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      ERIN . ( From The Labourer , for February . ) Oh ! Brin my country , I love thee with pride , ! Bat Hove thee the more for thy sorrow j Many is the bitter ult te « r I ha » e cried , As IVe cheerlessly thought on thy morrow . ! Though my fame be era §« d from thy history ' * page j And Uie name of my martyr * d dead « ire forgot ; ! Though my uncle still pines in the winter of age , A fifty yem' exile for Erin his lot : Though , hodndei bt trader and traitor , yon aimed To * hed my life ' s blood in yonr madness and woe , I resisted with reason alone till I tamed The spiritless courage infused by the foe . . , . j , .

      Tet , Erin , I have nerer forgotten the tow , That I solemnly swore at my country ' s riirine . That the haughty oppressor should bead hi * proud brow , That I 'de break bis stiff spirit , or he eheuld break mine . Ho w oft I hare sighed through my cold prison bars , As IVt- thought on the magic that bound yon a ( lave . When you ' ve cursed the Lord Edward that died of his can , And reviled the young Emmett that sleeps in his grave . Though his body lies mangled by traitors and knaves , Hi « memory ' s enshrined in each true Irish heart , And his country , though crippled by sycophant slaves , Shall tise a proud nation despite of their art .

      Then , Erin , take cwurage , the day is at hand When Saxon oppression shall tremble and fall , When Erin ' s own sons shall possess their own land . And shall make their own laws , still better than all . Yes , Erin ' s dark night of oppression shall flee " Like a faponrdispell'd b y the tun ' s genial ray . And then , sweetest Isle of the octan , thou'lt be First fljwer of the earto and first gem of the sea . When we see the light footstep that bounds o ' er the sand Of the exile condemned the wide world to roam ; When the day . star ef freedom shall shine e ' er the land To liglit the lone wanderer back to bis home ; Wben the craters that bound thy lone dungeon 6 hall swell 'Seath the crowded white canvass that bends to the

      west , And fiUM with the cheers of thy sons come to dwell In the land of their fathers , the home they love best ; Then Edward and Emmett may rest in their graves , Where untombed and unhonoured their relies have slept ; While the traitor that lived on the blood of his slaves Shall perish unhonou&d , unmanned , unwept . Then , Erin . I ' ll visit thy sea-beaten shore , When the home of my fathers is home for the free , Then , Erin , 111 swear at thy altar once more , To perish if needed , lovd Erin , for thee .

      And then , though my name , like yonng Emmett ' * , be carted , My spirit shall hover around the loved spot , Where I playM in my childhood , and where I was nurstd , Where I rocked in my cradle , and I was begot . Then well build a snug nest in our own little isle , And we'll choose onr own members to make our own law , like freemen we'll lire on our own native soil , The loveliest , greenest , that man tver saw .

      Up , up , then , young Ireland , the land of the green ! Ere the traitor , with Saxon your liberties barter , Each trae British spirit will join with Erin FOR REPEAL OP THE UXIOS—THE LAND AND THE CHARTER .

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      — = men of aU parties and politics having seen and confessed that the non-performance of duties b y landlords and the consequent neglect of all agricultural pursuit , ' has placed the people of these conntriej wholly , t the mar *! of foreigner , for the uece « arie » of life , and na . crated . famine from which the producing cU « e » alone suffer that Inasmuchas the unjust monopol y of ^ land has also conferred the power upon its « ili 1 LJ , ' ^ iug such law . » . halite JE $ l ? ££ S do not faithfully discharge their duties ; and believing aepnncple of . r r zunOrnzm to ba ' the su « tp «^ teaurn against unequal suffering and man ' s mm * crl ™ and fu " her *«««¦« that the property that ™"" «* " ¦? Um «« SuablethanthVprLert .... ^ ...-, i—n , i ,,, , |

      ooniTATiD ( iand ) . a ,, ^ the -. — ions demand the Unwunm of the who to itsnaturd legitimate and original purposes , firstly , as the only means of arresting famine , by increasing production ; swondl y , as the only means of promoting industry and independence , by affording to each a labour field and encouraging the grand principle of self reliance ; thirdly , as the only possible means of establishing a fair standard of wages in tha artificial market , and fourthly , as the only means of making machinery and all other national improvements and properties man ' s holiday in . Btead of man ' s curse . And as the exclusive possession ef the vote was only tolerated in barbarous ages , upon the presumption that the enfranchised steward would faithfully discharge his trust , and Parliament has proclaimed him guilty of gross negligence , he having failed

      to do so , and having thereby brought famine and woe upon the'Land ; we demand the restoration of the vote to every man of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind and in possession of his liberty at the time of election . " The above resolution was passed on the same day , in every town and village of importance in En-laud ' and Scotland , and being embodied in the shape of a petition , and committed to Mr . Thomas Buncombe , M . P . for Finsbury , and the most popular man of the times , it was presented to the House of Commons by that gentleman , on Monday , the 2 nd of May , 1847 , and was escortea by a vast concourse of the working classes to tho door of the House of Commrms . The prayer of the petition was rejected , and but few members voted for its reception , however , before many months had elapsed , famine had accomplished what prayers and petitions failed to achieve , popular discontent had grown to such an alarmfng heighth , while a wasting Exchequer paralyzed the hands of authority , that all parties agreed to call to

      their councils the leaders of the Chartist party , when , after some conferences , the two statutes known as" The CH « TEE " and - 'Land Restoration" Acts , were passed in both houses of parliament , when , as if by magic , all famine appeared to merge in future hope ; every muscle of the nation was at active employment ; those with something helped those without anything ; useless taxes were abolished ; the national property usurped by the church was disposed of to pay the just creditors of the state ; all useless places and pensions were abolished ; Englandhad the preference of all the trade in the world her mines were opened , her fisheres encouraged , her population all well housed and well-aimed , and during the following year she was in a situation to demand the surrender of Poland by Russia , and to which the autecrat was compelled to jieM . Ireland also in the following jear bad her parliament restored , and a similir act was passed with respect to the lands of Ireland . "

      " The history of England , previous to the enactmentof the Charter , is written more in the character of romance tOanofthe history of a great nation . We see in the museums and national institutions , figures dressed in red and blue and green , presenting a most fantastic appearance , and always armed with long swords , or guns and bayonets , ana called the standing army . The history of England , however , is only interesting to the reader since thep « . od , by consent called the Goldex Ace , which dates from the year 1848 ; siace when England has been the mistress of the world and the arbitrens of nations . It is estimated that the national property increased in the first twenty years of the Goiden Age from Tmee Hcndred millions annually to Twelve Hondked millions , and within that period net a single murder was committed—a thing of frequent occurrence before the Goldeic Age— and the criminal code became a dead letter . "

