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      ' " ' fSS * EW BEAU'S 80 KB OF OUR EXILI . BT EtNEST J 05 EI . V ~ h » t meuages from England ! What news of blither chetr ! Yf hat promise for the exile ! TOiat better hope , Sew Year ! 0 England ! thou my country ! What do » t thou there af » r f IiO 6 t dream of Eastern victories And truth-destrojing war ' Dost Tanlt the preufl church-dome Above the houseless head ! And , sending aliens BOUs . Deny thj children bread ! Let churches - «« the sonl For death ' s dim second birth ; But wb / not build the cottage To « a « that soul on earth I Post pay for costly prisons , The suras , that , better spent . Would render prisons needless . By making hearts content t Art rearing cruel scaffildi , Thy cruel laws to aid , ¦ Where criminal * may hang The enraiWthev made ! Host hold this earth a bauble , Thy golden grasp may span ! That title ' s more than virtue , And money more than man * Dost think , that slaves shall truckle For ever to the blow ! Rise , nature ' s God , and rouse them ! Up , man ! and thunder—Mo ! "iVhat messages from England t What news of blither cheer f What promise for the mourner ? What better hope , New Tear * I ' ve been to long an exile , Jly heart is sick and sore With panting for a qoiet graTe On England ' s hallowed shore . I could not sleep here soundly , Bj this cold foreign sea , With the clank of chains aboTe me , That once were bound on me ! Oh ! Call me back to England ! Where'er ye rest or roam , My dear—dear friends in England , Oh 1 Take mt—take me homel

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      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . —January . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . It is only an act of kindness to the-e&tor of this magazine to iaform him of what he « eras to I < e totally unaware of , that dissatisfaction is very generally extreased fcy his readers at the slovenly manner in which this publication has been for some time past conducted . The readers iriH hardly be restored to good humour fey reading the following notices : — It is die to the reader to inform him , "that the writer of" A History for Young England" has Abruptly brought Us labour to an imperfect close . It has been deemed expedient—to avoid all future disippointicect and the discomfort of mtate apology— " to discontinue the Illustrations . ' "

      There is something very Yarikee-Hke about these notices . What next ? SoMething Kfce the following wouldte < qBitein keeping with the above : — " To wwe the publisher the ¦ trouble and expense of printing , and the purchaser of the magazine the trouble of reading the qaantityof matter heretofore git- n , it has % een deemed expedient to reduce th 6 Eumber of pages from ninety-six to ferty-eight . K is due to the reader to add that the price of the jnamine wiKTemain a « before— Oke ! SELLrsG . " Of course , Mr . Jerrold is at foil liberty to take his own coarse , > bat one thing is certain , that if the coarse pursued far some time past is relation to this magazine , is not abandoned for a better , the sense of the public will be made known to the proprietors in a manner any thing feat pleasant , because the reverse af profitable .

      Tie thirty-ifth chapter of St . Giles and St . James contains some excellent writing > ra the shape of running comment by the author , but the Btory itself makes bat ' -stow progress . Apain the promise ii held cut to the impatient reader that future chapters will" accelerate the conclusion . " This number -contains . the commencement of a new story , which " will be concluded within the present year . " entitled , "The Dreamer and the Worker ; " intended to further "illustrate the jrincip ' eg upon which the magazine was orieinallv

      put forth . " w « pea in Germany" contains some revelations concerning female education , waltzing , tmokinc . and day-dreaaiingf in Germany . = eot very fiatterir e to our Teatoaic friend * . " The Pharisees of the Bail" is a slashing attack on the Sabbatical bigots who have pat a stop to Sunday travellioit on the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway . Ne . 4 of " Fable * for Foolish Fellow * , " showing " How Bays became Thornbacks" is well told and might be read with advantage by the ultra-peace men . We give the following extracts from the article

      entitled—THE PHARISEES t # THE RAIL . Galloway , Glasgow . Su *— 'Tis Sunday moraing—the people here ealltt SabVatfc—the word Sunday net being esteemed sufficiently holy by the Jew-hating community , by which I am sommnded . The bells , in a dozen steeples , arekeeping up a -deafening jingle-jangle , as though—Heaven knows Ojs 7 many gigantic trangle * were performing a grand cUricart . I don't pretend to understand the theological . distinction between the founds produced by btli-oieUl aed human lipi ; but I presume there is a

      wide liae a * demarcation , inasmuch as I hate been pavelj frowned upon by Saunders , the head-waiter , for breaking out into half-a-dozen tracoaasious bars of " Maritsna , " offer my cookies and Finaa Haddie . Indeed , StunderSj who has just despatched bit " morning , " ia the si ape of ft goodly glass of whiskey—an operation which h « will repeat , probably eTery half-hour , till furtber notice—was kind enough to inform me that" siccan &e ganglns o « « re nae fit for the Lord ' s Day . " Whisky drinking , however , ig , in honest Blunders ' epinion , a " fanging ^ n" quite fit and proper for any day , Saturday or Sunday .

      Dismayed by my friend the waiter ' s theological scrupuloaty . I sauntered from tne breakfast-table to the win . flow . It was a foggy , dismal morning , and the good folks of Glasgow , who thronged the pavements on their * sy to the several churches , free and established , which nsBtoally "deal damnation" upon each other with very grtat energy and perseverance , every Sunday morning , looked a ; dlcmal and foggy as tha weather . Mosinj on these inconsistencies of my respected friends sorth of the Tweed , and respectfully declining Saunders . tSeroi » "eeat under that precions Saunt Jabex Mac * « hackit , whose out-pourings had a' the smeddum o « wsptl grace , and nane o' the vain arrogance o' huuun fewning . " I asked for the time-bill of the Railway to *« nbnrfh . " You 11 hie forgotten that there ' s nae Sabbath trains ienoo , " responded Saunders .

      No Sunday trains ! You don't mean to say that the "hole communication between Glasgow and Edinburgh —Between the two great cities of Scotland—two of the Ptttm cities of the empire—ii entirely interrupted , for wtnty . f .. ur or thirty hours , every week !" "Ay , but I do , though , " said Saunders . " Gudebe P ^ sed , that has g'ita us the grace ! MuokU need there * uo ' t . I wadna be surprised if the rot i' thepoUtoes * M to slop wi * the Sabbath trains " Htre was a fir ! Edinburgh within fifty miles of me , toi jet inaccessible . Mv business there was of the last

      importance : life and death , in fact , might hang upon my prestnt * or absence . The welfare and future prospects if whole families depended upon th « signature of certain Papers by a hand long eafeebled by sickness , and now «» ily expected to be paralysed by deaih . What was to be none I So stage-coach—no conveyance : the high-road ad been so entirely cut up , the inns and post-houses so « terly deserted , that the difficulties in the way of procures poit-horses were quite insuperable . The Railway wajan / haila monopoly of conveyance . They possessed ™« only means by which transit was possible . They c » U obtwned certain powers frem the legislature for the ^ omotLmof traffic and intercourse , and these power . used

