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^ ¦""^ VE RB IA LITTLE BIRD . , . » yg Tf . Asbmso * , from the French o , f , i *»« ± O ** -1 i rover , e ' en at ^ antj' « shrine \ 'dv > S » traveller's call , no more : t Jsaia the little wimps were mine AnifUcli * oa , pre « 7 K * d , dost soar !' Thou steV . full many a country bright ; T 6 » * l » rt « aU nature's works invite ; The efey fe P > the air i 8 free * id fl * quick , quick ! ay , quids aslight , ffere ' l a little bird like thee ! I'd learn of tnnefnl Philomel , tfitb gentle sound ' s to charm the glade ; jben hover sear the pastonrelle , Aoj j 3 tB in song the rustic maid . j'd cbcer one hermit ' s dwelling lowy 0 telics selleth be , I know , jot the poor ole 18 nis charity . I'd fly 1 ui < *' quick ! ay » there * ' * 8 ° » Were I a littie bira like thee ! ra his me to the turrets dread , Where sadly pine the eaptives lone ; ffitb hidden wing and drooping head , fd chant a song of plaintive tone . Oae at mj sight would faintly smile ; jlnather muse—dreaming the while Of fields he loved in youth to see . I'd fly quick , quick ! were't many a nile , And I a little bird like thee ! To a Keg ' s court I'd next away—Some pleasure-wearied , joyless elffilling his halls with carols gay , 0 a olive-tree I'd perch myself . Then to the hiding-place , where lie Some poor proscribed family , pd bear a slip of that Same tree ! I'd flj quick , quick ! blow low , blow high , -Were I a little bird like thee ! But day and night , with might and main , I'd flee from beauty ' s dangerous eje » , Lest powerful Lave should once again Hy heart ia captive bonds surprise ! K on fur bosom—likely case-That hunter whe his net should place , Too well I know how it would fee ; I'd fly there , quick , with headlong pace , Were I a little bird like thee !
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REVELATIONS POLIT 1 QUES . LES TROIS VICTIM ES . Par te Ccuie db Wiixbbod . V'diticalJievdatioiis . The Three Victims . By the Count deWillbrod . ] London : Armand , Rathbone-place . ( Continued from the Star ofAtigutt 21 st ) And now we eome to the last hours of the Empire , "Bastions to France , unfortunate lor Didier , who ™ , within a short period , seen alibis projects failand -smb . them , all niB hopes of prosperity , founded « a tbeir presumed success . He became a desperate Bin . After baring , is turn tried Revolution and Monarchy—Buonaparte and Bourbon—political life , lad private occupation—ruined in fortune , bank-Apt in character , yet active and energetic as ever , Kdier now turned his eyes on a new personage in the political world : —
From 1769 , the eldest son ot Philippe Egalitfc-( E qualitj Philip , as the late Duke of Orleans was termed ) had taken a pest which pledged him deeply to the leaders of the Revolution . On the other hand , ^ er having offered his services to the Vendeans , he foi thrown himself on the clemency of Louis XVIII . Entreating him to forget the follies into which Jomh and impetuosity had led him . The Vendeana Md rejected the offers of the son of Egaliie . but lonis could pardon the Duke of Orleans . Ilencelorthhia position was one which few honest men * ould eavy . Bound to the revolutionary party by "Oration , prejudice , hereditary instinct—pledged to " e monarchical by the favour he received from his
^ 'in , and by the marriage he then contracted . ** W 3 Philippe held in fact asort of midway position ? i . . etn Jacobinism and monarchy—between the old ^" gion and the new philosophy—and thus was the ™ J cLief for a faction whose opinions rested on the « iat eable land between the old and the new jQoiiarch y , and who wished to effect a compromise jebreen the revolution and legitimacy . Besides , anruig Ms wandering life he had made friends and jKrtisansin almostevery country of Europe , andhad ? J ? e d a party who gave , even in the height ofrevo-*« uonary ardour , some disquietude to the Directory , "umonrier indeed , serioosly proposed in 1705 , to give * fiuthe crown of France , but General Charette , » wh om the proposition was first made , replied , tt pithily than politely . 'My dear Dumouriez .
Tfcll the son of Citizen Bgalite to go and be hanged . n ( Signed ) -The Chetauee Chabetk . ' Coring the brilliant teign of Napoleon , the Duke * Weans appeared to remain quiet , but he was ^ Jj employed in gaining over friendB to bis party , fiZ ^? Buonaparte ' s power began to decrease , we t ™ the name of . Orleans at the head of the row ^ esthea s eton fiot . t ^ wason theDake of Orleans , then , that Didier ^^ h « eyea . The prince was residing at j ^ n o . and Didier gpoke in Ms family of going Sunn ! snch P <»» tive terms , thathis youngest son , FS ^ "a * that he should think of leaving totot « f » u bt m Gnthrie ' s Geography for some ac-* B 4 f ? SUer ? ° a « " « ttmstance which caused the then «^? emberthe f act . Madame Didier did not tfateii t 0 her ^ drtn the ob ject of his contemf ^ joprtey , but in after years die often ex-
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ESHSrtSAS S « 'apsss& ^ i ^ S Orleans , limn sire nerer cwSK&i ke * But r tibt DidierwconSSpuSSi , ionmn ssftiinEadSS ^ saus sa § Ci * H whelmed tv . J ~ V 8 torm of ^ eraity had over-Se ° Kdi ^ t 111 ^ ' "h ™ feme fail filled the S Svin 7 ? v Pf l assea « couldnot reft ™ SSI w « JS * , t J S . C ( m < iaeMd li 8 n - Hi 8 da - KLr ^ d ?^ ed ne WMcreated Mast € r f hL v « fT Greater ad ™> cement was promised thfIIt f ^ * ? mong the firat to &nw himself at »« i « ff f J ^ leon on hia return from Elba , and again offer him ha deration and his services ESMffsuyr . 55 i * ** return
. . napoleon was indeed surrounded at this juncture oy traitors and renegades , but the sudden change in the a dvocate Didier was too great , too violent , not «> be suspicious . Bis name was erased from the imperial list of functionaries . Without office , cm-Ployment , or private fortune , harassed with debts , IJidier felt a mortal hatred for Napoleon , whom he f ad 1 ( » ked oa as his destroyer . Compromised with tne elder branch of the Bourbons , and with Napoieon , but ene port offered his shattered vessel a 8 ala harbour . ? w ,, ^ intri S ues had recammenced with tne fall of the empire . Various plots were formed wr placing the crown on the head of the Duke of Orleans , who , notwithstanding his protestations and solemn oaths to the contrary , was no way unwilling to receive the gift . Thus was the Duke of Orleans , then reinstated , by an act of special favour , in his
rank and property , the only hope of the desperate intr iguer , Didier . Moreover , the Duke , as an old acquaintance , and as uniting , or being supposed to unite , something of the liberal feeling f the Revolution , with the time-honoured claims ot hereditary monarchy , had peculiar attractions f « r our conspirator , who seems to have bfen for seme time after the return of 1814 a trusted confidant of the mongrel Duke . Nor is it astonishing that he should find Didier , during the Hundred Bays , publicly avowiBg his belief that France would never be prosperous or happy . until . re jectmg the rale of efote elder branch of theBourbons .
