exposing the frightful gashes he had received in battle with the view of obtaining charitable aid ! The case is a monstrous example of tbe working of the present system , but it stands not alone . The soldiers of our . industrial armies are thousands of them similarly situated . True , they have no medal to attest their works , thej have no badges ; bnt those of the union workhouses , bnt they have their " gashes ;"—their horny hands , farrowed brows , bended backs , sore limbs , empty stomachs , diseased frames , and aching hearts expose the wounds they have received in the death straggle of toil and privation , labour and destitution . "Theworld is noi their friend , nor tha world's law , " therefore , O reader , whatever is in thy power to do for these unhappy ones , doit . Give thine aid in the spirit set forth in the following lines : — A SIGH FOB THE POOR . ItB y Lwcu M . Tsobkxo * , Agwd-ttMet , Derbj . ) A sign for the poor without > hel rfrl endl » Eipoi'd to the blast and tbe storm , A band ever ready to ease thslr distress , Aud a heart that with pity beati warm . Ob ! wby is our lot not as abject ai thein ! ( Bo we differ one jot in the mould t ) And wby have tee kindred and ricbei and health ! And why are we screen'd from tbe cold t Then a sigh for the poor without shelter or trliUii , Ezpos'd to the blast and tbe ¦ torm , A hand evar ready to ease their diitrest , And a heart that with pitjbeati warm . Ob ! I loath the proud giver who boaite of hit Won , And plays with the coin he beitoirf . But give me the one , who is cheerful withal , Tho' a " mite" ' midst the silver he throne . True charity comes like the " Widow of old , " And not as the rich did I ween , Tbe one came with sympathy sbuning all gait , The other—alas to ba teen . Then a sigh for tbe poor without shelter or Mends , Expos'd to the blast and the storm , A band ever ready to ease their distress . And a heart that with pity beats warm . But it is time we sounded a more cheerful note . Our " Garland" must not be wholly composed of gatherings from the cypress and the willow ; for if so , it would ill befit merry Christmas-tide . Here is a leaf of another sort gathered from the i ' uneA-tree , fit companion to the punch-bowl : — CHRISTMAS IU THB STREETS . ( From PUncA ' i Snapdragons for Chriilmat . ) Up from buy hearth-side and silent JchambtrJ Up and forth into the busy places of the City ! Mark the softening influence of tha merry time upon crowding , ¦ wanning men and homen !—forth , and with Christmas in the heart ; find Christmas in the streets . Some people love best to walk in green lanes and country paths ; we prefer—and we don ' t care who knows it—the streets—those very kaledeiscopes of humanity , which , at every torn , and at every movement , give US new combinations of forms , features , and expressions . A little too notey they may sometimes be—a little too dirty—a little too smoky ; but never unamueing—never uninstructive—never monotonous ; always , too , presenting you trith something to think about , or something to keep you from thinking—two great advantages to be used at pleasure . " But great is ChrigtmaB time in the streets , above all other times . Never are they so lively—so bmtling—so full of feature , as at that great annual epoch of pantomimes and mincepies . For the spirit of the festival does not alone stamp men ' s brows in evening merry-makings and fire-side sportB . In tbe thoroughfare , as well as in the chamber , yon see the traces of his might , making men of basinets lotk less business-like , m » n of pleasure mere cordial , puttiag additional warmth into every greeting , additional heartineis into every squeeze of tbe band . But let us ftrth , and judge for oarselrer . A fine Christmas day ; cold and bracing . Th * sky is grey and fleecy , except where , here and there , broad bright paths of ruddy light cross the firmament , like veins of gold . The afternoon it decidedly frosty ; horses smoke like plum-pudding whin tbe cover is removed ; aad tho visible breaths ol passengers give them the appearance of being all tngaged ia smoking invisible
pipes . Evertbing and everbody look more good humoured than usual . Even policemen are relenting ; and beadles remembering the time when they were little boys , in muffin caps—the only shape in which they ever bad any thing to do with muffins—smile affably , and condescend to ask young yellow-breeches whether he don't like roast goose and apple sauce . Ladies cloaked and furred to the point of their noses—noses , too , endowed by the cold with a slight suspicion of red ; and gentlemen , shapeless , in sea-coats and Taglionis , go hurrying by , sometimes stopping to shake bands with people * that , at any other season , they would only have bowed to . *
A party of children , with papa and mamma . Home for the holidnys . What an infinity of toys ! Whips , guns , wooden horses , squeaking dogs incessantly kept on the bark . Why the Lowther-arcade must' have been emptied by the visit of that household . The pantomime in the evening , too ; but . before that , great doings ; roast geese and boiled turkeys ; mince pies , plum-pudding ; what a glorious ' vista , and all closed by the music and lights of the theatre . Glance along tbe street : —great is the glory of ( hops devoted to tbe sale of Christmas cheer , admiring the groups who cluster ' round their windows . Holly , too .
