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EKlGJiA , j » n tie loss of £ be innermost thought ^ Siifc -which tb * mind of man can l « fra ught , ¦ ypien the lips * re lock'd in revenge or grie ^ And Hie heart is panting to find leiitf ; jjy ttoone nmsi be levell'd , inj power 11510111 , £ re balm can enier" the heart lailorn . * Bs I -srbo , at « ve * in my chariot sweep -0 a mine airy "wing o ' er ttie shunbering deep . 55 b I -srbo inhabit ewb mountain or glen , £ re ins 07 of Ihe ^ creech owl re-eenos again . -gswi> in isy power o ' er the field of the dead , " ¦{" There peats is the motto , where turmoil has fled . jfo sonnd dare intrude on the Btfll of the night—3 ? o motion save that of some ¦ wandering sprite ; 3 $ at these are my nurselings—each m&Uerless Using Host tacitly bend to the nod of their tins .
Bow many a bosom , big with earnest lore , Has pin'd in sorrow * neath my potsnt sway , Pur 1 can wield the fete of those who moye Ensconced within this fading form of clay ; j ^ -nd tisoogh life ' s passions lond and clamorous prove , gall mortals woo me at the closing day , ^ fcen < jeath "» chill threads are o ' er their senses wove , &n& fcr ? invites them to complete their itay , £ 1 sentient beings on this mortal stage , 3 nn # oth thar pillow where no storms can rage . ^ Fhen tbe thunders deep in their airy deep , Ami calm acfl nnanored is ibe-siy , ^ nd ifce slvery moon hsr beams hath strotrn Rom her bean&fnl palace on high ; I tarry awhile 2 > y each hoary pile , ij ) d shunber among the trees ; 3 a : agsin 3 nrasl mova , when the oaks of the grove Ars rock'd by the wMstling hretzs .
3 fcsve stood by the side of omnipotent truth Wbm falsehood hath strode in it 3 might ; j "bne been with the Trietims of tyrannous power , 35 fl hanger < 3 rove patience to flight . yjjas slander's VEnom aims its poisoned dart At Testsl innocence nnstain'd by hatej ^ -nd gloats in secret o ' er a blasted heart TViib demon ' s joy—I pzrd the breast by virine ' s star sdornBd , a-no eSQ thB Toiee with deadliest malice fraught lor 1 am potent , and hare often scorned Hafe ^ s locaesi damenr as a thing ol nought 1 meet the braggart and the railer ' B voice "With distant pride and calm dispassioned meln : JEjibe pises wiere debauchees rejoice , And iddoni in the busy world am seen .
And last , not least , the schoolboy looks aghast , And plays his vision o ' er the toilsome page , TThen in bis ear , Hie some lond £ tlal biasi ily name resounds portentous of xage . 32 jrmgh no edstesed I caa rightly claim , 2 f 0 moral ireathlng , and no mortal fram ?; Yet I am 'useful when the "world's lond war Baifc ensb'd a jspirit ' Death -malignftTit star ; And all that lives , that Vfget&tes , that grows I eat hare cradled in nrrmf ^ d repose . M . K . Arhraath , Jan . 10 th . 1 S £ 3 .
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B&AI > PO ) B 2 > . AjfcraKT Obdzb op thb Gouoes Fleece . —A Lodge of this flourishing Order was opened at tbeionse of Mr . James Batty , lioyal Oak Inn , Bradford , on Saturday the 21 st insx ., when about forty-members sat down to an excellent repast , after whieh they were initiated into the order , and the evening was spent in the most harmonious manner . This Lodge promises lo become Tery strong in numbers , to which ail well-meaning jnett of proper age , are infited , „ m
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CAKilSLE . —Fba-botent Affaib—A W ^ bnihg to Chabxists . —Som 8 time previous to ti . e late strike , a person came into this locality to live . Daring tbe great excitement at the strike , he put himself forward as a Stirling Chartist and democrat , and took every means in his pawer to persuade the people to strike work . He unjustly denounced the leading members of the Council of the Chartist Association , because they wished the people to remain at their wort . He went abont propagating * 31 sorts of falsehoods and base insinuations against them ; and finally succeeded in bringing some of them into disrepute with the people , whom they had long and faithfully served , and who were very blatnable in thus listening to and confiding in a
stranger , who had nothing to recommend him to them , but his violence . He and others finally succeeded in persuading the people to strike work , got himself elevated as chairman of the trades' delegates , the whole of whom he would have caused to be arrested , but for the caution and shrewdness of some of the more active members of tbe Council ; who , seeing the danger that bis ignorance and violence were likely to involve them in , very wisely prevented it . At the last quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , he impudently came forward , and in s most foolish and violent speech , charged many , indeed the whole of the members of the Council with pocketing and misapplying the people's money . This base and false charge was completely upset , by the balance Bheet , which gave a faiihful account of the income and expenditure . He then made other charges against
some members of the Council , all of which were proved to be equally groundless with the one to which we have just alluded . In conseqmnce of some of the membeis attaching themselves to this fellow , nearly the whole of the old member 3 of the Council retired , after having served the people for many years . A new Council was then chosen , of which this same individual was a member , and in this capacity persuaded a number of his dupes to allow him a certain sum of money and he would supply them with the Northern Star . This hs did for a number of weeks , but seeing no opportunity of obtaining a larger sum , he absconded with upwards of £ 1 belonging to a number of poor hard-working men , who had subscribed it for the purpose of getting the Northern Star . Had they adhered to its advice , they would not have rhus placed confidence in a stranger .
SHEFFIELD . The Basks . —We having nothing particular to communicate this week . It is stated that the liabilities of Messra , Parker and Shore ' s Bank amount to £ 650 , 000 , and thattnereis about £ 700 , 000 due to the bank , besides available property belonging to the partners , to the amount of about £ 200 , 000 ; bat tbe question arises , how many of the parties indebted to the bank will be ' able to make good in full the demands that will be made upon them ? We are of opinion taking into consideration the present state of the town , that a great maDy of the parties , we are inclined to think a majority , will , when called npon , be found to be insolvent . It now appears that Messrs . Parker and Co ., all but stopped payment two months
ago , at which time they refused payment of a check for £ 1 , 800 which had been given by the overseers of the poor , on account of the county rate , the cause of such refusal is of course well understood now . Among the many evils already produced by the stoppage of the Old Bank , we may mention that a married woman , rvhose name we omit to give , who bad been told by her husband to withdraw some hundreds of pounds they had in—from the bank , and had neglected to do so , was so excited on learning of the stoppage as to be induced to take poison ; happily medical assistance was procured in time and the woman recovered . We understand that one or two works have already closed and that others are expected to close in consequence of the stoppage .