      Such is the character that England will deserve from the impartial historian , when the L *» d ahd the Char , teb shall go as handmaids to resist famine , except when of God ' s creation ; to fertilise the now barren heaths , to humanhe ] the now barbarous mind , and to destroy the nowunnatnralinequality existing between man and man the monstrous anomaly , the revol i » g spectacle , of fatted idleness 1 gulating for starved industry requires but t' . e exercise of a moment ' s calm thought to ensure universal disgust . The labour mind has become too proudbecause

      con-, scious of its strength and value , to offer thanksgiving for a royal begging letter , or tb . ar . Us for the crumbs from the idler ' s board . And however the press , the law , and the power of faction may unite , in the hope of resisting the onward march of democracy , we tell authority that the days of king-craft and priest-craft are numbered and that the question of the Lasd as © the Chabteb is now bnt a questien of time , as no human ingenuity or politieal device can much longer resist the demand . The simple question is , whether authority will yield to Reason or surrender to Force 1

      Workine Men ! the above may be a page of history if you will it . May the antici pations of the Labourer prove no dream , but a glorious reality . What say you mm of the multitude , shall it be so ? Vox Popxdi Vox Dei ! l There are other well written articles in this number ,- " The Confession of a ^^ Review of the hyents of the Month ; " and , last not least , some tiring lines on " Erin , " given in the precedin ? column . If the Irish Journali-ts are in earnest , they will transfer these earnest lines ( from the pen of one of their own countrymen ) to their papers . We Bhall

      " 'Tis not for mortals to command success , " bnt at any rate the Editors of the Labourer seem re solved to " deserve it . "

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      TilE LABOURER .-A Monthly Magazine of Politics . Literature , Poetry , < fcc . Edited by Feargcs 0 Coxsob . Esq ., and Ebxbst Jokes , Esq ., ( Barnsiersat-Law ) . Linden : Northern Star Office ] 6 , Great Windmill Street . The task of reviewing this month ' s number of the LoM-jftr a an easy one . We can find nothing to censure ; and praise of the literary ability displayed by the labourer s staff of writers , would be but a repetition of the commendations we expressed last month la appearance this number exhibita considerable improvement as compared with No . I . ; whileas regards toe contents , the several articles are well worthy tlte reputation of the editors , and { as we said of the first Lumber ) would do credit to the half-crown magazines .

      A poem by Ernest J 6 nes entitled " TheFactory f ewn . opens this number ; and , if we say this poem tone is well worth the coat of the entire magazine we very inadequately express our sense of its merits . « e had marked it for extract , but must defer it till oar next number , when it shall appear in fuH . The history of "The Insurrections of the Working CIi * a . xs continned , " | and the ] second chapter cpnnrnra the high opinion we expressed of the first Tfie greater portion of an excellent article on " Trades .. ru f > we hav f transf e're « to another column . 1 be Romance of a People , " gives a thrilling chapter of modem Polish history . •¦ Progress and Prospects of-Society , is an eloquently written article , fnll of

      ttitn as regards "the ga-d time coming . " " The toly Young Poacher , " is the commencement of what t romises ti be a good rattling story ; it contains a joll v good song , and we heartily advise thepoaching brigade to make the author their " poet laureat . " We must tere extract largely from an article on

      THE LASD AXD THE CHAKTKR . However the mo't hostile opponent may denounce the principles cf Chartism , uoae will venture to withhold fronts advocates the tribute due to energy , perseverance , courage , and independent expression , regardless « ttie threats or vengeance of faction . The fact that Ibanism has become the adopted principle of the young niBd of America , which cow sees the weakness of political power if severed from social enjoyment- that its wgaa , the"Sorthern Star "has able correspondents in America , Vrussia , Belgium , Prance , and Switzerland , * bo speak the growing mind of those countries the fact ttat Chartism has straggled against and beaten old Toryism and old WhiggUm . that it has survived the

      mateous slander , and outlive . 1 the interested opposition , of tte b . gotted OLD IRELAND PARTY ; that it maintamed us ground during the Free Trade campaign , and outlived the Free Trade agitation -.-its advocates' define of persecution ; their ever readiness to meet their tKupontfce public pUtform ; their disregard of the taw s oppression and their mas ter ' s frown ; their respect tos ; their love of youth as manifest in their struggle to * ease the iactory infant rom a portion of his toil ; their Srel Pnna £ ? h iu the uni «« al »«««< " > fflvedupon the head of the deserter ; the stand that Uanwn has made against the united power of faction ' s ^ nle pressjagamstthecombined andsectioDalsuthority Wtte neb as representatives and local tyrants ; against tte lawsmaJe by their oppressors , administered bv SX fe er f ? db ^ 'Fob-re * ni vigorously executed

      . "L ° .. * , Rf Jieir cruel jaUors-provethat the will , the whim , the XmJ ^" 'P ^ - ^ P ^ . ^ ^ of the unjust ! but £ ' ^ f d 0 ™ * e unbending mind of honest 1 roml ? 1 D f ° r ItS j ° " " - Snch « Chartism : * comhin " ™ , OSlS > a WMHracy of monarch , against *^' »«> on ofn . en , a conspiracy of fading prejudices So oh C ° "b'nf ° , nefblo 0 lnin sintelIt « B - Tne ««• mi « of Chartum foolishly hoped to accomplish it . ruin , am b y pemcution , and then b , silence an 4 indifference . J- 'e une ha * failed , the other is DASGEROUS . as " to be rni ^ i" * " foreanned " «* d CbartUm , being fte oni j dtfioed and accepted principle , and the only ono ' «> d , to supply that place which faction « H 1 ere long be ^ npelled to abandon , will , instead of being understood , « ome upon those who murt surrender to its influence ai

      n e nemy , and if comulsion and confusion should be the -use of ignorance , faction will have to blame its own , WW ? re 6 B . a ° d * alone , for the DISPENSATION . SS /"' " *« ^ have surrendered to the <*»! 2 « t ^ T *«««^ ' ' . »» y « "icn public ^ ehUtS , ^ " ^ . n 8 ti 0 nal wiI 1 w « s 'eguUted . ^ m ' tuSl ^ it from its in ! ant we »^«* ^ *« W ^ before Ae hope in moral power : how ^• wSSS . ° ; °° 5 ^ h ered into the censure of I »<* k 2 o £ , H ib 0 * ° 9 *«* became like abed I ^ Zlt r ** the more you leave . I ^ to ^ SUTl ¦ l li the * at ^ mpt of facb ^ SSHSS 1 *«« W ""»*»?**** ««« great party to I « m ki ,,- P T ess of democracy and famine , then 1 ' ''«> ugh 0 u ht , f % - nOt ° n ! y iB En S l 8 nd . I OiiSfS 8 V 6 CinL 2 ed werld ' SirR-b « rt Pe , l fj % ui ' ^\ Z Y ** niJnibtrufl' « ^ nner supporters , 1 * » . « r ! r ir . * leadef Ml npon lortl JohnTusselL I ^• idisSl ^ ° fthat 5 ^ ' «« PP « nted hi . I ! "" : «! ihB u PIMedl' « opponentt . The noble lord com-H ^' 'tiOn of ! ror of confining hi * measures to the mere 1 abu < ~ s Hh- ^ me without an attempt to correct the M re ntoi ib ^ , ChartI ! t Party contended were the pa-I "i . tb « aUmil y- ' . and the cauie : of the ' several evils of I ' « J Lin , i * complained . Whether the minister 1 : lltI te * a , uneqaaltothe task of governing , or vi he . 1 * fir 't . JuustV nmlling to surrender t « the democratic 1 * « nuth ! * # remaina 8 * cr 6 t ' whiIehisobstinacy—I ° il'e nmV * tbe ^ "ipuoeofthe Chartist ranks I **• •* 1-robaM CB ltld forbeara » W of the leader * , would I lilit * . % * ZJ ended in a W » ody revolution . The no-I "Hlly fc , 7 ' " mHdle classes appeared to be taken I dtI s «* ratic «! ii ! r ' Wtlen ' np 0 Da g > Ten day , the whole B * nj came to a resolution , 'that tbe hading

