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      M-HE GATES OF ROME-THE GATES OF HEAVEN . " BT L 4 DY DCFFM 1 W { From Htfcr * Pratcinp *<»>» &roi > ^ M *' - 1837- ) Fling wide thy " solemn gates , 0 Kome ! A Kingly guest draws near , Whose slig htest frown in bis far home Ssd millions watch snd fear ! He cometh nut . in jiiUrin ; guise , To bow brfore thy shrine ; The blessing which hit faith denies , He will wot ask from thine . He cometh as a King sh' -nld come ! With pomp and rich array ; With sound of trump aud beat of drum , A conqueror—on his way ; He look « th—vs a King Should look—Proud step , and lofty » je , — And gestures of command , that brook Xor peer nor rival nigh :

      TRe memory of one lost and dear , Hath touched that brow of pride , * The shadow of a human fear Yttt stalketh by his side ; But powtr to that stern spirit comes The weight aside to fling ; And he bears him nobly—as becomes A warrior , and a King . Again fling wide thy solemn gates 0 Rome ! Without there stauds A pilgrim , who in patie&ce waits With meek and folded hands ; A woman—travel-stained and worn , Thy portal totterrth thro ' , Alone , unfriended , weak , forlorn , — And yet a Conqueror too ! 0 noble heart ! whose faith upbore The faint and feeble frame , Thro' hopeless years of travail sore ,

      In torture , doubt , and shame ; The good fight hast thou fought ; and now , Thy promised rest so near . Why sinkcth donn that noble brow , That knew nor guilt nor fear ! She Cometh , :. s the poor do come , With bajed breath and sigh . To nsk a boon—0 mighty Rome ! Thy leave in peace to die . Of all thy wealth ' s uncounted sums She asks but this—a grave ; And craves it meekly—as becomes A suppliant and a slave ! 0 Holy City ! art thou dumb When ( us in days of yore ) The oppressor , and bis victim / came

      Thy judgment seat before ? Snail the old thunders wake again The echoes of thy hills ! Speak i—to a listening world I In rain : So voice the sileace fills ! Shall he , who guiltless life destroys , Have sanction at thy shrine 1 And , deaf to a wronged nation ' s voice . Hear " Welcome" now , from thine I A voice , as of a mighty flood , Shall drown that •« Welcome" sound ; The cry of Wood . ' the innocent blood .

      That cneth frum the ground ! Oh ! when before the g . ites of Heaven Those pilgrims both shall stand , In Hit dear name—to whom is given To sit at God's right band ; Xorags shall hide , nor purple screen Tim deeds by either dune ; For God himself shall judge beewecn The Emperor and the Nun !

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      * The death of bis daughter . 5 ST " Poetry" and " Reviews" must make -way for politics and Revolutions . The extraordinary foreign and other news of the week compels as to omit several matters which otherwise would have found a place in tub page .

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      THE YULE LOG FOR EVERYBODY'S CHRISTMAS HEARTH ; SHOWING WHERE IT GREW ; HOW IT WAS CUT AND BROUGHT HOME ; AND HOW IT WAS BURNT—By the author of "The Chronicles of the Bastile . " London : T . C . Xewby , 72 , Mortimer-street , CaveudL-h-square . It is the chfortune of the author of th \< neat little Christmas wnrk that he should have followed instead of preceded Dickens . Had be been first in the field tve are persuaded he couid have written . in excellent Chri .-tmas story , though lie had never read the "Carol , " or the "Chimes ; " but , as it is , ¦ w e feei tbat many of h " i 3 pictures have too close a similarity to parts of the above named works . This i ? to !; e regretted , fur there is luiu-h excellent writing

      m the bcok which no mere copyist could have bad seine or soul enough to " get up . " There is , too , a robustness , an old English truthfulness , about this story , tar superior to anything to be found iu " The Battle of Life . " Whatever may be its faults , we kt . owof no book since the "Carol" so well calculated to inspire its readers with generous , kindly thought ? , and contempt for the mere money-grubbing spirit , which is esteemed by so many the first of virtues . From first ( o last the story is well calculated to enforce its excellent moral "that we are sent into the world not to live tor ourselves alone , but to do one another good ; and lighten and ease one another of the hardens which it falls to our lot to carry . " We regret we cannot spare room for extract-: . Tne book is admirably illustrated by G-orge Cruikshank . We heartily recommend the " Yule Log" 10 our friends , both young and old .

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      SCOTT . BYRON . AND SHELLEY . When tlie Northern Romancer threw the bright aurora of i < is magical genius over the musty chronicles of antiquity , weaving therefrom with fairy links , the creations of his vivid fancy , the reading world had already become weary of the tedious iiarratior-s , unnatural plots , and sickly sentiment , of the school of Richardson , and Hannah Moore . The metrical legends of our ancestors had become obsolete , and all the imaginary talent of Anne Radclifie could not inv . st her wildly extravagant conceptions with the c t-arms which hung around the productions of the < : i !!' d author of Waverli-y . Scott struck out a new path , he created a new epoch in the history ol fictional literature .

      w t , o lias not sorrowed for the aufortunate Effie Deans ? or lamented over the untimely fate of the amiable Abjv Robsart ? But , perhaps , the finest conci-ptienof a female character which ever emanated from the pen of Walter Scott , is the beautiful and high-souled Rebecca . With all his undeniable iero- « orship and wordly conventionalism , the noveli-t could not deuy the qualities which constitute moral heroism to the dark-eyed daughters of Israel . In our opinion , Ivanhoe , is , in fact , the most brilliant creation ot his genius ; the character of Richard C « ur-de-Lion is , perhaps " , too favourably drawn , and that of Athelstan too weak and vaccilating for our conception of the sturdy independer . ee of a Saxon thane , but the other cliaracteis are finely drawn . Isaac of Yoik is a good portrait , though not & pleasins one ; and t'ae Templar is a fine impersonation of the turbulent chivalry of that period , and the morils engendered by the insane and bigotry-beROtten wars of ( he Cross . Bois-Guilbt'rt . is one of thosi

      striking compounds of virtue and vice , in which the two seem blended together without any very accurately defined line ot demarcation , which Bulwer Lytton so often presents us with in his sublimely-conceived and Inlf-metapiiy-ical romances ; and ' the scenes with Rebecca , in which his love for the beautiful Jewess struggles for mastery with his stubborn pride and ambition , are finely pourtrayed . The genius of Scott revelled in the tournaments , festivities , and barbaric magnificence of the middle ages ; he ever strove to throw a bah > over the past ; his mind was essentially formed upon a love of aristocratic and feudal graudeur . It evidenced itself in his baronial hall at Abbotsford , in his worship of rank , in his pictures of the courtly splendours of Kenilworth , and the turbulent baronage of Scotland .