she should place her sceptre in the hands of the Duke of Orleans . This was the day dream of Didier—the favorite theme on which he based his political theories—his many projects of soeialorganisation . He was s « en awakened from his brief dream of prosperity . The turmoil and agitation of the Hundred Dajs had not subsided when Louis XVIII . oace more ascended the throne of France , and Didier found himself poor , disregarded , and despairing . But the feeble monarchy was far from being established—the Chamber of Representatives , especially , sought but a pretext to overthrow a throne of which they detested the occupier .
The 20 th of March had shown how powerful and enereeticwasstiU the revolutionary spirit of France ; 40 , 000 men , intrenched behind the Loire , the last remnant of the all-conquering battalions of Napoleon , waited but a word , a signal from the Emperor , to march , not as formerly , to invade the extremities of the earth , but to conquer the crown of France TyraHny , licentiousness , disorder , reigned through the land ; the fears of the people were craftily exaggerated by those who profited by the terror they excited—the Emperor of Russia and the Duke of Wei lington had not yet condescended to decide the fate of France , and all the marks of the times promised success to acy scheme that a daring and desperate man could concoct . The fall of Talleyrand , bis best protector , hastened the eTents we are about to
relate . Talleyrand loved power , for power ' s sake—notfor tne good he could do with it . He knew himself deservedly suspected by the king . He felt himself unmaskedby Napoleon . Hesougbtenlytomakehimself necessary , by some means or other , to the new government . This drew him into closer intimacy with Fouche , who , though also dismissed from the Ministry , was better treated than Talleyrand , being sent as Ambassador to Dresden ; an act almost in . explicable oa the part of Louis XVIIL , who could scarcely be blind to the character of the man be trusted : perhaps , he thought by these means to gain Foncb 6 _ to his interests , or to deprive him of the possibility ot injuring him—if so , he was mistaken . ( 2 b ie continued . )
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The fbuj % EsrOd . Part 50 and 51 . Geokge Bigos , Strand . _ From the first publication of this excellent pe riodical , it ha 3 held a high place in our regard , and we have watched its onward and upward progress with feelings of deep satisfaction . The variety and excellence of the matter it presents defy all competition , aad the judicious selection of the eontents , not less than the deep thought and racy language of the leaders , show that , unlike the Fox ' s Mask in the fable , it is not only fine to look at , but there are brains within .
The tales in the present numbers deserve approbation , not merely as pretty and gracefully written , but a 3 working out a purpose . We may instance particularly the novelletta called' The lives of Grace and Isabel ; or , to be and to seem , ' as containing aany lessons of deep import to the young and the fair on their entrance into life . Several others deserve particular notice , did our space permit it , but of the whole we may safely say they are very pleasing , and perfectly unexceptionable , as the contents of all Family periodicals ought to be . But that section of the work which pleases us the best , is , the weekly leader , The papers are indeed admirable ; full ol
profound , though perhaps E 9 ffiewhat eccentric , thought , affording the reader ' ample food for meditation . Perhaps the most practically useful leader in the present numbers is one on Godfathers and Godmothers . The relationship is one which , confined within due bounds , might be made eminently useful in many social circles , but it is notorious that the utmost indifference prevails on the subject . That Godfathers are chosen from the merest strangers , and that very few indeed regard the dudes they owe , and the obligations they incur , in any more solemn light than as a mark of courtesy to the parents . The cause of this universal neglect is thus commented on in the' Family Herald . '
Perhaps ose main cause of the abuse and neglect of the relationship we speak of is the language of the obligation incurred . This is a modern appendage to the institution itself . The language is , perhaps , too strong . The tax is too burdensome to be borne . It is a tax like that of the law of Hoses , which neither we nor our fatfaci : conld bear . We are compelled , in standing godparent to a child , to become its surety that it wiil rcnounc-: the Devil and all his works , and constantly believe God'sholy word , aid obediently keep hia command .
ments . ' This is mere than we ourseUes can do ; and how can we undertake that other people should do it S Yet it must be undertaken , or the child is not baptised ; and it is undertaken , just as the cabman undertook it , without consideration . The intention is good ; but the exaction is so severe , that we might as well undertake to keep the whole law of Moses as to incur the refponsi . bility of god-parentage imposed upon us by tho language of the service . It requires perfection , and perfection we cannot give ; hut we undertake to give it . We under , take to do what we know to be impossible .
