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      Fl May 3, 1845. The Northern Star. 8

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      THE SOXG OF THE GALLOWS ! s £ g n & orrED sr caickaft at the old bailet . ) flnrrah ! hurrah 1 from the rabble rout , In their much haunts , fer away ! There rises a rode and a riotous shont , At the news of a holiday I twill be a brave sight , a very brave sight , \ real tragedy , The mch « iU see , with a strange delight , * i . fellow creature die ! And ' tis I shall dance first in that dance of death , My music the screw and hammer 1 With a drop and a jerk 111 do my work In that crowd-exciting drama \

      They will wing their way , like birds of prey , At scent of the coming blood ; Will regard me with glee , as the devotee Did of old the blessed rood ! Hurrah . ' I will yield the dainty corse That shall feast that carrioa crew , And harden their hearts to play their parts , Which else they never might do . In thai dance of death ] shall more the chief , My music the screw and hammer ; With a drop and a jerk 111 do my work In that mortal melodrama <

      Tis law that will give the holiday , Whilst justice supplies the actor ; The scaffold ' s a stage , where , in every age , Has been shewn the malefactor . 'Twill g lut society ' s black revenge , And f <* d tiie demon that still The offender has doomed to hang as a sign , Suggesting thoughts of til . ' Hun-all ! how 111 dance in that dance of death , My music the screw and hammer ; With a drop and a jerk 111 do my work In that deep domestic drama !

      They'll bring me , out from my hiding-place , That the show may be complete - , How my form will he praised , as each limb is raised , ¦ What a wild and stirring treat ! The cut-throat and thief will hail me the chief Of their goodly company , As I join the while , with a ghastly smile , Hurrah ! for the gallows tree ! Ill dance the chief in that dance of death , My music the strew and hammer ; With a drop and a jerk 111 do my work In that favourite melodrama !

      I know there are some that will start at my name ; But away with the idle stricture—: - What's in a name V I am but the frame—Tis the judge that gives the picture ! A whole-length portrait , afterlife , "Which for ages , undisputed , Has been deemed very fine , when the subject in line , They haveproperly executed ? Hurrah ! then 111 dance in that dance of death , My music the screw and hammer ; With a drop and a jerk I'll do my work In that very popular drama !

      iu-w my valet will stand , with nimble hand , The last cravat to tie ; IhtreTl he jests and jeers , when he first appears la that breathless tragedy ; The hardeu u screech , the reckless laugh , The gruau , the oath , the scoff-How meet for tiie ears of a dying man , a * they turn the poor wretch off ! : Ti = a very fine dance that dance of death , Tine musjf . ti * g £ a ? emandhainmer ; A drop and a jerk , and hurrah for the work

      Hark ! hark ! tofcthemaddezu ^ clamour ! . 4 ? jhty bring him oirtJ so faint and pale > The hero of the crowd , How his cheeks will flush when the shont and haih Uprises long andloudl ' - " Jach last fond thought of pardoning Heaven At the countless gaze wiU flee ; Wrecked every consolation given In the storm of that human seaJL . - Hnrrah ! how 111 dance in thafcjfenee of death , My music the screw and hammer ; With a drop and a jerk I'll do my work In that much-applauded drama !

      Tis thus that the sufferer will die ; But how different 'twould he Did he yield to death his parting breath In a solemn company ! ¦ Within the walls , aU silent brought , With calm and hoping mind , Sought to disturb the dying thought , But manly and resigned ! Twonldbe no more the dance of death To the sound of the screw and hammer ; Though a drop and a jerk would do their work In that sad and solemn drama . The sufferer would see but serious men , Fraught vtith life ' s sympathies , f itli soothing words upon their tongues , And pity in their eyes . Brutahtv might lose its jeer ,

      The moo might lose their show ; But the tale of penitence sincere A lesson would bestow ! But no ! there must still be the danee of death , To the sound of the screw and hammer , Still a drop and a jerk must do their work In that very favourite drama . } ad would you the force of example know I What moral that scene will grant ! a pocket they'd pick , ' ere a handkerchief At that tragedy they'd want . Twitc better to try the silent plan ; iWntr work , transport , and flog , f <> r die wwst thing the law can do with a man I * : « hang him like a dog ! 1 ' ai . hurrah ! I shall still dance the dance of death , My music the screw and hammer ; ^ 'hii a drop and a jerk still do my work , And close the last act of the drama ! Great Gun .

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      PUSCII .-P . ur XLVI . The contents of this part are , as usual , first-rate . i ' £ EL , in tbe character of " Sir Joseph Bowley , " ^ coming his children to a feast of the good things contained in bis amended tariff , such as beef , wood , " ustic , becs ' -wax , whale ' s fins , At ., is an excellent trtrait of Dickens ' s "Friend and Father of tiie '«*/ ' The "Oregonquestion" isadmirablyhandled ; -A tire duetto between Peel and Polk , Uncle Sam "< do well to copy into bis own journals , for tbe piificationofhisp ' artieularly "smart" and " go-aieau" children . But the gem of the present part , in tbe way of illustration , is the " Maynooth Grant . " sing Dax hag been blowing his wind-instrument to % tone of " Repale , " ana the great " agitation " « a certain royal neighbourhood , when Feel , as a aanky , appears at the door with the bribe for the noisy

      Jjnacian , to induce him to move off . "There ' s a Maynooth grant for yon , " says Peel , adding— "So ?« i now be quiet , and move on ! " O'Cojwell rewes , at the sanu ? time taking tbe money , " Grant , indeed ; I never moves on under Repale ! D ' ye } wk I don ' t know the value of peace and quietness ? Jke sullen look of Peel , his awkward attempt at ' ttmeiliafion , " and the sturdy , impudent , vagabond-- «& of Das , are both admirably draws . . He literary matter is , as usual , excellent . Most siKt-avly do " we return our thanks to Ptmch for his » - >' f efforts to strangle the murder-loving spirit just ww so rampant . It the present revolting taste for fi ^ i ' llhis in the horrors of homicide , legal and illegal , *& be put down , it will , we are persuaded , be Punch " «« will mainly effect that consummation . More i-wiT to him , say wc . From the admirable " Caudle i ' uriain Lectures" we extract the following : —

      HBS . CAfDLE ' s CURTAIN LECTURES . ¦ f'J . Caudle las ken Io see her dear -mother . Caudle , on the "joyful occasion" has giren a party , and issuedt 3 'i an . * -j «? « trd of imitation . " WHEN THE CJT ' S AWAT THE MICE Witt PLAT . " Sir . Candles compliments to Mr . Prettynian , and esi-hu t <« liave the honour of his company on this joyful oeti-i-in , at half-past eight o ' clock . -7 if hard . I think , Mr . Caudle , that leant leave home a day or two , but the house must be turned into a * - * vm » : a tavern ?—a |» othouse . ' Yes . I thought you *«* vt-rv amicus that 1 should go : I thought you wanted " n * tf «* for something , or you would nothaveinsistlr - , '" fU > mg at dear mother s all night . You were *'_ ' * li'uitl get cold coming home , were you ? Oh - ** - }' - -u van be very tender , you can , Mr . Caudle , when it * your < , wn purpose . Yes ! and the world thinks what «• SO-.-d lm < band you are ! I only wish the world knew you T Mvli a « I do ) that ' s all : but it shall , some day , I ' m a « rraiiiied .