      «* y for the prevention of traffic and intercourse . * oar nun dared to make laws for EdiuburghandGlasr- Fom men dared to prescribe to their fellow-men ™« manner in which they should keep the Sabbath . I " darea to enslave four hundred thousand . ar Btn dar «^ to brand , with every term of theological "Monr , all who attempted to perpetrate the odious mme of thinkiniforthemselTes ; thinking boldly , think . «* freely ; and Scotland has submittsd , at least for the H *» tnt , to this Thinking Scotland—educated Scotland £ 'ateiiij ; ent Scotland , you have allowed the foursabjwical laonarchs to reign oter you , to force their dogmas *» ytsr tliroaU , and you call yourgclvts stilla liberal « 4 enli ghtened people !

      fnW ? ur Scotdl p ° Pe » are "wing their buUs , and jotting their edicts , triumphing over the free exeror commontenEe and reason ; reviling the creeds , t , * 5 cil : ty- How long ^ v Ujtir reijtn last ! How long shall these particular 'S'kave their day ! Their overthrow is no doubc fast inT- T ^ e sense ° f nianktnd is arming and marsbalj ^ 'tie . f against them ; but until the decisive moment ** hind , be content , Scotsmen , to remain what you liril 'eol ) J'cU of t 06 mingled pity and derision of Jhe pjuiseii world ; be content to be tyrannised over by four Ci **? " ^ 'rectors ; be content to hand yourself over ij c j . mi 80 al . to Mr . Blackaddtr and Co . ; though ¦ " i « n and d * ath smite « our friendsdare not to stir

      , t $ j ? haTe spiritual dictators—crouch and obey ; keep lor *' " u * tn as J ou are ordered—attempt to thiuk or act JMistjve » at your ptril—luvk in your crowded Glas . M la't *—jour ioatbsume Edinburgh closes : the ontl . »» -tte bright iunshine ef the first day of the

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      week , were not intended by ' their creator for you ; or * they were , four Bailway Directors have decided that you ihall not enjoy them ! ? .

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      T E PE ° PLE'S JOURNAL . Part XII . London : G . Bennett , Fleet Street . This { part which concludes the second volume , is dutagnred b y outrageous pufferies of Macready and Henry Vincent , Esq . " The latter of these is very well known to our readers , so well known , that a word from us respecting hh tquireship would be altogether 8 upeifluous . As regards Macready , the great tragedian ' s " merits certainly entitle him to something more than common-place compliments , but the praise lavished upon himthick and slabby

      , , his friend , the Rev . VY . J . Fox , is rather too much of a good thing ; moreover , Macreadv ' s eulogist seeks to exalt his favourite by depreciating the merits of the mighty dead , a mest offensive mode of flattering the living . The other contents of this part mostly command our approval . We give the lollowing extracts from an artiole by Win . Howitt , who , as our readers are aware , lias recently disconnected himself from this publication ; the article we quote from appears to have been the last of his contributions to the PeopU ' s Journal .

      TUB POET FREIMGBATH IN ENGLAND . The King of Prussia on ascending the throne excited the liveliest hopes of the nation . At his coronation he voluntarily promised his subjects a free , representative constitution . He proceeded to invite into his capital the most learned men , and placed them as professors in the university there . Not mea learned merely , but distinguished for their political liberality , were amongst thost thus invited and established . He went the length of inviting several of th « sevea prefessors of Gtttingen who had beta expelled for refusing to sanction the King of Har . orer ' s destruction of the Hanoverian constitution . Amosgit these were the Brothers Griram , to well known : here by their Children and House Tales ; but still better ; known in Germany as -most learned philologists . No wonder that these acts excited the mostwCour d * iwex-j rotations in the mind of entire Germany ,

      * * * It is now needless to say how misera'dy have all fiine ' hopes been shattered ; how utterly bes this worthies * ting falsified all these promises . To < his hour he < hcs ttot made a single advance towards the establishment -of free constitution . It was soon seen too , that his invitation of celebrated ¦ men of liberal mind to his capital wes < aot toenablethem to diffuse their liberal sentiments , but to muzzle them more completely . • • • Amongst the Hterary men on whom the King ofPrus-« ia has attempted * to put the muzzle "is Ferdinand Freiligrath . He is but one amongst meiiy who have been obliged to flee from Pruttia to escape a dungeon . -Paris abounds with sschliterarv refugees , who , under-a more genial system , would have been et home amongst the most useful subjects , and greatest ornaments 'ef their country .

      The wily king-was anxious to get > Freiligrath into his . net He was fcK-of power , and capableof doinginBnite damage to the cause of despotism . He therefore took his usual course with him . and endeavoured to -stop bis ' mouth with a lamp of pudding ; is other words , to Trei--ligrath ' s great astonishment , without the most distant ' idea of such a thing , without the-stightest solicitation or expectation , presssted him with aipension . The pension once given , however , it became speedily obvious what the object of it was . The poet was-speedily called upon-to , notice that now scarcely a single peem of hh of the twst ; sober kind , and on-the most indifferent subject , could ap-i pear in the literary journals without being mutilated hy the hand of tbe-ccesor , and sometimes-could not appear ; at all . Alarmed et this ominous ( fecovery , high-minded ' and sensitive-of -bisSionour , he saw that , this permitted , ' wonld soon fbrcetnpon him the charge of 'having sold hisj independence for a pension . An occasion-soon offered to j test this matter . Se had sent some small ; potmg to the ,

      • Cologne Gazette-. ; they were suppressed < by the censor . ( He demanded au explanation , and appealed against the decision of the'local censor to the High Court of Censor , -shipin Berlin . Tofiecide whether « ne particular poem misht see the light unmutilated , the Sigh Court of Censorship held its sitting in Berlin on the 13 th . of February , Ifiit , iu which ao les&grave and dignified personages than the Actual Privy Upper Counsellor of Justioe and Secretary of State , the President Bornemaan , and the membe * 6 Privy Upper Counsellor of Justice , Zettwaoh , Privy Upper Counsellor of Justice , Goeschel , Privy Zipper Tribunals' Counsellor , TJlrieb , Privy Government ' s Counsellor , Aulicke , Actual Counsellor of Leg ^ twn . 'Graf von ScbUeffen , Professor * on Lanicolls , and Privy Finance Counsellor , Ton Obstfelder , sat in deep deliberation—on what?—to consider whether this poem might , without danger to the State , be published entire ; and decided that it « ould not , withoat&e omission of the two following lines .: — " The Tartar vulteee tore the rose of Poland

      Before our eyes , and grimly left it lying . " The forbidden lines wese pronounced a libel on the king ' s brotber . in-law , the Cear of Russia . The poem , of course , appeared without those two lines in Prussia ; but was immediately published with them in Hamburg . Freiligraft instantly threw up his pension , and shortly afterwards published a crolume of poems callad his Gliuhen ' c Bekanlniue , or Confession of Faith , la this boldly , warmly , yet not intemparately , lie proclaimed bis deep sympathy with his Fatherland in its enslaved condition . Before iu publication the prudent poet took the necessary precaution of steppiag across the frontier into Belgium . The event proved that the caution wag well-grounded . An immediate order for the suppression ef the poems , and the arrest of the aathor was issued by government . Spiteofthis , 5 , 000 copies of the work were alaost immediately dispersed througboat Germany , and the sale of the work has since continued to be great . The author retired with his accomplished wife to