Over-exaction is over-reaching . It defeats its own ends . The State has found this to be the case in taxa . tion . Overtaxation brings in a small revenue ; and , mereover , it encourages smuggling , which is tantamount in the State to apoitaey and profanity in the Church . Oae of the principal peculiarities of modern political reform is the reduction of taxation for the purpose of increasing the revenue !—a singular idea , not at all intelligible to a barbarian , nor in a barbarous age . But experience has proved the idea to be correct ; and it is quite as correct in spirituals as in temporals ; and the two worlds are in strict analogy with one another , and go arm in arm with each other down tho stream of time , either legitimately or illegitimately . At present our children are smuggled into the Church . The exactien
is so severe , that we evade it ; and the clergyman aBsislB us in the evasion . lie permits parents to supply the place of godparents , and be permits godparents to stand sponsors , without inquiry whether they even know the parents of the children or not—whether they know where they live , or ever expect to see them or the child again . This is spiritual smuggling ; and it is done every Sunday , without self-reproach , just as men smuggle whiskey or tobacco without remorse , because they regard the tax as exorbitant , or a burden too great to be borne . The more reasonable an engagement is , the more likely it is to be kept . The common-place fashionable professions of friendship , eBteem , and respect are received in society with a very large discount , because experience has taught na that , like depreciated paper
money , the nominal does not fairly represent the real value . * My purse is at your service , '' Make my bouse your own , ' 'Tours faithfully , ' 'Yours truly , ' are so many formalities , which want the spirit that they nominally represent . We take them at what they are worth , and laugh good-naturedly at the elegant and deceitful polish with which tlity flatter the ear and soothe the feelings . But ' I promise to pay ten pounds , ' with a signature attached to it , is ^ a very different thing , and is not very easily obtained eren from a man who says , ' My purse is at jour sendee . ' An impossible or extravagant promise is easily made . We are all ready to die for one another—to spend a thousand lives for
her Majesty—to give the world for a draught of soda water , where we know we fannot prooure it ; and to give the planet Jupiter to any man in exchange for a glass ot cider ; yet we would grumble at a charge of one shilling for tie cider or the soda-water ; and , perhaps , be the first to turn heel ( the coward ' s most invulnerable part ) , were her Majesty ' s person or crown in danger from a foreign invasion . Extravagances are not measurable quantities , and therefore have no definite value . A godfather who merely promised to teach his godchild to read , or to pay its schooling , and to catechise it once a week on religious subjects , would undertake something practicable ; and would most probably , fulfil his promise , if circumstances pjrmitted ; bathe who promises to
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? ™* |* renounce the Devil and all his works , believe Uoashol y word , and keep his commandments , whilst he himself renounces all tho vanities of the world , all carnal and covetous desires , only smiles in his sleeve at the extravagance of the undertaking , and caya he will do it no doubt , as other ptyple do it—that is , not at all . We have observed so often the unconcern with which people undertake the responsibilities of godparents , and indeed their utter ignorance of the promises to pay that thej are signing on such occasions , that we do net wonder at the disrespectful manner in which the ceremony is spoken of by the enemies of the chureh . The church of course is not to blame for people's infidelity to soleras engagements ; the people themselves must answer for ;
the manner in which they fulfil their promisee . But it is a serieus thing to think that our most sacred institu . tions , instead of lessening , increase the amount of our guilt by multiplying and magnifying our unredeemed pled ges ; a eurious illustration of the saying of St Paul , that the law entered that sin might abound , ' for such solemn engagements seem to have been made perfect and impracticable on purpose to increase our guilt by contrasting so strikingly our duti es with our performances . In this latter sense they may be made useful to those whe thus look at them , and no doubt they are useful and have their mission for good . But the best good they could do , we suspect , wouid be the conviction of our cwn evil compared to the good that we ought to have done .
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THE POBIRAIT OF ClUBLES 1 st , BT VELASQUEZ . — Exhibiting at 21 , Old Bond-street . This is an extremely beautiful painting , executed when Charles was Prince of Wales , and during his romantic visit to the Infanta , of Spain . The picture represents him as a much handsomer man , than de an ; of the other likenesses we have seen ; the gloomy and morose expression which is usually given to his face , is
in this picture , softened into the most touching pensiveness ; there is a bloom upon the cheek , and a retnndity about the whole countenance which strongly contrasts with the angular and longish featured face of after years . But it must be remembered that this picture was painted when Charles was in the first bloom > f manhood , and before he had suffered from the small-pox , which shortly afterwards attacked him . The painting now exhibiting hasgretf historical interest besides poaeaaing uncommon merit as a work of art .
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tETTERS ' oN ' GRAMMAR . ' rea £ s \ he foXl ? ' \ B"ro I ' i ^ roducing to our ss ^ SFSft ^ aa SSffS * ^ SsoSo ? toTwh fl ° ? . mised 8 erie 3 ofle « ers . May too H £ S vSnfh ? ne - nds have w « iert ° been but the SSk « S " . P ve c ciate a » d take advantage of fiSLKSof . g [ r our anJ their benevaleat TO THE WORKING CLASSES .
My dear Friends .-The results of tho late general elect . cn have been , on the whole , so beneficial to the cause of the people , the contests at Nottin gham \ nd elsewhere have showa to you and jail tho toorW in nob glowing colours , the inevitable consequence of tol-umon and Bead union amongst youmlvcs , that every man in England must look forward with hops to the period , not very distant , when that class from whom flows the wealth of our ishmd-the class of hbom-ing TTfti !\ VOiC 6 in the makln * * ttelawi { J which they are to be governed ; when their accents of Jut remonstrance shall prevent the passing of many an ini-Tn £ i ° S a * COmmea practlcal B ° od 8 en 8 e shall be heard , and Us suggestions carried our , In defiance of thecrafty subtlety-the theoretical li p . knowledge now misnamed J'elieu . b
But I am too trul y and sincerel y jour friend and well , wisher , to conceal from you tho fact , that the most important steps towards this grand consummation mu » t be taken by toorselvks . Your destinies are in your own hands—but yon must labour to make them bend jo your will ; In intellect , in feeling , in sense , you are inferior to no people on the face of the globe , but as the richest soil requires cultivation before you can make it bear grain , so do your minds require training before you can hava the full benefit of that rich crop of thought and energy which such culture will produce . Now LAseuAQE , the power of uttering our thoughts , is one of tho distinctive marks of rational beings ; it is that organ by which we convince , persuade , or terrify our lellow-creatures—by which we may melt the heart with
joy , or petrify it with fear—by which we may publish out wrongB , or spmd through the world tho stery of our triumphs . Is this grand , this ennobling power . to be despised ? Should we leave this fertile land uncultivated « Surely not . Language may become all that Ihavoaaid , but which of you hat not known many individuals whose power of utterance scarce sufficed to make their friends comprehend their niO 6 t | ordinary thougbt « .. and who could not write a letter that couH be understood f All this arises from want of cultivation , language is like steam —it will , property applied , send a ship across the Atlantic in defiance of the loudest gales of Heaven in its face—but if may also servo only ta lift the lid of a teakettle !
Uow the science of Grammar will , if properly understood , enable jou to use Language at will : it will teach you—not indesd to think , but to express your thoughts , in the clearest and most forcible manner . It will teach you to arrange your thoughts m order , so as to bring conviction to your readera and hearers ; it will raise you in your own estimation and in that of others ; for a sensi . ble speech , or a well-written letter , is , liko a pleasing countenance , a perpetual letter of recommendation . To aid yon in tbis pursuit of useful and necessary knowledge , the Editor of the Nobthebn Stab has kindly romised to devote a column weekly to my letters on Grammar—the principles of which science I trust you will shortly comprehend , as I Intend to avoid using * any words which disguise the meaning of that which I wish you to learn and understand .
In atudjing Grammar we study the art of speaking and of writing well . Most people in the higher ranks of 60 ciety consider themselves as good grammarians—but I mean , when I bare gone through the rudiments of tbe science , to show you how vtri little our authors , divings , or statesmen , know about the matter . If you do not , in six months , know more of the English Language than they do , 1 shall indeed regret having wasted my time in writing to you , Tuero are four parts in Grammar—Oethoqiuphi , Peosodi , EnHOirOoz , and Syntax . Orthography is the art of Spelling ; Prosody , the art of iVonoundny . ; jftymology Uacha the power and ehmges of words ; and Syntax ihows nshoio to make our words agree togetker , to construct sentences which slwM express our meaning .