      . . sur f the house will not be sweet for a month . All ^• curtain ? are poisoned with smoke ; and , what ' s more , fi ' < r . the hkhiift smoke I ever knew . Take 'em down , £ * - ' Vw , 5 j \; al ] verr , reli for v 0 „ 53 ^ jajjg ' i -. ! ! **? were only cleaned and put up a month oe-h a < artM w 3 fL * * lo , t " ' Caudle' Ton W t & , laVe """ "ricd son > . ei « dy who'd have let your ^ L ° , Tm '' ' » as l % riU for tte fature " ~ - ?'** < bjii ' . " - families arebetter thought ' r ? **» » Lo ,.: found out that . - ' <« « hit a eo- va ; -: wt * s in ! They ' ve taken p-ands out of ^ 5 , ^ ith their filthy boots ,

      ** --ii ]| to , 0 w » - < ies . Aud then the smoke in tti « "" *• : i lM « e cinder-hole burnt in it ! I s f *^ w saeh a house in mp life ! If you wanted to have wife ' s T ^ 5 w } ir oonldnt you invite ' em when your ing wn i , iike * " ? other man t not hare ' em sneakxuns L * ™? * «« oihonsehreakers , directly a woman aiwt- mea 7 S ,. The ? most te P" ** sentlemen , they Ha and ^ n 1 **• tbat « re afraid t 0 ^ woman ^ oaldoni Ti Call 5 om * sdfes thelordB of fte "e * 5011 tion if rn * ^ e t 0 ^ wbat would become of the crea" ^ tio /*!^ left t 0 ynrselves ! A pretty pickle B

      fwnniirti , " , , T « r « oon ! fav - y .,, ebmibitt nice condition 3 "What do you K »« ih « ! . wtt 6 * T « ik nothing , didn't you ? I ' m bad tie n ! . snel 1 a JTegiroent of empty bottles , I havn ' t fca « to count ' em . And punch , too ! you must

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      have punch ! ^ here ' s a hundred half-lemons in the kitchen , if there ' s one : for Snsan . liVea good girl , kept ' cm to show ' em me . So , sir ; Susan shan ' t Uvire tt « house . ' What do you say ? She has no right to tell tales , andyoH will oe master in ; mur own house i Will vou ? If you don ' t alter , Mr . Candle , you'll soon have no house to be master « f . A whole loaf of sugar did I leave in the cupboard , aud now there isn ' t as much as would fill a tea-cup . Do you suppose I ' m to find sugar for punch for fifty men ? What doyou say ? There msn't fifty ? That ' s

      no matter ; the more shame for Vm , sir . I ' m sure they drank enough for fifty . Do you suppose I ' m to find sugar for punch for all the world out of my housekeeping money ? Yen dont ask me i Don't you ask me * You do ; you know you do : for if I only want a shilling extra , the house is in a blaze . And yet a whole lonf of sugar can you throw away upon Xo , I icou ' t he still -. and I wo « 't let you go to sleep . If you'd got to bed at a proper hour last night , you wouldn ' t have been so sleepy now . You can sit up half the night with a pack of people who don ' t care for you , and your poor wife can't get in a word :

      And there's that China image that I had when I was married—I wouldn't have taken any sum of money for it , and you know it—and how do I find it ? With its precioushead knocked on " . ' And what was more mean , more contemptible than all besides , it was put on again , as if nothing had happened . Yon Imete wthing about it / Now , how can you lie there , in your Christian hed , Caudle , and say that ? You know that that fellow , Prettynian , knocked off the head with the poker S You know that lie did . And you hadn't the feeling , —yes , I will say it , — you hadn't the feeling to protect what you knew was precious to me . 0 no , if the truth was known , you were very glad to see it broken for that very reason .

      Every way , I ' ve been insulted . I should like to know who it was who corked whiskers on my dear aunt ' s picture ? Oh . ' you ' re laughing are you ? You ' re not laughing * Don't tell me that . I should like to know what shakes the hed , then , if you're not laughing ? Yes , corked whiskers on her dear face , —and she was a good soul to you , Caudle , and you ought to he ashamed of yourself to see her ill-used . Oh , you may laugh ! It's very easy to laugh > I only wish you'd a little feeling , like other people , that ' s all . Then there ' s wry china mug—the mug I had before I was married—when I was a happy creature . 1 should like to know who knocked the spout off that mug ? Don't tell me it was cracked before ^—it ' s no such thing , Caudle ; there wasn't a flaw in it—and now , I could have cried when I saw it . Don't tell me it wasn't worth twopence . How do you know ! You never huy mugs . But that ' s like men ; they think nothing in a house costs anything .

      There ' s four glasses broke , and nine cracked . At least , that ' s all I ' ve found out at present , but I dare say I shall discover a dozen to-morrow . And I should like to know where the cotton umbrella ' s gone to—and I should like to know who broke the bellpull—aud perhaps you don't know there ' s a leg off . chair—and perhaps"Here , " says Caudle , "Morpheus came to my aid , and 1 slept : nay , I think I snored . "

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      HAYMARKET THEATRE . THJUMPDAXT SDCCESS OF DOUGLAS JEIIKOLD ' S NEW COMEDV . By this time , we imagine , no name connected with the literature of the present day will be better known to , or more popular with , our readers , than that of Docclas Jebroid . We are proud that , in our position as conductors of this paper , we have had it in our power to make known to a large body of the working classes the great claims Mr . Jerrold has upon their gratitude for his inimitable advocacy of their best interests , in common with all that is associated with suffering humanity and outraged justice . We now with sincere pleasure record in our columns the ] triumphant success of his new comedy— Time worl-s Wonders . We have not yet enjoyed the rare treat of witnessing its performance , though we hope to do se in the course of a few days . The following critiques , it will be seen , are from two of the daily papers . Higher praise than therein contained no

      tean need covet . fFrom the Times . ) The announcement of a new comedy from the pen of Mr . Jerrold drew a crowded and excited audience to this theatre on Saturday . Expectation and hope were visibly irrittcn on many faces , and the practised eye might select considerable numbers who were scarcely less anxious as to the fete of the work than the author himself ; for Mr . Jerrold has a numerous host of admirers , legitimately gained by the display of brilliant talents and of strong

      uncompromising feeling for many years . Deeply impressed with the sufferings of the poor man in a highly artificial state of society , he has laboured to set them forth in the most prominent manner , sometimes with hearty indignation , sometimes with the drollery of a humourist . Allowing his keen sense of what he conceives to be a wrong- to carry him to an extreme , he has earned among the superficial a character for mere asperity , though really he is one of the kindliest of our authors , and the asperity is the mere husk that conceals the internal benevolence . We mean the internal benevolence

      of his writings , for notwithstanding the biting epigrams , the sarcasms and sneers , with which as with so many porcupine ' s quills they are overlaid , the genuine humanity the love of right , that quality which the Germans cap " gemuta , and for which the English have no name , though they possess the quality in a higher degree than , -any nation on earth , stand there conspicuous , enough , fee all who hare eyes to observe them , and are . not so dazzled by the exterior brilliancy as to allow . the inner warmth to escape them . Mr . JerrohVs worth as an author is widely felt and acknowledged , and wheu we say that a part ; was at the Haymarkct to support him , we mean no more than such a party as tried worth and talent have a right to expect .