      His favourite characters were Highland caterans , border depredators , feudal barons , and time-serving cava * U : tv and courtiers . Charles II . was to his eves , Winded by the pomp and glitter of courts and coronets , only the " merrie monarch" of comedy—the onfamo ' . ( s Claverhouse a graceful cavalier : while , on the ot :. er hand , the sinteve piety and religious zeal « f th e Covenanters , and the sterling independence of the Puritans , were ridiculed and misrepresented . We loi . k ia vain through the writings of Scott for a Single liberal sentiment , or the slightest manifestation of sympathy with thedemocrat-y . He waseastm tially th * bard and chronicler of a past age—the eraoadtmeiit of those conservative opinions in politics > nd religion , aud that exclusive principle of social life , which are now rapidly passing away .

      Byrfm was the moral auti ;>« de of the Northern Roruanci r ; he was the representative of the present age , a « Sc-. tt was of the past—his poems embodied thelivi ;;^ s piri t of democracy , as those of Scott did tbe Siiado-sT unsubstantial ima ^ e of feudal aristocracy . Tiiou ^ 'li himself a member of the privileged -Order a : ; d horn of afcuii ' y noted for its loyalty and it' < Btauneii adherence to church and . state principle , the noble ; -oet cast the halo of his brilliant geuiu « Ov « r t !« loftiest themes mid the most liberal sentiment which ennoble humanity . His sympathies wercr-y r tt : « j , tlio ^ e who santrht the elevation of tlieir M ! uw-men , and he launched the most brilliant , effwu (»; ' liis muse , fraught with the keenest ir . my , ai ' ait . s' tin- :: bu . M-3 v . t tli- < hy . II < iw unlike tlif tinie ^ rvim ; ma'nii . o'i-worsh : }! - . ^!! ! spirit ( ifScott ! h . r-m was theemiwilLueiitof that il'satitfaction with ex-

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      sting institutions , that restless aspiration for a higher state of being , which characterises the present generation . The literary offspring of these thoughts were his Fw / on of Judgment , drawn forth by the apostacy of Southey and his servile adulation of George III .. and the Irith Avatar , unparalleled for its better irony and cutting sarcasm , His Childe Harold abounds with noble passages ; we may mention his reflections on war , and his musings in the ruing of tbe Coliseum . His Don Juan has been stigmatised as an immoral poem , though we cannot but think that the objection has been a mere cloak under which to exclude the work for its democratic tendencies . The style is unequal , it is altogether a

      singular poem , but it is replete with thought , with pathos , and the true spirit of poetry . It is a poem which none but Byron could ever have written , it bears the impress of his wonderful genius on every page , and we may venture t <> assert that no one ever took it up without reading it to the end . It breaths throughout a spirit of genuine philanthrnphy , which those who rail at it on the score of morality would do well to imitate ; its gifted " Jwthor has imbued it with the feeling which animated his own br » aat , an earnest aspiration for the welfare of humanity , constituting it a record of free thought and an eloquent vindication of democracy , which every republican , every lover of his species , should have in his library .

      As Byron was the impersonation of the present traditionary state of the public mind , so was Shelley the representative and exponent of the future , not the futurity-idea inculcated by our clerical instructors , dim . and shadowy as Ossian ' s hall of Lot ! a , but the moral summer of the world , the realisation of Arcadian fable and Hebraic myth . Shelley was the most highly gifted harbinger of the coming brightness , his whole aspirations were towards the future , as evinced in the Queen Hub aud tho equally beautiful Revolt of Islam .

      "This is the winter of the world;—and here We die , even as the winds of autumn fade . Expiring in the froze and foggy air , — Behold ! Spring comei , tbo' we must pass who made The promise of its birth , even as the shade Which from our death , as from a mountain , fliugi The future , a broad sunrise;—thus arrayed Ai with tbe pluires of overshadowing wings , From its dark gulf of chains , Earth like an eagle springs . " Byron ' s morbid imagination , the mother of those dark creations of his fancy , the Laras and Childe Harolds of his great poems , received many a scintillation of eternal light from his intercourse with Shelley , and its effect was visible in those cantos ol C . ildo Harold which were written during their continental intimacy . The misanthrophy which occasionally gleams forth in the writings of Byron , " The stinging

      ot a heart the world bad stung , " was unknowa to Percy Bysshe Shelley . He wrote not of the past like Scott , nor lingered ever the present like Byron , but directed his whole thoughts and aspirations towards the future , Byron , as he cast a melancholy glance at Spain and Italy , turned his eyes towards Greece where he saw the erescent waning before the rising splendour of the star of ilellcs , ana he hoped ; but Shelley gazed deeper into the gloom of futurity and saw in the coming time the realisation of his own bring visions of Utopia—not only Greece free from the Moslem rule , and the unity and independence of Italy restored , but the unity and fraternity of the whole human race , the actualization of Hebrew prophecy and Grecian fable , dreamed of by Piaso , and preached by Jesus , when the individual shall be merged in the universal , and IV ' oore a Utopia and Uarrington ' s Oceana shall have " a loc . il habitation and a name . " T . Frost .

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      CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A party iprofessing to take their principles from the '• Letterson Labour" by William Howitt , which appeared in the People ' s Journal some months ago , has come into bein ; : under the above designation . This party held their Christinas Festival on Monday evening last , at the Farringdon Hall , Snow Hill . About two hundred attended the Soiree which was presided over by Mr . William Howitt , who was accompanied by Mrs . and Miss Howitt . Alter the feiUBral of the cloth , Mr . Hownr rose and said , his first words should be . " Success to the Co-operative Lcacue , " and it gave him the greatest pleasure to see iu that numerous assembly the dawn of that success . He was told this was scarcely to be called a public meeting , that it should be considered rather as a meeting of a few Mends . It was onlv a

      month or two ajio , that the league was commenced . Co-operation was nothing new , but heretofore the working classes had co-operated to raise wealth for otheis . Cooperation had built cities , and laid the foundation of Kiugdoms . We had been ruied , and often misruled by co-operation . , L 9 ud cheers . ) Armies had been called together , and not untrequently destroyed the fruits of that power which hud called them together , co-operation . ( Hear , Hear . ) The immense masses of wealth by which we are surrounded , was created by co-operatinn . The great mischief was , that this co-operation had been in the hands of the few for the be efit of the few . ( Hear , hear , ) Education had been confined to the few , and it were these few whe had secured to themselves the advantages , but we had lived to see the day , when

      allparties , were spreading education . The working classes were educating themselves , schools , colleges , &c ., were rising on every hand . No barriers were now permitted , the people had resolved to become Rebecca and her children , and breakdown all toll bars on the high road to knowledge . ( Cheers . ) Cooperation had been adopted in France and other places , but their systems was ton complex . We are not yet prepared for Owen , er Fourier . We must sow the seeds and then Co-operation will take root . If asked what the plans of this League were , lie would say they were as numerous as the multifarious religions sects , but his viewa were , that every man should begin to save something out of his wages , in fact that the working peop ! o should accumulate capital ; those accumulated driblets will be equally as ^ ooil as the capital of the millionare , and would produce railroad gas or any company qmte as well . ( Chteis . ) Once successful the treat diffieultv was

