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      _ Decemer 6 ' 185l The Northern Star. . ...

      DECEMER 6 ' L THE NORTHERN STAR . . ' ¦ ¦ 1 - ¦

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      TASEEE DOODLE DID ! " OR ENSLAOT ) AUD AMERICA . DT 185 L A Ballad of tlte ' limes B T W . gE . P . HASKELL , 4 t Say , what will Yankee Doodle do ?** Said Britain , proud and scornful , "When , in her Crystal Palace stored , Our Yankee wares looked mournful . «« We ' ve piled our halls with glittering gema T ? iofn England ' s wide possessions , With gold from Ind , and diadems lliood-stain ' d vrith our oppressions . " Wtoi silks and shawls from far Cathay , With linens from poor Ireland , "With O 0 ? tly furs from Hudson ' s Bay , And goods from every far land . Then what will Yankee Doodle do

      nub pistols , ploughs , and reapers ?—"Wiien our achievements meet his view , Lord ! how he'll spread his peepers I " "Wall—Yankee Doodle " came to town "—} Jo glittering gauds he carried , 3 Jut laid his ploughs and reapers down , And patiently ho tarried . John Bull his humble treasures viewed , Then—tamed his back upon him !

      But st iunch and firm the Yankee stood , And swore « ' tarnation on him . " * ' I ' ll plough my way upon his seas , lteap laurels on his land , sirs , Aud pick his bank locks at my ease , Or else— may 1 be dara'd , sirs I " So fir .-t he took his pistols out , And frightened all creation ; Then pick ' . ! Bull ' s bank locks-huge and stout , As-tonishing the nation ' .

      A country visit next he tried With true-born 1 ' ankee ! craft , sirs *; "When British ploughs were thrown aside For Prouty ' s Centre Draught , sirs ! But still the greatest coup dc main , That opened John Bull ' s peepers , " Was when he cut against their grain With one of " them * ere reapers . " The trial o ' er , he sought old Bull—Exclaimed , " Now , how d ' ye do , sir ? Jly hands aud pockets both arc full--Wnt Yankee Doodle rfo , sir I If so I guess I'll start for /««>»—My boat is in your bay , sir , But " ere 1 go , I Lope you'll come On board and pass a day , sir . "

      " Tour boat I" said Ball , " I wish you'd brought A craft to have a race , sir , You'd find that with a British Yacht You never could keep pace , sir I Tor though you ' ve made our people star © With each new Yankee notion , "We ' ve prouder laurels yet to spare—Bkiiassia rules the ocean !" The Yankee pluck was up again—Said he , " Old Bull , I nuow , sir , PI ! try to them ' ere laurels gain , If you'll go down to Cowes , sir . " To Cowes they went , and near the quay Ti ; ere lay the Yankee bark , sirs , — A boat they called th'

      Amekica—And now the race we'll mark , sirs . She passed the British royal yachts Whhso much grace and ease , sirs , They seemed far more like fioatingjwtf , Tiian " skimmers of the seas , " sirs . And where tbe Cross of England ' s Queen Waved proudly from each spar , sirs , " With high and chivalrous demean She dipped the Strifes asd Stato , airs . The trial o'er—the laurels won—John Bull could stand no more , sirs , I 5 ut chained the British lion down , And let the Eagle soar , sirs . Then owned , with proud and courtly grace , That he'd enjoyed the fun , sirs , Por ' twas an honour to his race What Yankee Doodle dose , sirs .

      Ahd then he bought the Yankee s boat—( Xo tribute could be neater)—And gave him a five-thous ;< nd note To build one that would beat her ? And when , to bring our Yankee home , Gdxard unfurled his streamers . Good uye , " said Bull , " I'll shortly come Iu one of Collins 'steamers !" Thus may these nations ever stand , Bound by the arts _ of Pvace , sirs . And rivalry , by sea or land , Their mutual ties increase , sirs . Chelsea . Telegraph , United States

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      Arctic Searching Expedition. A Journal O...

      Arctic Searching Expedition . A Journal of a Boat Voyage , through Rupert ' s Land and the Arctic Sea , in Starch of the Ducouery Ships under the command of Sir John Franklin . With an Appendix of the Physical Geography of Horth America . By . Sir J . JllCHAltDSO-V . 2 Vols . By Authority . Loudon : Longman and Co . Jlis an opinion , grounded upon late discoveries , 4 hat there is a North-west passage from Lancaster Sound , in about 74 degrees of North latitude and 70 degrees of West

      longitude , to Bearing's Straits in 67 degrees of latitude and 1 J 0 of longitude ; and that this passage runs direct by Melville Island -with no other than the usual impediments of Arctic navigation , —numerous islands , tortuous channels , and impassable barriers of ice . The northern coast of continental America , along about 70 degrees of North latitude , with the group of islands from Baffin ' s Bay to Boothia Felix , extending about four degrees further North , has been sufficiently examined in search of tbe missing expedition . The channel through which Sir Johu Franklin was to pro-- 3 _ _ ¦ 1 ¦

      cet d , if he could , has only been examined to about 115 degrees of West longitude , and that partially on tbe Southern shore . So far as is known , it is bounded on both sides by land and intersected by islands . It is & . -wengrounded conclusion , that tbe land on the -Southern side extends nearly the whole of the distance to Behring's Straits ; for there is Banfcs ' s Laud on the Southern side of Melville Island , Victoria Laud and Wollaston's Laud iu about the same longitude lying off the continental coast ; and signs of land Lave been seen at different places from tbe icy