      Within tliis last year or two Mr . Jerrold's writings have been presenting a new phase . Formerly , as far as s jie was concerned , his great aim was to re-produce the epigrammatic point of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries . For a brilliant simile or repartee he would not mind violating probability : and as some men will sacrifice a friend for the sake of a joke , so would he twist nature a little to round a period with effect . In a word , he was the representative of the Congreve school in wit , though the natural kindliness of the man spoke

      deep-toned from beneath the glitter in a manner unknown to the old wit . Lately Mr . Jerrold has followed the Cougrevianwit less , and nature more ^—has looked deeper info humanity for the genuine sources of humour—and has conic out with a truth and freshness formerly unknot ™ . This distinguishes Ms recent writings froi / i tbe more laboured productions of his earlier years ; but the tone and temper of the man remain the same , —there is the same talent for flashing wit , when he chooses io exercise it , the same spirit of humanity , and restlessness under conventionalism . The new comedy of 77 i , i 0 tcorks Wonders belongs to this latter class of wilting . The characters are drawn with more truthfulness and simplicity , and are not all endeavouring to be professed wits . It is , indeed , essentially a comedy of character , and the plan , in this respect , is laid out with a firm masterly hand . Miss Tucker ( Mrs . Glover ) , a school-mistress , whose school is ruined in consequence of an elopement , and who is afterwards

      maintained as a companion by the very young lady who caused the misfortune , is an excellent conception—so well are the real ingratitude and discontent of the unamlable woman balanced with her grateful professions . Obtrusively thankful for each little gift , she contrives to utter her thanks so as to convey a depreciation of the benefit conferred ; she is pleased with the silk gown bestowed upon her , but would rather have chosen any other colour . The feeling of living in another person ' s house weighs heavily upon her ; and she takes care to express it so as to pain her benefactress . The critique on this character is put into the mouth of the young lady : — "True gratitude iu very fulness of its soul knows not the limits of its debt ; but -when it weighs each little gift—books down each passing courtesy—it ceases to be gratitude , and sinks to calculation . " In the introductory act , in which the elopement takes place , the worldliness of this woman

      is well prepared by the formula of her regret . She is shocked at the school-girl ' s ingratitude , not so much for the elopement itself , as because she has carried off her own silver spoon . The humbug professor , TruflUes ( Strickland ) , is a sketch only , but the notion is admirable . Fancy an itinerant professor of natural science , a compound of low cunning and sensuality , travelling from boarding-school to boarding-school , with the solar system in a deal box , and finally walking oft' with a repeater from one of them . The collision between this scamp , who , having risen in the world , has a character to lose , and another scamp , a trainer of game cocks ( Buckstone ) , who has no position at all , but wants a character as valet , is a masterpiee <>—one fire of humour and brilliancy . The unprosperous ragamuffin has an advantage over the thriving one ^—he has no character to lose , and knows certain unpleasant secrets . Ills remark , when the professor seems unwilling to give him a character , " I ' m sure 1 could give you one , " speaks volumes . Mr . Goldthumb ( Farren ) , an old trunk-maker , who has become literary from the lining of his boxes , is a vehicle for for a Swift-like satire upon the fats of literary auihition , and his interview with a high-spirited baronet ( Stuart ) , formerly an " M . P ., "' is in thu best comic spirit . The high-horn man looks down upon the vulgarities of his visitor , who has recently inherited a fortune , but suddenly

      discovers that he is famuiar with his Parliamentary speeches . He had quitted Parliament iu disgust , from the conviction that all his efforts were failures , and now here is a man to whom his fame has travelled . Alas , it is only the trunk-maker , to whom the printed speeches have coine in the way of business 1 The baronet himself , Sir Gilbert Xoraaan , deeply attached to the conventionalities of rank and birth , yet capable of forgetting that attachment when his heart is touched , is delicately drawn , and the situation is truly pathetic when the man is disappointed in that love which first draws him to the expression of his better nature from the magic circle of conventional austerity . The young lady , Florentine ( Miss Forteseue ) , the daughter of a baker , with whom the baronet ' s nephew falls in love , and afterwards the baronet himself —a devoted , yet proud and hfcjh-spirited girl , is well contrasted with the companion of her elopement , Bessy Tulip , a merry half-civilised damsel from Trincomalee ( Madame Vestris ) , full of pertness and pleasantries . The young gentleman , Clarence'Korman ( Holl ) , the baronet ' s nephew , who is the romantic hero , and Felix Goldthumb , ( C . Mathews ) , the light-comedy-man , are , in point of character , much as such personages usually are . There ' are two plots , which may be told in very few lines : —Clarence Norman has eloped with Florentine from a boarding-school , accompanied by Bessy Tulip , and stops to change borMa . at a road-side inn , but the

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      marriage is broken off by the arrival of Miss Tucker , the schoolmistress , and the young man is sent by his uncle to the continent to be cured of his passion , r'ive years afterwards Sir Gilbert meeting Florentine , the death of whose father has placed her in a state of independence , falls in love with her , and offers her his hand , which she accepts in a momentary fit of indignation at what she conceives the coldness and fickleness of Clarence , who has just returned from Italy , A reconciliation , however , takes place between the lovers , and the baronet perceiving that even he , with all his prejudices in favour of rank , is not proof against the attractions of Florentine , consents to the marriage of his nephew , after—not without a struggle—withdrawing his own claim . The Goldthumbs arc the heroes of the other plot . Felix , on his father obtaining a large fortune , runs into all sorts of dissipation , and is sent to Java to get out of mischief and make his

      fortune . However , at the Cape of Good Hope he meets Bessy Tulip on her way to Tvincomalee , marries her , and brings her back . The great point is to obtain the forgiveness of old Goldthumb , who is perpetually tormented for his cruelty by his wife ( Mrs . W . Clifford ) . He is a strange mixture of a wish to emulate the stem virtue of the Romans , of whom he has read in his trunks , and of an extravagant admiration for the genius of his son . A dream which terrifies him , and an accidental meeting with his son , whom he takes for a ghost ( this is the weakest point in tbe piece ) , at last induce him to give his pardon . The circumstances of the elopement are all contained in the first act , which might with propriety be called an "introduction , " and the " wonders" which " Time works" are the changes which take place in the four other acts , which are separated from the first by an interval of five years .

      Although great interest attaches to the character of Florentine , we must still say that Mr . Jerrold appears , as usual , more as a play writer than as a play builder . With admirable dialogue , equal to anything he has done , and with greater truth of character , he still lacks that constructive tact which belongs to many authors not worthy to be named in the same day with him , Disdaining the employment of surprise as a means , he runs into the opposite extreme of working on subjects after he has made his audience familiar with them , and this leads in some instances to too great prolixity of dialogue . Hence the

      piece will bear lightening , though the intrinsic excellence of the writing , and the abundant " points" which perpetually flash out upon the audience , kept them in a state of admiration for four hours . There was a perfect roar of approbation at the fall of the curtain , which instantly rose again to exhibit the actors . A cry was then raised for Mr . Jerrold , who bowed from a private box , and then a separate call for Miss Forteseue , who well merited the distinction , for she completely won the hearts of the audience by her truly lady-like manner , her unaffected earnestness , and the genuine feeling which showed itself within the limits of the most perfect propriety .