      over , and no master , or manufacturer had any right to fv el hurt or jealous at their attempt to better their condition . Who were the present great , manufacturers , but operatives like themselves . ( Hear hear . ) lie was delighted to see so many ladies here , in that circumstance he saw the greatest augur ot success . He had faith that women would s-e its practicability . He wa < s at a meeting the other day at which man was described as the tree , and women as the flower , but he would have a clock as the simile of which men were the hands , or the gtett dial , and women the main spring sitting behind thv dial . ( Hear , hear . ) The English are a mighty sation . We have established a great system of commerce . We have carried cultivation over the Indian empire , through the American Territories and Australian colonies —( hear , hear)—and by our pro posed wide world systt-m o Co-operation , we shal confer on England great and illimitable blessings ' . Great applause . )

      The following sentiments were proposed : — " The brotherhood of man , may it speedily be recognised by the whole civilized world ; " " Co-operation , and may the Co-operative League prove an eltccti 'e instrument for the banishment uf poverty , disease , and crime . " These sentiments were spoken to in eloquent speeches , by Messrs . Anger , Goodwin , Barmby , Roberts , Slauey , and Spenc Hall . In conclusion , the Cuaiumax siid , he thought they would all acknowledge they had enjoyed a riuht happy Christmas festival , ( Loud clic rs . ) What

      was the ancient festival oF the Baron ? , with their boar ' s head and revelries , as compared with the noble sentiments they had heard to-ni ^ ht . ( Cheers . ) They need not look to other clases to lead them , they ha-1 plenty of talent amongst themselves . From the little exertions that had been made , it was surprising how far a knowledge of their meeting had spread . The first move of the co operative principle would bring us comfortable homes , then happy wive ? and families , and political power . ( Loud cheers . ) Health and happiness to the chairman , Mary and Miss llowitt , having been given with great eclat , the meeting dissolved .

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      Mtstf . rioi-3 Affair in St . Pasciu « . —A rumour of a serious character has obtained extensive circulation in the parish of St . Pancras , concerning the death of Rosetta Brown , aged twenty , late in the service of Mr . Jenkins , surveyor , of iluntley-street , Tottenham Court-road , and which has given rise to a belief that inste&d of having committed suicide , as she was suppwed to have done , she was murdered . The inquest on R , o < etta Brown was held by Mr . Mills on the 23 rd ult . The evidence went to show , that

      although betrothed to one young man , she was in love with another man , when she consented a day or tno previous to her death , to iiavc the banns between herself and her betrothed put up in i'addint . ' - ton-church . The other person was a lodger in the house where Ro = etu Brown was in service , and about five o ' clock in the afternoon of the day in which she put up the banns of marriage she was discovered in Mr . Jenkins ' s coal cellar , with her tiiroat cut from ear to ear , and a carving knife lying near t . i her . There was no medical man examined as to the nature of the wound , and some friends of the deceased charged the suspected party , with being the cjiu .-e of her death , and were about to give evidence in reference to hir alleged seduction , but the ( iennty coroner would not allow them to proved , allcyin / , as his reason , if they allowed private characUTtoi : eas . « ail < d in that court , thev might "sit there till doomsday . " A long altercation subsequently ensued , aud ultimately , a verdict was returtle ;! , to the effect , " That deceased destroyed herself , but what was herstiite of mind n \ the ime there was not stiflicient evidence to prove . " The friendu fif the deci' : i « ed , at the time , loudly express-ed their dis'tUisiacii'iti , awl subsequently had tlie boily examined by : > siiri' < - rm , win , it is stated , declares that tiie (!< ecis ; ii ' s throat was t-ui in such a wj « y that ir Wii . s iiuposaiblv she cuuld have doms tlie net hersel .

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      A BAD DEFENCE OF A . BAD CAUSE . ( From the Charivari , ) The perpetrators of the wilful murder of Cracow are tryine to justify and to defend their abominable act . To this there is nothing to objects ; it is a necessity of position with people who , like them , incur a responsibility which necessitates their appearance in a court of justice . But what we complain ef is this—that they choose arguments altogether consistent with the cause—that is tn say , detestable . The Austrian Observer , which has constituted itself their advocate , alleges , by way of justification , that the three powers of the north were agreed to strike the blow , and that the instant" those three directly contracting Powers act in cancert , France has no longer anything to do with the matter ! " Here i 3 a

      triumphant reason for you ! It is only requisite for thieves to understand each other ; there is then not the slightest ground for reproaching them . The complicity which in all" codes ia an aggravation of the off-nre becomes , according to the dictum of tho Cos « ack lawyers , a certificate of innocence . In the second place , according to the Austrian Ohcrver , thr > re has been-tini violation of the Treaty of Vienna , stein ? that the stipulations relative to Cracow " were only inserted in th e final act . " Do you understand ? Those guarantees being inserted at the end , there was no obligation whatever to respect them ! Ah ! if they had only been at tho beginning ; but , alas ! they were at the end ! The solemn engagements entered into at the lattpr part of a document signify absolutely nothing * , eood faith and consistency depend upon tho place occupied b y the matter sworn to upon a sheet of paper ! What would be said of an accused

      criminal who replied to his judges . — "Ah ! ball ! the action for which I nfli brought before you is only in c ontravention with the last articles of the penal code . Is any attention ever paid to latter articles ?" In the same way our Pasquiers and Sequirs might allese that , it is always perfectly allowable to make light of one ' s last , oaths ! But we could even excuse thi < ridiculous humbug , if a stop was made there . But , no : folly has played its part , and insolence is now about to take its turn . To wit ; " To sum up , it is neither the conventions of Paris nor the respecc due to the faith of treaties that have imposed any reserve upon the French ; if they had felt themselves strong enouah to break them , t hey would already have done so long since , and we should not have blamed them for it ! " I » this concentration of cynicism and bravado enough ? But , no mafer , let theeafcyfcr * of the north wait a little ; a day will come when we fihall pick up their glove , however dirty it may be !