and evergreens and misletoe , wreathed upon the walls , overshadowing tbe dainties , embowering quarters of oxen , and the trussed-up forms of fatted ducks and geese . The evergreen plants are vegetable—Nature ' s Christmas gifts—hale and sturdy shoots , with sound hearts , and good constitutions . None of the pampered aristocracy of plants are they , fostered in thermometer-regulated hothouses , whilst tkeir less-favoured brethren are drooping on tbe frosty ground , cut through by the nipping c * ld as by a knife . No ; they are of the stout-hearted commonalty , laughing in the teeth of Johnny Frost , caring neither for ' snow or ice , fresh and green through it all S
And here they ar « , plucked from copse and gardenwreaths for the CbriBtmas King ; triumphal arches for his advent ! Seebow people throng admiringly round that batcher's shop . There ' s " , beef—there ' s mutton ! A proud ox he ought to be who furnished forth that sirloin . Howjollily it will smoke , amid its smaller compeers , on the Christmas table : a right down English dish . Talk of sirloins and barons of beef ; they should be promoted in the aristocracy ; the " sir" made a " baron , " and the baron a duke . Baron , loin and duke of beef ! How the jolly butcher , too . is cutting , —hacking away , till his face is as red as the lean of his meat . Many a Christmas dinner is be dupensiag , lightening his labour witb admiring criticism on the fare .
" Uever was sich a ox killed ma'am , as this here !" And he removes tbe bunch of evergreens , which appeared to grow out of it—like the shady vine on tbe bind quar . ters of Baron JCunchaosen ' s horse , and cr itically displays the fat , so white , and the lean , so ruddy . How the people buy ; and with less bagging and chaffering than usual ; for who would wrangle and get angry , about a half-penny in the pound , at Christmas time ! Andtueuthegease , and tbe turkeys : long rows of White Victims , looking , if possible , fetter and plumper than tbe remains of tkeir quadruped brethren of tne farm . _ _
Butchers * aud poulterers' shops * are great places in Christmas time ; but it is in tbe markets that their displays are most lavish . They are the very penetralia of tbe temples sacred to Christmas fare . There the meat looks bi gger and fatter than ever , u if the world had turned antediluvian , and steaks of mammoth and megatheriou wtw commonly sold for beef and mutton ; And there , also , throng ing amid stalls , and through narrow passages , bum and clusttr tbe admiring , enticing , buying , joking , laughing crowd . A confectioner ' s shop , too , is a thing tobelooked at . That cake is quite imaginative . The ravmes of coloured sugar are beautifully picturesque ; the temple upon the rock is of a peculiar order of architecture ; not Corinthian , but rather Twelfth-Nig htian ; and if the scarlet and gold men and women are half the size of the mountain , and decidedly taller tban Uie temple , we oughtto admire that fine imaginative genius , which burst the bonds of nature , and quite remodels and reforms the retrospective sizes of men and mountaina .
Tbe windows of printseller ' s shops ire , also , pleasant to ' behoia . What an infinity of gay prints of Christmas dinners ! What satire in interlardipg them with correct portraits of prize oxen ! And then , what a burst of splendid bindinss , and engraving , and satin paper , catches the eye ! Books for Christmas presents ; the whole tribe ot tba annuals ; tbe literary butterflies of winter in all their taking garments ofcritnson , and scarlet , and gold . Nature puts forth her flutteriug-veined ,,, jn spring , and while she seems skepiDg , > an puts
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Proviso Hmsklp a Foot . —One of tho " Fellows of the Royal Society" has announced his intention of prosecuting the ediofcr of the Atkenmm , for saying he was ignorant . A New Roman Catholic Church , on a scale of great magnificence , is to be erected at Croom ' s Hill , Greenwich . The lords of the admiralty Iiavo granted the Slim of £ 200 towards the building fund , in consideration of the number of Roman Catholics who are inmates of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich . Good . —The Scots Greys , stationed in Clonmel , hare subscribed a day ' s pay for the relief of the distressed in that place . , Death op General Sir Martin Hunter . —This , the oldest officer in the British army , expired on the 9 th instant at Anton ' s-hill , in the 90 th year of his age , and after a military service of 75 years .