Remlesestation of SHEFFitLD . —It is rumoured that Mr . John Parker , our liberal and bullet-loving M . P ., son of Mr . Hugh Parker , one of the principal partners in the Old Bank , is likly to retire from Parliament . The stoppage of the Bank and his acceptance of the office 0 ! steward of the Court of Requests , conferred upon him by the Duke of Norfolk , are matters likely to cut short hia future career as a legislator . To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and should a vacancy in the representation occur , wo hope the Sheffield Chartists will be on the alert , and prove to the Editor of the Independent and bis patrons , that the Chartists are not the " dormant" party he takes them to be .
Catun ' s Lectuees . — Mr . Catlin , the famous North American traveller , has been lecturing in Sheffield for some weeks past , on the condition and customs of the North American Jndians . We heard him on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last , Jan . 19 and 20 . His first lecture was on the hiBtory , religion , and warlike customs of the " Red men of the Prairies . " His secoud lecture was on their social condition , habits , &o . Having spent eight years amoDg , and in the courso -of tUot time made himself fully acquainted with the character and mode of life of this interesting people , he could speak confidently in praise of this race bo much abused by living writers , as being barbarous , treacherous and bloodthirsty savages . He showed that the real
savages were the Europeans and Anglo Americana , that under the guise of civilization and Christianity the white men had introduced crime , rapine , disease and death among the unsuspecting tnbes of the Prairies . H 13 descriptions of the annihilation of whole tribes by the introduction of small pcx and other diseases among them by the white men , excited the liveliest feelings of pity ; while his description of the mi se ry and crime wrought by tho 3 e incarnate devils cail'ng themselves Christians—the rum and whiskey sellers , called up corresponding feelings of disgust and indignation . The lectures were illustrated at different points by the introduction on the . stage of living characters clad in the Bplendid and classical dresses worn by the different tribes inhabiting the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains . Each lecture was
followed by a series of magnificent tableaux vivanls illustrating their mode of warfare and social life customs . The enthusiastic applause of the audience each evening testified their approval and delight . Mr . Catlin is at present lecturing in Derby ; from there he is expected to proceed to Leeds , and we are informed purposes visitiug the principal towns in the North of England and Scotland . We hope that wherever class legislation has left the working classes the means of procuring amusement—( blended in thia instance with instruction ) , they will not fail to afford to Mr . Catlin their patronage ; we assure them they will be delighted with the entertainment . Mr . Catlin ' s lectures breathe the very essence , and pure spirit of truth and freedom , and should bo heard and studied by all who love their fellow men , and would " mak tbe warld better yet . '
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Sheffield . —A Stabtlxxg Fact . —As an instance of the extraordinary depreciation in the value of property , we are enabled to state that a grinding wheel erected in this neighbourhood within the last twenty years , at a cost of £ 5 , 300 , was lately sold for £ 1 , 000 3—Sheffield Iris . The Weather in Wales . —Even on the hills we have not had twenty-four hours frost . Frequently June and July have not been so mild . Snow has totally disappeared before the rays of the sun . — Monmmrthshire Aferlin .
We ake enabled to state that Mr . Fox Maule has a bill in reference to the Kirk question , ready to bring in on the opening of the new season . Its precise character has not yet transpired , but if it is in accordance with the opinions which Mr . Maule has hitherto professed in the matter , there Eeed be no doubt as to its fate . —Fife Herald . Rail-wa ? Expedition . —Previous to the opening of the railways in the north , a letter posted in Aberdeen would reach Hull on the second day , at twelve o ' clock ; now , a letter posted there at three in the afternoon , does not reach Hull until ten in the morning of the third day . —Hull Packet .
The Bet of Tunis has issued a proclamation declaring that all children of slaves , born in that Regency , shall be free from their birth . This act of humanity is said to have been brought about by the representations of M . de Lngde , the Consul-General of France . If so , it is most honourable both to him and the Bey . A Fatal Draught . —Ann Salisbury , a servant woman in tbe employ of Mr . William Coward , publican , Wapping , took an opportunity , afforded , on Thnrsday , by the absence of her mistress , of drinking three gills of whiskey , which had been left in a jug . The result was that she died on Saturday .
Affbat between the Wexckebs and the Coast Gtjabd . —A letter received at Lloyds ^ states that about 100 wreckers , engaged in plundering the Jessie Logan at Boscastle , attacked the revenue officers and coast guard , but were beaten off , and nine of the ringleaders secured . —Globe . Me . Tqwksehp , Recorder of Macclesfield , is about to produce a " History of the House of Commons , from the Convention of 1688 to the passing of the Reform Bill . " Thb Brussels journals state th&t each a quantity of saow has fallen in the province of
Luxemburg that the roads are become impassible , and that the diligence from Metz to Brussels was on its last journey s * impeded by snow that it was necessary for a part of the route to have twelve horses . Lobd John Russell , it seems , still assumes , and is allowed , the post of "leader of the ; Opposition ;" he has issued the following ex-official circular summons to the Opposition Members— "Jannary 1843 . " Lord John Russell presents his compliments to , and takes the liberty of informing him that qupstions of importance affecting the state of the country will be brought forward at the commencemeat of the session , which opens on Thursday 2 nd of ?» bru « T ,
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Hong-Kong Post-office . —A large number 0 letters passed through th . Falmouth post-office oi the arrival of the last overland mail , bearing thi Hong-Kong Post office stamp . The stamp was o an oval form , wi < h the Royal Arms . Around th < edge of the ttamp were the words M Hong-Kon ^ Post-office . " The stamp was of a red colour am without any date . Pulling a Lady ' s Nose .- —The osly case heard ai the county petty session-, on Saturday , was a com-P ' aiut lodged by a dame in humble life , against one Webster , a labourer on the railway , the gist oi which was , that the defendant had pulled her nose to such a degree that she could not wipe it comfortably for a week . The only defence was the old abomination , drunkenness ; and , considering that the assault was a very cowardly one , tho magistrates fined the defendant in 22 * . 6 d ., inoluding costs , which he was required to pay in a week , or go to the treadmill . — Lancaster Gazette .