      Is or should we m the general success forget Mr . Webster , who , though he did not act in tho piece , exerted himself most creditably in the mise en scene . The apartment with a bow-window looking on a lawn was most beautifully arranged . Mr . Wchster is the only manager now in London who has consistently laboured to support the legitimate drama , and it is , therefore , pleasing to record his prosperity . ( From the Morning Herald . J The new comedy is called Time teorlbs Wonders , and was produced on Saturday night . In a word , it may be stated that it met with the most perfect success ,

      notwithstanding its inordinate length ( four hours and more ) and the narrow limits of the story . The smartness of the dialogue—sparkling from the beginning to the end with strokes of wit , shrewdness , and sarcasm—furnished unfailing entertainment to the audience ; so there can he Utile error in predicting that its days will be long in the Eaymarket . At the fall of the curtain the house resounded with cries for the author , and those who had never before seen one alive , were thrown into ecstacies by his appearance in a private box . Hut the enthusiasm had been kindled to such a degree , that it vras some time before It COOled into anything like quietness and decorum .

      * # * # A little abridgment of the dialogue here and there will be necessary ; for the absence of " situation" in the latter acts is a defect which audiences , accustomed to more bustle and rapid motion , are apt to feel . Hut the comedyis admirably written throughout , and overflows with brilliancies of all kinds . Its vein of sentiment is kindly and benevolent ; and although many of its sallies are bitlngly sarcastic , they are neither improperly nor unworthily levelled . With the practical moral aimed at , most people would sympathise . An occasional overcharged bitterness of expression may be encountered when

      the claims of humble purity and virtue are put in emphatic opposition to the haughty and cold-blooded factitiousness of wealth ; but the invariable charity and kindness of the purpose may be accepted as an excuse . Douglas Jerrold could hardly write a line without the exhibition of deeply-seated compassion for his fellow-creatures ; and this new comedy , in its universal applicability , does as much honour to his heart , as its sparkling wit , its ingenuity , and its naturalness , does to his technical skill . A string of aphorisms—remarkable for their wisdom , prudence , and goodness—might be selected from it , worthy of the most serious consideration .

      Agriculture Anu Horticulture*

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      The Fabmbbs Speaking Out . —At the late meeting of the East Sussex farmers , the following speech was made , which is highly deserving of attention . The Rev . Dr . Lamb said : Sir , I cannot fail to congratulate you and the meeting on the tone of moderation which characterises its proceedings . Indeed , it will be inexcusable in us if we do not manifest a degree of wholesome discretion , after the admirable lesson which has been read to the agriculturists of the western part of the county , by the gallant colonel who represents them in Parliament . ( Laughter . ) I don't know whether the yeomanry of England will feel themselves complimented by being compared to Polyphemus , or Polly Ilorton , or any other Polly of equally respectable character ; but wc don't pretend to advise measures for the good administration

      of the affairs of this pountry ; we have not ; been schooled sufficiently to understand what measures are advisable under particular circumstances . Gentlemen , we can only assume this—there may not be , perhaps , a single gentleman in the room who knows how to make a paii' of shoes , but I do suppose that every one of us knows where the shoe pinches —( applause and laughter)—and though the skulls of the Sussex yeomanry may not inaptly be compared to the field of turnips which they cultivate , we all know whether or not we have beef pudding on the table , and we all know whether the beef is in the pudding or not . ( Repeated cheering . ) I lament the change of sentiment which appears to prevail in gentlemen who have taken their seats in the House of Commons . I lament that the old

      saying , of " kicking down the ladder by which we have arisen , " is , in some instances , perhaps , realised . The constituencies of the kingdom are tbe ladder by which members have been sent to that high post of legislating for the country ; but an extraordinary change appears to have come over them . It would appear as if the door-keeper of the House of Commons presented them with a draught from the Lethean stream , that they may forget everything which has been previously declared on tbe hustings ; and with the oath which is administered at the Speaker ' s table , they appear to be g ifted with every requisite necessary for the post which they occupy , whatever may have been their previous habits of lifej or their previous preparation for the office which they , fill . It is but wholesome sometimes to bring these

      gentlemen back to the recollection of what is expected from them at the hands of their respective constituencies . We are told that the time for bring ing forward the question which must principally occupy our attention this day , has been ill-chosen ; but the time never comes—the time never comes for the expression of agricultural grievances , or for their redress . I maintain that the present time is of all times most fit , and the most expedient . We may hope that some good will ensue from the course now pursued , and that possibly , when the next session of Parliament commences , there may be an equal opportunity for the remission of duties with that which presented itself at the commencement of the present session . We are told that tbe agricultural interest has partaken in the general relief which has

      been afforded to the country at large . To a certain extent it undoubtedly has - , but yet , in many instances the agricultural interest has sustained more or less of injury which appears to have escaped the observation of those who have introduced such measures . ' As for instance , take the sugar duty . Nobody will deny that the agricultural population get their share of relief in the reduction of that duty ; but is it not also perfectly well understood that a very considerable quantity of beer has been made from sugar ; and is it not highly probable that that quantity will be considerably increased by the reduction of that duty ? So that altogether , with the advantage which we derive in common with the rest of the community , there is a particular disadvantage known only to ourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) There is another remission of

      duty , for which credit has been taken in the House of Commons for relief afforded the agriculturists . That is the remission of the timber duties ; and the reason given for it is this , that the landlords are necessarily obliged to maintain a great extent of buildings . Now how this may operate in other parts of the country , I won't undertake to say ; but in this district we commonly consider the remission of the timber duties as acting rather unfavourably than otherwise , by the reduction in tbe value of our oak timber . Thus you will find it is in every item , if vre were to pursue the subject . Take , for instance , another article , the smaller seeds . That may be a

      boon to a considerable portion even of the agricultural body ; but at the same time it is highly injurious to those who have been hitherto . engaged in producing those seeds . Take the remission of the duty on foreign fruit . It may be a good to the community at large , but it has been the ruin of the fruit growers of Kent . So , in every instance where relief has . been afforded to the community at large , it has been given at the expense of the agricultural interest . But we are told that in advocating . the repeal of the malt duty , we are actuated by a selfish . principle ; . Now , gentlemen , I conceive that to be a semen policy wherein individual good alone is s ought for , and especially where ) that good is sought for by causing

