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      February 6,1847. The Northern Star. 0

      February 6 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 0

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      Erin. (From Tticxaoourer, For February.)...

      ERIN . ( From TTicXaoourer , for February . ) Oh : Erin my country , I love thee with pride , Bat I love thee the more for thy sorrow ; Many is the bitter salt tear I have cried . As I've cheerlessly thought on thy morrow . Though my fame be erased from thy history's page And the name of my martyr'd dead sire forgot ; Tbongh my uncle still pines lo the winter of age , A fifty yews' exile for Erin his lot : Though , hounded by trader and traitor , you aimed To shed my life ' s blood in your madness and woe , I resisted with reason alone till I tamed The spiritltss courage infused by the foe .

      Yet , Erin , I have never forgotten the vow , That I solemnly swore at my country ' s shrine , That the haughty oppressor should bead his proud brow , That I'de break bis stiff » pirit , or he should breakmine . How oft I have sighed through my cold prison bars , As I ' ve thought on the magic that bound you a slave , When you ' ve cursed the Lord Edward that died of his cars , And reviled the young Emmett that sleeps in his grave . Though bis body lies mangled by traitors and knaves , Hit * memory's enshrined in each true Irish heart , And his country , though crippled by sycophant slaves , Shall rise a prond nation despite of their art .

      Then , Erin , take courage , the day is at hand "When Sasoa oppression shall tremble and fall , When Erin ' s own sons shall possess their own land , Acd shall make their own laws , still better than all . Yes , Erin ' s dark night of oppression shall flee Like a vapour dispell'd by the sun ' s genial ray , And then , sweetest Isle of the ocean , thon'lt be First flower of the earth aud first gem of tbe sea . When we see the light footstep that bounds o ' er the sand

      Of the exile condemned the wide world to ream ; When the d ay-star of freedom shaU shine e ' er the land To light the lone wanderer back to his home ; When the waters that bound thy lone dungeon shall swell * Neath the crowded white canvass that bends to the west , And fill'd with the cheers of thy sons come to dwell Ib the land of their fathers , the heme they love bes t ;

      Then Edward and Emmett may rest in their graves , Where untombed and unhonoured their relics have slept ; While the traitor that lived on the blood of his slaves Shall perish unhonoured , unmounted , unwept . Then , Erin , I'll visit : ¦¦ y sei-b ' . iten shore , When the home of m ; : •' . ¦ . ' i- home tor the free , Then , Erin , III swear * t : y aiwr once more ; To perish if needed , lov <> d Erin , for thee . And then , though my name , like young EmmettV , be cursed , My spirit shall hover around the loved spot , Where I play'd in my childhood , aud where I was nursed , Where I rocked in my cradle , snd I was begot .

      Then we'll build a snng nest in our own little isle , And we'll choose oar own members to make our own law , Like freemen we'B live on our own native soil . The loveliest , greenest , that man ever saw . Zp , up , then , young Ireland , the land of the green ! Ere the traitor , with Saxon your liberties barter , Each true British spirit will join with Erin FOR REPEAL OF THE UNION—THE LAND AND THE CHARTER .

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      The Labourer.—A Monthly Magazine Of Poli...

      THE LABOURER . —A Monthly Magazine of Politics , Literature , roetry , < fcc . Edited by Fbarocs O'Cox . nor . Esq ., and Ernest Joxes , Esq ., ( Barristers at-Law ) . London : Nortltcrn Star Office , 10 , Great Windmill Street . The task of reviewing this month ' s number of the Lal-ourcr is an easy one . We can find nothing to cecsure ; and praise of the literary ability displayed by the Labourer ' s staff of writers , would be but a repetition cf the commendations we expressed last month . In appearance this number exhibits considerable improvement as compared with No . I . ; while as regards the contents , the several articles are well worthy the reputation of the editors , and ( as we said of the first number ) \ vou \ d dx > credit to the half-crown magazines .

      A pcem by Ernest Jones entitled " The Factory Town , " opens this number ; and , if we say this poem alose is well worth the cost of the entire magazine , we very inadequately express our sense of its merits . We had marked it for extract , but must defer it till our next number , when it shall appear in full . The history of "The Insurrections of the Working Classes" J ' s continued , " ! and the ] second chapter confirms tte hi ^ h opinion we expressed of the first . Tbe greater portion ofanexcellpntartiele on " Trades Unions . " we have transferre ! ; to another column . * * The Romance ofa People , " gives a thrilling chapter of modern J ' olish history . " Progress and Prospects of Society , " is an eloquently ^ ritten article , full of faith as regard * "the go ^ d time coming . " " The Jolly Young Poacher , " ia the commencement of what Qromims to be a good rattling story ; it contains a jolly good song , and we heartily advise thepoaehtng brigade to make the author their " poet laureat . " We must here extract largely from an article on

      THE USD A 5 D THE CHARTER . However the moit hostile opponent may denounce the principles of Chartism , none will venture to withhold S * m its advocates the tribute due to energy , perseverance , courage , and independent expression , regardless of the threats or vengeance of faction . The fact ' that Ctanism has become tbe adopted principle of the young aiad of America , which now sees the weakness of political power if severed from social enjoyment ; that its orjan , the "Northern Star , "has able correspondents in America , Frusua , Belgium , France , and Switzerland , who speak the growing mind of those countries ; the fact tiat Chartism has struggled against and beaten old Toryism and old WhiggUm , that it has survived tbe malicious slander , and outlived tbe interested opposition , of

      tbe bigottrd OLD IRELAND PARTY ; that it maintamed its ground during the Free Trade campaign , and outlived the Free Trade agitation : —its advocates' defi . aace of persecution ; their ever readiness to meet their fees upon the public platform ; their disregard of the law ' s oppression and their master ' s frovra ; their respect for age as evinced in the support of their veteran vie tims ; their love of youth as manifest in their struggle to release the factory infant Tom a portion of his toil ; their love of principle exhibited in tbe universal execration poured upon the bead of the deserter ; the stand that Caartism has made against the united power of faction ' s strvilepressjssainstth ecombinedandsectionalauthority of the rich as representatives and local tyrants ; against the laws made by their oppressors , administered by their judges , enforced by theirpolice , and vigorouslv executed