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      HOWITT'S JOURNAL . Edited by William and AIart Howiir . Part I . London : 171 , ( Corner of Surrey Street ) , Strand . ^ ye welcome the fir 3 t part of this ' exeellent publication which we are glad to hear has already a sale of upwards of twenty thousand copies weekly . We cannet profess to admire some of the contributors to this "journal , " and their writings are not bo wonderfully clever as to call forth our applause irrespeo tiveof personal or political feeling ; but as regards the editors from what we know of them , and from what we have read of their literary productions , we entertain towards them but one feeling , —that of sincere pleasure at their immediate and well-deserved success We have already noticed and quoted from t&e first number ; four other numbers are contained in this part , something more than eouallv as onnA

      f-r , » , nnmber . The principal articles are a life of Metternich ( the Austrian Kaiser ' s master ) , by Win , Uoivitt , with a portrait which if it be liKe him has not disappointed us , we guessed him " a smoothfaced villain and so he is here represented . The same number contains what may be regarded , viewed politically , as the most important article in this part , an account of The Peasant Subjects of the Citizen iving . This article we have intended , and still incud to transfer to ; our columns , but we will not abridge it . and would rather not give it piecemeal , we must , therfore , wait for an opportunity to give it entire . This said article on the French Peasantry , is a translation from the French of the celebrated George Sand , and is as far as we have seen , the most complete ' exnosure of the horrible

      middle-class despotism which now weigliB upon France . Welcome terrorism , anarchy , all the ills aad evils of deadly strife , rather than the continuance of the state of slavery in which our . French brethren are at present involved . Let those who have not seen the article here alluded to , buy this Part , or No . 2 , of Howitt ' s Journal , " and read and judge for themselves ; sure we are that when they have done so , they will take their little ones by the hand , and sw » r them to eternal enmity against those gods of gold , those profit-mongering knaves , whose creed is — " buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , " and " Lord love you , we ' re all for ourselves in this world ! " Mary ilowitt contributes some

      interesting articles , amongst them a curious account of The Preaching Epidemic of Sweden ; " and ( translated ) " Scenes from the Peasant Life of Hungary . " Amongst the illustrations is a portrait of " Pope Pius the Ninth , " with a sketch of his life . The principal contribution by Mr . Howitt is an account of some of his rumblings in Germany , entitled— " A few days tour in the Odenwald . " This account is most delightful reading , so truthful and fascinating that the reader cannot but feel as though he was sharing with tbe traveller in person , step by step , tue wonders and enchantments of each successive scene . Here is a brief extraet , descriptive of a rural scene in the neighbourhood of the height of Melibocim !

      TUB VILLAGE SCHOOL—THE AGRARIAN ST 8 TEM . We saw several children sitting on a bench in the open air , near a school-house , learning their lessons , and writing on their slates , and we went into the school . The schoolmaster was a man exactly befitting the i place—simple , rustic , and devout . He told us that the . boys and girls , of which his school was full , came , some i of them from a considerable distance . They came in at j sii o ' clock in the morning , and stayed tiU eight , had an hour ' s rest , and then came in till eleven , when they went borne , and did not return again till next morning , being employed the rest of the day in helping their parents ; ingoing ioto the woods for fuel ; into tbe fields to glean tend cattle

      , cut grass , or to do what was wanted . All tbe barefooted children of every village , however remote , thus acquire a tolerable education , learning sing , ing as a regular part of it . They have what they call their Mi ^ itwid , swgiBg-hour . every day . On a blackbo . rd , the lud , song or hymn for the day , was written in German character tu chalk ; and the master , who was natu « lly amious to exhibit the proficiency of his scholars , gave them their singing lesson while we were , there . The scene was very interesting in itself but somewhat humiliating to our English minds , to think . that in the Odenwald , a portion of the great U jrcancian j forest , a region associating itself with all that is wild _ and obscure , every child of every hamlet and cottage ,

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      t " ^ - ^^ W ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^ M^—however secluded , was provided with that instruction which the villages of England are in a great measure yet destitute of . But here the peasants are not , as with us , totally cut off from property in the soil which the )' cultivate ; totally dependent on the labour afforded by others ; on the contrary , they are themsehes the possessors . This country is , in fact , in the hands of the people . It is all parcelled out among the multitudes ; and wherever you go , instead of the great halls , vast parks , and broad lands of the few , you see perpetual evidences of an agrarian system . Except the woods , the whole land is thrown iuto small allotments , and upon them the people are busily labouring for themselves . We might add , but have not room , much more respecting the simplicity , industry , economy , and hap . pmeas of the people ; we must merely give the ful lowing : —

      Each German has his house , his orchard , and Mr road-side trees , so laden with fruit , that if he did nol carefully prop up and tie together , e nd in many places hold the boughs together with wooden clumps , they would be torn asunder b y their own weight . He has his corn . plot ; his plot for mangel wurzel , for hay , for potatoes , for hemp . etc . He is his own master , and he therefore , awl every branch of his family , have the strongest motives r constant exertion . You see the effect of this iu his industry and in his economy . , ® are glad to see the very knowing gentlemen who do the Athenamm taken down a peg or two . Mr . Howitt ' s " Homes and Haunts of the most eminent British Poets , " we have not seen , but we have teen and read > " pretty considerable" quantum pf petty criticisma thereon , we , therefore , felt some interest and sati sfaction in reading the " notice " contained ln this Part . A though much pressed for room , we must find a place for the following extract from Mr . Howitt ' s book , given in this part of tie