      Brussels , where he resided some time . But here he fonnd himself not safe from tbe long arm of Prussian influence . A Ilerr Hcinzen , who had been obliged to flee from Prussia to Paris for a similar cause , was , while living there in the utmost quiet , ordered , through the influence of the Prussian ambassador , to quit France in eight and forty Srars . He came to Brussels , and with him Freiligrath concluded to seek an asylum in Switzerland , Within six hoars of his quitting Brussels another German , singularly enough of the same name and residing in the same street , was arrested for Freiligrath by mistake . From that period , 1814 , till recently , Ferdinand Freiligrath has been residing at Zurich . But exiled by his patriotism and deep sense of honour from his native land—for enter any part of Germany , and by the articles of the German Confederation he must be delivered up to Prussia—it has always appeared to me that the onl y genuine home for inch a man in each a position was England . I have , therefore , never ceased to press upon him to establish htmtelf

      in—The inviolate Island of the brave and : * ree . He has now dona it , and the event has justified the sonodness of the advice . Here * he has been received with open arms , not only by the large body of his own countrymen—a body in London ef great wealth and enlightened character—but our own countrymea . Ferdinand Freiligrath is a man as practical as he is poetical , lie wa « iarly educated in the first continental houses to commerce , and be has wisely resolved to devote his business hours to the strenuous-pursuits of business , and his leisure momenta only to literature . With connections already secured to him by his countrymen that insure an honourable independence , with a mind at ease , and his person in safety , thare is no doubt but those moments will produce in the course of years the best guarantee of an extended fame .

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      _____ x xx in i ^ a . m The mitherless bairn gangs to his lane bed , Kane covers his cauld back , or haps his bare head ; His wee hackit hcelies are hard as the alrn , An' Htheless tbe lair o' ths mitherless bairn ! Aneathhis cauld brow , siccan dreams tremble tbero , 0 ' hands that wont kindly to kame his dark hair ! But morain' brings clutches , a' reckless an' stern , That loe nae the locks o' the mitherless bairn ! Ton ( lister , that gang o ' er his saftly-rocked bed , Now rests in the mools whaur hcrmammie is laid ; The father toils sair their wee bannock to earn , An' kens nae the wrangs o' his mitherless bairn ! Her spirit , that pass'd in you hour o' Mb birth , Still watches his wearisome wand ' rings on earth , Recording in heaven the blessings they earn , Wha couthilie deal wi' the mitherless bairn ! Oh ! speak him nae harshly—be trembles the while-He bends to your bidding , and blesses your smile 1 In their dark hour o' anguish , the heartless shall learn That God dealt the blow for the mitherloss bairn ! t&r Julian Ilarney will be happy to supply the admirers of the poet with copies of the a new edition , at the price stated in the advertisement ( see 2 nd column , 4 th page . ) Apply to J . H ., at the Nortlicrn Star office , 16 , Great Windmill Street . Uaymarket .

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      Death of a Young Female from Lock-jaw . —On Wednesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital on the body of Sarah Winckworth aged 19 , who died from lock-jaw , occasioned by frightful burns . The deceased was in the service of Mr . Layton , Grove House , High-street , Putney . On the afternoon of Monday the 28 th ult , she was sitting by the kitchen fire , when her master ' s child , aned two years , began screaming violently , a book which it had in its hands having caught fire from deceased ' s gown , on to which % spark l » d fallen .

      Deceased having placed the child in safety called loudly for assistance , Mr . Layton and his brother met her running about ir . great ngony , all her clothes having been burnt off her person with the exception of her stays and under garment , which were then in a blsze . The fire toeing extinguished , she was immediately conveyed to the above hospital , where she was found to be shockingly burned over both arms aid back . She weoct onjvery favourably until Saturday last , when she-w as seized with tetanus , uuder which she sunk , and died en Sunday evening sit $ o ' clock . Verdict . " Accidental death . "

      Suicide wr Waterloo Bridge . —An inquest was held befere Mr-. 'Carter , at the Dkro of Waterloo , Waterloo-Toad . 'ou the body of W $ liara Jems , aged fity-five , Deceased had keen a ¦ furniture broker in Melina-place , Waterloo ( Bridge-road , but in consequence of peocdiary embarrassments he sold'his * business , Kid lately had been acting as servant to the purchsser . The change in liis c ' neumstanees , together with-Bome domestic -differences , the chief of which was 'Iks separation'from'his wife , 'bad-suah an effect on'bis < mind that he woe at times deranged . On Friday ilaat he todk leave of his daughter in a manner-more affectionate Iliac usual , and the raext dav he -noa found -drowned at Waterloo 'Biidge . There were several injnriesito the head , but these it was proved were caused'by his jumping < ofiF the bridgeanS falling against one of the buttresses . 'Verdict , " Temporary insanity ^"

      FatvUi Railwat Accidekt . —A ternibJeiattSdent kappenefi on Saturday last at the works of the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton'Railway ., near Worcester . Thisiiine of "railway , which has- now been in'courge of construction for several imouths , runs eastward of Worcester , and at about the distanee-ot a mile from that-city is a short tunnel , . * bout 800 or-SOO yards -long , patting under Spoonef ' s or ilainbow-hill . To-carry-on the excavations > in this tunnell two shaft * have been sunk , and it was at one of these shafts that the aecident happened . Wha soil it appears , i 3 removed ; from the tunnel by themce of large windlasses , and skips , or large ( buckets , men

      foeingipCacedat the mou'hof each-shaft toiroceive the skips as theyAte brought up Irom below . On Saturday one of the ruen-whtle engaged in ithe work of drawing a skip > cpon the platform -placed for its reception , got on bk wrong-Bide , and was in a moment , before a helping hand could be held oat to him , forced off the platform iinto the shaft , and ( falling to the bottom with his head upon the rails . laid belowfor the purpose of assisting the removal of the soil , was literally dashed to ( pieces . The poor fellow must have died instantaneously , for on being picbed up it wa » found ohat <( to use'the expression . of one of hia follow-workmen ) there wa « not a whdle bone an ik body .

      Mblawholy Death < mp Mn . Touatt . —On Tuesday Mr . Milk , the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex , received information of tbe death of Mr . Youatt , the celebrated veterinarian , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances;—It appears that the deceased gentleman was in tbe JOth year of his age and resided witi his family at No . 1 . Oanaburghplace , New Road . Tile deceased had for a long period of years kept up an excellent establishment , but latterly , however , he , fe ? heavy pecuniary losses from unfortunate speculations , became somewhat embarrassed , and which at length resulted in a morbid depression of spirits , which at times was so perceptible that his friends apprehended he waa of unsound mind ; but , generally after an attack of melancholy he would become so cheerful and rational as entirely to remove all previous fears with regard

      to his state of mind . He never exhibited the slightest symptoms of ailing until Saturday last , on which morning . betweeaeleven and twelve , he went out , complaining of a pain in his head , and rather low spirited . He , however , returned at 12 , and then retired into his room , wherein he remained undisturbed until about two , when the maid servant proceeded to his apartment to announce the dinner , but receiving no answer , and the door being partially open , she stepped in , and saw him sitting on a conch . Thinking he was asleep , she advanced further , and , on approaching closely , discovered that lie was dead . Tha alarm was immediately given , and Mr . Porter , the medical attendant to the family , was summoned at once , who , on his arrival , pronounced life to be wholly extinct . There was a small bottle , as well as a cup , by his side , on the table , which had evidently contained poison .