      sea of tbe North American coast . But though Sir John Franklin ' s orders were positive to proceed by tbe Southern channel of Melville Island , he had adiscretion to try any other opening to the Northward , in case ho should be unable to make his way l > y tbe route directed . When doubts began to he entertained of Franklin ' s safety , the Admiralty called for the opinions of men best acquainted with the Artie regions . Sir James Ross and Sir John ltichardson both gave their opinion that Franklin had endeavoured to obey his instructions , and had got fixed in the ice to the West of Melville Island ; and Sir John Parry was substantially of tbe same opinion . Eichardson further considered , that if the ships were

      wrecked or abandoned , Franklin would endeavour to make bis way either to Lancaster Sound to meet the whalers , or to Mackenzie River to reach the Hudson Bay posts . To give effect to these opinions the expeditions of Ross and Richardson were organised . Rosa was to follow the directed route of Franklin through Lancaster Sound and Barrow ' s Strait to Melville Island . Eichardson was to proceed to Canada , and , making his way across the Hudson ' s Bay territory , descend tbe Makenzie Eiver , coast the continent of America to the Coppermine

      Puver , and , if time permitted , examine TVollaston Land , lying in the same longitude as Melville Island , and distant from it about 350 miles . There was a discretion to extend the search , and to continue it for a second year . Both these expeditions failed , as Jj well known , <* account of the ice . Boss could not reach even Wellington Channel ; neither Ttiehardson iu 1818 nor his second Bae m 1819 could cross tbe channel which separates Jftirth America from Victoria Land and Wollastou Land .

      From the knowledge of Arctic exploration possessed by Sir John Eichardson and Mr . 3 > -ae , no other than necessary hardships were undergone ; and though these are great , they look less great than thevare , bom the persons trcvng habituated to them . The nature of tbe country gives a freshness to everything con

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      nected with it , and interest . even to casual observation . This is a curious fact connected with the feeling of heat : — The power of the sun this day in a cloudless sky was so great , that Mr . Rae and I were glad to take shelter in the water while tbe crews were engaged on the portages , The irritability of tho human frame is either greater in these Northern latitudes or the sun , notwithstanding its obliquity , acts more powerfully upon it than near the Equator ; for I have never felt its direct rays so oppressive within the Tropics as I have experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes . The luxury of bathing at such times is not without alloy ; for , if you choose the mid-day , you are assailed " in the water by the tabani , who draw blood in an instant with their formidable lancets : and if you select the morning or evening , then clouds of thirsty mosohetoes , hovering around , fasten on the first part that emerges . Leeches also infest the still waters , and are prompt in their aggressions .

      Tbe following relate to cold and midwinter ;—The rapid evaporation of both snow and ice in the winter and spring , long before the action of the sun has produced the slightest thaw or appearance of moisture , 13 made evident to residents in the high latitudes by many facts of daily occurrence ; and I may mention that the drying of linen furnishes a familiar one . When a shirt , after being washed , 13 exposed in the open air to a temperature of 40 deg . or 50 deg . below zero , it is instantly rigidly frozen , and may he broken if violently bent . If agitated when in this condition by a strong wind , it makes a rustling noi ^ e like theatrical thunder . In an hour or two , however , or nearl y as quickly as it would do if exposed to the sun in the moist climate of England , it dries and becomes limber .

      In consequence of the extreme dryness of the atmosphere in winter , most articles of English manufacture nalcof wood , horn , or ivory , brought to Rupert's land , are shrivelled , bent , and broken . The handles of razors and knives , combs , ivory scales , and various other things kept in the warm room . * , are damaged in this way . Tho human body also becomes visibly electric from the dryness ot the skin . One cold night I rose from my bed , and , having lighted a lantern , vsaa going out to observe the thermometer , wHh no other clothing thin my flannel night-dress , when , on approaching my hand to the iron latch of the door , a distinct spark was elicited . Friction of the skin at almost all times in winter produced the electric odour .

      Even at mid-ff inter we had three hours and a half of daylight . On the 20 th of December I required a candle to write at tho window at ten in the morning . On the 29 th , tbe sun , after ten days ' absence , rose at the fishery , where the horizon was open ; aud on the 8 th of January , both limbs of that luminary were seen from a gentle eminence behind the fort , rising above the centre of Fishery Island . For several days previously , however , its place in the heavens at noon had been denoted by rays of light snooting into the sky above the woods . The lowest temperature in January was SO deg . F .

      On the 1 st of February the sun rose to ua at nine o ' clock and set at three , and the days lengthened rapidly . On the 23 rd I could write iu my room without artificial light from ten a . m . to half-past two p . m ., making four hours and a half bright daylight . The moon in the long nights was a most beautiful object ; that satellite being constantly above the horizon for nearly a fortnight together in the middle of the lunar month . Venus also shone with a brilliancy which is nevcv witnessed in a sky loaded with vapours ; and , unless in snowy weather , our nights are always enlivened by th . beams Of the Aurora .