      TANNAHILV 8 ROLE . For want of poets and poets * children entertaining these rational ideas , what miserie * have from age to age awaited them ! In the course of my peregrinations to the birth-places and tbe tombs of poetr , how often h « ve these reflections been forced upon me ! Humble , indeed , are frequently their birth . plases ; but what is far worse , how wretched are often the places of their leaths ; How many of them have died in the squalid haunts of destitution , and even by their own hand ! now many of them have lett their families to utter poverty ; how many of those carressed in their lives , lie without a stone or a ford of remembrance in their graves ! Scott , with all his glory anil his monuments in other places , haB not even a slab bearing his name laid upon

      his breast . Chatterton ' s very bones havebeen dispersed to make a market . Mother well , amid the proud eenot aphs in the Necropolis at Glasgow , such men as Major Monteith having whole funeral palaces to themselves , bus not even a cubic foot of stone , or a mere post with hh initials , to mark his resting-place . But still more melancholy i « the contemplation of the beginning and thr end of Robert Tannahill , the psplar song writer of Paisley . Tannahill was no doubt stimulated by the fame of Burns . True , he had not the genius of Burns , but genius he had , and that is conspicuous in many of thfis songs which during bis lifetime were sung with enthusiasm by his countrymen . Tannahill was a poor weaver of Paisley . The cottage where he lived is still to be seen , a very ordinary vceavjr - cottage in an ordinary

      street ; and the place where he drowned himself may be seen too at the outside of the town . This is one of the most dismal places in which a poet ever terminated 1 » 8 career . Tannahill , like Burns , was fond of a jovial hour amid his comra les in a public-house . But weaving of verse and weaving of calico , did not agree . The world applauded , bnt did not patronise ; poverty came like an armed man ; and Tannahill , in a frenzy of despair , resolverl to terminate his existence . Outside of Paisley there is a place where a small stream passes under a canal . To facilitate this passage , a deep pit is sunk , and a channel for the waters is made under the bottom of the canal . This pit is , I beliere , eighteen feet deep . It is built round with stone , which is rounded off at its

      mouth , so that any one falling in cannot by any possibility get out , for there is nothing to lay hold of . Any one once in there might grasp and grasp in vain for an edge to seize upon . He would sink back and back till tie was exhausted and sank , for ever . So doubt Tannahill in moments of gloomy observation had noted this And at midnight he came , stripped off his cwt , laid down his hat , and took the fatal plunge . No cry could reach human ear from that horrible abyss : no effort of he strongest swimmer could avail to sustain him : soon worn out he must go down , and amid the black boiling torrent be borne through the subterranean channel onward with the stream . Thus died Robert Tannahill , and a more fearful termination was never put to a poetical career . The place is called Tannahill ' s hole . We recommend " Howitt ' s Journal" to our readers as one of the very best publications of the day . ^ i

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      THE MIDLAND FLORIST . Conducted by J . F . Wood , F . H . S ., ( the Coppice , near Nottingham ) . Nottingham : R . Sutton . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . This is asmall , well conducted threepenny monthly magazine , intended " to convey in a popular and easily-understood manner intelligence of what is passing in the world of fruit and flowers . " The numbers for January and February are before us , and a perusal of their contents warrants us recommending "The Midland Florist" to our readers , with best wishes for its success .

      MACKENZIE'S IIAND BOOK TO BILLIARDS . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . There is evidently much pains taken by the writer of this work to reader it plain and easy . The rules , games , and engravings are numerous , givingin'truc- ' ctitm , amusement , and science to those practising this now popular mode of exercise or pastime . To those who csn afford leisure , or possess opportunity for indulging in the game , we recommend this work . It oaeht to be wherever a Billiard Table is kept , either as a work of instruction , of preference , of authority , or science .

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      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION

      TheElectmc TEKGiAPn . —Doctor Bachoffner has been lecturing on the above-named subject at the Boyal Polytechnic Institution . The learned professor introduced much new and interesting matter into his discourse upon the peculiar application of elsctricity to the purposes of the electric telegraph . In additisn to the usual lucid explanation of the principles of magnetism , and an historical untie * of the application of the invention to railway and ; public purposes , .-Doctor Baehhoffuer , upon this occasion , entered into a lengthened illustration of the practicability of the mode of communication by the index upon the new principle secured by patent to Messrs . Nott and Gamble . It [ is but just to observe in a passing notice of various instruments invented for the purpose of facilitating the transmission of messages , < fec . ; in such

      cases the new patent of the above-named gentlemen is far superior to any that has preceded it . The ] simplicity of tbe index , and the direct communication established by the electric current , and the ringing of the notice bell to the most distant station on any line of tel < graph , appear mighty strides Utrards the necessary simplification of the most important , but at present , not sufficiently appreciated agent . Most admirable practical exemplifications of the applicability of the invention were given during the lecture by conveying messages from one side of the stage to the other , from two beautiful working models on the principle of Messrs . Nott and Gamble . During the lecture , and more particularly at the conclusion , the learned lecturer was warmly and deservedl y applauded bj a most numerous and highly respectable audience . Jwhich quite filled tbe ti . eatre of the establishment .

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      ssss usual incidents and characters necessary to tbe workinz « ut of a melo-drama , the principal portions In which were very effectively sustained . The piece was received with the greatest applause throughout . At the termination of the drama the usual scenes in the circle took place . The entertainments concluded with the Christmas pantomino of Ali Baba , or the Forty ThieveB . "

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      THEATRE ROYAL , SADLER'S WELLS . The legitimate drama in the shape of the Plays , " A King and no King , " and Sir Etoswd Bu \ weT Ljtton's Lady of Lyons . " with tbe Christmas Pantomime continue to attract crowded audiences .

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      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . "The Black Doctor , " General Tom Thumb as "Bombastes Furioso , " and the " Inchcape Bell" have at . traded admiring thousands to this elegant and capacous temple of the muses . We are happy to learn that the spirited Lessee , with his usual liberality has placed his houBe at the disposal of the committee for leasing or building a working mail ' s hall . The bentfit for that purpose will take place on Tuesday the 2 nd of March next , under » he patronage of Borou ' h and Sir C * N " pier > the raembers fw * "

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      PRINCESS'S THEATRE . Miss Bawauo still eontinucs her triumphal career , Anne BoUyn , " being as attractive as « v « r . We congratulate Miss Bassano on her great success , and her good fortune in having obtained the unanimous voice of the press in her praise . Miss Bassano , the popular singer at the Princesses ini'atre , has sprung like most of the children of genius from the ranks of the people . Her father was an Italian , Clement Bassano , who married an Englishwoman . The parents of the singer formerly kept a small Italian warehouse , 27 , Jermyn-street , St . James a

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      THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . On Monday morning at 10 o ' clock , Mr . Waltley , M . P ., Coroner , resumed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of Henry Hall and llenry Bishop , who were killed in the late fatal accident on the Great Western Railway , at Southall , on Monday , the 25 th nit . The large room at the Red Lion Inn , Southall , in which the inquiry was held , was crowded by respectable persons . Among those present wete B . J . Armstrong , Esq ., a , local Magistrate ; Mr . S . Clarke , Superintendent of the Great Western Railway : Mr . G . iocb , Superintendent of the locomotive department , Ac . The Jury on re-assembling went to the Southall station with the Coroner to make a personal inspection oi the broken carriage and tire , which occupied nearly an hour .