      Fatal Pouch Affray . —Bishop Stobtford . —An inquiry took place at the county gaol last week ,, on the body of a prisoner named John Serle ,, aged 47 , Wbo died from the effects , it was alleged , of a cutlas wound inflicted by one of the police , in apprehending him on a charge of robbery on the 22 nd of last month . The evidence contained the subjoined facts : —On Sunday morning se ' night , a policeman named By-Rrave and another , who were on duty in the town , discovered three men , whom they knew to be bad characters , hurrying to the churchyard with something concealed in a eack , which one of them was carrying over his shoulder . They were overtaken and found to be the deceased and his sons , two young men . The latter managed to jump over a hedge

      and escape , leaving their father and the policeman Bygrave , scuffling . The deceased who was a power till man , fought desperately . The constable had previously drawn a cutlass , and fearing he was getting the better of him , he made ( to use his expressions before the Jury ) a chop at his arm , but unfortunately struck him on the head , and inflicted a severe cut . Notwithstanding the wound , the deceased still endeavoured to get away , till he became exhausted from loss of blood . The officer then conveyed the deceased to the nearest surgeon , who dressed the wound , and eventually he was removed to the county gaol . It seemed that the rural police had been deprived of their cutlasses for nearly a twelvemonth , but when the order was issued the constable

      Bygrave was not in the force . He had sincejoined , andhad possessed himself of the weapon out of the station house in the town , where there were several kept . Mr . Davis , the surgeon of the county gaol , attributed deceased death toervaipelas , but he was unable to say positively whether the erysipelas bad been brought on by the wound , or from constitutional causes . After a lengthened investigation , the Jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from erysipelas , " adding , they were of opinion that the constable acted wrongly in using deadly weapons , when he knew the deceased , and could afterwards have obtained assistance and taken him into custody , the more particularly when he was forbidden by the laws of the police force to carry any weapon of the kind .

      Thb Pcnch Anecdotes . —We think it was Lord Brougham who , upon being asked whether O'Connell made much money by his eloquence , said" Why , sir , he coins money—he makeB bank-notes out of the very rags of his countrymen . "— " It ' s all nonsense , " exclaimed Sheridan ; " members may deliver speeches , but it is tbe reporters who make them . I have often been surprised , on waking up in tbe morning , to find myself a great orator . Every reporter is an Orpheus , who , by playing the literary lyre , extracts music out of the veriest sticks and atones . —BonaveLture , in his World of Words , says , " The reason there are bo very few female orators ii because a woman , when once she begins to talk , never knows when to leave off . "— " It was mooted a

      twelvemonth back to have the new frescoes in the House of Commons painted in wax . " You had better not , " said Sergeant Murphy—" the Irish members , with their eloquence , will melt them all . " —Sheil learns every one of his speeches by heart . He reherecs them always at home to a collection of old parrots , whom he has taught to say , " hear , " " order , " and to whistle , scream , crow , and make all sorts of deafening noises . The interruptions he receives from them in the course of his speech , as lie gets energetic , gives him confidence , he says , for the House of Commons , as he imagines , when he addresses the meraben , that he is only speaking to so many parrots . He has given each of them a different name , but we will be generous and not repeat one .

      A Yankee Jurt . —In his late work on the United States , Mr . Featherstonhaugh says , tbat ia all trials for small debts in the townships of the northern Btates , when the magistrate asks the jury , " Gentlemen , who do you find for ? " the foreman answers , " We fiud first for ourselves ! " which i 8 sixpence for each of the jury at every trial .

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      A Pat Repw . —A conceited coxcemb , with a very patronising air , called out to an Irish labourer , ' Here , you bogtrotter ! come and tell me the greatest lie you cau , and I'll treat you to a jug of whisky-punch . " ¦ ' My troth ! " retorted Pat , " an ' yer honours ' a gintlemm , " Live Widows —The celebrated Rajah Rumhobbledehoy was asked when he returned to India what he thought of England , " Oh , it ' s a very fine country , " replied the Hindoo Rajah , " spoilt by a number of live widows . " Dibit SHraTg . _ Counsellor Rudd , of the Irish bar , was equally remarkable for his love of whist and the dingy colour of his linen . " My dear Dick , " said Curran to him one day , " you can't think how puzi ' ed we are to know where you buy all your dirty shirts . "

      A YANKEE EPIQBAM . "Give me a kiss , my charming Sal , " A lover said to a blue-eyed gal . " I shant , " says she " you lazy elf , Screw up your lips and help yourself !" A Family in Good Repair . —An advertisement appears in a provincial paper , of a house to let , suitable for a small family in good repair . " A IIkm ' un . —If you saw a woman trying to pick your pocket what Roman General ' s naxno would yuu call out ? C « iar ( seize her . ) Robinson Crusoe ' s Rblkhon . —Whv An vm \ antw

      pose that Robinson Crusoe was an Episcopalian ? Because he kept good Friday . Smoking Ladies . —The North American copies out suggestion that ladies might keep ( heir mouths < rat of worse business , and adds : " True ; but it will unfit ' them for better employment . —A woman ' s mouth should be " aempecipwetus "—always ready to be hissed , for it stands a uort of vidette over the breast-works , and is generally attacked the first , and often very suddenly . Auoilier would be as useless with damp tpriraing or a '• woaden flint' as a woman with her mouth deformed onto a ohimney or a smoke flue . "