The Weliington Statue . —On Monday workmen commenced preparing footing for scaffold-poles in tho open space west of the Horse Guards , for the purpose , it was stated , of the erection of a pedestal for the Wellington statute , which , it is said , is to be taken down forthwith . A Truk Priest . —Last Sundny , a Perth minister , during his discourse to his flock , made an attack on our national poet Burns , by saying " that he did not hesitate to name him , and assert that he had sent more souls to hell during his life than all the ministers have been able to send to heaven since his death . " This statement cave offence to many of the more liberal and intelligent of his oongrogation—one of whom , on arriving atItome , took Burns' Poems , and read to his wife and family , " The Cottars' Saturday Night . "—Edinburgh Express ,
Roman Criminal Code . —Accordingto a letter from Rome , in the Augsburg Gazette of the 7 th , the new criminal code for tlie Papal States is in so forward a state that it may be expected to appear at the commencement of 1847- The portion respecting political offences is said to be exceedingly mild . Representation of Bath We have authority or stating that a letter was received on Friday from Lord Ashley , declining to become a candidate , at the next dissolution or vacancy , for this city . —Keene ' s Bath Journal . A Mother and Son Duownkd . —A few days ago , Mrs . Shillito , the wife of a captain of a vessel trading to York , was drowned along with her son , in the river Ouse , near Acaster , Malbis .
Death of the Vauxham , Hermit . —A man , well mown . about London as the Vauxhall hermit , expired in Guy ' s Hospital on Friday . His name was William Rackett , aged seventy-seven years . Ho had a most extraordinary appearance , always wearing an immense white board and long white hair . He formerly exhibited himself at Vauxhall Gardens as the hermit , but latterly he had been in a state of great privation , obtaining a livelihood by selling lueit ' er matches in the Borough , and sleeping in the low lodging-houseB in the Mint . Awful Fire . —Letters from Smyrna of the 27 th
ult ., state that 8 G 0 houses bad been destroyed by fire at Salonica on the 17 th ult ., by which calamity 1 , 500 families weru reduced to indigence . Gun Chiton Accident . —The youngest son of Mr . Rowe , starch manufacturer , ofCrediton , mot with a severe accident a few days since , while trying the effect of gun cotton in a double barrelled gun , both barrels of which burst at the same instant , shattering his band very severely . Imposition op Duties on Tea and Coffee by tho United States . —It will be proposed to Congress to establish a small duty on tea and coffee , by which 3 , 000 , 000 dolkrs raav be realised . — New York Sun .
Illnbss op John Q , uixcy Adams . —The venerable and talented cx-Presiiieiit of the United States , now in his 8 oth year , has b . jen attacked by paralysis , but 19 measurabl y recovering ; and so great is the remaining vigour of that once iron constitution , that his physicians entertain hopes of his speedy restoration .
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( From Punch , ) I never pass a fat pig by , But off I take my hat , And " I ' m your servant , Sir , " says I : — What makes me act like that ? Why , because I ' ve been taught to behave as I ought , And know my own degree ; And I never neglect to pay proper respect , When 'tis due from me . For forty years , as man and boy , I've driven my master ' s plough ; Was never out of his employ , And still am in it now ; My children and my wife I havo kept all my Ufa From off the parish clear ; But merit like mine , to the worth ofa swine , People think small beer .
True lie not toil'd so long for nought ; I ' ve met with some reward : And se , perhaps , you'll » ay I ought , Or else it would be hard . A prize I received : —tha good gentlefolks grieF'd They eouldn't give more to me ; Two pounds was the touch , —and a cow got as much ; But a fat hog , three . So to a pig I make my bow , As manners do require , And touch my hat to boar and sow , With parson and with 'squire . Though a Christian am I , yet a pig in a sty , My better ' s is , I see ; For the pig makes fine pork , and I ' m nearly past work ; And they can ' t eat me !
JONATHAN IN HIS GLORY . The Baltimore Sun contains some correspondence relative to the late battle of Monterey , portions of which seem to have been expressly written for quotation in oar periodical . As for instance—the writer is speaking of the " Texan Rangers : " They were eaoh armed with barrelled rlfleR , and , as may be supposed , did greut execution among the coppi-rskins . " Copper-skins ! Quite a sporting phrase , ! Who would think the skin 3 were those of ' human beings ? He then relates the following " incidents : " Colonel M'Cluny of Mississippi , the great duellist , got upon tho breastworks , waved his hat , aud was in the act of giving three cheers , when a ball struck him , from tho effects ot' which he has since died , Universally regretted , of course , as the "great duellist , " an henoui * to his country .
Samuel W . Chambers , one of the rangers , or ' the Delaware hero , ' as they eall him , deliberately took aim with his 'fire-shooter , firing with great effect , and crushing the Mexicans . But it is impossible for me to mention all the numerous incidents that occurred at the present time . Let us correct what must have been an erratum in the preceding paragraph . For "numerous" read murderous : '• ' such is the right designation of the whole affair : and even Jonathan Inmsoif must admit " that ' s a fact . "—Punch .
NoTiCE . - S . I f the Wellington Statue , which was left on thy top of the triumphal arch in Piccadilly about two months ago . is not taken away by the 21 st oi tins m , nth , it will bo sold to pay expenses . —Punch .
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