      by their cru . l jailors—prove that the will , the " whim , the caprice , the spite , the spleen , the envy , of the unjust but etrou-, has been iu vain gathered up in one volition in tbe hope of bearing down the unbending mind of honest labour stroking for its just rights . Such is Chartism : a combination ofyoung mind resisted b y the conspiracy t'f" OLD OPINIONS , " a conspiracy of monarebs against a combination of men , a conspiracy of fading prejudices Sgainst a combination ef blooming intellects . The eneiaies of ChartUra foolishly hoped to accomplish its ruin , trstby persecution , and then by silence and indifference . The one has failed , the other is DANfJEUOCS . as " tobe forewarned is to be forearmed , " and Chartism , being the enly defined and accepted principle , and the only one ready to supply that place which faction will ere long be •( compelled to abandon , will , instead of being understood , come upon those who must surrender to its influence as

      an enemy , aud if convulsion and confusion should be the cause of ignorance , faction will have to blame its own , cts servile press , and it alone , for the DISPENSATION . When faction of all shades shall have surrendered to the princi ple of the sgc , and when the impartial historian shall writeits history , he will represent Chartism as the dial of tbe age , as the time ' s cSixmomcter , by which public opinion was set , and the national will was regulated . The historian may trace it from its int ' ant weakness to its matured strength , shewing how the folly of vengeance and force vanished before the hope in moral power : how the denunciation of wrong withered into the censure of fools who here it , and how the party became like a bed of mushrooms , the more you pluck the more you leave . The historian will characterize the vain attempt of fac .

      tion to suppress opinion b y brute force , as only paralleled by the insolence of the haughtj Dane , wi , om the plenitude of his power songbt to stay the tide and arrest the ware . The historian will say , "that about the year * <«< , the several political parties in the state , who had heretofore contested lustily with each other for the reins Ofpowtr , were compelled to unite as one great party to resist the progress of democracy and famine , then taking rapid strides , not only in England , battli rougboughttbe civilized world ; Sir Rjbert Peel had di eted a large mimber of his farmer supporters , and the choice of a leader fell upon Lord John Kussell , who , early in tbe session of that year , disappointed bis »» ends and disgusted his opponents . The noble lord

      comnutted tbe eiror of confining his measures to the mere SOestwn of famine without an attempt to comet the abuses which the Chartist party contended were the parent of the cabmity . Jand the cause ' of the ^ scveral evils of * bich they justly complained . Whether the minister found himsvlf unequal to the task of governing , or v . he-. . te was unwilling to surrender to tbe democratic Pltlt , mast now remain a secret , while hh obstinacj—**» d it not been for the discipline of the Chartist ranks and the prudence aud forbcaranee of the leaders , would jujye probabl y ended in a bloody revolution . The no-™» r . Sentry , and middle classes appeared to be taken wholl y by surprise , when , upon a given day , the whole asmec ratic party came to absolution , 'tfut the leading

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      men of all parties and politics having seen and confesse ' d that the non-performance of duties by landlords and the cawequent neglect of all agricultural pursuits ' , has placed the people of these countries wholl y at the mercy of foreigners for the necessaries of life , and lias created a famine from which the producin g classes alone suffer ; that inasmuch as the unjust monopol y of the land has also conferred the power upon its possessors of making such laws as shall be necessary to protect them in the unjust possession of property ; the owners of which do not fufbfully discharg e their duties ; and believing the principle of skip emploimest to ba the surest protection against unequal suffering and man's

      oispen-SATioN , and further believing that tbe property that CDLTIVATE 3 { Labour ) is more laluable than the property ODLTtVATED { Land ) ; therefore we , the producing millions , demand the bestoeation of the land to its na . tur . il legitimate and original purposes , firstly , as the only means of arresting famine , by increasing production ; sscondly , as the only means of promoting industry and independence , by affording to each a labour field and encouraging the grand principle ; of self reliance ; thirdly , as the only possible means of establishing a fair stand * ard of wages in the artificial market , and fourthly , as tbe only means of making machinery and all other national improvements and properties man ' s holiday instead of man's curse . And as the exclusive possession

      of the vote was only tolerated iu barbarous ages , upon tbe presumption that the enfranchised steward would faithfully discharge his trust , and Parliament has proclaimed him guilty of gross negligence , he having failed to do so , and having thereby brought famine and woe upon the Land ; we demand the restoration of the vote to every man of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind and in possession of his liberty at the time of election . " The above resolution was passed on the same day , in every town and village of importance in , " Enslandj and Scotland , and being embodied in the shape ofa petition , and committed to Mr . Thomas Buncombe , H . P . for

      Finsbury , and the most popular man of the times , it was presented to the House of Commons by that gentleman , on Monday , the 2 nd of May , 1817 , and was escorted by a vast concourse of tbe working classes to the door of tbe House of Commons . Tbe prayer of the petition was rejected , aud but few members voted forks reception , however , before many months bad elapsed , famine had accomplished what prayers and petitions failed to achieve , popular discontent had grown to such an alarming heighth , while a wasting Exchequer paralyzed the hands of authority , that all parties agreed to call to their councils the leaders of the Chartist party , when , after some conferences , the two statutes known as" The Charte * ** and - 'Land Restobatios * ' Acts , were passed in both houses of parliament , when , as if b y magic , all

      famine appeared to merge in future hope ; every muscle of the nation was at active employment ; those with something helped those without anything ; useless taxes were abolished ; the national property usurped by the church was disposed of to pay the just creditors of the state ; all useless places and pensions were abolished ; England had tbe preference of all the trade in the world ; her mines were opened , her fisheres encouraged , her population all well housed and well-abmed , and during the following year she was in a situation to demand ihe surrmder o * JU « " bv Jtassi * , and to which the autecra , « as wmpelie * to : : ~ . ' T" . ' -, Tid also in the following year had her parliament restored , and a simiUr act was passed with respect to the lands oi Ire ^ nd . "

      " X h ° history of England , previous to the enactmentof the Charter , u written more in the character of romance than of tbe history of a great nation . We see in the museums and national institutions , figures dressed in red and blue and green , presenting a most fantastic appearance , and always armed with long swords , or guns and bayonets , and called the standing army . The history of England , however , is only interesting to the reader since the period , by consent called the Golden Ace , which dates from the year 1848 ; since when England has been tbe mistress of the wcrld and thearbitress of nations . It is estimated that the national property increased in the first twenty years of the Golden Age from Thbee Hundred millions annually to Twelve Hcndbed millions , and within that period not a single murder was committed—a thing of frequent occurrence before the Coldest Age —and the criminal code became a dead letter . "