The first part of Grammar is Orthography , or the art of Spelling . Ou this subject I have very little to say to you , except to point out how important a knowledge of Orthography is , and how you may acquire it In tbe easiest manner . All words are made up of letter . ? . There are twentysix letters ; namely * -ABCDEFG 1 IIJKL 11 N 0 PQRSTUVWXYZ . These letters make words ; hut as , in our language , many words are sounded in the same manner , winch are spelt quite differently , and mean different things , it is necessary to know what letters make any word we wish to writo , lest we should write something we do not mean . I have used tho word write often , and you understand me , but there are three other words which are sounded exactly the game : — 'Wri ght ... a surname , also a maker of . or workman in , —as wheelwright , a maker of wheels .
Kite ... a ceremony Right ... correct A 3 well as Write ... to put words down on paper . You may bring all these words into one sentence— 'Mr Wright , will you write the marriage-rite for the wheelwright right . ' Now if you were to spell one of these words incorrectly what nonscBce it would make ! And there are many otter words in the language which require as much care . The best way to learn to spell ia first to copy , word by word , a sentence from any book , then to read it carefully , then to rend tbe sentence aloud , two or three words at a time , and write them down without looking at the book : having fiuistied the
suntence compare what you have written with the words in the book , correct any mistakes , and do the same until you find you write that tenUsnce correctly . If two or three join together for this purpose , and one reads each night in turn while tho remainder write , the labour will not be so great , and the improvement will be more rapid , for in this , as in eTery thing else , Union is Strength . I should advise you to use slates and pencils iu preference to paper , as cheaper and more conveuient ; and if you carefully follow the plans I pruposo , I am certain in less than a year , you will know how to write , not as well as , but much better than , some lords of my acquaintance . I am , your very siucere Friend , M . M . P .
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Tub Protectionists . —Scarcely any of the county members will consent to stand by Protection , or propose its restoration ; and it appears Lord George Bentinck'a views on C . itholic Endowment have given great offence to his No-Popery adherents . The Horning Herald , the leading organ of his party , has given the signal for mutiny , and in civil but unmistakeable terms , has told the statesman of the stable mind that his leadership is at an end . Chinese Cheating . —Captain Superintendent Sir Thomas Bourchicr , of Chatham Dockyard , has been
holding a court of inquiry on board the Poiotiers , at Chatham , to examine the captain and officers of the Iris , recently arrived with a part of tbe money paid by the Chinese for breaking some of our countrymen ' s heads . Upon opening ono of the chests , supposed to be filled with silver , to the amount of £ 1 , 600 , it was discovorcd to be filled with lead The chest was strongly elapsed down , so as to resemble tho other chests . No doubt exists as to the knavery of tho Chinese , and that the one was substituted by them for the other . Captain Munday , who commanded the Iris , received tho chests from fchc Vixen .
Sudden Death of an Italian Gentleman . —An inquest was held on Monday evening by Mr Bedford at the Sabloniere Hotel , Leicester-square , on the body of Signor Vincenzi ) Visconti , aged 48 , who died whilst entering the above hotel on Friday evening last . The deceased gentleman , it appeared , leit Milan on tbe 3 rd iiistant for this country , ou a tour . Whilst at Turin he complained to a fellow-countryman travelling with him of a burning sensation at his chest , which continued until they reached
Cologne , when the pain left him . On Wednesday ho arrived in England , appearing in excellent health . On Friday evening the deceased dined with a party of friends , and on his return was about entering the hotel when he fell into the arms of one of his companions , a corpse . Mr Lenton , tho surgeon , said that , onajjostttiorfrm examination , ho found the deceased's heart to be twice its natural size , and much ossified . Tho jury returned a -enlict ef' Natural death from disease of tho heart , producing apoplexy . '
Agricultural QuERr . —A farmer would be thank ful for information as to the fittest time and best manner of breaking up and converting into tillage a few acres of ! ai ) d , which have been in grass about ten years ; also the most suitable course ot manuring and cropping ; tho soil is chalky . Abuses of Etiibr . —On Monday , July 26 , a young person called upon a dentist of the Palais Royal to hare a tooth extracted . She was rendered unconscious by ether , aud some hours after it was ascertained , by a medical examination , that her person had been violated . The dentist has been placed undor arrest . •—Medical times .
pASB of Disturbs . —A severo lose has been sustained by a mechanic in the employ of Mr Snare , named Major , residing at No . I , Whitley-street , Reading , frum the destruction by fire of nearly the whole of hia linen , bed-clothes , and articles of apparrel : it appears , that on Wednesday last , the 1 men of the family , after being washed , was hung on a screen in the bed-room , and ether portions placed on the bed , where , as it is supposed , oneot the children , of which there are iour , s « t fire to the screen , and caused the destruction of tho whole , as well as the bed clothes : the wife has been quite disabled for seven years with rheumatism , and tho loss altogether is ver y heavy upoB this industrious individual . Reading ifercury . [ Suroly some benevolent individuals are to be found in Reading , or elsewhere , who will think it a Christian duty to so far aid this poor man as to enable him to replace the necessaries so unfortunately destroyed . Ep , N . S . )
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the . wrnGgTAKDliiisiy ] Awake , arise . ' or bo f « evsr fallen . ' TO MB EDITOE OP THE NOBTUEnN STAB . Sitt . —Allow me an old cormpondent , to draw yonr attention to the tncks of Wbiggcrj , likely to be practised sooner or later upon the people of the island of Jersey who have , from time immemorial , possessed chartered rights and liberties , granted to them when they wore being turned over , neck and crop by France , to the ton . der mercies of England . Tho treaty then entered into at that time by France , Engknd , and Jersey , is in everv way likely to be violated by the immatiMe Wuiga The
commission lately appointed by them to make cortain inquiries Into the state of tho laws of tkat iBland , have made their report , and in that report , the commissioners recommend Bovural material and important changes which , if carried out , will at ones strike a deadl y blow at their liberties , and place ia the bands of the most despicable government that ever held sway over these dominions , the power of taxing that island to what amount It msy think proper . And if the government succeed , then tobacco is to be tho first article Inxed to thetuneoffourpence in * he pound , to as 6 istsome of the rotten branches of tbe aristocracy to misrule that island . Tho changes recommended are thus : —a paid police the separation of the judicial from the legislative powers ' and a reorganization ot the former . There are to bo