      Sir Johu adduces aatistica to show the abundance of game which rewarded the efforts of his hunting parties in the winter of 1848-9 . To the middle of April in the latter year , there were received in the storehouse attached to their winter quarters 5 , 191 fish , 13 , 8101 b . of fresh venison , 9 , 220 b . of half-dry venison , 3601 b . of pmnded meat , 3531 b . of reindeer fat , and 025 reindeer tongues . In addition to the above , ( says Sir John ) , —Mr . Bell brought up , in autumn , 1 , 2001 b . of dried meat from Fort Simpson , six cv ? t . of barley-meal , and

      three kegs of rough barley , several 901 b . bag * of flour , some bags of potatoes , with tea and sugar , together with a full supply of pemmtcan for Mr . Rae ' s summer expedition , and for the provisioning of the men returning to England . So well provided , we had no dread of want at any time , and passed the winter in abundance . Our men had each a daily ration of 81 b . of venison on five days in the week , and ou the other two from 101 b . to 1310 . offish . The women also received rations , and tho children smaller allowances . Barley sn " potatoes were issued in addition as long as th ?; - lasted , and floor occasionally .

      Tbe Arctic architecture , from a chapter 02 the Esquimaux , is worth reading , should it never turn out to he worth knowing . As the days lengthen , the villages are emptied of their inhabitants , who move seaward on the ice to the seal-hunt . Then comes into use a marvellous system of architecture , unknown among the rest ot the American nations . The fine pure snow has by thai time acquired , under the action of strong wimta aud hard frosts , sufiwiewt coherence to form an admirable light building material , with which the Eskimo master-mason erects most coin fortablo dome-shaped houses . A circle is first traced on the smooth surface of the snow ; and the slaus for raising the walls are cut from within , so

      as to clear a place down to the ice , which IS to form the floor of the dwelling , and whoso evenness was previously ascertained by probing . ThesUbs requisite to complete the dome , after the interior of the circle is exhausted , are cut from some neighbouring spot . Each slab is neatly fitted to its ^ ilace by running a fienching-knife along the joint , whoa it instantly freezes to the wall , tho cold atmosphere forming a most excellent cement . Crevices are plugged up , and seams accurately closed by throwing a few shovelfuls of loose snow over the fabric . Two men generally work together in raising a house , and the one who is stationed within cuts a low door , and creeps out when his task is over . The walls being onfy three or four

      inches thick , :: re sufficiently translucent to admit a very agreeable light , which serves for ordinary domestic purposes " ; but if more be required a window is cut , and the aperture fitted with a piece of transparent ice . The proper thickness of the walls is of some importance , A . few inches excludes the wind , yet keeps down the temperatUM 80 as to prevent dripping from the interior . 1 tw lurniture—such as seats , tables , and sleeping-placesis also formed of snow and a covering of folded rein-deer-skin or seal-skin renders them comfortable to the inmates . By means of anteebamhers

      and porches , in form of long , low galleries , with their openings turned to leeward , warmth is insured in the interior ; and social intercourse is promoted by building the houses contiguously , and cutting doors of communication between them , or by erecting covered passages . Storehouses , kitchens , and other accessary buildings may be constructed in the same manner , and a degree of convenience gained which would be attempted in vain with a less plastic material . These houses are durable , the wind has little effect on them , and they resist the thaw until the sun acquires very considerable power .

      Tbe character of habitual liars generally attributed to the Esquimaux and Indians , is confirmed by Sir Johu Eichardson . With respect to the Chipewyans , he says : — Another habit which darkens the shade in the character of these Indians is that of lying , which they carry to such an extent , even ao . ong themselves , that they can scarcely be said to esteem truth a virtue . If a young man has been successful in his morning ' s hunt in a time of famine , he does not rush into his family circle with joy beaming on his countenance , to tell that there is food , but , aslumux'anaspictof sadness , squat , himself in silence beside the fire . The women with doubt and anxiety

      examine his shoes and dress for spots of blood , that may betoken the death of an animal , but discovering none , put the question , " Did you see no deer i — " Sot one . the deer are all gone , not a smgio footstep was to be seen . " TFhen the colloquy has continued for a time , and hope seems to be extinct , he then draws out from beneath his shirt two or three tongues , as the case may be , and says with an air of the utmost indifference , " You may go for the meat . " It is not , however , merely at such times , and to enhance the pleasure by previous disappointment , that truth is violated , but on almost every occasion ; and the skill of an Old Bailey practitioner would find exercise in eliciting facts from the mass of contradictions with which they

      Overload them . A Story , which was at first a pure invention , or perhaps , a perversion of some simple occurrence , becomes so changed by the additions it receives in its transmission from individual to individual , that it deceives the originators , and if it bears on the safety of the community , may spread consternation among them , and occasion a hasty flight . "

      The Keepsake- London : Bogue And Co. Thi...