      Such is the character that England will deserve from the impartial historian , when the Land and the Charter shall go as handmaids to resist famine , except when of God ' s creation ; to fertilise tbe now barren heaths , to humanise ^ the now barbarous mind , and to destroy the now unnatural inequality existing between man and man ; the monstrous anomaly , the revol isg sprc'acle , of fatted idleness 1 gislating for starved industry requires but the exercise of a moment ' s calm thought to ens-ire universal di .-t : ust . The labour mind has become too proud , because

      conscious of its strength and value , to offer thanksgiving for a royal begging letter , or thanks for the crumbs from the idler ' s board . And however the press , the law , and the power of fiction may unite , in the hope of resisting the onward march of democracy , we tell authority that the days of king-craft and priest-craft are numbered , and that the question of the Land and the Chabtib is now but a question of time , as no human ingenuity or political device can much longer resist tbe demand . " The simple question is , whether authority will yield to Beason , or surrender to Force !

      Working Men ! the above may be a page of historv if you will it . May the antici pations of the L-ihourc r prove no dream , but a glorious reality . What say you , men of the multitude , shall it be so ? Vox Populi Vox Dei ! There are other well written articles in this number , — " The Confessions of a King , " *• Review of the Events of the Month ; " and , last not least , some stiring lines on " Erin , " given in the preceding column . If the Iiish Journali-ts are in earnest , they will transfer these earnest lines ( from the pen of one of their own countrymen ) to their papers . "We shall see .

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

      Howitt's Journal. Edited By William And ...

      HOWITT'S JOURNAL . Edited by William and Mart LTowirr . Part I . London : 171 , ( Corner of Surrey Street ) , Strand . We welcome the first part of this excellent publication which we are glad to hear has already a sale of upwards of twenty thousand copies weekly . We cannot profess to admire some of the contributors to this "journal , " and their writings are not so wonderfully clever as to call forth our applause irrespective of personal or political feeling ; but as regards the editors from what we know ofthem , and from what we have read of their literary productioas , we entertain towards them but one feeling , —that of sincere pleasure at their immediate and well-deserved , success . We have alread y noticed and quoted from ¦

      the first number ; four other numbers are contained in this part , something more than equally as good as the first number . The principal articles are a life of Metternich ( the Austrian Kaiser ' s master ) , by Wm . Ilowitt , with a portrait which if it be liKe him has not disappointed us , we guessed him " a smoothfaced villain" and so he is here represented . The same number contains what may be regarded , viewed politically , as the most important article in this part , an account of ' The Peasant Subjects of the Citizen Kim , ' . " This article we have intended , and still inend to transfer to ^ our columns , but we will not abridge it , and would rather not give it piecemeal , wc must , therfore , wait for an opportunity to give it entire . This said article on the French

      Peasantry , is a translation from the French of the celebrated George Sand , and is as far as we have seen , the most complete ' exposure of the horrible middle-class despotism which now weighs upon France . Welesme terrorism , anarchy , all the ills and evils of deadly strife , rather than the continuance of the state of slavery in which our French brethren are at present involved . Let those who have not seen the article here alluded to , buy this Part , or No . 2 , of " Ilowitt's Journal , " and read and judge for themselves ; sure we are that when they have done so , they will take their little ones by the hand , and swear them to eternal enmity against those gods of gold , those profit-mongering knaves , whose creed is — " buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , " and " Lord love you , we re all for ourselves in

      this world 1 " Mary ilowitt contributes some interesting articles , amongst them a curious account of " The Preaching Epidemic of Sweden ; " and ( translated ) " Scenes from the Peasant Life of Hungary . " Amongst the illustrations is a portrait of * ' Pope Pius the Ninth , " with a sketch of his life , The principal contribution by Mr . Ilowitt is an account of some of his rarablings in Germany , entitled— " A few days tour in tbe Odemvald . " This account is most delightful reading , so truthful and fascinating that the reader cannot but feel as though he was sharing with tbe traveller in person , step by step , the wonders and enchantments of each successive scene , llere is a brief extract , descriptive of a rural scene in the neighbourhood of the height of Melibscus : — -

      the village school—the agrarian system . Wc saw several children sitting on n bench in the open air , near a school-house , learning their lessons , and writing on their slates , and we went into the tchool . The schoolmaster was a man exactly befitting the place—simple , rustic , and devout . He told us that the boys and girls , of which his schoid was full , came , some of them from a considerable distance . They came in at six o ' clock in the morning , and stayed till eight , had an hour ' s rest , and then came in till eleven , when they went home , and did not return again till next morning , being employed the rest of the day iu helping their parents ; in going into the woods for fuel ; into the fields to glean ,

      tend cattle , cut grass , or to do what was wanted . All the barefooted children of tvery village , however remote , thus acquire a tolerable education , learning singing as a regular part of it . They have what they call their sang-stund , singing-hour , every day . On a blackboard , the lied , song or hymn for the day , was written in German character in chalk ; and the master , who was naturally anxious to exhibit the proficiency of his scholars , gave them their singing lesson while tie were there . The scene was very interesting in itself , but somewhat humiliating to our English minds , to think tbatin the Odenwald , a portion of the great Hyrcancian forest , a regioa associating itself with nil that is wild and obscure , every child of every hamlet and cottage ,

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

      Each German has his house , his orchard , and his road-side trees , so laden with fruit , that if he did not carcfullyprop up and tie together , and in many places hold the boughs together with wooden clumps , they would be torn asunder by their own weight . He has his corn plot ; his plot tor mangel wureel , for hay , for potatoes , for hemp , etc . He is his own master , and he therefore , and every branch of his family , have the strongest motives r constant exertion . You see the effect of this iu his industry and in his economy .