      At eleven o ' clock the Coroner and Jury returned to the inquest room , and the inquiry was resumed . Mr . John Fawceit was then examined . He deposed that he was a smith residing at Swindon New Town , and was in the employ of the Great Western Railway . His duty was to make arms , wheels , and tires , to see that they were properly made , and 10 sec tires put on wheels . Was still putting on tires made by other persons . Saw the tire put on the driving wheel of the Queen engine , which has occasioned the accident ; it was made at the llaigh foundry , in Lancashire . Was placed at the Swindon station to examine every tire ; did not remember making the examination of the particular tire in question , but as he examined them all he nm-u n . ivc done so . The tirss are usually sent a little i . nllcr than they are

      usid , on account that whou iicy are put together they are stretched , t : ri . it ilonu by putting them on a stretching block , i . • • . •> may weaken them a little . If there is n' . • . t i > then ascertained . The tire in queationa > > :. ¦ ¦ o witness to have had a V put in . Had been / M n his present employ about three years , during v ..,:.: time the tires had been put on in the same w i . The tires came to witness in the hoop . Wm-n accidents occur to tires they are to be brought back to witness . Had Uad accidents occur to tires in the same way as in the present instance . They aw then charged by witness dsspare wheels ; in those instances witness has nothing to do with putting them to an engine . Had known the tires of three or four wheels go in a similar way since he had been at Swindon . They were all put on without rivets .

      Ilioma 8 Armond , the driver of the Queen engine , who was examined at the previous sitting of the inquest , was here recalled by the Coroner , and further deposed tuat on seeing the report of his evidence in the newspapers , he saw that lie had not stated that there had been a previous accident to one of thedi iving wheels of the Queen . Mr . Benjamin Cubitt deposed that he lived at New Oeptiord , and was an engineer ; had had a deal of experience in railway matters , and with respect to tires and wheels ; had examined the wheel broken , and considered from that examination that the cause of its breaking was the unsuundne ' ss of the weldinu ; the mode of welding generally adopted is the cutting off the ends , and welding in a piece of iron iu thu turni of a V , and smoothing it all down . Considered chat in th 6 present instance Only the one V piece was put in between the two edges of the tire , instead ol two or three V . pieces . There is another mode called " starfins , " by welding the ends flat .

      I he Coroner , to Mr , Cubitt . —Do you think that if the tire in this case had been riveted , it would have been strong enough to have held it ? Witness . —Yes , I tkink it might . It would at any rate have prevented the breakage going so far . Mr . James O'Connell deposed that he was an en gineer , living at Bromsgrove , in Worcfsterauiie Uad been engaged on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway , but had now an appointment on the London and North-western Railway . Had Been the broken tire in question , and had come to the conclusion , m looking at the first place where the fracture t > ok place , that there was a defective weld . It had been united only at the two edges , and not at all in the centre , through the improper mode of welding . Only one large V had been put in , which by the negligent mode of welding had not united in the centre Had seen two V pieces of iron put in , and considered that better than one .

      The Coroner . —What do you think had better be done in future ? Witness . —Had justtbeen told by Me Gooch of the new mode adopted at Swindon , and thought that would be the best mode in future . Mr . Gooch puts in a small V first , then a larger one , to the extent of three Vpieces , anl when they are united , he then cuts out a piece on the inner rim , and puts in asmall V there . Knows the process of the stretching machine . Thought an unsound tire might be strong enough to resist that , without a flaw being discovered , but by the c » ntinaed running of the wheel , it would afterwards gradually give way .

      Mr . John Brathwaitc deposed that he was an engineer , living at 30 , Bedford-square . Had filled appointments on the eastern counties and several other railways . Had inspected the tire in question , and had also heard the evidence of Mr . Cubitt and Mr . M'Connell , and considered there could not be a doubt o ! the fracture of the tire having been caused by the unsoundness of the weld , which extended to sixty degrees of the whole surface . Thought that no degree of foresight on the part of the examiners of the tire could have led them to suppose tlie probability of a fracture at that part .

      After much further evidence , of a nearly similar character , the Coroner summed up . The Jury here retired to consider their verdict , and after remaining absent about a quarter of an hour , returned to the inquest room , when The foreman , on the part of himself and brother jurors , announced the following as the unanimous rinding of the panel - . —That the deceased , Henry Bishop and Henry Holt , were accidentally killed by the breaking of a certain tire attached to the driving wheel of an engine belonging to the Great Western Railway Company ; " and in returnirg this verdict , the jury strongly recommend that the system of fastening the tires with screws , as advfce ' tl by the engineers examined , should be invariab ' y adopted for the future .

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      Playing with tinu-AnMs . —A few days ago , while a young woman named Sarah Mitchell , a dressmaker aged 34 . was at work in the nursery of the muHsion ofMr . J . C . Roberta . Treval House , Trevat , near Torpoint , the eldest son of Mr . Roberts entered the apartment , and , in a playful manner , asked the deceased to sing . She replied that she could not . He then laughingly remarked that he would shoot her , and taking down a pistol which he had put awaj a few days previous , he put a percussion cap on the nipple . He then pointed the pistol to her head , pulkd the trigger , little thinking that it was loaded . The contents passed through her temple , and she immediately fell to the ground . The bov ' s screams brought the domestics to the room , ands he died in half an hour . The youth , who i % U years of a « e , absented himself , and was discovered under some hay and straw in an outhouse , where he had concealed

      hirosell trom fear . The Jury being satisfied that the melancuolly catastrophe was purely the result of accident , a verdict to that effect was returned . Death of an Eccentbic Characteb . —Mr . Mills held an inquest at Stainfield , near Staines , on Saturday , on the body of Mrs . Potts , a wealthy lady , who had died suddenly . From the evidence , it appeared that the deceased wa 3 a most eccentric character . Her delight was not only to take all the medicines ahecould obtain , but also to compel others to do the same . When she visited a sick friend , she would empty the physic bottles and pill boxes , and swallow their contents . Aloes constituted her favourite physic , and a physician stated that he had prepared in twelve months as much aloes for her as would have supplied all Uxbridge . On removing her upper garments , 46 yards of flannel were found swathed round her body . Verdict , " Natural death . "

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      Faii op the Dbnbt Dalb Viaduct on thb Hun-DKBSFIELD AMD SnEFflELD JcNCTMN RAILWAY . —The ureadful gale of wind , which prevailed last week did considerable damage to the wood v i aduct , in course otercotion , atDenby Dale . Out of forty perpendi-3 0 ,, l Pp 0 rt i ! u ' twenty-8 even were blown down , that thArT *^ » nce the * had t » to" ( 10 ° fee t > & iSSwW rabm ™ re broken int 0 sp ' inter 8 nel RX h 7 l L farm lahoure " Easen '' » . wftfehtE ^ naJ ™ . ^* 8 Uff 0 Cat € d b ? a C 0 B | - « Sreom d n a panand P | acedln & ™ Rblics . —The throne of Edward ?! , « . n e which is made of oak , i . WJS ft JjSS the oaken coronation chairs in Westminster Ably has been the occupant of its present position 540 j cflrs .