Bigotby — A correspondent states that a young Pusoy parson , having lateiy to administer the sacrament to a poor man , who was ill , and is since dead , and haying gone through the holy rite , informed his wife that the plate on which ihe bread had been placed , and the cup on which the wine had been drank , were made sacred in consequence , and must never more be used for any other purpose ; and , in order to enforce obedience to this dogma , ho broke in pieces both , without making the poor woman any recompence for the loss of her property —[ This man ought to bo prosecuted . ]—Western Times .
A Maternal Retreat . —Captain Nowlan , a guardian of the South Dublin Union , states that a man , holding a highstation in society , ha 9 allowed his mother to remain a pauper in the workhouse . He had lately called and paid for her support , but still left her there , with the intention of using the institution " as a cheap boarding-honse for his old mother . " It has been also ascertained , that the motfters of five other substantial citizens are in the house ; and Captain Nowlan threateus to parade them all in au open carriage through the town , and leave them as tho doors of their unfeeling children .
Melancholy Incident . —On the 21 st of October , when the Ciutha , from Greenock for Bombay , was in latitude two deg . 50 min . south , longitude 65 deg . east , one of the boys fell Jrom the bowsprit into the sea . Captain Nainstmth . tho commandet , who witnessed the accident , ! instantly leaped overboard , taking with him a rope made fast to the ship . He caught the boy , but unfortunately , at the same time , let go tbe rope . The vessel , which had considerable way on her at the same time , soon driftad past . A boat was launched , however , and , on reaching the spot , the boy was found floating , apparently lifeless , but the captain had disappeared . The boy was taken on board , and , after considerable exertions , was restored to consciousness . The first words he uttered were exclamations of grief for the fate of his master , who had saved his life at the expence of his own . Captain Nainsmith , who was a native of Port Glasgow , was a most promising young seaman . — Greenock paper .
Conversion . —Some sensation has been created amongst the dissenting sects of Rochdale by the recent con version of Mr . Phelp , the minister of the Unitarian chapel , Blackwater-street , to the Church of England . It would seem that Mr . Phelp was engaged upon a work in opposition to tho doctrines of the Trinity , and fhat , in the course of his researches , instead of meeting with the evidence to support the Unitarian belief , his convictions were opened to the truth of the Trinity . At length , finding that he oould doubt no longer , he 6 ought the spiritual advice and assistance of the worthy vicar , and has ended by renouncing his former errors , and publicly avowJnir himself a convert to the doctrines of the church . We understand that M r . Phelp purposes preparing and duly offuring himself as a candidate for holy orders in the churoh .
Dangerous Courtship . —At tho Shropshire county petty sessions , Thomas pavies charged John James and William Jones with assaulting and duisking him in a pond . From the evidenoe it appeared that Thomas Davis is paying his addresses to a Miss Ann Jones , and that he had been admitted into the house , where he remained , to tho great disappointment of the other candidates , for the smiles of the fair nymph ; and the enamoured T . Davis having boasted ofthe . favourable reception he received caused hisri vals to be jealous , aud watching the said Thomas , when he was making another visit to his fair , they threw
him into a pool near the Corve . Miss Ann in a great measure corroborated the statement , and said she was quite pleased with her dear Thomas , and did not want to have anything to do with the " other chaps "—she should not think of " sich a thing ;" Thomas was the man for her ; and if he did boast of the favourable reception she gave him , he had a right to do so , and she did not like him a bit the worse for that . The oase caused considerable laughter . The defendants were mutated ' »» ** " < nnaia . »~ 4 5 n . Am «« Da , irs aud me fair Ann Jones loft the court together quite happy , to the great mortification of the unfortunate rivals . — Wolverhamptan Chronicle .
Curious Charge of Opening a Posted Letter —At the Bristol sessions , Mary Crewe , a young woman employed in the post-office receiving-house , at Cathay , was charged with having opened a letter in that office . The prosecutor , Mr . Geo . Bridges , an old gentleman , eighty six years of age , stated that on the 31 st of October last , between nine and ten o ' clock at night , he put into the box a letter containing a money-order for his son at Merthyr , and that on afterwards looking through the window , he saw the prisoner moisten the wafer with her finger , open the letter , and read it . He then went in the office and demanded the letter , which was placed in his hand with the order in it . The paper was then , he
said , quite moist . Mr . Smith , who appeared for the prisoner , called witnesses to show that the wafer of another letter , one brought by a young man from Mr . Hazell's , grocer , haying Btarted , the young woman wetted it with her finger , in order to rofix it ; that the prisoner had been in her situation since 1838 , bore an excellent chiracter , and was very attentive to her duties . It was also stated by Mr . Brigges that his sight was not so good as it was forty years ago . After a powerful and affecting address from the learned counsel , the jury , who said they would not trouble the recorder ( Sir C . Wetherell , ) to sum up , immediately returned a verdict " Not guilty . " The prisoner fainted during the trial .
Burning of Devizes Mechanics' Institution , and Loss of Life . —Oa Saturday afternoon an inquest was held , in the Town-hall , Devizes , before a Jury of eighteen respectable inhabitants of tho town , on view of the body of Charles Brewer , aged twentyfour , who lost his life at the late dreadful fire which , on the morning of Saturday last , occasioned the total destruction of the Mechanics' Institution , situate in New Park-street , besides other valuable property . The circumstances under which the deceased lost his life were as follow : —During the morning , while the firemen were turning over the ruins , for the purpose of more effectually extinguishing the fire , the basement cave way , and precipitated several persons
into the cellars beneath—all of whom , however , were soon extricated without receiving severe injuries , except the unfortunate deceased , who got buried up to bis nick in red-hot bricks . In this deplorable condition he remained a length ' of time , no person venturing to go to his assistance until his cries attracted tbe attention of two gentlemen , who instantly jumped into the cellar and hauled him out . He , however , was shockingly burnt—so much so that he died on Thursday . Tae Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The amount of property consumed was estimated at from £ 2000 to £ 4000 , part of which will fall on the Sun , Norwich Uaion , < and another insurance offices .