      As to kissing , -we think tobacco in iroytftiape a perfect antidote to it . Wimt ! A delicate « 08 ebud ¦ ef a mouth to'be poisoned 'fey being brought "in contact with an animated tobacco-box—a living segarholder ! Faugk I—New $ mic Tribune . HoBRlBLl !!— Tm CtOgfi OF THK BvPlW OF THE Sutlbj . —Whether with a view of prevecting the victors fromifollowing them across tbe river , or more ; probably with the desiga of cutting all'hopes of ro-, treat from'the Sikhs , and tkus ' . oblifting them . to fight , ! one of'the'boats from the centre of the bridge had ; been let loose and tho passage % it 'totally cutoff . ' In one dense mass , > of thousands , 'the 'discomfited ; Sikhs had no alternative bnt > to taketo the river , breasfhiyh ; progress-was necessarily slow , and their :

      pursuers mad ample time to give them volley after ; volley , while the horse artillery'mowed down thoseat the greatest distance with murderous terape . The ! rivernvae covered with dead and-dying : ; the mass of ' the former actually formed a bridge intthe middle of the stream , while ,-as the musket and ^ rape took ef * feet hundreds were seen raising their ( heads for ani iii 8 tant , ; and then disappearing forever . The fire on a retreating foe in the h ' eld-of battleiis at all times ! iujurivK ; but when that foe . not onjyiturn * his back : but is . intercepted 1 by a deep stream of * water , he becomes a sure aim , and thevoarnageisommitted by | his pursuers musube . deadlybeyond conception , and ' such itwas at Sobraon . None were spared , for they had « parednene . AW . sharedithenamefate . Intli «

      whelc « Rnal 8 of warfare , no > paraUel can be found to : the carnage at Sobraon , evenwhen a > battle has been , fought under circumstance which gave > e ? ery possi ble advantage to the victors . ; In . vain did theSirdaira ( among whom was the brave old .-Sham Singh Attareevrala , who died nobly ) endeavour to rally tue fiying rSikhs . Onwards they . pushed , 'death and destruction following them , and the . deep waters of the . Sutlej * ready to . ongulph itheir dead bodies , < or finish > what the musket ; and grape had half performed . Five . days after the action , . and when the walls of the entrenchment had been . neatly levelled with the . ground , itUe sandbank in the middle of ( he rivea was ( Completely covered

      with -dead Sikhs . ; and the ground oh thedeft bank , and within the entrenchment , thickly-strewed with carcasses of men and horses . Then all . was quiet ; the European soldier * had been . carefully covered with earth , and ut one spot near the . dryibad of the nullah , ao fewer than twenty-aeytn -soldiers of the 1 st European Light infentry lay ietopredjn a single grave . TheJSikhs had ^ turned for their . dead , and the Commander » in-chiof generously allowed ifchem to carry off the ibody of Sirdar Sham Singh , and other persons of iiote ; but the task was fouad irksome , and hundreds of . Sikhs were left as food far the jackal , the dog , and the vultures . —History of iAe JSihhs by W L , if Gregor .

      £ DITOB ' 8 8 OUL 0 QU 7 . To write or eot to write ? that's the question . Whether 'tis test to take up the pen After a aleepy dinner of baked beam , To nib it , scratch your pate , and feel for braini , And clip--and clip—and clip The better thoughts of others ! We pause for counsel ! Joe , hand the scissors I

      POSITIVE AND COMPABATIVE LESSORS IN ORAMMiB . Tiie thing a porter wears round his hat to carry parcels is a knot , but a certain amphibous animal Is au titter . There ' s a fruit you ' re fond of called a , fig , but an image is a figure . Hamlet ' s father was summoned by a cock , but the best arithmetician of his time was a Cocker . An attempt to poison yourself ia arasftaet , but a slice of fried bacon is a rather . A showery day is damp , but the refusal of a young lady to marry you is a damper . A sovereign short of weight is light , but a boat for the conveyance of goods is a lighter . What you attach to a window is . a blind , but a mash of lightning is a blinder . A stiff old lady is ^ riwi , but a child ' s spelling-book is a » rime »* .

      A cracked head is a tore affair , but a skylark is a toarer . When the heat is at one hundred decrees it is a warm day , but a saucepan is a warmer . A chesnut horse it a brown animal , but a baker ' s oven is a browner . A tall handsome man is fine , but a magistrate is a finer . A man who runs swiftly is fait , but a person who abstains from eating is a fatter . A man perfectly healthy ia tound , but there is a man on board a man-of-war who is a tounder .

      JANUARY . By the Author of" Rural Sonnett , " "Ignetdt Cattro , " Hardy as yon fresh bays upon his brow , With the blown Lauristinui interwe&v'd—Ere yet the husbandmen resume the plough , Or festive days by labour are retrieved ; Lo , January leads the young New Tear Happy in welcomes , and with hope elate ; Though , round its form , cold winds and clouds career , And barren would appear its first estate . Now—If the weather freeze , or dry the ground , Manures are carted , and the routes repaired : Id forest haunts , the woodmen's strokes resound :

      For speediest produce , gardens are prepared : While , here and there , just peer above the toil Signs of the life wherewith vast Nature ' s womb doth toil —Hood ' t Magatine . Irish Cobporatb Amenities . —The following icent took place at a special meeting of the Dublin corporation last week . The new Lord Mayor ( Alderman Staunton ) presided for the first time ; and , having complained of the non-attendance , and consequent neglect of duty by members of the council , his Lordship notified his intention of carrying on the business of the corporation , as far as he was concerned , with punctuality , and , if it was the opinion of the majority of the house , he would then vacate the chair . " Here , " says the report in one of the morning papern , —

      Some bye-play having occurred between Alderman O'Brien and Mr . Reynolds , the latter announcing that he would not permit the former to lecture him , and the former saying he would not bo dictated to , the motion wat put and carried . The Lord Mayor vacated the chair , announcing the Meetings would be held for the future at 1 o ' cloik . Alderman O'Brien ( addressing the reporter ! , )— I hope the gentlemen of the press sire anything of this dissaion , they will publish the whole of it . Mr , Reynolds—As you assume a dictatorship on every

      ng else , you want to dictate to tbe press . A Reporter of the Freeman ' t Journal . —The pren will be dictated to by any one , Mr . Reynolds . Mr . Reynolds—I'm sure of that . Alderman Butler—I hope , my Lord , there will be au d to these things . If Mr . Reynolds is to bully every ember of the corporation in this manner we must call fo r protection from your Lordship . I know that I would D ot permit Mr . Reynolds to bully me as hthM done Ald erman O'Brien . If Alderman O'Brien chooses to allow Mr . Reynolds to bully him in thin manner , I would not permit it .

      Mr . Reynolds—Except when I bullied you about the Bale of the knives and forks to the corporation . Alderman Bulter—No , Sir , No ! You dare not bully me when I was present the other day—you , and that d—d old carpenter ! Mr . Foggirty ( running down tbe room and facing Alderman Butler ) -. What , do you moan me ! Alderman ButUr ( facing In hie turn)—Yei , old Fogarty—the d—d old sinner . Mr . Fogarty—Eli iJWhati Alderman Butler—Tee , you infernal old sinner and room-keeper ! I'd kick you in a minute , you ruffian ! ( fries of Order . ) Mr . Fogarty—Would you meet me like a gentleman 1 Would you appoint a friend , and I w « uld meet you ! Alderman Butler ( shaking his umbrella )—I'd sooner kick you than blow your brains out , you ruffian . Alderman Butler here left the council , and thus ended the scene .

      The "d—d old sinner" intends bringing the " w « rlhj " alderman into the Queen ' s Bench , nnd Mr . Reynolds is to move a vote of censure in the corporation upen lue conduct of the umbrella-shaking functionary .