      The Keepsake- London : BoGUE and Co . This is almost tbe sole survivor of a once numerous class of books which used to make their app earance about this time of year . It too bears marks of old age , aud will probably follow its predecessors to the tomb shortly . There are fashions in literature as in everything else , and the annuals have had their day * The names of Dickens , Carlyle , and

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      Barry Cornwall among the contributors to the present volume , will , however , attract readers . Mr , Carlyle comes out with a terrible denunciation of tho Opera , which , according to his view , is a thing to send home sober , serioua men— ' home to silence , to reflection , perhaps to sackcloth and ashes '—as a species of Tophet or bottomless pit filled with abomi . nations , of which whirling ' ballet girla with their muslin saucers round them , ' form not the least noticeable item . In preference , however , to this tirade , we take one ( the shortest ) of two ghost stories , told by Dickens in a paper headed 'To be Read at Dusk , ' and very appropriate for the winter fireside and the long ni ghts among those who delight in the marvellous : —

      I took an engagement once ( pursued the German courier ) with an English gentleman , elderly and a bachelor , to travel through my country , my Fatherland , Ho was a merchant who traded with my country and knew the language , but who had new been there since he was a boy—as I judge , some sixty years before . His name was James , and he had a twin-brother John , also a bachelor . Between these brothers there was a great affection . They were in business together , at Goodman ' s-fields , but they did not live together . Mr . James dwelt in Poland street , turning out of Oxford-street , London . Mr . John resided by Epping Forest . Mr . James and I were to start for Germany in about a week . The Ox C dav depended on business . Mr . John came to

      Poland-street ( where 1 was staying in the house ) , to pass that week with Mr . James . But , he said to his brother on the second day , " I don ' t feel very well , James . There ' s not much the matter with me ; bat I think I am a little gouty . I'll go home and put myself under the care of my old housekeeper , who understands my ways . If I get quite better , I'll come back and see you before you go . If I don ' t feel well enough to resume my visit where I leave it off , why you will come and see me before you go . " Mr . James , of course , said he would , and they shook hands—both hands , as they always did—and Mr . John ordered out his old-fashioned chariot and rumbled home . It was on the second night after that—that is to say , the fourth in the week—when

      I was awoke out of my sound sleep by Mr . James coming into my bedroom in his flume ) gown , with a lighted candle . He sat upon the side of my bed , and looking at me , said : " Wilhelm , I have reason to think I have got some strange illness upon me . " I then perceived that there was a very unusual expression in his face . " YVilhelm , " said he , " I am not afraid or ashamed to tell you , what I might be afraid or ashamed to tell another man . You come from a sensible country , where mysterious things are inquired into , and are not settled to have been weighed and measured—or to have been unwoighable and unmeasurable—or in either case to have been completely disposed of , for all time—ever so many years ago . I have iust now seen the

      phantom of my brother . " I confess ( said the German courier ) that it gttve me a little tingling of the blood to hear it . "I have just now seen , " Mr , James repeated , looking full at me , that I might see how collected he was , "the phantom of my brother John . I was sitting up in bod , unable to sleep , when it came into my roam , in a white dress , and , regarding me earnestly , passed up to the end of the room , glanced at some papers on my writing desk , turned , and , still looking earnestly at me as it passed the bed , went out at the door . How , I am not in the least mad , and am not in the least disposed to invest that phantom with any external existence out of myself . I think it is a warning to me that I am ill ; and I think I had better be bled . " I got out of bed directly ( said the

      German courier ) and began to get on my clothes , begging him not to be alarmed , and telling him that I would go myself to the doctor . I was just ready , when we heard a loud knocking and ringing at the street door . My room being an attic at the back , and Mr . James ' s being the second-floor room in tho front , we went down to his room , and put up the window , to see what was the matter . " Is that Mr . James ? " said a man below , falling back to the opposite side of the way to look up . — " It is , " said Mr , James ; " and you are my brother ' s man , Robert . " —• ' Yes , air . I am sorry to say , sir , that Mr . John is ill . He is very bad , sir . It is even feared that he may be lying at the point of death . He wants to see you , sir . I have a chaise here . Pray come to him . Pray lose no time . "—Mr . James and I looked at one another . " Wilhelm , " said he , " this is strange . I wish you to come wth me ! " I helped llim tO dreSS , partly there and partly in the chaise ,-

      and no grass grew under the horses iron shoes between Poland-street and the Forest . Now , mind ! ( said the German courier . ) I went with Mr . James into his brother ' s room , and 1 saw and heard myself what follows . Ills brother Jay upon his bed , at the upper end of a long bed-chamber . His old housekeeper was there , and others were there : I think three others were there , if not four , and they had been with him since early in the afternoon . He was in white , like the figure—necessarily so , because he had his night-dress on . He looked like tho figure—necessarily so , because he looked earnestly at his brother when ho saw him come into the room . But , when his brother reached the bed-side , he slowly raised himself in bed , and looking full upon him , said these words : — " James von have sekn me before io-niout—and too know 11 is . "—And bo died !

      Received. Tk King's Highway (Parlour Lib...

      RECEIVED . Tk King ' s Highway ( Parlour Library ) . By G . P . R . James . Simms . and M'lntyre Tail ' s Edinburgh Magazine . For December , Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . The Christian Socialist . Part 13 , Bezer , Fleetstreet . ilillenial Lays : Six Sacred Catches for Three or Four Voices . " By ^ Ariel . Hart , llatton-garden , The Horns . Edited by RlCUARD OWIiER . Part YI . For December . Ko . 2 , York-street , Catherine-street , Strand .

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      National Parliamentary And Financial Ref...

      NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A public meeting of the borough of Lambeth branch of the Association was held on Monday night at the Horns Tavern , Kennington . The chair was taken by W . Williams , Esq ., M . P ., who was supported by Sir J . Walmsley , M . P ., G . Thompson , M . P ., John Williams , M . P ., \ V . D , Goopev , Thomas M'Leod , die . About 2 , 000 persons were in the room . The Chairman said , ho was much gratified to see SO large an assemblage of the excellent reformers of Lambeth . This was the first time he had hail the pleasure of meeting them since the Lambeth Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association

      had done him tho honour to elect him its president . They were met to determine what measures of reform they would deem sufficient to make the Commons House of Parliament a proper reflection of the people's intentions—to consider the best moans of obtaining a full and efficient reform of the House of Commons . ( Hear . ) In his opinion nothing short of the principles advocated by the Lambeth Parliamentary Iteform Associaiion would sufficenamely , the granting the uarliamenUcy swft ' r & ge to every householder , and every occupier of part of a house who should have paid rates for twelve months—the shortening the duration of parliaments to three years—the protection of the voter by the ballot—and the total abolition of all small

      boroughs throughout the kingdom , and the entire re-construction of the parliamentary or electoral districts ; and the entire abolition of the money qualification of members of parliament . ( Hear . ) Those principles , extensive as they were , were but a compromise between two classes of Reformers . The one class was desirous to go beyond , whilst another were disposed not to go so far . If the principles he had referred to were fairly carried out , and became the law of the land , as he hoped they would , they would secure to the people a House of Commons which should really be tho reflex of the wishes und feelings of the people at large . But without union neither the working classes nor the middling classes oould hope to carry an efficient

      measure of reform-they must cordially unite . If the people came forward in the energy of their strength , no power on earth could prevent the pas . sing of a measure which the people thought necessary for the good of the country . Union was necessary to make the smallest inroad upon the aristocracy , who had ridden over the country for a period of S 00 j « ars as the ruling power , and during a great part of that period they had ruled tbia country with a rod of iron-especially in re-. rard to taxation , the great weight of which they had thrown , not upon their property , but upon the productive industry of the people . That

      anstocracy had one house in its own hands , and with reference to the House of Commons , member * were sent there by their influence , boroughs were purchased and sold , The peop le must not hope to take this power from the aristocracy unless they united cordially , and thus made a demonstration that they were no longer to be led away by that system of representation which for many years hr-u been so esposed . They mig ht be told that whilst they complained of a defective sy 8-tcm , tho people of this country emoyeu more liberty than any other in the world . there could be no doubt of this , but they _ must y *»

      collect that tbe aristocracy levied £ o 7 , UUl > , 000 or ] £ 58 , 000 , 000 of taxation which was extorted from the people of this country , and that the bloated Church was in their hands , with a revenue amount , in ? to seven or eight millions ! They had also got the patronage of great and rich places in the colo-

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      nies ! But , in addition , to this , they were now seeking to lay their hands on local taxation , - thoy were seeking to centralise everything in the government ! They sought even to bury the dead—they wanted to get the supply of water—to sweep our streets ? But what they really wanted by all this was , to get the patronage which would be created . He said the time was come when the people of this country ought to express , in unmistakeable terms , their objection to this new inroad on tbeir privileges , He proceeded at groat length to matntnn , that the Reform Bill of 1832 had failed in its object ; that there was ample evidence that the corrupt system in reference to the election of members to the House of Commons was as filthy as it ever

      had been . Two years after the passing of the Reform Bill , a report of a committee of the House of Commons declared that in various elections coercion , intimidation , bribery , and treating had been practised to an enormous extent . Numerous members were unseated . The same occurred iu 1 S 37 , and again in 1811 , when a report stated that wholesale bribery had been resorted to , as much as seven , eight , twelve , fifteen , and even sixteen thousand pounds being expended in bribery . So in the case of Falkirk in the last session , the grossest immorality and indecency prevailed . But parliament had done nothing . Then came tho case of St . Alban ' s —( a laugh )—where a gentleman who was well known as the Whig agent—no , as the Whig broker , to fill the House of Commons with Whig members —he had been their broker for the last lixteen

      years , and in the evidence which he gave before the commission he stated that four out of five elcc tions had been purchased by money . The ordinary price for a vote was £ 5 , but that when the contest became hot parties who held back would get twice or three times as much , and those who had not received money were promised places for themselves . This broker Stated that this was only a counterpart of what took place in almost all tho boroughs of England . But they were promised a reform bill —( a laugh . ) Everybody asked what the reform was to be , and nobody could answer the question . They hoard much about divisions in the Cabinet . Now all ho could saw was , that if it was to be mere whitewash for those corruptions which had been brought to light , every honest reformer in the House of Commons ought to refuse to entertain such a mockery .

      Sir Joshua Walmsz-ey proposed the first resolution , to the effect , » That this meeting being deeply impressed with tho absolute necessity of reform in the Commons House of Parliament , felt much satisfaction that the government had at last come to the same conclusion , as evidenced by Lord Johd Russell's promised Iteform Bill , and were convinced that the only way in which a large and comprehensive measure could bo obtained was by the unanimous determination on the part of electors and non-electors of each constituency to use their utmost endeavous to impress upon the government and upon their representatives that they were fully alive to the abuses that at present exist . " The

      honourable baronet adverted to the progress of the association , and concluded a very long speech by calling upon every one present to enrol themselves as members of tbe association . Ho wished it to he understood that they sought not a rate-paying clause—away with it ! They desired that every householder , whether he had paid his rates or not , should possess his franchise . Lot not workmen unite for anything else . Let every man take time by the forelock , in order to obtain their rights as citizens . The plan of this association was not the result of any isolated meeting—they had had meetings all over the country , and the voice of the country was with them .