some alterations in the powers of the Crown officers ( marls , the Crown officers ) , and there is a project for changing the language of the courts of justice I The al . terations that will mest affect the JrrseyaHs may be enumerated as follows : _ 1 . The abolition of the present court , and instead , the instituting of three courts ., each to be > A , t , b , the Co ™ . 2 . Throwing - open tho ba 8 . The adoption of the English language in all cases were p-. rties may require it , or otherwise , ( which means in plain terms , that they are to be Ibelandised or Po MXMMD Into it ) . 4 . Trial by Jury , ( packed juries-Jewyans look out ) . 5 . The abolition of the honorary ' and the institution of a paid , police , ( which will partly consist of those belonging to the Popay school ) . CTho
. establishment of a police court , or sluing magistrate for the summary disposal of petty offences . 7 . Assimilation of the criminal law to that of England . This it a change which will entail upon that island an cxpenso which it U not able to bear . And to meet it , the commisBioners recommend that Her Majesty '* government should Impose a duty of fourpence per pound on the to . bacco consumed In the island , which , It is estimated , would produce an annual revenue of £ i , Q 00 , qHlte sufficient for the purpose . In looking through the report , ! find the commissioners do not recommend Her Majesty not to tax the island any further , so that part of their report regarding taking the tobacco used in the island b » ing so indefinite , will be made use of by the Wings for till further
• putting on the screw . Already is the Jeney News in ccstacies at the report , no doubt expecting to become the paid organ of the government party in return for the base part it has taken . If ever there was a time for thu people of Jsrsey to be up and stirring , It is now . Let the people of England , who suffer so much from tax . atlen , a 6 slst their Jersey brethren to foil this Whig on slaught . Once allow the brutalising Whigs to trample upon the liberties of that island , you bid adieu to the 11 . ber'ies of Guernsey , Alderney , and all other places hitherto comparatively free from taxation . I ask tho people ef England , through your Journal , will they allow the rights of their brethren to be sacrificed ? I know , from their former conduct , their answer will be—emphatically—a thousand times—no .
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Herr Andersen , the Danish poet , is at present on a tour through Scotland . Uc was honoured by aa invitation from Prince Albert for Osborne , which has been exchanged for Ardrerikie , in Badencdi . — Perth Courier . Upwards of 300 of ; the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital , together with their wives and families , will embark from Belfast for Auckland , in New Zealand , in the course of a few days . The boy Jones , ' whose name became so familiar
to tho public ear by his intrusive pranks at the Q , ueen a palace , Buckingham-house , and frequently baffled Hie utmost vigilance of tho police and palace guard , ia now trnrapetar in the Sill Hussars in this garrison , perfectly cured of his wayward disposition , and ono of the best conducted young men in tho regiment . To tho men and officers of the 8 th he continuea to be known by no other appellation than that of' boy Jones , which acquired him such cele < brity three or fouryearsago in London and Windsor . —Limerick Chronicle .
'lhe Rev . Mr Cudihy , O . S . F ., at the Waterfrrd election said : — ' 'Now is the winter of our discontent Madeglorious summer by the return of O'Connell and Meagher : ' But hear me . I think only half tho victory is won while a Whig remains in the country to contaminate it . '—The summer seems over-clouded at once . By a parliamentary return just printed , it appears that , to the 21 st ult ., £ 35 , 773 , 739 Ms . 8 d . was paid , and £ 1 , 830 , 761 13 s . lOd . remained to be paid by the several railway companies having had purchase , sale , lease , or amalgamation bills before parliament in the late session . There has been formed in Glasgow , witkin these few days , an association of a Ycry remarkable chameter , its title is ' The Anti-Gold League . ' Its object is the overthrow of Peel ' s monetary systemthe abolition , in short , not merely ot the Bank Charter Act , but of the Currency Law of 1819 .
Six children ^ vere nearly poisoned last week , at Pem ' itk , by oating some berries of the sturge laurel , which they had found in a garden ; but eraetie 3 were administered to them and they ultimately recovered . A French surgeon states that , by fitting bedsteads with glass feet , and isolating them about eighteen inches from the wall of the apartment , he has cured the pationts sleeping on them of a host of nervous affections . 'We hear , ' says the Stamford Mercury , ' that a large quantity of old wheat is yet in the hands of several farmers on tho Trent-side , and that some of them are flogging themselves severely for not selling when prices were 5 ( k a quarter higher . '
Burritt ' s Ctiristia 7 i Citizen of the 37 th , says— 'The sea serpent was seen at Nahant ( U . S . ) on Sunday , by six persons who wcro upon the rocks . lie raised his head apparently ton feet above the level of the water , and then gi-aduallysunlt and disappeared . * A person inquiring at ono of the North Railway stations , what time tho 7 45 train would start , was sharply answered at a quarter to eight— ' God bless nie , ' exclaimed the inquirer ' you are always changing tho time on this line . ' One of the American papers had a head ' Marriago 3 intended , ' under which aro ranged the names of affianced candidates for tho state of matrimony . So devout a Mahommedan is the Turkish Sultan , that lie persists in abstaining from intoxicating liquors , although his physicians think that the moderate use of wine wjuld improve his health .
It was stated on tho hustings at Darlington , that John Bowes , Esq ., the former member , had spent the sum of £ 30 , 000 in two contests for South Durham . Measures are boing taken in London to establish an asylum for the reception of idiots , whose intellectual and moral capacity the promotevs of this design consider capable of some developeraent . ^ By an act of parliament of last session , persons sending threatening letters may be imprisoned and thrice whipped , or ( rausporled . The capital employed in tho coal trade of Northumberland and Durham is estimated at nearly ten millions .
An American paper says that during tho bombardment of Vera Cruz . Gen . Worth sent ] a servant ^ fetch a bucket of water for lm liorse . At the moment when the man returned , a shell fell within a few feet of the general , who coolly ordered him to pour the water on the bomb , and by thus extinguishing the fusee , prevented the explosion of the projectile , which would probably have killed or wounded several persons . Sir John Ilobhouso will pvobablv before long be raised to the peerage . No fewer than sixteen gentlemen connected with Manchester , and eight with Liverpool , have been returned during tho past election . The laal descendant of Martin Luther , now living m Germany , and vevy poor , lately abjured the reformed , and adopted the Catholic religion . : The Jews residing at Constanco are to be admitted to all the rigkts of citizenship . , r Tho fares on the Eastern Counties Railway wore
raised lasb week nearly 25 per cent . The clergyman in a certain town , as the custom is , having published the bands of matrimony between two persons , was followed by the . otork . i reading the hymn beginning with these words- ' Mistaken 8 te ^ w r oW GrcXd whales have taken morothan three Bah this season , and several of them 0 B qj- jJjq i 3 Y prisoners for trial at the Mayo assiaes , but seven could either read or write . Tho Newcastle eleotion will cost the Tory candidate pretty well on towards £ 6 , 000 . * Tom Thumb is building a handsome palace in America . When it is completed , never will an edifice have been Vaiscd on so small a foundation !—Punch .