      Gcn Cotton . —We understand that Dr Barron ' the accredited agent in this country for Schunbfin ' a gun cotton , is shortly expected toauperin tend a series of trial experiments in Standedue tunnel , on the lluddmfield and Manchester Railway . ¦ Mendicity . —Tbe number of bi'guars has lately increased in Huddersfield to an alarming ment , many of whern are destitute Irish . ; Worthy of Imitation . —There exists an excellent i institution in Leipsic for procuring employers lor the ' working classes . During the year 1846 . there were , on the part of the former , 5 , 023 applications , and ' 4 , 9 ( 35 persons were provided with suitable work . The entire expense of the establishment was 5 978 dollars . Glory . —It is estimated that 1 , 500 Americans have died of aicknees along tho Rio Grande , more than three times the number who have fallen in battle

      Consolation . —An Inhabitant of Corfu , who recently returned from Spitzbergen , after an abence of 28 years , lound his wife in very good health , but the widow of three husbands . A Great FAcr . —Died , on the 1 st January , 1847 , aged nmety-three , Mr . John Cushing , of llursford , Norfolk , being father , grandfather , and great-grai . dfather , to 120 children . Daily Newspapeks in Glasgow . — A daily newspaper is about to be * et up in Glasgow , under the title of the Glasgow daily Press .

      Mexican Patriotism . —A wealthy Mexican lariy , after the disasters at Monterey , I ndered at Santa Anna 100 horses and 100 mules to carry on the war . Cagkd Aristocrats . — The Ikforme atatea that "the criminal prison of La Force and the Concier « erie are at present peopled with almost as many nobility as the Faubourgh St . Germain . On tho 15 th of last month those prisons contained 28 gentlemen , 11 knights of the Legion of Honour , 7 Barons , 6 Viscsuntg , 5 Counts , and 2 Marquisses . " The Bbiti 8 h Colonies . —A " Blue Book " of 355 pages in length has just been issued from the Parliamentary Paper-office . It contains voluminous despatches and documents relative to thy state of the labouring population in the West Indies and the Mauritius , in continuation of the papers presented last year .

      Sir R . Prel ' b Labourers . —Sir Robert Peel has directed that the wages of the labourers employed on his estate be augmented from twelve to fifteen shillings per week . Pbotbstant Churches in Cn » jA . —Some Protestant converts are stated to have succeeded in establishing several chutches in the interior of China . Railways in Rome . —Lieutenant Waghorn , R . N , the well-known originator and pioneer of the overland route to India has arrived at Rome , with Mr . Austin , the eminent engineer , and o : her assistants , sent out at the expense of the British government and tbe Hon . East India Company , with the

      sanction of Pope Pius IX , nnd the King of Naples , to survey the projected lines of railway thro'igh Brindisi at the south , to Bologna at the north , via Ancona . Royal Humane Society . —On Saturday the annual report of the society was issued . 174 persons have been restored by the means adopted for restoring suspended animation by the society ' s officers ; 20 were beyond recovery . 14 silver and 31 bronze medals and pecuniary rewards havebeen given to 162 individuals for courageous conduct in saving human life ; and 79 persons were rescued during the recent skating season by thesociety ' s men , only one terminating fatally .

      Disturbances . —Accounts from Jassy . in Moldavia , of the 14 th uk ., state that a serious outrage had occurred at Giilatz on the occasion of the fetoof the Greek church . A mob of about two thousand persons broke open and pillaged the Jews Synagogue and several of their houseB . and killed several of the Jews .

      Small-Pox in Belgium . —The small-pox continues to rage in several localities in the environs of Brussels , and especially at Molenbeck , St . Jean . Elopeme > t to GnETNA Grken . —On the 23 rd ult , Mr . William llope , son of Loraax Hope , Esq ., of Baholme Cannoby , was married , at the above place , to Miss Jane Donaldson , daughter of the Rw . James Donaldson , of Cannoby Manse . The fair lady , it would appear , had been narrowly watched , or rather confined to her room for some weeks , but "Love laug h * at locksmiths , " and Bheeffeeted her escape . Her lover was in waiting , they took . the road for Longtown , and from thence took a post chaise to Gretna Green ,

      Glut or Fjsh—On Monday . upwards of 100 tons of sprats and plaice were landed at Billinjjsga e , the former fish bung retailed at 3 ft . for one penny , and plaice of larger size selling for ane halfpenny each . Demolition of Upper . St . Martin ' s Lane . —On Friday the whole ot the houses on the east side of Upper St . Martin ' s Lsine , vested in the Mercers ' Company , were being demolished for the formation of the new street from the west-end of Long-acre so carried into King-street , Covent-carden , and ultimately extended to the point of junction of Uolborn , New and Old Oxford-streets , and ToMcnhara-Court-Road . Birth Extraordinary . —Lately , the wife of William Leedhain , collar-maker , of Yoxall , was safely deli'ered of a male child , and on tho following day , of two other male children .

      Death of Mr . James Tools , tfie City Toastmaster . —After a very short but severe illness , the above celebrated attendant on all the principal public dinners , both political and charitable , dieu on Monday at lm residence . Murdkr in a Railroad Carriage . —The ' Swiss National Gazette ' ofthe 27 th ult , contains the following details of an atrocious murder committed in a railway carriage : — " A person whose name is unknown took & seat at Manheira in a railroad carriage with a ticket for Carlsruhe . Three other individuals of respectable appearance shortly afterwards placed themselves in the same carriage , strangled the first , rifled his pockets , and quitted the carriage at Heidelberg . The crime was not discovered until the train arrived at Carlsruhe , when the man was found in the cornerof the carriage dead and alreadv cold .

      The Nbw Planet Christknbd . —The Bureauzclea Longitudes of Paris has agreed with the principal astronomersof Europe , suchasEncke , Gausz , llerschel , and Struve , in giving the name oi Neptune to tho new planet discovered by M . LeVerrier . The sign of this planet in celestial map * is to be a trident . The Cholera—A letter from Trehisond , ef the 26 th December , states that accounts have been received there from Persia , stating that the cholera had disappeared , except at Ormiab , but fears were cntci'tahed that it would make its appearance again in several places in the spring .

      Pedesthian Match for Fifty Pounds . —On Sa- ; turday morning , the match , in which Whnrton , of ! Wlutechapel , was backed to run ten miles within one hour , came off over two miles of road at Hackney . He won the match by performing the ten miles of road in fifty-nine minutes in an easy manner . Improvements at tub Adelpiii-tgrkace , — On Friday , the dilapidated balustrade on the Adelphiterrace , that bas for some time past been in a very dangerous state , was removed . It is to be replaced by a light iron palisade . Suicide me Jumping from a Winddw . —Lately , W . D . Tran , late accountant , whilst labouring , it is supposed , under insanity , threw himself from the upper window of an eating-house in Queen-street , Hull , kept by a person named Hewson . lie died almost immediately .