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      injury to be inflicted upon others . But we cannot submit to be told that our views are selfish , when we are seeking the prosperity of the agriculturists of hnglawl . Uia . t cannot be selfish which embraces the good 0 so large a portion of the community . » V F " . " 5 " ' * told as well that patriotism is a selfish principle , it is the good of all classes which is embraced in what we have in view ; and if ever there was an occasion in which self-love antisocial feeling were the same , it certainly i » true of the cause which we arc here met to-day to support and forward , for by the remission of this duty we are affording a boon to the whole labouring population of the kingdom . ( Loud cheers . ) And , gentlemen , let me draw vour attention to the point that while we complain sometimes ot the expense attaching to the maintenance

      of the poorer portion of our labouring population though not exceeding more , if fairlv slatett , 1 believe than four millions , we are drawing from that vcrv same class of society a very large proportion of this malt duty , which amounts to five millions . Is it too much to say that four millions of that sum are paid by the labouring population of the country ? ( Cheers . ) } f , on this single item , the lower classes ' arc taxed to the extent of four millions , surely there r emains but little ground for complaining of the expense of four millions for the maintenance of that same portion of our population , which has been worn-out and exhausted by that which they have contributed to the well-being of the country at large . It is an enormous itemtobepaidbythelowerclassesalone ; and therefore , in seeking a remission of the dutvwe are indeed not

      , claiming a boon lor agriculture , but wc arc advocating the interests of all classes of society . Now , gentlemen , that the amount of this dutv is enormous may , I think , be fairly established by taking the calculation of the amount of malt duty on one acre of barlev , grown for the purpose of malting . 1 tike that charge to amount to £ 0 10 s . per acre : £ 5 10 s . per acre for your own native production , gentlemen ; for tho fruit of your own soil , while you are hearing , day after day , of remission of duties in favour of the importation " of foreign productions to this country ! The two things are perfectly irreconcilable ! The remission of all duties on foreign-grown cattle and seeds , while you are paying so enormous a tax upon the productions of your own laud ! It is unreasonable and it is unnatural . But its operation is most vital to tho

      agricultural interest ; for , though it may be replied that the consumer pays the tax , and not the grower , it operates in a worse manner upon the grower than if the tax was immediately upon himself , because it eflectually narrows his market , and diminishes to an incredible extent the demand for that article , on the sale of which he altogether depends . Is it too much , gentlemen , to assume that the malt duty diminishes by one half what , under other circumstances , would be the consumption of both malt and hops ? I think we can hardly hesitate to admit that to be a fair calculation when we consider the extraordinary increase of the malt dutv the moment the beer duty was remitted . The point which 1 wish to establish is this , that the price of the article , and the price only , has reduced the consumption , and prevented that increase

      which would follow a repeal of the duty . Is it not most extraordinary , gentlemen , that while every other duty has been gradually increasing in proportion to the increase of population , that malt alone should form an exception ? Is it not a most striking fact , that the consumption of malt in this country was nearly as great as it is now when the population was not more than one third of its present amount ? That this is to be accounted for by any change in the habits or tastes of the people is immediately contradicted by adverting to that great increase which followed the remission of the duty on beer . We know that the malt duty was immediately increased , after that pressure was taken off , f rom three and a half millions to five millions a year . Is it then too much to assume that if the duty was entirely repealed , the consumption

      of malt would be seven and a half or eight millions ; and arc we not sure that the consumption of hops would more than keep pace with that consumption of malt , because the remission of this duty would encourage private brewing to an extent we have never yet known ; and we know very well that the consumption of hops is much greater in the hands of the private than of the public orcwer ? We have next to consider how prodigiously this . acts upon the well-being of the agricultural interest , that is , by cutting off our market , by preventing us first making those returns out of which the exigencies of the State might fairly be supplied . It has been said again and again , in spite of tbe remission of three and a half millions of taxation at the commencement of the session—it has been said that tbe country cannot afford so extensive

      a remission of duty . We arc anxious to support all the engagements of the country ; we shrink , from no fair share of the burden which must of necessity be imposed , but we ask that the burden may assume such a shape as we may be able to support and carry ( great cheering ) .- It is not the amount of money , but the way in which that money is called for . I rejoiced to read a report of what passed the other day in a high sphere , where one of the first ministers of the crown declared that the government were convinced that the time was arrived when indirect taxation conld be carried no further ( loud cheers ) . There is every reason why we should prefer direct taxation to an impost which operates in the prejudicial manner of that of which we arc now speaking . Direct taxation calls for money only where money is to be

      found ; it calls upon the rich , but it spares the poor ( loud cheers ); I declare , for my own part , that I would a thousand times over prefer the direct applica tion of the property-tax to an impost which operates like the one of which we are now speaking ( oncers ) . The expense of the malt duty has crept into every cottage of the country , and filched away from the poor man the can and the beer barrel ( loud applause ) . Yes , and the malt tax has bled the farmer till he has relinquished the old hospitable custom of supplying his labourers with a " bcyerage which is necessary to the maintenance of their health and the support of their labours ; the malt duty has interfered even with the hospitality of the country gentleman ' s hall , and we no longer hear the poor man speaking of the grateful nint of mild beer which he has found in that

      residence which was once a better resource to him than the beer shop or the alehouse ( loud applause ) . The malt duty interferes with the health of the labouring classes to an extent which we have not the means of estimating ; but this , gentlemen , I deliver as my evidence on the present occasion ; that , formerly when this subject was before the public , I took the trouble of asking many medical gentlemen , who at the time were engaged in the particular charge of the respective parishes , whether ov not , they would undertake that medical charge at a lower rate ol remuneration , provided the labourers had a wholesome supply of beer , and without one exception every medical gentleman replied that , were he sure the labouring classes would be supplied with beer , he would take the medical charge of the poor on lower

      terms . I have endeavoured to exhibit to you some of the malversations , some of the . evil doings of this malt duty ! I profess that I regard it as one of the greatest enemies of the country—as an evil doer , who deserves to be punished with the utmost extremity of the law . If capital punishments , were not now almost out of date , I should propose that he should be hanged ( hear , and laughter ); but as that , under present circumstances , seems almost abandoned , I should be satisfied if I could only sec him banished from the kingdom ( applause ) . The resolution states "that the malt tax is deeply injurious to the agricultural interest by ' narrowing , to an almost incredible extent , the market both for malt and hops . " There has been some delicacy felt as to the introduction of the hop plantations ; for my

      own part , I see no reason why that part of the question should be blinked at . all . When I am led to suppose that not less than , £ 800 , 000 is every year expended for labour , in one way or the other connected with the hop plantations , I cannot but think those plantations hav e special claims to the consideration of a paternal government . But we are not asking for an agricultural boen . We require only to be placed on fair and equal grounds with the other interests of this country ( cheering ) , or , as I might almost say , with the producers of foreign states . I come now to what I consider almost the gravamen of the question—that by prohibiting the great additional value of which all grain is susceptible by the process of malting , it robs both the public and the producer of no small portion of the value of the soil . It

      cannot be denied , gentlemen , that the public at large is interested in the general production of the country , and especially in tho production of food . We will not deny that there is some ground of complaint on the part of the public , where game is fed to such an extent as to interfere with the production of the farmer ; but if we examine the working of the malt duty , we shall see not only tho unreasonableness of its operation in this respect , but the extraordinary extent to which it proceeds . It has been asserted that the value of all grain and pulse , which is intended f or the fattening of cattle , is increased one half by the process of malting . Now , gentlemen , I leave it to you to inform me , if you can , the number of quarters of beans , peas , oats , and barley , not used for beer , which are produced throughout the whole length and breadth of this kingdom , and to imagine only for a moment that a law should be in operation which prohibits the grower of that corn , from increasing its value to such an amount as I liave stated . What is