      We are glad to see the very knowing gentlemen who do the Athenaeum taken down a peg or two . Air . Hewitt ' s « ' Hemes and Haunts of the most eminent British Poets , " we have not seen , but we have seen and read a " pretty considerable" quantum cf petty criticisms thereon , we , therefore , felt some interest and satisfaction in reading the " notice " contained in this Part . A'though much pressed for room , we must find a place for the following extract from Mr . Ilowitt ' s book , given in this part of the Journal : — .

      tank a hill's hole . For want of poets and poets' children entertaining these rational ideas , what miseries have from age to age awaited them I In the course of my peregrinations to the Wrth-places and the tombs of poets , how often have these reflections been forced upon me ! Humble , indeed , are frequently their birth-places ; but what is far worse , how wretched are often the places of their deaths ; How many ofthem have died in the squalid haunts of destitution , and even by their own hand ! Howmany of them have left their families to utter poverty ; how many of those carressed in thiir lives , lie without a stone or a word of remembrance in their graves I Scott , with all his glory anfl his monuments in other places , has not even a slab bearing his name laid upon

      his breast . Chatterton ' s very bones havebeen dispersrd tomake a market . Motherwell , amid the proud cenotaphs in the Necropolis at Glasgow , such men as Major Monteith having whole funeral palaces to themselves , has not even a cubic foot of stor . e , or a mere post with hi * Initials , to mark his resting-place . But still more melancholy is the contemplation of the beginning and the end of Robert Tannahill , the poplar song writer of Foisley . Tannahill was no doubt stimulated by the fame of Burns . True , he had not the genius of Burns , but genius he had , and that is conspicuous in many of these songs which during his lifetime were sung with enthusiasm by his countrymen . Tannahill was a poor wea . ver of Faisley . The cottr . v . where he lived is still to be seen , a very ordinary weav-sr ' s cottage in an ordinary

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

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

      Music.-Handel's "Messiah." - Haydon's "C...

      MUSIC .-HANDEL'S "MESSIAH . " - HAYDON'S " CREATION . " London : Alfred Novelb , 63 , Dean-street , Soho . We do not thank publishers for sending us odd numbers of periodicals . We have here parts £ , 5 . and C , ol Handel's Sacred Oratorio , " The Messiah , ' ( in vocal score , with a separate accompaniment fir . r the organ or piano-forte ) , but we have not seen the-1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd parts . We have also a double number , 32 and 33 . oi " The Musical Times , " the preceding numbers of which we hive not seen . " The Messiah" is published in monthly sixpenny numbers , in largo octavo , and will be completed in twelve numbers . Uniform with " The Messiah" wc have the three first numbers of Haydn ' s Oratorio , "The Creation , " which will be completed in nine monthly numbers . Both works are edited by Vincent Novello , and both reflect great credit upon editor and publisher .

      —«*.— Tiie Midland Florist. Conducted By...

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

      Mackenzie's Hand Book To Billiards. Mack...

      MACKENZIE'S HAND BOOK TO BiLLIARDS . Mackenzie , HI , Fleet-street . There is evidently much pains taken by the writer of this work to render it plain and easy . The rules , games , and engravings are numerous , giving in-trucction , amusement , and science to those practisin « this now popular mode of exercise or pastime . To those who can afford leisure , or possess opportunity for indulging in the game , we recommend this work . It ousht to be wherever a Billiard Table is kept , either as a work of instruction , of preference , ot authority , or science .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Toe Elect...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Toe Electric Telegeaph . —Doctor BachofFuer has been lecturing on the above-named subject at the Royal Polytechnic Institution . The learned professor introduced much new and interesting matter into his discourse upon the peculiar application of electricity to the purposes of the electric telegraph . In addition to the usual lucid explanation of the principles of magnetism , and an historical notice of the application of the invention to railway and ^ public purposes , ^ Doc tor Bachhoffner , upon this occasion , entered into a lengthened illustration of the practicability of the mode of communication by the index upon the new principle secured by patent to Messrs . Nott and Gamble , It hs but just to observe in a passing notice of various instruments invented for the purpose of facilitating the transmission of ^ messages , & c . ; in such

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

      O. Astley'3 Ampumieatpve. On Tuesday Eve...

      O . ASTLEY' 3 AMPUmiEATPvE . On Tuesday evenin * a Drama , by ) Mr . Moncrieff , entitled Vab - 'Hojal Fox Hunt , or Lite's Course of Man and Steed , " was presented at the above theatre . Almost the whole of Mr , Batty ' s well-trained and beautiful stud was introduced . The production on the stage of a miniature fox hunt , with its huntsmen , horses , dogs , whippers-in , & c , was never , perhaps , attempted at any other thctitrc , indeed , Astlej ' s is the only place of amusement at all adapted for the proper carrying out of so novel a performance , the original of which has , perhaps , seldom been seen by the majority of the frequenters of the amphitheatre . Iu order to [ render the chase as tiuo and lively a picture as possible , tbe circus , in addition to the

      stage , was made use of , thus allowing a larger space withe display of the parties engaged . The whole ceremony of a hunt was gone through , —the meet , going to cover , unearthing the fox , the chase , and other equally stirring incidents followed each oth' .-r in rapid succession , The fox , a very fine one , has been trained under the superintendence of Mr . Batty . After having been let loose , Reynard was pursued in right earnest , the hunters , and others hurrying on , in all the ardour of the elias- ; , which takes place ou the stage and iu the clrcus . the cries of encouragement to the horses , the suunding of bonis , and the barking of the dags , serve to produce a towl ensemble of the mast spirited description , and which could not fail t > excite in the spectator a mixed feeling of astonishment and pleasure . The dramatist , in order to rentier the piece mora complete , has introduced the

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      usual incidents and characters necessary toi the working out of a tnelo-drama , the principal portions i n which were very effectively sustained . The piece-was received with the greatest applause throughout . At the termina . tion of the drama the usual seines in the circle took place . Tbe entertainments concluded with the-Christmas pantomine of " All Baba , or the Forty Thieves , "

      Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. The Legit...

      THEATRE ROYAL , SADLER'S WELLS . The legitimate drama in the shape of the Plays , " A King and no King . " and Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's "Lady of Lyons , " with the Christmas Pantomime continue to attract crowded audiences .

      Royal Marylebone Theatre. "The Black Doc...

      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . "The Black Doctor , " General Tom Thumb as "Bom . bastes Furioso , " and the "Incheape Bell" have at . tracted admiring thousands to this elegant and capacious temple of the muses . We are happy to learn that the spirited Lessee , with bis usual liberality has placed his house at the disposal of the committee for leasing or building a working man ' s hall . The benefit for that purpose will take place on Tuesday the 2 nd of March next , under the patronage of Sir B . Hall , and Sir C . Napier , the members for the Borough .