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LOWBANDS . Say , have you been in Fairr-Land , Wb « e beauty with abandawe vies , "Where lovely homef for freemen stand That make of earth a paradise ? I saw these homes—each smiling cot , And bless'd their happy , happy lot . I saw the chief , whose noDle mien A patriot ' s feeart , at once bespoke , A heart that u , like freedom , green , And cannot bear a servile yoke . His homely , mild , majestic air , Proclaim'd that something great was there . 'Well , I exclaim'A , all must allow This man was made for Liberty , Sure Cincinnati , at tbe plough , Could never poorer , humbler be ! Ho , no , a pauper might afford The dainties of his frugal board . His simple , plain and neat attire For freedom ' s sons alone was made . His household is what men require "Who wish to live without pirade . In aU , a modern sage we find , To teach a lesson to mankind . Such is the man whom all belied , Who said his projects were but saad ; ¦ While he with dignity replied , But by the wonders of his hand . He struck the earth—and lo ! we see The greatestmodern prodigy . O'Connorrille was his first-born , Where all seems fanciful , yet true , A city built by rosy mem , To teach tbe earth -what He con do . Thus little worlds he can command , See , Lowbands now is Fairy-Land . The idle theorist defines His speculations , overwrought ; O'Connor , great in his designs , Alone has practis'd what he taught . Go , witness faeU , no vcordy plan , And then admire this mighty man . At morn , you find him ia the lawns . In quest of health , so light and free , With children , following like fawns , To sit , enthroned , upon eachbaee . Ah ! well the little truants know The heart that feels for others' woe At even , he sees the setting sun Hide it ' s red face behind the hill , Then homeward hies , when all is dose , To teach the world , and labour still . ¦ Who would not eavy cuch a fate \ Is snch a man not truly great * ¦ ff e need not seek in foreign climes The patriot's sterling worth to find , We have in men ef modern times . All Greeks and Romans left behind . Of these same thousands left a name , But who can tell O'Connor ' s fame . Yes , he shall have a patriot's part , When cold beneath the coffin lid . His temples , unlike those of art , Shall long outlive the pyramid . His name , ene day , inscribed shall be Upon a nation's memory . O'Connorrille and Fury-Land , Are monuments that cannot die ; They immortality command , And may alike all time defy . The people there , from age to age , Shall be his living , deathless page . What need he care when knaves revile , When friends betray , or foes reprove ; He may at all their follies smile , Conttnt to share the people ' s love . His vile tradncers can ' t be less—A worthless fry of nothingness . Live worthy friend , thou hast been sent To trace a gloriom , bright career , To raise up freedom's monument , Without a crime , without a tear . What greater mission can there be ? Till up , fill up , thy destiny . Hexbt Griccecs , Gentleman . London , August 23 rd . 1847 .
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Asciest Reucs—The discovery of human bones by the ^ workmen engaged in preparing the ground for tho railway terminus at St Leonard ' s , in Perth , ha 3 been followed by other and more extensive remains-Several stone coffins of Saxon workmanship have been come to , containing burnt clay urns , with ashes in several cases ; showing that this bad been a public burying place long ere the Catholic days . A very singular discovery has also been made of a Roman road , many feet below the present surface , and immediately below a deep bed of clay . Perth , or Victoria , ia well known to have been one of the principal Roman stations north of the Forth ; and the remainaofthe roads communicating with the camp at Ardoch in the west , and at Delvin on the Tay , are still to be seen .
Astiquitt . op inn Electric Telegraph . —A correspondent of the Spectator points out that although the electric telegraph is considered by many to be the mo 3 t wonderful of modern inventions , yet the following extract will show that the idea of such a medium of communication was started long ago . It is from a paper by Addison , in the Spectator , No . 141 , entitled 'Letter oh the Absenoe of Lovers : Remedies Proposed , ' and runs as follows : — ' Strada , in one ef his illusions ( Lib . ii . prol . G ) , gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone , which had such virtue in it that if it touched two several needles , when one of the needles so touched began to more , the other , though at never so great a distance , moved at the
same time and in the same manner . He tells us , that the two friends being each of them possessed of one of these needles , made a kind of dial-plate , inscribirg it vfitli tho four-and twenty letters , in the same manner as the hours uf tho day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate . They then fixed one of the needles on each of these plates in such a manner that it could move round without impediment , so as to touch any of the four and-twenty letters . Upon their separating from one another into distant countries , they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day , and to converse with one another by mean 3
of this their invention . Accordingly , when they were some hundred miles asunder , each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed , trad immediately cast his eye upon bis dial-plate . If he bad a mind to write anything to his friend , he directed hh needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for , making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence , to avoid contusion . The friend in the meanwhile saw his own syinpnthetie needle moving of itself to erery letter which that of his correspondent pointed at . By this means they talked together across a whole continent , and conveyed their thoughts to one another in an inatant over cities or mountains , seas or deserts . '
A Chabtist Bask . —The Chartists are raising subscriptions to establish a bank , to be called the Labour Bank , ' with & capital of £ 50 , 000
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THE Y 0 VS 3 IRBLANDERS OF LONDON . 10 MB T . D . o ' MAnONEY . Sib , —You will , I truBt , excuse me attempting to ad . vise one whose experience in Irish agitation for the last seren years has been ef such a nature as to embolden you , after having met with such an oojnst reward for your services by the Old Ireland , otherwise Domination Hall , party , to attempt to rally your countrymen in this metropolis around the itandard of Young Ireland . And I trust thatyoor exertions will meet with that ju 6 t re .
ward they are entitled to . We have worked together for tholset seven or eight years for Irish nationality , and I have dedicated tbis letter to you on account of the straightforward and manly manner I have ever observed in you . You are about terming Young Ireland clubs in London , the first of them being now held Ht the < Green Man , ' Berwick-street , Oxford-street , on Sunday evenings , and I trust they are held upon quite a different footing from the old onus . Nothing , I trust , exclusive iu them . For many were the persons who left our former meetings in disgust upon that account .