      the effect of this ? How many millions would all the pulse and grain produced in this country amount to ; and whatever that amount may be , you may increase it one half by having recourse to those expedients which the improvements of science place within your reach . But no ; the malt duty comes forward and says : — " You shall not feed your cattle with that produce which would be most especially suited to the purpose , because there is a duty which must be paid ; and if you were left at liberty to malt grain for purposes of that kind , the revenue might be defrauded . " It is unnecessary for me , I hope , to dwell longer on this subject ^ I conclude , therefore , bymovi » gthisreso lution : —• ' That the malt duty , by extravagantly ad r vancingtheprice 6 fone 6 fthenece 8 s ^ ea 6 fjue , inflicts a ' cruel wrong ' upon the WUo ] e labo ' uringlpopulation , whether engaged in agriculture , ip ^ hufactures , ov otherwise , and is deeplyirijurious to' ^ he ag ricultural interest by narrowing , to an in almost incredible extent , the market both fer molt ' ana hops , thus diminishing the means of employment for the labouring

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      classes ; while , by prohibiting the great additional value of which all grain is susceptible by the process of malting , it robs both the public and the producer of no small portion of the fruits of the soil . "

      Fatal Accident.—An Inquest Was Held On M...

      Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Monday at the Spring Well Hotel , Kwcll , before Mr . Carter , upon the body of Mr . Daniel Newman Wood , aged 30 , a gentleman of large property , residing at Strawberry-hill , Chcnington , whose death occurred in the following shocking manner : —The deceased bad been to the Spring meeting on Epsom Downs on Friday last , and was returning homeward through Ewell , about hall-past six o ' clock in the evening , when , in passing the residence of Mr . Bats ' on , Ins horse ( a verv spirited animal ) became restive , and

      threw its rider . Mr . Wood pitched with great violence upon the base of his skull , and death must have ensued instantly , for upon some gentleman who witnessed the accident going to the unfortunate gentleman ' s assistance , no signs of animation were perceptible . After a full and patient inquiry into all the circumstances attending this lamentable affair , the jury returned as their verdict , "That the deceased was accidentally killed by being thrown from his horse , " The deceased gentleman was well known in the division of Surrey in which he resided .

      Railway Accidents . —From a return ordered by the House of Commons' Select Committee on the Atmospheric Vlailway system , it appears that during 1814 there were Si persons killed , and 102 injured by railway accidents in the kingdom . It is curious , however , to observe how few , comparatively , of that number were passengers . During the first three months of this year there were , also , 22 persons lulled , and 17 persons injured by railway accidents . Such , at least , arc the cases reported for the Railway Department of the Board of Trade .

      Total Loss nv Fibe ov the Barque Cioak , op Livehi'OOl . —Extract of a letter from Ceara , dated March 14 , 1845 , to the owners , Messrs . li . Singlehurst and Co .: — "Gentlemen , —We have to announce the melancholy intelligence of the loss by fire of the barque Cigar . She sailed from this port with a full cargo of cotton , bides , & c , on the 7 th ult ,, at C a . m . ; at half-past nine the following morning the captain and crew arrived in ship ' s boats , and reported her loss immediately , the captain stating that at 3 p . m . on the day she sailed the mate informed him that there was a smell o f fire in some part of the vessel , upon which he ordered the fore-hatch to be opened ,

      and immediately smoke issued forth . The position of the fire could not be ascertained . Th « hatch was closed , and smoke was seen to come from the halfdeck , down which the crew poured water in great quantities ; but , finding it all to no purpose , they tacked ship and stood in for land . The deck now became so hot that they were obliged to take to the boats , without having time to save their clothes , and vowed alongside for about half an hour , when the masts went overboard ; and , finding that there was no hope of saving the vessel , they made for this port , and all arrived in safety . The ship has since drifted ashore and gone to pieces . Very little of the cargo was saved , and that m a much damaged condition . "

      Horrible Murder . —Lisbon ( Portugal ) , April 21 . —I have just heard of tho discovery of a murder in this city , which assuredly has never been exceeded in atrocity , ' On the 4 th of February last ( Shrove Tuesday ) , a young lady , aged . about 16 , whom . an officer of notoriously profligate character had been courting against the wishes of her friends , disappeared from her home , to which she never returned Suspicion having naturally fallen upon the officer in question , his lodgings were searched for her , but in vain , nor did anything transpire to justify the suspicion in his regard . Yesterday the people in the neighbourhood of a house in St . Joao Neponmceno , which had been for some time uninhabited , having f

      been annoyed or some time by a smell proceeding from it , which had at last become intolerable , broke into it and found the body of a female , which was soon identified , though in a putrid state , as that of the missing young woman . From the circumstance of her being habited in a domino , it is inferred that she must have been enticed by her seducer to meet him at the masquerade ball at the opera , and that he then took her to the house , which , on inquiry , proved to have been hired by him only some days before , where , after debauching her person , lie had destroyed her , either with the view of escaping discovery , or from mere wantonness of cruelty . I am told that orders liave already been sent off to arrest bun in Algarve , where he now is .

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      TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES TO WINDSOR . Downing-street , Madam , —My first sentence is one of electricity . I am struck by the D'lsraeli fluid . I am dead beat . R . P . Windsor . Sir , —Sarve you right , V . R . ii . Downing-street . Madam , —Allow me to transmit to you , by a flash of lightning , the highest degree of impudence in the Fahrenheit of St . Stephen ' s . 1 have been called a " Parliamentary Middleman , " and my Government has been designated a " dynasty of deception , " and a Parliamentary imposture . R . P . m . Windsor .

      Sir , —There is some justice about the " Middleman , " because I have always held you , as far as brains are concerned , to be a man of a very middling order . The "dynasty of deception" is unfair ; you are too shallow to deceive anybody ; the " Parliamentary Imposture" merely refers to your efforts , not to your success , upon the principle on which tho Mendicity Society take up beggars—as impostors who are only trying to impose ! Believe me , I have great faith in my people and jour transparency , and I think they see through you . If they don't , / do . This is not quite so telegraphic as your flash of lightning , but it is quite as true . V , 11 . —Joe Miller the Younger .

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      Bankrupts. (Prom Tuesday's Gazette, Apri...

      BANKRUPTS . ( Prom Tuesday ' s Gazette , April iiOj Anna Maria Johnson , West Smithfield , innkeeper—William Johnson , West Smithfield , wine-merchant—Joseph Cooke , Weni , Salop , brewer—Thomas O'Rorke and William Birhs , Manchester , commission-agcuts — Martha Chcethain and William Oheotham , Smedley , I « ff « t 8 hire , piece-dyers—John Gregory , Weston , Somersetshire , innkeeper—Robert Brideson , Preston , Lancashire , provisiondealer .