New South Wales . — By a vessel arrived from Sydney we have dates to the 3 d of September , a few days later than previous advices . The 19 th report of the Commercial Banking Company bad been published , from which it appeared , that though from the depressed condition of the colony the capital did not yield so large an amount of profit as formerly , a lucrative business had , nevertheless , been transacted , returning a dividend for the half-year of about 6 per cent . To make this profit , stated at £ 13 . 942 , divisible among the proprietary at the rate of 6 per cent ., a sum of about £ 650 would have to be taken from tbe surplus fund , which would , however , be subsequently repaid in almost double proportion by the receipt of remittances from England
not expected to arrive in time to be included in the balance sheet then , presented . This dividend had been declared , ana a reduction of 2 per cent , on the rate of discount to the public assented to , with the view of Riving relief to the necessities of the colony The Legislative Assembly was sitting , but the measures under discussion were not of any great importance . In some quarters it is alleged trn . de continued to improve , but the Sydney Gazette ol the 3 d says" General business cannot be said to have exhibited a state of healthy activity yet , nor to have made a single step towards improvement . Speculation , through the long scarcity of money , has been , and is still , dull and stagnant ; this non-arrival of Bhips with merchandise from England has tended also greatly to keep speculators , as well as dealers , in a state of suspense and indecision ; and consumers , country and town , finding that English supplies ,
which are in the market , were looking up , have been induced rather to curtail their expenditure of many commodities , in the indulgence of which their previous easin « ss of obtaining had tempted them to give orderB for freely . It appears clear , this state of things may not fast long , unless teetotalism becomes more universal . One thing is , however , to be apprehended from the non-anrvalsj from England / - ; veBr eels for the conveyance of the approaching clip of wool will be greater in demand than supply , and the freight for the conveyance to England of our staple produce inust consrqaently rise . " Notwithstanding this asserted straitened supply of cash in the Australian settlements , companies , it appears * are organizing to carry out projected mineral researches , both there and iu New Zealand . Copper of superioi quality is stated to have been discovered in the lastnamed place ,
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The Rolteru ' tmsehe Cmirant says : — Private letter . ^ 1 just am vet . ' inform us that a now and violent conflagration occ \ 'rre ( l on September 9 , sX Sonrabaya whereby 0 . 0 hoiu > 4 ^ 0 of ¦ which were built of stone , and covered Wr-h tiles , were reduced to ashes . Tne details are not iyefc known , but we have every reason tc believe that the Commercial Company has not susti ined any loss from this fresh disaster . " Extebhinatiok . —The Cork Examiner gives details of a case of extert "linatjon which recently occurred on the estate of v . ^ ir ] W . Beecher in that county . The wife of tho ej icted tenaut has gone mad in consequence of her mii fartuues . We have authority for stat / ng that Sir Charles Metcalfe , whose long habits of jcommaiid in India , and whost subsequent experia nee in tho West Indies so amply qualify him for i . the office , has been appointed Governor-General of la dia . —Times .
The Crlw op the Jessie Loo aw . —The Lynx , which arrived at Cork on the iS ' . h List ., from Messina , had on board the crew of the Jessie Logan , from Caloutta to Liverpool , which le . * the former port on tho 4 th of September . She was struck by a heavy sea on the 13 th inst ., whtah carried away her poop , stove in her stern , and swept deckt % and was abandoned on the 15 th inst . in lat 51 , long 5 , having at that time 13 feet water in her hold . Royal Mabines . —A detachment of the Chatham division rested in Woolwich the- whole of Sunday , and proceeded on Monday morning to London , to be conveyed thence to Bristol by railway . The men are intended to do duty at Pembroke-dockyard in consequence of a number of the Royal Marines recently doing duty thtre having been withdrawn to assist the authorities in Wales to check the destruotion of property which has taken placo by parties known only under the designation ot " Rebecca and her daughters . "
Somewhat too Romantic . —Itiseems there is a weeping willow in the garden at Walmer-castle , which grew from a slip taken fromithe tree that overhangs Napoleon's grave at St . Helena . " The great coBqueror of that wonderful man ( says a Kent paper ) cherisheth this tree with peculiar care . " The great conqueror has never been much reputed for sentiment . Neither ho nor his friends cherished Napoleon living , and a captive ; to assume a tenderness about his grave would be two bad . His iron highness is surely above it .
Increasing Distress . —At the meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union , held on Friday , so great was tbe number of applicants , that it was necessary to constitute ; two boards . It was , nevertheless , seven o'clock is the evening before all the cases were disposed of . Many of the applicants were ^ ble-bodied , some being ; persons usually employed at iron-works , blast furnaces , &a . ; but the majority wero ^ nailers . e ; reat numbers of whom are wholly unemployed . Tao number of new applicants of tho abio-bodied class , to whom relief was afforded , was 219 . The house is full to au unprecedented degree , there being 263 inmates . Such is the state of this district at present , with every prospect of its becoming worse .
Imprisoning Women fob Debt—At the last meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society , a case was brought forward which painfully illustrated the operations of the law of imprisonment for debt . On that occasion Captain Dickson , the secretary , read a letter from Mrs . Passmorej , a prisoner in Whitecross-street . The letter stated that Mrs . Passmore , who was in her 63 rd yjear , and whose father and three brothers fell fighting the battles of their country , was confined for a debt of £ 3 and £ 5 costs ; and that she was reduced ^ to the lowest ebb of poverty . The gallant secretary said that England was tbe only country iu which a woman beyond sixty years of age was confined for debt . The society paid th « debt , and released Mrs . Passmore from her imprisonment .
Foreign Cattle . —Since the new tariff came into operation ( July last ) , the following cattle have been imported into Southampton : —From France 6 oxen , 180 cows , 13 calves ; Spain ( Vigo ) 5 G 4 oxen ; Hamburgh 10 oxoa , 2 cows ; Stockholm 4 sheep ; Jersey and Guernsey ( free ofduty ) 5 oxen , 279 cows , 6 calves , 6 * goats . Total 585 oxen , 461 cows , 19 calves , 4 sheep , 6 goats . Arrangements are making for more extensive importations from Fiance and Spain during the ensuing spring and summer . —Hampshire Independent .
Plymouth , Jan . 21 . —By a private jletterjnst received here it appears that the transport Defiance , Captain R . W . Eratfc , was struck by lightning off Nankin on the 30 th of August last , between seven and eight p . m . The electric fluid shivered the mainmast from the truck to the keel , and was attracted by the chain cable from the hauseholes on deck to the chain-lockers below . Providentially no further damage was done . The Defiance had troops ou board , with Government stores , including gunpowder and rockets . Great consternation naturally prevailed . She is not provided with conductors , a precaution necessary in an pans , but moro oryucmnj m n climate like that of China , were lightning is so prevalent .
Mining on a large Scale . —Dover is likely to be next week the scene of an explosion pf gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering . No ; less , a quantity th in 18 , 000 lbs ., in three d is tin et-charges , will be fired by galvanic means in oneinomenf-, that being the extent of the enormous power about to be used . It is expected that nearly 2 , 00 , 0 , 000 tons of material will be displaced by this one operation , saving several thousand pounds to the company . The explosion will take place on Thnrsidav next , at low water , from two to three o ' clock , p . in .