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      POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , &c . On Monday a most numerous party of ladies and gentlemen visited this admirable place of entertainment , where science reigns paramount " day by day , " to witness the wonders of modern invention and listen to lectures on subaqueous exploits , and the valuable addresses delivered by Dr . Bachoffner on the electric telegraph , and Dr . Ryan on explosive compounds . Dr . Bachoffner introduced much new matter into his lecture upon the neculiar application of electricity to the purposes of the electric telegraph . In addition to the usually lucid explanation of the principle of magnetism , and a historical notice of the application of the invention to railway and public purposes , Pr . Baehoffner upon this occasion entered into a lengthened illustration of the practicability of the new mode of c mmuication by the

      magnetic wire upon the new principle , secured by patent to Messrs . Nott and Gamble . It is but just to observe , in a passing notice ot the various instruments invented for the purpose of facilitating the transmission of messages , &c ., in such cases , that the new patent of the above centlemen is far superior te any other that has preceded it . The simplicity of the index , and the direct communication established by the electric current , both with regard to the pointing of the needle and the ringine of the notice bell to the most distant station on any line of telegraph , auncar to be mighty strides towards the necessary simplifica'ionof this most important , but at present not sufficiently appreciated asent . Most admirable practical exemplifications of the applicability of the invention were given durine the course of the lecture from two rietutifu ] working models on the principle of Messrs . Nott and

      Gamble . Two gentlemen nrescnt , at . the nperia' request of the lecturer , put into the hands of Dr . liachoffner their several cards , and immediately that centlcman set to work , communicatins the different letters of each name to another gentleman , who was r-hrrd on the other side of the stasp . In a space of time incredibly brief , and without tho slightest conversation ( except by telegraph ) between them , the name in each case was proclaimed amid « t the enthusiastic plaudits of the auditors . —Of Dr . Ryan ' s lecture on Prof-ssor Schoanbien ' s gun cotton , and explosive compounds generally , it is only necessary to say that it was delivered t * o an over-crowded auditory with great effect ; and intense interest was experienced , as was evinced by the uninterrupted attention displayed by all who had the pleasure of hearin ? it . More visitors have attended this institution during the present holidays than at any Christmas before , since its establishment .

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      CORN EXCHANGE , December 28 . At this day ' s market the supply of Enplish wheat was only m oderate , and met a brisk sale at a further advance ot 2 s to os per qu ; . recr uver the currency of this dav wtek . \ lie foreign ls held for a similar improvement , ami there is still a good demand for shipment to Ireland , but the rapid advance has somewhat cheeked business . — ¦ . I t" ^~ ¦

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond iYongSiiiRE ) Cork Markkt . —We had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day , which caused ; i bri'k sale at nn advance on last week ' s prices . —Wheat snld from 7 s to 1 'ts ; ont » , 3 s to 4 s 6 d ; barlev , 4 s 9 d to 5 s od -. beans , 5 s » d to 6 s per bushel . VTakrfielv Corn Market —The arrivals of wheat , indped < . f all grain , are limited , owing to vessels not bein , ? able to get up : there are , however , samples at market . The attendance small , and only a moderate business done in wheat of all descriptions , at last week ' s rates . Mancheste * Cobs Market . —At our market this morning there was not much passing in wheat , but holders , in snnw instances , required rather higher rates than on this day se'nnight . Warkijjgtojj Corv Af arket . —There was a fair attendance at the market , and a moderate quantity of wheat offering , which was readily bought by the millers at 3 d per bushel advance for secondary quality , and at rather prices for the finer sorts .

      Hull Corn Market . —At this day ' s market with a cood supply of wheat from the farmers , our millers tried hard to buy on last week ' s terms , but in tlie little business dune we qifbte prices ls to i ! s per qr . higher . Birmingham Corn Excjiavgk . — During the present week , owing to the rhangcin the weather , and less activityin London and Liverpool , we cannot note any further advance in wheat , but some large salts have been made at last week ' s prices . Newcastle Cors Market . —Our farmers brought a fair supply of wheat to our market to-day , and we had a good show of samples from the coast , but a very limited extent of business wa * transacted , although holders would willingly have submitted to last Saturday ' s prices .

      Liverpool Cors Market . —The wants of Ireland continue urgent , and large quantities of wheat , flour , India n corn , meal , barley , beans and peas , have been Bhipped for that destination within the past week . Tho sales for local consumption have been moderate , but an extensive business has been dune on speculation , and the bulk of the recent heavy arrival of wheat , flour and Indian corn , l ' r » m the United States , has be takeu off the market . An advance must be noteJ on last Tuesday ' s prices of 2 d to 3 d per bushel on wheat , fully ls per barrel and sack mi flour , and lsto ' . '« per quarter on beans and peas . Of barley aud oatmeal the market is exceedingly bare . Indian rom is again rather dearer , and some quantity of Indian meal has been taken for Irish account at 40 s per -Molbs .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —We had very dull markets at our eloth-hhlls the attendance was less than usual , and purchasers only to order and uf small amount . Manchester .-It would be a useless task to attempt to give the prices uf either cloth or yarns ; and until the Liverpool market becomes much more stable than it at present seems like to do , we shall continue in the greatest uncertainty as to the real market value of goods and twist . Bradford . —There has not been much business done in combing wools . For cluthing wool there is u good demand . There has , during the wuek , been more business done in yarns . Many spinners have received orders for future delivery , at a small advance . ihiDDEBSFiELD . —The clotli market to day has been comparatively inactive , In cassinetts and cashiueretts there has been more doing-.

      Hai ifax —A t nr amount of business continues to be done in the heavier descriptions of piece goods , and yarns are no worse to sell , but prices are very inadequate to those of combing wool , which generally are fully a halfpenny per lb . over what was obtainable about a month b ' ack fur the lo ' . v and middle qualities , these at piY-fit'iit bi-iug tnostiu request . Wakei-ieu ) . — There is no variation from our last week's report in either the long or short wool trade . Kuciiiui . e Flannel Mahkf . t . —There is little change to report In the flannel market to-day ; business still continues dull , with no exception of any spuedy amend . llliMlt .

      Leicf . steu . —The demand fur hosiery has been dull for the last month . Tho cotton branch having become one of great iiiipurtauce in our town , several houses have been iihluco'l to lay in very largely ot cotton yarns on sp culatioii , and its " late rapid rise lias caused the wholesale houses to -. ivc out thi'ir orders very curly for the spri ig trade , and so employment has been continued to the work i : en . Tin . " worstedspimu-rs are very firm iu their prices . Nottingham . —Lure : All ( li'srrintinns of gnmls kept their prices , the coarse plain nets are higher , but not m pi tipoi tion to tho actual ri .-: e iu the yarns ii'uin which they uciv . made , l ' or cotton hosiery tlie demand is steadily iiapr iviug . Thcgluvu bmiicii is in rather an iuuctiw . sl . ito . (! i . as (; o-, v . — Cottiii Yarns : A fine market but sales iif . t exU-uiiivi ! . ¦ I ' ot'mi ( . ionds : The market I ' urgoGiis gene , rally cont nue < wry quiet .