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      Curious Theft . —In the neighbourhood of Lincoln the manes and tails of horses have lately been fre-i quently cut off by thieves , for the purpose of selling the horsehair . Rice —A compiny haa been formed at Par ' iB for tne purpose of growing rice on a large scale in tho wTZ * n , *!* 80 uthe ra department of France . ih «»« w £ T ; W hun e « have so emboldened Sir L g r <* ° ne was killed a few days iSS ? 8 tati - «* ^ ege , in the very India RuBBER .-The American General Scott has eSage " ° Utfit ° nndia rubber camp Antioonb Wbdded to Escolanus . -H is said Miss Helen Faueit is abuut to be married to anhvsi cian at Dublin . * y « j » i-

      Advance in the Piucb w Spirits -Ob Saturday last nearly all the licensed victuallers , according to previous agreement , advanced the price of " cornspirits" twenty per cent , for all over- ^ roof , and ten per cent , for under-proof spirits . ^ A Job for Teeiotallers . —A plan has been published at the Hague for draining the Ziiydersee . The expense of this gigantic undertaking is reckoned at 64 , 00 O , G 0 O ot florins ; about £ 5 , 090 / 009 sterling . A Triumph « tor TEETtiTALtWRs . —The floor of a new temperance-hall , just opened at Cirenceatcr , is mainly competed ot the staves of demolished beer barrels—part vjf the property-of a defunct neighbouring brewery . Free Tkaoe . —La Pmsse asserts that tho adoption of free trade by France would deprive ; 3 , 600 French -ab ' ^ a of employment , and make Uhe 'English and the Americans universal carriers for the world .

      Eg « 8 . — -The scarcity dfeggs has never been known so graft-as at the present time . AtSunderla-nd , for tho last < three weeks , ithcy have been sold-at' 2 s . 6 d to 3 s . a dozen , and in -some cases a ^ biHing ha s been demanBcd and paid for three . ¦ She Adelpih Tiumnie is abowtto'berebuilt on a latgorscale . adjoiningipropertiesheve'been ^ purchased for tbat purpose . What ' s in the TVkd ? - We « uderstand that retarns have been made , by orderdf government , from

      this and other counties , containing very fullmul detailed inforraatiqn . 'K'lutire to the i £ 10 householders , fprom this fact it is , we suppose , that » report has ouiairated ot certain wild schemes whreh ministers ' wm said to have in contemplation respiting house-: held suffrage . 'For ourselvesre cannot 1 believe them capable of such madness . It 'isvery possible , how-. ! Bver , that there-may be armie-coqaetrywith the ratoj paying clauses c-i'the Reform Act . -sucti as to call for ; the determined opposition ofrall who seeic to preserve ! peace and public-order . —Brighton Gaetite .

      Tue UNivBBsmEB . —A . rutaour exists that among the projects of Government * whieh the * present Ministry have under'eonsideratien , is tbit of sendin g * ¦ ro yal commission of iuquirytto'both the Universities . —Morning 'Pott . The poor rates of Manoheeter ini 1835 amounted to * £ 20 , 854 a year . They amounted in ! 18 s 5 to £ 54 , 00 Q . This advance us doubtless ^ attributable in a gr « at ipegree to the immigration from I Ireland ; and if « Tevsrse in trade to a greater extent Ujan at present , 'takeplace , Lancashire will'isecomea-eccond Mayo . Public Ovehs . —It is saM'thata ownpany is about 'to be formed'in London'for the erection of public ovens , on tlte-eame prineipleas the-bat " is and washihouses- The labouring poor will then be enabled to make their own bread , aapans and other requisites * nll be provided . and the baking performed at a trifling ¦ ex pense .

      Wonderfoi , Shoes . — -A ( Dutch officer aeserts that : ! he has invented a species of-choes which will enable a man to walk and run onithe wate t ? ajiti if upset * to Ifloat on it . The shoes are attached to en apparatus -rthich coversiihe entire ben * ., leaving ittthe free use ^ of the arms , acd the apparatus is said to bo shotproof . Several-experiments have been made , and are said to havejproved suc-essfuL 1 Tbe ; PorE—Negotiations .-are Raid to 'be going on between the ipnpe and most < cf the othor princes of Italy , with a view to closer alliances ithan have tutfaerto existed Wihaxe Fishbrt . —The firat flhip which ever left England for the whale fishery , -was one of only thirty tons ( burthen , -with twelve men , commanded by Silvester Wyet , frem the port of Bristol , in ihe year 15 M .

      Tbi Sultam . —The Princess * f Servia has received pom . the Sultan , as a present , his portrait set with illiaots . This J 8 said to be tbe first instanee of a resent being wade by the Sultan to a female Christian vassal . Greejj Peas . — -Qa Friday , green peas , imported from Holland , and warranted by tbe sellers to poetess the same flavour as those gathered in the middle of summer were said in the streets of London at Gd . the quart . Travelling forme Million . —A general convey , ance company proposes to establish railway omnibuses % o run to all the metropolitan stations , for the conveyance of passengers and parcels at a penny amile ; and it intend « to start with 500 omnibuses and a etud of 4 , 000 horses .

      Spiritual . —A strong remonstrance having been presented to the bishop of London , against the impropriety of storing malt and spirituous liquors in vaults under churches , that prelate hae intimated his intention to take steps to prevent these vaults from being used for such purposes . " ILneasj libs tbs Head that Wears a Crows . " —It is said that there is always a light in the King of the French ' s sleeping roam , and that two pistols are placed on a table near his bed . Good . —The officers and men of the 3 rd regiment of Foot , which is now quartered in Dublin , have contributed a day ' s pay for the relief of the distressed Irish . The Accursed . —Since the time of L « uisXIV ., who succeeded his father Louis XIII . there has not been a single instance of the crown of France descending directly from father to sou .

      Lots op Moons . —In the present year there will be 13 full moons—two in January , not one in February , two in March , and one in each succeeding Rionth . Mesmeric Hospital , —The government of Bengal has established a mesmeric Hospital at Calcutta , which is to be placed under the charge of Dr . Esdaile . Wolves . —The Livonian papers mtntion many instances of wolves attacking both men and cattle . The district of Dorpat was the most infested by the ravenous beasts .

      Provisions prom the United States . —The New York . Devonshire , Glasgow , and Marmion , from New York , and Magnolia from New Orleans , which were reported at the Custom-house , Liverpool , on the 10 th inst ., bring 19006 barrels flour , 5 , 100 bags and 10 , 032 bushels Indian corn , 1 , 967 barrels Indian corn meal , 130 barrels and 200 boxes biscuits , 91 tierces rice , 35 packages butter , 2 , 023 ' packages tierces . 3 , 095 packages lard , 85-barrels pork , 65 oheks beef , and 16 boxes bacon . casLioniWNO at Sea . —By a letter received from the mate of the schooner Eliza , of Mevagissey , it appears that on the 19 th ultimo , two daju after leaving Leg . horn , on her passage , during a storm of thunder and hightning , the master , John Whetter , was struck by 1 he electric fluid , and expired twenty minutes after the accident .