Accident in the Catacombs at Paris . —Before the catacombs were finally closed , it is related that a gentleman having missed the guide , wandered in the immense labyrinth until he was lost , and compelled to seat himself on the damp ground at the risk of losing the use of his limbs . However , it struck him , that by anointing himself with ani unguent , a box of which he had in his pocket , he might preserve himself from the noxious qualities of his horrid abode , and be enabled by increased vigour to continue shouting until some one came to his assistance . The unguent diffused a genial warmth , and the gentleman at length made himself heard , —was discovered and rescued . After such au escape , it may easily be conjectured that he will neverjforget Holloway ' s Ointment , the unguent alluded to ! Nor may it be unnecessary to mention that ini gout , paralysis , rheumatism , cancer , scrofula , all wounds and external disorders generally , it is of singular efficacy , and should be universally patronized .
The Queen ' s visit to Ireland . —London , Saturday . —I have learned from a good source that her Majesty and her illustrious Consort have idetormined to visit Ireland during the next summer , and at an earlier period of the season than their recent visit to Scotland . The Royal Victoria and Albert steam yatoh , now in a forward state in Pembroke dockyard , will , it is expected , be launched towards tho end of March or beginning of April ; and her Majesty ' s first excursion in that splendid vessel will be to the Irifah metropolis . The Queen , I have learned , has intimated her desire that her visit to Ireland should be a public one . The visit to Scotland was not so . —Correspondent 0 / the Dublin Evening Post .
The Perth Courier states that recently a man was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body with turpentine , before going to bed , and in the morning he would find himself cured of tbe rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of bis wife to rub the upper portion of his body , but while doing so , sh « accidentally allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with the turpentine which had been placed upon the body , consequently he became enveloped in flame , ii . fl cting serious injury ; how easily might this i alarming accident have been prevented , if , instead of using turpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .
Aberdeen . —Distressing OccuRRENcs .-rOn Wednesday night , a sailor , who was in the Infirmary in a state of fever , considering that a conversation he heard about the death of a woman related to > his wife , who was also a patient in the house , seized the opportunity of the nurse ' s momentary absence , and making a dash from the bed on which he lay against the window , leaped through a pane jof it , and was precipitated to the ground from the second floor . He was taken up in a dreadful state , and survived only half an hour . —Aberdeen Banner
Murder of a Gamekeeper . — In our paper of the 31 st ult . we stated that a desperate affray had taken place iu tha grounds of Mr . J . B . Phillips , at Tean , between the keepers of that gentleman and four poachers , whom they met on the night of the 23 d ult ., armed with gw > 8 , in pursuit of game , One of the keepers , named Robert Arnold , on entering a plantation from which the report of a gun ; had proceeded , immediately received the contents of a gaa in his body , and from tbe effect of the shot and other injuries received on that occasion , he lingered until Saturday last , the Hth inst ., when he died ) , leaving a wife and several children to lament his untimely death . On Tuesday last an adjourned inquest was held at Tean , before Mr . John Cattlow , coroner , on the body of tbe unfortunate man . It appeared in evidence that deceased was employed by tne gamekeeper of Mr . John Burton Phillips , as | a night hat he and nother
watcher , and t a man were out on the night in question . Hearing the report of a gun in a small plantation , they both made for the spot , and deceased had no sooner entered the plantation than he was shot by some person who was about twelve or fourteen yards from him , and received the greater part of the charge in Mb body . Immediately afterwards he was struck with a gun , and a struggle ensued , but all the parties effected their escape . Tho jury , after examining fifteen witnesses , returned a verdiot of ** Wilful murder" against some ! persp- unknown as principal in the first degree , and aga nst James Perry , William Byatt , and Samuel Rpb tnsOn as aiders and abettors * These men had previously been committed on the charge of shoofog at deceased with intent to murder him , and are now detained * under the coroner ' s warrant to answer the charge of murder at the next assizes .--Stafford Adveriistr .
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Soue disturbances took place , on January 10 , in the prison of Epinal . The prisoners being denied the use of tobacco , began to cry out for it vociferating , " Tobacco or death ! " The next day they refused their food and broke the windows , and were proceeding to other acts of violence , when the governor thought it advisable to call in the military , at whose appearance order was restored . Cheap Enjoyment . —At the Liverpool police * office on Friday , Mr . Rr . shton , while adjudicating opon a ca « o involving the keeping of a disorderly house , remarked that it was " one of those houses which was known to him where a boy could procure a pipe , a giass of ale , and a game of cards , all for tha small charge of one penny . "—Liverpool Albion .
FxTRAORDiNAfir Privations—One of the most extraordinary instances of a ship ' s crsw supporting themselves wiihout water for twenty-one days has occurred during the late gales . On the 18 th inst . the Reform , from Montrose to Newcastle , put into Grimsby-roads . Tho master ( Foliis ) states , that on the 21 st of December last they left Montrose , and on the day following they we ' re caught in a violent gale of wind , aad were driven down on the coast of Norway . Having unfortunately lost their water , not falling in with any vessel , and being unable to make port , they continued up to the 10 th inst .
without water . On that dayy when about twenty leagues from Flamborou * h-head , they saw a vessel , which they signalled ; it proved to be the Eliza Strain , Captain Reid , from Montrose , who immediately gave tbe Reform what water and provisions he csuld spare . For eight days longer the Reform continued to beat about the coast without being able to procure any more water or provisions , and but for the providential appearance of the Eliza Swain , Capt . Fotlis is fully of opinion that he and the crew must have perished , as when boarded they were in a dreadful state of exhaustion .
Deatr of a Miser near Nottingham . —An old man , aged sixty-eight , named William Ashers , residing at the village of Costock , and well known m tbe neighbourhood of Nottingham as a penurious , eccentric character , having gone some distance from his house on Saturday last to fetch coals in a barrow , because he got them a halfpenny cheaper than in the village , became so fatigued that he fell d&wn and died . The villagers , knowing his miserly propensities , got into his house , searched it , but could find nothing . His nearest relations employed
Mr . Samuel Maples , a solicitor of Nottingham , to go over the house with them ; and the result of bis more cireful search enabled him to find no less than . £ 1 , 300 worth of property in notes , securities , plate , &c . To describe the singular spots in which property was secreted would be an endless task : a silver watch was found in a malt-mill mouth—a splendid silver tankard was hid in a beam—plate , jewellery , and money in holes and crannies that would be passed even by Bow-street officers . Deeds , showing his title to land , houses , &c , which he kept most secret , were found tojthe value of £ 2 , 000 .