      Mr . Apslky P _ uett seconded the resolution . Mr . Wkbbkb and Mr . Thomas M'Leod supported the resolution , which was ultimately carried unanimously . Mr . Slack proposed the second resolution : — " That this meeting being fully impressed with tbe importance of an extensive and immediate alteration in the electoral law , in order to ensure tho future stability and well-being of our country , and to prevent the repetition of such disgraceful

      proceedings as have lately taken place in the House of Commons and in some of tho provincial boroughs , feel fully convinced that the only mode by which that can be accomplished is by embodying the principles of this association in the statute book of this realm ; and with this view that a petition be presented to the House of Commons by our hon . members embracing Mr . Hume ' s motion , at the least amount of amelioration with which the people will rest content . " Mr . Thomas Domvros seconded the resolution .

      Mr , George Thompson , M . P ., supported tho resolution at great length . The Chairman put tho resolution , which was carried , with two dissentients . The Srckbtabv read the petition founded on the resolutions , and this was agreed to . Thanks to the chairman was moved , and carried with acclamation .

      Italy And Hungary. On Monday Evening, A ...

      ITALY AND HUNGARY . On Monday evening , a public meeting of the inhabitants of dotting - hill and its neighbourhood ( convened by the Mfotting-hill Reform Association ) was held at the Prince Albert , Notting-hill , for the purpose of adopting measures in favour of the Italian and Hungarian independence . —Mr . Dunford , president of the association , took the chair , and opened the proceedings by complimenting the gentlemen present upon the pains they had taken Co carry out the objects in view . He observed that an address had been presented to Kossuth by the members of the association , but no answer bad yet been received . —Mr . P , II . Benest moved the first resolution , sympathising with the oppressed people of Italy and Llungary in their struggle for nationality and liberty against a common oppressor , and

      recording & conviction of tbe importance of the Italian struggle against a civic as well as a spiritual as well as a civic tyranny to the cause ot liberty of conscience in Europe . Mr . Feargus O' Connor then addressed the meeting . Mr . Massonand Dr . Trueman supported the resolution , which was ultimately carried . Mr . Lesingham proposed , and Mr . J . II . Parry seconded , the second resolution —promising protection and support to the Society of Friends of Italy , as affording an admirable opportunity of giving a practical direction to the wide spread sympathy already existing in this country with the cause of liberty in Europe , Several gentlemen ad . dressed the meeting in favour of the resolution , which was adopted . A committee was then formed for the purpose of co-operating with the Society of thtJ Friends of Itaiy , and the business terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman .

      The Kaffir War. On Monday Afternoon A, P...

      THE KAFFIR WAR . On Monday afternoon a , public meeting , convened by the mayor , was held in the Court-house at Leeds , for the purpose of memorialising the government of Lord John Russell's to takestepsfor putting an end to the destructive war now raging in South Africa . The meeting wasbeld in thelosser court-room , which was well filled . The mayor presided . A memorial and all the resolutions were carried unanimously . Mr . Robert Jowitt , the Reverend T . Wickstead , and other leading members of the peace society , were in attendance .

      Brewers' Monopoly. On Tuesday Evening A ...

      BREWERS' MONOPOLY . On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held at the Ship Inn , Long-lane , Bermondsey , to adopt meitsures for the purpose of procuring a reduction in the present price of beer—Mr . Joshua Taylor in the chair . It appeared that during the last few days a league had been formed with the view of agitating the metropolis to adopt some legitimate means of reducing tbe present price of beer , and a statement was made by the secretary to this league that , although it was felt that the brewers of London e » jo ed a monopoly in the sale of malt liquors , the public had not yet directed their attention to the subject . The statistics , as published in the newspapers , disclosed the

      fact that the brewers of the metropolis were manufacturing an article at a cost of 15 s . 7 * d . per barrel , after all deductions , and were retailing the same at a profit of 15 b . Od . per barrel . This was a state of things so entirely at variance with every principle of justice and fair-play , that it was now thought the time had arrived when the working men of London Mhould arise and protest against the continuance Of SO disgraceful and tyrannical a monopoly , " A resolution was passed to tho effect that it was expedient to enrol members of the league to agitate the question , until tho public should be fully acquainted with ihe object of the movement . It was further resolved , that the meeting should pledge itself to adopt every possible means to obtain a reho

      duction in the price of an article which might fairly considered as a necessary stimulus to the working man in the performance of his laborious duties . In tbe course of the evening several practical men addressed the meeting with a view to prove that those advantages which had accrued from the repeal of the corn laws had not Ibeen extended to the public in reference to the cost of beer . The price of that article , it was contended , was now as high as it was in tho year 1847 , before tbe system of Free Trade came into operation , and the promoters of this agitation felt that the industrious artisans of the metropolis ought now to come forward , and no longer tacitly submit to such an injustice . Several members were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned .

      Philanthropic Soceity.—Oa Wednesday A Qu...

      Philanthropic Soceity . —Oa Wednesday a quarterly court of the governors of this institution took place at the London Tavern , Bishopgate-street ( Mr . It . Ricardo in the chair , ) when it was rel »> r . vd that there were ninety-nine lads in the f .-. iiii school at Itedhill , and resolutions were willed agreeing to the admission of » few additional inmates . Liberty op the Press . — All foreign journal ? , without exception , have been forbidden at Pesth .

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      \ Lvooam.-The Best Adhesive Label You Ca...