      Princess's Theatre. Miss Bassano Still C...

      PRINCESS'S THEATRE . Miss Bassano still continues her triumphal career " Anne Boltyn , " being as attractive as ever . We congratulate Miss Bassano on her great success , an * her good fortune in having obtained the unanimous voice of the press in her praise . Miss Bassa . vo , the popular singer at the Princesses Theatre , las sprung like most of the children ol genius from the ranks of the people . Her father was an Italian , Clement Bassano , who married an Englishwoman . The parents of the singer formerly kept a small Italian warehouse , 27 , Jerinyn-street , St . James ' s

      The Late Fatal Accident On The Great Wes...

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

      Mr . John FawccM wao then exavcined . He deposed that he was a smith residing at Swindon New Town , and was in the employ of the Great Western Railway . His duty was to make arms , wheels , and tires , to see that they were properly made , and > . o see tires put on wheels . Was still putting on tires made by other persons . Saw the tiro put on the driving wheel of the Queen engine , which has occasioned tbe accident ; it was made at the Haigh foundry , in Lancashire . Was placed at the Swindon station to examine every tire ; did not remember making the examination of the particular tire in question , but as he examined them all he . must have done so . The tires are usually sent a little smaller than they are used , on account that when taey are put together

      they are stretched . That ia done by putting them on a stretching black , ai irouoss may weaken them a little . If there is ti / U v it ii then ascertained . The tire iu questional a u' ) d to witness to have had a V put in . llad been * i * i o * l inhis present employ about three years , during w i ich time the tires had been put on in the same wa-. The tires came to witness in the hor . p . When accidents occur to tires they are to be brought back to witness . Had had accidents occur to tires in the same way as in the present instance . They are then charged by witness as spare wheels ; in those instances witness has nothing to do with putting them to an engine . Had known the tires of three or four wheels go in a similar way since he had been at Swindon . They were all put on without rivets .

      Thomas Armond , the driver of ( he Queen engine , alio was examined at the previous sitting of the inquest , was here recalled by the Coroner , aud further deposed that on seeing the report of his evidence in the newspapers , he saw that lie had not ftated that there bail been a previous accident to one of the diking wheels of the Queen . Mr . Benjamin ( jubitt deposed that he lived at New Deptford , and was an engineer ; had had a deal of experience in railway matters , and with respect to tires and wheels ; had examined the wheel broken , and considered f rom that examination that the cause of its breaking was the unsoundness of the welding ; the mede of welding generally adopted is the cutting off the ends , and welding , in a piece of iron in the form of a V , and smoothing it all down . Considered that in the present instance only the one V piece was put in between the two edges of the tire , instead of two or three V . pieces . There is another mode

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

      The Coroner . —What do you think had better be done in future ? Witness . —Had just ? been told by Mr Gooch of the new mode adopted at Swindon , and thought that would be the best mode in future . Mr . Gooch puts in a small V first , then a larger one , to the extent of three V pieces , an i when they are united , he then cuts out a piece on the inner rim , and puts in a small V there , lvuows the process of the stretching machine . Thought an unsound tire might be strong enough to resist that , without a flaw being discovered , but by the continued running of the wheel , it would afterwards gradually give way . . Mr . John Brathwaite deposed that he was an engineer , living at 39 , Bedford-square . Had filled

      appointments on the eastern counties and several other railways . Had inspected the tire in question , and had also heard the evidence of Mr . Cubitt and Mr . Ai'Connell . and considered there could notbe a doubt ol the fracture of the tire having been caused by the unsoundness of the weld , which extended to sixty degrees of the whole surface . Thought that no degree of foresight on the part of the examiners of the tiro could have led them to suppose the probability ofa fracture at that part . After much further evidence , of a nearly similar character , the Coroner summed up . The Jury here retired to consider their verdict , and after remaining absent about a quarter of an hour , returned to the inquest room , when

      The foreman , on the part of himself and brother jurors , announced the following as the unanimous finding of the panel : —That the deceased , Henry Bishop and Henry Helt , were accidentally killed by the breaking ot a certain tire attached to the drivin « wheel of an engine belonging to the Great Western Railway Company ; " and in returning this verdict , the jury strongly recommend that tho system of lastening the tires with screws , as advised by the engineers examined , should be invariably adopted loi tho future .

      Playing, With Fire-Arms.—A. Lew Days Ago...

      Playing , with Fire-arms . —A . lew days ago , while a young woman named Sarah Mitchell , a dressmaker , aged 34 , was at work in the nursery of the mansion of Mr . J . C . Roberts , Treval House , Treval , near Torpoint , the eldest son of Mr . Roberts entered the apartment , and , in a playful manner , asked the deceased to sing . She replied that she could not . He then laughingly remarked that he would shoot her , and taking down a pistol which he had put awaj a few days previous , he put a percussion cap on the

      nipple , lie then pointed the pistol to her head , pulled the trigger , little thinking that it was loaded . The contents passed through her temple , andsho immediately fell to the ground . The boy ' s screams brought the domestics to the room , and she died in half an hour . The youth , who is 14 years of age , absented himself , and was discovered under some hay and straw in an otithouso , where he had concealed himself from fear . Tho Jury being satisfied that the inelanoholly catastrophe was purely the result of accident , a verdict to that effect was returned .

      Death of an Eccentiiic CiunACXBB . —Mr . Mills held an inquest at Stainfield , near Staines , on Saturday , on the body of Mrs . Potts , a wealthy lady , who had died suddenly . From tlio evidence , it appeared that the deceased was a most eccentric character . Her delight was not only to take all the medicines she could obtain , but also to compel others to do the same . When she visited a sick friend , she would empty the physic bottles and pill boxes , and swallow their contents . Aloes constituted her favourite physic , and a physician stated that ho had prepared in twelve months , as much aloes for her as would have supplied all Uxbridge . On removing her upper garments , 40 yards of flannel were found swathed , round her body , Verdiet , " NaturaUeatu . "

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      Fau of the Denby Dair 'V iaduct on thb IIud-OBR 8 FIELD AMD SHEFFIELD- JtoCIION RAILWAY . —The dreadful gale of wind , which prevailed last week did considerable damage to the wood viaduct , in course of erection , atDenby Dale . Ouf of forty perpendicular supporters , twenty-seven were blown down , and such was tbe distance they had to fall ( 100 feeth mat tlio strongest timbers were broken intosplintersand match wood . « ALUF n t f " ' form labourers of Easenhail ; SSSa ??! \ J " i * . * Seated bv a coal-fire Brorai . m * and pl 5 ced in theiP RKLics—The throne of Edward the Confessor , which is made of oak , is 900 years old ; and one of the oaken coronation chairs in Westminster Abbey has been the occupant of its present position 540 ' years .