      A Miser . —A man , aged 77 . wno has been long living in the Quarter des Italiens as if in a state of penury , denying himself the common necessaries of life , was iound dead on Wednesday . On the room being searched by the police it was found to contain , in different holes and corners , mixed with crusts of bvead , bits ot broken class , and other refuse , 20 , 000 f . in bank-notes , 880 f . in gold , and SS . OOOf in silver . Curtailment . —A siuguhr railway accident took place a few days siuce at Orton , Westmoreland . Tiietail of a pointer dog , which was standing upon th < 3 railway , was cut off by a pausing train . Longevity of tiie Donkey . —A donkey belonging to Mr . Gandey , 68 U |> per Bedford-street , Brighton , died on Monday last at the advanced age of a hundred years ! It was a great favourite with its master , and was well provided tor up to the time of death .

      Tiik Army . —For some weeks past a rumour has-. prevailed that an augmentation of the army was to take place . We can assure our renders that no real foundation exists for any such report . With the exception of the organization of a Local Corps for service in New Zealand , no increase of our military strength is intended . —United Service Oazctte . Liberation of Madame Laffahge . — The French correspondent of the Atlas announces that this criminal , concerning whom so intense and factitious an interest has been kept up , is about to be liberated . Extraordinary Threshing Machine . —A threshing machine has been built by Mr . Staple , on Mr . T . Andrews farm , at Burthy Row , iu the pariah of Saint Enoder , which has threshed 1 , 200 sheaves of corn in an hour , with a couple ot small horses , going at a very moderate pace . Orange Manufactories . —In St . Giles ' s there is a manufactory of oranges , at which bad oranges ¦ : - )

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      jould be made ( into apparently good ones . The lwn ' less pursued was the submitting of unripe and in , ferior oranges to the action of steam , or parboiling tneia . Nun made them swell , filled out thtir rinds and made them thin , the usual external sign that the fruit was good . To givu them the laat polish , and heighten their outward attraction , they were rubbed with a greasy pieee of flannel , or with something more ol'jt-ctiouable . EMBtzzLKMENT of Diamonds —Mr . Forrester , the distinguished member of the London detective force , lias been in Dundee , on the look-out for a party who has absconded with diamonds of the value of JE 3 , 300 in his possession .

      The Convict Hulk at Woolwich , —Sir George Grey , Secretary of State for the Home Depart , ment , has ordered the strictest investigation relative to the statements made in the House of Commons by Thomas Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., on the evening of Thursday hiBf , relative to the convicts at Wuolwich , and the investigation is now in pro « press . The Dukb of Devonshire lias subscribed only £ 40 in the soup shop at Dunjjarvan , which would tf ive ' but a quart of soup for three d . iys to each of his own paupers in that t-iwn , ' for every quart of it costs

      £ ™ n \ llaif-pence . His Grace sliould , at least , give Ao 000 , and not allow his paupers to be supported 1 tne bounty' of others . Qukeu . —There is some expectation in the city that government intends to raise a loan of nn e six or vuttat millions to meet the exigencies of the year . —Brighton Herald . Great Econ my in Marino Bread . - Boil one C ° r ^ " ' ? ^ rice in w » ter nutil quite tender , then add to it six pounds of Hour . Knead and bake in the usual way . Of course barn and water are u » cd in the usual proposition . The br « ad will be very gweet and moist for several days thil plan , bi'ing very economicaldeserves general atten

      , - ij „ ' -- - w- ( jviivjwj nvvKU * Fish for Manurh . —Myriads of bushels ot sprats are now being caught in the Lower Swinn , off the li . ssex coast , and sold to the farmers for manure , at the rate ol 81 per bushel . Outcasts —According to a writer in the ' Quarterly Review , ' out of 2 , 94 . 5 children in 15 ragged schools , 249 had never slept in beds . His Majesty . —My lord , the railway king , has qua ified as a magistrate for the North Riding of Yorkshire . B What / h in a Name ?—The Custom-house autho . nties of this port were called on last week to register , under the Merchant Seamen ' s Actan indenture

      , ot apprenticeship , tor a lad boun \ to the sea service , and , odd as it may appear to our readers , that the nwsiers name was " Fudge . " and the apprentice is ' ¦ Gam mi . "— Western Lvminury . Lamentabliv Accident . —On Thursday week , an inquest was held before W . S . Rutter , Esq ., corencr , at the Unicorn Inn , Kersley , on the bodies of James Cowsill , aged 40 ; William Cowsill , his son ; l'eter Harrison , aged 38 ; and William Johnsonaged 30 . all brick-Betters , whose deaths had been caused by suffocation whilst at their work in a coal * pit . A verdict was returned by the jury of " Died from suffocation . "

      Taking iuk Veil . —A few days ago , at Bristol , louryoung ladies from the north of England , one of whom , Miss LyHch , ol Liverr-ool , is said to be possrssed ot a handsome fortune , took the white or novice ' s veil of the Sisters of Penance of the third order of St . Domhiic , an establishment of which order has recently bicn commenced in Bristol . The Scotch Iron Tradb . —Glasgow , Jan . 30 . —The price of Scotch pig iron , delivered Iree on board here , may be quoted to-day at 72 s . 6 d . per ton net cash for the usual proportion of Nos . Our market has assumed a firmer aspect , and though there have been but limited sales at the above quotation and 74 s . three months' credit , the price tends upward * .

      Attack upon a Gamekefper . — On Tuesday the police received information that , on ihe night ot the 29 th ult ., at Muckley , near Muck Wenloek , in the county of Salop , Abel Martin , gamekeeper , to Earl Granville , was so severel y beaten by a poacher that no hopes arc entertained of his recovery . The Distressed Irish and Scotch . —Mr . Bunn , of Drury-lano Theatre , bas . in the handsomest manner , appropriated the receipts of Menday next for the benefit of the Irish and Scotch . The committee of the theatre have agreed to allow the use of the theatre free of rent , and every artist and employer of the establishment have consented to give their services gratuitously on this occasion . Ockan Penny Postage . —What then , should England do to bring all nations of men within the range « f the vital functions of that heart-relation which she sustains to the world ? Answer—Let her establish an "Ocean Penny Postage . "— Elihu Burritt .

      The Elkcthic Telegraph . —It is proposed to extend the e . eotric telegraph , which is now in course of being laid down under the principal thoroughfares in London , to the several fire-brigades stations , in order to convey instant information of fires . Incendiarism . —Several incendiary fires have lately occurred in the lower districts of Lincolnshire . Punch and Prussia . —The Prussian censorship has forbiddeu the admission of Punch , which is henceforth to bc _ stopped at the frontiers . Hudson Land —The name of Hudson ' s New Town

      has been given to the exensive factories in connection with the engine and carrage works of the hasternCouniies Railway Company near Stratford , Essex , and to the 300 houses svnd church for tho accommodation of the company ' s workmen . Fatb of Pole ' s Skull . — Mr . Howitt , in his " Homes and Haunts of British Poets , " says that the skull of Pope now ornaments the private collection of a phrenologist . Fifty pounds were paid to manage tlie transaction with the sexton of the church in which the poet was buried .