Revolt of the Boys at Greenwich School . — On Friday , a- very alarming disturbance broke out in the upper school of the Royal Asylum , Greenwich . It appears that Lieutenant Rouse , R . N ., one of the officers and directors of gymnastics , had ( it is said , without the sanction of the superior authorities ) restricted the intercourse between the boys and their friends , which so irritated the pupils that they commenced a general row , smashing the windows with slates , rules , brickbats , and other
missiles , and breaking upwards of 1 , 000 panes of glass . Five of the ringleaders of the disturbance have been p laced in confinement . A strict investigation is going on under the orders of tha Governor , Admiral Sir Robert Stopford , K . C . B ., before Captain Huskissoa , RN ., one 0 ? the principal officers of the institution . There are nearly 800 boya , the sons of commission and warrant officers , in the upper school , and maDy of them are fifteen or sixteen years of age , who , oa a former occasion , expelled the police by a volley of stones , &c .
Amid all his public avocations the Premier has found time to maintain a controversy with the currency-men of Birmingham , represented by the Chamber of Commerce of that town ; who publish the correspondence . It is carried on by memorials and letters in the name of the Chamber on the one side , and in letters from Sir Robert Peel , addressed to Mr . G . F . Muntz , M . P ., and Mr . Richard Spooner . It began at the close of July last , with resolutions passed by the Chamber , and transmitted to the Minister , calling his attention to tbe depressed state of trade and the condition of the people ; and the Chamber soon hint that the establishment of a new paper currency issued by the Government is the only remedy . Sir Robert at first seems to hold back from controversy ; but the legislator of 1819 cannot resist the opening made for palpable hits , and he is soon in full tilt . The Chamber are
voluminous in their , essays : Sir Robert ' s replies are briefer , but comprehensive , frank , and very neataiming at essential points ; except that he is betrayed into a subordinate controvexsv as to what were tne opinions oFITocke , whom he recommends the Chamber to study . Sir Robert ' s last letter is dated 12 th December , 1842 . Iu consenting to the publication of the correspondence , he requests his antagonists to * append to it a definition of the seaae in which the word " pound" will be used in their inconvertible paper—what it will represent , to what it will be equivalent , and what it will imply % The Chamber comply , with more good faith than success , by describing the peculiar kind of paper currency which they recommend—issued by Government alone , a legal tender , receiveable in payment of taxes , and limited to £ 20 , 000 , 000 , about the amount which they consider requisite for purposes of trade .
Fatal Rencontre . —Newent , Gloucestershire . —( From a Correspondent . )—I am sorry to have to communicate the particulars of a distressing event which occurred in , the early part of last Sunday evening , in the sequ-sstered parish of Tibberton , in this county . Joseph Bevan , an agricultural labourer , aged 37 , is at this moment in custody at the polioestation in this town , charged with having caused the death of his step-son , James Wilkes , aged 23 , by stabbing him in the breast with a cJaspknife . It appears that Bevan married the mother of the unfortunate deceased , a widow , Beveral years ago—that he and his wife have had frequent quarrels for some years past—that on the eveumg of Friday last , the 20 th instant , Bevan had words with his wife , which was of but too frequent occurrence , arising , as is stated , from an irritable and unhappy temper in the
woman , and from an excessive indulgence in tbe baneful practice of drinking ou the part of the man —that whilst the man and his wife were engaged in this unseemly warfare , Wilkes took part with bis mother , upon which a scuffle ensued ,, and several blows passed between Bevan and his son-in-law . The result was , that Bevan , having drawn from his pocket a knife ( a large claspknife ) , struck his adversary on the breast , and inflicted a deadly wound , from the effects of which he died almost instantly . An inquest was held , on the body of Wilkes on Monday before Mr . Coo&e , coroner * and the prisoner is in safe custody . Bevan is a strong , powerful man , and bears bat a very indifferent character , being much addicted to poaching , drinking , and fighting . He is , notwithstanding , a man of tolerable education , can read and write well , and is considered one of the best farm labourers in the parish . —Times .
Rural Police . —We learn from the best authority , that the iron-masters and coal-proprietors of Lanarkshire , taking advantage of the present unsettled state of the mining districts , the impoverished state of the country , and particularly a contemplated reduction of wages that is to be immediately attempted by the mining and coalmasters , have taken the usual means of convening a meeting of the county , on an early day , for the parpose of raising a police force for the protection of property , in the neighbourhood of Airdrie , Coatbridge , &o ., where the principal works are situate . We need scarcely inform our readers , that if the sanction of the county is once given for the purpose of raising a rural police force on any pretence
whatever , it will be next to impossible to get it repealed . Tae tax-payers , therefore , in the county ehonld be on the alert , if they wish to keep down a charge that will erery year increase in amount , without in the slightest degree affording nine-tenths of the ratepayers the slightest protection . In England , where the rural police force was first established , and most extensively tried , the greatest dissatisfaction has been manifested towards the force , which * in addition to often acting in the most unconstitutional manner , has become quite intolerable on account of its expense ; in several cases tribling what was at first thought sufficient , and all this without affording any efficient additional protection . In some of the English counties the force has been
broken up and disbanded , and in others active measures are in progress for the same purpose . In short , the system in England has come to its height . We believe we may have the same in regard to Scotland . Lanarkshire , the most populous county in it , has not yet had a single rural policeman within its beunds « and we trust never- will . In some of the neighbouring counties , where the force has been introduced , we are informed , on undoubted authority , that a strong effort will be made at the next annual meeting , on the 30 th of April , to have , the force disbanded . The independent ratepayers of Lanarkshire have only , therefore , to be firm , and they are sure to prevent the introduction of this most useless and expensive force . We intended to-day to have said a great deal-more on this subject , bat will again refer
to the matter . In , tue mean tims we may shortly state , that a police force , to be of the smallest use as a meanB 0 ' preventing crime , must in any county where » ? „ has been ^ introduced into , be made ten t « ue ^ more numerous than at present . And wnat w ' ould be the consequence of this to the majority « the ratepayers t why , it would be perfect ruin * it is all very well for proprietors of pnblio works , and gentlemen who preserve their game , to have * police force at their command , but what 1 b this to the ratepayers who have neither public works nor game to preserve ? It is nothing . If rural police must bo had , let the parties who reqoiro them pay tne expense themselves , and not burden the already overtaxed small proprietors in the oOooty . ^ utofiKW Journal .