      The Weather Abroad . —It appears by a letter which a contemporary has published , that even in Genoa , so much resorted to by invalids for winter quarters , on account of its mild climate , there has been extremely severe frost , and all tbe adjacent heights , and even the shipping in the harbour , were covered with snow . The orange and lemon trees , and almost all the produce of tbe garden s , have been destroyed . .. Loud Johx Rusibll and the Family of Hood . —From Lord J . Russell ' s letter to the friends of Mr . Hood ' s family , it appears that the continuance of the pension lapsed on the death of Mrs . Hood is impossible , a fact which his lordship states with a kind expression of regret . It is to tha last degree

      disgraceful to the country that the fund available for such purposes is a pitiful £ 1 , 200 a yrar , which is now full . " It is true , " his lordship writes , " a pension can be granted , if any portion of the £ 1 , 200 remains undisposed of ; but that is not at present the case . The whole sum has been already . bestowed , and any grant I should recommend for the children would be illegal and void . Until June next the crown has not the power to grant any pension on the civil list . —Globe , Death in Mildank Prison . —On Monday , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at tho Milbiink Prison , on the bedy of William Gillespie , aged nineteen : The deceased was received into tho prison on the 30 th of March , 1846 , having been convicted at Edinburgh

      on the 25 th of the previous month of rubbery , and sentenced to seven years' transportation , lie remained in goud health and spirits til the 17 th ult ., when , being suddenly seized with inflammation of the chest , he was removed into the infirmary , where , gradually sinking , he died on Thursday last , death being found on a postmortem examination to have resulted from disease of tho lungs anil pleura . Verdict —Natural Death . Tub Removal or the Almonrt is Westminster . —A step has been taken towards the Westminster improvements , and in the most notorious part of the line , namely , the Almonry , Wesjninster . Eight or ten houses have already been pulled down by order of the 'Westminster Improvement Committee , " and others will , no doubt , shortly follow .

      Wonderful . —Leeuwenhoek mentions that animated insects , of which twenty-seven millions would only be equal to a mite , aro seen with a mircoscope . —[ Did Leeuweuhoek count the twenty-seven millions ?] A New Entrance to St . James ' s Park , —For the accommodation of the public a very luindsomo portico and flight of stone steps arc now being constructed at the north end of tho private gardens of Buckingham Palace , as ah entrance for foot-passengers from Grosvenor-place on to Constitution-hill . Don Miquel . —The Aiigiberg Otizctte states from Rome , that Dun Miguel , tbe pretender to the Crown

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      of Portugal , had been attacked there by illneM , jug . as ho was about to quit the capital for a country residence . Death op Mr . Crippb , latb M . P . for Cibbkj Cester . —We have to record the demise of another veteran legislator , Joseph Cripps Esq ., late M . P . for Cirencester , who died on the 8 th inst . at Ashcruft , near tbat town , age'l 81 . Thk Oldest Member . —The Right Hon . Charles Watkins William Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , is now the oldest member in the House of Commons . He was born in 1775 . . and has been id Parliament during the last fifty years . Take Car « of vour Pockrts . —One hundred and thirty-one gentlemon havo given the regular notice of their intention to apply , on the last day of the present term , to be admitted to practise as attorneys n the Court of Queen ' s Bench .

      A Lady Burned to Death . —An inquest was held on Monday by Mr . Mills , in the broad-room of the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of the late Mrs . Lucy Lesjge , aged , 45 , a lady of independent fortune , residing at Dr . Cunningham s , 81 , Sidmouth-street , Regent-square . The untortun&te lady was arranging her hair before a ruirror over the fire place , wlu'ii , having been seized with a fit , she fell across the lender , and her clothes catching fire , she was 90 dreadfully burned that aho expired on the 6 th instant . Verdict—Accidental death .

      A Curioub Circumstance . —On Sunday morning , a cat being disposed to walk on the surface of the frozen river , at Wisbcaeh , came to a place where the ice was broken , and fell in . She soon Buccetd ^ d in rescuing herself , but was immediately frozen to the ice by her feet . A number of spa ' vrows then surrounded her , and , in their actions , seemed to say — " You cannot catch us now . " The cat , with all her natural propensity for feeding upon these little tormentors , kept turning her head , without , however being able to move from the spot , until some persons succeeded in liberating her from her

      comfortless position . fiiOBBERY AT MR SOUTH EaSTHRS RaILWAT . —Oil M < mday morning , information was received at the Southwark police station , that the counting house d'i Messrs . Chaplin and Horn , railway carriers , near the luggage warehouses at the Bricklayer ' s Arras ¦( Station , -was broken into on Sunday night , and robbed of seventy pounds in gold and silver , and three ^ cheques of a small amount . Maoistkrial Resignation . —Mr . Malt by has sent in his resignation as magistrate of Murlborough--street Police Court , and he is to be succeeded by Mr . Bintrhara , from the Worship-street Police Court .

      Dbpalcajwn or a Tax Collector , —Mr , Green , house agent , of Ilampstead , who was tax collector for the Kentish Town district , has absconded ; and there is a deficiency in his accounts to the amount of £ 1 , 700 . 'His surities have been called upon tQ make good < the deficiency , and one of them , a most ; respectable carpenter and builder , in Ilampstead ,. has iu consequence been reduced to a state of bankruptcy . East Worcestershire Election ' . —On Monday Captain Rushton , Conservative , was elected without opposition wi tue place of J . Barneby , Esq ., deceased . Ths T-ynk . —The Newcastle Guardian says that the entrance to liiis river , at Tynemouth Bar , is daily becoming more dangerous , and that large vessels are continually being wrecked upon it , or get so seriously - injured a 8 to be afterwards worthless .

      Astonishing' —The town of Keswick hasbeenjust lighted with gas , and one astonishing circumstance which the loeal press has chronicled is , that the tradesmen -of the place have had introduced into their shops . The New Reformation . — The religion of M . Ronge ( German Cacholicism ) meets with great favour ' at Hamburg , where the number of converts is daily increasing . Among others a young and promising actress , Madame Fehring , has embraced the new ( faith . She was under an engagement to appear at Wienna , for two years , under a penalty of 31 , 209 francs ; but her passport to that city has been refused , in consequence of her change o * f reli » ion .

      Sensible . —Sir Culling Smith , one of the chief representatives of the Dissenters , sneaking of the prohibition of Sunday trains , says , " I will at once say , that while I myself possess a carriage , and consider myself entitled to make use of it on the Sabbat ' u , I do not think it improper that a poor man should make use of a railway carriage on that day . " Death op George B \» o , Esq ., M . P . —We regret to have to announce the death of Mr . Byng , one of the members for the county of Middlesex . He expired on Sunday afternoon , at his seat , Wrothauihall , in the county of Middlesex . He was born ia London | onthel 8 ihof May , 1764 , and had , theretore , attained the great age of 82 . Though he m arried in early life Harriet , the eight daughter of Sir Williom Montgomery , Bart ., yet he leaves no issue , lie represented the coui . ty of Middlesex upwards of fifty years .