      Gvn CoriOK . —We understand that Dr . Barron the accredited agent in this country for Schonbein ' s gun cotton , is shortly expected to superintend a series of trial experiments in Standedge tunnel , on the Iluddersfield and Manchester Railway . Mendicity . —The number of beggars has lately increased in Iluddersfield to an alarming extent , many of whem are destitute Irish . Worthy of Imitation . —There exists an excellent institution in Leipsic for procuring employers for the working classes . During the year 1846 , there were , on the part of the f ormer , 5 , 023 applications , and 4 , 065 persons were provided with suitable werk . The entire expense of the establishment was 3 , 978 dollars . Glory . —It is estimated that 1 , 500 Americans have died of sickness along the Rio Grande , more than three times the » umber who have fallen in battle .

      Consolation . —An inhabitant of Corfu , who recently returned from Spitzbergen , after an absence of 28 years , found his wife in very good health , but the widow of three husbands . A Great Fact—Died , on the 1 st January , 1847 , aged ninety-three , Mr . John Gushing , of Hursford , Norfolk , being father , grandfather , and great-grandfather , to 129 children . Daily Newspapers in Glasgow . —A daily newspaper is about to be set up in Glasgow , under tbe title of the Glasgow daily Press . Mexican Patriotism . —A wealthy Mexican laiiy , after the disasters at Monterey , tendered at Santa Anna 100 horses and 100 mules to carry on the war .

      Caged Aristocrats . —¦ Ihe Heforme states that " the criminal prison of La Force and the Concicrgerie arc at present peopled with almost as many nobility as the Faubourgh St . Germain . On the 15 th of last month those prisons contained 28 gentlemen , 11 knights of the Legion of Honour , 1 Barons , 6 Viscaunts , 5 Counts , and 2 Marquisaes . " Tub British Colonies . —A " L lue Book " of 355 pages in length has just been issued from the Parliamentary Paper-office . It contains voluminous despatches and documents relative toth <; state of the labouring population in the West Indies and the Mauritius , in continuation of the papers presented last year .

      am R . Prel s Laiiourkrs . —Sir Robert Peel has directed that the wages of the labourers employed on his estate be augmented from twelve to fifteen shillings per week . Protestant Churches in China . —Some Protestant converts avc stated to have succeeded in establishing several churches in the interior of China . Railways in Rome . —Lieutenant Waghorn , ll . N . the well-known originator and pioneer of the overland route to India has arrived at Rome , with Mr . Austin , the eminent engineer , and other assistants , sent out at the expense of the British government and the Hon . East India Company , with the

      sanction ot ' PopePius IX , and the King of Naples , to survey the projected lines of railway through Brindisi at the south , to Bologna at the north , via Ancona . Royal Humane Society . —On Saturday the annual report of the society was issued . 174 persons have been restored by the means adopted for restoring suspended animation by the society ' s officers ; 26 were beyond recovery . 14 silver and 31 bronze medals and pecuniary rewards have been given ( o 162 individuals for courageous conduct in saving human life ; and 79 persons were rescued during the recent skating season by the society ' s men , only one terminatinc fatally .

      Disturbances . —Accountsfrom Jassy . in Moldavia , of the 14 th ult „ state that a serious outrage had occurred at Galatz on the occasion of the fete of the Greek church . A mob of about two thousand persons broke open and pillaged the Jews Synagogue and several of their houses , and killed several of the Jews . Small-Pox in Belgium . —The small-pox continues to rage in several localities in the environs of Brussels , and especially atMolenbeck , St . Jean .

      Elopemh > t to Gretna Green—On the 23 rd ult , Mr . Wiili-im Hope , son of Lnmax Hope , Esq ., of Baholme Cannoby , was married , at the above » l « ee . to Miss Jane Donaldson , daughter of the Rev . James Donaldson , of Cannoby Manse . The fair lady , it would appear , had been narrowly watched , or rather confined to her room for some week ? , but " Love laughs at locksmith ^ " and she effected her escape . Her lover was in waiting , they took the road for Longtown , and from thence took a post chaise to Gretna Green ,

      Glut op Fish—On Monday , upwards of 100 tons of sprats and plaice were landed at Billingsga e , the for . mer fish bting retailed at 3 tb . for one penny , and p laice of larger sixe selling for one halfpenny each . Demolition op Upper St . Martin ' s Lane . —On Friday the whole ot the houses on the east side of Upper St . Martin ' s Lane , vested in the Mercers ' Company , were being deiualished for the formation of the new street from the west-end of Long-acre so carried into King-street , Covent-gardeu . and ultimately extended to the point of junction ofUolborn , New and Old Oxford-streets , and Tottenham-Court-Road . Bibtii Extraordinary . —Lately , the wife of William Leedliam , collar-maker , of Yoxall , was safely delivered ofa male child , and on tho following day , of two other m-. ile children .

      Dkatu of Mr . James Toole , the City Toastmaster . —After a very short but severe illness , the above celebrated attendant on all the principal public dinners , both political and charitable , died on Monday at his residence . Murdkr in a Railroad Carriage . —The ' Swiss National Gazette ' of the 27 ih ult , contains the following details of an atrocious murder committed in s railway carriage : — " A person whose name is unknown took a seat at Manheim in a railroad carriage with a ticket tor CarUruhe . Three other individuals of respectable appearance shortly afterwards placed themselves in the same carriage , strangled the first , rifled his pockets , and quitted the carriage at Heidelberg . Tli 3 crime was not discovered until the train arrived at Ctirlsruhe , when the man was found in tho corner of the carriase dead and already cold .