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fHE MISER'S DAUGHTER , a tale , by Wn . Hasbbos Aeswobih , with illustrations by fin > . Craakshank . Second edition . London Cunningham and Mortimer , Adelaide-Etreetj Trafalgar-square . fbeseTolnmes do much credit to Mr . Ainsworth ' a jgiSsher . They are very handsomely got np . The tjpe and the -paper are both good . Of the ithistrafions , it might be enough to say that they are iy George Crnishank ; but some of them deserve fpedal 20 tJe 3 j the first , particalarly , representing Jheinirodnetion of Randnlph Crew to Ssarve , Tee Buserable , skinny , long limbs of the old miser seated 4 t Ms supper of bread and cheese on the wretched looking table , partially covered with a ragged tablef
cloth , and having beore him a snipped eanhern trencher , while iis strong box is under fhe table dose by his feet ; the quemloas hard lines of the old miser's eare-worn . countenance ; hi 3 shrivelled trembling Mmb 3 , and tie gannt form of Jacob the Early porter , contrasting treR with , the fine figure sadhaBdsome , youthful , open , aud generous face of Randolph . Tbe scene of Mr . Cripps , and his enamorati , the sly widow , encountering his master in 2 darjlel > one gxrden 3 , while full dressed in his master ' s richest clothes , and the after scene of the sportspoiMng by ihe inopporinne entrance of Mr . Yflliers and Ms company , jast in time to make gse ? ts at Mr Cripps ' s wedding , are admirably hit < £ . They are * xnute Tolumes that tell their own story , even thongh , no story should accompany them .
The novel of the lGser * sDanghteTi 3 , we pre ? nnie , 'by fins time familiar lo tost readers ; and can gain little J ircm whsi sfb might S 3 y of it . Those who hare not j retd it , we may venture to assnre , will experience a ' Mgh treat in doing bo , if thsy love works of fiction ; > xm we shall not mar their pleasure by anticipating ) 2 a plot or points of the work , They vriil find the { fJaiiciers more diTersin ' ed ,. and exhibiting a stronger j OBtrastihanis usual in such woris , while yet they ] are all drswn and sustained with considerable Tigimi-aat } precision , and with much Ies 3 of the nn- i jJOTiland overstrained , than nsnally cfeDd 3 thej jfflStious taste in works of this character . Had Mr . Ainswonh written no other work than this , he ] would have established , for himself a place amorJg 1 ft * "raj few writers of fictitious narrative whose j wprband names are likely to descend to posterity ' infls increasing reputation . j
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iro , respecting which a lady , in oar hearing , ob-Berred that it conld scarcely be regarded otherwise i fian ss an insult to the sex ; its directions were so j ample and plain , about things which were so com- > junl j nadsrstood . We beg onr fair friend ' s pardon ; 1 &s&j 30 seem to those who hare had the advan- age of education and maternal care and culture , j ted -nrho , in most cases , have in all these necessary j ttaEgs suficiem needful assistance to make up for ' m Wkiency in their own knowledge . To such . ' wib
rk TEE LADIES' HANDBOOK OP BABYLIKEN . By the Author of the " Ladies ' - Hand Book of Fancy Keedlework , Plain ; Needlework , Knitting , Netting , and Crotchet , " i &c London , H . G . Clarke and Co . 65 , Old Bailey . Soeh is the title of a very elegant and useful little j
iiasd iJook of Baby Linen , containing plain < ^ maniple instructions for he preparation of an 1 ffi » nt s wararobe , " may seem a very simple and ] sapmisons sfiair . "But we happen to know that in j Jto Messed land there are myriads of mothers whom j tee . TEfaajoas arrangements of class-devouring com- ; Petition have deprived of these advantages , and j OTifleinsed to assume all ihe important responawnnes , to endure all the painfhl cares , and to per- ma id some wsy or other all the grave and serious i of
"Wjesa relationshi p for which they they have had j no Uime preparation byprevion 3 habits and insiruc- i BSv . ? 0 ^ these ,- !© the daughters of toil , and of j « fitctiQB , — - $ rscse Borrows are enhanced , and whose V ^ mtj is made more galling by their enforced JgBorsuce , we recommend tins little " insult" for tbe raj lesson urged against it by our friend . tl Its j GJreeticns are so ample and so plain . " This is , in ' oar estimation , the best recommendation i \ can have ; « Q jas we know that it comes from one who is well '
****> grre it , we shall not mar it by attempting to i i * ra « mce , of oaJ ovni jadgment , any opinion on ! ^ ek deuczie . We give the book onr fair ' fEjic : s eommendatios , and have no doabi that it is " « ifcserred .
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I-EttERS TO A YOTJ 2 S& LADY ON THE f DTANTAG . E 3 OF EARLY PIETY . Lon- ; aon , H . G . Clarke , 66 , Old Bailey . j "We have read very few books from which we have } oe ^ fca more ETely gratification than from this } S . ^ ery elegant , very appropriate , and ; "anjJcjy Trritien volume . The earnestness of : ™»< hy aB d fatheriv afT-airm . j ? t * in p . vprv line i with the of
^* 2 SW wisdom asd kindliness deep * W ^ , actiTel ) eDBToleBce and purely religious feel" «¦ - * o young female ought to be permuted by her J ^ reats to grow up Trohsrat reading these letters , ^ w are escalated to produce npon the susceptible ^ MinjpresHons o : the m ost benignant influence ^ lastaig character .
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THE AFFLICTED MUSE j by James Vebsoh . Sonthmolton : printed for the Author , by B . Dunn , Market-place . This a small collection of original poem ? , by a young man , whom the heavy hand of paralysis has , for a long series of years , deprived of all the ordinary enjoyments , and precluded from all the ordinary occupations of life ; while poverty ha 3 tended to enhance the weight of misery entailed by affliction . The composition of these little pjece 3 has served the poor invalid to wile away the heavy hours , and they have , we believe , remained
unwritten until the friendly aid of some neighbour , as an amannensis , could be obtained ; the paralytic being himself unable to write . These circumstances shoald alone form the passport of these poems to the patronage of the benevolent . But they are not destitute of poetic merit ; and though they perhaps seldom rise above mediocrity , we have seen much worse stuff than anything here to be found , most unconscionably puffed and praised by reviews . The pieces generall y are " tinged with sombre hoe , " which , considering the writer ' s circumstances , is not wonderfnL
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THE ENGLISH WIFE-A MANUAL OF HOME DUTIES . By the Author of the " English Maiden , " &o . London , Clarke ,
Old Bailey . We have had this book a long time by us . But many circumstances have combined to prevent our being able to read it with that amount of careful attention which we hold to be the duty of all who read for tbe purpose of writing an opinion of what they read . We have at lsst read it carefully , and it has well repaid us . It is , indeed , as it elaims to be , " A Manual oF Home Duties" for that interesting portion of Society to whom it is addressed . No
wife sfconJd lack it . Its instructions are at once grave and sober , bnt cheerfully and pleasantly conveyed : while it contains en almost every subject that involves the happiness and dnty of a wife and mother , a large fund of most valuable information , expressed in clear , simple , and yet elegant language , and breathing throughout a spirit of genuine philanthrophy and Christian feeling . We have never read a book which we can more cordially and conscientiously recommend to general perusal .