      Education ¦ f Native Inoian Youth in London . — Id is contemplated to establish a fund towards the formation of a school in the University College , London , for the education of Indians in the sevtral branches of science , and to prepare them for the different professions in their own country . Roman Catholics —In Great Britain the Roman Catholics possess 622 churches and chapels , 14 colleges , 34 convents , nnd 8 monasteries . Navvy Gratitude . —A school was opened four months since at Pettinain , for the instruction of the ' navies' on the Caledonian Railway , and lately they entertained their schoolmaster ' to a splendid supper .

      Representation of Lewes . — In consequence of the retirement of Sir Howard Elphinstone from the representation ot Lewes , which it is expected will be announced in a few days , Mr . Lyon has annouced himself as a candidate for the borough in the Conservative interest : and the Honourable Mr . Brand is expected to come forward on the Liberal side . Isle of Man . —At a meeting of the House of Keys , on Tuesday last , a petition to the Queen was adopted , praying for a grant of £ 5 , 000 out of the surplus revenue of the island , to purchase food to be sold to the labouring population at a . price commensurate with their earnings . The Chinese . —Mr . Gntzlaff , the well known missionary , thinks the Chinese the most prolific nation in the world—all marry , and not one marriage in a hutidred is unproductive .

      Misery is Glasgow . —Dr . Watt , of Glasgow , estimates the population of that town at 333 , 100 . He attributes the undue mortality of Glasgow not to any general insalubrity , but to the bad lodging , deficient clothing , and poor diet , of a vast number of the inhabitants . Procession of tub Host . —The Tablet announces that the other day , in Kentish Town , for tue first time perhaps , in England , siuco the Reformation , the Holy Eucharist was carried through the streets , with the light- blazing , and in full procession , to visit the death bed of a faithful departing . The sensation produced among the Protestants in the neighbourhood was indescribable . [ These ridiculous doings of the Roman Catholics , if persevered in , will re-awaken Protestant fanaticism , and so mar the work of religious liberality , which all good men should labour to promote . ]

      Rocudm . r Musthly . Cattui Fair —There was a very , poor show of horned cattle in the faiv on Monday , but the attendance of farmers , butchers , and graziers was small . Calving cows were selling at from four to seven per ceat . lower than last month , and scarcely an average number were sold . Drapes were ^ aiao lo wer in prices , and bnt few changed hands . Good old hay was selling at from four pence half-penny to sixpence per stone , and straw at two pence half-penny and three pence per stone . A Real C . \ LAUiTY . ~ At Conciliation-hall , a few days ago , Mr . O'Connell rose with melancholy face , and said , "lam sorry to say the Repeal rent for the week is only £ 15 . 16 s . 9 d . " Sorry to say it 1 With thousands perishing with hunger ! For our part , we look upon every farthing paid to the Repeal fund at the present time as so much plundered from the bellies of the famishing . But there are some patriots who would ring shillings upon coffin-lids . — Punch .

      Extraordinary Effects of Liohtniso . —On Wei ' nesday evening , about nine o ' clock , the lightning descended the chimney of William Moir , of 40 , Grosvenor-street , Rose-hill , Liverpool , and blew out the shop-window , with all its contents into the street . There were five persons sitting round the fire , none of whom were hurt , except a lad , who was struck ob the knee by a brick from the chimney . From the Turkish Fko . ntikrs , Jauii iry . —The Servian Government is said to bo in posses ion of documents , which manifestly prove the intention , or the part of Russia , to exniti an insurrection in Bulgaria . Reported Death of Sir Valentine Blake . —A letter was received in town this morning announcing the death of Sir Valentine Blake , Bart ., whose resignation of the representation of Galway has led to tliecontest which is to take place in that berough . — DubUn paper . v ** * * ? ¦¦; 7 v Deaths by Burning in PREBTON . - ^ urfn ^^ hV- ^ ffX 1 last few weeks , there have been a greanrfuml ^ -o ^ Tyx children burned to death in Preston , chi « k | lrgM thi , . ^ # J ' neglect of their parents . Last week , thwwVjrtS ^ ff ® 7 H " j i less than five ; and the present week corfnwx ^ Wvf ' ¦ ' " ?] ^ 1 11 Monday Tfith another victim . JU > Y V (! . - . h L ^ J ^ i f- V- 'l ^" ' - ^ '' ¦ ¦ h « 5 J ' r V ' i . ' - "¦ ¦ " - ' - J- \ , < ! f *

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      —?—ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . On Tuesday ercning a Drama , by | Mr . Moncrieff , entitied the " Royal Fox Hunt , or Life ' s Courie of Man and Steed , " was presented at tbe abore theatre . Almost the whole of Mr . Battj ' s well-trained and beautiful itud was introduced . The production on the stage of a miniature fox hunt , with its huntsmen , horseB , dogs , whippers-in , &c , wag never , perhaps , attempted at any other theatre , indeed , Aitlej ' s is the only place of amusement at all adapted for the proper carrying out of so novel a performance , the original of which haB , perhaps , seldom been seen by the majority of the frequenters of the amphitheatre . In order to [ render the chase as ttuc and litely » picture a 8 possible , the circus , in addition to tho

      stage , nag made u * e of , thus allowing a larger space for the display of the parties engaged . The whole coremony of a hunt was gone through , —the meet , going to cover , unearthing the fox , the chase and other equally stirring incidents followed each other in rapid succession . The fox , a very fine one , has been trained under the superintendence of Mr . Batty . After having been let loose , Reynard was purmd in right earnest , the hunters , and others hurrjing on , in all tbe ardwir of the cbase , which takes place on the stage and in the circus . the cries of encouragement to the horses , the sounding of honu , and the barkius of the dogs , serve to produce a tout etuembU of the mest spirited description , and which cuuld not fail to excite in the spectator a mixed feeling of astonishment and pleasure . Tho dramatist , in order to render . the puce more cgmplete , has introduced the

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      MUSIC . —HANDEL'S "MESSIAH . "— HATDON'S "CREATION . " London : Alfred Novello , 63 , Dean-street , Soho . We do not thank publishers for sending us odd numbers of periodicals . We have here parts 4 . 0 , and 6 , of Handel ' s Sacred Oratorio , " The Messiah , ' ( in vocal score , with a separate accompaniment for the organ or piano-forte ) , but we have not seen thp 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd parts . We have also a double number . 32 aud 33 . of " The Musical Times , " the preceding numbers of which we have not seen . '' The Messiah" is published in monthly sixpenny numbers , in larpp octavo , and will be completed in twelve numbers . Uniform with "The Messiah" we have the three first numbers of Haydn ' s Oratorio , "Thp Creation , " which will be completed in nine monthly numbers . Both works are edited hy Vincent Novello , and both reflect great credit npon editor and publisher .

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      February 6 , 1847 . — THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1404/page/3/