      PIVIDEHDS . May 23 , C . Crook , George-yard , Long-acre , livery-stahle keeper—May 20 , It . Deune , Mihicr-place , Lambeth , builder —May 20 , T . Weston , Southampton , plumber—May 23 , H . NicJioll , Greetland , Yorkshire , worsted-spinner—May 23 , J . Cree , Devonport , draper—May 23 , H . Mutch , Norton-under-llamdon , Somersetshire , sail-cloth-manu facturer—May 23 , E . 1 \ Worth , Henley-in-Arden , Warwickshire ; victualler—May 22 , W . ButteriH , Sheffield , grocer—May 20 , W . Britton , Borrowby , Yorkshire , manufacturer of linen-cloth—May 20 , W . P . Nicholson , Warley , Yorkshire , worsted-spinner—May 20 , W . Collinson , Bast Buttcnvick , Lincolnshire , shipwright—May 22 , J . Ashbarry , -Holm Lacy , Herefordshire , farmer—May 22 , 3 . Yarrad , Spalding , Lincolnshire , grocer—May 22 , T . Lane , Hereford , coal-merchant .

      DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . 11 . Thompson , Stroud , Kent , draper—first dividend of 9 s . 4 d . in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Prederick's-place , Old Jewry . O . Siioulton , Canterbury , banker—first dividend , of 20 s . in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frcdcrick ' s-place , Old Jewry , W . Oliver , Darlington , Durham , printer—first dividend , of 4 s . Od . in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Wahley , Newcastle-npon-Tyne . W . Lewis , Liverpool , pilot—first dividend , of Is . in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Caienove , Liverpool . W . Cross , Chester , lead-merchant— first dividend , of Is . in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . T . Johnson , C . Mann , and W . Johnson , Romford , bankers—second dividend , of 2 s . fid . in the pound to those creditors whose surnames commence with the letter A to L inclusive , on Wednesday , April 30 ; and to creditors whose surnames commence with M to Z inclusive , on Wednesday , May 7 , or any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-court , Basinghall street .

      C . V . Waroian , Houndsditch , china-dealer—first dividend , of 2 s . 6 d . in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Pennell , Basinghall-strect . AS ' . Law , Heading , Berkshire , draper-second dividend , of Gd . in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Penncll , Basinghall-strect . Certificates to he granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting . May 22 , T . K . Oovbcll , Bedford-place , Commercial-road , Stepney , bookseller—May 22 , R . Swansborough and II . Oake , Bread-street , City , flax-merchants-May 20 , W . H . Mills , Mark-lane , City , wine-merchant—May 20 , G . HaywoodLutonBedfordshire

      , , , bricklayer— . May 20 , C . Burrage , Newgate-market , carcase-butcher—May 20 , C . P . Wurman , llounsditch , china-dealer—May 22 , W . Reeves , Walcot , Somersetshire , coach-builder—May 20 , J . IIasel . den , Boltou-le-Moors , Lancashire , cotten-spinner—May 20 , C . Lewis , Bath , innkeeper-May 20 , R . Marshall , Deptford , stonemason-May 20 , M . Martin , Bristol , upholsterer-May 20 , T . Browning , Old Bailev , innkeeper—May 20 , T . Bees , Liverpool , brewer—May 20 , F . Pratt , StoUc-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , miller—May 20 , W . Broadbent , Denton , Lancashire , flour-dealer—May 20 , P . Fothcrgill and J . M'lrmes , Ilell ' s-close , Northumberland , lampblack manufacturers .

      partnerships dissolved , ' ' W , llumber , jun ., and J . Sanders , King ' s-place , Com . mcrcial . road , auctioneers—G . L . Millard and It . Summers , Haverfordwest , surgeons—M , Mead and A . Lawrence Shrewsbury , milliners—T . Beed and It . P . Harrison , Honiton , Devonshire , curriers—T . Piper ami G . Riddle , Lanih strect , SpitaJfields , patent iron-wheel manufacturers—G . Robertson and J . Alexander , Liverpool , commission-merchants—J . Walmsley , jun ., and J . Tayleur , Liverpool , coal-merchants-C . Parsons and F . S . Collins , Presteign , solicitors—J . Campbell , J . Macfie ,, A . Woods , and G . AU ston , Liverpool , merchants ; as far as regards A . Woods and G . Alston-J , Mills , iun .. W . and G . Mills , Poplar ,

      coopers ; as far as regards W . Mills—J . Rowe and G . P ) ggott , Chester , woollen-drapers—R . MaddocU and W . S . Streddcr , Birkenhead , Cheshire , builders-B . W , and S . Hunt , Liverpool , lace-dealers-H . Jones and C . Taunton , Hatton-garden , bottle-merchants—J . DcmUston ami J . Candlish , Sunderland , ship-brohers-E . Kelwy , W . awl A . Thornton , Reigate , Surrey , conductors of a ladies boarding-school- wT-Cartwright and J . Borland , Ashton-in-Mackerfield , Lancashire , common-brewers—J . Ellison and W T . Sibley , Selby , Yorkshire , tailors—T . Monk and W . Hodges , Rohertson ' s-place , Stockwell-grecn , Lambeth , butchers-G . H ., C , and J . H . Blake , Stephen-street , Tottenbam-court-road , cabinet-makers .

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      Hints To Sportsmen.—" The Oldest Of Men ...

      Hints to Sportsmen . — " The oldest of men are not expected to he without feeling . An officer may go bravelv into battle , and bear it bravely too , but he must feel it : he cannot be insensible to a shattered knee . " " Certaink not , " " Or a jawbone blown awav . " " Bv no means ' . " " Or four of his ribs jammed in . " ' "Horrible ' . " "Or his face smashed and his nose forced in . " "Don ' tspeak of it ! " " Or his two legs taken off by a cannon ball , he being left to fester to death , on a winter ' s night , on a large plain . " " Upon my soul , you make my flesh creep on mv bones . " " A gallant spirit is not bound to feel aUttiis , or even to hear of it , without

      shuddering , even though the battle may be necessary , and a great good produced bv it to society . " " Certainly , certain ] v , God knows . " " Jt is only a woodcock or a snipe that might to bear it without complaining : your partridge is the only piece of flesh and blood that we can put into such : i date for no necessity , but purely for our sport and pleasure . " " How?—what ' s that you say ? " ' Isav it ' s nunc but birds that we may , with" a perfect consciVii .-c , lame , lacerate , smash , and blow their Ices and In ,.. ' .-s away , and leave , God knows where , to per ' . sh of neglect and torture , they being the only masculine creatures living , and not to be lowered into comparison with soldiers and gallant men . "—Ant . M ,., uhly Magazine .

      Gross Ixobatiti'Dk op the ' 82 Ci . rn . —Mr . John licilly , of Dublin , has been blaek-bcaued by the ' 82 Club for this great offence—he is a tailor ! Now when we consider the great impetus that has been given to the cause of repeal by the green uniform of the ' $ 2 Club—when we reflect that Ireland will be won for irishmen , not by sword and bayonet , but by needle and thread , exercised upon verdant broadcloth—when the goose of O'Reilly , somewhat like the famous geese of the Capitol , will save Erin from the Saxon —( for all this , Mr . O'Connell has assured us , will be peacefully compassed by ' 82 gentlemen donning the livery of grasshoppers)—we consider that O'Reilly ' s treatment by the club as not only ungrateful , but unnaturally rebellious . It is as if a lot of puppets should cast off * their showman . One excuse , however , has been charitably suggested for the ' 82 . It is this . Many of them may be endowed with too fine a sensibility to be continually meeting their creditor . — Punch .