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THE PULTENEY LIBRARY . Part 28 , December , 1842 . The Works of Defoe . London ; Clements , Pnlteney-street . The works of this justly celebrated man are much too little known . We trust that this publication of them in a cheap and inviting form will introduce them to more general notice . The present Part contains his verse satires ** Tbe True-born Englishman" and * ' The Divins Right of Kings , " with all the valuable notes of the author . Tflere is much in these satires eminently suited to the present times , and which should be constantly kept in mind by all men .
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS . The degree of perfection to which the art of trood engraving has arrived in this age of " illustration" is well evidenced in the weekly page 3 of this novel but spirited undertaking . The chief feature of the work , however , iaits * colloseum print of London in 18 l 2 . ThiB is a magnificent work of ait ; and doe 3 hononr both to the designer and the execntor .
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TEE PRACTICAL BREAD BAKER . By G . Bead . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street . This little book lets us in * o all the secrets of the art and mystery of London Br ^ ad Baking . It is the production of an operative workman of the craft and gives a minnte description of all the several processes appertaining to this useful and necessary art . Il also cob tains a graphic expose of the miseries endured by and the oppression practised on the poor slaves by whom the work is done ; of whom the writer affirms that " there is no clas 3 of men so completely drudged and so poorly paid . "
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THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW ; or EUROPEAiN QUARTERLY JOURNAL . No . 27 . London : —Richard and John Taylor , Rsd Bon Court , Fleet Street ; Paris ;—Galignani : Berlin : —Asher .
We regard this at the most talented of our quarterly periodicals . There i 3 a depth of thonght , a masterliness of dissection , and discrimination in its criticisms which are the evidence of mind such as is not usually occupied on periodical literature . The present number contains two articles on ihe poetry and character of Wordsworth and Gi eihe , which in onr estimation , strikingly exemplify and justify the opinion we have given . It ha 3 also valuable and lengthy papers on a variety of other subjects .
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AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE . To tha lovers of Romance this monthly visitor must be a welcome friend , if we may judge by the Number now before us . It is the one for January , and opens with the beginning of Book the Second of WirosoB Castle , " by the Editor , Mr . Harrison Ainsworth , author of the u Miser ' s Daughter " noticed in another part of this sheet . We have not seen the beginning of this M Historical Romance f for the Magazine , -we regret to say , ha 3 not . been regularly forwarded to us ; but if we may venture on an expression of opinion from the slight * ' sample of the sack" we have seen , we should say _ that th's sober Romance of Mr . Ainsworth ' s , promises to be
every whit as interesting and as instructive as his justly famed " Tower of London . " Tne portion of the Romance given in the Number before ns is illustrated with two steel engravings , by George Cruikshsnk ; and by no less than seven lovely wood cutB , representations of the several localities connected with Windsor Castle . In addition to this portion-of the new production from Mr . Ainsworth ' s prolific pen , we have a tolerably sprightly " dream , " by Leman Blancbard ; a sufficiently atcful" legend by the Bareness De Calabrella ;" a really humourous paper entitled " State and Prospects of the Legitimate Drama in China , " re-printed from Ainswortb ' s Magazine for January 1840 ; a true itory of " the Monastery of L'Avernia "; and ** Part
III . of the EUiston Papers , edited by George Raymond . " There are besides " Part II . of a Venetian Romance , " and an interesting paper , entitled " Three days lost in Tauruz , by Air . Francis Hainsworib : " and several pieces of poetry , both bumoarou 3 and seriouB . In fact , there i 3 in this Magazine a rich fund of amusement blended with instruction ; and both of an highly intellectual character . It is , in its way , the best that we have seen foT some time . We commend it strongly to the notice of the pnbhc , with whom we are glad to find , from an address prefixed to this , the opening number of a new vol ., it has become a favourite , and is rewarded with that share of patronage as to warrant ii 3 conductors to nse the term success when speaking of their undertaking . It richly deserves it .
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THE 1 ADIES HAND BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLEWORK London : —H . G . Clark and Co ; , 66 , Old Bailey . This is another little manual , neatly and beantifolly got np by the same author as the Hand-book of Baby Linen above noticed . We know not whether onr fair friend might be inclined to regard it in a like light , hut we feel difposed to regard this as an equally useful l > insult" to the poor and neglected portion of " God ' s fairest creatures" with its
babylinen mate ; wmle we doubt not that many a lady-Fair of high degree" may learn much From this most nnpretenaiEg little manual of instruction , its chief merit is its plainness and perspicuity , which are almost enough to initiate even a clumsy "he creature" into all the mysteries of the gentle craft of shirt making , &c , where its comprehensiveness omit no branch or variety of the indispensable occupation on which it treats , and its precision brings the whole of its teachings iritcin a very brief compass .
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I THE BALL ROOM ANNUAL , FOR 1843 . i London , H . G . Glark & Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . I Wpdtina , as we do , for a circulation among the ' poorest , it may be thought that a ball room annual J would be a little ont of place in onr columns . We think differently . We can discover no reason why the graces and elegancfes of civilization should not be familiar to those from whom all its value is derived . We know no reason why fine taste and graceful
habits should be confined to the drones of society , nor why the oees should not enjoy some of the pleasures and relaxations of the hive . Hence , we conceive that to these , as well as ^ he more opnlent , the Ball Room Annual may be an acceptable little offering . It i 3 a very bijou of elegance ; and it contains a sketch of the History of the Ak of Dancing , a Dissertation on Ball Room Ettiquette , a Glossary of technieaities and map of information , as to varions kinds of dances , which will be best estimated by adopting the accomplishment to which we make no pretensions .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct788/page/3/
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