Excuse me when I say that the assistance of no person should be refused , let his politics be what they may . Tho Chartists are looked npon ,. now that they have n voice in parliament , in quite a different light . Hiiro is now every inclination to listen to them . These men must not he excluded from your clubs , or , according to law , mixiliary clubs ; they are men who feel as deeply for li . bcrty as ourselves . I think jon will agree with me that the working classes of the metropolis ought to be ac quaiuted with the real position of Ireland . Throw , then , your meetings open to them , and they will come ; and I have no doubt that their leader , Fesrjrus O'Connor , will also visit our meetings . How many an Irish heart in tbis metropolis would pant with joy to listen to him addressing a Young Ireland meeting . I know what thoir
feelings were upon learning that he was returned M . P . for Nottingham ( the Clare of England ) . lam fully aware of the joy exhibited by yourself and your brother Confederates at learning the joyful news of his return , as lllcewiBe that of the O'Gonnan Mahon ; the latter waB silencod for a tlmo by our late leader , but the other never waa . I know , and so do you , that a doubt , to a very great extont . exists in the bosoms of the thinking portion of Irishmen , whether the conduct of our late leader was justifiable or not , and there remains not a doubt as regards their verdict , when we look back to the conduct of the Irishmen in London and at homo , when they ral . lied around Mr \ 7 m S . O'Brien , when the extinguisher was attempted to be applied to him . We must not refuse aid from the English working man , nor from their
leader . There Is no man who willjenter the Commons ' House of Parliament who has a better right to be called a gentleman , by birth and education , than Feargus O'Connor , the Chartist . I trust that you will see the great good that will arise from the co-operation of Englishmen and Irishmen in thisjmetropalis . It will be upon those terms , and no other , will that I join the Confederates . It was tho doctrine I always advocated , and I can never desert it . Now is tbe tiroe for us to be up and doing , and let us trust that should we bo in tho agitation this time seven years hence , that we Bhall find we have reaped a better harvest for our services than we had in the last seven years ; and that wo will not allow
any leader or leaders ts put an extinguisher upon our body in this metropolis by calling us ' things ; ' or as an O'Counell say , after remitting to tho aaBociation nearly £ 2 , 000 per year , I dissolve that thing called Wardenmote . ' My dear sir , those words , which I have just quoted , are not forgotten in London . Go on and prosper—persevere , persevere , persevere —and your exertions in the end will be crowned with success . And no one thing wiil give me greater delight than to so ? the toil-worn sons of labour shoulder to shoulder with us , hurling over tbe brink of oblivion the hydra-headed monster—despotism , I am , Sir , yours respectfully . An Ex-London IUtsal Warden .
Bridge-street , Parliament-street , August 23 rd , 1847 . P . S . I had almost forgotten tg mention that I have selected the Nobtiiehn Star for this address , as it has always been tne sincero advocate of tho rights of the working man , and a ataunch advocate for Repeal .
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THE LAND PLAN . TO TUC EDITOE OF THE NORTUEEN STAR , Sie , —I wish to ask you a question or two respecting those people that aro spending so much of their valuable (?) time , in attempting to depreciate the noblest uf plans —the National Land Plan . How ia it , sir , that certain persons who pretend to bo the friends of the labouring man , no sooner hear of anything that would be likely to be of any advantage to the labourer , than they rack and torture their brains to discover tome flaw , some error , or oversight , that may or may not havo been committed
on the first outset of any pl » n that would be of nny service to the working classes ? Are they in league with the people ' s oppressors , or attempting to become so , by writing puny articles in their papers against the interest of the poor man ? Papers , sir , that havo flourished— papers that were mainly supported by mechanics and labourersbut which aro now going gently down tho stream of oblivion , for their supporters have had their eyes opened to tho wolves in sheep ' s clothing . * nc paper , the Z > is . pateh , is afraid that a great many Chartists will bo offunded with their statements ; but , sir , not only will Chartists be offended , but the thousands of many different creeds that belong to tho Land Company will , I tako it , be offended also .
Now , air , in lieu of these writers wastmg thoir Uma U no purpose , for the Company will go on just the same , why do they not propose something better for the poor man ; some groat , original , good thing , aud some great and good men to carry such plan int » operation 1 Simply , because the only plan to emancipate the labouring classes from their thraldom , is the Land Plan , and these would be ' people ' B friends' " are Bhasrlneu boeauso they have nothing to do with it . It Is the old fablo over again . The grape * are sour . I am a four-acre shareholder , and plate every velianco on Mr O Connor ' s sound practical judgment , knowing him to be tho poor man ' s best Jriond , —for what other gentleman has sver done , or even attempted to do , so much good for the working man asFeargns O'Connor ? I am sir , yours very respectfully , James Hsnut GKirmns , Marjlebone , Aug . 23 rd , 1 M 7 ,
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THE SLBAFORD TRAGEDY . ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOHTDE 1 N STAB . Sia , —I beg to inform you that , in consequence of the kind attention of the Land Company to * he Inte nnfor .