      \ Lvooam .-The best adhesive label you can put on is to stick to it yourself . -ouyuw The first stone of a Protestant Church has been laid at 1 arm , with great solemnity ECLIPSK .-The moon will be totally eclipsed in England on the 7 th of January , 1852 , at about six in the morning . Cons . —At what time of life may a man be said to belong to the vegetable kingdom ?—When long experience has made him sage . What tree is it which la not affected by the season , and brings forth neither blossom nor fruit ?—The Boot-Tree . —Punch . Wht are Indian servants called Coolies ?—Probably because their principal duty is to fan their masters in the heat of the day . —The Month . The Mind . —Suffer not your mind to be either a drudge or a wanton . Exercise it ever , but overlay it not . —Bishop Hall .

      PniNCE Alfbed is destined to enter the Royal Navy , as his late granduncle , King William , did . This will be agreeable news for the "bluejackets . " Austbalian Gold- — The Australian journals teem with reports of success in the gold districts . The gold already exported amounted to about £ 70 , 000 . Sin John Fiunklin . — T * o or more English gentlemen have proposed to undertake an overland expedition , from St . Petersburg ]! , eastward , in search of Sir John Franklin . The eye is the sentinel which guards the pass between the worlds of matter and of spirit , and through which all their communications are interchanged . Higher than the Highest . —Johnson gives us the following definitions 1—Garret - the highest room in the house . Cockloft—the room above the garret .

      I uk Rkapino Machines . —Mr . Hussey , whose w l . ~ , mac }] ine has " taken the shine" out of Mr . M'Coimack ' s , is a native of Ireland ; so is Mr . M'Cormack , although an American citizen ! A Clencher . —It is a bad sign when a preacher tries to drive home his logic by thumping the desk violently with his clenched hand : his arguments are jo-nst-ical . Opposition . —Two of the principal grocers in Htiddersfield have cut prices so fine by way of opposition , that _*( bg , < jf treacle can be bought for lid . ; about half its value in tbe Liverpool wholesale markets .

      A 'Cute Lad . —There isin a parish in the weald of Kent a despotic curate of the name of Saslewood A boy one day hearing the man ' s arrogance spoken of . said , " Well ! and who cares for him , he is only a Nut-bough . " " Not Beforb 'tis Wasted . "—A bill is to be brought into Parliament in tbe next session which has for its object a thorough reform , if not an entire annihilation , of those nuisances , the Court of Arches , the Prerogative , Consistory , and Admiralty Courts . Have Women Minds ?—Women , they say , are not born with great minds , flhd yet 1 never recollect meeting with a woman who , from her earliest infancy , hadn ' t a great mind to marry . —Malthos . — Punch ' s Pocket Book .

      A Lovb Sono . —I ' ve seen her out a walking , in her habit de la rue , and it ain ' t no use a talking , she ' s pumpkins and a few . She glides along in beauty , like a duck upon a lake ; O , I'd be all love and duty , if I only was her drake . Cost of Litkkature . —A century ago the amount expended in books , periodicals , and newspapers , did not exceed £ 100 000 a year , whereas the sum now so expended annually is calculated at £ 2 , 100 , 000 , Railway Rkoeipts . —The receipts on railways in the United Kingdom from the beginning of the year , to the 1 st of November were £ 12 . 525 , f 60 ; an increase over the same period in 1850 of £ 1 , 058 , 120 . The receipts per mile in 1851 vtev * £ 1 , 977 , against £ 1 , 927 in 1850 .

      CaoKKrt , Canning , and Peel . —When Sir Thomos Lawrence painted the portrait of the Right Hon . J . W . Croker , Canning remarked to Peel that Sir Thomas had " caught the very quiver of Croker ' s lip . " "Hehas , truly , " said Psel , " and it is well for him to have missed the venom of its arrows . " A fbrsoh threw tho head of a goose on to the stage of the Belville theatre . Corto advancing to the front said , " Gentlemen , if any among you has lost his head , I will restore it at tho conclusion of the performance . " Kossuth and the Times . —It is confidently stated in literary circles , that a writer connected with the " Times , " distinguished for his animosity towards M . Kossuth , is now in Vienna , raking over the police records for more offensive material than has yet been thrown at the exile .

      A Frenchman ' s English . — " Mine fren , have you Sue VOll leetel poodle dog , vld his tail slit , and his ears cut off short behind , vat I did lose last veek , as I vas valking up de rivere in de steamboat !"— " I did not , Monsieur , but expectto every minute . ' '— "Begar , if he be drown , I vill kill him six times in two place . " A Good Rkcommkndatiox . —A new journal , with peculiar recommendations , is about to be established in Ciicleville , Ohio . Tbe editor in his prospectus

      says :- — " Our terms are two dollars a year . Gentlemen who pay in advance will receive a first rate obituary notice in case of death . " A Wish . — " May every hair in your honour ' s head , " said a w ! W old lady , looking at Sir Charles Taylor's ^ powdered and pomatumed locks—'' may every hair in your honour ' s head be a mould-candle to light your sowl to glory . " And as he bowed , hat in hand , in acknowledgment , and disclosed his bare crown— " May thi blessed Vargin give you more of them t "

      A Study for a Frenchman r . v English Pronunciation , —ThlmbWvls Tfavsil-Uvwait- thievishly thought to thrive through thick and thin by throwing the thimbles about . But he was thwarted , ami thwacked , and thumped , and thrashed , with thirty thousand thistles and thorns , for tliieviahly thinking to thrive through thick and thin by throning the thimbles abuut . Good Cokk . —The " Brussels Herald" announces that M . Dupret , of CharWoj , has succeeded in making coko of the first quality from poor coal , and adds the startling fact , that the quality of the colic is from 10 to 12 per cent , superior to that made from rich coal . This discovery is highly appreciated in that part of Belgium where good coat is becoming scarce .