      The New Planet Christened . —The Bureaux dea Longitudes uf Paris has agreed with the principal astronomersofEiiiopOjSUchasEncke , Gausz , Ilcrschel , and Struve , in giving the name of Neptune to the new planet discovered by M . LeVerrier . The sign , of this planet in celestial maps is to bo a trident . The Cholera—A letter from Treliisond , of tho 20 th December , states that accounts have been kcceived there from Persia , stating that the cholera had disappeared , except at Orcniah , but fears were entertai icd that it would make its appearance again in several places in the spring . Pedestmax Match for Fsrrr Pounds —On . Saturday morning , the match , in which Wharton , ot Whitechapcl , was backed to run ten miles winlu-aoni . hour , came off over two miles of road » t » [ lowmith © match by performing the teanutesot road iu filly-nine minutesin an easy manner ..

      , Improvements at th » Adelphi-tesragb ,. — On Friday , the dilapidated Iwuustrade on the Adelplutcrr . ice , that has for some time past been in a very dangerous state , was removed . It is to be- replaced by a light iron palisade . Suicide by Jumpissfrom a "W indow .. —Lately , W . D . Tran , late accountant , whilst labouring , it is supposed , under insanity . thtcw himself frosa the upper window of an eating-house in Queen-street , Hull , kept by a persoa named llewson . lie died almost immediately . ...

      A Miser . —;\ man , aged 77 , who has been long living in the Quarter dea italiens as if in a state oi penury , denying himself tho common necessaries of life , was ftund dead on Wednesday . On tho rooia being searched by the police it was found to contain , in different holes and corners , mixed with crusts of bread , bits of broken glass , and other refuse , 20 , 000 f . in bank-notes , SSOf . in gold , and 88 , < Wttf in silver Curtailment . —A singular railway accident took placo a few days since at Orton , Westmoreland . The tail of a pointer dog , ' which was standing upon tho railway , wss cut off by a passing train . Longevity of the Donkey . —A donko ? belonging to Mr . Gaiidcy . CS Upper Bedford-street , Brighton , died on Monday last at the ' advanced ago ot a hundred rears ! It w , as a great favourite with its master , and was well provided for up to the time of death . . , ,. „ has

      Tub Army .-For some weeks past a rumour ., prevailed that an augmentation of the army was to j take place . We can assure ouv readers that no v » al j foundation exists for any such report . \\ Hh the exception of the organization of a Local Corps lor service in New Zealand , no increase of our military j gtrengtlvisintended . —iaiffrf Service Gu : em . j Liberation of Madame Laffahok . — Tho French ccrrespondcnt of the Atlas announces Vim this criminal , concerning whom so inteuso and factitious an interest has been kept up , is about to be liberated . Extbaohdisauy TiiRBSuiNo Macuisk . —A threshing machine has been built by Mr . Staple , -, n Mr . T . Andrews farm , at Hurthy Row , in tho pur . sh ot Saint Enoder , which lias threshed . 1 , 200 sheaves ot com in an hour , with a coup le of small horses , going at a very moderate pace . Oran ge Manufactories .- !!! St . Gilea ' s there i , a manufactory of oranges , at which bad oraoios

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      could bo made Jinto apparently good ones . The j rex cess pursued was the submitting of unripe and in . ferior oranges to the action of steam , or pavuoilintt thorn . This made them swell , filled out the ir rinds , and made them thin , the usual external sign that the fruit was good . To give them the last polish , and heighten their outward attraction , they were rubbed with a greasy piece of flannel , or with something more objectionable . Emdezzlement op Diamonds . —Mr . Forrester , tho distinguished member of the L'mdon detective force , has been in Dundee , on the loek-out for a party who has absconded with diamonds of tbe value of £ 3 , 300 in his possession . 1 ' he Convict Hulk at Woolwich . — Sir George Grey , Secretary of State for the Home Department , has ordered the strictest investigation rela * tive to the statements made in the House of Commons by Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., on the evening of Thursday last , relative to tho convicts at Woolwich , and the investigation is now in

      progress . Tkr Dike of Dbvonshiss has subscribed only £ 40 to the soup shop at Dungarvan , which would give but a quart of soup for three days to each of his own paupers in that town , ' for every quart of it costs three half-pence . His Grace should , at least , give £ . 5 , 000 , and not allow his paupers to be supported * by the bounty' of others . Ojubsr . —There is some expectation in the city that Government intends to raise a loan of some six or eight millions to meet the exigencies of the year . —Brighton Herald . Gbkat Econuut in Making Bread . — Boil one pound of unground Carolina rice in water until quite tender , then add to it six pounds of Hour . Knead and bake in the usual way . Of course barn and water are used in the usual proposition . The bread mil be very sweet and moist for several days . This plan , being very economical , deserves general attention .

      Fisn for Manure . —Myriads of bushels of sprats ' arc now being caught in the Lower Swinn , off the Essex coast , and sold to tho farmers for manure , at the rate of Sd . per bushel . Outcasts . —According to a writer in tho ' Quarterly Review , ' out of 2 . 1 U 5 children in 15 ragged schools , 24 ? had never slept in beds . His Majesty . —My lord , the railway kin ? , has qualified as a magistrate for the North Riding of Yorkshire . What ' s in- a Name ?—Tho Custom-house authorities of this port were called on last week to register , under the Merchant Seamen ' s Act , an indenture of apprenticeship , for a lad boun 1 to the sea service , and ,, odd as it may appear to our readers , that the master ' s name was " Fudge , " and the apprentice ia " Gamun . "— Western Lvminaru .

      Lamentable Accide . m . —On Thursday week , an inquest was held before W . S . Kuttcr , Esq ., coroner , at the Unicorn Inn , Kersley , on the bodies of James Cowsill , aged 40 ; William Cowaill , his son ; Peter Harrison , aged 38 ; and William Johnson , aged 30 , all brick-setters , whose deaths had been caused by suffocation whilst at their work in a coalpit . A verdict was returned by the jury of "Died from suffocation . " Takin g the Veil . —A few days a ? o , at Bristol , four young ladies from the north of England , one of whom , Miss Lynch , of Liverpool , is said to be possessed of a handsome fortune , took tlio white or novice ' s veil of the Sisters of Penance of the third order of St . Domiiiic , an establishment of which order has reeev . th- been commenced in Bristol .