      Dkatu of Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard . — Accounts has reached town annoncing the demise of the above nobleman , who died suddenly , from congestion of the brain , on tue 21 st ult ., at Alexandria , where he had only arrived a few days previous from Malta and a tour in Greece . The deceased was third son of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk . Parliamentary Chanqf . 8 . —The alterations in the House of Cummons , since the assembling of Parliament last January , have been very extensive , for at many as 34 new members have been within that period added to the repreaentativc branch of the Legis ' ature , or rather have entered it to till the places

      previously occupied by thirty-four other gentlemen , who , by death or retirement , occasioned that number of vacancies . The following is a list of the places which have sent new members to Parliament : —Nottinghamshire North , Lancashire South , St . Albans " , Buckingham ( two members ) , Westminster Sussex East , Rutlandshire , Dorsetshire ( two members ) , Suffolk East , Nut inghamshire South , Ripon , Clonmel , Chicestcr , Selkirkshire , Worcester , Cork , Carlow , Mayo , Molton , Yorkshire West , Lichfield , Renfrewslnre , Cashol , Dundalk , St . Ives , Richmond Bridport , Kilkenny ( county ) , Newark , Northamp ' tonsuire South , Midhurst , Gloucestershire East , East Worcestershire , and North Lincolnshire .

      The Irish Poor . —The number of Irish paupers now daily in receipt of food and soup at the parishoffice , is nearly 4 000 . Tim time last year there were about Liverpool tweuty-five recipients of tha same class . Slug-Fence . —To repel the slugs and snails from his carnations , Mr . Sharp , of the Winchester Gas Works , encircles the rim of each pot with a piece of herse-hair rope , partially cut across its strands . The bristles start forward and present a chevaux de frits which neither slugs nor snails can surmount . It is very durable , may be used to protect any plant , and is rather ornamental .

      Pears . —A gentleman of Keswick has , within the last fortnight , plucked several pears , as large as walnuts , from a tree in his orchard ; and , though the weather at tbe time was remarkably cold , with hard frost , the untimely fruit looked as fresh and healthy as if it had been produced at the proper season . Rise of the Thames . —A correspondent of the Builder states that he has noticed for nearly half a century , a regular and gradual rise in tho waters of the Thames . American Whisky , —An export of whisky waa made from New Orleans early in December for tho Liverpool market . Winter in Spain . —A heavy fall of snow , a very rare occurrence at Madrid , took place in that capital on the 1 st instant .

      More Devil ' s Work . —An American has proposed to make cannon balls of a peculiar composition which , igniting by concussion , supersedes the neceg * sity of heating the ball in a furnace . " It alia ^ Literature . —There are 205 periodical publications issued in the various states of Italy but only a small proportion of them ever allude to Doli . ticalaftairs . v Extraordinary Aok . —A Jamaica paper mentions that a black man lately uied at S panish Town , at the extraordinary age of 142 years . He had beenia good health until a fortnight before his death . Fatal Effects or Gin-drinking . —A child , eleven years old , at Eastwood , Essex , died a few days since frern having' drunk about hall a pint of gin from a bottle which it found . A New Locomotive—It is stated that Mr . StoveiiBon lias invented a three cylinder louomotive engine , of which the power is so groat that it starts off like an arrow from a bow .

      A \ eteran . —At the Bristol council-house , an old man , who stated his age to be 111 years , was last week complainant in a case . lie appeared hearty , and has a son , 80 years of age . Gigantic Human Bones . —A Stockholm paper states that human bones of gigantic size have lately been found in Sweden , near some fossil remains of the elk . New Zkauxd Corr « R . — Copper ore haa been found in coiwiticiaoU- quantities in New Zealand and severalBliipni .-nie . tf ii Live been sent to Engl and . wln-reMune hns itV ' . -iilv arriwd . The AAvr . —V \ i > iiy v . ; reason to believe that the present Board ut . uihiirnltv is making , or has made an arrnnseinent , !> y which u largo force of able seamen can upon emergency bu drafted into our shins in a few hours . —Examiner .

      A Mkxican Amazon .-The American papers mention that , « t tin- buttle of Monterey , a troop of Mexican Lanc-is was c .. iiimuiided by a woman named Dos Araadi-ii , who is saui to have led hor men with great gal'nutry , in a cliarao which caused censiderablo loss to an American retriment . GnrAT Gut of Wild Fowl . —Such is tho groat quantity of wild fVvl in ill-: metropolitan poultry markets that , on Wednesday , wild ducks were soldi at Is . a couple , teal at 10 J . a pair , and snipes at 4 d , each ; woodcocks at ltjil ., ai . d woodpigeons at 5 d . and 0 d . ench ; partridges were as low as Is . Cd . a brace , ami hure * (¦ hu-h are in low condition , ) Is . each ; wild rabbits . we a complete drug , and hampers v / ere wld ; it- > iI . nnil Gd . eaoh ; pioYew-SQld ~ ft »^ 3 d . ciioh .. T \ f ' « . \ > V \ Tin : GiiKATKsr Stand <> ver mado for $ Mij itibn >** 'f \ Tho inkstand . —lm J /" . » ml / ii'i / con ;* T \ " ° > t \ " '¦ ¦>> ? » ito' ^ flJ J ? . -= l , A - ?> f 9 > 5 iiU /^ 'pm

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      MACKENZIE'S MONTHLY RAILWAY TIME TABLBS . ADVERTISER , & STRANGER'S LONDON GUIDE . This useful publication improves on each appearance , and Is really a wonderful pennyworth . This theet may be had at the publisher ' s , HI , Fleet Street , and also at all the railway stations . All persona travelling by rail , or visiting London , should not fail to possess themselves of this most necessary companion . •?¦

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      RHYMES A . ND RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAND LOOM WEAVER . Br William Thom , of Inverury . Third Edition . London : Smith , Elder , and Co ., 65 , Cornhill . So recent as last April , we devoted some columns of two successive numbers of this journal , to a review of Thorn ' s poems ; it is , therefore , unnecessary that we should now eay many words more than merely announce a new edition of the poet ' s works . This edition is cheaper than the one reviewed last April ; and , consequently , more within the reach of the class to which Thorn belongs , for whom he has written , and on whom his talents reSect so much honour . While costing less , this edition is in every respect equal to its predecessors . To say nothing of the beautv of the

      " Rhymes , " and the pathos and eloquence of those " Recollections , " in which the poet has so faithfully pictured his own sufferings , and so forcibly exposed the wrongs of his order—to say nothing on these subjects , on vfhich we have before bo fully commented , we may say tbat the volume is got up with great taste . It is printed with great care , on the best paper , with the best of type , Excellent portraits of ihe poet and bis son •• Willie" face the title page . The binding is appropriate and neatly executed Altogether it is a charming book , equally worthy of the table of the mansion and the cottage , the rich man s library and the poor man ' s book shelf , and earnestly wejrecom mend it to our readers . We select the following piece , which we believe has not before appeared in our columns : — THE HITH 1 BLIBI EA 1 BN . When a'ither bairniei are hushed to their hame , ] Jv aunty , or coofin , or frecky grand-dame ; Wha ttan ' s last an' lancly , an * uaebody cairn 'Tu the puir doited loonie—the mitherleu bairn

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1401/page/3/