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      PICTURE FOR THE PRESIDENT ' S BED-ROOM . ( From the New York Tribune . ) " IS THIS WAR ?" •' m-i t i x . "Monterey , Oct . 7 , 1840 . .., " ' 1 was Btnttoned with our left wing in one m fMte ' the * evening of tho 21 st ., I saw a Mexioan woman busily engaged in carrying bread and water to the wounded men of both , armies . I saw this ministering angel raise the head of a wounded man , fcive h m water and food , and then carefully bind up lug wound with a handkerchief she took from her own bed . After having exhausted her supplies , she went back to her own house to get

      more bread and water for others . As she was returning on her mission ot mercy , to comfort other wounded persons , I heard the report of a gun , and saw the poor innocent creature faU dead : 1 think it was an accidental shot that struck her . I would not be willing to believe otherwise . It made me sick at heart , and turnin- ; from the scene , I involuntarily raised my eyes toward heaven , and thought , tjreat God ! and is this War ? Passing the spot next day , I saw her body still lying there with the bread by her side , and the broken gourd , with a few drops of water still in it—emblems of her errand . We buried her , and while we were digging h r grave , cannon balls flew around us like hail . " ' [ Cor . Louisville Cour .

      TIIE WHITE SQUALL . On deck , beneath the a"ning , I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the grey of dawning , Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnels' roaring , And the fitful wind ' s deploring , I heard tbe cabin snoring With universal nose . So I lay and wondered why light Came not , and watch'd the twilight . And the red glimmer of the skylight , TbdUhot across the deck ; And the binnacle pale and steady , And the dull glimpse of the . dead-eye . And the sparks in fiery eddy ,

      That whirled from the ehimney neck In our jovial floating prison There was sleep from fore to mizen , And never a star had risen The hazy sky to speck . Strange company we harbour'a ; We'd a hundred Jews to larboard , Unwash'd , uncomb'd , unbarber'd , Jews black , and brown , and grey ; Witli terror it would » eize ye , And make your souls uneasy , To see those Rabbin greasy ,

      Who did nought but scratch and pray . To starboard Turks and Greeks were , Whisker'd and brown their cheeks were , Enormous wide their breeks were , Their pipes did puff « Iway ; Each on bis mat allotted , In lilence smok'd and squatted , Whilst rouud their children trotted In pretty , pleasant play . lie can't but smile who traces The smiles on those brown faces , And the pretty , prattling graces

      Of those small heathens gay . And so the houcs kept tolling , And through the ocean rolling , Went the brave Iberia bowling Before the break of day . When a squall upon < i sudden , Came o ' er the waters scudding ; And the clouds begun to gather , And the sea was lash'd to lather , And the lowering thunder grumbled , And the lightning jump'd and tumbled , And the ship and all tlie ocean Woke up iu wild commotion .

      Then the wind set up a howling , And the poodle dog a yowling , And the ouks began a crowing , And the old cow raised a lowing , As she hi aril the tempest blowing , And the fowls and geese did cackle , And the cordage and the tackle Began to shriik and cackle ; And tlie » pray dtish'd o ' er the funnels , Aud down the deck in runnels ; And tbe rushing water soaks all ,

      r r 6 m the seaman in the fu ' ksal , To the stokers , whose black laces Peep out ot their bed places ; And the captain lie was bawling-, An 1 the sailors , pulling , hauling ; And the quarter-deck tarpauling Was shiver'd in tbe squalling ; And the passengers awuken , Most pitifully shaken ; And the steward jumps up , and hastens For the necessary ba&ins .

      Then tiie Greeks they gronn'd and quiver'd , And they knelt , and nioau'd , and shiver'd , As tho plunging waters met theni , And splashM and overset them ; And the ; call in their emergence Upon countless saints ftud virgins ; And their marrow bones are bended , And they think the world is ended .

      And illy 1 urkish people foi ' ard V > eiv Irigiiteneil and behorror'd , And , shrieking aud bewildering , The niotln rs clutcli'd their children ; And men sung , Ailnh ! Illah ! Musliuliah aud Bismillah ! > Tiicn all the fleas in Jewry Juui ;>' d up and bit like fury ; And the progeny of Jacob Bid on the iiiitin deck wake up ( I wot , those greasy Itabbins Would never pay for cabins ); And cadi man moan'd andjabbet'd in His filthy Juwisii gaberdine , In wue and lamentation , A howling consternation .

      This was the White Squall famous , Which then and there o ' ercame us , But we look'd at Captain Lewis , Who calmly stood and blew his Cigar in all the bustle , And scorn'dlhe tempest ' s tussel " And oft we ' ve thought hereafter , How we beat the storm to laughter : For well he knew his vessel With that vain wind could wrestle ; And when a wreck we thought her , And doin ' d ourselves to slaughter ,

      How gallantly he fought her , And thought the hubbub brought her , And , as the tempost caught her , Cried ' George some- brandy and water !' And when , its force expanded , Theharmltue storm was ended , And , as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o ' er the sea , I thought , as day was breaking , My little girls were waking , And smiling then and making A prayer nt home for me .

      The Ancient BiuTONs . — 'l'lie best materials for getting at the early history of a country are its coins , its architecture , and Us manners . The Britons , however , had not yet converted the Britannia metal —for which their valour always made them conspicuous—into coins , while their architecture , tojudgo from the Druidical remains , was of the wicket style , consistii . g of two or three stones stuck upright in the earth , with another stone laid at the top of them ; after the fashion with which all lovers of the game

      of cricket are of course familiar . As this is the only architectural assistance we are likely to obtain , we decline entering upon tlie subject through such a g < ite ; or , to use an expression analagous to the pastime to which we have referred , we refuse to take our innings at such a wicket , We need hardly add , that m looking to the manners of our ancestors for enlightenment , we look , utterly in vain , tor there is no Druidical Chesterfield to att ' . rd us any information upon the etiquette of that distant period . There is every reason to believe that our forefathers lived

      m an exceedingly rude state , and it is therefore perhaps as well that their niitnners-or rather their want of manners , should be buried in oblivion . — Comic History of England . Canute anu his CouiiTiKits—One day , when inth plenitude of his power , he caused the throne to be removed from the throne-room and erected , during low tide , on the seu-sliore . Having taken his seat surrounded by his courtiers , he issued a proclamation to the ocean , forbidding it to rise , and commanding it not on any account to Icavo its bed until his permission for it i « get up was graciously awarded . Hie courtiers backed the Royal edict , and encouraged with the grossest adulation this tirst great practical attempt to prove that Britannia rules the vvave 3 . _ Such a rule , however , was Boon proved to be nutuing better than a rule nisi , which it is irapossible to make absolute when opposed bv Neptune ' s

      irresistible mutiun of course . Every wave of Canute ' s sceptre w « s answered by a wave from the sea , and the courtiers , who wore . ileeudy up to their ankles in salt water , began to fear that they should soon be pic ' tled in the foamm * brine . At length the monarch himself found Ins footstool disposed to go on swimming ' y of its own accord , and there was every prospect that th >< wholo party would undergo thu ceremony of an immediate iuvetkure of the bath . The sovereign , who was very lightly shod , soon found t ! at his rumps w re n t capable ot getting rid of the water , which win now rising very rapidly . Having siit with his feut in the > eu for a few minutes and not relishing the slight specimen of hydropathic treatment he hud cii-. iiR ' t-d , liu jumped suddenly up , and began to jalm . ' -c hispoiirucrs ( or the mess into which he had been betrajeu by their outragcousil . ittcry . —lbhi .