      1 iib SicotciiIron Trade . —Glasgow , Jan . 30 —The price of Scotch pig iron , utAv ^ i'd i recon board here , may he quoted to-day at 72 s , GJ . pev ton net cash for the usual proportion of Nos . Our market b & assumed a firmer aspect , and though there have been but limited sales at the above quotation and 74 s . three months' credit , the price tends upwards . Attack upon a Gamekeeper . — On Tuesday the police received information that , on . he night of the 29 th ult ., _ at Muckley , near Muck Wcnlock , in thecounty of Salop , Abel Martin , gamekeeper , to Ear ! Granville , was so severely beaten by a poacher that no hopes are entertained of his recovery . The Distresses Irish and Scotch . —Mr . Bunn , of Drury-lauu Theatre , has . in the handsomest manner , appropriated tho receipts of Monday next for the beta-lit of the Irish and Scotch . Tho committee

      of the theatre have agreed to allow the use uf tho theatre free of rent , and every artist and employer of the establishment have consented to give their services gratuitously on this occasion . Ocean Penny Postage . —What then , shou'd England do to bring all nations of men within the ran << e of the vital functions of that heart-relation which she sustains to the world ? Answer—Let her establish an "Ocean Penny Postage . "—Eliiiu Bukrjtt . The Er . Kcrttic Telegraph . —It is proposed to exfend the electric telegraph , which is i : otv in courao uf being laid down under the principal thoroughfares in London , to the several lire-brigades stations , in order to ci-nvey instant information of fires . L \ CE > Di . utisM— Several incendiary fires have lately occurred in the lower districts of Lhictlnshive . Pu : > cn and Prussia . —The Prussian censorship has forbidden the admission of PuncA , which is henceforth to be stopped at the frontiers .

      Hudson Land —The name of Hudson ' s New Town lias been given to tho extensive factories in connection with the engiuo aud can-age works of the Eastern Counties Railway Company near Stratford , Essex , and to the S 00 houses and church for the accommodation of the company ' s workmen . Fate of Pope ' s Skull . — Mr . Ilowitt , in his " Homes and Haunts of British Poets ^ says that the skull ol " Pope now ornaments the private collection of a phrenologist , Fifty pounds were paid to manage the transaction with the sexton of the church in which the poet was buried . Education if Native Indian Yoirains London — It is contempla'cd to establish a fund towards the formation ofa school in the University College , London , for the education of Indians in the several branches of science , and to prepare them for the different professions iu their own country .

      Roman Catholics . —In Great Britain the Roman Catholics possess C 22 churches and chapels , 14 colleges , 34 convents , and S monasteries . Raw ? Gratitudb . —A school was opened four months since at Pettinain , for the instruction of the ' navies' on the Caledonian Railway , and lately they entertained their schoolmaster to a splendid supper . REPiiKSENTATios of Lmwbs . — In consequence of the retirement of Sir Howard Elphinstoue from the representation of Lcves , which it is expected will be announced in a few days , Mr . Lyon has annouced himself as a candidate for the borough in the Conservative interest : and tlio Honourable Mr . Brand is expected to come forward on the Liberal side .

      Isle of Man . —At a meeting of the House of keys , on Tuesday last , a petition to the Queen was adopted , praying for a grant of jE ^ flOOoutot ' the stirp lus revenue of the island , to purchase food to be sold to the labouring population at a price coinmens-iirato with their cannings . The Chineie .-My . Gutzlnff , the well known missionary , thinks the Chinese the most prolific nation in the world—all marry , and not me marriage in a hm . dred is unproductive . Misery in Gl \«* . w— Dr . Waal , ot Gl .-weow , estimates the population of that town at tf : j : ? , 100 . lie attributes the undue mortality of Glasgow not to anygeneral insalttbaitv , but to tlio bad lodging , deficient clothing , and poor diet , ofa vast number ot the inhabitants .

      PnocEssios . off the Host . —Jlto Tablet announces that the othor day , in iCcniish Town , for the first time perhaps in England , since the Reformation , the Holy Eucharist wa * carried through the streets , with the lights blazing , and in full procession , to visit the duath bed of a fai & hful departing . The sensation prodttttHl amoii" tlis- Protestants iu the neighbourhood , was indescribable . [ These ridiculous doings oft the Roman Catkolics , if persevered in , will re-awakea Protestant i ' aimtieisni , and s » mar the work of religious libevality , which all good men should labour to piMinste 1

      RotfiiDALE MoNTiiia- Cattle Fair —T'licrc was a very poor show of hor . » ed cattle in the hw on Monday , but the attendance of farmers , lnutchcrs , and graziers was small Calving vows vseve stlling at fromfour to seven pev icst . lower tha-a last month , and scarcely an a *« rage number wet z s dd . Drapes were also lower in prices , and but few changed hands . Good oU > hay was selling at from four pence half-penny to sixpence per stons , and straw at two pence hnlf-penav and three penes per stone . A Real Comity . —At Conciliation-hall , a few days ago , Mr . O'Connell roso with melancholy face , and said , " 1 am sorry to say the Repeal lent tor the week v * only £ 15 . 10 s . ui . " Sony to say it ' . With thousands perishing with hunger ! Fur our part , we souk upon every favthing paid to the Roj eal fund at . ibo present time as so much plundered fivnt the bellies of the famishing . But there arc some patriots who would ring shillings upon coffin-lid ? . —

      I ' uncL EXTRAORDINARY lU'SKCTS OP LlGHTNlNO—Oil » Gdnesday evening , about nine o clock , the lightning lcscended the chimney of William Moir , of 40 , Grosvonor-strect , Itoso-hill , Liverpool , ami blew out the shop-window , with till its contents into the street . There were live persmis sitting round th « lire , none of whom were huV ., except a lad , who was stnuk on tho knee by a brick from the chimney . From the Turkish Frontiers , Jamnry . -Tne Servian Government is . said ta ^ ' ^ ll ^ on documents , which manifes tly . ; prove , the niun . on . om the part of Russia , to excite an insurrection in

      Bulgaria . , lU-iw-t-n VH-. vru or Sir Valentine Llaiu :.-A ¦ ' lelle " wasm-civrd in town thb morning an :. mu . c . i . 'g I tiiodUth of Sir Valentino Wake Bart ., whoao --i £ Si of thoU ^ cn . ation of Ga way k-. S h-d to I tlu ^ Mrtwt which is to take place in that boronah .-Dullm paper . . . ., Deaths i . y Burning is Pkeston . —Hiirnig tlm hst few we .-l ; s , there have been a grout number ot . Vi'dren burned to death in Preston , chii ,-ofi i eet of their p uents . Last wptk . v * than live ; and the present week Monday nitk another victim , i ' ui

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06021847/page/3/