      A Loxo Yars . —One pound of cotton ( says Mr . Gordon ) , which formerly could only be spun into a thread of 1 OS yards long , can now , by the application of steam , produce a thread of 107 miiesin length . Thk Height of Extravaoaxce potLOttiai bv ihb lliiGnr of AnsraDirv . — Purchasing the Economist for sixpence , and afterwards expecting to find any light reading in it . A Rival of the Court Circular . —The Observer of Sunday contains the annexed important announce ment : —" Saturday Evening . —The reporter had an interview yesterday with Mr . Cope , the governor of

      Newgate , who received him most courteously , and communicated such information relative to the condemned criminal Hocker as he consistently could do as chief officer to the gaol . " Wc have every reason to believe that the reporter in question was Jym Grant , who , fired bv the quotations from his " Impressions on Ireland" in the House of Commons , is ahsmt to prwrace "The Crimes o f Criminals ; or , Musings of Murderers ; " alliteration in a title of a new book making up for the illiteracy of the writer " The bookful blockhead ignoraiitly read . With loads of learned lumber in his hi'ad . ' '

      Great Gun . Strasoe Gkound fob a Quarrel . —It is somewhat remarkable that the Oregon , a territory on the Pacific , should have been the cause of warlike demonstrations between England and America . — Ibid . Gross Caiaj « nv . —Sir Robert Peel ' s political opponents charge him with having deserted his principles . A more unfounded accusation could not be made against the worthy Premier , who , it is well known , never possessed any principles whatever . — Ibid . A Word to the Wise . — There is an old and often-quoted proverb which says , " One word to the wise is sufficient . " But tho wisdom of Parliament listens to millions of words on the commonest subject , and yet cannot get itself convinced after all . — Query . Is the Parliament not wise , or is the proverb not true I—Hid .

      The Orasoe-mun in the House of Commons . — Lord Arthur Lennox , on his way to St . Stephen ' s the other evening , made some old woman ' s fortune , by giving her a halfpenny for two oranges . Shortly after his arrival he gave Tom Duncombe one of them , thereby acting tekseopically , inasmuch as he made a far-tkingpresent . ( O , Joe ' . Joe ' . ) Duncombe sucked it , and throw it in Sir James Graham ' s face—he ' 3 always casting something in the poor baronet ' s teeth —Sir . James , with a benignant smile , deposited the sucked missile under his seat . The Times , with its usual beantifnl simplicity , asks , "Is the circumstance " a , sign of reconciliation ? and is the squeezed orange a symbol of tho price of it ? " Wc should say not—but \ i throwing an orange at anotherman ' s head be intended as a token of reconciliation , we can only consider it as another instance of " organised hypocrisy , "— Young Joe Miller .

      ExinAOKDiNAnv Reskmblakce . — There are two sisters in Massachusetts , twins , who are so much alike , that each of them occasionally mistakes the other for herself . The Difference between the "Fountains" ih Trafalgar-square and the " Pump * '' in tub Housb of Commons . The former , dear Joe—ami I think they are right-Feel contented with spoutiny from morning 'till night , But the latter , all rules of propriety scorning , Keep spouting away all the night until morning ; What Hows from the former is sparkling and clear , But 1 can't say as much for the latter , my dear , lbi £

      The Reason why Adam was so Called . —He being the first , and of course the only man at the time in the world , was politely offered his choice of names , to which he irreverently answered , that " he didn't care a damn what name was given him . " " A-dam ( n ) then let it be , " was the reply . NURSE PEEL ' S COMPLAINT OF MASTER GRAHAM . O , dear ! O goodness gracious me ! Whatever shall 1 do ? 'Tis quite enough for any three The trouble I go through . The measles , hooping cough , and thrush , Are trifles to ann « y j Rat I must alirays ltipe and brush That dirty little hoy !

      The plague to me that infant is , Is really unbeknown : 'Tis worse than any rhuumatis , Or bruise , or broken bone . Of all my enemies , not one I'd wish a worse employ Than to he forced to wait upon That dirty little boy I Within or out the House , 'tis all The same with that young Jim : There ' s not a day without a fall , Or some disgrace for him . No breakfast , lunch , —no dinner , tea , — Nor supper I enjoy ; Ho always does so worrit me , That dirty little boy !

      1 wouldn't be his mother—no , Not for a world of gold" . ' Now where can he expect to go ! I n-ish J could be told . A plaguier little imp than that Ne ' er yet wore corduroy ; That naughty , good-for-nothing brat , — That dirty little boy ! Punch . England Ruined . —Englishmen may not be aware of the calamity that has fallen upon their beloved land ; but—we cannot , we ought not , to suppress the terrible news—England is ruined \ She is a done state : a wreck—the skeleton of a once mighty nation henceforth to take her mournful place in

      history with the Phoenician and Roman empires . The cause of this vast destruction is that terrible Irishman , that fire-eating Milesian , that very hot potato , Mr . II . Grattan . It is but a very few days ago that that awful person declared ho had done with ns for ever and ever ; and this declaration he solemnised with a thumping oath , loudly cheered at the Conciliation Hall . Then and there he swore that " he took his leave of the gentlemen of England ; " then and there he avowed his stern determination " never willingly to draw a sword in their behalf , or give them a guinea of his money . " We cling to the hope that Grattan the Terrible may yet be mollified ; for when

      we reflect how often and how valorously he has drawn his sword for England—when we remember how generously , yea , how magnificently , he has expended his treasure in her behalf—what cab she do , how can she exist , deprived henceforth of the honourable gentleman's steel and gold ? If Grattan reioaaih inexorable , our countrymen may next week expect , to sec England in the Gazette , with not even the hope ofafarthb ^ gdl « dend ! --i 8 irf . . ] ' ' . ' Very' Bau Taste . —The public indignation is very strong at present about disinterring the dead . Surely Mr . Serjeant Murphy must have been ignorant of this when he quoted in Parliament from Mr . Grant ' book!—Bid . . ¦ -iY .

      The Fmje List or tub Old Bailey . —Mr . Nathan is happy to inform the British public , and young gentlemen in particular , who are fond of strong excitement , that he has on hand a capital asaortmui ^*^ " ^ of real gowns and wigs , 'Which are wan ^ jft ^&^ L ^ . ' ? . admit any one , who his the nerve to pass ai « j hMj * Hi - -Kc rister . into the Court of the Old Bailey , witSSttUiy ; ^ J questions br fee being asked . No extra chafj & imw ^ -h »"•> . "horrible mrder ; " A ntst ^ teVi ( 5 e . Ch ^^ i ^ r ?/ ' : v wig , which can be let out either for a 8 ingl # iMC T ^ f > r ?' : Vnicnt or the entire session , on the lowest marfratiafo * Jj ' r terms . — % * Cambrics for genttemen . who ( tgleaSnA Zt * ' ' - the legal deception ) wish to ueep . —Ibid . /_< . . •*> 7 $ y ? £ v . i y ; ' ( v */ 'ir > -V ' - •' V 't-r ' r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03051845/page/3/