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      Good . —Apian has been tried for five years past »¦ Birmingham , of binding young offenders to masters w hen these can be found to receive apprentices from tne dock , instead of committing them to prison . Tin waiio of 8 u ° h apprentices , up to last Michaelmas , was iw . Of these 40 had returned to bad courses ; ^ 0 were doubtful an . \ 44 had entireh reformed , wa , Tnll , J RICE op 0 oAis .-On Saturday there IS retiTl i " dvan ( ; in the t ™ ° f coals . milde h > of the molt S ' - ' flirou 8 l'out the metropolis those cferaft& heing now us ^ in E -sv ^^ s n &r ^ two salmon , both ! ar ,-e males . After K ! , t the water became still , and one oftX ? u&n , I Boated to the surface dead . The fi , h Z « 12 ? ' ,

      7 'r . " ™ ' , ' ™* , itwas found that the W W C , ts flesh , or fish , had been torn , to the depth o th ! bone , from head to tail . ThRiiiFic Accident . —A train of six coal wagons ran over the shipping drops at M ., nkwennnouth tolliery Straith . s , into the River Wear , on Saturday last , and damaged a vessel underneath the drops . This accident was caused by tho breaking of the rope on tlie incline : happily no person was injured . French Gbesb . —Thursday being the eve :. f Christmas day , nearly 30 , 000 geese were brmuht ., say * one of the journals , to the market of the VallGo , which was literally encumbered with them . Gcosc are nearly as favourite a food with the middle and lowci classes of the French at Christmas , as at Michaelmas with the English .

      Singular Importation . —A vessel , arrived at the St . Kathainu ' s Dock from Nassau , New Providence , has brought among a variety of descriptions of wood and other articles of West India production , ninetyseven logs of horse ftash wood . A . nothkr Disaster on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —On Friday last , another collishm took place near Bishop-bridge , on the passenger'rain which left Edinburgh at a quarter to eight o ' clock , reaching Glasgow near to eleven . Singular Death . —The death of a young woman was lately occasioned in a somewhat curious mariner

      near Charleroy . Two dog * were fighting near tlie mouth of a coal-mine , in the vicinity of that town , when in their struggles the > approached the brink of the pit and rolled over , to the gre . vt mirth of the spectators of the combat , Lamentable cries , however , were immediately heard coming from the mine . The dogs , in their fall , lm < l alighted on and broken , the cover of the basket which was ascending the shaft , and the pieces falling on the young girl who was coming up in it , fractured her ikull insosuocking a manner that she died on the spot .

      Cobden Tribute Fund . —The Manchester subfcriptions to this Fund have been considerably in creased during the week , the principal contributions beine from places at a distance , including Tillicoutry , Scotland ; Norwich , Leek , and Newcastle on-, Tyne . Total of the Manchester subscription £ 52 576 . 1 s . 6 d . —Manchester Examiner . Short-Work in Stockport . —Wo have authority for stating that the cotton waste spinners of this town have unanimously agreed to commence working four days per week . —Stockport Advertiser .

      A Rare Bird . —About a fortnight ago , a lar ^ e and unemmaa bird made its appearance in the nursery grounds of Mr . Faulkner , near Kersal Moor , and was seen afterwards almost every day ; but though many attempts were made to shoot it they all failed , owing to its extreme wariness , until Thursday last , when : i person named Smith contrived to get vithin shot of it , and brought itdown , when it proved to be a remarkably fine male bittern ( ardea Hellaris ) , a bird now rarely seen in England . Indian Gourd . —There is growing in a garden near Morpeth , a fine specimen of the Indian gourd , or pumpkin , It measures upwards of five feet in circumference , and five feet six inches in length . Game Laws . —It seems that some further proceedings with respect to the Game Laws are contemplated in the next session of Parliament .

      FRBNcn Cattle .-The Fir William Wallace steamer , arrived at Bhckwall from Bouk-gne , has brought another entire carijo of live cattle , comprising 42 cows and GOO sheep . The importation of cattle frum France has continued since our first notice of the subject , and the arrivals have now iuclii'led several thousand head of live stack . Christmas Cargoes on the Eastsrx Counties . Thursday the Eastern Counties presented an unusual scene , in consequence of the arrival of extensive trains , carrying passengers , lu ^ fage and baskets , hampers , ito ., containing a most extraordinary supply of po . iltry for the London market . By the morning niii i ! i rain upward of 2 , 000 packages were brought to the Sitoreditch stati-n . An afternoon train , which consi 3 ted of nearly thirty carriages , carrying between 300 and 400 passenger , arrived considerably after its appointed time .

      si ; xi ) EULASD . — lhe weather has been very severe , and the poor are suiFering gieat privation * . " Penitential . —On Curistmas-thiv a gentloman in Edinburgh rsceived through the Post-oilica the following letter , enclosing two half-crowns : — " Sir , —In a foolish and mad freak , I last summer , stole your bell-handle . 1 beg to send you what I hspe is the full eost , and to express my sincere sorrow for being so foolish . The British Museum and the Natiosai Gai ,-LERy . —On Monday the doors of these " National Institutions" were thrown open to the holiday folks and during the hours appointed for remaining open wer .. ' thronged with visitors .

      Deit / irable Accident from Fikk Arms . — A melancholy accident happened at Milverton on Friday last . _ A person of the name ot Cross had been out shooting , and on returning neglected to draw tlie cuarge from his gun , which he placed near tho uioek ; his s-n , a little boy , took up the gun ami snapped it , whe . ' i unfortunately it went off , and the « hole of the contents were lodged in the mother ' s head , who fell dead on the spot , leaving several motherless children . Increase op Intoxication in Edinburgh . —Tho number of persons found on the public streets in a state of intoxication and unab ' e to take charge of themselves has of late very much increased . A Vkteuan Lawykr . —The senior member of tlie Paris bar is at present M . Girard dc Bury , who has just completed his 100 th year .

      Going Ahead . —Ah American has proposed to cast ehips in one piocc from an alloyed metal , which , according to the discoverer , combines the strength ot iron with the durability of copper . Site for the Wellington Statue . —Mr . Barry has been applied to , and under bis direction , as a preiminary step , some men were set to work to dig a hole in the parade , simply to ascertain the nature of the ground there , so as to judge of the propriety of adopting that site . The excavation has sinco ken filled in .