tunate ch ^ uWance » : Sleaford , in investigating the causa of tho death of William Dodson , tbe branchTt Boston , have had a mMtaag on the enbjset , when it was proposed j . by myself , and seconded by Mr J . Woodward that a communication theruof b « immefJiatnly forwarded to express our grateful thanks for the notice which has bet -n taken of that affair , and Hat we tako this our earliest opportunity of subailtttog to you , that we intend without delay to enter i » to an arrangement for collecting what each member may havo in his power to aontribute for t * . e bcutfit of the poor widow and fatherless children Humbly and sincerely hoping that our small endeavours mny be acceptable , arid that they may meet with the co-operation of the society at l&rge , and fee approbation of it& officers , I am , sir , jours truly , J . Pi . ndard ;
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THE NEXT ELECTION . —ABB WE READY FOR IT ! 1 always ready . ' TO THE EDITOB O » THE N 08 THEBX BTiB . Dbaji Sib ,-. i * i w , 9 askjd „{ ,,, „ , y ou ? ht to be ready for tlio next election , I should answer now , for the eooner we begin preparations , the more prepared ne shall be when it comes . Mr Gammage has throw * out a good sug gestion respecting the union of Chartists , and the formation of a penny election-fund , but 1 would not confine the union to Chartists , my plan bdr . g the . union of all Itvforiners of Abuses , ' whatever their po . htics may be and hence I wouid start an ' Electors' an& Non . el , ctors' League for the Abolition of Ka'ional Wrongs , such League to inaludc the three countries , j . nvl have heud . qnart « rs In London . The object of this League should be to draw up a list of National Wrongs which ought to ba abolished , ask all to join who approve of the phn , and not onl y start candidates of their
own , free of eipense , but resist the eUction of any other candidate ) who would not go ' the whole hog' an tho Ah ti . Nutional Wrong' way . As every member of tbis League would bs a voluntary canvasser of votes for tho ' League , as well as voluntary commietee . man at elections , votes would be obtained b j wholesale , and in an honest way too ; and , if this Is not the way to send to l ' arlia . ment suoh nun as Feargus O'Connor , Thompson WUhums , and others holding the same noble principles ae they cherish , I know not what is . Why havo wo not ia tho House ( iaaddition to the above ) , Richard Oastler , Doughs Jerrold , William Howitt , and other nobles o £ nature ? ' Becausa we were not united . ' The places of Oastler , Jerreld , and Howitt , have been filled by man not worthy to wipo their shoes . But the fault ii our own , for , had we been as prepared for the election , now past , aa I trust we shall be for the election that is to eome , think you that such rubbish , as we have senn returned , would have got in ? No ! for our National Union would
have been a National Broom , and with it we would liato swept our house cloun . But ' we will have a glorious sweep jet 1 ' Tbe wrongs which we should abolish , would of course include Class legislation ( or exclusive voting ) , Injustice ( or no Parliament ) for Ireland , Execution ( or Strangulation according to act of Parliament ) , Corporal Puuishment ( in all cases save tho case of bad M . P . ' s ) , the Game Laws , Enclosure Bills , Poor Laws , Window Tax Laws , < Sic , In short , ' all laws begotten by the devil through the agency of his class legislating . chihiren ! ' Oh , it would be a glorious contest ' . A'holy war' agaiost
the 'devil'in which'Satan smitten with amazement ' would fall , never , I trust , to rise again In this nation ;—no , nor in any other whore enemies to wrong were bo alive to each other ' s interests , that their union was 1 devil-proof ! ' Let us unite then for ' good , ' and to re . Bist'evil . " Ifvfedonot , if we continue to be as indifferent and as false to each other as the great majority of us have been , the devil is quito geod enough for our companion . ' God helps those who help themselves , ' is a true saying ( I know it from experience ) , and until we help ourselves . and to good ¦ Members of Parliament , ' wa dcserTB all the wrongs we endure , and more too !
I hnvo refrained from starting nu Election Loague , in the hopo that tho Chartists generally will do so und trusting that the above will induce others to ' coma out ' upon this really important qurstion . I remain , sir , With thanks for last insertion , Tours , for tho AholiHon of National Wrongs , UENur Dovtell Griffiths , Marylebone , Aug . 23 rd , 1817 .
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The Boejesmans ; ob , Liiile Bdsh-Pkopls . — Egyptian Hall , Piccadilly . These extraordinary little animals , ( God forbid we should call tbem Men !) form a curious and ^ interesting exhibition rather than & very pleasin ^ one . They are very diminutive but not ill-proportioned ; their countenances sharp and peculiarly ' knowing , ' but scarcely intellectual ; and their clothing ( if by courtesy we can designate that which is certainly sot a- covering , ) evinces a total absence of natural taste and refinement . Their
heads present ? n interesting study to the phrenologist , and a comparison drawn between them and the skulls of the North AmericaH Indians , exhibited at the Egytian Hall a few years since , places the latter race in a much higher position in the scale of being than these funny little creatures were ever destined to fill . The Bush people are truly curiosities ^ and we cannot but look upon them as one of the links inthatrajsterious chain which seems to unite the different varieties of existence throughout creation .
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Mr Em ' s Piciobbs op Joan of Arc—These important historical pictures , which formed the great attraction at the last exhibition of the Royal Academy , and were purchased by Messrs Colls and Mass , from the artist , for the large sum ot 2 . guineas , hive just been completed by MrEtty ; who has been actively engaged painting upon them since tkeir removal from Trafalgar-square . We observed ¦ several great _ improvements as the results of his libaurs , especially in the clump of trees introduced hehiad ^ the head of the monk in the last picture of the series , and also in the general tone of colour and fiuish in the largest picture . They form an intellectual treat , now that they ean be viewed alone and
away from the distraction and glare of the Academy walls . In colour they are rich and powerful in the extreme , the subject sublime and elevating ; they we noble works , of the highest order of art , and worthy of the mind of the greatest painter of the age and country . None but a great master like Etty could have embraced so large & subject , or treated it with such grandeur and success . The pictures : ira aboHt to be exhibited at Liverpool , and other urge towns , and also at Paris and on the continent , ind will afterwards be engraved : we areglad to find that they have fallen into the hands of enterprising nep , and that the public will have an opportunity of -eeingthem , for they are works ot art of which the age and country may be proud .
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Royal Poltibchkic Institution . —Among the numerous works of science and art deposited in this most noble institution , there has been added an engraving of his grace , tbe Duke of Wellington . It is not too much to say , in the mest emphatic language it is possible to use , that this likeness will take precedence of all others which havo been published . The character of his Grace ' s countenance is admirably preserved , and the light smile which plays upon his features recalls vividly his ordinary aspect : not a
trace ot the original man has been lost , for the image of the illustrious Duke has been seized and retained with a literalness and individuality about vrhieh therecan be no dispute . This portrait of the great captain has been engraved from a smaller one originally taken from a daguerreotype . It is the same size as that splendid engraving of Napo'eon , by De La Roche , of Paris , and for which it is intended for a ' companion We may add that Mr Ryalhaa executed the engraving with exquisite skill and effect ; the lights are delicately diffused and given a softness of tone not to be surpassed .
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Tbe Colosseum —Some interesting additions have recently been made to the valuable and extensive collection of sculpture at this establishment . They include Scoalar's exquisite group of * The Deluge ;' Mr Thrapp ' s Arethusa ; ' The Fall of Satan , by Brown ; The Boy and Lizard , ' by Sharp ; Mr Crowley ' s 'Drowned Boy ; ' and some other works of high merit equally well known , besides several busts and figures of prominent public characters . As an exhibition of Modern Art the Sculpture Gallery at the Colosseum is now , we believe , one of the best in this country .
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Ceemorne Gahdess . —On Monday evening a more than usual number of persons were attracted to Cremorne-gardens to witness the ascent of two balloons , viz ., the Victoria and Coronation ballon ?—the one directed by the veteran Mr Charles Green , and the other by his brother , Mr II . Gretn . The wind was blowing very fresh from the north-east at the time of the ascent , seven o'clock , and the machines were carried through the air in the direction of Wimbledon-common , with extraordinary speed , the Victoria taking the lead . The whole of the very numerous company seemed to thoroughly enjoy the various entertainments provided for their amusement .
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