      ( Exhibition Meda „ s , —Of the Exhibition Council Medals the United Kingdom gained 125 , Fraoer seventy-four , and the United States seven . Ot prize medals , 1 , 207 were allotted to the Unitet ; Kingdom , 520 to France , and ninety-fix to till United Skates . The United Kingdom gained rnosi prizes for ironwork and machinery generally , whih France taki-s precedence of us in jewellery , silks , stuffs , and light fabrics . The Cnysr „„ Palace . —The money expended on the Crystal Palace , if pulled down , will atnoun > to £ 101 , 000 , and if the building be allowed U . remain , to £ 205 , 000 . Even at the latter sum ii will be one of the cheapest buildings ever erected , the cost being little more than three-halfpence u cubic foot , against fourteen or fifteen pence for an ordinary building of stone , and threepence for evei , a common wood barn .

      An Apologetic Bull . —A droll story is relates of an honest farmer , « ho , attempting to drive homi a bull , got suddenly hoisted over ihe fence . Rec veriug himself , he saw the animal on the other sidt of the rails , sawing the air vtith his head anuriecli , and pawing the ground . The good old m ; u looked steadily at him for a moment , and then shaking his fist at him , exclaimed— " Darn your apolo gies—you needn ' t stand there , you ' tarnal crittur , a bowin' and scrapin '—you did it a purpose , darn your curly picture !''

      Swine . —The most remarkable item of increases importntion which tho last Board of Trade returns present , is in the article of swine av . d hogs , the number on the month ending 10 th of October having in creased , as compared with 1850 , from 1 , 550 to 5 , 024 ; and ou the nine months , from 3 , 351 to 10 , 343 . It may , therefore , be truly said , that however welt they may be thought to have fared in oiher respect * the foreigners to a certainty have not " saved their bacon . " "In Vino Veritas . "—A clergyman and a magistrate residing not very far from the shores of the Solway were recently returning home one evening , after havintr worshipped largely at the shrine ot Bacchus . His reverence ' s onward course was . ^

      may be imagined , some what tortuous ; but he wa > greatly assisted by the considerate endeavours of omof his parishioners . After a long silence the following instructive dialogue ensued : —Clergyman ; You ' re a very decent fellow , George ; but I ' ve a little fault to find with you , George . " —Parishioner : " Indeed , Mr . , I am sorry to hear you say so —pray what is it ?"—Clergyman : "Why , you see , George , you don ' t come to church on Sunday quite so regularly as you should do , George . "—Parishioner : "Well , perhaps not ; but then , you see , Mr . , I always pay you your church-rates and Easter dues the very day they become due . "—Clergyman : ' 'Well , well , George—you do—you do . Aud after ail , George , that is the—principal part of the—of the —the business . "—Carlisle Journal ,

      A Happv Homb—Almost any one can be courteous in a neighbour ' s house . If anything goes wrong or is out of time , or is disagreeable , there it is made the best of , not the worst ; even efforts are made to excuse it , and to show it is not felt , or if felt it is attributable to accident , not to design ; and this is not only easy but natural in the house of a friend . I will not , therefore , believe that what is so natural In the house of another , is imjmibte _ t home , but maintain , without fear , that all the courtesies of social lite may be upheld in domestic society . A husband , as willing to be pleased at home , and as anxious to please as m a neighbour ' s house , and a wile as intent on making thinga comfortable every day to her family , as on set davs to her guests , could not fail to make their own borne happy

      No More Fills Nor Any Oilsi-R Unix's. 5d,0l)0 Cukes Hv J)Lf Jiaisky's Re V A Leis T Ta _\ R Ab10 A Fool A Pleasant And Effectual Remedy (Ivitliout Medicine T

      No more fills nor any oilsi-r Unix's . 5 D , 0 l ) 0 CUKES HV J ) lf JIAISKY'S RE V A LEIS TA _\ R AB 10 A FOOL a pleasant and effectual remedy ( ivitliout medicine t

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      inconvenience or expense , as it saves Hi ' ty times its cost in otlier menus of cure ) . Testimonials from parties of unquestionable respectability have attested tlint it supersedes im-dicine of every de * SCI'iUtioil in th * effectual and permanent removal of iudU gesiion ( dyspepsia ) , constipati 11 , and diarrheca . nervous ness , biliousness , liver complaint , flatulency , distension , palpitation of the heart , nervous headache , deafness , noises in the head and ears , pains in the chest , between the shoulders , and in almost every part of the body , chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach , angins pectoris , erysipelas , eruptions on the skin , incipient con «

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      incrkase of rntsTON . — -During tho present yo : u « not less Chan 070 new houses haTO been eiTCted . at Preston , and there never was a time when so few houses were unoccupied . Otto is scarcely crafty before it is re-taken , ami many of ttwuew 01163 have teen let before they hare been roofed iu ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121851/page/3/