      Oil Cake . —The Lanarkshire arrived from New lork , has brought a large quantity of this article consisting of 137 casks , 60 tons to one party , and other parcels in which the exact quantity was not mentioned in the official report ; and also * the ] ar"e quantity of 101 , i ;) 31 bs . weight in bulk of the article . Novel Importation . —The American Iine-of-packet ship Ilendrick Hudson brought thirty barrels oi pork suet . The late Storm and Inundations at Rome . —Letters Irom Rome of the 12 th state that the disasters occasioned by the overflowing of tho Tiber had caused 80 much distress that tlie Pope has appointed a committee to open a subscription for the poor . The Popo has already contributed a sum equal to 20 , 000 francs from his privy purse .

      Andoveii Union , Dec . 25 . —Tin ; inmates had bread and cheese dinner to-day—no subscri ption enured into this year , to provide extra comforts for th . se unfortunates . Death of an Eminent Character . —Colonel Baron B f B I - t- Vinccnt > honorary member of the Academy of Sciences , and member of several learned societies has just expired , aired GO . Under the Empire this othcer was engaged in many of tho great battles then lought , and was successively aide-de-camp to Maishal Ney and Marshal Soult . The late Sin Fowf . ll Buxton . —Small allotments ot land h iving been granted to iwenty-lbur poor inhabitants in the parish of Trimingham , by the late Sir iMwell Buxton , Bart ., the occupim thereof desire to express publicly their most grateful thanks for ihe boon bestowed upon them , which has alre- > dv been ot great benefit to themselves and families

      LoxoEvm . —A venerable and patriarchal labourer named Charles Vincent died at Sydling , Saint ISicholas Dorset , on Saturday week , having attained the age of 104 . The Biutish Museum Closed . — On Saturday morning , loag before ten o ' clock , tho hour for opening , a considerable number of persons » ^ reat portiiin well-dressed artiuus , had assembled in the trout of the Museum , but were , with nearly 20 000 others who called during the day , doomed to tlisanpomtnient , as , on applying for admission , thev were severally informed that the Museum was " " never open on Saturday . " This appeared so astounding and inexplicable , it bcint * generally understood that this institution would be always open on holidays that crowds during the day assembled in the street murmuring at the injustice of exclusion on this ! perhaps Urn onlv holiday in the vear

      National Gallery —To this , another of our " national institutions , the public were also donied admission , ami thron-h the same puiiftilintis etiquette , viz ., " not open on Saturdays , " while to prevent parley , the outer gates were most ri » idiv kept closet . ° Tub Danish Aumy . -A letter from Gopenha « wi states , tn . it m consequence of the denrr . ess of provisions , the Kinir of Denmark has published an oi \ iei ot the day , giving to each soldier an aiif mcntaiion ol pay of tour skiiliugs ( u \>! . ut . 20 centimes ) a . lay ami an additional loaf t-v . ry three daws . Each soldier married with tho authorization of ' tJovirninciit , ami having three children or nioie , is to receive a secuul additional loaf every three days .

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      Sale op the Tuadbs' Libiiaht at fAisnti — is one of the most melancholy pictures which can ba presented of the state of society in Paisley , that the principal part of tho stock of book 3 oomposin" the J rades' Li brary has had to bo brought to the hammer to clear off tho debt against that institution . Railway Tunnel . —The nutiinp through of ths tunnel on the Dieppe railroad from Pctit-Appevilleto the valley of Arquca , a length ofabout 2 100 metres im juat been compkteu . nin \ the masonry work commenced .

      Bmoavds . —The dilisenceof MM . GallineandRjo ,, running between Valence ami Avignon , wan attacked , « aysa Lyons journal , a few days since , bv a bancl of robbers , who carried off a sum ol ' lO . OOOf . The details are not given . Body op a Child Found in the Percent ' s Park . —Mr . Mills held an irqucst at St . Marylebone workhotiRO , on tlie body of a new-barn female infant , fiuntl oif Tuesday morning in the Regent ' s Park , by i man ringed Cvais . a workmen in ihe emptar of the Onmmk'U « neri of Wornfe and Forests . It was " rapped in an old cotton handkerchief . Mr . Allen , -iirgoon , gave it ashis opinion that it was still born , V-rdirt " Found dead . "

      ' ttimptkd MunPKR . — On Saturday ni » ht , a min ' [ ? tli « name of Lyons , who lives in Lincoln Court , nilil . strcet , Drury-lane , went home anrl abused his 'vitc in n . most shameful manner . The women , it fnpesiwd , paid no attention to his threats for some "me . when Uie fellow took up a wooden chair in the "iom and struck th . > poor creature several blows over ¦ , i ; lyin ? hcv iwent-iWe on the floor . Her cries tor help brought , the lodger and neighbours to her as' ¦ stance , who , on pn tftring the room , discovered the floor covered with Unnd . Tho poor woman was convoyed , n a H ymn state to Kir , ' s College Hospital , and it is iioUonBidered likely that she can survive . r - uounc Canary . —A hen canary with a nest of ? nrce ynune oiips two weeks old , being the eleventh b'oo'I she has hatched within the present year ig now in the possession of Mr . William Skelly , Aln-WICK .

      1 he Faithful Doo . —On Snndav morning , ai a dilLerice was proceeding on its journey near Verdun n man was discovered frozen to death on the road . Hisdop wtislyimrnn his breast as if to warm him , and it . was not without much resistance on the pnrt of the animal that the conductor could remove the body to a home near the spot . Gun Cotton . —We were present on Saturday at thp rock-blastine by pun-cotton , in the quarry behind the Nerropwlis , and wo were truly astonished at i's tremulous powers . The unwedseable and solid white rock was split by it as quietly and instantly as if it had been a soft myrtle . What would a balp of the cotton not do , when a small quantity ( "tuffi'd into a horn six inches by one and a half ) was capable of such effects ? It would blow up a little city . —Glasoow Constitutional .

      Lonn Ashlky . —We understand that Lord Ashley i- willing to become a candidate at the next election tor the representation of the city of Bath , oa the Conservative interest , on the condition that his supporters will defray his expenses ; otherwise he will not accept the requisition which has been forwarded to him . although it is signed by an nctunl majority of the constituency . — Gloucestershire Chronicle . ^ Baths and Wasii-Hocsks for the Poor . —On Pueslay , the Committee of the Baths and Waah-IIousps made a report of the numbers of persons who had avavailed themselves of the benefits of the institution in George-street , Euston-square , since its oppning on the 3 rd of AiK'nst last . L > to the 27 th December instant , 3 i , ti 34 male 3 , and 4 394 femalrs have bathed , &c .

      The Quekn op Spain . —We give the following from the c'rrenponclence of one of the mornins pspers as a spi cimenof the beastly ifrms of " Court Iiitellitfuicc "; delicacy and royalty have no connexion : — " In a former letter I mentioned the presnanjy of the Queen , and the faint hopes entertsintd by her medical attendants of preserving the foetus . I have now to acquaint you that her Majesty misc _ rried a few days a ^ o . without any siifferin . fr , ot a six weeks' child . Her general health was not , in tha least affected , and she on ' y kept her room two days in consequence . This untoward evvnt ia kept as secret as possible . "

      A Mahommkdan Saint—Sidi Abdullah , a most venerated marabout , who had given his name to t ' . io street in which he resided , recently died at Algiers in the 110 th year of his age . He had not quitted hi dwelling for twenty years , except at distant intervals , and by niaht , to et'joy a bath . During tho same period he neither touched his beaid nor bin hair . The natives atfirm that ho naver beheld the fai-o of a Frenchman . It was no dvjht oa account of this p eculiarity that tho Mussulmcii regarded him as a saint . L « m > St . vnlet has issued cards to a distinguished circle of Protectionist Pvcrs , inviting their presei . ee " at a gnnd banquet , to be ijiveu by his Lnivhi ? on the evening of the 18 th proximo , the day before the thi * opening of Parliament .

      I ost-office Proceedings— ( From a Correspondent ) —Thomas Mitchell , the subsnvtcr , who was dismissed frum the Post orVice service on an alleged clnvge ^ of in-oltiiice to John Playle , an assistant inspretor , h « s been appointed by the Government to a situation iu the new rail ay office about to be permanently established in Great George-street , Westminster . It would i-. ppear from this step that the Ministry are not Piitish ' eil with the mmirls upon which Mitchell was expelled from the Post-office . Death of the Italian Pathiot FnicnracK Gosfaliosehi . —The little vill' -ge of llospcnthal , is situate in the St . Gothard Pass , almost on tlio summit , and only a couple <« f leagues from the hospice , in

      the most lonely part of the mountain . There arrived there on the night of the Sth December , a man , sifk unto death , and accompanied only by hia wife , on their road from Paris to Italy . The strnn-{ . 'it was so ill that lie hud to bo carried from the carriage into the inn , and on the next day he was a corpse . lie , who hud thus expired within a few miles ol his native land , from which he has ! been so long exiled , was one of the nolilcsr . of the mat tyrs in Uic cause ufltolinn frcrdom , Frederick Goufalioneri . Extreme Cold is Rome . —A letter from Rome of the 18 th says— " An excessive eoW , accompanied by snow , hai succcc ( ' < ' iere tho inundation . The population is tho more somitive to these variations of tempenture that it is not accustomed to thorn

      Cold is Switzerland and Florence . —In Switzerland frost has ban so intense , that at Nitifclmtel last week tinr th i-mometcr fell to 27 decrees below zoroofthe Cciiti-uide scale ( 17 * below zero of Fahrenheit ) . On thu hanks of the lakes the thermometer stood at 20 Centigrade . We find n ! io , by a letter from Florence of the 19 th , that thd weather has been very severe there . There had bern a heavy fall of snow , and the ice was so firm that skating took place daily ; two sledges also were seen—; i very unusual sight Cor the Florentines . Wolf at Pf . ckuam —A large . "nd ferocious wolf , supposed to have eseasul from some travelling menagerje . was last Wednesday despatched in ' a field near Peekham . Tb- skins of several dfes anil cats , found near tho animal ' s lair , sufficiently showed how thn master wolf " got his living . " A Great Fact . —In proportion to the mor . opoly of the land in any country is there misery and crime .

      11 U"m * n , 1 Io » sks"oks . —There is iron etiyugii " ir the Wood ot torty-two men to make fifty horse-shoes , caeh weighing half-a-jinund . A Man is taller in the morning by half ftn inch than he is at night ; . Hope for tub Fat and the Leas . — About the nee ot 36 , it is m-A ( he lean man becomes iimer . aml the tat man leaner . Thk Ohio . —Fossil remains on the Ohio , prove tl ) i \ t it was once covered by the stn . The Sea . —Warn the sea is of a b ! ue colour , it is deep water , when ^ en , shallow . Old Map . _ a imy of Cii ' ma made 1 00 roars betow Christ , is still in existence . In the Aktic Regions . —In the Artie regions when the thermometer u bi-low zero , persons cnu converse at more tuau a mile di-tnnt . Dr . Jamicsnn asserts that lie heard every word of a sermon at the distance ol two mi cs .

      . House Measube . -A fund used for hones is four indies . Fl " - . , llcrc ! iUie two thousand five hundred known species ot fishes . Productiveness . —A sin : >! o horse flv produces in cno season 20 . 0 S 0 . 3201 " How Fau a Flea Mips . —The flea jumps 200 tnues its own length , equal to a quarter ut a mile tor a man . Thk Black Ostiuch stan ; ls 7 feet high " A Settlement for Life .-A gentlemen in Virginia , a ^ e cl 103 years , has just completed a pedestrian tour of 1 , 300 miles through the west . It is : upposed that he went to look for an elidble locatian to settle for life ! Critiques . —Among others , a liidy correspondent hevcB the iol ! owin « to the Gatethend Observer . Thev

      reler to nn exhibition of painting * in North Shields , as detailed in tho catalogue : — "No . 2 , was Shipping Askew . '—But J could see nothing that ailed tho sln ;> s : they all scorned straight . No . 16 , Pigs feeditii , ' Murlsind . '— I j » vked a little gentleman in tpectaeles were Morlait' . l was ; hut he only laughed at me . ^ et I as sure you , sir , all that was to be si-hi was a little ! ad feeding a ;> i ;; with a cabbage ! eat . ' So . S ' 2 , "robitand Angel after Rembrandt . ' Tobit 1 could s'OR , iiiid a Scotch Angel , tijiiii alolt in kilt > » ... < a unaspiciioua object ; bui , nuwlivrecould ] muUti < > i « KitWo Kcmbrandt . ! No . \ 0 ) , 'Cattle Story , '—iW every cow ' ( hero him ;; a tail , ' but I eould not gvt ; it the story . " " Annexation and Wau . " — "That ' s in > -every word of it , " said a pert old maid , "no sooner do you get married thnn ' you begin to light ! * Imh . d on B : th Sidi- 's . —A Quaker havius sold a iino looking but bliiul horse , asked tho purchaser ;

      ' Will , ray friend , dost thcu sec any fault in him ? ' 11 None whatever , " \ v : > . st ! ie reply . " N . ' . t ur will ho over sec ni : y in thec , " sf . id honest ilroadurhii ' . Uoixc . Ahead — " Received by lightninr . —Printed by seam !" - ~ is ti : « saroi-tyjied head of tne ' vlegiapiiio nev 3 in tiie Uujfulo Courier .

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      — ! January 2 , 1841 THE NORTHERN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1399/page/3/